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Nekosmash 17-Jan-19 04:46 PM
@Billy Rigers @Chris Fury (Desmond) and @quantum.mango make preparations to depart for Acastus to investigate more of this new mysterious force, and into the true nature of the being called The Still Lady
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Billy Rigers 17-Jan-19 05:33 PM
Billy calls the twins first. “Jules, Kady, you’re my guns. I need you to go make sure the armory has equipment fitted for you. Assault suits, mag rifles, if you can get hold of a couple Taros rifles that’d be even better. We’ll be going off planet for 3 weeks. Take your time to prepare. Make sure there’s a sniper on there too.” Next he calls Stearn. “Looks like we’re headed out again. As soon as the ship is done being refitted, I’ll need you to make sure everything is stocked and ready for a long 3 and a half week trip. The twins are resulting the armory. Consult them if you need anything in there.” Vothe and Devnoc are traveling with Billy for the time being.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 17-Jan-19 08:07 PM
Desmond rememberers Acastus, a world in perpetual night with a neutron star. Its one city lit by neon and volcanic activity. The people stave off the cold and constant rains with the geothermal heat from the volcanic vents.
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Billy Rigers 17-Jan-19 08:41 PM
Billy makes sure everyone has cold weather clothing and night vision goggles.
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quantum.mango 17-Jan-19 10:00 PM
Cam finishes packing and heads to bed, ready to start research on a new world.
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quantum.mango 17-Jan-19 10:08 PM
Has anyone from Central ever been to Halia, Suma or Acastus?
(edited)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 12:19 AM
Nope. We are the first since the scream.
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 01:13 AM
(Does Halia need something to be alble to communicate with us in real time from Trivedi's device?) (edited)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 03:00 AM
(If it’s in 1e an array needs to be built in the sector. The Trivedi device allows home sector comms)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 03:01 AM
(Ah, ok cool. Thanks!)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 03:05 AM
(You can still send messages but there’s going to be a delay)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 03:27 AM
Desmond passes on to the others that Acadians eat specialized mushroom and genetically altered crows and hydroponic crops. It’s a lugubrious place. There are lots of coffee ☕️ drinkers.
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 03:29 AM
Billy screws up his face. “What the hell kind of genetically modified crow are they eating?!”
“Is it like a crow chicken? A Crowken?”
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 03:30 AM
(Ah yes the nighttime white meat)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 03:32 AM
“You’d think they’d pick an animal that can see in the dark, like an owl or something... Acastus sound super creepy.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 03:54 AM
(It’s neither this noir that. )
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 04:05 AM
Desmond laughs, “The crows can see at night but there are owls 🦉 and cats. It helps fight the rat population.
“Most of these creatures were Genetically altered, to deal with either artificial light or volcano light.” (edited)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 04:27 AM
"Where is this information coming from, Provost?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 04:29 AM
“I was born there.”
“My wife was killed by the cultists and I myself was so injured they sent me to a higher tech planet like Gundrun that needed veteran law enforcement. Greenbriar fixed me up.”
“Marshal Jered and I were both detectives there, but it’s changed with the cultists being in charge and those who don’t join are called apostates. I don’t know what the conditions are there now.”
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 05:06 AM
"Good to know. What's our flight plan?"
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 05:08 AM
(also who's vessel?_
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 06:21 AM
(The Lone Star 💫 is a suped up Free Trader with Torpedoes, Electronic Counter Measures and an Extended Med Bay. I’m sure Billy has bigger and better but I’ll do what you two think best)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 06:29 AM
(could do more than one ship, as well, just trying to figure out who is where and what toys are being brought to the sandbox)
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Rey Messi (Shriven) 18-Jan-19 06:39 AM
(The lone star cant make the first jump unless you jump from Thorgerd instead. Hali’s is a 4 jump not a 3. That would only add a day.) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 06:43 AM
@Rey Messi (Shriven) thanks for taking care of the ships! )
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 08:39 AM
"When are we planning to leave?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 08:49 AM
“I’m ready .”
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 09:00 AM
(I'd assume we are taking both Rigers One, and the Lone Star then, since Billy bothered to get his ship re-fitted. Alright, We shall be off)
Rigers One and the Lone Star, both slide away from Trivedi cloud , out to the system jump point, heading for Acastus. The journey is expected to take two weeks in jump time, as new courses will need to be ruttered. The way back should be far faster.
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 09:14 AM
(Oh it takes 1 extra day to get to 1e. So I can scan thogerd too?
(The lone star is mug more prepared for war than rigger one it sounds like. And I haven’t had time to put more mods on this either.)
(Both ships. Yes.)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 09:16 AM
(I'll be on the lone star to assist with scans)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 09:17 AM
(Riger One has the scanner.)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 09:18 AM
(Riger One then!)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 09:26 AM
Desmond, after his interview with the cultists makes sure he has Acastus looking street clothes for everyone to wear. It rains a lot so raincoats and/or umbrellas 🌂 will be available.
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 09:27 AM
Cam picks out one of each in dark red. She plans to spend her travel time researching corporations and business throughout the sector, and planning new business ventures and expeditions.
"Will our comms allow those on both ships to communicate normally?"
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 09:31 AM
“Yes we will be able to communicate normally, but we won’t be able to communicate back home. Once we leave here its just us and the crew.
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 09:33 AM
(we did scan thorgerd, Charles has a gas refinery in orbit around it actually
(Route is still Thorgerd, Haila, Shua, Acastus?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 09:40 AM
(Sounds good. I am not a pilot so I will need to have Marshal Nancy Chu at the helm of the Lone Star 💫)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 09:48 AM
(I think I’ll use this spaceship art for Riger One.)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 09:49 AM
(Ohhh thats dope)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 09:50 AM
(Sweet!)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 09:52 AM
(hell yeah)
(Route is still Thorgerd, Haila, Shua, Acastus?)
(just trying to make sure I don't need to add any other worlds in)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 09:55 AM
(Well we committed to going to these planets. Once we go out there, deviations are possible. I’m sure we will want to check out Halia and Shua along the way. And get a better look at the ring world Thorgerd. I’ll want to fill my cargo with something. But for right now that’s my path there.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 09:55 AM
(Maybe I should go with one of these...Billy ‘s is so good!)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 09:56 AM
DC connector retains that dome bubble feel.
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 10:00 AM
(The last one is what I envision my ship looking like) (These are great) (edited)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 10:03 AM
The two ships move to the edge of Gudrun system space, the route to Thorgerd has already been ruttered and the trip is only expected to take about a day.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 10:12 AM
“Billy,” Desmond says. “Could you send Nancy here share the coordinates for your jump?” Desmond says. “She’s smart and knows the boss shouldn’t be near the controls.”
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 10:44 AM
(I'd assume you're sharing rutter info anyway, someones been to Thorgerd before so its a day no matter who it is)
Thorgerd is a barren world, its atmosphere made up of almost exclusively hydrogen gas. It is surrounded by millions of asteroids. Some are made of ice, others from rock,
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 10:53 AM
(=-0)
(*noted And that's with the system scan?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 10:56 AM
Desmond wonders if this was the route he took in the cold sleep pod on his way from Acastus to Gudrun.
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 10:58 AM
(Yeah theres a scouting report up on roll20 too)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 10:58 AM
(Oh there's no text, so I wasn't sure.)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 10:59 AM
(fuck I betcha i pasted it into the GM section)
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A small refinery belonging to Trivedi technologies orbits the world. A refinery ship is currently nestled to it, filling its internal tanks off the gasses collection, for processing back on Gudrun
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 11:02 AM
Billy makes brief contact with the ship. Asks when Trivedi is going to build instant coms to this sector etc. Just small talk.
He turns to Camilla "There's a lot of resourses in this system. It looks like one giant node of riches..."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 11:37 AM
Desmond calls over to see if any other Acastus ships have come through the area.
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 11:37 AM
No vessels have been seen in this lonely stretch of space but for you, or the occasional shuttle of workers from home, coming on as shift replacements
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 11:40 AM
“Good,” Desmond says. “Billy, rememberer how the cultists for the Still Lady said sent 8 Exodus ships? We should probably be on the look out for them.” (edited)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 11:47 AM
"He is already planning on building more spike mappers to map the sector. Even the empty space could be harboring them. It's a good call."
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 11:56 AM
The lights showing spike readiness return to their green ready state
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 11:58 AM
"See you in a few weeks Trivedi crew!"
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 12:09 PM
Haila is the next port of call, and the ships jump into system after a week of spike travel, ruttering the vast interstellar route between the translation points.
As the ships enter the system, they see local space empty, and a bluegreen ocean world ahead
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 12:15 PM
Desmond looks at the oceanic spectacle and shakes his head up and down. “Now that is an sight!”
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 12:15 PM
(program/int for scanners yo)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 12:18 PM
"She is beautiful...."
(8)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 12:19 PM
Breatheable mix Temperature Temperate Biosphere Human-miscible Population Hundreds of millions of inhabitants Tech Level TL2 Trade Hub This world is a major crossroads for local interstellar trade. It is well-positioned at the nexus of several short-drill trade routes, and has facilities for easy transfer of valuable cargoes and the fueling and repairing of starships. The natives are accustomed to outsiders, and a polyglot mass of people from every nearby world can be found trading here. Seagoing Cities Either the world is entirely water or else the land is simply too dangerous for most humans. Human settlement on this world consists of a number of floating cities that follow the currents and the fish. These city-ships might have been purpose-built for their task, or they could be jury-rigged conglomerations of ships and structures thrown together when the need for seagoing life
become apparent to the locals.
Data begins trickling in as the survey scanners examine the worlds atmosphere, and ping any relevant communications centers on planet with investigation requests
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 12:21 PM
"Woah, guys! Check it out! It seems that they were hit pretty hard by the scream, but this is a fully functioning world. I bet they'll be excited to have some visitors again."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 12:22 PM
“The Lone Star 💫 is submersible,” Desmond says. “Want me to take it down on the water near one of the floating cities?”
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 12:22 PM
A derelict space station hangs in the void, almost equivalent to the size of Trivedi cloud, but not as hardy. It looks like a partially skinned orange, part of the superstructure half pulled away, exposing its iron bones to hard void
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 12:23 PM
“What the hell happened there?” Desmond asks. (edited)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 12:23 PM
"So is Riger One"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 12:24 PM
(Cool Space Submariners!!!)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 12:27 PM
"I'd say they got hit hard by the scream. Maybe we can rebuild it. Hey, if you don't mind, I'd like to check the status on this station. That's a huge piece of tech. I'm sure I could at the very least salvage important parts from this, if not get some of the systems up and running.... half the ship missing leaves me skeptical of that last part though." We definitely should stop in and see if the locals are friendly afterward though. What do you say, a day?" Billy pauses... "Devnoc how are you feeling?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 12:32 PM
Desmond starts getting his spacesuit ready.
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 12:39 PM
Devnoc has not taken off his helmet yet today, but gives a thumbs up
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 12:48 PM
“I just realized something” Desmond says. “That Cultist Exodus ship didn’t have a spike drive, right?”
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 12:49 PM
'It did not" Vothe, Billy's snake-bot replies
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 01:40 PM
(Thanks for keeping the show going guys, I just got out of the lab irl)
"I for one would love to make a stop on the surface." (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 01:43 PM
"How did it travel?" Desmond asks. "Do you think these strange new powers recreated Jump Gates?" Desmond listens to Thorn. "I'd like to go down their too...but that space station worries me."
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 01:53 PM
(I love that this is essentially Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet)
"Could these Exodus ships simply have flown through normal space?"
"And if the timing doesn't allow for that, could a carrier take them?"
"Now there's a terrifying thought"
"We could attempt to hail the locals. If they have radio they might be able to give us more information about this station."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 02:00 PM
Desmond asks Nancy, "We got any readings for communications?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 02:27 PM
While Nancy checks that out he asks, "Dr Thorn, have you looked at Devnoc or have any ideas about his malady?"
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 03:16 PM
(We’ve had a week. If she want to try and examine him. We just did that with Dr. Doonha but feel free to try if you wish.)
“Their space stations used asteroids for ship hulls. Very dangerous.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 03:51 PM
"I think they are using something psychic to move ships," Desmond says. "
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 04:01 PM
"My guess is this is the spacestation they had in orbit at the time of the scream and... something happened to it. If we run into more evidence of the still lady then we can come to that conclusion, but so far... i'm not so sure this is it." "Stearn lets see if we can dock here, Jules, Kady get your suits on."
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 04:04 PM
"Still lady? Is there another purpose for this expedition I should know about?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 04:11 PM
Desmond stops putting on his suit for second when Thorn asks about the Still Lady, she doesn't know?
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 04:17 PM
"The Still Lady is the entire purpose of this mission, Dr. She is an alien entity that has pursuaded a certain sect of people on Acastus that she is a god. She caused Devnoc's... condition and has altered my brain in a way similar to MES but different. I can... see certain metadimensional energies. However, the Still Lady is an enemy. She causes this cult to perform brutal blood rituals. This is just a scouting mission though. They have low tech. They managed to build asteroid ships, but we should be ok from orbit. There is opportunity for you to get off on a planet along the way if you'd rather not go all the way to Acastus, of course."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 04:19 PM
"Doctor Thorn?" Desmond asks as Nancy moves the Lone Star closer to the station. "Can I ask you a question?"
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 04:31 PM
"I don't want to lie to you, Dr. the Still Lady is dangerous. Her cultists exhibit extradimensional powers very different from even psychics. We have 2 in custody back home. I... am suprised you haven't heard of the shuttle we shot down over Gudrun? It contained.... and incarnation of her. A shadowy being that attacks your body and mind. I am afraid she is being reformed back on Acastus though." "-Yes Desmond, ask your question."
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 04:32 PM
(Dr thorn doesn’t have metapsionics so dooms was the only real lead have)
(Let me get home and I’ll do the station thing.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 04:35 PM
(ok)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 04:42 PM
"I heard of some wreckage falling in the northern icecap; I had no idea 'shadow beings' were involved. What kind of a threat do these cultists pose to the UNW?" (edited)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 04:45 PM
"The Still lady has sent out 8 exodus ships across the sector meaning to infiltrate and convert societies to their ways. She was already able to take of Acastus within the year and a half since the Scream. She is not something to take lightly... Devnoc... would you mind showing her your face?"
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 04:51 PM
There’s a hiss that you can’t tell if it is a sigh or air pressure venting as devnoc removes his helmet. His face is skeletal on the right side right now, flesh and tissue growing back over it, and rotting away again
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 04:53 PM
"The cultists say this is her highest blessing. To die and be reborn a thousand times. To never feel pain again. To become a living soul or something to that effect. I am trying to find a cure."
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 05:27 PM
Devnoc allows the Doctor to spend a few moments looking at his face, so she can see the cycle a few times, before putting his helmet back on.
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 05:29 PM
"Oh- Oh my. That's an interesting phenomenon"
"If you don't mind my asking, you seen to be perfectly fine other than... that... so why do you want a cure? Many would trade more than their looks for long life and freedom from pain."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 05:34 PM
(Are we on Comms or is this a conversation just on Billy’s ship?)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 05:34 PM
(Comms)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 05:34 PM
"It's... progressive. And terminal. We don't know enough about the progression of this."
(I picture you on one of those star trek screens. Huge and we can see up your nostrils sometimes.)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 05:35 PM
"Hm. That is a problem. If it's a psychic phenomenon, its likely that a psychic solution will be required."
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 05:35 PM
(Yeah thats how I've always pictured it)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 05:36 PM
"It's not psychic. It is another type of energy."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 05:36 PM
“Can you help us fight this Doc?”
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 05:36 PM
"Hmm. Is it some kind of biological weapon?"
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 05:37 PM
"Perhaps you could take a sample and test it?"
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 05:37 PM
"A sample of what? His face?"
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 05:37 PM
"I can see the energy stitching his body back together and dismantling it. I can't see microbiology." (edited)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 05:40 PM
"I'm happy to make myself useful." Dr. Thorn runs a complete bioscan diagnostic on Devnoc. ("with Heal 0 Such operators can use the bioscanner for a full spectrum of diagnosis and DNA sequencing achievable in minutes.")
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 05:41 PM
The flesh itself, during the regrowth cycles is perfectly healthy, there is nothing microbiologically wrong with the growth and death processes themselves- aside from their speed
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 05:43 PM
“On Acastus there were some who said the cultists were psuedo-psychics who fed some extra- dimensional being. This being can bend the laws of our universe.”
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 05:45 PM
"I see nothing wrong with his cells or genes. The level of morphological distortion here means his bones are constantly breaking and regrowing, but he seems to feel no pain. This is definitely... some creepy-ass space shit" (edited)
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 06:01 PM
"It would be great if we could stop the constantly breaking part and get onto the rapid healing part. That's the other reason I was happy to see you join the expedition. You have a certain mind for these things. All skills may be necessary."
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 06:04 PM
The station grows bigger on the main view screen. This close, it is easy to see the damage. Plates are scorched, but from within. It looks as though some kind of massive blaze touched off the ammunition stored in the ventral magazine. The casings for macro shells float, expended.
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 06:07 PM
"Stearn can you use the tractor beams to push these shells and material into a grouping to possibly pick up later? They can be dangerous just floating around there. And lets see if we can dock."
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 06:16 PM
Stearn begins making some adjustments, moving the larger clumps of shell casings out of the way. "Debris field is pretty thick, and that's jsut what we can see"
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 06:22 PM
"The sand size grains really get you. How long would it take to clear a channel?"
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 06:24 PM
"Hours, maybe even a day"
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 06:25 PM
(2nd part of that last message didn't sent, joke ruined XD)
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Nekosmash 18-Jan-19 06:25 PM
(I didnt! I thought it was drama haha)
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quantum.mango 18-Jan-19 06:26 PM
"In that case, perhaps we could achieve something productive on-planet."
"While you work."
"More hands on deck, and especially more ships in the area, will only get in the way with a precision job like this"
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 06:33 PM
"Agreed. I'd like to scout the surface a bit as well. Mind if we hop over to the lonestar for the time-being, Des?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Jan-19 11:15 PM
No problem
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Billy Rigers 18-Jan-19 11:29 PM
"Ready for a spacewalk then? We're just gonna hop right over to his ship for the shuttle down. Normally the life support wouldn't be able to scrub the air fast enough to work with all of us, but on just the quick trip down, we should be fine in the cargo hold. If not we have vacc suits." Billy is going to take his team over to the Lone Star while Stearn works on clearing the debris field. "Vothe would you mind keeping Stearn company or take over if he gets tired? Pretty simple really. You should be able to handle the tractor beam."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 04:09 AM
Desmond gets the Lone Star 💫 ready for them.
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 04:55 AM
Vothe bows slightly and heads over, his mechanical body clanking.
A short walk has everyone on the lone star , ready to descend to the planet below.
(I’ll get a map up shortly
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 05:35 AM
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 07:00 AM
“Nancy,” Desmond says. “Take her down, to periscope Level!”
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 07:03 AM
“I like this planet.” Billy says costing over the clearly hella volcanic islands barely poking out of the global sea.
“...Desmond... you didn’t bring anything to trade did you?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 07:33 AM
“We got weapons and the authority to make a forward base on this planet, it promotes and protects trade.”
“I’m sure you and Thorn have knowledge, services and maybe goods.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 08:55 AM
Desmond asks Nancy if she sees any cities or settlements.
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:08 AM
"I didn't bring anything special, but I would like to determine potential markets here."
she gazes out at the overgrown islands "and of course, research any potentially interesting life we find"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 09:20 AM
"Okay," Desmond asks. "Do you want to go to the first island or first inhabited area?"
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 09:20 AM
(Yeah lets get a heading here. I can post the surface map again if you like, but it is in a handout now as well)\
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 09:26 AM
"How about the Blacksurf FLottilla?"
Desmond directs Nancy to head there, making the approach underwater.
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 09:31 AM
The Lone Star passes through the atmosphere, and finally plunges into the murky green water of Halia. grey particles float in the water, and after a few moments Nancy shuts the armored viewport windows entirely
"Flying by insturment anyway. Little safer in case"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 09:34 AM
"Good, lets get within periscope range," Desmond says. "Let's scan for radio communication of any sort, up and down the bandwidth."
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 09:37 AM
(program int, either Billy or Dr. Thorn. for scanners)
(The blacksurf are running radio silent right now, so this is to detect their frequency)
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:54 AM
(Can I assist?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 09:58 AM
(Go for it!)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 10:10 AM
(its a +2 to whoever's doing it_
(if thorn is assisting)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 10:23 AM
(Rolled an 8)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 10:25 AM
(11 for them, so radio silence)
Nothing comes up after an hour of scanning the frequencies for the Blacksurf fleet, but during that time, you move into perisocipe range.
*periscope
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 10:27 AM
"Periscope up," Desmond says. He hits the lever and a periscope tower rises from the floor to the ceiling. He snaps the hand holds down and looks into the viewer. (edited)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 10:36 AM
A fleet of ten ships, painted a traditional black, slate gray, and sea green camo, slowly prowl the coast of the nearby island. The largest is a seagoing battleship, supported by a cruiser, three frigate sized vessels, a destroyer, and four workhorse vessels, keeping a bit back from the formation, though within range to be aided if needed. The support vessels appear civilian in nature- a heavily converted cargo yacht, a tanker ship turned oiler, and two cargo ships.
Far against the horizon theyre sailing towards is an incredibly large ark ship, lights off, and floating listlessly.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 10:41 AM
Can Desmond contact the large arc ship?
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 10:56 AM
(coool)
(oh this is so great)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 10:57 AM
Desmond asks, "Should we surface?"
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 11:01 AM
“Do we have a PA on this thing?”
“Yes we should. It’s amazing how much volcanic ash is in the ocean. It’s like every volcano on the planet is active. That must have harnessed that energy pre-scream.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 11:08 AM
"We need a better idea of what's going on here"
"Could we circle around and reach that ark ship before them?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 11:08 AM
"Okay Nancy," Desmond says. "Lets surface right near the Arc and hail them."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 11:09 AM
“This is an armed navy. I would be careful here. We might have picked the single fleet on the planet that could take us out if they fired their guns at us.”
“Perhaps we just sail beside them. In a non threatening way?”
“Well. Do as you wish. I suspect the arc ship is one of their cities.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 11:19 AM
"I'll stop if you want Billy," Desmond says. "I just want to make a quick contact. If it goes sideways we'll leave."
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 11:25 AM
(The ark isn’t broadcasting anything either and it doesn’t have any outside lights or anything on, for reference. But yeah it’s really really big. And tall)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 11:32 AM
The Lone Star surfaces and uses the PA. "Hailing the Ship, This is the Lone Star from the United Nations of Worlds, we wish to talk."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 11:36 AM
“This approach gives us a low profile to most of their guns too. Unless they have underwater torpedos.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 11:38 AM
"We are on the other side of the ship from the fleet so lets see," Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 11:41 AM
(Okay so you swam ahead of them and went to the opposite side of the ark?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 11:41 AM
(yes)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 11:43 AM
The fleet follows at a distance, maintaining course and speed. They don’t seem to have detected your presence. Upon closing the last 50km with the ark, the warships begin spreading out into a long gunline, battleship anchoring the middle of the formation. Cannons and turrets angle for the waterline. And then Desmond makes his announcement
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 11:43 AM
(Is this like an ark spaceship crash site?)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 11:44 AM
(from here you could tell that it was a spaceship at one point but it’s been cannibalized and converted so many times it’s now a surface vessel)
The ark remains quiet and lifeless, but several sensors begin sweeping over the area, the blacksurf fleet detecting the open transmission
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 11:45 AM
(Right as it would be.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 11:51 AM
Desmond says, "If this doesn't work out maybe the Republic would be a better stop."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 11:52 AM
“Yes. And out weapons have a clear range advantage should they prove hostile.... unless they have spaceship weaponry here.”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:05 PM
The fleet continues scanning, and some small semi-rigid (think like a zodiac boat kinda thing) are lowered into the water, packed full of soldiers. The destroyer moves out of the gunline, heading towards the south end of the Ark
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:06 PM
"If there is no response from our hails I say we go back underwater and head to the Republic."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:08 PM
“Should we drop a note in a bottle for them? That’s probably a good idea for now. This seems to be the presiding military in these waters. Perhaps we need to get more intel before interacting directly.”
“I want to find out why all the volcanoes are active.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 12:10 PM
"We could wait and see what happens here before we make any decisions that could interfere with the local politics."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:14 PM
“We are affecting local politics just by being here. And being that they are the main power in this area, it’s likely that we are upsetting their power. Plus... it looks like this ship could easily be their way into the interstellar playing field. If they are hostile. This is their chance.”
“I say send one more warning. As much as I want to meet these folks, I don’t want to be boarded either.”
“You’re the captain Des. She has good points too.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 12:17 PM
"If this ship is empty it's unlikely they're just getting around to it now, and with such a force. It seems possible, maybe likely, that this Ark ship is heavily defended despite its appearance."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:19 PM
“I would suspect so.” comms “Vothe, can you do a pointed scan of the ark ship near our geospatial location?
“Any starship weaponry or other tech, Is expect them to keep there.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 12:20 PM
"If it is empty, we are witnessing an oceangoing society about to gain the equivalent of a tech level."
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:21 PM
Vothe scans the ship, and your scanners light up inside the vessel. Several power cores are active inside the ship- on a very low power setting, but enough to keep things working without ruining a sensor profile.
The power level is very slowly rising
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 12:26 PM
"Aha! Look at that!"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:29 PM
Desmond tries one more hail. "Approaching ship we wish to talk."
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:31 PM
Several powerful floodlights from the destroyer illuminate the Lone Star, as it finally pulls around the south edge of the ark. it fires a trio of starburst flares, casting the entire area into daylight level of light (edited)
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 12:35 PM
"Whatever happens here may decide who we will be able to work with in the future. Absent any communications, our options seem to be to defend the ark ship, assist this navy, or hope our arrival is a more significant event and differences can be put aside."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:35 PM
Desmond shakes his head. "This could be a very short trip."
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:36 PM
The destroyer is beginning to lower a pair of its own zodiacs into the water, when another set of lights blink on. The ark ship groans, as the power level continues to rise on its gentle, stately, trajectory
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:36 PM
“The ark ship is powering up.”
“Evasive maneuvers. This isn’t a friendly action. We can return when they aren’t flexing so hard.”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:37 PM
The upper- open deck is swarming with human sized figures, backlit by the powerful lights
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:38 PM
“They’ve been here already. This ark ship is heavily modified. Scrapped to survive after the scream.”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:38 PM
With a splash, the destroyer's zodiacs hit the water, on a path to the Lone Star.
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:39 PM
“Are they coming to talk or are they coming to board?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:40 PM
“Okay Nancy,” Desmond says. “Dive, evasive maneuvers.”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:45 PM
(lets get another program/int, vs the destroyer. Their comms officer is trying to detect you/your heading so they can fire depth charges)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:45 PM
I can assist. I have a +2 to that.
“Yep. There it is.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:48 PM
“Sorry Nancy,” Desmond says. “No good deed goes unpunished.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 12:49 PM
"If they're this hostile initially, they will only present a greater threat with the power of that ark ship. Defending the arc has just risen to our best chance of salvaging this encounter."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:49 PM
(7)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:49 PM
“That’s their ark ship, Cam.”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:51 PM
(so 9 total with billy's help)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 12:51 PM
“Either way, getting out and into the upper atmosphere will give us a better advantage if it’s not. We can shoot them from out of range of most of their guns. And we can shoot from Riger One as well.” (edited)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:51 PM
(8 for the destroyer, they have no idea)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:52 PM
(No, I put the 2 in there)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:52 PM
(oh i see that now)
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 12:54 PM
(Oh that's their own ark ship whaaat)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 12:58 PM
The destroyer begins readying the Y-gun on it’s deck with a pair of explosive barrel charges
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 12:59 PM
“Keep on heading out Nancy,” Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 01:00 PM
One lands nearby, rattling the lone star (1 damage. I’m treating it like hitting a vehicle, so 10+, but I’m not giving them any modifiers, representing you pulling away fast and the better materials you’re made with)
“Just another minute and we can outrun that thing”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:00 PM
“You want to fire 🔥 back?” Desmond asks.
“I don’t want to massacre anyone but We’ve got to protect ourselves.”
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 01:02 PM
“Maybe. We can fire back with Riger One from orbit too if you’d like. My concern, is whether or not that ark ship is connected to the station wreckage.” “Vothe, any sign of power or weapons on that station?”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 01:03 PM
There is a hiss of feedback due to the great distance "The fire started inside the station, and cooked off internally stored ammunition. There is also no angle of entry, or exterior side burns. It was not weapons discharge that destroyed it" (edited)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 01:05 PM
“I don’t want to blow those ships yet. We can gather intel on them and see if there is a way to deal with them peacefully, but it’s not looking like it.”
“Thank you Vothe.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:07 PM
"Some days diplomacy just sucks," Desmond says. He looks over at his Torpedo Controls but looks away.
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 01:09 PM
“Good choice. There are other ways. Let them scramble.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:10 PM
"Head for the Republic Nancy," Desmond says. "Can either of you try and pick up transmissions from them now that we stirred the hornets nest?"
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 01:10 PM
Their cover blown on the surface, the blacksurf ships begin collecting their small boats, and pulling back from the Ark
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:11 PM
(I've got to run to the library so will be on my phone. If someone else can roll that would be great.)
"I'd really like to know what the story is there," Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 01:14 PM
Dr. Thorn's cybernetic eye was able to focus on the main screen a bit more clearly, revealing the figures on deck
(this was like a snap glimpse as you dove)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:20 PM
(Wow!)
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Garion 19-Jan-19 01:25 PM
(Sexy)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 01:26 PM
“Oh they are pulling away. So.. they are opposite forces potentially. Perhaps you were right Dr. Thorn. Apologies. Can we try again to make contact with the Ark? It seems well defended.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 01:28 PM
(I shouldn't have doubted myself lol)
"I caught an image as we passed. They are not human"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:32 PM
( $ 11.00 in library fines, damn you Lois McMaster Bujold ! Why does she have to be such a good writer.)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 01:32 PM
(It was a good call.)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 01:32 PM
(not knowing is half the battle, in the immortal words of less successful GI Bro)
☝ 1
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:33 PM
“Doc,” Desmond asks. “Any xenobiology guesses?”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 01:38 PM
"Hmm what have we encountered besides Piggen? I've heard of Taros..."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 01:43 PM
“There is a simian race on Terezinho and mer adapted people there as well.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:46 PM
Desmond lets loose a low whistle as the submerged Lone Star 💫 moves beneath the murky green Halia ocean. When he was a detective on Acastus he would never have imagined he’d someday be in a submersible spaceship 🚀 with a star blazer like Billy and an eminent Doctor like Thorn. “Well, unless we can pick up any chatter on the radio then it’s off to the Republic. Anyone want some coffee ☕️?”.
