Sombermann 2015/09/10(Thu)20:38 No. 668935 ID: f6c774
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Jackie: earth temple. intel was right.
K-Zel: i never been so far from my village before. i always thought temples look similar to each other.
Lefty: it still to early to celebrate. mad legion mounted defences around the temple. bunkers, ground troops, light assault machines.
Fuse: doesn't matter. we will just blow-up our way through. (grin)
Lefty: illithians have a tighter grip on this sector. if we don't sever their communiactions... difference in numbers will become too severe.

MISSION OBJECTIVE
1. gain access to the earth temple.
2. find way to activate it.
3. return to the homebase.

SIDE MISSION
1. find oldman.
2. gather intel on a rouge ditto soldiers.

that means comms are big priority. which building is that?

Sombermann 2015/09/10(Thu)20:59 No. 668944 ID: f6c774
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>that means comms are big priority. which building is that?
[Illithians are telepaths they don't use comm-tech for anything other then inter-planetary communications. wich means our target is a single elite psyche trooper.]

Just run him over with your tank.

>doesn't matter. we will just blow-up our way through
That might be harder with the main gun down.

>>668944
What are our options for cheap killing the elite trooper? Could we snipe them? Or maybe drop a grenade on them? I don't think we fight fair, here.

Main guns is down, we lost our hand cannon, and we still need to find the old man. I say scout for a gap in their defenses and see if we can't sneak in at night. We can leave K and lefty back with the tank to act as reinforcements should we need it while you and fuse do what you did before expect this time we're going for an assassination instead of a search and rescue.

Sombermann 2015/09/11(Fri)00:47 No. 668994 ID: f6c774
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>Just run him over with your tank.
[i'll consider it as option.]

>That might be harder with the main gun down.
[yeah we won't do a lot of strucure damage like this but two anti-personnel light machineguns can mow down squids like a fresh grass.]

>What are our options for cheap killing the elite trooper?
OPTIONS:

A) direct approach (most probably won't work)
B) >Could we snipe them?
[if only we had a sniper with a sniper gun.]
C) >Or maybe drop a grenade on them?
[only after he is within reach... so that's only leaves us with...]
D) >I say scout for a gap in their defenses and see if we can't sneak in at night.
[sneaky approach. once elite trooper neutralized we are free to wreak this base up without nearby illithian noticing.]
[for a at least a few hours.]

K-Zel: but what about one of your friends? the one whom you refer to as oldman.
Jackie: i guess we can't just leave him out here all alone. but we have no idea where he is and even if he is still alive after all this time.

Repairing your main cannon is your best bet. Rousing them up with an ambush would only strengthen them, you need to take advantage of their low alert status, hit them all with a mortar while they're unaware that there are even enemies in their vicinity.

Well we should at least make a good effort looking for him. Drive around for a bit. He can't have gotten very far from the initial arrival spot, and to have survived this long he must have gotten to shelter or have made his own.

Well the old geezer couldn't have gotten to far so we can probably scout the surrounding area for him as well. Even if we don't find him we might find something to help us with the mission.

Like I said before, he'll come back to us.

As a badass Commando, right Somber!

The search for the old man will be easier once the illithids' communications are down.

Sombermann 2015/09/11(Fri)02:37 No. 669006 ID: f6c774
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>Repairing your main cannon is your best bet.
[currently repair is impossible. barrel was sliced right down the middle. it's not something you can fix with scrap on the feild.]
Lefty: main cannon can shoot alright. only with damaged barrel blast would be disperced right in front of a cannon. makes for a good 10m radius shockwave. not such a good long range weapon.

>scout.
-none of the team member possess scouting or tracking skills. you find nothing helpful.

---few hours later night descends on the temple site.

[ok... so how should we go about getting in unnoticed.]

-set orders for...
Jackie, Lefty, Fuse and Conqueress. (K-Zel non-combat member of the team she can't be in the feild)

same as last time, Fuse comes with you while the two of you infiltrate, K-Zel sticks in the tank with lefty and lefty will drive the tank and act as backup encase things go south. We can stay in radio contact right? I mean the squids don't use radio so it's not like they can pick up on it right?

1/2 Sombermann 2015/09/11(Fri)05:29 No. 669014 ID: f6c774
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-north end of the legion perimeter.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/09/11(Fri)05:29 No. 669015 ID: f6c774
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[how should i dispose of the guard?]

Tiptoe up, snap neck.

Commander Jaxx is here to kill everyone in this encampment.
Starting with this guy.
This guy is so dead.

If you are strong enough to snap his neck, then do it. Even a few seconds of struggle will leave him plenty of time to alert everyone else and then our ass is fried.

If you're not certain one twist will be enough, better shoot him in the head. Does your little buddy make much noise when firing?

HUTTAH, NECK SNAP!

do you know where the comm is on their helmet? can strike there first to disable it.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/09/11(Fri)09:21 No. 669028 ID: f6c774
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>HUTTAH, NECK SNAP!
[turn this frown, upside down.]

2/2 Sombermann 2015/09/11(Fri)09:21 No. 669029 ID: f6c774
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-Jackie and Fuse succesfully infiltrated enemy camp.
-6 visible targets.

>Does your little buddy make much noise when firing?
[oh this little dude brings down the thunder. suppressors are for pussies!]

Yank the one near you around the corner when the squid in the distance turns around... if he's looking this way, it's hard to tell.
Anyway, mash that trooper's potato head.

>>669029
When taking the elite down, you don't have to be quiet, you just have to be QUICK and THOROUGH so he can't call for reinforcements. Sounds like a good use of gun.

If you're going loud, be sure to fire an entire clip in one bite. When you're ready, dive to the floor while unleashing a spray focused directly at the elite. Minimizing your visible surface area will leave some mooks confused for a few seconds while Fuse picks them off.

But yeah, be sure to pick off as many mooks as you can in stealth before you lose the tactical advantage.

Bullets travel faster than sound, so if we are sure we can get the elite in the first shot we can just shoot him and finish off the others. If not we will have to stealthily kill the guard near him and get closer.

try and stay quite until we have the elite in our sights. That way we can surprise him and catch him off guard. Because if we start bring down the thunder now he'll call for reinforcements and even if we do take him down the squid calvary would already be on it's way. Also try not to take out to many solders if you don't have to. Take down to many and the squids might notice some of there solders missing and start looking around for you... you are hiding the bodies right?

Drag him around the corner and mind dive him to try and find where the elite is.

Grab the one right in front of you and use it as a shield. Take your first shot at the elite trooper while you still have the element of surprise.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/09/24(Thu)07:07 No. 672240 ID: e782b1
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Jackie takes out a nearby trooper and uses him as meat-sheild.
As soon as elite-trooper is caught in a crosshair, blaster shots were fired.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/09/24(Thu)07:19 No. 672242 ID: e782b1
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Brain Blaster power and the element of surprise where enough to penetrate elite natural psyche-sheild. But with a far from perfect aim Jackie only manages to graze him... and land two perfect headshots on a nearby troopers. Elite is stunned and confused for moment and it won't be long until his sheilds are up again.

[tch... i need to act quick]

A) -keep shooting while covering behind meat-sheild.
B) -grenade them down!
C) -Fuse! light em up!

C

Light the Fuse, squidheads!

provide covering fire for fuse.

Fuse and Jax should both just put as many shots as possible into the elite trooper's general vicinity, while staying reasonably close to cover. Until that shield goes up, it'd only take one good hit to end this.

A + C provide covering fire so fuse can cover him in the other kind of fire.

>>672242
>C) -Fuse! light em up!
Shields won't help you when you're on fire.

1/4 Sombermann 2015/09/29(Tue)02:28 No. 673664 ID: e3d6b3
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Jackie: Light em up FUSE!

Fuse got in range as you provided a cover fire. Elite along with rest of the troopers are roasted to a crisp.

2/4 Sombermann 2015/09/29(Tue)02:28 No. 673665 ID: e3d6b3
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Jackie: Lefty. We'v got rid of the Elite, time to laydown some heavy fire.

3/4 Sombermann 2015/09/29(Tue)02:28 No. 673667 ID: e3d6b3
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Lefty: Coming right behind you sir!

4/4 Sombermann 2015/09/29(Tue)02:29 No. 673668 ID: e3d6b3
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Fuse: Looks like the rest of the are lining up. Light machinery and ground troops.

get a flank, their asses are exposed on those things.

Take cover on your right to flank them, snipe the drivers while Lefty runs them over.

