"Is it too late to get more equipment?"
"Explain the map. All the colors - those are terrain, yes? What kind?"
"two things sir. One,can you give us more detail on the terrain map, such as what those colors mean and the bold lines between some of those hexes?
Two, you mentioned an outbreak of life-forms and a giant organism. Am I correct in assuming that we have a strong chance of encountering something that might afflict us with 'the gift'?"
"No questions except for the alien stuff jammed inside me, and you've already answered those ones."
"Right. So if this thing happens to be mutagenic, how are we gonna get it out and transport it without getting turned into biological silly putty?"
"You're telling me that the map is essentially useless for us right now."
"Where'd you source this map?"
"Then shouldn't they be able to say something about what's there? Sattelite imagery is pretty accurate, even on small scales.""Where'd you source this map?""Hell if I know. It's probably from a satellite of some sort."
"Then shouldn't they be able to say something about what's there? Sattelite imagery is pretty accurate, even on small scales.""Where'd you source this map?""Hell if I know. It's probably from a satellite of some sort."
"Alright. Some armor would be nice, and something that I know will be a weapon. I'll go grab those."
"It's probably not a picture at all. More like a rendition of some sort of computer scan.
If this is the best you guys can give us, MMCEC has serious tech issues."
"You'll get no argument from me there. Sometimes I think the recon teams give us crap like this 'cause they think it's funny. But it probably comes down to the fact that the Corporation just doesn't want to waste too much money on expendable workers."
step out and activate my camera drone. Get as high a view as possible and scout around.
Stay behind the door, ready to fire on anything that is clearly hostile; if everyone is out and it's there's no enemies, then step out and seek cover.
Keep under cover; go on overwatch. If you know XCOM, you know what I'm talking about.
Juniper boots up her pAI and asks it:
"If I were somehow able to put you into an observer drone, would you be able to perform reconnaissance without me having to control the drone?"
If the AI's answer is yes, Juniper attempts to download it into the drone.
If not, Juniper takes control of one of her drones and flies it directly South, looking for any routes through the terrain, and any hostile organisms.
Move out. Stay behind the others.
"Here, let me help you with that drone."
Help Juniper with controlling the drone.
Surrender control of the droid. Try rubbing my hands together to see if it generates additional static electricity.
recall my drone and start moving forward. Be on the lookout for movement.
"it's all clear up ahead, though there is something glowing in the distance."
"That could have gone better. Sorry, I'll try and replace it after this mission is over."
Walk over to the remnants of the drone and gather the pieces. Try and get to any high ground.
"ohhh Kay, so the ground is not quite solid, and might be composed of bio-organics of some sort. Tread carefully, and watch that you don't slip."
Go on overwatch (if you can call it that) and wait for the others to catch up.
Slowly advance out of the ship to cover, and again, go on overwatch.
Continue rubbing my hands furiously, and follow Glass.
((Call it whatever you want. I don't care.))
You get your gun ready and wait.
(http://static4.fjcdn.com/comments/Gt+not+using+knife+guns+what+_1e6b38e34b16ff6e0d117d33ecf56447.jpg)((Call it whatever you want. I don't care.))
You get your gun ready and wait.
What gun? All I have is a knife.
-_-
Is there any potential cover that we can see?
Ignore the symbiotes, put on my suit and step out, cane in hand. Look around and use my prodigious insight: Is there anything around here that looks terribly dangerous.
Continue moving along behind the others. Be wary of threats.
Okay. Walk out in the general direction of our objective.
Follow the others.
wait for them to catch up.
Yeah, no. I'm not crawling on that ground. In fact...
Get to more solid ground (avoid meaty-looking stuff) and fire on the thing attacking Rauth.
Ask pAI what the hell the creature is. Without waiting for an answer, plant my hands firmly on its back and release a shock.
sprint-tackle the closest of the three creatures and slice them up with my vibrio-knife!
Fire the laser pistol at the thing attacking me.
"Aah! Bloody heck!"
Stand up. Knife. Shank it. Shank it dead! Dead!
(Well this seems oddly familiar)
Drag Juniper back towards the ship.
Eliminate any remaining hostiles, then return to the ship.
Juniper panickedly demands pAI to tell her what happened to her body.
"I need help! Which one of you is the medic?!""Don't look at me, i'm a mechanic!"
"I need help! Which one of you is the medic?!""Don't look at me, i'm a mechanic!"
drag the guy I just stabbed accidentally back to the ship. Apply pressure to the wounds to slow the bleeding when I get him to safety.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure what I could do either. Let's patch our friends up and figure out an actual strategy in the ship, got it everyone?"
Get Juniper into the ship.
Unconscious medic Darwin is unconscious.
"AAAAAAAARGH! GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF ME LEGS!""ack! Forgot about the armor, sorry!"
If he doesn't comply, punch(or possibly shank) him in the groin. Once that's done, fix my bloody ruined legs with my medkit!
Sit around and let myself be dragged. Have pAI calculate the most efficient way for a combat medic to fix the problem I'm experiencing.
Continue getting Juniper back into the ship.
"AAAAAAAARGH! GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF ME LEGS!"
If he doesn't comply, punch(or possibly shank) him in the groin. Once that's done, fix my bloody ruined legs with my medkit!
"Yep."