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 01:51 PM
"They were humanoid, pale and tall with long fingers. Did you say coffee? I could use a cup, I'll take mine black."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 01:58 PM
Desmond goes to the small galley and brings back four cups. “I always add a little milk 🥛. There’s this great coffee shop on Acastus that makes these great Cortados where I hope to visit. If we make it. “
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 01:59 PM
"I'd be willing to give it a try." she takes the mug with a smile
"perhaps we should try to make contact with the Ark here first."
"We did just help defend them from an entire naval fleet"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 02:05 PM
Desmond looks Down in the mug as if he was going to find an answer there.
“ I don’t know what do you think about hitting up the republic first I get the feeling there’s a battle going on and I don’t want to take sides yet.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 02:15 PM
"We need to find someone to talk to whose immediate response is not to blow us out of the water."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 02:17 PM
“Roger that!” Desmond says and raises his coffee. “God I love this stuff!”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 02:19 PM
The next major concentration you'd seen from the air is the Trukkan Republic, their vessel home anchored off the south-western most volcanic islant
It is broadcasting music, weather reports, and nothing to give the impression its anything more than an ordinary post-scream night
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 02:24 PM
Desmond listens to the music, “That’s nice. “
Desmond tries to broadcast a greeting. “ this is the Marshall ship lone star 💫 we are on a diplomatic mission to open trade and relations between your republic and the United Nations of Worlds.”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 02:29 PM
The music doesn’t stop but a light on the console clicks on as someone there using a different channel tries to open a comlink with you
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 02:31 PM
Desmond switches to that channel.
“Republic , this is Lone Star 💫 go ahead!”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 02:36 PM
“Lone star. Can you say again what flag you’re flying?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 02:37 PM
“We’re from the planet Gudrun, with the United Nations 🇺🇳 of Worlds.”
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 02:38 PM
“We were a former GreenBriar Colony trying to reestablish some sense of connection with like minded people in the sector.”
“We’ve managed to begin make connections with multiple worlds in our home sector. This would be the first contact in this one.”
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 02:43 PM
“What are your intentions here, now?” The voice asks
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 02:52 PM
"Multipurpose. We are headed to Acastus, as we have been attacked by a being from that world. You are along the way. In addition, we stopped to make contact in hopes that we can establish a relationship. I believe our shared resources could do wonders. You are not the first on this planet that we have come into contact with either. There is a large naval fleet that was approaching a repurposed ark station that attacked us as well. It seems that there are conflicts in this system that we would like to be wary and inform ourselves on. May I ask who is speaking?" (Sorry Des, don't mean to take your spotlight.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 02:56 PM
Desmond sips his coffee and looks over at Billy and smiles. (no problem! If Thorn want to jump in to that's okay. Lets all enjoy the game.)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 02:57 PM
Still on coms, "Des this is wonderful coffee. You think they make a lot of coffee here?"
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 03:08 PM
Dr. Thorn sips her coffee and listens to the conversation
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 03:08 PM
"You know what," Desmond says. "Coffee could be something to offer. Lets see if they have any."
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 03:14 PM
"If they did, it could go by a different name. A better idea would be to arrange a meeting and ask what their needs are." she speaks too low for the comms to pick up (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 03:22 PM
"When's the first time you fell in love with cup of coffee?" Desmond asks. "For me it was after an arson fire on Acastus. We had been up for 24 hours straight and smelled like cinders and wood smoke. I walked down the block and into a coffee shop called the Black Bean. The brew there was so good it woke me up like a warm hello." (edited)
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 03:26 PM
a moment of silence passes as the crew listens for a response to Billy's request (edited)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 03:27 PM
“I’m just a comms operation officer here. There are brass listening in. I’m talking for them”
“They won’t take the ark. Many have tried. Not worth anything anyway it’ll never fly again”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 03:29 PM
Dr. Thorn whispers to the crew: "If that is the case, why do they feel it worth the effort?"
"What is your name, officer?"
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 03:30 PM
“Like I said. I can’t give it. They’ll have my job. So you’re here to establish some kind of contact. Are we reading you clearly?”
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 03:47 PM
"Exactly. We have your spike route mapped out, we could bounce back and forth to your planet and ours within a few days. Ally seeking and trade making."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 03:51 PM
"Officer," Desmond says. "While you check on us landing can you say who runs that fleet we ran into near the ark?"
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 05:05 PM
“That would be Admiral Beckwater. This isn’t the first attempt he’s made to take that thing. Aside from the pesky inhabitants, he’s determined to make it his personal flagship. He’d be de facto ruler of the planet. A bridge too far for what his fleet is capable of.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 05:10 PM
"Who is currently inhabiting the ship? What makes it such difficult prey?" (edited)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 05:28 PM
"I'm not sure what you'd call them, they rose from the deep and claimed that thing almost as soon as it was known to be seaworthy"
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 05:38 PM
"It seems they are able to operate it well enough. Why do you say Beckwater is out of his league?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 05:42 PM
Desmond sits thinking. Is this Arc the fulcrum for the balance of power 💥 on this planet?
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 05:49 PM
“And is Beckeater your ally? Adversary? We escaped him because we didn’t want to destroy the fleet without knowing if they could be pursuaded otherwise.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 05:57 PM
(Oh boy...)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 06:00 PM
Desmond stifles a laugh. He wonders what the higher ups are saying to the comms operator.
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 06:06 PM
(Read 'em and weep)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 06:20 PM
"You've never seen that thing actually defend itself. The weapons aboard exude a frightening level of power. Thankfully though, they seem to just keep to themselve
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 06:41 PM
"Interesting. Do you know anything about what happened to the station orbiting here?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Jan-19 06:57 PM
“This place is as murky as it’s seas” whispers Desmond.
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 07:12 PM
"There was a disaster, a year and a half ago. The precognitives aboard lost control of their powers and started projecting fire everywhere. We recovered a handful of lifeboats from the water, but many sank"
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 07:38 PM
“We call it the Scream. It seems to have happened to every planet we come across. The whole galaxy. We have been lucky enough to be able to rebuild our spike drives and colony but some planets aren’t so lucky. Together, I believe we can rise from the ashes yet again. I’m Billy Rigers, Captain Of Riger One in orbit. Member of Task Force Phoenix on mission with Desmond here of the Marshall service.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 07:54 PM
sips coffee
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 08:13 PM
"Nice"
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 08:15 PM
"Well that's quite an achievement."
(sorry, got my godbound game for a bit longer)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 08:24 PM
"We'd long wondered if that disaster was just our own bad luck. Apparently there's more to it than we thought. Thats gratifying to hear in some ways
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 08:38 PM
"Establishing peaceful trade, cooperation, and prosperity is important to the UNW. One day we would like to welcome you to join us. But before that can be accomplished, we must ensure that this planet has a stable structure of governance with which we can negotiate. You have just told us that the balance of power on this planet rests on this Admiral Beckwater. Can you explain the Republic's relationship to Admiral Beckwater?"
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 08:42 PM
"The republic trades with him, our large on-board foundry keeps his ships supplied and maintained. We've done several rescues for shipwrecked sailors of theirs after other abortive attempts to take the ark as well. He's been cordial, stately even, but With someone like Beckwater you never know where exactly you stand"
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 08:43 PM
"If he was able to capture the Ark, how would things change?"
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 08:51 PM
“Too hard to say”. The comms officer sounds like he’s genuinely enjoying the conversation despite being a bit parroted. “Salvage or a wholesale takeover, either one makes him the only real polity of note.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:00 PM
"I'm sure you're aware that with the opening of interstellar trade, there is a good chance that our assistance to you or Beckwater would allow Beckwater the edge over the Ark ship and your world. "
"What is so powerful about this Ark ship? Can you make an argument for why we should choose to trade with your people instead of them?" Thoughts race through Cam's mind: trading with both, taking the Ark weapons for ourselves, maximizing what we can gain from this, preventing extinction of a native potentially sentient race (edited)
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 09:10 PM
The technician starts to answer but the line squeals before a gruff, older voice replaces it. "Lone Star, you're asking some dangerous questions. If trade with you is something being made exclusive, we don't want any part of it. Economic opportunities should exist for all"
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:19 PM
"That's exactly our opinion."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 09:19 PM
“Of course it exists for all. We just are playing hypotheticals.”
“We want to know what we are getting into as much as you do. We aren’t in the regime change business. We are in the prosperity business.”
Billy muted the coms. “I would be wary of giving the ark over to either one at this point. This seems like a job the task force can handle and I hesitate promising loyalty of any kind to either party at the moment. Yes?” Billy unmutes coms.
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:23 PM
nodding at Billy, Cam thinks of the life forms on the ship as well
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 09:23 PM
“We regard the ark as a strange piece of technology and it’s citizens the strange keepers of that strange technology. We give it a wide hearth. As for Beckwater, our cities move. If he wants to make this into a pissing contest he will have a hard time catching us”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:24 PM
(that's fine then) (Diplomat II) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 09:24 PM
Billy meets, Camellia’s gaze knowingly.
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 09:26 PM
(I took that into account. They were going to cut the link)
(You kept them talking)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 09:28 PM
“Well we are certainly interested in the technology and I’m certain we have tech that could boost your people as well. Dr. Camillus here is a brilliant scientist in her own right as well. All we want is a line of communication and options for a friendly port to trade with. All ships rise together as they say.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:29 PM
"We look forward to developing a productive relationship."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 09:32 PM
"Thank you for clearing up the relationship with the Admiral. I would hope to work out a relationship with them as well. If you make contact with them again before we return, perhaps you could let them know that we did not mean to interfere with their mission and tell them of what we said today. We don't need enemies, we need friends and allies."
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Nekosmash 19-Jan-19 09:33 PM
There is a double click of acknowledgement on the line and the connection ends
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 09:35 PM
“Thank you Dr. Thorn. That was tense and I’m not sure we would have gotten through that as smoothly as we did without you.”
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:39 PM
swigs the rest of her coffee "It's clear that the Republic is naively trying to gain the benefits of trade with Beckwater's fleet without considering the consequences. We can think about how to change the situation to our advantage when we return, but now we have many options"
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 09:39 PM
Billy raises his glass to the doctor.
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:41 PM
"I suppose we're in the clear to drop by an unoccupied sector for some sampling, or make a go at that station if the debris work is completed."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 09:43 PM
"Agreed. Lets go ahead and take some samples before we go. We;ll have another week for you to examine it until the next sector."
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 09:51 PM
"I already see at least seven different ecosystems here, aside from whatever our friends from the sea are growing down below. Let's just try to find a decent landing spot on an island too small to hide anything dangerous."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 10:11 PM
"I appreciate the way you look at things, Camellia. You have a passion that I recognize."
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 10:14 PM
"Thank you, Billy."
"I may have the ability to get at the root of an issue, but I'm glad you're around to lighten the mood." (edited)
(gotta get that plant pun in)
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 10:18 PM
Billy grins, chuckling lightly. "That was a good one. No, I see you pull apart a globe the way I pull apart ship blueprints. It's fascinating."
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 10:24 PM
"Ha, you know, I did have to rewrite those. Multiple fittings of specialized mountings?" she says teasingly
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 10:26 PM
"I swear it can work, they're just afraid of overthrottling the power core. They won't pass the inspection without it. I keep trying to get them to expand their inspection requirements."
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 10:29 PM
"Hmm... That does have significant potential. With enough funds you could fit a great deal more to a ship. That might be worth looking into."
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Billy Rigers 19-Jan-19 10:31 PM
"I'll have to work on a monitoring system that can use the power more dynamically. It is a difficult piece, but it could probably be done. I could just become the next Trivedi and dramatically increase the power/mass ratio of hull models... I don't know how this got to be a conversation about me though. Why don't you tell me about your projects. I heard whispers of a deal with Shriven... The kingmaker that one." He laughs.
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 10:34 PM
"Oh, I may only have been awake for four days, but I have a few irons in the fire."
She looks at her empty cup "Is there any more coffee?"
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quantum.mango 19-Jan-19 11:00 PM
😉
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 03:24 AM
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 04:50 AM
)for reference the spike drill from thorgerd to here was a week so dr thron has been awake for a couple weeks now. Still a pretty meteoric rise(
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Vothe radios in. “Billy. Devnoc just passed out. He’s breathing but we can’t wake him up”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 05:11 AM
Desmond says, "We've got a high-functioning Med Bay on the Lone Star 💫 and the Doc here. Want to go back?"
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 08:07 AM
“Let’s go. Now. We are on our way, Vothe.”
“This might be the first of his death and rebirth cycles. Whatever that means.”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 08:29 AM
Dr. Thorn is somewhat interested
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 09:22 AM
Desmond says, “Doc, we added a top shelf Medical 🏥 Bay to the Lone Star 💫. We used it on a recent humanitarian mission to Rahwani with Melora. It’s at your disposal.”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 09:25 AM
"I keep telling everyone, I'm no medical doctor. If there's no one else more capable, I will be happy to take a look at this new development."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 09:31 AM
“We... have been treating ourselves. It is a blind spot, I’ll admit.”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 09:34 AM
"Oh"
"Well, I have my bioscanner, and years of experience treating my own conditions on hostile alien worlds. I'll do whatever I can."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 09:49 AM
(Sorry!)
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 09:49 AM
(Nah this isn't the first time)
(And she does have a medkit, bioscanner and Heal 0)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 09:51 AM
(So should I call you Camellia or do you prefer Thorn?)
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 09:55 AM
"By the way, you can call me Cam. Though I would prefer you introduce me by my surname"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 10:03 AM
“Thanks Cam,” Desmond says. “Let’s go back and help Vothe.”
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 10:46 AM
Vothe has the helmet and pressure suit portion of Devnocs uniform off. Devnocs vitals are low, but steady. The degeneration has spread down his neck and across his chest
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 10:46 AM
"Oh my"
"Can someone explain exactly how this started?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 10:49 AM
“The Still Lady...”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 10:50 AM
"Right, I've heard that name. She went down in the fight over Gudrun, but is somehow reforming on Acastus? What exactly did she do to cause this?"
"Weird space shit problems require weird space shit solutions. If she's maintaining this as some kind of metadimensional effect, we could try to cut off the metadimensional connection... Or stop it at the source. Perhaps we should save the space station here for the return, now that it's accessible, and hurry on to Acastus."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 11:23 AM
“Agreed,” Desmond says. “Let’s make the next jump.”
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 11:27 AM
It takes an hour to the system jump point, moving away from the sea green world below. (so we have another week long jump coming , anyone got anything in particular they want to focus on during that time?)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 11:35 AM
“It wasn’t directly the Still Lady but it’s connected. Devnoc was heading the research on an artifact my team and I recovered on the ship that her apparition resides in. When he managed to unlock the device a wave of energy blasted out of it. You might have seen reports of a strange aurora borealis a few nights ago. Well that was it. And he was at point 0.”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 11:39 AM
Disappointed at the lack of samples to analyze, Dr Thorn will try to make Devnoc more comfortable, read, and meditate.
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 11:40 AM
(May I climb out briefly and scoop some of that ashy grime from the lonestar before we leave the planet so she has something to study?)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 11:40 AM
(Yeah, there is time, thats why I check in before we jump)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 11:47 AM
“Cam. Apologies for not taking time to recover samples, but I was able to get this from the outside of the ship.” Billy will show her a handful of ashy ocean sludge from the planet, scooped from the LoneStar.
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 12:15 PM
"Aha! Thanks, Billy. You're a genius." She studies the sample to get a baseline for the planet's biology
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 12:22 PM
Dr. Thorn begins reviewing her new samples as the two ships power up their spike drives, jumping next for Shua
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 12:46 PM
Desmond will get Billy to teach him how to Fix and Nancy to give him some time behind the flight controls for Pilot.
He will also listen to some of the music 🎵 they heard from the Republic.
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 01:08 PM
Desmond spends the week improving his skills, rising to a level of comfortability in two new fields
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 01:09 PM
Billy is going to mod his new mag rifle, letting Des oversee his techniques and engineering theory at work. It’s much better to see in practice first. Id like to work on the one that raises damage.
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 01:13 PM
(Boosted?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 01:36 PM
“Thanks Billy!” Desmond says. “You’ve got some skills starblazer !”
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 01:44 PM
(Yes! I wasn’t at the pc at the time.)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 01:44 PM
(No worries! when you're back and suited and booted go ahead and add it in. I believe that;s +2 on damage, so you can go up another +1 with mods before it caps out)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 01:46 PM
(Do you add the + to hit and damage together for that? So like if I wanted to get the +1 to hit on it, that would be all? Or is that a separate thing.)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 01:49 PM
(to-hit and damage are tracked separate going by my understanding, which makes sense)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 01:49 PM
“See, now that I’ve got this setup, if you just remove this spring here, and add an even better one, the pin will strike faster, that means your gun will have a better reaction time ensuring that the bullet, will hit where you’re aiming and with more power because of this section we did earlier. The only issue is that it’s an aftermarket mod, so it will need to be tightened, cleaned and checked after each day of use.”
(Ok cool.)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 01:50 PM
(basically its a way of making a relic gun, most of them max out at +3 to each, aside from any other interesting things they can do)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 01:50 PM
(V.Nice)
Billy starts a modding SpaceTube channel to teach tinker skills back home. Recorded by Vothe and the ship’s cameras. Desmond is his first viewer.
“Make sure you hit that subscribe button, next video, I’m going to show you how you can get more power out of your spike drives and make it pass inspection at the shipyard.”
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“See you in SpikeSpace!
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 02:12 PM
Desmond gives the SpaceTube its first upvote and makes a comment, "I learned a lot!"
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 02:15 PM
The week goes on (dr if you had anything that you wanted to do we can throw that in. As far as the climate baseline the data for haila is on its scouting report now)
(So that would have been learned during your trip as well)
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 02:33 PM
(Oh sure) Dr. Thorn offers her mag rifle and assault suit for mod testing as well. "I'd like to learn how to maintain these, and I'd be happy to pay you back for the parts."
She offers 2000 (thinking customize mod x2?)
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 02:44 PM
"I'm thinking maybe a more comfortable grip and some gyroscopic stabilizers on the gun, some joint reinforcements on the armor, and light floral designs on both." (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 02:51 PM
Desmond looks over the modifications and then tilts his head like he was remembering something. "Hey Billy, remember how the Mag Rifle didn't do well against that eldritch cloud. It seemed only beam weapons did."
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 02:52 PM
(yep, customized just brings you up to a +2 AC, so you're under threshhold)
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 02:56 PM
"Did you say eldritch cloud?"
(added!)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 03:03 PM
"Yup," Desmond says. "We fought a sentient cloud that radiated evil and ..." Desmond remembers how it read his mind and pulled up a memory of his wife Drina. "...reads your mind. One scholar on Acastus speculated that it is some kind of psychic being from an extra-dimensional space. He was murdered after the book was published. We kept a copy of it in the Police Library."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 03:08 PM
"Spicy."
"And we aren't carrying beam weapons why?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 03:18 PM
Desmond points down the hall. "The armory carries lasers and Billy used an AV Laser against the cloud. In the end the torpedoes took it out though, so we know those work!"
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 03:20 PM
"I wonder if the cloud's components were able to move out of the way of the projectiles. Fascinating."
"Or it could be more creepy space jazz. Hard to tell these days"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 03:27 PM
"Why not both?" Desmond speculates. "That was what the book seemed to say. All this arcane stuff is metadimentional energy that we don't understand how to harness and that this cult has a being who embodies it."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 03:31 PM
"Are we planning to confront this embodiment-of-evil metadimensional space cult goddess anytime soon?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 03:35 PM
"I'm not eager to do so," Desmond says. "I see this mission as a way to hopefully gain the knowledge to save Devnoc and learn ways to confront and defeat the cult."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 03:37 PM
"Good."
"I'm mainly here for the coffee"
she quips
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 04:00 PM
Desmond snorts in the middle of a sip of coffee and he chokes briefly.
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 04:00 PM
(Des. Missed 'First' opportunity.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 04:00 PM
"That was..." Desmond says struggling to swallow. "a good one."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 04:04 PM
"Ha! You're here for space sludge too!" Billy yells from the background, metatool in hand. "If we are lucky, we can loot a library of data on this new energy phenomenon. The cultists were able to do some fantastic things with the energy, including surviving an oxygen free atmosphere and they blocked a shot or two of my AV laser as well. Besides, these planets along the way are showing plenty of promise so far."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 04:08 PM
"I do enjoy lighting out from Gudrun and seeing new planets," Desmond says. "For some reason I sleep really well during spike drive on long hauls or on planet when it rains hard."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 04:10 PM
"You're right. There's a specific type of silence that the single background noise sets off that seems to be calm me."
"If I sleep that is. I can loose track of time sometimes too."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 04:26 PM
"Actually," Desmond says. "I'm going to lay down in the bunk for an hour. Hit the alarm if you need anything."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 04:27 PM
"See you in the next system, Des."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 04:32 PM
"Roger that star blazer!" Desmond says. "Glad you and Camellia are on this trip back home. Its gonna get worse once we hit Acastus and you two are the best."
Desmond makes his way back to his cabin. Inside is a joke plaque that says, 'Captain of the Smallest Torpedo Boat in the System'. He looks at the picture of his wife Drina in front of her coffee shop on Acastus. Then he lays down on the bunk and falls asleep to the sound of the spike drive.
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:13 PM
Dr. Thorn watches the stars go by. Eventually she falls asleep at the workbench.
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 05:16 PM
The week goes on and on the final one of the run, the proximity alarm goes off, warning you the jump is ending in a few moments
The drill run ends as you all take station on your ships, and as the spike tunnel collapses around you, the rich world of Shua is revealed below.
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:21 PM
(Is that a... oh my)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 05:21 PM
(We jackpotted these planets)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 05:22 PM
(the planets and the deep space regions in this sector were some of the most interesting we have come across so far- saying a lot for somethintg we didnt play quiet year to generate)
Below, scans for life, and power, pinpoint several settlements. The largest power concentration is around an inactive and incomplete mega-installation.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 05:24 PM
Desmond wakes up and rubs his eyes. "That is magnificent!"
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:26 PM
"Okay, can we run a deeper scan of that construction project? Looks like something big"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 05:28 PM
Desmond sits down in the pilot chair, "Okay Nancy, lets see if your lessons took." He starts hitting the up switches on the scanners.
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:28 PM
(Assisting)
Dr. Thorn adjusts the sensitivity
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 05:29 PM
(program/int with +2 for Cam's help, to whoever is scanning)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 05:30 PM
That's max. 16
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:30 PM
(hot)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 05:30 PM
"Man," Desmond says. "You both really dialed in on that!"
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 05:31 PM
(Yeah check them scans baby. Big Scans.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 05:32 PM
Desmond looks at Nancy. "You want to take a lie down? You've been flying awhile and we'll need you fresh if it all goes sideways."
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 05:38 PM
She nods, and moves to the back of the ship. The large structure on the ground is a gargantuan power plant, slaved to power only an equally large gun. Scans show it was a superweapon, using second age plans to create. The existance of something so large, and so far along in the process of building, shows the collective work and wealth of the entire world over generations
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:39 PM
"Oookay it's a giant gun"
"I wonder what they wanted to shoot it at"
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 05:41 PM
"Probably another planet. You don't need a gun that big to protect yourself from a space invasion even. I wonder if they are aiming at Acastus."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 05:42 PM
"We'll lets hail them and head on down."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:42 PM
Cam whistles. "I guess that's one way to burn a witch."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 05:45 PM
"I looks like they are TL4 at least. Let's hope they are open to talking.... Cam you want to do the honors?"
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:45 PM
"That or they've had some help. Pick a settlement, any settlement." (edited)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 05:48 PM
"Steelhearth looks the largest and it looks like all the world's resources looks like its going to that gun."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:48 PM
"Alright let's try them on comms."
pressing the mic switch "Hello, this is Riger One and Lone Star on approach. Does anyone copy?"
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 05:52 PM
"Riger One and Lone Star, this is Steelhearth tower control, please state planet of origin?"
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:53 PM
"Steelhearth control, we are here from Gudrun." she replies immediately
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 05:55 PM
"Ah good"you sense the controllers relief. "Glad you're not one of those dogs from Leda. How can I help you Gudrun vessels?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 05:56 PM
Desmond looks at both of them and silently mouths ‘Leda’?
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:56 PM
"This is our first contact with your planet. We would like to open peaceful trade and learn more about this corner of the sector."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 05:57 PM
Billy shows desmond the 1e galactic map and places a finger on the Leda system.
"It's a spike jump from here."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 05:58 PM
"We are on a journey to survey planets across the sector. Perhaps you could begin by letting us know about Leda, is there a danger there we should know about?"
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 06:04 PM
"The whole planet is a danger, its people are depraved and deviants"
"but won't worry, we'll be making the galaxy a cleaner place someday soon!"
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 06:05 PM
"Gonna need a bit more to go on than that. I see you're building a gigantic weapon to fight them off. Do you not need allies or trade in this?"
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:06 PM
(Oh man they're gonna death star them lol)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 06:06 PM
(Yep)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 06:06 PM
Desmond smiles and whispers, “These guys sound like real party poopers...”
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 06:07 PM
"How is your relationship with your other neighbors? Acastus?" (edited)
"I don't want to overwhelm you with questions."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:07 PM
(yup that was my next q)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 06:10 PM
Desmond chuckles and says in between transmissions, “I wonder what Ledans say about Big Gun Badass?”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:19 PM
Dr. Thorn mentally nominates Hailey for the sabotage mission should it ever occur
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 06:20 PM
“We haven’t had contact with Acastus in many years. They’ve been good stellar friends for a long time though”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:21 PM
"No contact, no ships coming through, no trade? Interesting. Are you trading with any other planets?"
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 06:23 PM
Billy nominates Cayne and Cyrus to accompany Hailey for the sabatoge mission.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 06:31 PM
“Ask about the Exodus Ships,” Desmond says. “ And where we can set down.”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:32 PM
"Right." she says, comms off. "I'd also like to find out what their problem with Leda is."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 06:33 PM
"Yes. And we should inform them of the danger present on Acastus. Was the Still Mother ruling the world when you left? Before the scream? There's a lot to discuss here." (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 06:35 PM
Desmond keeps checking his radar altimeter .
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:36 PM
To Billy "If they have been friendly with Acastus, that may not be wise just yet. Let's be patient and see what they let slip."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 06:38 PM
"My thoughts exactly Cam. That is wise."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 06:41 PM
“Where can we best put down Steelhearth Control?” Desmond asks. “Got a spaceport or an area we can land?@
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 06:46 PM
“We’ve got a landing area for space vessels. Follow the marked approach.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 06:48 PM
Desmond follows the approach. He keeps checking the altimeter and occasionally the wind speed in the atmosphere versus the actual velocity.
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:50 PM
As the ship moves in for the landing, Cam asks, "Steelhearth, can you tell us about Leda? Is it worth adding a stop on our journey?"
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 06:56 PM
“It’s a communal anarchy. The whole worlds a collection of cutthroats and ivory tower types. Generations ago we had an alliance against the tenebrians , a retribution fleet from the core came when they heard the news. The ships from leda never showed up to our aid as promised. The revenge fleet sacked our world and passed them by, called away”
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“We never had any kind of recompense and they never faced any kind of sanction for their lack of honor”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 06:57 PM
"Ah yes, I can see why they have earned your fury."
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 06:57 PM
(This is like a liberterian dream world haha.)
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 07:00 PM
"It's a shame you have been out of contact with Acastus. Do you have any idea why the communication stopped?" (edited)
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 07:01 PM
"I would assume the scream had something to do with it."
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 07:04 PM
To Billy "So would I. I'm interested in finding out their tech level, communication with other planets and opinion about the Scream"
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 07:04 PM
“Something happened a year and a half ago. All of our telepathic communications officers went batty. Had to put em down”
“All the conventional nets are down too . Maybe anyway. Our messages are sending. Nothing comes back”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 07:07 PM
"I see." To Billy and Desmond: "Seems like we are the first contact they've had post-scream. If we start off on the right foot maybe later we can persuade them that times have changed."
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 07:08 PM
The ships pass through the atmosphere as this exchange takes place, the cloud layer breaking away to show the verdant river world below
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Billy Rigers 20-Jan-19 07:09 PM
Billy nods
"Youll be able to grab some wonderful samples on the way."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 07:09 PM
“Never thought I’d see this planet when I was on Acastus,” Desmond said. “Now I’m visiting it with my own spaceship 🚀 from a planet on the other side of the Sector.”
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 07:10 PM
(Galt's Gulch, that's what I was looking for)
(Can't let them have that one)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 07:13 PM
(I should have done that)
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quantum.mango 20-Jan-19 07:14 PM
(probably gonna call it a night here)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 07:15 PM
(Not far behind you)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 07:15 PM
(Good Night 🌙)
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Nekosmash 20-Jan-19 07:17 PM
The city begins appearing before too, a sea of hunters green roofs and white washed walls with hints of cream. The airport is on the western edge of town
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Jan-19 07:26 PM
Desmond angles for the airport, following the designated approach . He drops the landing skids and decelerates. (edited)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 05:02 AM
The landing pads are widened, probably once the home to superlift helicopters, though evidence of them here is gone. A smalll squad, in two open topped trucks, races out of a nearby airport terminal to greet you, a woman in a sharp business suit, and a mid ranking military officer in the lead car
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 05:35 AM
"Alright, set the landing ramp to deploy extra slow. They always love that."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 05:39 AM
Desmond does so saying, “Diplomacy time! We need to mention President Kincaid and VP Hanz.”
“I wonder what she would think of that artillery piece. “
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 05:44 AM
When the ramp reaches the ground Dr. Thorn looks around and then strides confidently down to greet the squad.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 05:46 AM
Desmond follows after putting Nancy on the controls. “Keep an eye out for anything unusual,” Desmond tells her.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:10 AM
(Do you guys have any trade goods or cargo to sell)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:22 AM
(I can offer employment and some connections but no trade goods on here other than arms. I have authority to hire Marshals and establish a base for the Marshals, with local approval.)
(So establishing a consulate or an understanding for a future embassy would be excellent.)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:23 AM
(Dr. Thorn clearly has some ideas as well)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:23 AM
(Excellent!)
(Do you want to go first or should I?)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:25 AM
The vehicles draw up to 30m from you, and the detail emerges. The two dignitaries are at the head of the group, their armed support hanging back "Shua welcomes you, Gudrun Travelers. "
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:26 AM
"Greetings. Thank you for your warm welcome." Thorn says, waiting for them to make the next move
"It's so good to breathe fresh air again."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:29 AM
Desmond says, "I am Provost Marshal Desmond O'Shea from the United Nations of Worlds. This is Doctor Camellia Thorn and Billy RIgers. We bring you greetings from President Kincaid on our exploratory mission in this sector with whom do we have the honor of addressing?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:35 AM
"I am ambassador Krikoa, this is Lt Colonel Triash of the planetary defense forces"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:41 AM
"Ambassador, Colonel" Desmond says bowing slightly. "We thank you for allowing us to land and meet. We would like to start the first steps to establishing a future embassy with your people."