Conqueress and Lefty should lay down some covering fire while Fuse and Jackie flanks our enemies

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)06:20 No. 674364 ID: edd78a
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>get a flank.
Jackie: Lefty, draw enemy fire! Fuse, follow me!

-tactical flanking was successfull.
-remaining enemy forces are descimated.
-none of nearby enemy forces were alreted of our presence. (+2 hours)

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)06:21 No. 674365 ID: edd78a
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Lefty: phew... we'v got ourself an couple of hours before enemy notices us and sends in reinforcements.
Jackie: i sure hope portal is active...

Temple entrance is visible from here.

just drive right in.

Order from the drive-thru.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)06:55 No. 674371 ID: edd78a
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Jackie: we ain't got much time. let's roll in.
-squad is seated inside Conqueress.
Lefty: i'm getting crazy energy readings...

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)06:55 No. 674372 ID: edd78a
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K-Zel: whoa!
Lefty: a stable rift!

What is that thing the rift is coming out of, and can we fit the tank through the rift?

Whelp. Science time.

so do we just drive through that or what? Hope the old man is alright, cause we never found his wrinkly old ass.

There's gotta be a trap somewhere, whether on this side of the rift or the other.

...Come out old man, I know you're hiding in here!

>>674372
Okay. So... assuming we don't want to drive through blind again, lefty, can you do science to it? I mean, the rest of us can look for clues, but she's got the best odds of figuring out how this thing works.

There's also no easy coming back once we're through. Last chance to find oldman, or learn anything about your dit-double, or for K-Zel not to get stranded in the wrong dimension.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)21:57 No. 674539 ID: edd78a
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>Whelp. Science time.
Jackie: what do you make out of it Lefty?
Lefty: well... with my limited knowlege i can tell that it's "closed" right now.
>so do we just drive through that or what?
Lefty: well there must be some way to activate it. i think.
Jackie: get us a little closer.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)21:57 No. 674540 ID: edd78a
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>There's gotta be a trap somewhere
[... i don't like it so far it's been too easy.]
as team approached rift at the center of temple...
Lefty: one life signature up ahead.
[it's that kroadacian we fought after destruction of the nest. what is he doing here?]

>what is he doing here?
Maybe the people who were controlling him before don't want us leaving.

...I don't see a thread this time, though.

He took out the main gun and R-Tur last time we tangoed. Not sure we can take this guy if it comes to a fight. We might be able to keep him at range with enough gunfire, but we really don't want to shoot up the portal tech.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)22:52 No. 674553 ID: edd78a
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Kordacian G-Sid now alerted to your presence stands up.
He pulls out a screen unit and turns it on.

???: (static) hello, hello... hmm is this damn thing on? oh the red thingy is lit!

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/02(Fri)22:52 No. 674554 ID: edd78a
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-picture comes into focus...
???: ah. commander Jaxx and her rag tag team of misfits! sturring up shit in outer frontier! i like it!

"are you one of those dittos with my template?"

"nice rack"

Is this the part where you try to intimidate/threaten us? Because here's a future tip, have the camera focused on your face and not your tits. If you don't want to show your face just get a mask or dim the lights or something. Honestly I feel like I'm looking at the beginnings of a cheesy porn video.

If this isn't a threat still helps if you take the camera's focus off your tits.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/03(Sat)05:13 No. 674589 ID: edd78a
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>Is this the part where you try to intimidate/threaten us? Because here's a future tip, have the camera focused on your face and not your tits.
???: what?! NO! i knew this darn thing was too low! hang on, give me a second.
>"nice rack"
Jackie: nice rack by the way.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/03(Sat)05:13 No. 674590 ID: edd78a
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???: is it better now? is this piece of junk even working?
...
???: aghhh. forget it. no i'm not here to threaten you commander. i got my orders, so i'm here to just provide you with friendly tip. as you might now already know, rifts in temples of krodos can only be opened with use of certain catalis, a "key" if you will. my dear friend G-Sid here actually currently in possession of one such "key". poor sap grew quite attached to damn thing, so i don't think he will give it up without a fight.

Say that we don't need him to give us the key; we just want him to use it to let us through the portal back to our home universe. Also ask why they attacked us earlier.

>>674590
What, he can't just stick the key where it goes, then pull it back out as soon as we're through? This isn't a video game, keys don't disappear when used. He doesn't even have to take his hand (er, tentacles) off it if he doesn't want to.

Can your 'friend' speak for himself this time, or are you lot still in his head.

that still kinda sounds like a threat. If you want to leave you'll have to get through the gate guardian HAHAHAHA!

Also as you talk signal to fuse to light the sun of a bitch up while tv tits is talking. He hurt R-Tur and our damn tank. Fuck these guys.

Hey man, you ind opening the door for us? Thanks man.

Well, we're only going to borrow the catalyst for a little while. You can keep it afterwards if it's that dear to you. Wold it even work from the other side of the portal?

Sorry, it's hard taking threats seriously from someone who can't even operate a camera.

You with the nice boobs who has not introduced yourself, what's your price?
This is obviously about a price or a screw-over. We've only got a window to use this rift before the squid-dudes come back. Trying a snatch and run on someone expecting that doesn't have good odds, and we could use a break from that kind of nonsense anyway if it's all the same.
We only need to borrow it--or its use--for a little while. So are you gonna be a heinous bitch here, are you gonna play bridge-troll and demand some price, or are you gonna be charitable about this and send us through and avoid both unnecessary conflict and time wasted on haggling with folks that don't have much?

Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)05:21 No. 674748 ID: edd78a
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>Say that we don't need him to give us the key; we just want him to use it to let us through the portal back to our home universe.
>So are you gonna be a heinous bitch here, are you gonna play bridge-troll and demand some price?
>...what's your price?

Jackie: why don't we just talk it out... we don't need a damn key, just passage back to korath. what do you want form us.
???: sorry commander, but i think you getting a wrong message here. i don't need anything from you.

>Can your 'friend' speak for himself this time, or are you lot still in his head.
???: what can i say... Sid here is a man of a few words. you can try asking him thou.

>ask why they attacked us earlier.
???: well... to tell the truth that was my initiative. didn't turn out to well for me in the end.

>...signal to fuse to light the sun of a bitch up while tv tits is talking. He hurt R-Tur and our damn tank. Fuck these guys.
Lefty: (whisper) boss... i got him in a cross hair... he won't get away, Fuse can cover the sides. our weapon won't damage construct of the temple or the rift.
Fuse: (whisper) he got nowhere to run here. i can toast him.

A) -surprise attack (warning! last chance to obtain initiative.)
B) -other

>>674748
"Well that's cool. SHOOT HIS ASS!"
A) -surprise attack

>>674749
No, use the subtlest signal possible, he might be faster than our guys' reaction times but he almost certainly isn't faster than our projectiles.

A
time for some calamari, let this asshole up.

1/5 Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)07:43 No. 674761 ID: edd78a
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A
Jackie signals others to begin attack.

5/5 Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)07:45 No. 674765 ID: edd78a
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Battle Over.

Items obtained.
1) Plasma sword.
2) Earth Key of Krodos.

so how does this key work? point it at the portal and say the magic word?

>>674765
Strap the corpse to the tank, we need to take this guy back to R-tur and show him whats up. Maybe there is something they will understand from the body, or the village might want it....or its field rations. whatever.

Also, is that communication screen still around? After we deal with that, we can head back and fuck with this key.

>>674769
no time, this place was already under guard, the pile of corpses will make it ultra guarded when we come back.

Jackie:you get any training for CQC with a blade?
Unless R-tur there can dual wield or something I think he's going to end up with a spare sword.

Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)08:31 No. 674772 ID: edd78a
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>so how does this key work? point it at the portal and say the magic word?
[hmm i guess i can try just pointing it at rift and...]

Jackie: whoa!
Lefty: it's korath!

[i guess it know where you want to go.]

>Strap the corpse to the tank, we need to take this guy back to R-tur and show him whats up.
[we can't go back to village of R. it took weeks to get here.]

>Also, is that communication screen still around?
[sadly, it was blasted along with G-Sid.]

>Jackie:you get any training for CQC with a blade?
[nope but i can add that to my training regiment once we back to homebase. this thing is just too cool leave behind.]

Bring anything that isn't nailed down with you, the eggheads might want a peek.

Is that some kind of mask sword guy was wearing? We should take the remains of that taken with us to try and get clues as to what is up with that.
Remember to close the portal after you are through if possible.

take what you can, leave what you can't.

Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)09:15 No. 674779 ID: edd78a
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>Bring anything that isn't nailed down with you, the eggheads might want a peek.
>Is that some kind of mask sword guy was wearing? We should take the remains of that taken with us to try and get clues as to what is up with that.

[the mask thing is badly damaged, but out tech guys might get something out of it.]

Lefty: so that's it commander? final stretch.
Jackie: yeah... we still have a lot work to do. and still no idea who our new enemy is. Bradshaw better have answers.
Lefty: you think command was somehow involved?
Jackie: it's still to early to jump to conclusions. i hope all intel we got will shed some light on this matter. but for now let's go home.

Conqueress drives through cosmic vale back to planet Korath.
>log #3 end...

>>674779
Wait, wait, we're leaving already? We had close to two hours before reinforcements show up! We aren't gonna look around for the oldman one last time before abandoning him?

...damnit, guys.

>>674781
the old man will show up sooner or later. Plus we did go looking for him, we didn't find shit so either he's long gone or doesn't want to be found.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)20:03 No. 674874 ID: edd78a
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- Strangelove base. 2:45 PM

1 weeks after "Conqueress" squad was recovered at the hangman peak.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)20:04 No. 674875 ID: edd78a
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- Med-Block. Quarantine zone.

Doc Mitchell: ...now say aaah.

bleeeaaaaaaahhhhhhh

For the fourteenth time, 'aaaaaaaaaah'.

>>674875
AAAaaaaaaaaaaah'm getting awful bored of all these tests, doc.

But I'm not scared.

Sombermann 2015/10/04(Sun)20:29 No. 674895 ID: edd78a
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>bleeeaaaaaaahhhhhhh
>AAAaaaaaaaaaaah'm getting awful bored of all these tests, doc.

Doc Mitchell: oh get over it major. it's just a formality at this point. higher ups like to keep stuff like this in check.

Jackie: it's been a week already. how long is this bullshit gonna continue.

Doc Mitchell: well... you are free to leave qarantine from today. but i recommend daily check up's for at least a month. who knows what kind of unknown pathogens you'v encountered on that other planet. i read your report... it's states you been ingesting... meat of local fauna for weeks.

Jackie: will it help, if i say it tasted like chicken.

Doc Mitchell: no.

Time to hit the bar.

And gain another perk.

You know.

>>674895
What about the xeno we brought back? A sample from K-Zel should have told you everything you needed to know about the planet's biology. (Is she being stuck in quarantine, or can we show the squid around).

What about the rest of your squad? The ones who busted out of prison before you got to 'em. Did they make it back okay?

We settled up with Fuse, right? Not sure how much loot there was to split, but she probably earned some hazard pay or overtime with the considerable mission creep we encountered.

With our luck, we'll be back on that alien planet facing overwhelming odds before that checkup.
Is Fuse paid in full? There wasn't really any loot from the mission besides that helmet, the key and some scrap... Wait... we have to give her the sword!

Maybe we can get another blaster cannon? Kaz might be annoyed about how quickly we broke the last one but he probably won't stay mad after we tell him about how we killed a space battleship with it.

go see how your crew is doing after returning to base. Then go find the rest of your own crew and see how they're doing/beat the shit out of them for ditching you when you came to save there asses. (don't actually put any effort into said beatings, just let them know you're glade they're ok)

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/05(Mon)02:39 No. 674964 ID: edd78a
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Doc Mitchell: oh and one last thing major. you know how much work it is to keep shifting your name from active to KIA lists. seriously... stop that.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/05(Mon)02:39 No. 674965 ID: edd78a
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>Lefty, Fuse and K-Zel
[Lefty and Fuse where released a day earlier. Lefty currently hard at work with Kaz on fixing up Conqueress. Fuse took her half of spoils form the mission, in form of alien shock rod, firearms and explosives.]
- Fuse no longer part of your squad.

[K-Zel been taken under protection of Vita corp agents and currently being held at sector 1. She is threated as informant and possible negotiator from natives of Krodacia.]

>What about the rest of your squad? The ones who busted out of prison before you got to 'em. Did they make it back okay?

[for some reasons Doc avoided this topic. Bardshaw better have some answers.]

Units:
200U + 50000U = 50200U

>Time to hit the bar.
[i do feel like getting a round of drinks.]
[so where should i head next.]

A) -bar
B) -command center (Bradshaw)
C) -sector 1 (K-Zel)
D) -armory (Lefty, Master Kaz)
E) -room 159 (Personal quarters)

First commander, then bar to find and "relax" with green dog people, then sector-1 to check on K, then check on the Conqueress and Lefty. Also what happened to lazar sword?

>>674965
C) -sector 1 (K-Zel
We should make sure K's ok. We can't do anything about our friends being held prisoner, but we can help K

C) You're one of the only people K-Zel knows and you already almost abandoned her once. Try to be better about that.

Let's go C) -sector 1 (K-Zel)

Get K-Zel a drink from the bar!

As a commander, your people come before all else.

c) K-Zel is your responsibility, she followed you here. You can't just leave her at the whitecoat's mercy. (Also pentacle rex has to be an option eventually, right?).
b) Follow up with Bradshaw. What the hell is up with the rest of your squad.

C first.
Though you should introduce Lefty to the Vorticons. She may need some r and r.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/05(Mon)06:37 No. 674988 ID: e3d6b3
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-C

[i'd better check up on K. never trusted vitacorp agents.]

Sector 1 is highest point of Strangelove base. Along with command center and comm towers, this is a place where agents of vitacorp are usually reside.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/05(Mon)06:37 No. 674989 ID: e3d6b3
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Jackie finds a room where K-Zel was settled.

K-Zel: Jackie! thank god you are ok. they wouldn't tell me anything, after you got quarantined.
Jackie: i'm fine, but what about you K. did they threat you well?
Vitacorp agent: we would never mean any harm to ms.K.
Jackie: i think she can talk for her self.
K-Zel: i been reading a lot of books. about your worlds, civilizations. some time they ask me about Krodacia, or do a med tests.

that's good. ask about bringing down a ditto with your template but different program so she can see the difference.

>>674990
Yes. Shower her in dittos of us.

So before we bring K-Zel to a night on the town, does she have any food or drink allergies that we should be aware of?

Includes the bodily fluids category.

Good plan. Propose a cultural exchange (i.e. bar crawl).

ask her if she's free. Say you're planning on picking up Lefty and hanging out for a bit (bar). Also if she ever needs help with anything tell her she can ask you and you'll do what you can.

Ask her how good she is with those tentacles... at dancing.

>>674989
So... can you borrow her from quarantine for a bit? I mean, we've established monkeys and squids are toxic to each other by this point.

And after we're done here we should really go talk to the commander about our tank squad then go pick up Lefty for bar crawl

Just going to say we should probably talk to the commander before we get drunk, although now that I think about the other way around could be entertaining.

>>674989
She needs to get debriefed from us, get a heads up on some of the subterfuge that goes on around here as she is still naive, also... we need to have a...private conversation, in our quarters.

Sombermann 2015/10/06(Tue)00:25 No. 675109 ID: e3d6b3
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>ask about bringing down a ditto with your template but different program so she can see the difference.

K-Zel: i already seen other ditto's with your likeness. do not worry, our kind can see not just with our eyes. R-Tur was true exaple of that. you commander are uniqe. what ever elder might said to you, she also saw that.

>Good plan. Propose a cultural exchange (i.e. bar crawl).
Jackie: so what do you say K? i know a good place to get "culturally educated" (i.e. wasted).

K-Zel: i would really like to join your festivities...

Vitacorp Agent: ms.K i would advice against that.

K-Zel: ...but now is not the time. he is right Jackie... i have a very important role to fulfil in the near future. for that i must study. i must think of my people.

A) -selfishness- ...fuck it. (grab her and run!)
B) -understanding- i get your point K. good luck with your studies. (shake her hand, leave)
C) -spite- wow... you sure got all high and mighty, i guess it's a sector 1 fever setting in. (walk)

>>675109
B) -understanding- i get your point K. good luck with your studies. (shake her hand, leave)
So want me to bring you back anything?

B

We should let her adjust to this weird new alien planet at the own pace.

double pistols "i'll catch you later then."

>>675109
yeah yeah, I get it your busy. Don't worry about, but if you need help with anything or just want to hang out for a bit feel free to drop by or give me call... you do know how to get into contact with me right?

B. No need to cause a ruckus right now. Though make her promise to get out and relax with you and your crew sometime.

>>675109
Okay, fine, but you're coming out later. If you're going to be a point of contact or a diplomat or something, you need to see the real world here, not just the books! They don't show you everything, and they only do so in one light.