Use my cane to help get teammates back onto the ship. Namely via floating platforms and the like. Do not leave the ship.
"I can't feel my fucking legs."
"Failing! Please supply tactical advice! Agh my legs!"
"Our goal is only to bring back a sample of the organism, correct?"
"permission to acquire, and I quote, 'a metric F***load of napalm' for dispensing across this hellhole?"
Expand my cane into a chair and sit down in it.
"So exactly what happened? I wasn't paying much attention. You lot walked out and the ground attacked? If thats so, I might be able to float you out with this alien whatsit and let you quickly scoop some of this garbage up into a jar."
I'm just watching the grounds, making sure any potential hostiles don't catch us by surprise.
"yeah, well this mission is probably FUBAR then, since two of us are already incapable of even walking and the rest of us arn't good for combat situations.
Also, if you force us to go out again, chances are we will be slaughtered and your bosses won't get their return on investment. I hope you got a better plan than I had."
Juniper waits for feeling to return to her legs. Failing that, she attempts a very minor shock to them.
"These missions are FUBAR to begin with... we're going to have to move out sooner or later, though."
"Well, if a couple of us with armor walk ahead and everyone with guns is ready to shoot anything that pokes up, we can mitigate damage done. Me, Darwin, Doc Harrison, and INVICTUS are in the runnings to be the ones to go ahead since our armor should at least make us recoverable in the event we get mutilated. "
Try to stand.
"So you just want samples of this crap or do you want it dead? Or both?"
"yeah, let me check that out.."
drone scout time!
Try again.
Be ready to shoot whatever's attacking us when it shows its face.
Be ready to stay behind the other soldiers and run like mad if the shuttle's breached.
Get out and shoot the thing
welp, better kill it before it takes out our ride. Charge out, climb up it's back and go for the shoulders!
"OH SHOOT! Monster! Monster! MONSTER! DIE DIE DIE!"That's probably not smart since it has acid projectile vomit.
Knife it in the face, knife it in the face, knife it in the bloody face.
son of a... okay, try to get my arm working well enough to move it around and grab things. Then slice off that thing's other shoulder!
An arm for an arm, what a trade.
"OH SHOOT! Monster! Monster! MONSTER! DIE DIE DIE!"
Knife it in the face, knife it in the face, knife it in the bloody face.
Walk around a bit. Be unbothered by the banging.
Damnit.
Go out and kill whatever the thing is.
Shoot the thing in the mouth/throat
Convert cane into flying bladed chakrams. Compel them to fly out and slice the thing to death.
Oh and have one of the chakrams scoop a chunk of the thing out and then turn into a sealed container around it. Might as well get a sample.
Stay at a distance.
Juniper, confident in her movement abilities, exits the shuttle, dashes up to the hostile, and electrocutes it. Preferably by direct contact, unless that seems particularly dangerous.
Try to wake up?
Go save august! If their helmet shatters, we will be down a man and our chances of surviving as a whole will drop significantly!
Capture a chunk in my staff. If it is still alive and angry, have the container of moving metal I have it trapped in stab it repeatedly till it dies.
No. I got slammed with a hunk of cancerous meat that the thing tore off its body and threw at me, and now I'm unconscious with a cracked helmet.
*looks back*No. I got slammed with a hunk of cancerous meat that the thing tore off its body and threw at me, and now I'm unconscious with a cracked helmet.
...that's Rautherdir. You're fine.
(Aren't you fine Glass?)
"Well, I now have two hours of air left. Which might become problematic."
Shoot the thing again, and then look around the landing craft to see if there is any way to patch up my suit.
Look around the area; make sure no other hostiles are approaching my teammates. Then, monitor the big hostile, calling out its movements to my teammates who might be a bit too busy to keep a constant eye on it.
"August needs help! Her faceplate is about to shatter and her oxygen is probably almost out because of all the cracks in it!"
get her back inside the shuttle and try to find a replacement helmet, or at least some way of sealing the cracks in the faceplate!
*looks back*No. I got slammed with a hunk of cancerous meat that the thing tore off its body and threw at me, and now I'm unconscious with a cracked helmet.
...that's Rautherdir. You're fine.
*facepalms*
Ok. Thanks.
Shoot it again.
*Yawn*
"Well, I got the sample and the critter seems rather injured. I'll let the rest of you handle this"
Walk back into the ship and try to find some good place to store this sample. Any good containers around here?
Don't be next to the creature when it dies. After it dies, reclaim my knife if it's safe.
the glue and tape are our best bet for sealing the cracks. The blowtorch is a bit too risky since using it to seal the tape against the faceplate might cause the glass to splinter even worse.
Start by applying glue across the faceplate along the cracks, then apply the tape on top of it to keep it from being pushed out by gases while it sets. It won't be perfect, but it will keep her alive longer at the very least.
"Well I hope that explosion means the fight is over for now. Our current objective is to get fixed up so that we can take samples from the actual organism that caused this. From what I've seen, killing the cause would probably best be accomplished with a tailored bio-weapon, so we'll only really need genetic samples, and samples of whatever is causing the rampant mutations. What we have now probably won't be enough."
Assist with the effort to repair my suit.
Get back inside and resume walking around in circles until the legs feel more functional.
"My knife!"
Is the knife still there? Or was it disintegrated?