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:43 AM
"We would also like to discuss the opening of trade between our worlds and how we can aid one another."
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:55 AM
"Well, we would need to see some examples of what your world can offer before any kind of deals can be discussed, but you're welcome to ask some questions and make contacts"
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 07:01 AM
"Of course. Gudrun produces a variety of agricultural, industrial and specialty goods, including the weapons and ships you see before you. Billy may have some goods to sell or trade. We can also offer specialized expertise and skilled labor to find solutions to your problems."
"We noticed that your superweapon is unfinished. May I ask, what bottleneck or technical hurdle has presented the greatest challenge?" (edited)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 07:14 AM
"I'm afraid that's classified" the military officer replies, not unfriendly, but forcefully enough
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 07:16 AM
“Doctor Thorn would you want to take plant 🌱 samples and exchange biodiversity information? “
Desmond takes a chance, “Also, do you have any particular coffee roasts your proud of? We carry a particularly good brand.”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 07:29 AM
"Yes, some samples of the local flora and soil would help us get a better idea of how we can help each other. Gudrun can offer many goods and services, including fine coffee, but also military aid and materials. But we can't provide you anything until we know what Shua has to offer. What are Shua's greatest needs as far as trading goes, and what can you offer us in return?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 07:37 AM
"Industrial parts, and industrial tools are always in high demand for our great work. Our farmlands are lush, we need not food. We do produce a surplus of building materials and supplies (post tech building materials/colonial supplies), extra parts not needed for the great work
"The influx of cash for them would help us maintain progress"
Pinned a message.
(I'm going to toss up a trade report handout tonight now that you know what the market is here)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 07:39 AM
(Boom)
Dr. Thorn smiles. "I'm glad to hear that we can help each other. Is there a place we can get a bite to eat? We've been living on ration bars all week, Desmond makes some amazing coffee but I think we could all use some solid fresh food."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 08:06 AM
“Roger that!” Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 08:26 AM
"Of course, we've taken the liberty of preparing some things in advance, if you're lacking your own ground transport you're more than welcome to the middle truck in the motorcade"
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 08:36 AM
"Excellent, lead the way." Thorn enters the passenger seat and rolls the window all the way down to enjoy the air.
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 08:44 AM
the air is especially refreshing, even your visit to the last world saw you unable to leave the lone star. Both pilots take advantage of the time on the ground to flush the oxygen system and take on cleaner air. The motorcade begins moving toward the inner city. The buildings aren't as tall as conventional skyscrapers, but each one is slightly unique, be it the slope of a roof, the tint of paint , or the windowboxes hanging in front. The streets are clean, though in some area's a bit narrow
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 08:48 AM
“So,” Desmond asks. “What type of Government do you have here? Ours was a corporate colony that ended up with a President after the Scream. She’s been doing a good job so far.”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 08:52 AM
(Getting some Manhattan project vibes here lol)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 09:10 AM
Dr. Thorn looks for any people or activity around
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 09:30 AM
“So Cam,” Desmond asks. “What brought you to Greenbriar?”
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 09:31 AM
(you guys are more than welcome to talk, I just didn;t want to leave poor billy in the dust as far as actual story progression)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 09:33 AM
(No problem. Besides @Nekosmash you were up all night from phone calls.)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 09:41 AM
Billy walks down the ramp with Vothe and the twins in their space marines outfits, guns over their shoulders. Eyebot hovering slightly behind and above his shoulder. “I don’t have much in the way of trade to sell right now, as I was not sure of the markets we would come across. Much better to scout and be able to return with something than be stuck with a full cargo. However, I can tell you that Task Force Phoenix is always searching for allies. -We are a paramilitary group with the UNW whose aim is to restore our technological prowess and reunify the sector with trade. That singularity gun is quite impressive. I assume you’ll be needing credits to complete that more than anything, but with your people tied up in the creation of this work, who is left to defend against your enemies?”
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 09:43 AM
"The only true enemies we have are those Ledan dogs!" the officer says, his bodyguards echoing the sentiment
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 09:46 AM
“And do you have a shipyard here? We seem to not have enough capacity to build all of the ships we’d like on our planet... see we are at war as well and the pace of building both warships and trade ships is agonizing at times.”
“I admire your approach.”
Billy signals toward the singularity gun on the horizon.
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 09:53 AM
"As you've probably seen, the gun is our greatest defense, and offense if that dark day ever comes"
The motorcade continues on, pulling into a walled diplomatic complex. Several villa's and a large, three floor office park are enclosed by a ten foot high wall. Guards in the same cream and green uniforms patrol outside, and stand guard near the front gate. They have energy weapons, though their armor looks a bit antiquated
(they're still using woven, whereas most of UNW is using Combat Field Uniforms, or power armor for the relevant specialists)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 09:58 AM
Dr. Thorn likes their style
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 10:02 AM
“So what you’re saying is that until you get that gun up and running you’re putting all your eggs in that basket. You’re defenseless.” Billy looks a bit dumbfounded. “I’m not going to promise anything since we only just met and we are still examining the field but now that our spike routes are being mapped we may be able to arrive in a few days time should you need aid. Seems your armor is in need of an upgrade as well. I think our relationship has great potential.”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 10:03 AM
Dr. Thorn smiles out the window at this
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 10:05 AM
The officer says nothing as the motorcade continues to drive, finally coming to a halt outside a trio of villas. "You're more than welcome to spend the time you'd like here. If you wish to venture out, head to the central office here first so they can arrange an escort for you. Additionally, if you have any concrete proposals, let them know, and we can run them up the chain. We are merely an advanced party sent to welcome you into the city."
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 10:05 AM
The Eyebot makes all sorts of disapproving whirs as it analyzes the singularity gun in the distance. (edited)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 10:05 AM
Billy's trade mind is perfect for this sort of thing Cam thinks (edited)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 10:06 AM
“Thank you sir. It’s been a pleasure.” He shakes his hand.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 10:17 AM
Cam bids them farewell and checks out the villas
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 10:19 AM
The villas are meant to comfortably house up to a few people each. Most of the furnature is wicker covered in plush cushions. A large tray of refreshments have been left out in each, a number of different nutritional drinks that purport to be different flavors.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 10:22 AM
Cam scans the drinks for any unusual chemical or biological components. It is an alien world after all.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 10:24 AM
Desmond asks, “I wonder if any of the properties are for sale?” He checks for an information screen 📺 in the room.
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 10:26 AM
There are several different apartments for sale in various districts across the city. The drinks are 100% synthesized from artificial chemicals. The nutritional value within is all lab-created.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 10:28 AM
By using the info screen 📺 can Desmond determine what type of government is in place?
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 10:37 AM
(Going to see Aquaman will be off for a while. Have fun!)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 10:39 AM
Cam wanders over to the screen to see the results of Desmond's queries (edited)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 10:46 AM
The government here is a coalition democracy, where several parties are required to come together to form a majority to work in concert to pass initiatives
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 10:48 AM
Thinking of the drink she looks for information on agriculture and restaurants before switching over to the news
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 10:57 AM
(Planning a list of potential stops)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 10:58 AM
Almost everything here is made of chemical components and you notice that there are actually not any restaurants. There are a handful of public commissaries where family groups can get their nutritional allotments, but there is no other information listed
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:03 AM
Curiouser and curiouser. She draws a picture of a 6 legged insect on her compad and then changes into her woven armor. "Billy I'm going to head to the central office for an escort, would you like to come?" She shows him the sketch. "One of these tried to bite me, maybe we should make sure there aren't any in the house."
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 11:06 AM
(that took me a lot longer than it should have to figure out)
(I was like wait a minute, I don't remember writing that)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:11 AM
😆 (I guess that was the point)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 11:26 AM
“Of course. Lead the way, Cam.”
“This sure is a fascinating place. Everyone seems to be working together. United. The efficiency of society is amazing.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:31 AM
"Yes, that gun could use some work though. I know a couple of engineers who could get them back on track." She leaves the villa. On the way to the office she will look for plants and scan them for (in)compatibility with human digestion
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 11:33 AM
The plants you pass are decorative ferns and flowers. The colors are muted pastels, but they seem to have been chosen for their color and smell rather than their utility. In a pinch, they'd provide a trace amount of sustenance, but a long term diet of them will see a human body lacking.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:40 AM
Cam tucks one of the flowers in her hair. "I wonder if a mission to give some of the bigwigs here a trip to Leda would be worthwhile. Call it a survey. Show them the culture. Maybe upload a terabyte of Ledan holofilms to their local net. I'd also love to have a backdoor on that thing until we can negotiate our way out of this. I would bet the Ledans have their own side of the story, but I don't foresee ameliorating generations of hatred on a scouting mission. That said, there's room for some groundwork here."
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 11:41 AM
“Yeah Eyebot has been going nuts trying to correct things here and there since we got on planet.”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:41 AM
"Eyebot?"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 11:42 AM
(If you look in my character art, there is a bot there. It’s a pretech bot that assists me in program and fix rolls +2.)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:43 AM
(Nice) "so that's its name. Good eyebot"
"What's got him so excited?"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 11:54 AM
“He always does that when something isn’t done properly or if he finds better fixes to problems.”
He is... annoyed at their construction.
(Btw: Jules/Kady art. My space marine twins since mission 1)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 11:57 AM
(Hey Thorn wasnt that you once!)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 11:58 AM
Redacted!
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:58 AM
(Yes that's literally the art, nice)
(Surprised you found her on pinterest very cool)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 11:58 AM
(Haha yeah lol.)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 11:59 AM
(Are they with us right now?)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 12:00 PM
(I mean we can have them there or let them explore on their own. But yes they are on mission with us. As well as my pilot, Stearn.)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 12:01 PM
(Neato)
"To the capital then!" Thorn continues to the office keeping an eye out for any tableaus of civilian lifestyle
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 12:04 PM
(Yeah. They are with us. Stearn can come too if he wants! He’s always stuck with the ship.)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 12:05 PM
(Might be wise to leave some people with the ship jic but up to you) (edited)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 12:21 PM
The office is a relatively austere space, and a handful of functionaries sit behind a hexagonal desk, each of them looking at a different computer monitor
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 12:28 PM
"Hello we are here for an escort? I'd like the full girlfriend experience please" she winks at Functionary B
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 12:30 PM
He laughs, as does the rest of the 'pit' crew. "Ah I remember my first time" he jokes back. "Alright, four minders should be plenty. Any special requests?.... I regret asking already" he facepalms
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 12:39 PM
"Mmm the standard costumes will suffice, thank you. We should be back before dark, but you never know what the night will bring. Anything else I should be aware of?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 12:45 PM
"Stay with your minders. They're authorized to use deadly force if an escape is attempted. You've been wonderful guests thus far, but we just met. Standard protocol for new contacts, been that way since antiquity here"
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 12:47 PM
"Standard protocol, just like my grandmother used to make. Let's get on with it then" she leads the way outside
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 01:01 PM
Desmond leans over and asks, “I wonder what’s going on with the food here....”
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 01:07 PM
The routes for touring are cultural, industrial, and military, and you're permitted to pick one
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 01:18 PM
"This is a tough choice... I suppose we can't expect to see everything tonight."
"We'll take the military package, but I'd like to ask questions about the others as we walk"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 01:21 PM
Four guards wearing the usual green and cream fatigues appear from a back office, shouldering weapons. The squad corporal is a young man with the swagger of an old salt. "You kids ready for your field trip?" he looks to the desk crew "They have their permissions slips signed?"
a sheaf of papers is handed to him and he smiles even wider. "well right on. Let's be off then"
He and his men form up around you, heading outside
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 01:31 PM
"Nice weather we're having today. I'm Dr. Thorn, this is Desmond O'Shea, Billy Rigers, Jules and Kady. Together we represent Gudrun."
(Casual tour while our home erupts in war and our friend turns into a magic zombie)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 01:45 PM
“So,” Desmond asks. “How long have you been in the service?”
“Any recent conflicts?”
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 01:54 PM
“I don’t plan on having a firefight, just as long as y’all understand our protocol to remove the skull bit between the eyes all the way back to the skull should we be shot at.” Billy winks.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 02:36 PM
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 02:42 PM
"Guys please I just want the nice man to show us the giant gun"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 02:42 PM
“Ah can’t let you go to the gun. Number of reasons. I’m sure you understand”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 02:42 PM
(Rofl)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 02:43 PM
“She’s beautiful though ain’t she”
(And Yeah a weird time for an expedition but sometimes that’s how it gets done)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 02:44 PM
"That's about what I expected. So what can you show us?" (edited)
(Still want the military tour but she has one question about industry)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 02:52 PM
(Lets get some of those biological samples. I'm still curious on how they say they've got great farmland but only serve protein shakes.)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 02:52 PM
(Yeah me too, maybe industry tour is the way to go)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 02:52 PM
(Yeah let’s keep it to one off topic that’s why I made the delineation at all)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 02:54 PM
"Let's see the industrial district then. Could you take us to where those shakes are manufactured?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 03:51 PM
“Alright. Changing plans already. Love it” the corporal says with no hints of sarcasm. “You wanna go to the shitty shake shack eh?”
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 03:54 PM
“Yeah wait. Can we be escorted there later? By the way, my Eyebot has been going nuts analyzing your gun in the distance. It’s not a recording instrument or anything but it always adjusts my plans to make them more efficient and fixes errors along the way. How are you managing to <insert fancy tl5 tech singularity gun question> to work?”
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:00 PM
“Can’t really explain the process because I don’t know it. But we’re gonna blow up their sun. Gonna be so fuckin cool”
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 04:07 PM
“Holy shit! Haha!”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 04:08 PM
“No more romantic sunsets 🌇 for the Ledans then, “ Desmond quips.
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 04:08 PM
“Now that is a plan. Why not just blow the planet itself? They have ships to escape?
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:08 PM
"Damn ok"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:08 PM
“Don’t have any as far as we last knew. They just kinda let em rot. Didn’t wanna leave their paradise or something like that”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:09 PM
"Yes I would like to see the shitty shake shack"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 04:11 PM
“You think any of y’all would mind if we went and tried to loot any of that stuff before ya blow it up?”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:12 PM
(My first name is Frank for this mission)
"Let me guess, the protein is sourced from "high energy plankton," right?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:14 PM
“The stuff on Leda? Hell yeah man. Help yourselves. Gonna be a while before we are ready. Help yourselves while it’s hot”
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“Alright. Shake shack. Well it’s the biggest building in town. They grow everything from original strains of crops selectively bred here over generations since our scouring”
“Doesn’t take a lot of space to make all the food precursors we need for the drinks. The lab folk do the rest”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:18 PM
"Excellent, let's take a look"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 04:21 PM
Desmond makes sure he looks for trash 🗑 receptacles while on the tour looking for any decaying food or lack there of...
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:24 PM
(I’m having so much fun playing mad chill Corporal)
He shows you to the lab and goes to have his retina scanned. He gets too close to the sensor the first time and bangs his head.
Finally, it allows you in
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:25 PM
"Heh been there done that"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:26 PM
“Alright well this factory like I said makes our nutritious but super not delicious complete meal replacement beverages. There’s a lab downstairs I can’t bring people too but there’s some artificial sunlight and climate rooms where we grow the food precursors
(Think like GMOs. Like. The actual way they’re used).
“So the food starts with at least some crop elements. Hyper selected for hyper nutrition.”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:27 PM
"You know. When I was a kid food was food."
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:28 PM
You’re moved out to a gantry overlooking the factory floor, and assembly line where several fill-heads pack containers full of the nutritional slop
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 04:29 PM
Desmond looks to see if these people look iron deprived, pale or any strange dilation to their pupils .
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:29 PM
"Can we look at the plants?"
(I mean it's not like she's not going to ask)
"Please Mr Simonson"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:32 PM
They all seem fairly healthy. No less so than what you’re used to at any rate. “Ah I can’t do that. They’ll be throwing me into the gun along with you if that happens”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:32 PM
"Or should I call you Roth? What is your name in fact? You've been an excellent guide so far"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:33 PM
“You can call me sam. Sam smorkle. Well. Corporal smorkle but still”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 04:34 PM
“You’re top notch Corporal, top notch!”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:34 PM
She smiles. "Thank you Sam. You know, it was pretty funny how you bumped your head on the scanner back there. It reminded me of the one time I... Well maybe that's a story for another time"
"I think I'm satisfied here."
Satisfied this place stinks like sand worm liver she thinks
"Think we could get some free samples or something?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:38 PM
“Uh. Probably. Hang on.” He sucks in a deep breath. “HEY PIGFUCKERS! CAN MY FRIENDS GET A DRINK?”
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Garion 21-Jan-19 04:38 PM
(That took a turn)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:38 PM
Cam doubles over laughing "God I hope we never have to kill you for your eyes"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:40 PM
From the floor someone calls back. “GIVE YOUR BALLS A TUG YOU ROPE PISSER. YOUR MOM CRIED BECAUSE SHE LEFT THE LENS CAP ON THE CAMERA LAST NIGHT. FUCKING AMATEUR HOUR.! But yeah, drinks are in the cafeteria at the end of the tour!” He calls up
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:42 PM
"Hot let's blow this popsicle stand"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 04:43 PM
You’re taken across the gantry to a pretty bland looking dining room area. This one must be for guests because it lacks the wear and tear and general smell of effluence that a normal break room would have. It doesn’t even have that microwave someone made fish in once and never smelled right again
There are some tables and chairs set up in sloppy rows and a very large drink dispensing machine on the left wall.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:45 PM
Thorn dispenses a variety of flavors into little cups (edited)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 04:47 PM
“I like this place.” Billy leans over to whisper to Cam. “Hopefully that other planet really is filled with assholes.”
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 04:48 PM
"Probably not, but who says we can only pick one?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 04:53 PM
“Why do I want a steak 🥩 right now, “ Desmond says.
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 04:54 PM
“Agreed. Let’s see if we can have our cake and eat it too.” Billy winks.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 05:06 PM
Cam sets up all the cups on the table
"Alright every time anyone asks a question they have to take a shot"
"Who wants to go first?"
"Aw shit-" she swirls a cup and tips it back "Hmm. Almond."
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 05:18 PM
"Is that a challenge?" Billy takes one of the cups to pick a random flavor.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 05:23 PM
Desmond looks at the shakes skeptically and sips at one he hopes is cherry 🍒 flavored.
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 05:39 PM
It tastes like cherry, but if cherry had low batteries \
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(we're already quoting memes tonight, may as well go full bird)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 05:40 PM
"Ya know. This is cool and all, but can we take the samples and get out of here? Vothe is recording everything, so we can continue to examine the data on the trip to acastus. But I'd still like to see what their original tour was going to be."
Drinks
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 05:43 PM
"Yeah. Sam, I'll take 1 ton of these. Every flavor, paid in credits. Can you load them on the ship?" She swigs one more. "Ugh, like, a single skittle dissolved in water" She hands Billy the rest of the cups. "Here, drink up. You need the protein."
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 05:45 PM
Billy looks sideways at her and pours them all in the container, sipping it along the way.
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 05:47 PM
"Wow, lotsa cash you're tossin around there big shoots" he laughs. "5000 credits for a ton, but its all yours"
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 05:47 PM
"Done"
(OH MAN I have BIG plans for this)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 05:48 PM
"Why don't you take some plant samples too?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 05:48 PM
( to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly drink 🍹 smoothies...)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 05:48 PM
"Right, Sam, I'd like to take some plant samples back for analysis. Could we get those too?"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 05:49 PM
"Hey there's more where that came from if you guys keep making stuff for trade. I'm more interested in your tech, to be honest."
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 05:49 PM
"Cmon guys, lay off that one, you know I can't"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 05:50 PM
"I know! I don't need to see the singularity gun." He says dejectedly. "It'd be really cool though... what about any other kinds of tech do you have? Shipyard?
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:01 PM
"Oh, Cam, this one tastes like chocolate. Try this one."
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:01 PM
"Oh you didn't see the system ships on the way in did you? Yeah, they hide sometimes"
(No spike, they just chill in the upper atmo and swat drop pods/ect)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:02 PM
She sips it "Ugh it's such a bad approximation of sweet buttery cacao"
"Do the animals drink this as well?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:03 PM
"no, they get water. They're just not able to handle the stuff. Gives em the squirts"
"Or worse, a stall full of king kong coilers"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:03 PM
Billy's eye bulge and he sets down his cup.
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:04 PM
"MMMM I see" she says, staring at Billy
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:05 PM
"So you don't have spike capabilities yet. Ok. There's another reason it'd be a good reason to trade with us. We can help you there."
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:06 PM
"Hey man, you don't need to convince me. When we get back, talk to the home office. They'll push the pencils and stuff. Your world, I just wanna make a buck in it"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:07 PM
"Haha. You've got it."
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:07 PM
"Have any of you ever BEEN to Leda?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:08 PM
"Not since the betrayal. Remnant took our ships, destroyed our shipyards. No more spike drives. "
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:08 PM
"The remnant... are on Leda?!"
Billy spits out some of the drink
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:09 PM
"Oh interesting. So, information on Leda probably be nice eh"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:10 PM
"N-n-n-no let's not pass by this. You're in opposition to the Remnant?"
"They're out this way?"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:10 PM
"Hell yeah man, they're just the old empire in new clothes. They didn't stay, just took shit and went back east. Was about a year ago, You know em?"
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:11 PM
"We've been fucking up their damn fleets for months. I actually blew up one of their titan ships." (edited)
"We're in the middle of a war with them."
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:12 PM
"Right... So information on Leda would be pretty key..."
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:13 PM
"Yes. Let's get going. I need to speak with someone in charge."
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:14 PM
Dr. Thorn imagines that the protein shakes have helped Billy pay more attention
"I didn't know you blew up a titan."
She sends a recording from her commlink to Billy.
Generations ago we had an alliance against the tenebrians , a retribution fleet from the core came when they heard the news. The ships from leda never showed up to our aid as promised. The revenge fleet sacked our world and passed them by, called away”
"They had to hear the news from somebody"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:21 PM
(poor desmond is going to have a million messages to come back to lol)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:21 PM
(yeah how was wading through ooc btw)
Cam continues talking to Billy as they follow Sam down the corridors. "Tenebrian loyalists probably got a nice boost from the tip, and saw what happened to an enemy of the empire. Makes sense some sympathizers would remain"
"This must have happened immediately after the Scream. I wonder..."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:35 PM
Desmond rolls back in nodding. “We just uncovered a hidden enemy installation! “
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:37 PM
"What?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:38 PM
“I was wondering how the Remnant kept fielding fleets. They are on Leda. I mean it’s not as excitingly tepid non-alcoholic margaritas but I’ll take it.”
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:39 PM
"They have planets all over out sector as well, though."
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:40 PM
Cam looks at the galaxy map, eyes narrowing
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:41 PM
"The Task force has liberated Terezinho and Aeslif so far as well as others. Miriam?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:45 PM
“Imagine us coming back to Gudrun with this news,” Desmond says. “We found a planet with a super weapon where the Remnant took all their spaceships 🚀 and need an ally.”
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:46 PM
"I'm already drafting a message to Task Force Command to send back."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 06:52 PM
( @Nekosmash does this count as - Use Surveyors to scout two worlds for the UNW, Cunning (400 Points) : The Remnant i - Discover one new enemy held world or installation (200 points)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:55 PM
I would think so. Also open trade on a previously uncontacted world and complete two endeavors for factions that is not the task force?
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:55 PM
(Well, they’re not your enemy. They have no causes to go to war with you and with no spike ships of their own they can’t. I mean these guys are greasy but they’ve been friendly with you and you guys have opened up the idea of trade. Mixed messages there for sure. ) (edited)
(Surveyors is a faction asset. You’d have to spend a faction turn making them scout a new world, because they reveal all resources on it)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:57 PM
(I think Des means Leda. We don't know for sure the Remnant is on Leda but it's the only planet in currently known sectors that makes sense if they come from that direction)
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 06:58 PM
(I would think we'd have to go there. This is just a lead."
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 06:58 PM
(You’d have to confirm it. It’s unverified Intel at best right now.)
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 06:59 PM
(Yeah)
(Can we jump to meeting whoever Sam is leading us to?)
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 07:01 PM
(I have to go back and read now I just saw I was tagged and wanted to square this)
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Sam takes you to the end of the tour where one of the senior lab directors is waiting, for the dreaded but customary question an answer period.
His lab coat is a bit greasy looking and he is breathing heavily
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 07:03 PM
Cam rushes over. "Are you alright sir?" She puts her hand on his shoulder to steady him
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 07:04 PM
"He's just a beefy guy, Cam. Hi, pleasure to meet you, sir."
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 07:06 PM
"Oh my bad" She steps back and drops her left hand covered in grease from his coat, extending her right "Dr Thorn. No relation. Also a pleasure to meet you" (edited)
"I'm probably your biggest fan"
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Nekosmash 21-Jan-19 07:16 PM
“And nice to meet all of you. A lawman, a fixer and a doctor walk into a shake shack heh. “
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Jan-19 07:21 PM
“Shake it off, Shake it off,” Desmond humms and thinks 🤔 back to the music 🎶 from Helios
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Billy Rigers 21-Jan-19 07:21 PM
(WOW)
"Dr. could you explain to Dr. Thorn here, the thought process behind this drink?"
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quantum.mango 21-Jan-19 07:22 PM
"Yes, What does your day to day work look like?"
"Have the long term effects of these drinks been studied?"
"Do you have key lime?"
"How do you extract so much protein??"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 03:29 AM
Desmond keeps calls back to the Lone Star 💫 checking with Nancy that everything is okay.
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 05:41 AM
Nancy reports everything is fine. The long term effects of the drink are that there are none. Over indulgence might have you feeling a bit uncomfortable, but no worse for you than any other food.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 05:55 AM
"Sam, it has been a pleasure but I think it's time we got back. Could you send up the chain that we would like to meet some higher-ups about the Remnant and Leda in the morning?"
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 05:56 AM
Sam nods, and begins tapping away on his own compad (which to you guys would probably look like a Razr phone)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 05:58 AM
Cam follows him back to the administrative office and (if there's no problems) leads the way to the villa, collapsing in a pile of blankets on a wicker bed.
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 06:07 AM
(no problems, you guys behaved yourselves)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 06:07 AM
Desmond looks over the different reports and intel he had on the Remnant, does a quick workout 🏋️‍♀️ , showers and hits the@hay.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 06:08 AM
(Barely resisted the urge to go for it)
(She has an idea but this mission isn't the place for it)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 06:12 AM
Vothe, monitoring devnoc, reports another drop in vitals. Last time this happened, the boy underwent the first of his death cycles. Vothe is predicting cycle totality in the next few hours
(so its going to start over, Devnoc has a bit of time yet)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 06:13 AM
"Devnoc is having a rough go of it, as soon as our meeting is over we've got to get moving."
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 06:34 AM
Dr. Thorn gets ready for the meeting and makes coffee for everyone. "Hey Desmond, maybe we should bring some samples of our own to the table. Do you have a thermos?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 06:46 AM
“I’ve got some right here!” Desmond says. “Along with some beans!”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 06:52 AM
"Nice. I'll let you two do most of the talking on this one, I'm new to this whole war with Remnant." She shrugs on her coat
"Though the Empire is a different matter."
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 07:06 AM
The following morning, the same two dignitaries arrive, though outfitted with some communications gear to reach their higher ups
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 07:09 AM
"Would you like to come in and sit down?" she holds the door open for them. "Coffee's hot."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 07:12 AM
“Thanks for coming,” Desmond said. “We’ve had armed conflict with the Remnant. We’re looking at telling our President about your predicament with them and look at a possible alliance.”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 07:16 AM
Dr. Thorn acts a host, clearing some space at the end of the table for the comms equipment to be set up and then offering the dignitaries seats at the table
(I'm imagining like a video conference call?)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 07:19 AM
(audio, like a modern day call. One thing that's been sort of lurking in the background is theyre hyper specialized in a few areas, but lagging behind you almost everywhere else. )
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 07:29 AM
“Anything you can tell us about the theft of your spaceship 🚀 and the issues with Leda?”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 07:39 AM
Dr. Thorn sets out mugs of coffee for the dignitaries, with dehydrated cream and sugar packets before joining them at the table
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 08:03 AM
'We had a small fleet, really just keeping the skies safe, watching the spike lanes in. Those Remnant came in, two of their titan ships, and something even bigger. Said they were taking them as reparations for our earlier betrayal of the empire. They landed small teams in stealth shuttles of some kind. We shot one down by chance. The rest destroyed our on planet shipyards (they had small boats only, nothing capital) and the spike drive labs, and left. Bloodless compared to what they've done to other worlds If I understand. They even released our ship crews back to us, just took the vessels"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 08:14 AM
Desmond shakes his head and looks at @Billy Rigers . “Billy here has a sick crew member so I don’t know what he can spare but we can definitely carry word of your predicament to the UNW. If you can select an emissary we can pick them up on the way back from our exploratory mission.”
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 08:15 AM
"One will be selected by the time you return"
"As far as Leda, what you were told already is the issue, the old betrayal. We have had little contact since, as we have also said"
"Sending small boats into their gravity well seemed like a great way to be boarded"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 08:26 AM
“Thanks for your candor and your hospitality,” Desmond says. “Unless Dr. Thorn needs more plant samples or Billy has something more we will be off.”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 08:30 AM
"Oh I always need more plant samples, and the gengineering here certainly fascinates me. I understand that we have yet to gain your complete trust, but I hope that as our trade together develops I might earn a more in depth tour."
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 08:32 AM
"I think there's a lot we could do for one another Doctor. This was a good first step. We hope to see you all again soon"
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 08:33 AM
After the connection is ended, Thorn asks, "How do you like the coffee, Lt. Colonel? Ambassador?"
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 08:42 AM
"It's quite good. Certainly more flavorful than the usual fare"
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 08:43 AM
(I am so ready to come back here)
"Are the other settlements similar to this one?"
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 08:47 AM
"There are. Whole world is more or less modeled the same way, everything possible goes to the gun.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 08:48 AM
"I think we have all the information we need for now. Thank you for your time." (edited)
Once the dignitaries depart Thorn collects some more of the bland but brightly-colored shrubbery for a vase in the ship's kitchen, takes a token sample and some seeds, and checks the cargo hold of Riger One. She lifts the lid of a cryopack container and smells the thick protein slurry. "Perfect." Satisfied, she helps the others pack up the villa and then goes to check on Devnoc's condition
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 08:56 AM
Devnoc 'passed' again sometime during the night, the degeneration spreading from the right half of his face and right shoulder, to the elbow, and down his side to the waist
He no longer seems troubled by it other than somewhat horrified by how it looks
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 08:59 AM
To Billy "This isn't good. There must be some intended purpose for this effect. If this is a part of the cult practice, we will have to keep a very close eye on our friend. Is there any way to tell what's happening to his mind? " (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 09:31 AM
Desmond worries that all the answers for Devonok and Billy’s strange power 💥 surge are on Acastus. Desmond himself has noticed a certain inherent compass 🧭 now pointing him on a road to fight the cult.