Full education requires field trips.

B. We understand what it is like to have people to be responsible for. (About that we still need to go get some answers about what happened with our crew members who broke our of squid prison.)

>>675109
B....but it was a lie, A. run off giggling.
>lets drop by and give that dwarf tool to our dwarf.

B) Understood... don't let these sector 1 stiffs get to ya, alright? When you want to relax, you know where to find me.

>>675109
B) No sense wasting the future of the known universe on a bar orgy. Nonetheless, you hope that she will prioritize you first when she needs a break from her studies.

A LONG and UNPRODUCTIVE break.

B)Understanding, but throw in a little bit of Renegade. When you go to shake her hand, pull her in for a hug and whisper to her the location of the bar and when your gonna be there.
Or if you have one on you, palm a matchbook from the bar into her hand.

It'll be up to her if she wants to ditch these suits and meet up with you later.

I so want to see A, I can just imagine picking her up over your head and running for it while screaming like muscleman WOOOO. But this will not do, we'll get caught and have to sit through a lecture and that will delay bar time, so let's just move on to commander and then Lefty and then BAR (with Lefty)

>>675109
lets just head out. We got shit to check up on, the dwarf, our missing people, and then probably a need to get shitfaced drunk.

b-but... drinking! cultural exchange! interacting with the townsfolk! That counts as studying too, right?

Sombermann 2015/10/07(Wed)18:55 No. 675322 ID: e3d6b3
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-B

Jackie: good luck with your studies. but you totaly going for cultural bar crawl next time.
K-Zel: deal.

-bond with K-Zel grew stronger.

>We got shit to check up on, the dwarf, our missing people, and then probably a need to get shitfaced drunk.
[where to now?]

A) command center
B) armory
C) bar

A) off to the command center

A or B are our priorities. Leaning A, I think. Let's get the bad news.

Sombermann 2015/10/07(Wed)19:21 No. 675328 ID: e3d6b3
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-Command Center. War Room.

Jackie: major Jaquette L.Jaxx reporting for duty.
Bradshaw: huh. i see quarantine period ended today. Jaxx... for what it worth, you saved our asses back at the seige of elder brain base. for that you have my honest gratitude. so i'm gonna cut right to the chase, job is been piling up ever sence you went MIA in that huge explosion. few good news and hell a lot of bad ones.

Good, bad or otherwise what does he know about the status of our squad?

Well, let's get the good news out of the way first then, if it's faster.

>>675328
I the need the news about my squad, sir. The ones who'd broken out of the enemy facility before I got to them. What do we know?

Just get the bad news over with.

Sombermann 2015/10/07(Wed)20:39 No. 675341 ID: e3d6b3
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Jackie: all i want to know - where is the rest of my squad? did they made it out in one piece?
Bradshaw: they did... but we managed to recover only one of them. other two are still MIA.
Jackie: who did you recover?
Bardshaw: your scout.
Jackie: can i see her?
Bradshaw: she is held at sector 9. in solitary confinement.
Jackie: what?!
Bradshaw: she is currently under tribunal for murder of a council member. she will stand trial in 3 days. then executed.

>>675328
Hit the bad news, all of it, then tell me about my squad. If they are dead I want new ones if we can afford it. After that I need to check my tank and it's driver.
...Then I'm gonna get shitfaced.

Was she brainwashed? The squids could have made her do this!

>>675341
When and how did she allegedly commit this murder?

>she will stand trial in 3 days. then executed.
If she's convicted. And if that's the sentence we hand down.

Well, seems like we've got a new mission. We gotta clear our Scout's name.

Start from the beginning, what the fuck happened that lead to that.

Wait, if she's proven not guilty will she still get executed? In fact, whose authority is keeping her locked up? You want names!

You'd better do some explaining before I start getting upset, sir.

Well, We could use some info on your scout, what can you tell us about her?

Sombermann 2015/10/08(Thu)06:27 No. 675397 ID: e782b1
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>Was she brainwashed? The squids could have made her do this!
Bradshaw: thorough examination showed no signs of psychic influence. what ever made her do this wasn't mind control.

>When and how did she allegedly commit this murder?
>Start from the beginning, what the fuck happened that lead to that.
Bradshaw: victim Percival Kong former head of weapons development programm. a week before your recovery at hangman's peak. Kong visited Stragelove base at my request to provide some insights on our illithian problems. 3 days later he was found dead in his personal quarters primary investigation revealed that Kong had one visitor prior his death. Shelly Springfeild your team's scout. She was later detained with a murder weapon and traces of vicitms blood on her clothes.

>Wait, if she's proven not guilty will she still get executed?
Bradshaw: this case is pretty much open and close one. i just can't see how you can turn it around.

>In fact, whose authority is keeping her locked up? You want names!
Bradshaw: mine. i'm head commander of this base. she will remain locked up until day of trial. she is still one of my soldiers, so concil won't allow me to head this trial. for that another commander is will arrive tomorrow.

>>675397
Have we done thorough background checks on both the victim and the accused? Was there any history between them?

Can he get you in a room with her? Innocent or guilty, she's under your command, and your responsibility. She deserves the chance to be heard out.

Jackie, know any good advocates, layers, detectives?

ask to see her, maybe she will tell you something.

Sombermann 2015/10/08(Thu)07:08 No. 675400 ID: e782b1
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Jackie: can see her? innocent or guilty, she's under my command, and my responsibility. she deserves the chance to be heard out.

Bradshaw: i knew you would say that.

-Bradshaw makes a call through comm-net. A few minutes later a scellor shows up.

Bradshaw: chief Dallas will accompany you. he will provide any information you need for this case.

Dallas: well then let's get going. you wanted to see the defendant?

A) let go and talk to Shelly.
B) let examine the body.
C) let examine the Kong's room.

talk to her fist. ask what's going on.

Let's go in alphabetical order.

Body first. We need to know what happened so we can ask the right questions.

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/08(Thu)08:53 No. 675406 ID: e782b1
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Jackie: yeah. i want to speak with Shelly first.

Dallas: i will arrange a visit. but you get only one before trial start. make it count.

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/08(Thu)08:53 No. 675407 ID: e782b1
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Shelly always was a loner in your squad. Youngest and less expirienced member of Conqueress squad. Still... among her peers, Shelly's recon skills were superb.

Sector 9. Solitary confinment cell's.

Shelly: ... well i be damned, commander in a flesh. i heard you died twice.

>>675407
"They'll say that about anyone who gets captured by aliens. Understandable, but they could at least say MIA like decent people.

So, why are you in here? I'd like the whole story from your mouth, leave no detail out."

>>675407
Dying is overrated. Speaking of which... let's see what we can do about keeping you alive. What the hell happened?

You magaged to break Lefty out before blowing the place to hell, but all you found of the rest of them was a hole in the wall.

I didn't pick a murderer for my squad. Tell me what happened.

if she says something like "you wouldn't believe me", tell her you have seen some shit. and currently possibly have an army of yourself to murder.

>>675407
I've been rising from shallow graves all month. Shelly, what the hell is going on?

>well i be damned, commander in a flesh. i heard you died twice.
I did, the other side just keeps sending me back. Don't know why, I'm wonderful. But this isn't about me. I just heard that you were down here and why. I'd like your side of the story and please, tell me everything and don't try and hide anything. I want to know the truth, your truth.

>you get only one before trial start. make it count
Geeze, that's gonna make it awful hard to follow up on stuff we learn. Awful hard to get everything out of someone in one go.

Guess we're gonna have to depend on loyalty and maximum spunk.

>>675484
Yeah, this whole thing seems incredibly suspicious. They've got no motive and they seem to be rushing this case to court as quickly as possible, even going so far as to plan her immediate execution afterwards. Someone has it out for Shelly, and they aren't doing that good a job at hiding it. We should tread lightly, we may have more enemies than we thought.

How did you managed to escape from the alien prison?

>>675407
Yeah, rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated. Shoot straight with me, you kill the dude or not? If you did, you better have a damn good reason, and if you didn't, you better give me a few damn good leads.

Sombermann 2015/10/09(Fri)08:02 No. 675595 ID: e782b1
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>Dying is overrated. Speaking of which... let's see what we can do about keeping you alive. What the he'll happened?
>I'd like the whole story from your mouth, leave no detail out.