"did we get what we came for? Can we leave before August dies now, please?"
Take the knife, if possible. Remove it slowly.
"Someone cover me, I'm headed out towards the objective. And no, we only found a symptom, not the cause."
Exit the shuttle and set out towards the objective. Be ready to shoot anything that surprises me.
"I'm not much of a fan of that warning."
*Sniff*
"So, source huh?"
Use my insight to try and figure where the source of this thing is. Hopefully more than just "In the center of this poxy place"
Spoiler: Map (Warning: Big) (click to show/hide)
"We're gonna be dropping you off on that yellow bit up off in the northeast corner. Scanning suggests that whatever's causing whatever the hell's going on down there is located where that white bit near the center is.
Advance toward [Rautherdir's character], carefully and looking out for any possible threats.
"Gee. How informative."
Expand cane into a platform I can sit on and see if I can make it hover in mid air.
"Well it's something. I would need to get closer to get more information and given my tendency to draw the fire... oh wait I could use my augment."
Advance towards the building.
regroup with the others. Be ready to intercept hostiles.
"Weird. Certainly something to write about."
Follow along with [Rautherdir's character]. Stay behind the others.
Ugh. What, is the white "building" actually a pimple's whitehead or something?
Don't answer that.
Advance, and as usual, be careful.
Follow the others.
Keep advancing, keep following behind the others.
Keep advancing
scout ahead of the others for enemies and potential ambushes with my drone.
...keep advancing. Very, very carefully.
Go on overwatch, stop moving.
Dig a little bit of the ground away. Investigate the layer below the immediate surface. Is it normal, or "corrupted"?
pick up the drone, then double time! This mission needs to be over with fast or we're all gonna die!
Fine. Form the cane into a platform with legs, like a chair but one that can walk. Ride after my disposable teammates. Try not to touch the ground and utilize my metal to protect myself. Prioritize self protection rather than violence.
faster! Faster! We got to get out of here asap!
Run towards the building
Right, get to the building.
Just run after the others. Not a hard call.
Um. Sure.
Try to get to the building quickly without neglecting my ability to know what's around me. That is, don't just ignore my surroundings, and be cognizant of if any enemies arrive.
Dismount chair, turn metal into a sort of cloak that covers my head, neck, chest, shoulders and back. Get into the building and carefully look around.
or an engorged pimple grown to massive size.You suck, you know that, right?
In my defense, I planned it to be like this before you mentioned the whole pimple thing.or an engorged pimple grown to massive size.You suck, you know that, right?
Let's just go forward then.
(We're all inside the building now)
Forward
Moooove.
*Groans*
Fine.
Forward. It's the direction I'm going. Keep watch.
keep moving, but careful not to damage the internal structure. Who knows what might flood out?
"Wait, how am I inside a pimple...pimples are mostly just pus sacks retrained under a layer of skin with some inflamed flesh around them. Oh well,whatever."
Look around. Does the place seem dangerous? Well, clearly, but more dangerous than outside? Actively hostile? Maybe just a little angry? Keep my tinfoil hat on and try to find something interesting. NEVER, I repeat, NEVER touch anything with my bare hands or even my suit gloved hands. Use the metal. Poke stuff from a distance. Assume and act as though every surface is poisonous, red hot, and razor sharp. Be tactically paranoid and preserve my grizzled old face.
"And there's no retreat available for us. Get to work, mates; this is what we came for."
Get to an area without bulges, start firing out those appendages, and be ready to shoot down any incoming hostiles.
lets take a more indirect approach from my allies: sever those blood vessels! It'll bleed out and die, maybe kill the entire planet!
"Well, no one get near me for a bit."
Walk towards the heart and activate my symbiote
"I think you'd better let me try first."
Before my companion goes near the heart, quickly jog over to it and try to administer a decent zap of electricity.
NOPE.
Disentangle myself from this stuff, and shoot out those appendages I mentioned earlier.
Release voltage all around me, to try to stun the being that is dragging me in. Attempt to wriggle away and out of the ground, then dash to the edge of the room.
Get to the heart. Tear apart anything in my way.
Don't be in the way of anyone fighting. Look small and unimportant.
get free of the appendages using my knife, and back the hell away from mr berserker there. I don't want to get involved.
Extend the metal as far as possible and turn the end into a snipping, grasping sphere, which cuts the heart out and catches it in the sphere.
If attacked, defend self with metal. If injured, use metal to stop bleeding
Why did I get a -2 penalty to my action? I have high dexterity and a point in unconventional weapons. Shouldn't that result in no penalty?
...whelp, Mr. Hulk is handling themselves nicely enough. Stay out of the way, dodge any incoming attacks.
Keep killing the heart
priorities in order of importance: get the knife out of my arm, get these graspers off and preferably destroyed, and get the hell away from hulkperson!
Squirm desperately. Try to escape.
Draw knife. If it comes again, stab stab stab STABBITSTABBIT!
"T-t-tentacles! Monster!"
Scramble back, completely ignoring people who probably need medical attention.
Calm down.
aaaagh I neeed a medic bag
go save the guy who just passed out, he probably need help!
Walk off with my heart pieces carefully contained in the metal. I feel like I'm not really needed here. Find a nice place to loiter until something significant happens/ I need to scamper to safety.