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 09:51 AM
“The cultists said that this process would cycle repeatedly until his body was gone and he was essentially a ghostly body of some sort. At least thats what I got out of it.”
“Idk what we will find there, but I hope we can figure this out. Dr. Thorn... this is going to be dangerous. Are you sure you want to accompany us to Acastus? You can stay here if you’d rather. I’d love to have you along... I just want you to know you have a choice.” Billy looks concerned.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 09:55 AM
"Let's do it. We've come this far."
"Besides, it's not like I haven't seen my share of danger on the streets of Rawhani and the wilderness of alien jungle. Ghostly bodies are beyond my expertise but I can take on a cultist or two any day"
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 10:02 AM
“Anything you need can be checked out of the armory then. I’m glad to have you with me, Cam.”
“Let’s go.”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:06 AM
"Thanks, Billy." (edited)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:13 AM
"I'll have your back, and you can count on me if you pick up anything more than a scratch. I draw the line at brain surgery and demonic possession though" she calls out as she heads for the armory
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 10:18 AM
Billy watches her go, pondering what’s brought him here.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:24 AM
She picks out a laser pistol with a silencer and tucks it in her waistband. "If we sort this thing out, should we visit Leda, or maybe Buey on the way back to Suha? Buey shouldn't cost us any extra time, and Leda has some potential information value."
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 10:27 AM
“Either case would add an extra week to the trip, but I agree that they should be scouted. Another option would be to spend the three days to get back and report back home with the data an then return. Still that’s 2 weeks.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:28 AM
(wait why would Buey add a week?)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 10:29 AM
(it's a week to rutter a brand new course no matter how close they are)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 10:29 AM
(Yeah it’s not a mapped spike route so it takes longer. Once we have it mapped it will take a day.)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:29 AM
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh)
"Second star to the right then"
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 10:30 AM
(you're still crossing that distance faster than light, but with all the calculations and variables, the ship runs at reduced speed. It's basically how we got around making constant jump checks, because the consequences are REALLY bad, and in a game where time is already a little nebulous , it makes it even worse)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:30 AM
(I think that's fair and good)
(I always thought the spike jump fails were really rough, especially without fuel fittings)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 10:31 AM
(We can have a spike mapper do that for us if we go back afterward.)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:33 AM
(Got it I'm ready for Acastus)
"Any chance you could help me add a few more mods, Billy?" (How many can I have? Up to +3 most things and +1 skill?)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 10:41 AM
(+3 to hit and +3 to damage)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 10:43 AM
(Lets go save Havnok and learn about magic!)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:47 AM
(Yeah all set)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 10:54 AM
(What are you spending the final drill week doing? )
(mods, anything else?)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 10:56 AM
(Yeah I'll post the mods and amount I'm paying Billy here once you ok what I wrote up in my channel)
Dr. Thorn will drink a lot of coffee and analyze the greasy stain on her woven armor for any plant or human DNA
She hands Billy an order for:
Customized monoblade machete and laser pistol- Specialized grip and other useful adjustments Boosted mag rifle Polymorphic blending armor so I can stop manually changing it all the time Autotargeting mag rifle
"And this is for the work!" (6500 credits for you good sir)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 11:18 AM
The ships make their way through spike space, after a week, finally ending up at the very edge of Acastus system space
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 11:31 AM
"okay here we are, land of the evil cult" (edited)
"Are there any space stations or moons before we arrive?"
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 11:34 AM
(up to desmond, I can roll with it)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 11:36 AM
"We should plan our approach and avoid being sighted by any offworld installations"
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 11:46 AM
I work on mods. Play games with Jules, Kady, Stearn and Cam to pass the time and work on more educational mod videos for spacetube.
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 11:53 AM
Three moons shadow the planet, each with strange runes cut into them, surrounded by circles. The planet orbits a neutron star, its haunting blue glow casting everything into an errie shade
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 11:54 AM
"It does have a sort of cultish mood to it"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 12:07 PM
“Home not so sweet home,” Desmond says.
“No one knows what those symbols mean,” Desmond says. “There are alien archeologists that have theories, the most interesting being it wasn’t an indigenous culture but an extra dimensional one.”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 12:30 PM
Camellia just gazes out the window at the weird shadows cast on the planet by the moons
"Does the entire planet serve the Still Lady? How do we even get close to that?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 12:38 PM
“No,” Desmond says. “Our interrogations revealed that there are those who do not serve. They are called apostates. They still pay taxes and can own businesses. It’s become a theocracy of sorts I guess. I’m hoping some of the people I know at this old coffee shop can act as a safe house.”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 12:54 PM
"Once again we find ourselves relying on your coffee, Desmond" (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 12:54 PM
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 12:59 PM
(program/int. if you're searching for other vessels)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 01:00 PM
(assisting +2)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 01:17 PM
(10!)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 01:17 PM
(10 for assisting as well) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 01:18 PM
(yes! 10 with your assist Thanks)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 01:23 PM
A handful of autonomous cargo shuttles, spike drives removed, are bringing cargo to and from the moons, to the planet, but there are no system ships detected
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 01:24 PM
"I think we may have found a way to smuggle ourselves to the surface," Desmond says. "Unless we want to try and land undetected."
"One we get down there I can use the compad to hack into the phone system," Desmond says. "We still have a wire based communication system in much of the city, although some people have radios."
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 01:31 PM
"It might be a good idea to have a ship on planet in case our cover is blown. If we attempt to enter by moon cargo, we might have the same problem approaching the surface of the moon..." (edited)
"Would it be possible to capture one mid-flight?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 01:40 PM
"Well," Desmond says. "We can land in the mushroom forest outside the city and sneak our way in. I've got clothing that fits in with Acastus."
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 01:41 PM
"Mushroom forest, I like the sound of that"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 02:08 PM
"Yeah," Desmond says. "I realize now they grow pretty big on my home planet. Never saw any that large in any other system."
Desmond pilots the Lone Star 💫 to a deserted edge of the large Mushroom Forest that surrounds Ash City.
(Should we wait for Billy?)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 02:21 PM
(Yeah as we disembark)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 02:23 PM
(I’m definitely stealing the cargo from one of those ships before we leave.)
(We can land. This is a dope world. Can I get a scan of it before we land?)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 02:27 PM
(When I make a surface map I’ll toss it up.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 02:28 PM
(9 to assist on any specific scan you want to run, brb)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 02:29 PM
(Ok sweet. On to the space mushroom forest.)
“If this is a mushroom forest, how does the fungus grow so y’all? Don’t they grow from decaying material?”
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 02:32 PM
(Incarnate has another massive update in a few days. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a mushroom pattern added. They’re doing crystals and stuff already)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 02:32 PM
(=-0 how much is to buy? Do you remember?)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 02:37 PM
"Oh yes most do, though many will also grow on living cells. Mushrooms have always been the biggest organisms, but fruiting bodies of that size are indicative of lower gravity and thicker chitin layers, or ideal growing conditions- sorry."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 02:41 PM
“There is this biomass skin above the level of the Volcanism and some strange trees 🌳 and of course the cities waste gets sent there ,” Desmond says. “I was never a@scientist and our technology level had a hard time explaining much of our planet. “
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 03:10 PM
"That makes a lot of sense. To be honest all I've heard of Acastus is dark, rainy, and other metaphors of depression"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 03:21 PM
"Its a night world," Desmond says. "But it has some great use of geothermal energy, lots of mysteries for biologists, amazing opportunities for xenoarcheology and of course extradimentional activity. Plus great coffee."
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 03:35 PM
(To safely set down from the city I’d say it’s at least a few hours hike, especially if you want to leave it on the ground)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 03:42 PM
(Sounds good!)
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 03:46 PM
(Yep)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 04:04 PM
Desmond tells Nancy, “I’m going to need you to stay with the Lone Star 💫. If we call you it’s giddy up time. There’s no telling what we’re going into but with a brain like Dr Thorn and a starblazer like Billy we should do all right.”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 04:11 PM
Dr. Thorn shifts her assault suit into the form of dark clothes and a lightweight rain coat. She dumps some heavy gear from her pack onto her bunk, including a solar recharger. "Doubt I'll be needing this"
(I know you said we're not worrying about encumbrance but my pack was becoming a bit too Minecrafty)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 04:28 PM
Desmond takes one of the Mag Rifles out and covers his armor under a trench coat. He brings his Mag Pistol strapped user his arm.
He also brings some waterproof gear bags.
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 04:37 PM
(As long as its no more than stacks of 64 we are okay :p ). Nancy will keep watch on the ship and bug out if needed. “Good luck everyone”
(Desmond did the city you came from have a name. Are there multiple big cities? Is the whole planet more or less a mega city?
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 04:57 PM
(One sprawling metropolis like Los Angeles with the rest of the planet unsettled. There are some wealthy individuals who have mansions outside the city around some volcanic vents, large hydroponic farm domes and there are strange ruins but 95% of the population lives in the geothermal rain 🌧 slicked streets of Ash City.)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 05:03 PM
(thanks, thats helpful!)
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 05:26 PM
hows this?
I’ll fix the trees once mushrooms happen
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 06:00 PM
(I love the way Ash City sits in that nook between two rifts of fire.)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 06:03 PM
“So cool. Hey, don’t forget to bring a laser side arm just in case. The Still Lady didn’t seem to care so much about the mag rifle before.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 06:10 PM
"Smart," Desmond says. Desmond smacks his leg and a compartment opens in his thigh and a laser pistol slips into his hand. "The Greystar Combine put one of these in when I got the cybernetic limbs and eyes. I really wish we could bring your AV Laser."
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 06:13 PM
Billy grins popping his walking stick on the ground and laughs as he watches Desmond look back in surprise as the end unfolds and metadimensional energy props it in place. “Des, you saw it before. It’s this walking stick I carry with me all the time.”
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 06:15 PM
(Next he’s going to have a rocket launcher that looks like a squat bar)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Jan-19 06:16 PM
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"Okay," Desmond says. "You got anything portable like that I could borrow?"
Desmond starts the walk through the mushroom forrest when everyone is good with it.
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 06:41 PM
(here we go)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 06:41 PM
A laser rifle or pistol should be in the armory
I don’t have another av laser like this. I think Trivedi is trying to remake them.
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Nekosmash 22-Jan-19 07:04 PM
The mushrooms are large, the size of trees. If this worlds sun shone with more than a pulsars cold illumination this forest would still look like night
The geneforged crows complain and caw at your passing
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 07:23 PM
Camellia follows behind the group, breaking off a tiny mushroom for her case and admiring the impressive gilled domes overhead (edited)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 07:41 PM
“You think anything lives up there? Bats maybe?”
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quantum.mango 22-Jan-19 08:00 PM
"I wonder."
"I was expecting muddy gutters and black alleys, but this part of Acastus is quite beautiful" (edited)
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Billy Rigers 22-Jan-19 09:02 PM
“I agree, but I don’t know that we’re gonna find what we’re lookin for out here. Let’s get to this coffee shop, yeah?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 02:24 AM
“Its a few hours by foot,” Desmond says.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 04:01 AM
“I’m going to try and make contact with the owner, Caitlen Moran. She took over the place when my wife was murdered.”
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 04:42 AM
Moving through the forest, there is flickering light ahead, partly obscured by the stalks of the giant mushrooms
(I'm picturing you guys following kind of a meandering game trail type thing through this forest, so this is off the path, to your left)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 04:53 AM
Desmond moves ahead slowly to the light.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 05:24 AM
Peeking through mushroom stalks, a large bonfire has been built. A haphazard collection of figures stands around it, some wearing mining fatigues, others street wear and wide hats, a few others, in black robes, cut with the same red sigils you'd seen daubed in blood on the asteroid ship.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 06:05 AM
Desmond tries to listen in to the conversation. He pays special attention to the ones with the Red Sigils. (edited)
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 09:08 AM
The conversation is in a language you do not understand, it hardly even sounds like it should be coming from human throats at all. THe murmuring rises in unison to just short of a shout before there is a tremendous gust of wind, and the raging fire goes out.
The area becomes black, deeper than black, sunless.
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 09:14 AM
Dr. Thorn silently amplifies her night vision, but the absolute lack of light is impenetrable. I miss my infrared sight. She listens closely for any hint of movement.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 09:44 AM
The air becomes cold, and the breeze finally blows itself out. The fire does not re-kindle but the figures are gone
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Billy Rigers 23-Jan-19 09:45 AM
“Did they just teleport? I’ve seen Sil do that before.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 09:50 AM
“Let’s light 💡 it up,” Desmond says.
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 09:50 AM
Cam studies the ground for footprints with a glowbug (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 10:18 AM
Desmond quickly checks through the campsite.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 10:27 AM
There are footprints leading from the opposite direction (from the direction youre walking, the city) , and footprints from where they'd arranged themselves around the fire, but then, nothing leading away
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 10:29 AM
“Billy,” Desmond says. “Maybe you can learn this trick!”
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Billy Rigers 23-Jan-19 10:31 AM
“Idk about all that. Maybe some day. That doesn’t seem to be my wheelhouse though. I say we follow the tracks back.”
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 10:32 AM
"I agree. This trail might be worth following. But I wonder why they came all the way out here only to jump away."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 10:34 AM
“Well,” Desmond says. “Maybe the answer lies at the other end of this trail.”
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 10:35 AM
"I was looking forward to some hot coffee, but these tracks will only last until the next rain. Lead the way"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 10:35 AM
Desmond starts heading in that direction unless Cam or Billy are checking anything else out.
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 10:35 AM
Cam scans the campsite for anything left behind on the way out
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Billy Rigers 23-Jan-19 10:36 AM
Billy looks for any runes around the area.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 11:22 AM
There is nothing signifying any runes in the area, but that same force afflicting devnoc is at work here, of that your new sensitivities confirm
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 11:35 AM
Cam follows Desmond, tracing the tracks back
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 11:38 AM
The tracks go on for several kilometers, bringing you to the edge of the forest. There are 100m of open ground before the edge of the city (Does ash city have a wall Des, or can you just sort of trounce on in through the outer suburbs)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 11:49 AM
(Very like LA, no wall, just outer suburbs)
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 11:49 AM
There is some open ground before the dead end of a suburban street. The houses here are larger, but all dark right now, save for an outside light on here or there
There is no ground traffic
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 11:50 AM
Desmond starts looking for the nearest convenience store 🏪 d
“I need to hack into a phone ☎️.” Desmond says. “Most use land lines.”
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 12:39 PM
"Sure"
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 12:42 PM
There is a store at the end of this suburban street, through the fog you can see its neon sign, undoubtedly the first of many you'll see
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 12:51 PM
Desmond walks in grabbing his old Acastus money 💰.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 01:13 PM
He is looking for his favorite Acastus snack portobello mushroom 🍄 chips.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 01:14 PM
The store is cramped, only one other patron is in there, along with a bored looking clerk
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 01:16 PM
“Excuse me,” Desmond says after buying something. “Any chance I could use your phone? I’ll pay extra.”
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 01:19 PM
Dr. Thorn stands outside with her hands in her raincoat's pockets, casually scanning the street
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 02:27 PM
“Phones in back. In the booth. No charge.” The clerk says. He’s watching an old re run of a black and white show on tv
The entire building is old. Everything that used to be white has a yellow patina of age
Outside on the street the rain is keeping most people in doors despite it happening all the time.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 03:08 PM
Desmond calls the Black Bean Coffee House. His fingers easily remember the numbers on the keypad . Part of him wishes his wife, long dead, would answer.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 03:09 PM
“Black bean. Roast as dark as the night sky. Caitlen speaking”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 03:16 PM
Desmond takes a breath, “Caitlen, I want you to talk as normal as possible. This is Desmond. Can you pick me and two others up on the outskirts of the city?”
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 03:23 PM
Camellia puts up her burgundy umbrella as the rain intensifies
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 03:50 PM
Desmond looks out the front of the store through the phone booth window and the front plate glass. He sees Cam's red umbrella go up against the dark rain and under the blue neon light. He's glad that she remarked on the beauty of Acastus. Maybe I've let all the bad things that happened turn me away from the good of this world, he thinks. Maybe this place could be saved or maybe a tiny piece of it at least.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 03:55 PM
“Oh. Yes. Sir” she’s doing her best to keep herself in check. “Yes we do offer delivery. What’s the address?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 04:02 PM
Desmond gives the address and says, "There will be two others, a woman with a red umbrella who has dark brown hair and a young guy with blond hair." (edited)
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 04:06 PM
(Thorn doesn't have the eyepatch after she had her bionic repaired but we can gloss over that)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 04:10 PM
(Sorry, I edited it! Is it the same color as the other one or does it look special in any way? Desmond's artificial eyes are electric blue.)
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 04:18 PM
(It's designed to be unnoticeable, her eyes are hazelish)
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 05:08 PM
“I’ll be there shortly. Don’t go too far” The line clicks off.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 05:09 PM
Desmond walks out after buying some treats he remembers like chocolate truffles. He offers some to Billy and Cam.
"Got a friend coming to pick us up. Her name is Caitlen Moran. "
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 05:13 PM
"Hey these are almost close to chocolate. Closer than that protein shake on Suma."
"Is she the one with the coffee shop?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 05:21 PM
“Yeah,” Desmond says. “She should be able to give us some help and a place to hide out.”
“Plus the chocolate 🍫 at the coffee house is amazing.”
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 05:31 PM
"They have chocolate? Cocoa? You knew about this and didn't tell me?? I guess I can stop researching the genetic reengineering of the cocoa bean..."
(As far as we knew there was no chocolate left anywhere in the galaxy)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 05:37 PM
"Our hydroponics are huge. We grow Cocoa Trees and we serve these things called Chocolate Nibs."
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 05:39 PM
"This is incredible news! Desmond, this makes my trip out here entirely worth it. I need to see those hydros."
(oh boy this is a game changer for dr thorn)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 05:45 PM
"Some of those trees grown 25 or more feet. We have these domes and long warehouses for our food needs. The geothermal heats and powers the electricity."
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 05:48 PM
A beat up van comes around the corner a short while later, the crescent moon on the hood, partially eclipsed by a coffee bean (so the black part of the moon is the bean)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 05:49 PM
Desmond waves Cam and Billy over and runs up to the passenger side door.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 05:53 PM
"Desmond, oh my gods, its good to see you" she reaches over as far as she can to give you a hug
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 05:57 PM
Desmond hugs her back. "This is Doctor Thorn and Billy Rigers. Can we get a ride back to the Coffee House?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 06:14 PM
Desmond opens the back door of the van and gets in quickly. He will leave the front passenger seat for Billy or Cam.
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 06:15 PM
Cam takes shotgun. As the wipers push streaks of rain past her window her mind races. I'm not leaving this planet without those designs.
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 06:27 PM
(Don’t wanna go real far without billy) “Sure. On the way back.” You notice a small brand behind her ear as she fixes her hair, briefly picked out by the passing street light
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 06:28 PM
(The observant Thorn!)
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 06:29 PM
(wait she read my mind? or was she responding to desmond?) (edited)
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 06:36 PM
(Responding to Desmond)
(Like you’re going back to the coffee house)
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 06:49 PM
(what did this brand look like?)
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Nekosmash 23-Jan-19 06:54 PM
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 06:58 PM
(That's what I thought)
(I wanted to make sure it was culty enough and not some numbers or a rose tattoo, yeah it looks pretty blood culty to her)
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quantum.mango 23-Jan-19 07:28 PM
Cam notices the brand, and wonders how recent it is. She doesn't mention it. (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Jan-19 09:08 PM
Desmond asks, “So what is it like under the Stil Lady’s rule?”
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Billy Rigers 23-Jan-19 10:19 PM
"Ah you have the mark. To be honest, I've come here to learn everything I can about the Ouroboros Blessing. A new chosen has appeared on my home planet and I've been exhibiting signs of this new power. Might as well not be shy about what we're here for, right? To be honest, it's quite scary to just see that happen without any prior knowledge. However, we are warry of the Still Lady. Our first contact was downright violent. I personally blew her visage to smitherines along with violent cult members that attacked me and my crew on sight. Tell me your thoughts." Billy looks directly into her eye, his jaw clenched as if he's chewing on his thoughts. A clear bravado and unapolagetic forthrightness, highlighting his demeanor.
"... You know the men we have back home who have the brand are seeing their power fade and yet here I am seeing new power in myself and my men. Even what they say themselves to be one of your great blessings."
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 03:12 AM
“Ah this brand isn’t a blessing. Your friends is a bit different. This one marks me as an apostate to any of the cult enforcers on the street. They can stop and tax me, harass me, anything short of outright murder. Even then sometimes depending on the circumstances that can be waived”
“The coffee shop is the only spot of warmth for a number of blocks, I do get treated a bit better by virtue of what I own, but I think it’s just because they haven’t had the idea of taking it from me yet.”
The van begins traveling through a more heavily trafficked area. More people are on the street and there is more ground traffic
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 03:24 AM
“It’s terrible what you are going through Caitlen,” Desmond says keeping an eye on the streets and looking for any obvious differences. “Billy and I faced a manifestation of the Still Lady on a strange asteroid ship, one with no spike drive. We were able to destroy it. Now one of Billy’s crew is going through a horrible curse, we are here to see if there is a way to fight this on Acastus itself.”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 05:27 AM
The most obvious change as you approach the urban skyline, is the large pyramid in the middle of town. It's edges are neon lit, and the symbols in front seem to burn and fade with no real pattern to it, but they move not dissimilar to holographic or neon on other buildings. On street corners, there is a tall pole, almost like a phone pole, but thinner, and a metal, articulated humanoid figure is splayed on top
"Don't look at those" Caitlen warns
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 06:25 AM
"What are they?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 06:31 AM
“By the Stars ✨ & the Silence,” Desmond says. “What have they done!?!”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 06:36 AM
"We call them Revenants. The cult enforcers can activate them if they're not able to control a situation. They're hyper-violent constructs"
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 06:42 AM
"I think we will try to avoid that"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 06:47 AM
“Are there any users of this magic that are benign and not associated with the cult? Someone who understands what happened to Devnoc?”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 07:01 AM
"Those are hunted with even more fervor than apostates, but there is a resistance. They do have some users of this energy among them"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 07:06 AM
“Any chance of pointing us the way for Billy,” Desmond said. “After some coffee ☕️?”
(Don’t want to get too far ahead of Billy.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 08:02 AM
“How many Revenants have they got?”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 08:07 AM
"A lot. I never stopped to count. They get moved to trouble spots. new ones get made, some get taken out of commission by the resistance. "
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 08:47 AM
"How are they made and how can they be taken out of commission? They seem pretty vicious."
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 08:48 AM
"If you could answer the first one, you'd probably already be a shoe in for taking over the resistance efforts here. They can still be taken apart. Guns, blades, whatever you've got. Though I'd try not to get too close to them. "
She begins slowing the car, a cult roadblock ahead
she sighs "Always something. Just stay quiet. This is pretty routine"
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 08:58 AM
does that, seeing no reason to stir up trouble
"Should we conceal our weapons?"
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 08:59 AM
"Please" she says, without looking back. You are the second vehicle in line at the checkpoint now.
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 09:03 AM
Cam pulls her rain hood off her head and adjusts her jacket to cover the mag rifle at her hip. (edited)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 09:08 AM
She pulls up to the checkpoint and lowers the window. Rain mists in, disrupted by the rainguard around the window. She does not speak first, but the cultist who seems in charge ambles over to the window, casually.
"Traveling into the inner city tonight? Ah, and an apostate too" he smiles, noticing the brand. "Special toll tonight unbeliever. 500 credits"
"500?! Caitlen says, incredulous. "I drove this road an hour ago and you weren't here"
(Notice/int everyone)
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 09:11 AM
(9)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 09:18 AM
(At work could you roll for me?)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 09:21 AM
(For sure)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 10:28 AM
(10 for desmond)
There is a cultist in an alley, 20m behind the car, to the right, slowly approaching the van
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 11:39 AM
I tell Thorn and Billy
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 11:45 AM
Thorn abts nabtural, watching him from the corner of her eye
(Does he seem to be affiliated with the checkpoint? Anything odd compared to the other cultists?) (edited)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 11:50 AM
(He's affiliated, but he's paying a lot of undue attention to the van)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 11:56 AM
Does my new Godhunter Foci tell me if any magic is involved? Soul Shield....You are always aware of the presence and source of any magical effect targeted at you, even if the effect is normally imperceptible. You may not fully understand what the magic is meant to do to you, but you can detect it and its source.
How many cultist are at this checkpoint?
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:07 PM
There are three, two at the checkpoint itself, one slowly coming up on the van. Nothing is being targeted at you
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 12:08 PM
(Between the two of us Des, we shouldnalways see any magic unless it’s hidden intently
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:08 PM
The cultists do have a magical presence about them, what you feel when you are around Devnoc
(nothing is being targeted though. They just have the 'touch')
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 12:10 PM
(Billy would like to have Eyebot analyze a remnant on the way in and communicate that with Vothe for record keeping.)
“Ill pay. No worries.”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:11 PM
The credits are passed up. "You have a good friend, unbeliever. A good friend, but a foolish one for supporting your heresy. Be on your way before I change my mind"
The van kicks back on, and you push through. You arrive in the alley behind the black bean another few minutes later, still about a half hour from city center
(and yeah, noted on the recording, if something comes up itll be passed on, Vothe at least has something for posterity )
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 12:18 PM
“Missed the people and this place,” Desmond says. “You two are in for a treat. “
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 12:24 PM
Billy raises his eyebrow.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 12:30 PM
Desmond gives Caitlen 100 credits. “I’ll wire some more to you,” he says. “Can you serve Billy and Camilla here whatever they want. They have some great chocolate 🍫 and pastries here.”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:31 PM
"Of course, come on in, up the stairs, to my apartment. Help yourselves. I'm just going to get afternoon service wrapped up and I'll be up for dinner break
(think of it as like split level, you open the back door, stairs to the left, if you were to keep going past them on the ground floor theres a big wooden door thats the 'back door' to the coffee sho[
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 12:34 PM
“Are there any books available on the practice of this religion?”
“I wish to know my enemy and see if we could wield their own power against them.”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:36 PM
"Well, if you convert, you get some kind of a 'touch' where you just know the tenants of the religion' Caitlen says, as she gets her apron back on. "There are always missionaries passing by though, trying to convert some of us 'apostates'
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 12:38 PM
“Is there any way into the pyramid?”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:39 PM
"Not sure if it opens. Ive never seen anyone go in or out. Worshipers never get closer than 50 meters or so. Someone did touch it once and he burned to the skeleton in seconds"
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 12:42 PM
“Makes sense. Devnoc opened a miniature version of that on our homeworld And was blessed with the Oroboros. That and it released the energy across the planet.”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:43 PM
She is not sure what to make of that but you can tell she heard you
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 12:45 PM
"I wouldn't mind dropping a torpedo or two on that," Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 12:46 PM
She settles the three of you into her apartment, and heads downstairs for the final hour of business for the day
(gives you time to plan among yourselves, if needed, otherwise we can fast forward)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 12:50 PM
Desmond thanks Billy for paying the toll. "I owe you," Desmond says. "I can pay you now or just owe you a huge bar tab at the Harvest Spirits."
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 12:52 PM
“Let’s worry about that later, my friend.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 12:57 PM
"Well should we make a connection to this resistance?" Desmond says. "They know about these mystical energies and we could forge an alliance."
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 01:02 PM
“If we can make contact with them, it would be a perfect chance to free up proxy forces on a previously uncontacted world. Maybe we can swing the tide of the resistance with aid. I hesitate on destroying that thing. It could wipe out the planet with that much energy. If we are going to do that, I’d much rather do it from Shua than here. And there are too many innocent people.”
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 01:08 PM
(Just got off work)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 01:09 PM
(all good Cam. I'll be driving soon myself)
(About to play my favorite game called listen to chillwave as the traction fails and I slide sideways down the hill toward my street)
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 01:10 PM
(Awesome. About to go drive Lyft and do that for customers. Yikes.)
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 01:10 PM
(Amen dude)
Cam orders some of everything chocolate. "Wow it feels good to have full pockets again" she says as she crams candy bars into her raincoat
(Probably like 100 credits worth)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 01:12 PM
(It's not as bad now as it was this morning)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 01:12 PM
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 01:12 PM
(Yeah I had a friendo slip on our sidewalk this am)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 01:13 PM
(Hope your drive goes well!)
(Sorry about your friend Thorn.)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 01:14 PM
(get some direction, and I'll pick up with the group plan when I get in)
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 01:14 PM
(Let’s get a lay of the city. Locate the temple and try to find the resistance.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 01:16 PM
(I'm for contacting the Resistance and trying to cure Dev. We can get Thorn some samples from the Hydroponic domes.)
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 01:20 PM
(Dr. Thorn is ready for that plan)
(Sounded like discovering the manufacturing process for ultraviolent robot lamps could also make a mission later on)
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(I say we stick to curing Dev and getting either live samples, seeds, and/or the hydroponic designs, and picking up all the info we can along the way)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 01:23 PM
(Agreed!)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 01:23 PM
(if we need to split into sub missions we can.(
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 01:23 PM
(That’s definitely high on the priority list for Billy.)
(Curing Devnoc and researching the revenant plans and construction.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 01:25 PM
(So I think the Resistance would have the magic and they could cure Dev or point in the right direction. After that hydroponic)
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 01:27 PM
(I'm ready to either split now or help Devnoc together and then split up, regrouping here or at the ship)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 02:40 PM
(I will Help Devnoc )
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 02:44 PM
(I think I will go along if only to make contacts in the Resistance that might help me gain access to the hydroponics)
Dr. Thorn finishes her coffee. "How can we get in touch with the Resistance? If anyone can help us find the means to cure Devnoc, it's them"
(to Caitlen)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 03:55 PM
(Alright so resistance is what I’m getting). Caitlin returns to the living area after her shift, a bit more than an hour later.