Shelly: after we escaped holding cells in illithian base, we fought our way outside. we managed to get in contact with nearby armored unit, when that big explosion happened. i got knocked out by the blast wave. next thing i remember is waking up here in the medbay.

-Shelly rambles on for a bit about next few days she spent at the base...

Shelly: ...then a few days later right after lunch i got a call on secure personal comm-link. that guy... what was his name... Kong. he asked a bunch of questions about operation "Maveric". i couldn't tell much cuz i can't remember shit about that day. he then asked me to come and "visit" him at sector-1. he told me a room number and everything. i knew something was up... like what council member would even want from me? i went there late after dinner. room was locked up, but i knew the password. so i let myself in. there he was in a pool of his own guts and blood. the end.

>Shoot straight with me, you kill the dude or not? If you did, you better have a damn good reason, and if you didn't, you better give me a few damn good leads.

Shelly: he was already dead when i entered the room. and i have no idea who might have done that.

do they have any evidence against you other then you were in the area?

>>675595
Right. So it's a frame up job, or a case of very much being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I don't suppose we got a record of that comm call.

They said they found the murder weapon on you. How'd that happen? You take anything with you? Was something planted on you, or in your stuff? (What was it)?

What did you do after finding him dead? Everything till you ended up in custody. (Examined him, immediately called it in or sounded the alarm, tried to run from an obvious frame up, etc).

They told you what you're facing? They treating you right? They give you a lawyer?

>>675595
"Its enough. I need two things from you, anything you can tell me about that moment, the other thing is a little help..."
We suck at mind diving, but, with some luck and cooperation with a willing human instead of an unwilling squid we might be able to pull information out of her head.

A mind dive will let us see what she saw, and we can vouch for her, and maybe even recover some of her black out time if we are lucky. Mostly just let us see what she saw and vouch for her innocence.

>>675603
I assume they already had her checked by mind divers when they looked for squid control.

And if we're gonna try that, we might want someone who actually has the stats for it doing it (like Lefty).

Do you think he was seeking some kind of protection?

>>675605
Either way, we need a neutral party as well, but we only are getting once chance for now to talk to our scout. We gotta make it count, and lefty isint here.

We could also ask to mind dive to her, or tell her we are and see what she says. maybe she can even help ya know?

Sombermann 2015/10/10(Sat)01:09 No. 675766 ID: e782b1
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>do they have any evidence against you other then you were in the area?
Dallas: side of the prosecution have her on tape, making her the only person visiting counselor Kong at the time of his death. she was later apprehended in barracks. traces of victim's blood were found on her clothes. and murder weapon - modified plasma blaster was found hidden among her belongings.

>I don't suppose we got a record of that comm call.
Dallas: negative. if that call was ever made, it was through a secure comm-line.

>What did you do after finding him dead? Everything till you ended up in custody.
Shelly: when i first saw him, he was flat on his belly blood everywhere. i rushed to the body to check if he was still alive. obviously it was not the case. i knew then something was up. so left the room and went back to the barracks, hoping nobody saw me (chuckle) in retrospect it was really stupid plan. MP's showed up a few hours later and took me in.

>They told you what you're facing? They treating you right? They give you a lawyer?
Shelly: execution, i guess ok for a murder-suspect and they told me a conicle will provide me with a lawyer.

>We could also ask to mind dive to her...
i know it's kinda blatant, but just roll with it. i was too late to realize mind-diving is too OP for quest i'm trying to build. i want some mystery... so mind-diving has to fade out. it still will be used as means to communicate with psychic races.

Dallas: so is this all you wanted to ask from her?

A)yes (move onto the next place to investigate)
B)no (more questions)

Tell her you'll be taking her out for drinks with your new alien pal as soon as you clear her name.

Then go inspect the crime scene.

>>675766
How accurate is the time of death? Did anyone hear the gunfire?

not sure there is anything else we could ask, have the who when where what and how. only missing a why, and asking her for a why with a frame job wont help.

Sombermann 2015/10/10(Sat)02:53 No. 675776 ID: e782b1
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Jackie decides to investigate crime scene.

-Sector-1. Personal quarters of councilman Pecival Kong.

[so what should i look for...]

Point's of interest.
1. blood splatter. case file - victim was shot by supercharged plasma blast at point blank range. death was instantaneous.
2. body. case file - victim's body was moved soon after his death.
3. safebox. case file - found open next to the victim. contents [top secret]. currently secured by vita-corp operatives.
4. comm-link. case file - all calls made from this unit were through secure lines. no information can be obtained from it.

isn't plasma hot, shouldn't it cause burning rather then bursting?

Any cameras in the room, or covering access points? Any cameras in the barracks? If she's telling the truth, somebody must have smuggled the murder weapon into her stuff during the window of time when she was out.

What's the time of death, how soon after was the body moved?

Was Shelly given a medical examination at the time of her arrest? Supercharged plasma blast at point-blank range seems like it would cause some splashback. If there were no burns on her hands, that's evidence for acquittal.

Speaking of which, what standard of evidence are we looking to meet to get her off the hook? Is this some Phoenix Wright crap where the only way out is convicting the real killer, or would reasonable doubt be sufficient for execution to at least be postponed?

Sombermann 2015/10/10(Sat)07:28 No. 675784 ID: e782b1
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>isn't plasma hot, shouldn't it cause burning rather then bursting?
Dallas: it did left a burn marks... on victims body.

>Any cameras in the room, or covering access points?
Dallas: the only access point is this door. there is camera in a hallway wich covers it.

>Any cameras in the barracks?
>If she's telling the truth, somebody must have smuggled the murder weapon into her stuff during the window of time when she was out.
Dallas: there is couple of cameras monitoring main enterance, but with number of people walking in and out, we have about 300+ suspects.

>What's the time of death, how soon after was the body moved?
Dallas: about hour after dinner. body was moved soon after that, Kong was still bleeding.

>Was Shelly given a medical examination at the time of her arrest? Supercharged plasma blast at point-blank range seems like it would cause some splashback. If there were no burns on her hands, that's evidence for acquittal.
Dallas: prv. Springfeild was examined. traces of victim's blood were found on her clothes. there was small burnt marks on her gloves... wich is not that unusuall. most of the feild infantry who use plasma weaponry have that. even you major.

>Speaking of which, what standard of evidence are we looking to meet to get her off the hook?
[we would need to ether find another suspect, or cast a doubt on evidence used against her.]

[as things stand now. she looks like the only suspect. to break through that first we need to understand how and why.]

FACTS - undeniable truth.
1) Shelly was the only person caught on a camera covering the councelor room, entering a few hours after councelor, then leaving 5 min later.
2) Shelly was the one who moved the body.

>>675784

1. blood splatter. case file - victim was shot by supercharged plasma blast at point blank range. death was instantaneous.
>Plasma...tends to not leave blood? (unsure if it does here in this setting, if so disregard)
2. body. case file - victim's body was moved soon after his death.
>Where is the body now? or some pictures of that.
3. safebox. case file - found open next to the victim. contents [top secret]. currently secured by vita-corp operatives.
>We need to get those files, and our girl might be the only choice.
4. comm-link. case file - all calls made from this unit were through secure lines. no information can be obtained from it.
>We need to get into the comm link somehow.
5. SECRET
>Can we look under the bed and around the place to see if anything was missed, or if this place has an alternate entry point like that window over there, where this dude coulda been ninja assassinated?

Okay, let's see what we can do:

A) We do not know for certain if there was more than one entity involved. Shelly herself said that she found the corpse, after Kong had been killed.
B) We cannot fully trust surveillance evidence; in the same way that the crime scene and suspect's testimony might have been altered, it is possible that the surveillance might have been doctored. Nothing you have seen is absolute truth.
C) Our goal is not to prove that Shelly did not kill Kong. Our goal is to show a reasonable ammount of doubt that Shelly intentionally, and with a specific plan in mind, executed Kong for purposes unknown.

The following is speculation:

What is the simplest reason to move a dead or dying body just a few feet away from their initial spot?
They were searching for something. So we can speculate that the body was probabbly turned from frontside to backside, after one of the entities involved searched his shirt and front pockets.

Search the place, see if you can find any markings that show where the killer would stand and why.

is this the scene of the crime as it was found? If not, can we see images as how it was found?

Can we examine closely the area, Especially the body and the blood?

Any way the camera's records could have been tampered with? Does active camo exist that's good enough to fool cameras?

Any other ways in or out of the room? Air vents, sewer pipes, inconsistencies with the blueprints that might cover a secret passage.

Who else would have a motive? Is vita-corp sketchy enough that they might have secrets they'd resort to wetwork over?