Not much I can do. Just kinda... remain unconscious, I guess.
...I can wait. The Incredible Hulk is doing just fine. If any more tentacles want to attack me, don't let them.
"goddamit you idiots! Get over here and help me! I've only got one good arm!"
keep trying! Whatever it's doing will only kill them if left to continue!
Are there any other things that look like we could benefit a great deal from them being dead? If so, apply some firepower to those things. Otherwise, I'll just keep waiting, out of range of any and all tentacle pits.
Keep cowering.
Find (make) a path out
"Boss door huh? Yeah, fine, I guess."
Entomb self in metal, while also keeping my samples good and contained.
"Lemme know when this shit is finished, I'm gonna play tetris on my suit computer...if it can do that."
Reflect on how only one teammate is helping me.
Discover if there is an afterlife.
Central, last we checked, there's a planetary parasite between us and the ship. We can check if it's still there, but if it is, Juniper's just going to be dead.
Go and check if the worm thing is still around.
welp. I got most of her body. Guess I'm the one to carry it the rest of the way.
"Okay on the other hand let's just get out of here."
Get up to the surface.
Let's get Juniper back to the ship.
toss it down. I don't trust that.
"you only need her head right? I think her body might be infested with some sort of parasite."
Sit down and accept the figure's invitation.
Make stretcher, if still needed. Otherwise, help in whatever way and keep an eye out for hostiles.
"Well. I..."
Stand up. Stay with the others.
Bring Juniper back to the ship. Be prepared for hostiles.
"Ah yes. I do love me some Boggle."
Ok, no, drop the body, take the head, if we don't already have it. Shoot the body multiple times, get the head back to the ship, and recharge my batteries while we're there, if possible.
Flip the hourglass, and analyze the dice.
Keep following the others. Stay silent. Sign on occasion.((I'm not quite sure what you mean by "sign on occasion", so...))
Back to the ship
oh. Might as well ask to make sure of this shit.
"objective complete, or do we still have to go back there?"
2 Qs without any UsObjection! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDlYeRdgUU) boggle cubes are known to have their cubes printed with Qu instead of Q to prevent this exact problem! Your boggle game is not boggle at all!
(Yeah, I was thinking that.)2 Qs without any UsObjection! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDlYeRdgUU) boggle cubes are known to have their cubes printed with Qu instead of Q to prevent this exact problem! Your boggle game is not boggle at all!
"Alright, everyone out. We're getting out of here."
Grab Juniper's body and walk towards the ship.
... sigh on occasion.
Just get back to the freaking ship without dying or drowning in a pool of blood (also known as alternate dying). Be prepared for if someone ambushes us.
haul ass. Make sure everybody still alive gets back to the ship, and the nessesary amount of the dead person too!
(Yeah, I was thinking that.)2 Qs without any UsObjection! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDlYeRdgUU) boggle cubes are known to have their cubes printed with Qu instead of Q to prevent this exact problem! Your boggle game is not boggle at all!
"Not very good... This version seems a little different to what I'm used to..."
Even if I have few vowels, they are essential. Pick one, and work around it to create as many words as possible using it.
Approach ship.
"Sure..."
Play another match.
"Everyone split up!"
Keep moving towards the ship, but at a distance from others.
Get away from the rumbling ground and approaching worm beast. Preferably in the direction of the ship.
stop, try to get a sense of where the rumbling is originating from, and get ready to dodge!
"... guys? What's that... oh shoot run! RUN!"
Run to the ship! Now! BOOK IT!
Chair walk to ship, stow samples, Ask if we're done here. Again.
Flip the Hourglass, and analyze the dice again. Try to think outside the box this time; even if I don't know a word exists for sure, put it down.
haul ass to that shuttle! No time to lose!
Get to the ship. ASAP. Run. All that jazz, and make it snappy.
Keep running. If somebody dies, we can probably retrieve their body.
Run! To the ship, that is.
Unless I am on the ship, get on the ship.
Get to the ship
Runnn.
FASTER,Don't stop! We need to keep our distance from that thing and it's gaining on us! Drag others along if I have to!
Ask the figure a question.
"Have you played Boggle very much?"
Try to distract it with simple questions that require some though before answering. Continue writing words (unless this round is over, in which case, start another one and do the same strategy.) Oh- and,
assuming I still have my equipment, ask the pAI to give me a hand.
Do as instructed, with corpse and samples first.
work on repairing my smashed drone, and then help the others before loading into a pod.
Lean against wall, try and possibly fail to calm down.
IF I am not in the ship, get in the ship. Should be in the ship by now.
If I am in the ship, get in a pod or a tube or a cryochair or whatever it is that they use to preserve people round here.
Not the cling wrap though. I once traveled 30 light years in a Glad sandwich bag and while it did keep me fresh I left it a much soggier and unappetizing man.
Put Juniper's body in a cryotube, then get in a cryotube myself.
Definitely continue receiving help from pAI.
"How about Monopoly? Sorry? Trouble? Jenga? Mahjongg? Or even chess and checkers?"
might as well go to the holodeck and practice shooting.Sounds about right. I'll do that too.
might as well go to the holodeck and practice shooting.
might as well go to the holodeck and practice shooting.Sounds about right. I'll do that too.
Darwin heads to the bar.
"Whaa.... Boggle...?"