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 04:08 PM
(Cam asks the above)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 04:21 PM
“Well, they tend to find you. One of them does come in quite a bit. He’s young. Let it slip. I can put you in touch. He should be in after dinner”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 04:26 PM
“Dinner!” Desmond says. “Not watered down drink or space rations but real food!”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 04:56 PM
“Let’s meet him!”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 04:57 PM
Caitlen serves a simple fare and you start to see Desmond’s appreciation for food and coffee. On a cold and constantly raining world like this, it’s the only source of warmth
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 05:22 PM
🥖
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 05:28 PM
☕ 🍫
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 05:30 PM
An hour passes. She doesn’t say much and peers out the window often. There is the crack of a whip as another apostate is given twenty lashes, tied to the lamppost. His blood mingles with the rain water, staining the gutter temporarily, the entire scene lit in an eerie neon glow
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quantum.mango 24-Jan-19 05:51 PM
This coffee is excellent. So yeah how about this weather we're having? Cam cracks a small smile as she thinks of what she would say, if she were given to small talk, and how inappropriate that would feel in this situation.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Caitlen. We appreciate that you're taking such a risk for us." (edited)
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 06:12 PM
"It's the least I can do. It's good to see you Desmond, and friends. I hope whatever brings you here, you can help"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 06:17 PM
“I’d love to bring some reckoning on these blood mad mages.” Desmond says darkly.
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 07:47 PM
“Come down in a few minutes. I’ll get you in touch and maybe you can”
She heads downstairs and you can hear her opening the heavy doors for the evening rush
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 07:59 PM
Desmond looks down on the people through the window. He grew up here, fell in love and married here. He spent 15 years policing the city. He didn’t realize he missed the people and the place that much. “Acastus really is a magical place, isn’t it?” Desmond says wryly to Cam and Billy.
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 08:03 PM
Caitlen sets you up at a side table with a clear view of the door and the counter so she can signal you when appropriate. Service is brisk. You’re deep into your second cup when she raps a glass twice on the counter and looks at you. She nods. Imperceptibly if you didn’t know the signal was pre arranged
A man sits down at the table, coat still rain slick. He does not remove his hat and looks down. “I understand you might be some new friends of mine”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Jan-19 08:15 PM
“A friend in need is a friend indeed! My name is Desmond O’Shea. This is Camilla and Billy.”
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Nekosmash 24-Jan-19 08:16 PM
“You’ll understand if I don’t give my name. The Still Lady is already taking an interest in this place”
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Billy Rigers 24-Jan-19 11:10 PM
Billy leans in close to whisper. “Then we should be wary of talking here, yes? I wish to meet with the resistance. The reason is threefold. The Still Lady has made an enemy of at least Task Force Phoenix if not the planet of Gudrun so your group are our clear allies on planet and by the looks of it, you need our help. Two, my primary researcher unlocked one of their pyramids and accidentally received their Ouboros Blessing and in the process, released magical energies onto Gudrun. I have been experiencing arcane energy effects as well. We wish to reverse... at least the constantly decaying part Devnoc’s blessing. If we can keep the rapid healing that would be great. Third we need to gather as much information as we can about this type of... energy, intel on the pyramid, intel on production facilities. The whole nine. If you have info on any exodus ships or anything else at all, that will only accelerate your liberation. I mean to destroy the Still Lady. I’ve already done it once. Take us to what we seek... please.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 02:13 AM
Desmond keeps an eye out for anything unusual while Billy talks hoping they can save Devnoc.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 04:12 AM
“What I can tell you, there’s a raid tonight. Western landing pad. They’ve got some important stuff coming down from the moon. We’re gonna hit them”
“Bring your own gear. But you’re welcome to join us. We pull this off, we will talk some more”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:18 AM
Desmond nods, “You taking us there? If not give us a time and rendezvous point.”
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 04:43 AM
"I
am not, no, like i said, they're watching this place. We are meeting in the old warehouse row outside the cargo platform on the western side of town. We'll have people keeping an eye out. I'll let them know you're coming
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 06:12 AM
He slides a card across the table, with a symbol on it, a flaming sword striking through a golden pyramid. "They might ask for a name. The password is "i can't say" , and present the card"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 06:16 AM
Desmond uses his photographic eyes to take a picture of the card. “I love that symbol. Hopefully we can reenact that soon!”
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 06:18 AM
"I hope it's sometihng we wont need anymore soon. For now though, the formality exists. I'll see you all tonight. I've already stayed longer than I should have"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 06:26 AM
“taking on these despotic cultists and helping us shows great bravery!” Desmond says. “Makes me think there’s hope for my home world.”
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 06:27 AM
"THere are good people here, if you know where to look. I'll see you all tonight"
he gets up from the table, adjusting his jacket, and he heads outside back into the rain
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 07:16 AM
Billy thanks him and transfers him 1000 credits wordlessly. He just nods and turns back to his coffee and chocolate.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 07:57 AM
The door closes with a gentle slam, and you see the resistance contact walk past the glass, out into the ever-night
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 07:58 AM
(Billy keeps picking up the check! I’ll be in debt by the time we get back to Gudrun)
Desmond asks Caitlen, “Can we borrow the van? We are going to meet up with the Resistance later.”
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 08:03 AM
"I'd rather not since the coffee shop logo is on it. Sometihng happens they'll be swarming this place next. "
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 08:18 AM
“You’re right, I’ve put you in too much risk as it is,” Desmond says. “, Drina and I couldn’t have asked for a better friend.”
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 08:19 AM
Do you wish to stay here or do you want to go off planet when we leave?
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 08:36 AM
Desmond thinks back to when he first walked in this Coffee House. He had been working from 0300 until 0100 of the next cycle on an arson case.The great smell of well roasted beans, the warm mushroom soup and fresh bread was such a relief. It was the day he met Drina. (edited)
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 10:05 AM
Caitlen comes over to the table, setting down round 3 of the warm drinks "I'd get on that if I were you. It's a long walk to the transport fields. Might be able to boost something along the way."
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 10:14 AM
"You two ready to go?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 10:40 AM
“I’m ready “
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 11:03 AM
Billy straps up. “Ready for a stroll.”
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 11:04 AM
"Thanks again for dinner Cait. We have a general direction. Anything else we should know?"
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 11:11 AM
"If you get into trouble, try to resolve it and get away quickly. If any of the local cult watchmen activate the revenants in their area, you're going to have a hard time breaking contact with them"
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 11:16 AM
“Are they robotic?”
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 11:19 AM
"Theyre, otherworldly, whatever they are. It's best we don't find out, I tihnk":
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 11:27 AM
Desmond goes outside into the rain and up the stairs. He lifts his adjusted Mag Rifle carbine. He looks down the sights then hides it under his long burgundy trench coat. He walks back down, his hat spilling water over his collar and his eyes glowing blue. "Let's go." (edited)
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 11:28 AM
Slow motion exit scene
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 11:28 AM
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:30 PM
Desmond is scanning for an unoccupied car on any side street, away from the streetlights.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 12:30 PM
(notice/int)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:31 PM
(can @quantum.mango help?)
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 12:31 PM
(We are rocking it with the burgundy)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:32 PM
(Yes we are...)
(13 without help)
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 12:34 PM
Desmond notices a cargo van, a few years newer model to the one the coffee house has, and thankfully, without logos, parked at the end of the street. his enhanced eyes can see that it is not locked
(he accomplished it with just his roll, and just for general reference, you can only assist if youre at 0 at least in the skill)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:35 PM
(Cool)
Desmond walks over quickly and gets into the van. He checks for keys first, if he doesn't find any he will try and Hotwire the car.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 12:38 PM
There aren't any keys from what you can see
In the street, crossing in front of you, a pickup bed truck rolls by, cult insignias on the doors and hood. Four robed figures sit in back carrying a mix of small arms. They stare for a moment as the truck rolls by, but it does not stop
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:39 PM
"Bastards," Desmond says.
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 12:41 PM
“This is going to be fun. Do you need help with getting this thing going?” (Fix 3)
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 12:43 PM
(billy wont need to check for fix since his score is so well, you just know how to do it)
The van starts up as Billy expertly splices the wires togethe,r its engine humming quietly
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:48 PM
Desmond sits back and Gives a slow clap
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 12:48 PM
"Ooh nice, Billy. Shotgun!"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:49 PM
Desmond sets himself up in the back of the van with this rifle at the ready.
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 12:51 PM
"Desmond, do you know some back roads that will get us to the western warehouses?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:53 PM
“ we can take the long service alleys which are off the main track. Or we could do the Outer Circle, Mountain Road both are uncluttered.”
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 12:54 PM
"The service alleys are less likely to have checkpoints."
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 12:54 PM
"You'd think. I think the outer roads are more likely to be patroled don't you?
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 12:55 PM
"I agree."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 12:56 PM
Desmond gives directions. He occasionally mentions stories of arrests and gang activity that he saw on the route during his 15 years in the Asher city Police Department. (edited)
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 01:04 PM
Dr. Thorn listens, interested, while watching out the windows for any activity allowing Billy to focus on navigating the tight turns
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 01:07 PM
(okay so youre taking the outer roads then?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 01:09 PM
(I think we were doing alleys?)
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 01:13 PM
(it'll make a difference for obstacles/difficulties you might face. Only reason I'm being a sticker)
(Stickler)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 01:18 PM
(Sure) Desmond directs Billy down the alley service streets, staying away from intersections and traffic lights 🚦
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 02:12 PM
The waterlogged rats, cats and crows that make up much of the late cycle life of the narrow, trash can dotted drive bring back memories to Desmond. The Cobalt Killer was brought down in a blaze of bullets just ahead of here. (edited)
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 03:01 PM
Thus far you don’t encounter any of the cult patrols. Though for the final few kilometers you’ll be forced to use a primary accessway to get to the warehouses
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 03:22 PM
Desmond says, "Get ready, we are out of residential and business areas, we are now in the industrial area. There are no more alleys. The warehouse district is just a few klicks ahead."
"Most people are asleep since we are entering the Last Cycle." Since Acastus circles a neutron star and stays pointed away from it the planet stays in perpetual dark. Time is measured by the three moons which bathe in the dying star's blue light. The first moon rise counts as start of First Cycle at around 0600, the second moon rise as Middle Cycle 1200 with the third as Last Cycle 1800. When all the moons are in the sky Acastus is at its brightest. On the rare cloud clear nights, maybe only 5 in a year the Rune Moons ride across the star stream. After the moons 0100 set there are five hours of a moonless sky. The whole cycle is 24 standard hours.
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 03:26 PM
“What’s the rendezvous time? I think we want to make it there just in time for everything to pop off. Be prepared to load some of the contraband into the van.. Maybe we can have the pilots get here to help us in time. What do you think?”
“I’d like to have my marines here in any case.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 03:30 PM
"He didn't give us an exact time, just this evening or Third Cycle in the Old Warehouse Row. We're going to be outside the cargo platform over here on the West Side. He said his people would be waiting for us." Desmond says. "This is a test of us and he is maintaining lots of security by being so general."
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 03:35 PM
“Let me notify the team to be on standby then.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 03:38 PM
"It would be good to have your marines," Desmond says. "I just don't know if we will spook the Resistance. Hell, that Resistance soldier wouldn't even give us his name." (edited)
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 04:01 PM
“They won’t be spooked when a couple more space marines drop down from a spike ship and start lacing cultists with mag rifles.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:02 PM
"Roger that!"
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 04:06 PM
"Is it wise to give away the fact that we have a spike capable ship?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:12 PM
"If they are all dead then no one knows anything..." Desmond says then shakes his head. "Sorry I just really hate these cultists. I should realize most are weak minded fools."
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 04:28 PM
It’s a good point. We can make sure they are prepared in case we have to call in the cavalry.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 04:35 PM
Another enforcer truck passes by. This one has a heavy machine gun on the back, supported by a tripod. It passes you, heading50m down the road before turning around
A bright spotlight on its side turns on and sweeps across the back of the van
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:36 PM
Desmond gets down and readies his rifle. "So are we talking or taking them out?"
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 04:38 PM
“Desmond” Billy says, clicking. Open the AC laser and handing it back to him. “Too small. Open the back doors and blow their engine. I’m about to race out of here unless you have a better plan.” (Mechanically it does 2d10 but it’s meant for vehichles.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:43 PM
"Okay," Desmond says. "But if we can disable them lets still head to the warehouse to meet the Resistance."
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 04:44 PM
(Does there happen to be a back door hatch/pop the trunk kind of button?)
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 04:45 PM
(Yeah think of it as a 2600 dodge sprinter haha)
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 04:45 PM
“Cam, get your guns up. This is going to be a wild one. Just wait unil they get close enough to ensure they are the real deal.”
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 04:45 PM
Double doors in the back
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:46 PM
Desmond sets up the AC laser.
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Billy Rigers 25-Jan-19 04:46 PM
“Perfect.”
Billy’s hand trembles slightly as he sits still, waiting for the truck to approach, his finger poised over the back hatch button.
Other hand on the shifter; his leg is tense as every muscle twitches over the gas pedal. “Tell me when Des.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:50 PM
(Will this count? True Hand (Level 1): The Godhunter receives a bonus to hit rolls against Shadows and Shadow cultists equal to half their character level, rounded up.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 04:59 PM
"Now!" Desmond yells squatting behind the tripod.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 05:01 PM
(let me get caught up)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 05:04 PM
(Sorry if I jumped the gun... pun intended.)
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 05:12 PM
(Yeah, theyre cultists, technically you're shooting their truck, not them, but it feels like splitting hairs)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 05:16 PM
(No big deal. I'll go with a regular roll if you want. )
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 05:25 PM
(bonus is fine, its 10+ to hit the vehicle, theyre 50m away so out of auto hit range)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 05:30 PM
(25 damage 29)
Desmond grits his teeth and the strange energy he felt after the events on the Cult Ship flow through him. All his righteous anger at the death of his wife, the hurt of his planet and his own wounds flow through him.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 05:40 PM
The truck is hit by the anti vehicle laser and its engine compartment bursts into flame. It’s engine strains but it keeps pace with you long enough for its heavy machine gun to get off a salvo
The shots miss
(Back to whatever you’re doing next in the van)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 05:50 PM
Desmond raises his fist and looks back over his shoulder at Billy and Cam. “This is one hell of a gun!” He ducks in case Thorn takes a shot. “Keep going and take your first right, second left and then immediate right onto Old Warehouse Row.”
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 06:00 PM
(yeah we will give someone an opportunity to do something)
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 08:03 PM
Dr. Thorn pulls the pin on a grenade. She waits several seconds before gently tossing it behind the truck.
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Nekosmash 25-Jan-19 08:06 PM
The grenade rolls under the vehicle and explodes. The force of the blast shatters its grav plate and it skids into the pavement, tearing chunks from the smooth surface.
You leave the wreck behind in the dust, but can see one of the cultists working to extricate himself from the tangled mess
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 09:17 PM
"That was not the quiet approach we were hoping for. They'll know something's going down tonight."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Jan-19 09:52 PM
“Vive la résistance!” Desmond says.
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quantum.mango 25-Jan-19 10:47 PM
"That AV laser is pretty impressive. Nice shot, Billy."
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 12:10 AM
Billy stops the car. For just long enough for one of them to take one more shot on the cultist. “Don’t let them activate the revenants!”
“Take the shot and I’m out!”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:04 AM
Desmond shoots again.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 04:12 AM
(22 to hit 30 Damage)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 04:38 AM
(-4 for shooting it at a person sized target but 18 still hits. ). The driver flops over, headless, and the wreck settles
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 04:45 AM
Desmond checks, and if he doesn't see any survivors, shuts the back door to the van. "Let's get to that rendezvous. Thanks for letting me use your laser cannon Billy and (Desmond turns to look at Cam) you toss a mean grenade Camilla Thorn!" (edited)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 04:59 AM
The warehouse district is ahead, and you arrive at its gated outskirts within a moment. This late in third cycle the gate is locked tight. The complex is surrounded by a high chain link fence
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 05:01 AM
"Hopefully the Resistance will see us." He tells Cam and Billy. Desmond steps outside the van and walks around it and then leans against the front hood.
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 05:11 AM
A hole has been cut in the fence about 30m from where you’re standing. The tear is long enough for individuals to slip inside
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 05:25 AM
Desmond points to the hole and asks Billy and Cam, “I’m up for going in, what do you two think?”
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 06:29 AM
Billy holds the fence open for his friends. “That wreck is going to bring attention sooner than later. Let’s get in there.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 06:39 AM
Desmond steps through
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 07:50 AM
and Cam follows close behind
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 07:54 AM
Desmond scans, looking for the cargo platform and the Western Landing Pad.
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 08:52 AM
"Who approaches" A voice from the shadows asks, as you make it 20m inside the warehouse complex
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 08:55 AM
“I can’t say. “
*Produces card *
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 08:55 AM
“Welcome, friends.”
He, and two other figures all carrying well worn combat rifles, magazines and stocks heavily taped, emerge
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 09:01 AM
Billy looks over their gear. “We will be good allies to have. Let’s head to this shipment then, yes?
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 09:06 AM
“That wreck out there have anything to do with you?” He asks quizzically, noticing the flickering orange fire light
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 09:11 AM
"It was self-defense. There were no survivors."
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 09:20 AM
“We have all been there” he nods, his tone warm. “So here’s what we know. On the pad there’s a bunch of the lady’s followers, and some work drones. An automated shuttle is coming down from the alien ruin excavations on the moon. I’m not sure what the cargo is or if it’s even important, the goal here it to make it harder for them to move around. A success here forces them to increase security later. That’s fewer enforcers patrolling our streets because they’re stuck here or on convoy duty.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 09:45 AM
“We’re here to help.”
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 09:46 AM
“We can also cripple their cargo fleet from space if you’d like to talk about that later.”
“I was already planning on taking one before we left.”
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 09:48 AM
"The cargo could tell us something about the nature of their activities as well."
"What is your strategy for the attack?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 10:20 AM
Desmond listens intensely. His new Godhunter instincts calling to strike out against the cult. His other, more human motivations, are being both augmented and almost overcome. He knows he will need to reflect on this later.
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 10:52 AM
“We have the cargo pad loosely surrounded. I’d rather keep this controlled. The city’s breaker guns are active. They’ll shoot anything down flying over”
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 10:57 AM
"When will we act?"
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 11:07 AM
He looks down at a very battered looking Swiss army watch. “Half an hour. Last elements just getting into position now”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 11:11 AM
Desmond passes Billy his gun back. "You don't have two of these do you?"
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 11:14 AM
“Shriven tells me Trivedi technologies has one that they are attempting to reverse engineer. This was a gift from him after the battle of Terezinho where I built the Billy Blitzer and Sil teleported it, me and my crew into the battle to defeat the remnant there.”
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 11:16 AM
Dr. Thorn continues discussing the raid with the rebellion contact. "Do you plan to attack after the shuttle lands, or before?"
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 11:49 AM
“After it lands. We need to confirm the cargo first”
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 11:49 AM
"Understood. We will get in position and wait for your signal."
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 11:52 AM
(Y’all want me to draw something for this
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 11:53 AM
(If you just want to sketch it I can map it up real quick)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 11:54 AM
(THanks @quantum.mango !)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 12:03 PM
Would this help?
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 12:09 PM
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But Acastus so
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 12:15 PM
(looks good!)
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 12:26 PM
(Needs more shuttle)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 12:45 PM
(That’s close enough yeah. The bottom one.)
(I was just gonna sketch something but that works nice)
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 12:53 PM
Thorn takes up a position on the roof of the truck bay. From here she can see a group of worker drones standing by between her location and the landing pad, so she hopes to be able to see the cargo being unloaded. She finds some cover and using a crate as a rest sets her sights on the nearest cultist. (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 01:06 PM
Desmond will try and get on a roof behind a light so that anyone looking for him would be blinded by the illumination or blocked by its bulk. He will then get into a prepared firing position so he can cover Thorn and Billy.
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 01:40 PM
On the platform a dozen cultists and their six half robotic worker drones wait for the automated shuttle capsule to come down. The unknown number of resistance fighters are likewise hiding on rooftops and behind strong cover, keeping to the shadows. There is a creak as the cargo facility gate opens and two trucks enter. One is a gun truck like the one you’d disabled. The other is a long bodied model, the cargo transfer vehicle evidently. The humming in the air begins to increase as the shuttle approaches, a light visible on the horizon and growing larger slowly
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 01:47 PM
Dr. Thorn watches the cultists for any sign of who might be in charge or supervising the transfer
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 01:50 PM
Billy sits with the AV Laser mounted on the top of one of the crates scanning the field.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 01:54 PM
"By the Stars and Silence," Desmond says. "Let my aim be true and my resolve not falter."
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 01:56 PM
Billy senses an energy connecting them all, like another presence is riding along, and looking through them
To that end, there doesn't seem to be a direct supervisor to the cargo transfer
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 01:58 PM
Coms "They are all connected boys. Like a hive mind of some sort. Something is seeing through each one of them. If we're going to do this, we have to make this lighting fast. Cam, you and I will get the truck like last time, you guys start with the other cultists. Perhaps we should wait until they load the truck for us."
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 01:59 PM
"That's a grand idea. I'll hit the gunner, you hit the gun truck, next shot is the driver of both vehicles?" (edited)
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 02:01 PM
Billy nods tightening his grip, lining up the shot and making small motions to any rebels he can see to coordinate.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:01 PM
"So You want me to shot the driver?"
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 02:02 PM
"Yes, we don't want to lose that cargo, whatever it is" she says as the shuttle lands
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 02:02 PM
"Actually. If we can line up shots on both drivers and the gunnar we can just steal the gun truck unless there are a bunch of them in there, then I'd rather just blow it up.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:03 PM
"Roger that," Desmond says. "I will shoot at Driver number one."
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 02:03 PM
"Driver number 2 in my sights."
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 02:13 PM
The shuttle comes to land, its expert system handling the maneuver safely, if a bit clumsily. The rear ramp lowers, and the cultists and worker bots march board, four stand near the cargo ramp, looking out into the complex, rifles clutched in their hands. One of them lights a cigarette, the silver/blue smoke coiling harmlessly into the night air. First cycle will be beginning soon. four bots carry out a rusted container, painted a dull orange where paint still exists on it. Most of the container serial number has been erased, not that it makes a difference anymore- the cult now able to operate in the open. Another four cultists emerge with another container. Finally, the remainder of those aboard emerge with an irregular shaped bundle on a grav skid. A gray cloth wraps it, tied down with ropes. It is long, and the geometry of it just doesn't seem quite right.
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 02:16 PM
The first thing Dr. Thorn thinks of is a revenant. (Is it the right shape?) Dr. Thorn waits for the signal, taking aim at the driver of the idling cargo truck.
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 02:17 PM
(No, the revenants are like people sized. Think almost like junk skeletons. Some of the joints and stuff might be irregular, like one leg longer, or the arms disproportionate, but they've been relatively humanoid. this is...it would almost look like a statue, or an unfinished block of something by the way the tarpaulin over it is falling)
There is a click on everyones comm equipment. The resistance leader must have a black pad to be sending this. Wait a moment. We need them to inspect the cargo. We have to make sure this is right
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:21 PM
"What new monster have they unearthed?" Desmond asks.
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 02:24 PM
The sudden click breaks Cam's focus. She watches the scene unfold.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:27 PM
"Those moons have kept their mysteries from before humanity entered this Sector," Desmond says. "We're may be about to see something outside of the history of this reality."
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 02:34 PM
"Or a bloody ugly statue of #1 demon queen"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:36 PM
Desmond laughs over the comms.
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Billy Rigers 26-Jan-19 02:44 PM
“Focus. Aim to execute. On his signal.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:46 PM
Desmond draws on that strange new force inside himself and he makes his aim an extension of his vengeance against the cult.
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 02:54 PM
The tarp is pulled back, and an alien looking artifact is on the bed of the vehicle. It looks like a large obsidian column, shattered at the top to make its irregular, jagged point as though struck by the hand of a giant. It is carved with green runes. They look inert right now. The base of it widens, tapering outward into a more traditional column base. "That's it" the leader says over comms (So, with you guys in prepared firing positions, you do have the option to make an execution attack as your first shooting action, it is a shoot/dex check, at range, so against a DC of 8. We are going to get into initiative first though, as the cultists while connected to the still lady are benefiting from Alert 2, and cannot be surprised.) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 02:56 PM
(Initiative 2)
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 02:58 PM
(9 for initiative)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 02:58 PM
(Cultists have 6, we just need swole rigers)
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 03:37 PM
Alert You are keenly aware of your surroundings and virtually impossible to take unaware. You have an instinctive alacrity of response that helps you act before less wary persons can think to move. Level 1: Gain Notice as a bonus skill. You cannot be surprised, nor can others use the Execution Attack option on you. When you roll initiative, roll twice and take the best result. Level 2: You always act first in a combat round unless someone else involved is also this Alert. (You're saying in this instance we can still make an execution attack on our first round of combat, but they can also act in the first round, right?)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 03:39 PM
(You just dont get the surprise round)
(long story short)
(I should have worded that betteR)
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 03:40 PM
(Thanks just wanted to make sure they weren't already aware of our presence or anything)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 03:40 PM
(I think you're probably actually safe to go first too doc, I don't think anyone is going to top a 9)
(I shouldn't have said alert, they just are going to respond quicker, so mechanically, removing the surprise. Your resistance friends will go at the end of the round)
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 03:45 PM
"I am bloody focused." Dr. Thorn takes a minute to line up the perfect shot. She exhales, holds her breath a half second and fires. The mag round punches through the windshield, shattering it, before hitting the driver. (Execution, 9vs8, for 21 damage)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 03:46 PM
The driver falls forward, head thudding into the horn, blaring it.
(I'll wait for billys initiative since he might get to go before they do)
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quantum.mango 26-Jan-19 03:46 PM
"Now that's what I call a signal" (edited)
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Nekosmash 26-Jan-19 03:47 PM
(Tired of that head weighing down your precious skeleton? Try Dr. Thorn's olde tyme lead aspirin, applied directly to the brain stem!)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Jan-19 03:49 PM
(Wow!)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 02:06 AM
(PC updates. Used random number generator for initiative of 4)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 03:02 AM
(Cool!)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 04:34 AM
The cultists begin chanting, each of them surrounded in a red coronal glow. The gun truck swivels it’s weapon mount around to the direction of the shot. They’re unable to see Cam directly, but the gun is firing suppression. (Evasion save dr thorn)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 06:32 AM
Desmond winces as he sees the gun truck fire. He gets ready for his shot
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 06:42 AM
(Cam can make her evasion save when she has a moment, the truck fired so the rest of the turn won’t have an impact on that. Billy is up)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 07:43 AM
(Just shooting out some flavor text.)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 07:46 AM
(Evasion save success 9v7)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 07:57 AM
(No damage for doc)
Billy is up
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 08:00 AM
Desmond breathes in relief as he sees Cam evade the burst of fire.
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 08:34 AM
Billy aims the AV laser at the gunman. (Execute doesn’t need to roll?) (13/16)
(We need to blast these cultists)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 08:37 AM
(Kill em dead)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 08:47 AM
(I’m out please roll for me. There should be a +3 for the cultists)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 08:59 AM
(It's shoot/dex, against a DC of 8 Billu)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 09:11 AM
(Great! I won’t be able to roll for an hour so roll me if you want)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 09:26 AM
Billy and Desmond both strike their targets, killing them, and the resistance fighters move in, firing with a motley assortment of solid shot and energy weapons
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 09:28 AM
(13)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 09:28 AM
(6 hits total, 2 of them criticals on cult) 2 cultists fall in the initial fullisade, caught by fire from a number of different angles. Dr. Thorn is next
(crushed it, both of you)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:35 AM
(How close is the nearest cultist below me)
(And how have they reacted in general)
(Do they seem more concerned about the cargo or are they dropping it to fight?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 09:38 AM
(its only been six seconds, theyre all chanting and surrounded in this red irridescent fire that doesnt seem to be burning them. The gun truck has certainly made you being there its business, but like i said, they havent had a whole lot of time to react)
(nearest one below you is 30m)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:42 AM
She takes aim at the nearest cultist. (30 to hit, 10 damage)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 09:45 AM
(The driver and Gunnar are both taken out of the gun truck atm, yes?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 09:47 AM
(Yeah its not crewed right now)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 09:52 AM
(I Will keep firing. Please keep rolling for me. I’m still driving home.)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 09:53 AM
The mag shot hits the cultist and the round seems to slow as it passes through the strange looking fire. It still hits him, with reduced force.
There is a strange, undulating howl, and dark figures appear from the western edge of the complex, overrunning the two reistance fighters there. Strange humanoid constructs of metal, flesh, and magic, they bite deep into necks and arms.
One of the cultists burst into flames as the magical energies he was triyng to contain overwhelm him. The remainder open fire on whoever is in sight. (1 shot on each of you, the rest at the resistance, I'll roll yours going by initiative, so 1st d20 is cam, ect ect)
(whiffs)
Two more fighters are struck, and wounded, but not yet dead (billy next)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:09 AM
Firing AV laser at the new beast. (13/18)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:10 AM
It yelps as the beam strikes it, tentacles whipping about to instinctuallu shield it from the discomfort
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 10:12 AM
(What type of weapon was on the trucks?)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:13 AM
(If it's the same as the last, heavy machine gun)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:13 AM
(heavy machine gun. Its a favorite here since ammo is cheap
(desmond is up, ill roll, just let me know if you want to shoot a construct or a cultist)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 10:21 AM
(I'm back and can shoot against the construct. Can I attempt to use Authority Foci to lead the resistance?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:22 AM
(they're not being directly led by you, the point of the mission was to prove your worth so they trust you. In the future probably, but for right now that won't work here)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 10:22 AM
(27 to hit and 18 damage)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:23 AM
(same beast that billy shot, or a fresh one)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 10:23 AM
(same beast)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:24 AM
(how many beasts?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:24 AM
its tentacles whip and thrash as the shadow matter animating it collapses. The metal parts the immateria was bound to collapse into a rapidly rusting pile
(1 left now)
the resistance fighters redouble their efforts, though their morale is wavering. They continue enfallading fire into the culstists.
Two more are struck down by the fire, cult numbers reduced to 8 Several resistance troopers begin edging up, to within 20m of the cargo vehicles
(theyre getting ready to board them next turn, things are getting hot here, so you'll have unwelcome guests soon. Dr. Thorn is up)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 10:26 AM
Desmond yells out as it goes down. He points his rifle at the second tentacled horror. "Great shooting Billy and Cam.. Do you think a grenade will do more damage?"
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:31 AM
"Get the beast and head for the trucks!" She lets off another mag rifle volley, this time at the construct.
(31 to hit, 17 damage, (hopefully) more than a grenade ;D ) (edited)
She hops down from the ledge with a roll, ending up behind some crates
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:34 AM
The round again seems to slow once it gets close to the beast. It does strike the target, sending it cartwheeling. It drags itself back up on unsteady front talon-claws
The two cultists nearest the vehicles, on opposite sides, unleash their channeled power, and a 2x2 meter wall rises out of the ground, in a C shape. (so two bunkers, facing the approaching resitance fighters. They used the war caster firing position lvl 2 power)
The wall has a firing slit in it for a few cultists behind each, though currently only the initial casters are behind it. Seeing the fight slowly turning against them, even with the small powers offered to them by their Patron, they begin trying to withdraw toward the vehicles at speed (double moves for all of them, so no shooting for them) Billy up
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:46 AM
(how close are the war casters to the vehicles?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:49 AM
(20m, so if they run again next turn the'yll be there)
(but run means no shooting or anything else)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:55 AM
(right they'd have to abandon their new nest)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 10:58 AM
(its mostly just to force the resistance folks to go around, ect. Not give them a direct path/stall for time)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 11:03 AM
(ah)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 11:04 AM
(We are making an impression)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 11:13 AM
(Billy up, just since it got buried)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 11:40 AM
Slinging the staff over his shoulder, Billy runs along the crates to leap for the gun truck to take control of it before the cultists can get to it.