How was the body discovered? (Is that entry to the room on tape?)

>murder weapon - modified plasma blaster
What modifications? And is there any trace of where the weapon came from?

>safebox. case file - found open next to the victim. contents [top secret]. currently secured by vita-corp operatives.
Facing the victim perhaps? I think we should investigate the insides of that box for burn marks.

And another thing: are the victim's fingerprints on the com-link?

>>675805
them being there would mean nothing. the victim has probably used it a hundred times or more.

>mind diving too OP for a murder mystery
We could always bullshit something about it being unsafe to use on a mind too like your own. Alien is better- too similar and they mesh too well, too much makes it across the link, you risk overload, brain damage, copy-over, etc. That would retcon it so Jackie was stupid reckless trying it on the oldman, but that's pretty much in character.

...although then that raises the question why they don't just get an alien to do it. Best excuse I got is that most the ones on base are too human. Gotta be really out there to be safe.

>>675776
Is... is Jackie's butt labeled as point of interest, there.

>Speaking of which, what standard of evidence are we looking to meet to get her off the hook?
>[we would need to ether find another suspect, or cast a doubt on evidence used against her.]
So we need reasonable doubt, or alternate theories. That's good- innocent until proven guilty rather than guilty till proven innocent.

>2) Shelly was the one who moved the body.
Shelly was the only one who left evidence of having moved the body.

>>675805
There might not be many fingerprints, as the standard uniform around here seems to include gloves.

>what do
Can we get Lefty or some tech we trust examining the footage? Is it possible it was tampered with? (Ie, someone edited out of the record).

Maybe we could use K-Zel as an in with vitacorp? Leverage that connection to try and get access to the sealed files.

Where did the modified pistol come from? How was it modified? We should have it examined by a weapons expert (like the dorf who gave us our experimental gun before).

Could we get a background check / dossier on the victim? Knowing who he was will give us better insight into what motive his killer might have had.

>mind dive
Or you could make up some shit about it not working cause they're clones/ditos

Can we look for another point of entry?

Or maybe the easiest explanation: it's against regs to mindrip your soldiers, no matter the offense. Prisoners have rights, and she didn't consent to having her entire life data-mined by some creeper.

What can they tell us about status of the Safebox's contents? We know its TOP SECRET but was anything missing? What is the security clearance level to view it and who would have known about it?

The body was moved, but was the safebox moved too (e.g. by Shelly to make room to turn the body over)? Because if so, IT could have been the source of the plasma blast; a booby trap.

Stand back, I've watched several DOZEN crime shows and am therefore an EXPERT on all things MURDERCIDE.

Let's establish a motive. What was the councilman working on at the time of his death? What was stolen from the safes?
Can we get a detective's help on investigating this? Can we also examine the murder weapon to see if and when it was fired?

1/3 Sombermann 2015/10/16(Fri)21:42 No. 677012 ID: 18b3d8
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>Could we get a background check / dossier on the victim?
>Let's establish a motive. What was the councilman working on at the time of his death?
Dallas: Percival Kong. terran, male, age 39. fromer head of weapons development sector at Vitacorp. currently 7th member of concil. until few weeks ago he was stationed on outer sector base "Noir". by request of head commander Bradshaw, Kong arrived at "Stragelove" to provide consulting on weapon tech recovered at "blast site delta"
Jackie: That giant ship my crew took out of the sky...
Dallas: yeah. not much of it survived the explosion. but parts that did, made council very nervious.

>Where is the body now? or some pictures of that.
Dallas: it's in the "fridge" if you want we can take a look at it.

>We need to get those files.
Dallas: it's beyond my jurisdiction as security cheif.

>We need to get into the comm link somehow.
Dallas: sorry kid. this is just a dead end.

>Any other ways in or out of the room?
>alternate entry point
>window?
Dallas: as you see no windows. only one way in and one way out. through this door.
>Air vents, sewer pipes, inconsistencies with the blueprints that might cover a secret passage.
Dallas: it's a military base not a fantasy castle.
Jackie: i take that as a no.

>murder weapon.
Dallas: it's in the evidence locker at the station, you can take a look at it if you want.

2/3 Sombermann 2015/10/16(Fri)21:44 No. 677016 ID: 18b3d8
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>What is the simplest reason to move a dead or dying body just a few feet away from their initial spot?
[body was moved one time. from frontside to backside. if Shelly didn't lie it was her who did it.]

>Can we examine closely the area, Especially the body and the blood?
>Search the place, see if you can find any markings that show where the killer would stand and why.
-Jackie makes a thorough search.
[By the way body was positioned, and if Shelly's testimony was right. Kong was standing facing away from the door. When he was shot he fell forward. Shelly was the one who moved him on his back to check if guy was still alive.]
[hmm i can't pin point where the killer was standing. there is no traces wich will help to indicated that.]

>The body was moved, but was the safebox moved too
Dallas: the blood splatter on the box and around it indicated it was not moved after Kong's death.

3/3 Sombermann 2015/10/16(Fri)21:45 No. 677018 ID: 18b3d8
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>Any way the camera's records could have been tampered with?
Security officer: i would lie if i say there is no way to do so. but at this point it's hard evidence. footage was inspected. there is no traces of "loops" or "cuts".

>Does active camo exist that's good enough to fool cameras?
Security officer: yeah. new gen camo tech is can make anyone ivisible... to naked eye that is. every camera in sector-1 outfitted with biofeild, electro magnetic and heat scanners. nothing gets pass these baby.

What's behind that side door? I suspect the shooter may have hidden in the room before and after the killing.

Does the security system log when doors are opened? If so, check those against the tape for any discrepancies.

If that camera has been tampered with the killer might have neglected others in the area. You should also check the camera/security logs in the surrounding area to see if anyone entered the area, then seemingly disappeared.

anything under the bed or in the mattress? I mean it's not unheard of for someone to hide something in the bed mattress... not that i'm actually believing we'd find something I just want to be thorough.

Sombermann 2015/10/17(Sat)00:12 No. 677058 ID: 18b3d8
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>anything under the bed or in the mattress?
[nothing under/in it or mattress. still worth the shot.]

>What's behind that side door?
[it's a closet. there not enough space to hide.]
[blood on the door match with ones on the floor. when councelor got killed door was closed.]

>Does the security system log when doors are opened?
Security officer: yes. every time somebody inputs codes into door pads system records it. Here is a log of that evening.

18:00 - Kong leaves
18:45 - Kong enter
21:15 - Kong leaves
21:20 - Kong enter
22:00 - Shelly enter
22:05 - Shelly leaves

>You should also check the camera/security logs in the surrounding area to see if anyone entered the area, then seemingly disappeared.
Security officer: we been checking every single camera set in sector-1. few days worth of footage. we been doing it for the last week. nothing suspicious comed up so far.

Dallas: so is there anything else you want to check with the footage.

A) camera footage
B) murder weapon
C) safe box
D) body

>>677058
Murder weapon. If he was alone when he was murdered, maybe the weapon itself killed him somehow?

>system records it
How so? Scanning, entry code? Shelly earlier said
>I knew the password. so I let myself in.
so I'm wondering whether one of the logs(for kong specifically) could be wrong/faked by someone knowing the someone elses password.

That's a lot of entrances and exits for one person; and why would he leave only to comeback 5 minutes later? Where could he even go in that short of a time?

Murder weapon time.

>>677058
Wait a second...

21:15 - Kong leaves
21:20 - Kong enter

Why did he leave for only 5 minutes?

1/2 Sombermann 2015/10/17(Sat)04:44 No. 677102 ID: 18b3d8
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>I'm wondering whether one of the logs(for kong specifically) could be wrong/faked by someone knowing the someone elses password.
Security officer: there is only one password for each door. system assigns every door access to a person with help of camera feed.

>Why did he leave for only 5 minutes?
Security officer: hmm... concilman Kong left his room at 21:15, took an elevator to central hub. then... he just came back.
Jackie: isn't it a bit fast for an evening stroll?
Security officer: everybody got their quirks...

2/2 Sombermann 2015/10/17(Sat)04:44 No. 677103 ID: 18b3d8
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-Security station. Evidence room.

Dallas: according to our tech guys, this black market plasma gun was heavily modified.
>maybe the weapon itself killed him somehow?
Jackie: what kind of mods? could it be triggered at distance?
Dallas: nothing like that."stabilizing matter transmitter"... odd choice if you just want to kill somebody.
Jackie: stabiliz...whos and what now?
Dallas: it allows firing compressed ball of unstable plasma at low starting velocity. this gun's shot doesnt "pierce" through you, it explodes as it hits you. such mods downgrade your weapon if target is wearing armor. really odd... isn't it.
Jackie: so that's is why there was no marks on the walls.
Dallas: yep...