Juniper mutters as she comes to consciousness.
She attempts to get up.
grab the man's flailing arms and put them behind his back. He is a danger to everyone like he is now.
"you're wrecking the VR equipment we want to use. Please stop."
start to tidy things up a bit. What a mess this is..
"We want to get some practice in before the next mission. Your flailing would keep us from doing that safely. I suggest you stop."
"Competitive. Want to play a board game?"
Sit down. Get some booze. No sane man should live like this. The solution of course is to become insane.
"yes. Some of this may not be in working order due to your chaotic flailing. I assume you were in some sort of simulation, but do be careful."
continue cleaning up and fixing what I can of the chaotic mess. At the very least make it look semi-organized.
Edit: pepridge farm remembers.
(Points at new, edited action)"yes. Some of this may not be in working order due to your chaotic flailing. I assume you were in some sort of simulation, but do be careful."
continue cleaning up and fixing what I can of the chaotic mess. At the very least make it look semi-organized.
Edit: pepridge farm remembers.
((Points at new, now-complete update))
"yes. We came here to practice our shooting skills before the next mission, since this is presumably the closest thing we have to a firing range."
"Yes. You know them?
It was a very... out-of-body experience. Because I'm pretty sure I was dead.
Wait. Does this mean god loves Boggle?"
More booze.
Head to the library and do research on alien weapons
...
Just figure out how to start practicing my marksmanship and do so.
"Kinda. What would happen, theoretically, if I killed this 'Death'?"
Wiggle my legs. Make sure they work fine.
combat simulation is probably the best option, since merely shooting will not cover all the ins and outs of our weapon's handling. Hopefully it supports laser rifles?
Check the definitions of each setting, and choose the one that seems best suited to practicing my ability to shoot at targets from a long distance under the least-optimal conditions. If I can do well with that, I should be able to do well with everything.The combat simulation does seem to adhere to your desires, so you choose that.
"The history of such items."
After being given/finding the location of the book, take it to someplace suitable within the library and read it.
Laser sniper rifle, baseline rifle, and Spider Suit. Set simulation to random.
laser rifle, TA armor, corruption world. That seems like it will yield the best results.Enter Co-Op Mode?
"They feel pretty much normal. I think that means that everything went perfectly.
Back onto the other topic, may I please have authorization to enter the Xeno-Biology sector? I would definitely like to investigate this whole 'Death' thing a bit more."
Read the section on Alien Metals
Sure, why not. We'll be working as a team, may as well practice as one.
yeah, let's go for it.
Head over to Xenobiology. Don't. Touch. Anything. Except the floor.
Read the part on Mental Amplifiers
How about... some more booze? And when that's done, start thinking. About something, I don't care what.
grab a couple of spare rifle batteries and practice reloading a bit. Proceed to partially barricade the doorways to force enemies to crawl or jump through.
Find a good, defensible location. A tower, if possible. Bring all our stuff (unless Dustan objects).
After taking a moment to start speaking, hesitating noticeably, Juniper quickly builds in confidence, leading to a string of questions.
"Ummm... Yessir. Sorry, I'm a little dazed. The man who escorted me was a little intense.
I met an entity upon, err, perishing on a 'mission' I was sent upon. He really seemed to enjoy games; we played Boggle. He was quite good. Uhhh... I was told he was 'Death', but I didn't quite understand everything the other scientist told me. Apparently it feeds off life energy given off by dying creatures? If so, does this mean the creature is omnipresent? Or does it occupy some kind of other dimension. Is it even real? And could it be theoretically destroyed? And if so, what would be the consequences?"
Hey Doc, cover the south side, you hear?
Prepare for incoming hostiles.
"got it. Just make sure nothing ends up flanking me."
move to a position with a good chokepoint covering the south side. If there isn't one to cover the south side, barricade what I can to slow them down, but not stop entry.
"If I happen to run into him again... Anything I should do?"
"What happens if I cheat?"
aim for the head, fire and sweep back and forth for roughly 2 seconds if it doesn't kill on initial strike.
See above for my action.
Return the book and head to the holodeck
"That's nasty. No cheating, then. Guess my only option is to become good at board games- because let's be honest, I'm sure I'll die many times before I'm done working for this company.
Hmm. Do you know anyone around here who has enough free time, and who likes board games? Practicing sounds like a good idea."
Why are they clawing at it? Are they smart enough to try and widen the openings instead of just crawling through? Bah, whatever it is with the AI, try again. They should be easier to hit now that they're at an obstacle.
Freaking zombie games.
Keep shooting. Since they're at the barn now, switch to my other gun (the military rifle).
"Thank you. Should I see myself out, or..."He smiles. "Oh no. You get to talk to Dr. Rans again."
Leave Xeno-Biology and head to the library. Seek out the librarian.
check for hostile targets on the south side, then search for and fire upon any enemies on the north side.
Unjam my gun and remove the remaining hostiles. If I can see [Rautherdir's character], motion for them to join in.
Take the time to carefully unjam my gun. If I have time after that, check our fortifications for damage.
"Uhm.... I was told you liked Chess....
Would you like to.... play a game?"
reload and let the battery cool outside of the gun. Go check on Vlad and unjam his gun for him.
Look for a VR set.
Switch back to my laser sniper rifle, and fire at the first visible hostile.