As he runs, he lets off a few suppression rounds from his mag rifle.
(I’m expending bullets for rp reasons. Idk how far it is from me to the truck but we are not letting them get away
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 11:55 AM
(Your entire move/action to also move will get you there. You’re coming from the side so you won’t have to spend any movement going around their wall. Which just gets you to the truck
Desmond is next
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 11:57 AM
(Desmond fires again, he will move if he needs to shoot over the barrier at the war casters.) (edited)
(12 to hit 16 damage)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 12:23 PM
The shot doesn’t penetrate the woven armor the cultists are wearing. The resistance fighters make their way up to the casted barricades, tired and without the strength to get around for the moment. (Dr thorn is up)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 12:32 PM
(How far to the trucks)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 12:38 PM
(40m for you from your elevated firing position. You could get there in two turns of running)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 12:46 PM
(she hopped down last turn to get closer so 30m? If so then) Dr. Thorn runs toward the trucks to the next cover, which happens to be the barricade that has just sprung up. She ducks behind the barricade from the side and leans out to fire at the back of one of the casters running for the trucks. (23 to hit, 19 dmg)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 12:47 PM
(Great!)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 12:55 PM
(30m yes. I was looking for that post before but i must have scrolled too fast, either way its another turn before you're getting there)
The cultist spins as the shot strikes him, faceplanting him into the hardpan of the cargo pad.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 12:57 PM
"HA"
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 12:58 PM
the resistance, growing desperate as their quarry makes ready to leave attempts to snap fire as manyt weapons as possible, but only one marksman makes a kill. The remainder, realizing they are cut off, begin to break contact.
In the distance, a trio of skybourne searchlights begins making its way to the pad from the city. They'll be here in moments.
(billy next)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 01:10 PM
“Don’t give up now! We end them and go! Take the trucks!” Billy mans the mounted machine gun filling the cultists with lead.
(Suppressive Fire)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 01:11 PM
(2 fail,2 pass)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 01:11 PM
(Can you roll damage for me?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 01:13 PM
(sure thing!)
(6, flubbed it) Two of the cultists, already hurt by resistance gunfire, fall to the ground, their essences dissolving into the pad, leaving a pile of rusted bones behind
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 01:14 PM
(God they die so strangely.)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 01:14 PM
(Desmond is next)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 01:16 PM
(27 to hit Damage 9)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:23 PM
The sole survivor ceases to be a survivor as the body pops like an over filled balloon, the magical energies inside tearing it to fleshy confetti
The gunfire stops as the rebels move in, grabbing whatever shelter they can in the vehicles
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 02:32 PM
(Is the monolith loaded?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 02:32 PM
"Resistance! You've got this!" Desmond calls out. "Can we take the Shuttle?"
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 02:33 PM
“We will get shot down by the breaker guns. Not smart.”
“We have to escape on foot
Er on land”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 02:36 PM
"We've got some trucks lets go!"
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:36 PM
Dr. Thorn runs for the trucks. "Need me to drive or shoot, boys?"
(yes I waited for them to load the cargo before firing)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:37 PM
(Yeah it is)
(Yeah the city has breaker guns and an umbrella field)
(It’s as much for the still lady to keep people in as much as keep them out)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 02:38 PM
Desmond will take over the gun turret so Billy can use his big ffing gun.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:38 PM
Cam will jump in the driver's seat of the cargo vehicle.
She waits for rebels to jump on and give her directions (edited)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 02:40 PM
“Strap up and move out!” Billy shouts as he sets up to take aim at the approaching craft with the AV laser.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 02:42 PM
Desmond will aim with the turret gun.
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:42 PM
The three vehicle convoy begins moving out, the monolith truck moving toward the middle.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:43 PM
(Three?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:43 PM
“We are heading for the outskirts of town. We have a base in the suburbs” (they’ve got the gun truck now, the cargo truck you’re driving and the vehicle they came with)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:44 PM
(got it)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 02:44 PM
(Have they spotted us yet?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:44 PM
(They’re about to)
The three vehicles are modified vtols, covered in tight lines of runic script. Nose art depicts humans being devoured, flayed, or otherwise taken apart by shadowy entities.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:46 PM
(Hot damn)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:46 PM
Their nose blisters have powerful spotlights in them attached to the chin gun circuits and the convoy is illuminated
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:46 PM
"Shoot out the lights!"
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:46 PM
“We have to get to the tunnels. Right as you leave the complex and then floor it!” The rebel commander yells
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 02:46 PM
(As soon as the AV is set up again I’m shooting one down.)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:47 PM
(Lets keep initiative since we are all here now. It’ll just be to keep track of who’s doing what when, as opposed to all of us spam typing)
(So that puts dr thorn, driving the cargo truck first, even just to declare youre maintaining course that still helps me because I know you at least had an opportunity to make a decision)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:51 PM
(If it's still my initiative then yes) Dr. Thorn cranks the wheel, truck barely hanging onto the pavement, and punches the gas
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 02:56 PM
(Yeah it is)
Thrown off track by the cargo trucks expert moves the guns have a hard time focusing fire on it. The guns chew up pavement around the cargo truck, but one shot strikes the lead vehicle, the rebels original transport, and one of the fighters tumbled from the bed
(Billy next. Gun is set up )
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 02:59 PM
(Ah yes this is what I was picturing in terms of what trucks where, thanks)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 03:00 PM
(Their transport in front so you have something to follow, you, and then the gun truck)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 03:13 PM
(25/10)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 03:14 PM
The front of the lead gunship blows out in a shower of sparks that rains down on you as you pass below the gunship flight. The broken spotlight clangs into a building nearby
(Desmond Up)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 03:16 PM
(18/13)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 03:17 PM
(Same one?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 03:18 PM
(yes)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 03:20 PM
The helicopter like ship veers wildly left as the second shot hits it. It keeps elevation but is damaged
The resistance keeps their heads down. The truck leading the group turns right, beckoning for you to follow
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 03:21 PM
Desmond follows the showers of sparks as the spent rounds tumble around him, hot and smelling of cordite.
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 03:22 PM
(Back to dr thorn)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 03:30 PM
They might not want to lead them to the base. She follows the lead truck, cutting over the curb and sending a rubbish bin flying (is there anything I can do besides drive from here) (edited)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 04:00 PM
(It’s not too technical unless the conditions are bad or you’re doing something dangerous)
(So if you have a one handed weapon or something you can shoot)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 04:01 PM
(Sure) She focuses on making the turn this round
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 04:02 PM
The truck makes it, bins flying and barely missing the gun truck behind you. The two vtols with lights, still in formation (there is a third but he’s recovering his flight path from the damage) open fire on the cargo truck
)9 damage( glass breaks and white smoke wisps out from the hood
(Billy)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 04:03 PM
"Keep them off my back!"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 04:06 PM
"Can one of the resistance drive and free you up to fire back?" Desmond asks. "You are a hell of a shooter!"
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 04:10 PM
"It's a little too hot for that, but I have a hell of an idea" (edited)
(Billy's turn, but are the vtols all behind us now?) (edited)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 04:19 PM
(Yeah)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 05:20 PM
(Is there an engine or rudder to aim for?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 05:21 PM
(Yeah its like a modern day osprey, so its got an adjustable propeller cannard at the end of each wing)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 05:35 PM
"Take them out Billy!" Desmond yells.
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 05:41 PM
(19/11 to disable the vehicle)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 05:42 PM
(same damaged one?)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 05:50 PM
No different one
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 05:54 PM
The VTOL spins as the shot strikes an engine, setting it aflame
its aim is ruined as the pilot fights for control
(Desmond)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 06:03 PM
(11/20 if it misses can I use my re-roll?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 06:04 PM
(it hits, vehicles are on a 10 always
(their thing is they have armor so if its a non heavy weapon dmg is reduced)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 06:12 PM
(am I up or is it the vtols?)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 06:15 PM
(You’re up, which one was your shot on Desmond. 2 are damaged one is not)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 06:16 PM
"TAKE THE WHEEL" Dr. Thorn shouts to the rebel in the passenger seat. She leans over and pulls her grapnel launcher out of her pack between them and lifts it over his shoulders, leaning out of the broken window to aim behind her. Resting the launcher on the roof of the truck, she narrows her eyes and fires at the air intake of the vtol in front. As the triple-hooked grapnel and 40 meters of cable streak to the sky she yells "HYAAAA" and hurls the entire launcher as far away from the trucks as possible.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 06:18 PM
"Whoa!" Desmond head snaps back as he watches the grapnel launcher fly past his truck. "Brilliant!"
(The undamaged one.)
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 06:24 PM
The rotorcraft bucks wildly, as the grappel digs in, wrapping around a lampost. It noses down, and collides, its rotors chopping the pavement before the twisted metal blades fly off their hubs.
Fire breaks out and spreads down the wings
(Nice work!)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 06:25 PM
"HELLLLL YEAH BOYS"
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 06:26 PM
The two remaining rotorcraft are both struck and missing lights, but attempt to fire on the cargo truck
the shots miss, chewing pavement , and the trucks finally pass into the tunnel, shielded from further air attack
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Jan-19 06:35 PM
“We owe you a new grapnel hook,” Desmond says.
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 06:41 PM
“Woo! Alright let’s get back to this base. I think we are going to have a lot to discuss. Especially about bringing reinforcements this way.”
“Brilliant thinking Cam!”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 07:00 PM
"Thanks, nice shooting back there"
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 07:11 PM
"Let's get out of here"
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 07:13 PM
The tunnels take you below one of the many large manufacturing plants on planet and the rebels pull over. “Let’s ditch that gun truck now. We can slip in the the civilian traffic and get to the safehouse without it. Someone grab that gun though”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 07:22 PM
"Where do you suggest we hide a mounted machine gun sir?"
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Nekosmash 27-Jan-19 07:25 PM
“Under the tarpaulin. We just need the gun. We can make a new mount. We are lacking heavy weapons so whenever we can pick one up it’s worth it. The last few times we tried something like this the minute they brought up armor we had to run for it”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 07:30 PM
"Nice." She will keep an eye on the sky while the gun is loaded. They really have to take advantage of every opportunity here. We should do the same. "Let's move." (edited)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 07:47 PM
Billy already has it unbolted from the truck bed.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 07:51 PM
"Careful with the merchandise back there" she says, tapping her fingers lazily on the wheel while she watches and listens for pursuers
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 08:03 PM
“It’s just these 4 bolts here. Grab that ammo box and toss it in the truck, we’re leaving now.” He grunts as he unbolts the last bolt, hoisting the gun over his shoulder, bending at the knees.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 08:21 PM
raises eyebrows
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 08:21 PM
Winks
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:08 PM
"Careful. Don't want to drop that on your toe."
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 09:13 PM
“You’re right. Little help?”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:22 PM
"Hmm you sure? Looks like you've got it pretty much sorted." She laughs as she jumps out to help load the gun and pulls the tarp over it. "heh, maybe we should leave somebody back here on the gun, I mean, if they lift this tarp the jig is up anyways right?"
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 09:23 PM
“You want to hang out back here with me?”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:25 PM
"Ha ha very funny Billy. Someone has to keep this truck on the road, and stag whispers "it's not these guys"
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 09:28 PM
“Aw, I thought we were going to have some good bonding time.” Billy walks back a few steps grabbing Des by the shoulder. Come on buddy, it’s just me and you back here.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:29 PM
"Hey you have a bit of wire?"
"Something low gauge?"
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 09:31 PM
“What kind? Solid core, stranded wire, MC?”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:31 PM
"Solid"
"I'll need about a foot" she says as she digs through her bag
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 09:32 PM
“Ah good. Clarity.” Billy trots over to the truck and reaches under the dash, pulling wire out.* “This should work.”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:38 PM
"Thanks" She starts bending it carefully against the mirror of the truck, while the rebels drive the gun truck into an alley.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 09:58 PM
"Did I ever tell you about the time I lost my eye?" she asks. She holds the wire shape up to the moonlight (edited)
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:06 PM
Billy leans against the hood, examining her work. “Not yet.”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:09 PM
Camellia leans next to Billy and looks down as she continues bending the wire. "Nova Heavy offered me a job in their lab and I took it. When I realized what they had created there I confronted the head researcher at his home. He tried to silence me, and he ended up dead."
"They had a checkpoint at the entrance of the lab, no foreign biological material allowed past the gates."
She holds the wire up to the light again
"Completely automated security. Anything outside your body, or anything you might have swallowed, they could find it. Made sure no one snuck anything organic in or out. We couldn't even bring our own lunches."
"The labs where their data and subjects were stored were biometrically locked. Optical scanners. I was furious, and my career was already over when Dr. Nakayama's skull met the bottom of the stairs." (edited)
She pulls the lighter from her survival kit from her bag and flicks it on. Holding the wire from the braided ends, she begins waving the flame around the bottom of the coil.
"So I did the rational thing."
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:24 PM
Billy leans in.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:25 PM
"I took the body straight to a ripperdoc. Traded my ship to get the job done. Walked into the lab- no unauthorized organic matter, no body parts in the pockets, ten fingers, two eyes."
"Nova Heavy burned that night."
"Long story short, when it comes to people you care about, you have to be willing to make some small sacrifices."
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:27 PM
“That’s quite the image, you’re going to leave me to sit with in the back of the truck... there’s a lot more to you than meets the eye.”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:30 PM
She holds out the red-hot brand, offering the still-cool braided end to Billy. "Here. Do it." She pulls her hair back from the side of her neck and looks at him.
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:31 PM
Billy doesn’t hesitate.
“Hold still. Clench teeth.”
“Logical.”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:33 PM
Cam closes her eyes and holds onto the truck. "Quick. And for God's sake make sure it's right side up."
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:33 PM
(It’s already on there.)
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:35 PM
"Ah FUCK!" she bites her lip as the pain actually hits a second after
She grabs the tube of burn cream from the open medkit on the driver's seat and smears it on the mark.
"Thanks."
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:37 PM
“Maybe I’ll have you do me later.”
Billy hops in the back.
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:38 PM
"No need for all of us to be heretics just yet. I figured it might be better than getting the real deal at the next checkpoint."
She packs up her gear and gets back behind the wheel as the rest of the rebels return. "If I knock on the back twice, that's your signal someone friendly is opening the doors. Three knocks, you'd better be ready."
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:41 PM
“Doesn’t make it any less badass.”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:41 PM
"Jealous already?"
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Billy Rigers 27-Jan-19 10:42 PM
“No, not jealous... let’s go with moved.”
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quantum.mango 27-Jan-19 10:45 PM
"Speaking of moving. Let's get this charade of a parade on the road." (And cut.)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 02:56 AM
The convoy is moving again and after a tense twenty minutes it emerges in the suburban district north of the city. “We have a base of operations in the forest just north of the city. Edge of the suburbs. We will unload and others will take the trucks back in town to ditch them”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 04:22 AM
Desmond takes the time to thank the Resistance and get to know the leaders. (Working on that Authority Foci)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 05:01 AM
( @quantum.mango did Desmond hear your backstory? )
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 05:01 AM
(Sure you were right there)
(I assume our trucks have been patched up etc) Cam nods. "North it is."
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 05:05 AM
(yeah as much as you can without heavy tools and stuff)
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 05:06 AM
(Yeah as long as it's not smoking and full of bulletholes) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 05:06 AM
Desmond tells Cam, “If you need any resources from the Marshals to hunt down any Nova Heavy conspirators just say the word. “
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 05:07 AM
(yeah i might need some more on that in PM. Idk if I took too much cold medicine or what. I follow but its hazy)
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 05:08 AM
(Intentional I'll give you the rundown)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 05:09 AM
The resistance doesnt talk much right now, even to a marshal. Your help was appreciated, but until you're vetted by the resistance leaders, they're on the hook for any breaches of security. The trucks are patched, and the contraband stored (edited)
Exiting the tunnel, there is one checkpoint before city limits
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 05:10 AM
(Did we have anything to eat in the forest when we stopped?)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 05:15 AM
(there would have been time if you wanted to. I'm sure for most of the resistance their adrenaline was too high to do anything but get sick, but you guys are more hardened than the rest)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 05:17 AM
Desmond pulls out some of the scones he saved from the coffee ☕️ house.
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 05:19 AM
"Hey Desmond, what kinds of meat or fish are here on Acastus?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 05:27 AM
“We’ve got crows, owls, chickens, 🦃 lots of wild turkeys in the mushroom forest,” Desmond says. “The hydroponics has a ton of fish, lobster 🦞 and crab. There are no cows but some sheep 🐑 and goat.”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 05:29 AM
"Thanks. And those hydroponics, which direction are they located in?" She pulls a protein shake from her bag. "I was planning to drink this but" she splashes it over the crack in the door. "Desperate times. Sorry about the smell, Billy."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 05:31 AM
“There are some in the warehouse district,” Desmond say. “Some of the oldest ones operate in the middle of the city, before it grew out. The most modern ones ring the city , especially near the mountain where they take advantage of the volcanic soil and then geothermal power sources.”
“Most of the oldest are family owned with the newer ones agribusiness.”
“There are lots of sushi 🍣 stands and Pho 🍲 restaurants. 3 Cycle or 24 hour as Earthers would call them.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 05:49 AM
Ahead, two powerful search beams illuminate the truck, and the resistance vehicle as they approach the checkpoint. Everyone is in non-descrpt street clothing, and used the break to conceal anything they can't keep hidden under the long raincoats or coveralls so common here
Three cult enforcers man the checkpoint, and wave for the two approaching trucks to pull to the side
Two of the grotesque beast like creatures are perched on top of their grotesque poles, inactive
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 06:01 AM
Dr. Thorn has a cap on her head with a ponytail through the back, hair covering the mark. She pulls up to the checkpoint and sighs impatiently out the open window at the enforcer. "Yes?"
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 06:02 AM
"routine inspection. central authority requesting it for all vehicles leaving the industrial district
ahead of you, a small grav car has also been pulled over. Its occupant, a lone male, is being searched via a vigorous pat down
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 06:06 AM
"Come on man, we have places to be. What do you need?"
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 06:06 AM
The captors seem to find something, and pull a compact revolver from the man's utility pocket. The guard seems to admire the piece for a moment, before firing two rounds into the man's back. "One less terrorist" the guard says nonchalantly before returning to the roadblock. (edited)
The cult enforcer does not say anything, but is talking into a radio, in a hushed voice. You see him with a plate reader, looking down at a compad, and back up
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 06:12 AM
"I wouldn't open that if I were you," cam says, rapping on the back three times. "Barrel of suspended chicken protein tipped over, the whole back end is full of it." Sometimes you just have to give them something else to peg you as. She pretends to absentmindedly brush some hair back from her ear, the burn now visible.
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 06:14 AM
"I think dealing with that is punishment enough for you today apostate. Move along" (edited)
the lights shut off, and youre waved through. The checkpoint is still in your rear view mirror as you see the three of them shamelessly looting the poor traveler and his car
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 06:16 AM
Cam leads the other truck north to the suburbs, following the directions of the rebel in the passenger seat
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 06:23 AM
At the edge of the city, there are a handful of smaller utility vehicles, and a grav cargo skiff waiting. twenty younger men and women with a mix of old weapons are waiting.
They are being led by the individual from the coffee house, he is wearing the same jacket, though it now has a bullet hole through the sleeve
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 06:27 AM
Cam pulls the truck past them, parks, and leans out the window. "Someone order some moon rocks?"
She says with more of a wry smile (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 06:35 AM
Desmond wonders about the cargo. He hopes it will help Billy’s crew member. (edited)
“We can visit a local sushi place,” Desmond says. “ I know one that is attached to one of the oldest hydroponic farms. The family even gives tours they are so proud of it. It’s called Takewashi’s.”
(I’m at work and won’t be able to update as fast 💨.)
(Also will need Neko to roll for me.)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 08:00 AM
The rebels manhandle the cargo from the trucks onto the grav skiff, and a few move to take the cult vehicles elsewhere in the city to be abandoned
"We have a safe place in the forest, north of town. We can get into the details then"
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 08:02 AM
All business then. "Right, let's keep moving." (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 08:05 AM
Desmond nods.
“Spent some time as a teenager doing mushroom harvesting in the edge of the Northern Forest. It was my first job before I joined the force.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 08:16 AM
“No one went that deep into there. Good place to hide.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 08:20 AM
The rebels move, skiff already loaded down with the cargo and as many as it can carry, leaving you to walk with your contact to their secret base
"I apologize for being so curt in the coffee shop earlier"
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 08:23 AM
"No worries mate. You have to watch your back around here."
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 08:23 AM
"You have questions, I'm sure. I'll see how many we can answer on our walk"
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 08:28 AM
"Alright then. If the Still Lady has such a hold on the people of Ash City, how will our strike tonight possibly make a dent in their numbers on the streets? If anything, wouldn't they increase patrols and come after the Resistance with more force?"
She watches his face. "Could it be that the cargo was the real reason for our attack? You confirmed the cargo before giving the signal. Which means you must have known something about it."
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 08:38 AM
"The lady has the long and short of it. Tonight's raid was very special, and what was taken is of great value to her, and to us"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 08:38 AM
*Have you ever heard of the Ouboros Blessing? One of Billy’s crew Devnoc’s is stuck in a cycle of decay and monstrous regrowth. We would like to cure him.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 08:40 AM
"We have. It's bioscopics, gone wrong. We have some people who might be able to help, but the process is long, and can take weeks."
"How many death cycles has he been through?"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 08:42 AM
“Maybe 2.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 08:42 AM
"2...alright, we can work with two. THere is a way to reverse it, but the ritual is long, and as i said, he will need to be kept with us for some time"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 08:43 AM
“He is just outside the city in our ship. Let’s arrange transport if possible? I can radio the crew.
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 08:44 AM
"They'll have to come around the city on foot to avoid the breakers."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 08:46 AM
Desmond feels relieved. Both Cam and Billy have made this visit more successful than he imagined. The Still Lady’s vision that she inflicted on him did not show the Resistance or the good that is still on Acastus.
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 08:49 AM
She turns back to the resistance leader. "I'm not exactly a fan of senseless killing. I would appreciate knowing what we killed and risked our lives for. Can you trust us with that information?"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 08:51 AM
“And if there are more shipments scheduled that would be wonderful to know. I would like to pirate another cargo ship in space before we leave.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 08:59 AM
"As far as the shipments, our mole in the scheduling center was found. They flayed her alive before feeding her to the revenants after three days. She was alive the entire time, up until the end" his face is quite dark "So, I'm not sure when the next batch is coming. What we do know, is she has digging teams on the moons, looking for relics. This is another source of the MES like energy she uses to exert her influence. This pillar we took though, its not a transmitted, but a receiver. It's got powers of its own, and it's getting them from somewhere else. Whatever it is, or whatever its capable of, she wants it, and thats more than enough reason to take it"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:00 AM
(What kind of energy is it emitting that I can see with witchfinder?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 09:00 AM
Desmond looks at Billy. “You’ve has some inkling of powers from the Burst . Can you use this?”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:02 AM
(it's necromantic, of some kind, it dosent translate to anything in the book, this is my own ideaO)
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:03 AM
“It’s... emanating some sort of necromantic power. It feels dark.”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:03 AM
"And what about those two barrels?"
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:04 AM
(same thing)
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:04 AM
"Interesting"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:04 AM
(Would I have any inkling of how to use this thing?)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:05 AM
(its totally alien, literally)
(the power it is receiving from elsewhere can be drawn from, once activated somehow, but as far as how to do it, or what will happen when you do, it's not clear)
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:07 AM
“Alien in every way to me. Do you have any xenobiologists or arcane users that can unlock this? This has the potential to be a great source of power. There’s no telling where this power is coming from though.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 09:08 AM
“Are there any other Gudruns Who are now attuned to this extradimentional MES ?”
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:08 AM
“It’s a possibility after the event, but we didn’t stick around long enough to see.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:08 AM
(^)
(Was pretty much boom and zoom for you guys. It happened, and then you were off)
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:09 AM
"Now that we have that out of the way. I am interested in those hydroponic plants- they have a lot of potential to help us with our research back home. Are any of the cacao farms friendly or Resistance controlled?"
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:11 AM
"They're locked down pretty tight. Revenants accompany the patrols there even. Especially now. We kicked the hornets nest"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:12 AM
“Is there any way we can take one of these artifacts back to our home planet to study? The more we know the better we can help you fight the Still Lady. And if you could provide us with pictures of the atrocities committed here, they would be all the more helpful. We are from the United Nations of Worlds. A new coalition forming to defend ourselves from violent factions and establish trade.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:13 AM
he has gun camera footage from the battle, and he pops a tape out of the slot on the side of his poorly fitted helmet
"You're free to take one of the barrels, Those should be filled with runic debris from the temple. it might help. As for the rest of the stuff, we lost more than we were prepared to for securing it. The movement will fall apart if i let you blast out of here with it"
"Will look like i sold us out to off worlders"
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:14 AM
"Understandable"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:15 AM
“Of course. Be reassured that you’ve won new allies for your losses. Well fought out there.”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:17 AM
"And thanks. This is another piece of the puzzle."
"*Rather a lot of pieces." (edited)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:21 AM
Nancy sends a short text that she has a way to skirt the breaker guns, but only for a moment, the ECM generator on your ship should be able to stop a hit. If you blast off efficiently, you can be away before the gun reloads (This isn't going to be an all the time thing, they'll adapt after they see its a vulnerability)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 09:21 AM
Desmond passes this onto Billy and Cam.
“Maybe we can leave Devnoc here in there care, make a stealth mission on a Cocoa Hydroponics Facility and then use the Lone Star 💫 to do a grab and go escape?”
“We can pick up Devnoc in a few weeks.”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:26 AM
"I'm in. But we should wait to move the ship until we are fully ready to leave."
"Let's grab a nap and a bite at the camp first as well. I'd like to see what kind of assets are available so we know what would be useful to bring on our next trip."
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:29 AM
Well the fastest way to get Devnoc into care would be to do that now.
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:34 AM
"Oh yeah he's kind of repeatedly dying isn't he"
"Let's do that then, and hope they lose sight of the ship. With any luck we'll reach the camp at the same time."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 09:37 AM
“How far is it a trek to Devnoc.” Desmond asks. “I would not want to use the ECM until we all leave. @
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:38 AM
(I think we landed south of the city?)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:38 AM
(yes)
(youre on the north side now)
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:39 AM
"It's a bit of a awalk eh"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:40 AM
“The entire reason I came here was to save Devnoc’s life. I don’t want to jeopardize that. We can certainly explore more of the city later once we establish a better line of entry. It will take another mission to take down the breakerguns, but that will be necessary anyway. Do you have access to any data regarding the hydroponics of interest. We don’t need to go there if we have data to bring back.”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:41 AM
Cam looks at Billy and nods
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:41 AM
"We don't now, but if we obtain some, could we consider that an adequate payment for future help?"
(this actually makes sense for them too, they have nothing other than your word to ensure you come back if they just give it to you)
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 09:42 AM
“I would say that’s certainly a good step in the right direction.” * mBilly reaches out his hand to shake.*
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 09:42 AM
“Okay,” Desmond says. “So the Lone Star 💫 picks up Devnoc and delivers him here, using the ECM to mask the travel.”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:43 AM
"If you can obtain designs or even live samples, we will have even more reason to return with additional assistance."
(I'd say we're ready for a look around the camp and hitting the stars again)
Cam hands her old dataslab to the resistance leader. "Using this you can contact us on Gudrun at any time."
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 09:47 AM
"Thank you" Arriving at the camp, it is built into a cave system, at the base of one of the many hills around ash citys mushroom forest. The opening is low profile, but slopes gently, deep into the hillside, and below it
Four rebels stand guard outside, along with a marksman in one of the mushrooms closest to the opening
There is camo netting rolled up, ready to be dropped over the gateway down by a quick yank from a cable, that opens the roll
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 09:58 AM
Cam appreciates the woodland setting and notes the bare essentials of security
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 10:31 AM
Desmond asks, “As Provost for the Marshals we are always looking for more recruits who are willing to work in the Frontiers of the Sector. I’m wondering if you would allow a few of your Resistance to join we can give them weapons and training.”
“Their main mission would be working for the Resistance with added training and some responsibilities to update the UNW.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 10:33 AM
"I really can't spare the men right now, but should you return, I'd be happy to delegate a few to learn what we can from you"
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 10:46 AM
Cam looks around the camp.
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 10:48 AM
“As a Task Force Pheonix member, we would offer our services as well.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 11:04 AM
Desmond calls Nancy, “Can you get Devnoc on the Lone Star 💫?”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 11:05 AM
"I can. I'll take a shot coming in, you need to get him off, and yourselves on, so I can get out of here before they reload"
(shes anticipating being hit, shes going to block it with that shield thing the lone star has, but since its one use only, you've gotta go fast so she can get out , since it won't work more than once)
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 11:13 AM
“Perfect” Billy motions for everyone to get ready. “Ok we are getting ready to do this. Devnoc we are getting you taken care of. See what info you can trade with these folks during your treatment. We will be back for you.” He turns back to the resistance leaders. “A spot is opening up on my ship. Are you sure you don’t want to send a delegate back with us? One person?”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 11:14 AM
"Not while Acastus languishes so" the resistance leader looks forlorn
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 11:16 AM
“It will not languish for long the more allies you gather. And there are plenty. We will do our best to sway people to your cause, but we also have issues to deal with back at home. I will do my best to argue for your cause then. I hope to see you very soon.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 11:18 AM
Desmond says, “I will leave some of the laser rifles and Mag Rifles in the Armory on the ship. “ Desmond says. “That could help .”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 11:20 AM
Are we ready? Nancy texts
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 11:36 AM
“Let the Rockets 🚀 Blaze and the Thrusters hit the red line!”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 11:57 AM
There is a rainbow coronal burst of energy as the umbrella gun hits the Lone Star, the shield deployment nullifying the impressive kinetic force. The ship lands, ramp already down, and you can hear nancy yelling GO! GO! GO! from the cockpit
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 11:58 AM
Desmond runs in and starts throwing laser rifles and Mag Pistols out the door
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 11:58 AM
The exchange is made as quickly as possible. Billy transfers 10k credits to Devnoc.
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 11:59 AM
Devnoc weakly gives a thumbs up as the resistance takes his stretcher into their cave
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 11:59 AM
“Let’s go!”