[why would somebody make a weapon like that?]

so against unarmored targets, would the weapon be more effective or about the same?

>>677103
it's a weapon designed to kill an unarmored target grossly. which is useless in the battlefield because anyone could have armor. so it's specifically designed to be a murder weapon.

>>677102
So what if whoever came back WASN'T Kong? Think about it; anyone with Kong's DNA and facial records could easily fool the camera if Kong hacked it right, and said clone could go somewhere and come back in five minutes, only to be shot to death by himself. Then, it's just a matter of hacking the camera so that it loops back on itself, while the sensors will not realize their main drive is being hacked because the perpetrator has security access.

Keep in mind that CLONING IS NORMAL. It's possible that - and bear with me - Kong was forced to murder an empty shell, faking his own death.

Now, this may be a ridiculous theory, but the fact that it is reasonably plausible means that this is NOT an open-and-shut case.

>>677103
Against a single unaware opponent in a closed space with their back turned, that's effectively a Future Shotgun.

So it would leave an excess blood splatter, thereby increasing the amount of chaos in the room, leaving the killer enough leeway to make a few mistakes when rewiring the crime scene. The sheer violence of the attack also distracts the police from analyzing the crime scene effectively; there's just too much blood to think straight.

It also means that the trajectory can't be easily calculated, because the attack was designed to be explosive and non-piercing. But why would the killer care about hiding where they opened fire if nobody has any idea who they are or what ANYONE would want with Kong?

Well at the very least we know that whoever did this knew where the cameras were


And are we going to do something about our hair?

Would that modification have any tertiary effects, like reducing weight or altering the ballistics?

Also, carefully examine what he was looking at when he was killed, and everywhere he went when he was out of his room.

>>677103
Some of these guys make some good points, what if it was an inactivated ditto that was altered to look like him?

How slow is a slow starting velocity? could this kill someone 10 minutes later? longer?

Sombermann 2015/10/17(Sat)10:24 No. 677170 ID: 18b3d8
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>theory: Two Kong's
[it is a possibility. but as far security footage go i can't prove it was tampered with. ...footage was inspected. there is no traces of "loops" or "cuts". that means two Kong's where never in the room at the same time.]
[only plausable scenario that explains quick 5 min. long evening stroll is...]
[Kong A. left room at 18:00 and came back at 21:20]
[Kong B. entered room at 18:45 and left at 21:15]

>so against unarmored targets, would the weapon be more effective or about the same?
[the same. but more messy. i would need to examine body to know for sure.]

>How slow is a slow starting velocity? could this kill someone 10 minutes later? longer?
[not that slow. chrage is slow enough to detonate without passing through target completely.]

>And are we going to do something about our hair?
[yeah... it did kinda grew out. should i cut it?]

If the hair gets in the way, yes. If not, no.

Maybe the weapon was used to hide evidence, there could have been something about the body the killer needed to destroy.

Is is possible the corpse is some sort of clone? Kong could have faked his own death.

You should check the corpse next.

>>677170
things to consider
>The weapon was a delayed kill, Kong got zapped and it possibly exploded after he went back into the room. Is that possible, or does this thing explode pretty quick?
>not giving up on the suicide kong clone option, are there any tell tale marks that someone is a ditto? Also, I would want our dwarf to take a loot at the weapon as well, tell us who modified it or something. we need to see him anyway.

I still think we should bring in our dorf weapon expert to see what his opinion on the modified gun is (get him the records if you can't get him the gun).

>why would somebody make a weapon like that?
Well, if it doesn't leave any extra evidence on the walls, it would be easier to move a body and stage where a killing took place. (Although other evidence makes that unlikely in this case).

It might also make it safe to fire on someone who's restrained or being grappled by someone, if the blast isn't gonna penetrate the target and hit your ally.

...would it be more painful? A slower death? That could mean the killing was personal.

>footage
Do we have any footage of Kong on the central hub? Or in the elevator? Can we follow where he went, or what happened in his last moments?

Keep the long hair if you don't mind maintaining it.

You can play around more with long hair.


Do we have a feed of the elevator on the central hub exit?

...Wait a second. How big is that plasma blaster? It looks fairly bulky. And what was Shelly wearing when she went to meet with Kong? Considering what she was wearing then, could she have hidden the plasma blaster anywhere on her person without leaving a noticeable bulge or bump in her clothing? If she couldn't have then you should ask that the surveillance security officer examine all the angles of video of her in motion he can get for signs of her packing this blaster. If he can't find any then that'll cast some doubt on her killing Kong since she wasn't carrying the murder weapon.

The only reason I can see for using a weapon like this is if you wanted to kill someone as messily as possible while being fast and quiet. Why would Shelly, a trained soldier, use this when she could've just used a standard gun or knife? Hell do they even have a motive for why she killed him?

Also do we have a recording of what he did in those five minutes?

And what I meant about the heir is that it looks like you just fell out of bed. After an owls been nesting on your head.

Is the gun small enough to have fit in the box (along with some device to trigger it when opened)?

As long as it fits in your regulation helmet, I say keep it as long as you can.
Uh... The energy discharge of such a weapon might be meant to affect shields better, or grouped targets? Or maybe it's meant to be mass produced and fielded against a sidescrolling protagonist in a bullet-hell game... probably not that one.

Presumably you've got cameras covering the central hub. What was Kong doing during those two times he was outside? Where was Shelly during those?

If the cameras routinely include all that fancy sensor tech, and uniforms are so tight-fitting, it should be easy to confirm whether or not someone was carrying such a bulky and unusual weapon.

>>677170
Examine the body next. See if the wounds match what would be expected from the gun.

Can we see the Footage of the two times that the Victim entered in his room?
Also, looking for anyone that may have met him on his way may give useful information. (specially on his trip to the Central hub, at 21:15).

Also, Dallas, What's on your mind?

1/4 Sombermann 2015/11/03(Tue)02:06 No. 681056 ID: 28da13
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>The weapon was a delayed kill, Kong got zapped and it possibly exploded after he went back into the room.
[blast kills with a delay of slpit second not few minutes.]

>opinion of Master Kaz
Jackie summons Kaz and Lefty to evidence room for weapon examination.
After inspecting weapon. Kaz notes that mods are fully custom and not installed on regular arms at the armory.
Kaz: ...it pretty odd to use as murder weapon. aim is off, plasma battery overchages after one shot, to much heat output. cooling system is absent. it's just doesn't make any sence.

2/4 Sombermann 2015/11/03(Tue)02:08 No. 681057 ID: 28da13
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>You should check the corpse next.
Med-bay. "Freezer".

>Maybe the weapon was used to hide evidence
[It's a possibilty. Only what kind of evidence would need half of the victims gone to hide.]

>there could have been something about the body the killer needed to destroy.
Dallas: victim abdomen was severly damaged by the blast. guts, stoamche, liver, kidneys... all meshed into a bloody mess burnt to a crisp.

>Is is possible the corpse is some sort of clone? Kong could have faked his own death.
Dallas: his DNA test is positive. no "clone markers".
[all clones have a special marker in their DNA. Small part of code is calibrated so all cloned dittos are sterile. for population numbers control.]
Dallas: think about it. why would anybody spend a fortune creating a perfect clone to just kill it.

3/4 Sombermann 2015/11/03(Tue)02:11 No. 681059 ID: 28da13
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>...Wait a second. How big is that plasma blaster? It looks fairly bulky. And what was Shelly wearing when she went to meet with Kong?
-on the footage where Shelly enters councelor's room, she carries a tool-pack. big enough to fit the weapon.

>Presumably you've got cameras covering the central hub. What was Kong doing during those two times he was outside? Where was Shelly during those?
-whereabouts of both during that time frame is unkown. cameras in the hub are placed olny at transfer points between sectors. so as far we know Kong was somewhere in the hub.

>Can we see the Footage of the two times that the Victim entered in his room?
-both times nothing unusuall can be spotted about the victim.