Juniper taps his right hand.
move back downstairs to the south side and scan for targets.
"Black pawn G7, to G6."
Juniper advances the piece.
Dispatch the one that just shot me. Make sure to take better cover this time.
shoot the one on west side first, aim for the legs to cripple it, then shoot to kill the two southside.
"Black bishop, F8 to G7."
Juniper moved the piece. She had no clue what the modern defense was, but she didn't think it was all too important.
Continue picking off approaching EXALT forces (aka hostiles).
check it out, I can come back and gun the guys on the southside down for a backup weapon later. Shoot to kill, since it's at our doorstep.
"Ah. Sorry, I have to go to this one. Do you mind, I dunno, just remembering how the pieces were, or writing them down?"
Juniper leaves, and heads to Supply.
"You hear that? We're getting shipped out again."
save/end the simulation for now, and get to the supply area.
Get to supply for the mission briefing.
Goes to Supply for brifing
Close down the sim and get to Supply.
Head to the supply place for the mission knowledge and the murder opportunity.
Get to supply! Slightly drunkenly.
"Isn't this like... Really really illegal?"
"sir, If we wanted to give you away, what's stopping us from just doing some surgery? Or making a recording of some sort?""Isn't this like... Really really illegal?"
"Most certainly so. So try not to get caught. You should especially try not to get caught because if you do, we'll remotely kill you via an explosive chip implanted in your skull. To prevent you from giving us away, you understand."
"I've been around for far too long to fall for something like that. If I told you how we ensure corpsmen don't give us away, you'd probably try to find out how to escape. Just know that if you try any funny business, your whole world goes boom. Okay?""sir, If we wanted to give you away, what's stopping us from just doing some surgery? Or making a recording of some sort?""Isn't this like... Really really illegal?"
"Most certainly so. So try not to get caught. You should especially try not to get caught because if you do, we'll remotely kill you via an explosive chip implanted in your skull. To prevent you from giving us away, you understand."
"I'm just saying sir, you left a lot of room open there for planning with your initial statement. Oh, and while I am thinking about it, what's the blast rating on this bomb? Is it one of those planet busters?""I've been around for far too long to fall for something like that. If I told you how we ensure corpsmen don't give us away, you'd probably try to find out how to escape. Just know that if you try any funny business, your whole world goes boom. Okay?""sir, If we wanted to give you away, what's stopping us from just doing some surgery? Or making a recording of some sort?""Isn't this like... Really really illegal?"
"Most certainly so. So try not to get caught. You should especially try not to get caught because if you do, we'll remotely kill you via an explosive chip implanted in your skull. To prevent you from giving us away, you understand."
"No, not really. The AFIB is designed to completely obliterate everything in it's blast radius via the liberal use of antimatter. Beyond that, I've no idea how it works.""I'm just saying sir, you left a lot of room open there for planning with your initial statement. Oh, and while I am thinking about it, what's the blast rating on this bomb? Is it one of those planet busters?""I've been around for far too long to fall for something like that. If I told you how we ensure corpsmen don't give us away, you'd probably try to find out how to escape. Just know that if you try any funny business, your whole world goes boom. Okay?""sir, If we wanted to give you away, what's stopping us from just doing some surgery? Or making a recording of some sort?""Isn't this like... Really really illegal?"
"Most certainly so. So try not to get caught. You should especially try not to get caught because if you do, we'll remotely kill you via an explosive chip implanted in your skull. To prevent you from giving us away, you understand."
Grab my stuff, hit the button to open the door, and deploy the shooty-drone. Simply get it high into the air for now.
grab my weapon, try to find a spot that I can flank without being seen from, and get ready to fire. Don't be afraid to dig in to the sand a bit to hide myself.
Grab equipment, then... right... stay behind the others. Medics aren't supposed to fight.
Grab my shit and get ready to...well fix some shit
"Great. And me not having any good long range weapons."
See if my laser pistol can even shoot that far. After getting out of the ship and near some cover.
Grab equipment and get to cover I dunno.
Toss the drone outside the shuttle door before steering it this time. Immediately open fire on the closest of the goons.
Turn the adaptive rod into a riot shield and use it as cover while shooting at the goons using the laser pistol.
next target. See if I can line up multiple shots without moving too much.
If both goons are downed, it should be easy to simply spray fire at them until they die- I am firing from above, after all. With that said, spray fire onto the two downed goons.
Run up closer to the goons, turn my adaptive rod into a long sharp blade, slice at the goon that is standing up.
Keep taking cover. Examine the guy whose arm just got shot, how urgently does he need medical attention?
time to reposition! Get out of the sand, then run for it till I find some cover.
Keep cover
Stay in cover. Make myself very small
Shoot the guy abusing Rautherdir with the drone.
the hell am I, a mouse? Stand up, shake the damn sand off, fire and reposition!
Grab the adaptive rod and just swing it at the goon
Keep looking, I guess.
"don't worry about me quite yet, help august!"
get myself the rest of the way out of the sand. Gently cover the bullet hole and let my armor apply pressure, like it's supposed to during these circumstances.
"Wasn't me."
If anymooksgoons are still alive, fix that with the drone. If not, rush to assist August.
Wake up and find out how my suit handled that.