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 12:02 PM
“What do you think about a quick cargo hunt in space, Des?”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 12:11 PM
"I'm down. Kind of bummed about the hold on the plans, but at least my pockets are full of chocolate again. Let's go get some space treasure"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 12:14 PM
“Maybe they’ll have some more chocolate in their food stuffs.”
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 12:18 PM
Dr. Thorn checks the scanners to see what shuttles are passing from the moon to the planet or on their way back.
*moons
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 12:45 PM
Desmond looks back on Acastus. He is deep in thought.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 12:59 PM
“Who or what do you two think the Still Lady is?”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 12:59 PM
The automated shuttles seem to have halted launch for now, possibly due to your attack on the ground
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 01:00 PM
(I’d like to do a close flyby of the moons to scan them.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 01:03 PM
“I mean,” Desmond says. “She traffics in necromancy and strange monstrous creatures but her mind came across as sentient and female, like maybe she had been humanoid or is masquerading as human.”
“I think the answer to ending her maybe finding her origin.”
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 01:05 PM
“It would be nice to have someone get in there to find out more.”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 01:06 PM
(Program int billy, from your vessel)
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 01:14 PM
(8)
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 01:38 PM
(8 to assist)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 01:41 PM
“Great flying Nancy!” Desmond says. “You’ll have to teach me that one. We can call it the Acastus Armbuster!”
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 01:49 PM
(I’m assuming Riger One met us and I was able to transfer back to my ship.)
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 02:37 PM
(Yeah that’s what I was figuring. It didn’t go planetside. There’s nothing here to bother it)
There are vast mining operations on each moon, the scale of which is beyond even what central is doing right now
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 02:47 PM
“Anything to report while we’ve been on planet, Stearn?”
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 03:04 PM
“The pickup in comm traffic at the cargo facility was your Doing I’d assume”
“Other than that all quiet. I’m anxious to be out of here though. This whole section of space is eerie
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 03:05 PM
"Yeah. I'm ready."
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 03:11 PM
Both ships jump home, and three days later emerge over Gudrun. (9xp, 50,000 credits)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 03:12 PM
Great adventure! I enjoyed it with you all!
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 03:12 PM
(amazing great job everyone) "Even if we all have to play the long game, it was great working with you. See you at harvest tonight?
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 03:16 PM
"I'll be there!"
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 04:05 PM
(Woot! That was fun!)
"Aye"
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Nekosmash 28-Jan-19 04:38 PM
(Hopefully the homecoming was worth the buildup)
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Billy Rigers 28-Jan-19 04:38 PM
(Very cool place.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 28-Jan-19 04:39 PM
(I can't wait to go back! But Provost Duties call!)
(Also we've got other people going to Acastus! Its the magical mystery tour!)
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quantum.mango 28-Jan-19 04:44 PM
(Pioneers yay)
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Nekosmash 20-Feb-19 01:02 PM
I'm going to do the Acastus mission in here since it will have the notes in it from last time we went there in force
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Feb-19 01:07 PM
(I’m in! )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 20-Feb-19 01:07 PM
(I'm joining too)
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Billy Rigers 20-Feb-19 01:10 PM
@Garion You expressed that you were down for this mission with the Myrmidons?
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Nekosmash 20-Feb-19 01:25 PM
(hes on sumati right now, with seung, trying to weaken the central COST army group, they're about to overrrun the Useans)
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Billy Rigers 20-Feb-19 01:26 PM
(Oh damn. Yeah last week he was all in. Snooze ya loose.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Feb-19 01:27 PM
Desmond makes arrangements for the Heavy Mech and the Tank to be brought on Billy’s Ship
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Garion 20-Feb-19 02:57 PM
(Yeah sorry bro, kind of got my fingers in too many pies with shit going down)
(If I had more men I'd give them to ya but I don't)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Feb-19 05:13 PM
( Shriven says we can use some fighters of his for air support. )
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Billy Rigers 20-Feb-19 05:26 PM
We would have to take out the breaker guns first for that to be of any use to us, but I wouldn’t mind taking them anyway.
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 06:28 AM
With the available aid collected and modifications done on Riger Two, Billy and the crew set out to Acastus
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 06:31 AM
(so its you, hailey, and desmond as far as PC's on this)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 06:32 AM
Hailey joins Billy on Riger Two.
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 06:55 AM
A few days of spike travel go by, and the Riger Two finds itself at the edge of Acastus system space- awash in the pale light of its pulsar star
The three moons and their massive rune covered surfaces slowly turn, their continual vigil on the planet below unbroken
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 07:29 AM
Desmond looks up at the moons, 🌙 hanging in the perpetual night. “Home Sweet Home.”
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 08:25 AM
During the days voyaging, Billy shows off his ship a little bit and talks about future plans with it as well as spends time getting used to the new advanced lab tech, allowing his Hailey to do the same of course. (The drop ship will have to get us and the cargo to the surface. /Or Riger One.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:28 AM
Hailey totally nerds out over the advanced lab. She uses it for the final touches on a mod for her new weapon.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 08:32 AM
Desmond asks if Billy or Hailey could modify one of his guns.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:34 AM
Hailey happily volunteers. “Whatcha got for me?”
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 08:37 AM
Billy just keeps her company while she works, overly enthused that someone else is gifted with technology.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:38 AM
(Billy are you better with programming stuff, or physical mechanics stuff?)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 08:39 AM
(Fix 3 counts as fix 4 for modding starships and the like and for maintenance scores. Programming is only like 0 or 1 but I’m also pretty smart.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 08:40 AM
Desmond shows his laser rifle and Mag Rifle along with his Rocket 🚀 Launcher.
“They rifles are standard but the Launcher Can Fire four rockets without reloading.”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:42 AM
(Ok so you’re almost the same as me. I have Fix 3 counted as 4, but Program 1 and no bonus on intel)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 08:42 AM
(What lvl are you now?)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:42 AM
“Hah! You think that’s something Des, check this baby out.” Hailey proudly shows off her Rocket Launcher with infinite ammo.
(Not as high as you. Almost lvl 10)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 08:44 AM
(I’m lvl 8 😃 )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:44 AM
(Oh pfft we’re almost the same then)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 08:44 AM
(I’ve also not been completing all my goals.)
(I have to apply some xp for some goals that I’ve completed and forgot to add in. Lol.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:47 AM
(oh lol. Yeah I have some goals that I have them, and maybe I'll get to them down the road, but I'm not actively working on. Others I'm constantly working towards whenever I get a chance.)
(as the two big techies, we should really work together more on tech stuff. You seem to do more ship tech stuff, while I focus more on weapons and gadgets.)
(together, could build an epic battleship)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 08:49 AM
(Billy Riger intensifies.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 08:49 AM
(Dude that would be awesome!!!)
"Anyways, what kinda mods were you thinking of for those weapons of yours, Des?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 10:14 AM
“Anything you can!” Desmond says. “Increased accuracy or damage.”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 10:15 AM
"Well if I'm gonna be pumping them full of boosts, I'll have to get some pay for it. Sorry, but you've gotta understand the work ain't free"
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 10:16 AM
Billy smiles and leans back in his chair, kicking his feet up. “How much ya got?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 11:13 AM
“What’s are the prices?”
“I can transfer 100,000 credits I guess.”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 11:22 AM
Hailey makes no debate and quickly says, “That’ll do!”
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“I’ll give them both boosted damage as well as customized. Then I’ll give the rifle extended mag and the rocket launcher concealibility. Sound good?”
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 11:28 AM
/Pan to real time landing on Acastus?
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 11:30 AM
“Good!”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 11:30 AM
(We’ll day I got that done for Des over the course of the trip)
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 11:33 AM
The rebels have advised you that breaker guns are active, and panning for anything getting close to the city. Landings have to be done giving the city a wide bubble
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 11:35 AM
(Yes we aren't landing anywhere near the city. Can we land near the rebel base?)
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 11:35 AM
(they are inside the city, preparing to attack the southern checkpoints so they can getout into the wilds en masse
they dont have a base set up yet, a bunch of cargo trucks leaving would be stopped for sure)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 11:40 AM
Hailey unpacks her weapons storage. She pockets her flip-blade. Her rocket launcher “Say Sumthin'” is readied across her back, and her new weapon, “Sparky”, is readied in her hands.” (edited)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 11:45 AM
“Hailey.. you want to see what these robots can do? There’s 40 tons of them, so I was thinking we’d use one for this mission and leave the rest. This isn’t a full scale invasion, though to be honest, I’m not sure if some assembly is required or not.”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 11:46 AM
“Robots? Sure I’m interested. What’ve we got?”
“And I don’t care whether it’s a full invasion or not, I’m still happier with these on me”
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 11:48 AM
( @Nekosmash Said they could be configured into a couple different units/configurations) "Esentially, what we're looking at is a force of robotics controlled by a singular node, meant to suplement for lack of numbers. A single human soldier is more capable of course, but these expert bots can do the trick either way. And they can be rebuilt and modified."
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 11:52 AM
(Yeah one is a your standard battledroid/rifleman, with d20+4 for shooting, between shoot/ab, the other is an expert bot, for repairs, programming, ect, helping the rebels out with some niche skills they probably dont know since education in that stuff is so restrcited, so fix 1, program 1, work 1)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 11:57 AM
“Woaaah these are cool. Whose are they?”
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 11:59 AM
"Gifts to the Acastus Rebels. New TFP Tech."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 12:02 PM
“I want one...” She murmurs under her breath. “Ok, let’s get to work. What do we have to do?”
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 12:04 PM
"We can hook you up with some robotics when we get back to Gudrun. I'll show you how to build a Jack body and such. I'm not sure that it will be as sophisticated as Vothe here, but these simple war bots could easily act as security for you home or the like as well. I have a feeling they will be labeled and restricted as military tech though. We'll see."
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 12:05 PM
Pinned a message.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 12:06 PM
“We’ll look into it when we get back. And thanks I’d appreciate the help. What do we need to do here?”
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 12:10 PM
"Well they will be assaulting the southern gates, so I say we help them and prep for any thing following them out. The cultists are known to operate outside of the city as well so lets do a quick scout of the southern part of the city and then sneak up towards the gates. Once battle ensues, we can join the fray and flank them and provide cover and extra firepower. Ad Astra sent us with two fighters, but they cannot opperate near the city without being shot down by breaker guns, but we can have them in the air out of range if they give chase that far."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 12:14 PM
“Sounds like a list of things I’m good at. Alright, I’ll follow your lead.” (edited)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 12:38 PM
Billy turns to his crew. "You knew when you signed up for this that you'd wouldn't just be on a simple research vessel. Today we are going to see battle. We are going to see the use of arcane powers and we may face up against alien beings that are truly horifying. But I know that many of you have seen worse in the fleshshapers. Take out your anger and frustrations on the cultists. We will aid this rebel group and I hope that all battle ready crew will aid us. In my absence, I expect you to follow the lead of these two crewmates that have been with me since the beginning. This is Jules and Kady. They have been by my side in battles in this sector and the last. The robots will go first and we will be right behind them, but be prepared to move." Billy lifts up the new Ad Astra Rifle and touches the node on the side of his neck engaging an armed drone that begins flying closely behind him. "Engage battle mode, Vothe. Guide the robotic infantry. With me ladies, gentlemen and robots. We have a bit of a march ahead of us." You see Billy's snake bot's hands spin outward revealing laser weaponry and his eye nodes turn red, scanning the room and locking in allies.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 12:43 PM
Hailey follows close behind Billy. She holds Sparky out and at the ready as they trek.
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 12:47 PM
(just gonna wait for desmond to catch up. Would a map of the city southern checkpoints help?)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 12:47 PM
(Yes plz)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 01:12 PM
Desmond has the Heavy Mech and the Tank, both run by a Marshal.
(Can Desmond use his Foci Authority 2 and Lead 1 to help? ) (Authority Level 2: Those who follow you are fired with confidence. Any NPC being directly led by you gains a Morale and hit roll bonus equal to your Lead skill and a +1 bonus on all skill checks. Your followers will not act against your interests unless under extreme pressure.)
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 01:17 PM
you can when we get to combat, which we arent at yet)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 01:17 PM
( Okay )
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 01:23 PM
(you havent met up with the rebels yet either)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 01:26 PM
Desmond looks over his new weapons. "May the Stars and the Silence make my aim true and my will resolute. If I fall may others rise up to take my burden and carry this mission of Freedom until Acastus is clear of the Cult."
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 01:26 PM
(So, we landed on Rigers one i'm assuming then billy, based on the amount of heavy weapons coming down with you?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 01:27 PM
(I am traveling with Billy and Hailey. Billy has room on his ship for the Heavy Mech and the Tank. )
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 01:28 PM
(he has two ships with him, rigers one and two. two is a cruiser, and cannot land, one is a smaller class, and can, but he also has cargo lighters, so im trying to see what is actually on the surface right now or how he had stuff landed. I need to roll for city radar detection)
(lighters are smaller, but more, so harder checks, but more of them, rigers one is bigger, so easier check but only one, makes a difference from ym end of the table)
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 02:06 PM
(Wanna lead me too, Des? haha)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 02:06 PM
(I’m definitely no good leading)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 02:21 PM
( Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward! )
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 03:06 PM
The group and its equipment lands a days hike from the city, staying clear of the range of breaker guns and city radar. Even from this distance you can see neon reflecting off the ever present stormclouds
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 03:25 PM
"We should get moving right away, and try to get in closer."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 03:26 PM
"I love coming back here and fear it at the same time," Desmond says. "I'm glad both of you are doing this. Acastus may have a chance now."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 03:27 PM
"Happy to help. I haven't spend much time here in the past, but I can still tell its pretty messed up."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 03:32 PM
"It has some good people and can be quite beautiful," Desmond says. "But it is showing its ugly side now."
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Billy Rigers 21-Feb-19 03:33 PM
"We will certainly test them now."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 03:55 PM
Desmond will talk to the Heavy Mech and Tank Operator, giving them some ideas about the geography and the major roads to Ash City.
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Nekosmash 21-Feb-19 05:18 PM
The three of you hear a faint hiss and click on the radio as something tries to make a connection
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Mylonite (Hailey) 21-Feb-19 05:18 PM
Hailey runs over and tries to tune in the radio. (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Feb-19 05:21 PM
Desmond listens intensely.
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 04:22 AM
The rebels are using Morse code to transmit be ready (I’ll draw the south city once I’m at my desk
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 04:40 AM
“It’s time!” Desmond says. “Freedom for Acastus. I hope to see the end of this but if I don’t I’m glad to have the chance to help.”
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 04:43 AM
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 05:37 AM
(the quality is so far beyond potato. I thought it looked weird for me to draw and then take a picture since this is technically a secure facility)
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Billy Rigers 22-Feb-19 06:26 AM
(So we have to take out the three outposts. Or at least the center one and the one on the other side of where they come out. We will position ourselves within the forest edge, ready to spring. I’m not sure about the tank though. That will be loud and I’m not sure if we can just drive it through the forest. Least not while being stealthy.
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 06:29 AM
(it's a light tank, so its lower and slimmer profile
(it will be loud though, but as far as it fitting without just bulldozing everything, it can)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 22-Feb-19 06:33 AM
(What do you mean by our post? Is it like a tower thing with one guy manning it, or a small base with a ton of guys?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 06:35 AM
Desmond readies himself with his rocket 🚀 Launcher but waits until a plan is in place.
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 06:42 AM
(each one is a fortified truck stop, with a garrison of about 20 cultists each. The walls are scrap walls, made from street signs, garbage, chain link. Meant more to be an obstacle than a fortitifaction)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 22-Feb-19 06:42 AM
(Kk ty)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 07:45 AM
Desmond says, "I could get close enough to throw a grenade at the left barrier while someone hits the center barrier and then overwhelm them all."
"The Tank and Heavy Mech could begin moving up to support after the attack begins so we don't lose the initial surprise."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 22-Feb-19 08:07 AM
“Why get close enough to throw a grenade when you could just hit em with a rocket?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 08:08 AM
"Just giving some options."
(A standard Heavy weapon, popular with suit pilots who need more range than a heavy machine gun can provide. Rocket launchers also have difficulty in locking on targets of human size or smaller, applying a -4 to any hit rolls against them. Conventional rocket warheads are shaped for maximum armor penetration rather than ex- plosive radius, and mech pilots can use them even against very close targets without blast danger. Upgraded TL4 equivalents cost twice as much.)
(Grenade users always roll to attack AC 10. On a miss, the grenade lands 1d10 meters away from the target in a random direction. Hit or miss, the grenade then explodes for 2d6 damage to all targets within 5 meters. Victims are allowed an Evasion save for half damage. Targets take 1 less point of damage for each point of AC above 14. Grenades can be thrown with the Exert skill instead of Shoot, if desired.)
"I think the grenade might be better for a burst but I'm willing to try either."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 22-Feb-19 08:13 AM
(Up to you mate. I have a high shoot skill and an upgraded launcher, so I’m not super concerned about missing. I also have a cammoed bike and a high sneak skill so I could get in closer if need be too. You’re in charge tho, your call)
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 08:16 AM
(yeah thats them explaining why rockets arent radius weapons more than anything else. I've been applying a radius if it makes sense, but with the launchers being so cheap, its case-by-case)
(since almost everyone is packing one)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 08:18 AM
(I thought Billy instigated this so I saw him as being in charge. Either way I would wait for input from both of you. Last time I used the Rocket Launcher it didn't seem to act as a radius weapon like Neko just wrote.)
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 08:24 AM
(the rebel horde had a single statline that got worse over time as it took damage, damage had been done by your rocket, just not enough to move it down a step into the next worse statline. After that, you were firing it on the mech, which was a singular target anyway) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 09:45 AM
(i’ll be off-line for the next few hours sorry.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 01:28 PM
(I’m back.)
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 03:16 PM
(Billy and Hailey still haven’t come up with a plan. Desmond it’s your home, if you’ve got something we will kick it off with you
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Mylonite (Hailey) 22-Feb-19 03:16 PM
(I feel unqualified to create the plan)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 03:18 PM
Desmond smiles. "For Acastus and Freedom!"
Desmond will fire his Rocket Launcher at the left outpost.
"Hailey," Desmond says. "Take out the center outpost!"
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 03:22 PM
(This will be your surprise round)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 03:23 PM
Desmond says to the Acastans, "Now is the time to crush the cult and bring light back to our world, the same way our ancestors pushed the night back calling on the Stars and Silence to guide their way!"
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Mylonite (Hailey) 22-Feb-19 03:27 PM
"Yes SIR!" Hailey readies Say Sumthin' and fires at the center outpost. After a fiery glow and mechanical click, another rocket is ready to be fired. (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 03:28 PM
Desmond fires at the left outpost.
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 03:31 PM
(Just gonna give billy boy the chance to add his own first move and I’ll describe the start of the attack)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 22-Feb-19 03:38 PM
(👍 )
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Billy Rigers 22-Feb-19 07:05 PM
(Not home but everyone has Ad Astra upgraded Laser rifles that do 2d10 apparently so bring it cultists. We are just gonna lace the place.)
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quantum.mango 22-Feb-19 07:06 PM
(Get em boys)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Feb-19 07:11 PM
(Heading to bed!)
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Billy Rigers 22-Feb-19 07:11 PM
(Blow everything up is the plan.)
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Nekosmash 22-Feb-19 07:15 PM
(just need whatever shot you
re gonna do billy)
(Hailey and desmond fired rockets at different guard posts already(
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Billy Rigers 22-Feb-19 07:17 PM
(Hood laser volley till enemies reveal themselves for both whatever battle ready crew joined me and the battle droids.)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 08:26 AM
The rockets hit the security posts and do their work of armor penetration well. They do not break apart but the shockwave has surely hurt all within.
The cultists begin to come to general order and there is a howl on the wind
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 09:39 AM
Desmond starts shooting his laser rifle.
“Heavy Mech and Tank! Move out!”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 10:04 AM
Hailey fires a second rocket at the center outpost.
(Do we need initiative or anything like that yet? Or is it just do what you want fighting wise?)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 10:30 AM
(Lets do Initiative now. That was the surprise round and we will get into combat)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 10:32 AM
(6)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 10:57 AM
(Can you roll for me plz?)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 11:01 AM
(7 for Hailey)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 11:11 AM
(Ty)
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Billy Rigers 23-Feb-19 01:12 PM
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 01:17 PM
thanks bud! Hailey, desmond, billy, cultists
The guard posts are damaged. Cult infantry are beginning to rally in the parking lots behind the chain link and garbage pile fences. A scrap tank rumbles out from behind the central building, and there are several other engines that kick on, vehicles likely also parked behind buildings
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 01:43 PM
Desmond aims at the Tank.
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 01:47 PM
(It’s a 10+ to hit. It’s 40m+ out)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 01:50 PM
(!6/30)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 02:00 PM
( @Mylonite (Hailey) When you worked on my weapons what boosted damage and accuracy did you give? )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 02:00 PM
(oh boy umm lemme look back real quick here)
Mag Rifle: +2 to damage, +1 to hit, x2 magazine size Rocket Launcher: +2 to damage, +1 to hit, concealed
If you don't know what "concealed" is - Concealed (Fix-2): The device is disguised as a specific different object of the same general mass. This disguise will fool standard TL4 sensors, but not a close physical inspection of the object
(edited)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 02:09 PM
(Desmond has a comically thick walking stick I guess hahahahaha)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 02:09 PM
(hahaha XD) (edited)
(yeah Des just pick whatever you want for that)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 02:11 PM
( Maybe go with Gandalf Staff! )
(16/32)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 02:14 PM
(I have polymorphic blending, and have yet to use it, but when I do, its gotta be cool lol)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 02:22 PM
(Also ... Haven't used this yet...True Hand (Level 1): The Godhunter receives a bonus to hit rolls against Shadows and Shadow cultists equal to half their character level, rounded up. )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 02:22 PM
(That is...incredibly specific)
(I've been sticking mostly with the standard foci)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 02:28 PM
( I started going up in Levels of Godhunter when the magic was released after Billy and I fought the Still Lady. )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 02:29 PM
(I need to start looking more into the tech stuff, since that's the kinda character I'm going for)
(idk I'm honestly still kinda figuring things out as I go, first time doing SWN)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 02:39 PM
(That’s a 2 Desmond. And you’re doing a great job Hailey)
The tank rocks back as it’s hit but enough of it is still working to keep it in the fight. Hailey is next
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 02:40 PM
(Haha thanks! It's been a lot of looking through the books and then randomly like 'oh thats cool imma do dat')
Hailey follows Desmond's lead and fires a rocket at the tank as well. (16/16)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 02:51 PM
“Yeah!” Desmond yells.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 02:51 PM
(oh I meant to say this when you rolled, but that was a SICK damage roll from you)
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(10, 9, and 6)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 03:06 PM
The turret blows off the top of the tank as a second armor penetrator sails into the turret ring. (Billy is up)
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Billy Rigers 23-Feb-19 05:03 PM
(How many ad Astra laser rifles do I have aimed at these turret places? I have my AV Laser set up and then the robots and my crew in the tree line.) Billy flips his hand forward signaling all the troops to fire on the enemy.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 05:11 PM
Desmond watches the lasers light up the dark in crisscrossing beams of brightness.
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 05:15 PM
(How many did she give you? Tonnage wise even.)
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Billy Rigers 23-Feb-19 05:16 PM
1 ton I believe. She said to outfit my crew and give the rest to the resistance.
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 05:21 PM
(I suppose everyone has one then. Everyone here at least)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 05:53 PM
(I’m up again?)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 05:53 PM
)no rebels didn’t get to go yet, I was waiting to see if billy was going to shoot as well(
(Cultists didn’t get to go I mean)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 05:54 PM
(Kk gotcha)
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Billy Rigers 23-Feb-19 06:06 PM
Can I pick out any casting spells or that look significant? Or perhaps a radio?
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 06:19 PM
mathsquadWizard
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 06:28 PM
There are two casters that seem to be preparing to construct those barrier spells you’ve seen before around the central outpost
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 23-Feb-19 06:53 PM
( Going to bed 🛌. See you in the morning! )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 23-Feb-19 06:54 PM
(later)
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Billy Rigers 23-Feb-19 07:50 PM
(I’ll aim the AV laser toward one of them.) (22/12)
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Nekosmash 23-Feb-19 07:55 PM
He staggers as the beam hits him, a bright green energy field parts some of the incoming fire. His clothes are singed, and he is down on one knee, spell interrupted
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Feb-19 04:09 AM
"May the rain of the righteous fall on the terrors and the tyrants of the dark," Desmond prays under his breath, repeating an old Acastan prayer from the founders of his planet.
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Nekosmash 24-Feb-19 05:11 AM
The cultists return fire, and two scrap cars, armored and with bolted on weapons, emerge from the left outpost parking lot
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Mylonite (Hailey) 24-Feb-19 08:46 AM
Hailey fires yet another rocket, this time at one of the two cars. (idk what else to do lol)
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Nekosmash 24-Feb-19 08:54 AM
(That’s what they’re for. Still need an attack roll. Just have to beat a 10)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 24-Feb-19 08:57 AM
(Can’t get it on my phone. Can you roll for me plz?)
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Nekosmash 24-Feb-19 09:10 AM
)sure(
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Mylonite (Hailey) 24-Feb-19 12:20 PM
(I got it now)
(29/18)
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Nekosmash 24-Feb-19 12:22 PM
(sorry, i said yes and then we went outside for chorin
The armored car emerges from the blast, damaged, but still in the fight
(desmond)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 24-Feb-19 12:23 PM
(No worries)
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Billy Rigers 24-Feb-19 12:50 PM
“No! Make sure they’re enemies!” (Are These cultists it the Rebels we are helping to escape?)
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Nekosmash 24-Feb-19 12:51 PM
(The resistance is going to be attacking from the other side of this battle, so behind the cultists, in a few rounds)
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Billy Rigers 24-Feb-19 12:52 PM
(Oh cool. Ty.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 24-Feb-19 12:55 PM
“I don’t think they’d be charging at us from enemy lines if they were friends!”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Feb-19 03:03 PM
Desmond will fire his 🚀 rocket Launcher
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Mylonite (Hailey) 24-Feb-19 03:03 PM
(at what?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Feb-19 03:04 PM
(Armored car i’ll be home to roll in half an hour)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Feb-19 03:39 PM
(10/30)
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Nekosmash 24-Feb-19 04:09 PM
The armored car stops dead in its tracks as the rocket sails through the front vision block. It's doors blow off and the back end hikes into the air like a bucking stallion
(Billy up, one armored car left, and three cult hordes, I'm going to do what I did with the rebels, just a bit stat block with diminishing stats rather than track individual damage and casualties for them)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Feb-19 04:11 PM
Desmond speaks into his comm. “Heavy Mech and Tank this is O’Shea. ETA on the frontline, over...”
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Nekosmash 24-Feb-19 04:12 PM
Just a minute out the pilot replies. Had to keep the speed low to not run into a tree
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 24-Feb-19 07:47 PM
"Understood Heavy Mech...Tank keep coming," Desmond says into his comm. "This world and we are depending on you."
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Billy Rigers 24-Feb-19 08:18 PM
Billy turns his AV laser toward the remaining truck and fires. (5+10=15 to hit/ 7+7= 14 damage)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 05:49 AM
Desmond tries to gauge the distance from the mushroom forest to the cultists.
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 06:04 AM
(gonna roll for them shortly, trying to get some work stuff done from over the weekend)
The Cultists return fire, hoping to knock out the rocket positions that are costing them so heavily. (Desmond hit for 1, billy for 9, missing hailey) The remaining armored car opens fire, it's railgun chattering away, seeking to suppress hailey's position (evasion for hailey)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 06:19 AM
(17v7 success)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 06:22 AM
(youre in hard cover being so deep in the woods, so you take none, and it is now your turn)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 06:24 AM
“No you!” She returns rocket fire at the car. (29/19)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 06:25 AM
(Yay!!!)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 06:25 AM
(Damn rolled a nat20 on attack and a good damage roll too!)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 06:31 AM
gandsTwenty
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 06:32 AM
(The power of saying ‘no u’ I guess)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 06:35 AM
(so 38 dmg. I do crit hits, just not crit fails)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 06:35 AM
(29/21 actually, with shoot mod)
(Keep forgetting that)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 08:09 AM
(Idk if the +4 makes a difference but yeah)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 08:11 AM
(FREE ACASTUS!!!! and keep up the big rolls..)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 08:15 AM
The armored car keeps driving toward tou, moving into the rocket. It bursts into flames, and despite being unpowered, continues to slowly roll toward the treeline like a giant torch
(desmond up, targets are 3 cultists hordes, left, central, and right,)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 08:30 AM
(Keep up the high rolls Des!)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 09:34 AM
Desmond fires at the the spell caster that Billy hit. (12/16)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 09:56 AM
(Des your launcher carries 4 rockets right?)
(cuz that was your 5th in a row. outpost -> tank -> cultists -> armored car. This caster now being 5)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 10:03 AM
(yeah if its 5 we would need a reload as an action, or use a different gun)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 10:26 AM
(That was my Mag Rifle) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 10:39 AM
Desmond looks down the sights of his Mag Rifle after the shot. That spell caster took power from the Still Lady. What wellspring or battery of reckoning did the Marshal's newfound abilities come from? Desmond couldn't think about the now. (edited)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 10:50 AM
The wounded cultist remains face down, unmoving and a dark pool of black blood spreads out under him
(billy)
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Billy Rigers 25-Feb-19 12:25 PM
Billy spins the AV laser easily toward the other spellcasters. (Roll for me?)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 12:26 PM
(sure thing!)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 04:12 PM
The laser misses the caster it’s aimed at, the small target hard to hit
The cultists return fire with greater organization
(13 on Desmond and Hailey). There is a tremendous roar as a human wave of resistance fighters joins the fray along with the mech and tank. Caught between two sides the cultists begin to waiver
(Hailey up. The only targets are 3 half strength cult squads )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 04:16 PM
(Can we get updated distances?)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 04:16 PM
(50m from you. All about that far away )
(They’re not rushing out to meet you. They’ve got rudimentary defenses where they are)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 04:18 PM
Hailey winces as she's hit, then return fires at one of the squads. (23/23)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 04:37 PM
What’s left of them begin running deeper into the city streets, abandoning their posts. Seeing their fellows run, the rest of the enforcers break contact as well.
The resistance doesn’t wait, using the gap to begin moving vehicles out of the city. Deeper to center, especially around the pyramid of the lady herself, sirens begin to wail and thick black thunderheads begin to form
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Billy Rigers 25-Feb-19 04:39 PM
Looking up, Billy says, “I think we might want to fall back into the forest. Last thing we want is to be caught by that thing.”
“Des do you remember the fraction of the Still Lady on that ship? Yeah.. that.”
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 04:49 PM
Jagged green lighting forks between the growing storm clouds and the wind slowly rises in intensity.