4/4 Sombermann 2015/11/03(Tue)02:12 No. 681060 ID: 28da13
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>Also, Dallas, What's on your mind?
Dallas: as you probably noticed, whole case stinks and nothing makes sence. the weapon, victim, motive. nothing is clear cut. even your squad member... she hides something.

what if she is protecting someone? she goes in tampers with the evidence and acts like she did it because she doesn't want someone else to take the fall. but who..

wait a sec what if the gun was modded to be just a one shot weapon for ease of disposal and how can you be sure that the body isn't that of a clone be cos who in there right mind would use a standard cloning stamp like that for a body double? also what are the door logs for after shelly went in and found the body?

> what kind of evidence would need half of the victims gone to hide
Other cause of death is a good reason. You can't really tell if the hole in someone's head is from a screwdriver or a bullet if their whole upper half is pulped. Did they run a tox screen on the body or just assume it would come up empty?

(spitballing cause I'm running out of ideas. trying to find any differences between the pics we see of the counselor. Only thing I can find is he wasn't wearing glasses in one. Did he *need* glasses? It's probably possible to make/wear high-tech ones.)

Who reported that the counselor was dead? Did someone just happen upon him in his room not long after? Shelly said when she left that she was "hoping nobody saw [her]" so she obviously wouldn't have let someone know.

>plasma battery overchages after one shot, to much heat output. cooling system is absent.
That would take a while to cool down, wouldn't it? I ask because Shelly was only in there a few minutes and allegedly left with the recently used gun, but
>every camera in sector-1 outfitted with biofeild, electro magnetic and heat scanners.

1/3 Sombermann 2015/11/03(Tue)16:49 No. 681208 ID: 28da13
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>what if she is protecting someone?
[that would mean she ether did something to the body, or took something from crime scene.]

>what are the door logs for after shelly went in and found the body?
>Who reported that the counselor was dead?
23:30 - Vitacorp agent.
Security officer: 4 agents where the ones who found the body. They immediately contacted base security.

Jackie: what Vcorp. agents where doing at the door of the councelor that late at night
Dallas: no idea. information on a need to know basis... all this confidentiality only makes our work harder.

>...plasma battery overchages after one shot, to much heat output. cooling system is absent.
>That would take a while to cool down, wouldn't it? I ask because Shelly was only in there a few minutes and allegedly left with the recently used gun, but
>...every camera in sector-1 outfitted with biofeild, electro magnetic and heat scanners.

Jackie: ...did councelor have a personal cooling unit. a refrigirator of some kind in his room?
Dallas: no... why did you ask?
Jackie: footage of Shelly after she left councelor room. bring it on the screen. now show me it in a heat-vision.

2/3 Sombermann 2015/11/03(Tue)16:50 No. 681209 ID: 28da13
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-no abnormal heat signatures.

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Jackie: ha! just as i thought.
Dallas: ?
Jackie: gun like that can't cool down this fast. there is no abnormal heat traces anywhere on her body.
Dallas: she didn't carry weapon with her.
Jackie: wich makes it impossible for her to kill councelor.

...where did the real murder weapon go, then? Are we sure the gun in question has to be what caused the wounds on the body? Could something else be used that has the same end result? Like a plasma grenade or something?

If not... then check the footage of the Kongs. See if they had any abnormal heat signatures. Or heck, check for mysterious heat signatures in general, even if they're not attached to anyone visible.

now play back kong leaving a second time till body discovery in heat vision, the murder weapon has to have left the scene after the kill. if it doesn't then something weird is happening.

>why would anybody spend a fortune creating a perfect clone to just kill it.
If someone had created perfect clones, they wouldn't want that knowledge getting out. That would defeat your advantage. Any clone that escaped control or risked exposing the secret would have to be eliminated.

>even your squad member... she hides something.
Really? Could you be more specific? What didn't she want to talk about, or when was she evasive? We know her better, we might gain insight from that.

>wich makes it impossible for her to kill councelor.
No... it means it makes it impossible for her to have carried the murder weapon out with her. She could have done the job, left the weapon behind, and then someone planted it on her later "framing" the right person.

It does make her committing the crime much less likely, though.

Can we try tracing the gun's path from the murder scene to her things? Run through cameras on the route, in heat vision, fast forward.

Sombermann 2015/11/03(Tue)18:42 No. 681239 ID: 28da13
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>check the footage of the Kongs. See if they had any abnormal heat signatures.
Jackie: what if... hey, play back footage with Kong. look for any abnormal heat signs.

-as recordings played back. Jackie saw councelor Kong walking down the hallway as he entered his room for the last time.

Jackie: when councelor died, killer wasn't in the room... it was inside him.
Dallas: it's in his stomach. gun wasn't the murder weapon.

Aha, so he must have left his room to get something to eat, and the killer put something in his food.

Check to see what locations are nearby which have food, and he could reach within the timeframe of the sequence of events we have. Then talk to people who we can confirm to have been there at that time, and find out who had access to his food.

Ok that looks a bit large for him to have accidentally eaten. But you never know.

So see if you can track him back through cameras and see how long that thing was in him. Might get lucky and find out where it came from.

...is there any way he could have swallowed that, or would the gun have to have been surgically implanted in advance.

>gun wasn't the murder weapon
Are we sure about that? Is it possible it went off inside his chest cavity? Could it have been triggered remotely, or on a timer?

he should have noticed it before it finally went off.

but yeah, try to find when it appears.

Well done; you now have enough evidence to provide reasonable doubt. Dig a little further, but have an encrypted message containing the evidence sent to the court in case something happens.

Review the footage of those vitacorp agents entering and leaving the room, see if any of them have odd heat-sigs, or insulated containers of appropriate size.

Honestly our job is done. It was just proved conclusively that our squad member did not in fact kill the guy. At most she can be charged with tampering with evidence.

Do we need to go further with this and solve the case? Or should we leave this to someone who knows what they are doing?

>>681251
Well, someone did try to frame a member of our squad. (Someone planted that gun on her later). That seems like the kind of thing we should continue to take an interest in.

My question is how they got the dead Kong to play along. Clones are not obedient automatons, so how then did they get him (clone or not) to walk back to his room like nothing was wrong when he had a large scalding hot lump in his gut?
We should check the body to see if he was drugged, and also check the earlier footage of him to see if the heat sig is there was well.

Case closed! We win! The rules say whoever sentenced our scout to death has to switch places with her now. It's in there, I just checked it myself.

Also did we check to see if Kong was the one who sent the message to Shelly

how far can mods to a ditto go and can you say turn off there pain resepters in an area or there entire body? and can you tell what sort of object is inside of the knog in that footage that is if the footage is of good enough quality

1/3 Sombermann 2015/11/04(Wed)07:52 No. 681344 ID: 688748
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>Aha, so he must have left his room to get something to eat, and the killer put something in his food.
Dallas: huh... last evening snack?

>Also did we check to see if Kong was the one who sent the message to Shelly
[only evidence on that is Shelly's testimony]

>Check to see what locations are nearby which have food, and he could reach within the timeframe of the sequence of events we have.
[messhall is too far away.]
Jackie: are there any places where councelor could have gotten the food in a 5 min timeframe?

2/3 Sombermann 2015/11/04(Wed)07:53 No. 681345 ID: 688748
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-after a quick search, investigation team singled out a food dispenser unit not far from elevators in the hub.

Sec. officer: ...and so it's just takes a mugshot each time somebody buy something.
Jackie: can you dig up it's memory bank? we need a face, preferably one belonging to Kong or his killer.

3/3 Sombermann 2015/11/04(Wed)07:54 No. 681346 ID: 688748
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-after a few minutes Jackie have blurry picture in her hand.
-victim can be seen in the background chatting with somebody... somebody wearing a commander rank coat...
[Bradshaw?!]

Well that is something.

Be careful and get more evidence before letting anyone know about this. When the Brass get involved in a evidence chain it gets messy. Do not want to start pointing fingers if he just happened to be in the same area at the same time.

Are there any cameras that cover this location or the exits? Maybe we can get more evidence of who was around here?

This seems even more suspicious. It shows him offering food but you would not swallow a food bar like that. Got to chew it up first and you would notice a bomb. Heck it had its own heat signature!

If you were eating something you would notice a warm object in it. Unless it was soup?

- Check the transactio logs to see who purchased the food (Kong, or our unknown Commander)
- If there is any surveillance nearby, check for if that hotspot was present on the Commander before they arrived. If they gave Kong a tainted foodstuff, they may have bought it with them, then switched it with the one they purchased from the Vendor when handing it to Kong.

>>681349
The explosive might simply be a poison with some delayed exothermic reaction to stomach acid.
Combined with some local anesthetic, the victim wouldn't even feel it heating up until BOOM!

We need to take Bradshaw in for questioning, stat.