Notice person with destroyed arms, wince slightly. Then run out there now that the goons are out and get a closer look at those arm wounds, figure out what kind of supplies are needed for treatment(Basic or Advanced), then treat.
*Blink*
Look around and figure out what the hell is going on. Use brain powers to figure out who needs help or who needs kill.
Sorry for the few days of absence, moving stuff.
Wake up and find out how my suit handled that.Try this again.
get to the ship, grab the bomb parts.
"so which way are we going here?"
Wake up and find out how my suit handled that.Try this again.
Recall the shooty-drone, and send up an orbserver instead. Check the space inbetween us and the white building.
Slap myself using the adaptive rod. Since the mental connection to it should still be up.
injury is mostly mental! Pick up the damn box and stop whining!
Use magical metal to lift the bomb parts and convey them whence they need to go. If attacked or otherwise harassed, set parts down, block self, perforate attackers. In that order.
"oh fucking hell. Can one of you get the bullet out and seal this hole In my arm? It's really getting on my nerves, both literally and figuratively."
move to get medical treatment from one of the others.
Retrieve the Gunner drone, then start walking towards the metal thing.
Try and shape the Adaptive Rod into an arm.
"oh fucking hell. Can one of you get the bullet out and seal this hole In my arm? It's really getting on my nerves, both literally and figuratively."
move to get medical treatment from one of the others.
Look for something to repair
"oh fucking hell. Can one of you get the bullet out and seal this hole In my arm? It's really getting on my nerves, both literally and figuratively."
move to get medical treatment from one of the others.
Right, give that guy medical treatment.
Look around for anything interesting
Figure out what it is using all five senses. Yes. All of them.
Assist in moving the bomb parts to the location
Move towards the objective. I've been trying to figure out how to port tetris onto my suit computer and not really paying attention.
"aaagh! what if your fucking problem, damit?! Did you even pull the damn bullet out before you started shoving the medical equivalent of 'great stuf' insulation into my arm?!"
rage at the person who treated me while I fight through the pain to stand up again.
"No. Hold on, let me see if I have any surgical tools."
Check to see if there's surgical tools in either of my medkits.
"Okay, I've got surgical tools! Now let me get that bullet out of your arm."
Get some painkillers from my basic medkit(advanced if basic doesn't have any), figure out a good dosage to keep this guy from feeling more than dull pain when I get the bullet out of his arm, give him the dose, then use the tools to get the bullet out of his arm.
Assist in moving the bomb
"much better.."
escort and be ready to fire on new targets.
Does the bomb have to go further? If so, carry it. If not, set it down and ask a nearby screaming injured person exactly whats going on around here? It seems very silly.
*Smiles*
Right. How's the mission coming along?
Get off the hangar, then deploy my non-shooting drone and have it watch the hangar. If it opens up, send the drone in immediately and scan the area.
"Great. Someone try shorting it out. Grab some power cable from one of the legs and splice them together. If you end up crossing a positive and negative or a negative and ground you'll either drain all it's power or shut down part of it's power system. Depends on how they made it, really. Oh and try not to get electrocuted in the process. I would do it myself but I happen to not have two arms at the moment."
Continue pushing the bomb parts to the facility, trying to put a dune between us and the mech.
Deploy my shooty-drone, and target the neck-part of the mech- assuming that the mech has a head of some kind. It probably has a weakpoint. If it doesn't have a head, just shoot at the more explosive looking weapons.
take cover, aim for the joints of one of the legs and open fire! It'll have a harder time aiming if it's stability and movement are ruined!
Stop assisting to move the bomb for a moment and use my mechanics skill if i can figure out the mechs weak points
Well shoot. Right, toss a high explosive grenade at the mech. And take any cover available.
Continue to ignore mech unless it personally becomes a problem for me. Move bomb toward the designated location. Wonder idly why the powers that be didn't give us a hand cart or something for this thing. It seems extremely silly.
Shit.
Recall the drone then begin to hoof it towards the facility. Get a dune inbetween me and the beeping mech. If I hear an explosion, hit thedirtsand immediately.
Return to assist moving the bomb
hunker down for right now. I'm not fucking with a plasma cannon mech.
"So, does anyone want to figure out how to deal with the turrets?"
Make sure the bomb parts are safe from the probably imminent mech explosion, but do not push the bomb parts into the range of the turrets.
Get away from the mech(and get down!)!
Look for a way to build a catapult so I can get this stupid thing in there.
"Owww... my eyes..."
Wait until my vision clears up.
Get up and shake it off. Meet up with the fellows carrying the bomb, and help them with that.
well, start moving about in the sand. Whichever direction gives me the least resistance will be up for now.
keep going, I need to get to the surface and regroup with the others!
"Cool. Now contrary to what my common sense is telling me, let's go that way."
Push the bomb parts towards the location of the explosion.
Hmm. Could I gather the metal under the bomb and then have it push upwards with enough force and speed to throw the bomb over to the target? Probably not.
Throw stones till I figure out where the kill zone for those turrets is. Use this method to search for blind spots.
Notice messed up arm guy, fix arm using medi... actually, stitch his arm up. That'll probably hold better, and'll teach him not to mess with his arm.that's rich coming from the guy who shoved my arm full of expanding insulation.regroup, then Let him do his job.
Notice messed up arm guy, fix arm using medi... actually, stitch his arm up. That'll probably hold better, and'll teach him not to mess with his arm.
Extend a metal tendril into the killzone; see if my metal could function as a shield. If not, throw multiple rocks in at the same time to see if the guns can only track one target at a time.
Notice messed up arm guy, fix arm using medi... actually, stitch his arm up. That'll probably hold better, and'll teach him not to mess with his arm.that's rich coming from the guy who shoved my arm full of expanding insulation.regroup, then Let him do his job.
The buried-under-sand guy gave me an idea until I remembered we need to get the bomb there too, not just us. No sand digging today.
Follow along and just help push the bomb. None of my specialties are needed.
"You know, we could try throwing rocks at the facility until the turrets run out of ammo."
Keep pushing the bomb towards about where the southern explosion was.
Push the bomb past all these dead bodies towards the hole. Lament the life choices I made that landed me basically working as a punch-clock terrorist.
Push the bomb some more
Push the bomb in, provide cover as needed.
Throw rocks at the facility to make sure the turrets are off.
... is he conscious?
Transport the bomb pieces in the necessary direction.
catch up with and protect the others from any incoming guards.
Help others carry the bomb to the location
Sure, carrying it is.
If he's conscious, help carry the bomb. He'll be fine if he's conscious.
"won't say no to experimental or otherwise valuble tech. Just keep in mind I've only got one good arm, and it's currently being used for shooting. If you want tech support, you're gonna have to cover for me."Transport the bomb pieces in the necessary direction.catch up with and protect the others from any incoming guards.Help others carry the bomb to the locationSure, carrying it is.If he's conscious, help carry the bomb. He'll be fine if he's conscious.
You carry the bomb parts down the hallway the man is pointing down. After about a hundred feet, you are met by a man dressed in the strangest attire you have ever seen. He appears to be somewhere in his mid sixties judging by the color of his hair, which is spiked into a mohawk. He is dressed in a hawaiian t-shirt, cargo shorts, and combat boots. As he turns around, you can see that he is wearing what appears to be aviators. Slung over his shoulder is perhaps the largest gun you have ever seen, slick with smooth edges, and a massive green core glowing at its center.
"Gentlemen! Glad you could make it. M' captain says that this here is the room we need to plant the bomb in."
He taps his foot against a door.
"Now, it looks like they've got some mighty fancy weapons here, and it would be a mighty shame if we couldn't get some of those shiny guns before we leave. But I'm gonna need some help getting past the security. Whaddaya say gents, want to nab some sweet loot before we blow this place to hell?"
"won't say no to experimental or otherwise valuble tech. Just keep in mind I've only got one good arm, and it's currently being used for shooting. If you want tech support, you're gonna have to cover for me."
"Sure. I can create electrical flow with my hands, so tell me if you need anything electrical-looking zapped, and I'll see if I can do it."
"Well, don't leave me out."
Try to unlock the door using the adaptive rod
Form metal into a chair and ride along with the group, mostly bored.
"well, let's find some wiring or security measure."
look for a panel or try to locate some wiring connected to the door. Try to bypass security by hacking or rewireing it.
Juniper rubs her hands together, thinking. After a moment, she shakes her head.
"This might lack finesse, but I'm just gonna try zapping the door. Let's hope some component in it gets fried. Since it's already in an unlocked state, all we need to do is get it to stop moving, right? Even if it stops in a bad place, we can just muscle it open."
With that in mind, she puts her hands dangerously close to the fast moving door and administers an electric jolt.
"great job ruining the door's sensor, dummy. Now it'll be a lost cause unless we shut the entire facility down somehow."
try to figure out how to cut power to the door, and pray I can do it while it is in the up position.
"You know, now we just have to find something to put inside the door so it gets stuck open. Like a big metal crate."
Look around for anything that could go in the door and hold it open.
aid as best I can with moving the bomb parts, then try to see if there is a way to cut power to the room anyway, since we Don't particularly want to deal with those turrets.
You know that feeling when you just defeated a really tough obstacle only to have to go back and do the actions you wanted to do anyway because of a new one? I'm feeling that and deja vu right now.
"Well. How do they clean that case? No, I'm being serious. There has to be a shutdown function for cleaning that thing."
Look around for a Maintenance panel or something.
Help with moving the bomb parts.
Juniper simply sits by the side of the door and lets someone more qualified handle the security system.
"Does someone with some experience hacking things want to take a look at those panels?"
If no one else volunteers, walk over to the panel with the scanner and try to figure out what it is supposed to do. Don't try to scan anything though.Spoiler: Rautherdir (click to show/hide)
"Oooh! Me! Me! I know just how hacking works!"
Juniper walks over to the panel with the keypad, rubbing her hands together. After a moment, she liberally applies electricity to the panel.Spoiler: Juniper (click to show/hide)
((I... am not entirely sure why I didn't post an action.))
"Well. Huh. If we're going to try cutting the power, make sure you cut the power to the turrets first. Did anyone see a control room or anything of that sort?"
If no one did, go out and investigate other rooms. If someone did, then go break into it.Spoiler: Rautherdir (click to show/hide)
Juniper goes back to furiously rubbing her hands together.
Doctor Darwin examines the panel and tries to figure out how to work it.Spoiler: Doctor Darwin (click to show/hide)