A fat bellied transport loaded with rebels and supplies passes the gate along with several smaller off road vehicles. Their fog lights are all on
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 05:01 PM
Desmond moves forward with the rebels.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 05:01 PM
“Um, should we go, or.... We either need to pursue or dip, not wait around.”
“Ok follow it is captain Des”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 05:06 PM
“Now is the time!” Desmond yells. “On Acastus it is always a struggle with the everlasting dark. Bring the Light our ancestors did against the night, against the tyranny of the shadow!”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 05:08 PM
“Yeah! That!” Hailey follows Des.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 05:11 PM
(Desmond is using his Authority Foci and Leadership.)
“Are the breaker guns down yet?” Desmond calls over the comms.
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 05:33 PM
“Breaker guns? The rebels laugh “We are trying to get out of the city. Not liberate it. We’ll be back in time. Once we gather our strength”
(They are trying to get out of the city and into the wilds so they can regroup and plan larger offensives. It also makes getting support from you guys a lot easier)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 05:38 PM
“Well,” Desmond says. “If that is your plan. Anything else you need?”
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 05:39 PM
“You got us out. We are going to find a place to set up a hidden camp and begin planning”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 05:39 PM
(Damn, I thought we were going to do some more damage. )
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 05:47 PM
Desmond rememberers waking up on Gudrun. Coming out of cryo sleep and finding out Drina, his wife, had been killed by the cultists.
Desmond looks down the sights of his Mag Rifle and sees if he can get off another shot at the retreating followers of the Still Lady. (edited)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 05:52 PM
A handful are confusedly milling about, trying to find safety (you and the others can still choose to. Your primary objective is complete though. The resistance needed to get out so they can amass without being swarmed)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 06:03 PM
Desmond lifts up his gun and sighs. He starts moving back and covers the resistance as they leave Ash City. "Another Day Drina," Desmond whispers. "Another day."
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 06:10 PM
(3xp, 10,000 credits all)
(I’ll update the acastus map with the new rebel base)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 06:12 PM
(Thanks Neko, Hailey and Billy ! )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 06:19 PM
“Awww. I was hoping we’d get to hit a little harder.” She mopeingly lowers her launcher. She puts a hand of Desmond’s shoulder. “cmon, let’s get outta here”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 25-Feb-19 06:20 PM
Desmond nods his head. "You're right," (edited)
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Nekosmash 25-Feb-19 06:22 PM
(Now that the resistance have escaped and will be growing their forces, I’ll add a report with critical locations in the city. We will do war turns and you guys can come back to do missions affecting the outcome
(Sort of like what Seung and Cyrus just did on Sumati)
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Billy Rigers 25-Feb-19 09:01 PM
(Yeah this was just to set up this war of attrition and test out some warbot action which turned out beautifully. Also, we revealed more of their capabilities I think.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 25-Feb-19 09:02 PM
(went well. Just heading back now I assume?)
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Billy Rigers 25-Feb-19 10:00 PM
(I need to check on Devnoc, my lead scientist.)
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Nekosmash 26-Feb-19 04:20 AM
A handful of resistance fighters make their way to your position. Devnoc is one of them, wearing a pair of goggles. He has a singed stormcoat on, red armband on the right side
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Mylonite (Hailey) 26-Feb-19 06:30 AM
“Right on cue. Magical, how that works.”
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Nekosmash 26-Feb-19 07:04 AM
He waves hello to everyone "Good to see you all again." Devnoc looks better, though you can see black veins around his eyes, coming out from the edges of the goggles. He seems to have grown considerably in the two months he's been away, no longer the always semi-scared teenager. (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Feb-19 07:27 AM
"You have walked further down the path of healing," Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 26-Feb-19 07:33 AM
"I'm not exactly sure what they did. I was asleep for most of it, or passed out. They couldn't save my eyes though"
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Billy Rigers 26-Feb-19 07:35 AM
Billy comes scrambling through the forest. “Devnoc! Haha! You’re alive!” He runs forward and hugs him tightly. God it’s good to have you back!”
Maybe I can buy you some new eyes when we get back home.
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Nekosmash 26-Feb-19 07:44 AM
"The goggles are pretty helpful. It's really weird, some of the things I can see now. It's been weird here, I'm ready to go home."
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Billy Rigers 26-Feb-19 03:05 PM
“Come, I’ve got a second ship now. Pretech research vessel with an eternal reactor.”
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Nekosmash 26-Feb-19 06:12 PM
"Really? And it's only been two months I've been gone?" he says
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Billy Rigers 26-Feb-19 06:38 PM
“It was a good find by an esteemed member of of the TFP. They thought I would be the best fit to captain it and I readily accepted.”
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Nekosmash 15-Mar-19 04:21 PM
Billy, Regulus, Dax, and the other interested prepare to head to Acastus
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Billy Rigers 15-Mar-19 04:28 PM
@Chris Fury (Desmond)
What ships are we bringing?
"Riger One will be attending this mission. Are there any aid shipments from any of you?"
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Artifice (Regrupple) 15-Mar-19 04:39 PM
"Only in the form of munitions. I have 3 anti-psi/arcane artillery shells with the means to make more. And some manacles of the sames material for any arcane prisoners we may take."
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Billy Rigers 15-Mar-19 04:40 PM
"So you have figured out how to make more? I can take that off the docket of our lab then?"
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Artifice (Regrupple) 15-Mar-19 04:45 PM
"I was able to recover the tools the remnant used to fill the shells and multiple vials of the dust. These can spread the dust over large areas, I still think it's worth it to develop smaller scale arms. And if you're able to create any defensive measures against arcane attacks, those would be even more valuable."
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Billy Rigers 15-Mar-19 04:46 PM
"Right. Continuing on then."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 15-Mar-19 06:02 PM
Desmond opens up his comm with a hail. "Riger One this is the Lone Star. We are en route with munitions, and a Heavy Mech."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 15-Mar-19 06:55 PM
"Oh, sorry. I wasn't aware I needed to bring presents to this party. I just brought me, honestly."
"I kinda just joined Whitaker recently and haven't really gotten around to building up any kind of nest egg. I honestly just got oriented over the last couple days."
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Billy Rigers 15-Mar-19 08:04 PM
“Welcome Dax. It seems we barely missed each other. Task Force is family. Don’t worry Dax. There will be plenty to do. I’m afraid heavy mechs are going to be big targets but that’s not stopping me from bringing my Suit mech for this mission.
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Nekosmash 15-Mar-19 08:16 PM
(Yeah heavy mechs are the size of a building. You can bring it but expect heavy resistance)
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Billy Rigers 15-Mar-19 08:52 PM
"We are to be hitting a grav flyer depot in the city. I suspect we may split into teams, but the mission seems pretty straight forward. Get in there, blow shit up and get out, loosing any pursuers. I would say fighters would be best, but their breaker guns are active. If any of you have have the opportunity to drain a databank while on mission, do not hesitate to do so. If you can take a magic user hostage, you can certainly try if you feel confident, but do not underestimate them. This will be an important blow to them."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 15-Mar-19 09:34 PM
"While I can blow things up with the rest of you, I will save my strength for any magic users we see. As a metapsion I am able to directly counter them and negate their abilities. Any we capture could lend insight on the Umbra Mortalis and any potential attacks on Gudrun."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 15-Mar-19 09:37 PM
"It seems I spoke too soon, I was just informed that I am allowed to use a suit mech generously provided by Whitaker Solutions. As long as I can bring it back in one piece."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 04:15 AM
“I’m glad for the chance to come back to my home and help set Acastus back on the road to freedom from this poisonous cult.” (edited)
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 04:39 AM
(Just a heads up, mechs are 50 tons no matter the size, so lets ensure the ships we bring have enough space for them)
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Billy Rigers 16-Mar-19 05:16 AM
(I think my ship can carry 2)
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 05:27 AM
(Vehicle transport fitting reduces them to 25, but its worth noting)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 05:41 AM
(If space is an issue, Dax will skip the mech. Maybe we should lose the heavy mech if it's going to scale our mission to an absurd level though)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 06:01 AM
(I have a suit mech as well, is there room on Des's ship at all?)
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Billy Rigers 16-Mar-19 06:38 AM
You can put your mech on Riger One
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 06:55 AM
(I think the scale is a good discussion to have)
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Billy Rigers 16-Mar-19 06:56 AM
(Like different tonnage depending on mech size?
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 06:57 AM
(Or scale of attack?)
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Billy Rigers 16-Mar-19 07:02 AM
(Like... we don’t want to bring a cannon when a pocket knife would do the trick?)
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 07:21 AM
(Scale of attack. I don’t want to change the tonnage. We have power creep stuff going on as is
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 07:23 AM
(I imagined it was going to be smaller scaled. I agree with Billy. I'm just as happy to be running around mech-less)
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Billy Rigers 16-Mar-19 07:24 AM
Same
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 07:24 AM
I’ll just take myself
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 07:26 AM
(So not even suit mechs?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 07:44 AM
(No. If it frees up the story and for others to bring more.)
(I’ll cart whatever is allowed for others on my ships.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 07:56 AM
(Let's do it nekkid!)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 07:57 AM
(Nekkid sounds good 👍)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 08:52 AM
(Sure!)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 08:54 AM
Regulus boards the Riger One (totally nuuuuude) wearing his normal brown academic robes. "I'm ready to go when you all are."
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 09:13 AM
(whats the route looking like? so I can give you relevant news as you pass places)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 09:23 AM
(Thorgerd, Haila, Shua, Acastus?)
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 09:24 AM
(sure)| The situations on the passing planets have not changed much. On Haila, the breaker of Shoals is still parked outside the derelict field, but you notice Beckwater's fleet is down a few vessels. The blacksurf floatilla is on the proverbial ropes.
Suha is quiet as you pass by, engaged in their own council debates, similar to your own. Finally, you arrive at the edge of Acastus space
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 09:36 AM
Desmond looks at the dark planet of his birth and its three rune carved moons. "I love the sight of Acastus and feel sorrow for its present state." Desmond says.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 10:03 AM
Regulus walks up and joins Des, "This is my first time here. Most of what I hear is about its tragic current state. What was it like before?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 10:17 AM
"Those who settled Acastus, hundreds of years ago, found a cold rainy world circling a blue neutron star. They used its active volcanoes to power their large hydroponic buildings and light the streets of Ash City with neon light. There was obviously an older, alien race than had once been here. Some thought it to be extra dimensional."
"We grew great coffee, made amazing chocolate and sushi. What Acastus lacked in technology it made up in poetry and music. We had lots of what off-worlders would call superstitions but what this sector is now realizing to be the physics of metaphysics." (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 10:33 AM
"We used low tech hard wired comm devices called telephones and went to large screen projection houses, called movies, for entertainment. We have smaller versions called television. Ash City, our central habitation, was powered by geothermal energy and surrounded by a mushroom forest."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 10:44 AM
"It sounds beautiful. I somewhat envy lower tech works; in an ignorance is bliss sort of way. But the scholar in me understands the fallacies of that all too well. So is the still Lady one of the older race? Or merely a byproduct of them? My colleague Yan Xi has some theories concerning her nature. As a man I'm appalled by her, but as an academic I'm quite intrigued." (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 10:51 AM
"I don't know. I was a detective here and investigated the Cult. We even took down one of its high priests, the Cobalt Killer, who slew people in ritualistic murder. We had one Professor who published a speculative book on the subject who was also murdered. He also had multiple theories. Most involved other dimensions." (edited)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 10:58 AM
"The whole magic phenomenon is rather interesting. It has wilder, more various applications than psionics and manifests in so many ways. But they manipulate the same metadimensional energy as we do, if in different ways. I could go on and on of course, but I don't mean to bore you with a lecture." Regulus chuckles, "I often get caught up in my own musings, so let me know if it's too much. We had best head down there, are we meeting with the rebels first?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 11:52 AM
“Your musings are intriguing. They may be the key to unlocking the mystery of the still lady.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 12:34 PM
"So, what's the plan guys? Are we on our own? Or do we have rebel help?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 12:57 PM
"We're supposed to work with the Rebels," Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 12:58 PM
(You know where their base is now)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 01:01 PM
"Sounds good. Lets get to it."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 01:12 PM
"Agreed!"
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 01:13 PM
(All the vessels here can land, are both going on down?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 01:39 PM
The Lone Star lands at the pre-established coordinates. It's sleek blue submarine/spaceship hull wet with the cool rain of Acastus.
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Nekosmash 16-Mar-19 04:34 PM
The rebels are based in a cave network, several hundred kilometers from Ash City. Close enough
to notice air traffic leaving the city, but far enough away to move about through the mushroom forest with relative freedom
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 06:05 PM
Regulus exits the ship, "It's beautiful here. I'm surprised Dr. Thorn doesn't have these mushrooms growing all over central by now."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 06:15 PM
"That's perfectly alright with me. I can't really stomach the thought of eating these sorts of things... they're not like, a plant or an animal. It's just weird."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 06:19 PM
"The assumed symbiotic nature of the volcanic activity and the fungal growth is most intriguing. Normal plant life often struggles on volcanic planets, not to mention a night planet. I always enjoy seeing how life adapts to the environment."
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"Don't you agree, Mr. Withers?"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 06:21 PM
With an exasperated look, Dax says "Why are you always so.... boring when you talk? It's a planet."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 06:44 PM
Regulus grins wryly, "Come Mr. Withers, let us head into the caves and discuss the different flora unique to underground ecosystems."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 06:54 PM
Dax doesn't even attempt to hide his disdain. "I'm coming, but only because there might be something to shoot in there."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 16-Mar-19 06:55 PM
Regulus lifts an eyebrow, "Please don't shoot the rebels." And heads into the cave system, giving Dax the most boring and highly technical lecture he can.
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Billy Rigers 16-Mar-19 07:18 PM
“... oh. That’s a good thing to note about the mushrooms. I’m going to take some more samples of the spores while we are down here.”
“There’s nothing to shoot in the caves unless you’re a Still lady operative. Come, let’s meet with the rebel leaders.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 16-Mar-19 07:22 PM
"Just being cautious, is all... I suppose having a rifle armed doesn't send a great message to allies though." Dax puts the gun away, but is still wary of this place.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 16-Mar-19 07:55 PM
"Strange life thrives here that won't even exist anywhere else," Desmond says. "The crows here are as much pets as parrots elsewhere. They are very intelligent and larger, with night sight."
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Nekosmash 17-Mar-19 06:08 AM
Upon seeing the vessels land, two rebel leaders approach with a small coterie of bodyguards. Many are bandaged in some way
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Billy Rigers 17-Mar-19 06:26 AM
Billy walks forward to greet them, crew in tow. “Its nice to see you alive. I’ve brought the special team this time. Fate, from the Academy. Withers is a crack shot and you know Desmond and my crew. Let’s get to the intel briefing. I want to know needs for the next aid package, targets, special operations, status on how the robotics are working out for you the whole nine. Then Relugus can fill you in on what the Academy has in store as well.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 17-Mar-19 06:46 AM
Desmond looks about, nodding to some of the people he grew up with and searching for any past police officers he may have known.
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Nekosmash 17-Mar-19 06:50 AM
(I'm going to break it down in a list rather than just block of text you)
The resistance situation is the following: 1) Aid- medical supplies, building materials, light vehicles 2) Their current target is the grav-flyer port, one of the larger that the still lady and her cultists are using to monitor the population. The base is decently defended, as it used to belong to the army- many of whom have joined her. 3) if this is successful, their next target is the food production plants, with a focus on looting rather than destroying- they do not want to starve the city. 4) The robots are working well, but they'd be more effective in a heavy weapons role
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 17-Mar-19 06:55 AM
Desmond brings medical supplies off of the Lone Star and offers the use of his Expanded Med Bay to those who are injured in previous fighting or who are just sick.
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Billy Rigers 17-Mar-19 07:22 AM
“On our next trip we can begin modifications for the bots for heavy weaponry and artillery fire and we will put out a request to willing parties for aid as well. We will do what we can. You might see more interest from the UNW as Still Lady forces have arrived on our home planet some weeks ago and are beginning an underground movement. Said some demagogue was coming soon. Any idea who that might be?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 17-Mar-19 10:01 AM
“She never lacks for followers,” Desmond says. “It’s her leaders that are rare.”
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Nekosmash 17-Mar-19 10:12 AM
“Did they give a name. Or did you hear one?”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 17-Mar-19 10:19 AM
"Umbra Mortalis. We heard this from a cultist spying on our psychic academy."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 17-Mar-19 10:19 AM
(I tried to talk but forgot the name lol)
"He was quite lively for a dead guy. Gave me the creeps"
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Artifice (Regrupple) 17-Mar-19 10:46 AM
(Dax wouldn't have remembered either, way to stay in character)
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Nekosmash 17-Mar-19 11:06 AM
"Ah, her usual choice for dissidents. The good news is, you have some time"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 17-Mar-19 11:56 AM
"How much time.... exactly? We've begun some defensive preparations there but I don't think we can stand up to a sudden assault of any substantial numbers."
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Nekosmash 17-Mar-19 12:14 PM
"A month, maybe more, not much more"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 17-Mar-19 01:50 PM
“Well we have a small window to address it.”
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Nekosmash 17-Mar-19 02:02 PM
“Without knowing what she sent him to do I’m afraid I can’t be more help
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 17-Mar-19 02:26 PM
“Two of our Marshals Marcion Delgado and Wind are investigating a cultist home invasion on Gudrun where a pyramid was left. Maybe they’ll find some clues.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 17-Mar-19 03:35 PM
"We will have some time to prepare ourselves when we return, for now let us focus on helping you. We will move on the grav-flyer port as soon as we are ready. I have brought with me three artillery shells filled with a silver dust I call 'nulmetanium'. This will neutralize the arcane abilities of the cultists in a wide area. You may use these as you see fit, but it will be some time before any more will be ready. For now, I will aid the marshal in providing healing for those wounded while my friends here prepare for the raid."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 17-Mar-19 03:49 PM
(Regulus and I are starting a D&D session, we'll be out for a bit.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 17-Mar-19 04:05 PM
(Have fun!)
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Billy Rigers 17-Mar-19 07:32 PM
“Right. We are also working on potential wearable protections for this tech.”
“Thank you for the insight. The best thing we can do here now is be a good offense. Are there other points of interest in the city? Somewhere with relics or other areas that need to be targeted by infil teams, ground assault, any info on the breaker guns? Air support and continuous bombing of critical infrastructure and cultist hubs may help. If there is any future plan we can begin working on technical solutions in advance.”
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Billy Rigers 17-Mar-19 08:48 PM
“I.. apologize for the verbal vomit. Just trying to hope back into rebellion mode.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 17-Mar-19 08:56 PM
"Point me in the direction of someone to stab, and I'll see it done." (edited)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 04:34 AM
“If we take the grav fliers and the infrastructure supporting them out it will slow their response time to further attacks later. If this goes successfully the next target will be the breaker guns, and we can talk about a full liberation after that”
“Strike and fade. A sustained attack today will do nothing but see us all killed. Get in. Destroy as much as you can as quickly as you can, and get out”
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 05:55 AM
“I’m ready.”
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 05:57 AM
(I think Imma have to sketch for this, one sec)
(sorry for the quality, I was trying to take a picture of this quickly. it would look super sketchy if someone saw me taking a picture of papers on my desk)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 06:08 AM
(Why you so sketchy Neko?)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 06:16 AM
(we have SSNs and stuff for people, enough at our fingertips to really ruin someones life)
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 06:16 AM
“So goals: 1) Destroy everything 2) Get data & Sabotage control tower 3) Steal or destroy Grav Flyers 4) Burn Barracks 5) Blow Fuel Silos Maybe we can assemble teams. This has got to be lightning fast, but we might want a stealth team in first to get some things accomplished before the alarm is raised.” (When I get to my pc I’ll be adding some of those sub goals and see how it goes in game)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 06:25 AM
(rest of the team agree? do we want to delegate some of these responsibilities among ourselves? I can make sub-mission threads if needed)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 06:32 AM
(Looks good, how many rebels are joining?)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 06:42 AM
(I'm good with the plan, I'm not sure I'm the stealthiest, but I could join that team if there's no one better suited for it.)
(I take that back, I have armor that can assume the form of whatever I want. If I'm alone I can look like one of them)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 06:44 AM
"How about two teams stealthing in, one to set charges the other to get data from the control tower?"
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 06:45 AM
“Then meet at the Hangar?
“This is all dependent on us being able to get in undetected. We should be prepared to blow the fuel bunkers with heavy weapons. I’ve got my AV and the Grav flyers themselves might have weapons on them as well. What’s the plausibility there?”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 06:49 AM
"I don't have my own heavy weapons, but I can blow a 5m hole in anything not heavily fortified and can spontaneously combust things. If the rebels can give us some suppressing fire from range once we're detected that could help as well."
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 06:50 AM
“Wait. Can you just punch holes in all or a couple bunkers and let them dump while we are fighting?”
That could be the initial distraction. A leaking silo.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 06:52 AM
"It takes some time to gather enough energy, but yes I could do it." (Blows at the end of my next turn after activating, so takes 6 sec)
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 06:52 AM
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 06:53 AM
"If I get a look at one of them I should be able to replicate their uniform to get in. Also I can teleport. It's generally useful."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 06:57 AM
"We'll want someone good with computers to go with you Mr. Withers. I only need to be within visual range, so I don't have to be particularly close."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 07:08 AM
"That would work. Are there any rebels that would be able to assist me with the programming?"
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 07:18 AM
(the bots billy brought have a war mode and an exprert mode, one of the experts can do it)
(if you want. but thats why he brought them, fixing and programming)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 07:25 AM
(Perfectly fine with that)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 07:33 AM
(the rebels have 200 soldiers with small arms, and 4 technicals with railguns they can bring, that's the max number, but the larger scale the attack, the less stealth you'll have)
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 07:42 AM
“I am also capable of programming work, but the expert bots should be comparable to my own skill set.” “I think we don’t want all 200 soldiers on this mission. But if we can get a sizable number in the forest here, we can have some quick reinforcements or cover fire if we need for a smaller team to bust in and out.”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 07:45 AM
"I agree, keep them in reserve to cover our escape. So Mr. Withers stealthing alone with your bots for information while we head to the hangar, setting remote charges as we go?"
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 07:46 AM
(its a short drive from the forest edge to the hangar base area, so they won't be on hand right away, but within a few rounds of combat if there are no complications)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 07:51 AM
"Sounds like the start of a plan to me. I'm all for it."
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 08:13 AM
“Dax... you can teleport an expert system bot with you?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 08:18 AM
"Actually... no... sorry, I haven't figured out how to do that. Its just me as far as I can tell. I can still jump just as far as I can teleport, or run up walls or ceilings."
(How big are your bots?)
(I reread my focus. It says I can't take living cargo but I can take my usual encumbrance)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 08:37 AM
"Your teleporting is quite limited in range as well, correct? We probably shouldn't rely on it too much."
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 08:37 AM
“The bots are about the size of a person. A bit smaller maybe.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 08:40 AM
(I assume I could not teleport a human sized thing with me)
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 08:42 AM
“I have sufficient programming capabilities. Perhaps I should join you on the control tower. “
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 08:48 AM
"If you can handle a bit of a tussle if this goes south, I'm glad to have you."
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 08:50 AM
Billy smiles, winking. “I’ve been around the block kid. It’s going south.”
“Do you still have those drones I brought last time? I think I can control one or two of them with this drone control link in my neck.”
“And you know. Knowing it’s gonna all go south, we should just plan on blitzing the place as fast as we can. I don’t want to take the time to set up charges on the fuel bunkers. I want to get in there, get the data, take some flyers and hit the motherfuckers with longer range explosives, unless that’s what you think we’ll need to get the job done.”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 08:59 AM
"Then it's a plan. The marshal and I will head to the hanger while you two sneak into the control tower."
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 09:03 AM
(yeah technically the robots are not living, I'd say you can take it with you in this instance)
(thats how Sil was dragging Leo around everywhere)
(also, lets wait for Desmond here, give him a chance to look over the plan before he just comes back and stuff is blowing up everywhere)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Mar-19 10:04 AM
Excellent!
(Sorry been offline this morning.)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 10:06 AM
(all good, its play by post for a reason)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 10:31 AM
"If all are in agreement, let's be on our way."
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 10:33 AM
(okay, so who is moving on what objective, and how many rebels are coming with you for the actual infiltration, so I can set up sub channels)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 10:52 AM
(My buddy Billy and I are getting in and hacking things then busting out)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 11:02 AM
(Des and I are going to the hanger to steal some grav flyers. What weapons do the rebels have? Any explosives?)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 11:08 AM
(Hand grenades and 2 demo charges right now)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 11:10 AM
(Do we have any idea how many flyers they have? We'll probably just take a couple rebels with us so we can steal a couple more)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 11:14 AM
(It's been described as an air wing so 12-16 that can actually fly, they'd have 2 trainers, and 2 that they keep on hand to cannibalize parts from as well)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 11:35 AM
(So maybe take 4 rebels with us? That's probably max we could be semi-stealthy with)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 11:45 AM
(I'd say thats reasonable)
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 11:51 AM
“What does our party have in the way of heavy weapons or explosives?” I have my AV laser
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 12:01 PM
"I carry no heavy weapons aside from my abilities. Otherwise I just have my Taros rifle and these," Regulus hands each of them a set of nulmetanium manacles.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 12:11 PM
"I'm carrying a single demo charge... you know, just in case."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Mar-19 12:25 PM
Have a suped up laser rifle, rocket 🚀 Launcher and grenades.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 12:29 PM
"Oh yeah, and my Taros rifle. Because I can't always be close enough to stab people."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 01:26 PM
"It seems like we're well stocked up. Is there anything left to discuss before we leave?"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 03:02 PM
"Not for me, at least. Let's get to it."
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 03:21 PM
"Ready when you are!"
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 03:58 PM
The group, along with their handpicked resistance pathfinders mount up in a small transport, heading to the edge of the forest, for further infiltration on foot. The forest passes by, the mushroom stalks very large around, the size of temple columns or thicker
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Mar-19 04:00 PM
Desmond smiles, remembering taking his wife out in the forest 🌳 on walks with an electric torch.
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 04:07 PM
The edge of the city and its neon lighting is visible through the trees as you approach close. The perimeter defenses have been pulled a few blocks back into the city after last months brutal attack
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 04:15 PM
"Well, Dax. I think it's your job to pop across to the next alleyway first to make sure the coast is clear before we move around, yeah?" (Do I see any latent magical energy floating around?)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 04:22 PM
"Yeah, sure. I'm on it." Dax will find a clear spot to teleport into where he won't be seen and poof to it before checking his surroundings. As soon as he is able he will turn his suit into the appearance of the forces here.
(Unless I could've changed my armor earlier based on Intel)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 04:24 PM
(the rebels dont have cult stuff. Their whole thing is 'take pride in your colors' so theyd rather wear their stormcoats and sashes and take losses for not sneaking)
(They'd rather be seen/martyred then wear enemy stuff)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 18-Mar-19 04:36 PM
Regulus scans the area for any magical activity too, nodding to Billy. "It's good to have someone else who can spot metadimensional energy with me. Hollar if you see anything, if it's hostile I'll shut it down."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 04:37 PM
(Sorry I should've been more specific. I have polymorphic blending in my armor. Wearing my own armor I could change to look like them.)
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Nekosmash 18-Mar-19 04:46 PM
The outer perimeter isn't registering anything magical. The defensive line is porous, and outright wide open in a few areas, as the cultists struggle to recover. (yeah i knew what you meant but they dont have anything you could model it after to look at even. Once you see some cult folk you;ll be able to, but you wont be rollin up like one)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 18-Mar-19 04:54 PM
(Got it.)
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 04:58 PM
"Lets move up and get into position. Mark the guard movements and move on the gaps."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 18-Mar-19 05:23 PM
“Good!”
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Billy Rigers 18-Mar-19 09:09 PM
Billy follows behinds Dax as he teleports from building to building.
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 03:04 AM
Dax reaches the first of the high rise buildings looking down into the grav flyer complex. Dozens of cultists and slave technicians staff the facility. Two flyers are being dragged out of the hangar for launch, but without urgency
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 06:25 AM
(Can you pin the map for us?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 06:39 AM
Desmond sets his sights on the nearest occultist. Covering Dax and Billy.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 06:39 AM
Dax waits for gaps and signals to Billy when the coast is clear.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 06:40 AM
Regulus waits till the signal then moves up, the rebels following him.
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Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 19-Mar-19 06:41 AM
(Please don't die)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 06:42 AM
(I won't, I gotta live to check out your sweet ghost place 👻 )
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 06:55 AM
Pinned a message.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 07:12 AM
"I'm not seeing a great way inside... this place is crawling with them."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 07:13 AM
Desmond nods and moves in. “May the Stars and the Silences between them give witness to our struggle.” he says in an old Acastus blessing.
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 07:27 AM
(ill break into threads, programming team for billy and partner, the others who are going to break stuff can stay here
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 07:38 AM
(Thanks!)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 08:25 AM
(Where exactly are we right now? Are we able to get close to the wall unseen?)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 08:30 AM
(South of the base, and there is cleared land between the slums and the wall, watched by spotlights, so its difficult but possible) (edited)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 08:37 AM
(Is it possible to circle and approach from the north?)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 08:41 AM
(not without taking a lot of time)
(i mean, you can, but the other party is going to be doing stuff, you might not be able to help)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 08:42 AM
(Yeah, I get it)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 08:43 AM
(So yes, but there are consequences for it)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:02 AM
(Are there people patrolling the top or like watching from towers?) (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 09:05 AM
(Did you read his message at the top of the other thread?) (edited)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:10 AM
"Alright, just after the searchlights pass I can take three of you over to the wall at a time. If you lay down and stay still, my telekinesis can carry you low at twice the speed you could run. I'll have to make my own way over, but they're less likely to see one man than six."
(I can carry 3 things 20m/turn up to ~1800 lbs)
(I guess double dashing is the same speed though lol 😅)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:19 AM
(The cleared ground between is just dirt?)
(So here's my thought, with suspended manifestation I can use TK as an instant action. So they use their turn running 20m, I use my main action to TK them another 20m, another instant TK for 20m. Then next turn same without the instant one. So if we go to the smallest gap, we can get across in 2 turns)
(Crossing 100m in 12 sec is probably fast enough to avoid the lights, and I have a good vantage to see if the lights are heading towards them and can move them out of the way)
(Assuming we haven't split with the others yet I can carry them across to)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 09:39 AM
(yeah i thought you were splitting already, my bad, and the cleared ground is just dirt, it was deliberately cleared out)
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 09:41 AM
"So... before we run across this place lets just take a moment to observe where the spotlights are going and see if this looks like a literal minefield."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:43 AM
(How much of the compound can we see from where we are? Is there a higher place I could get to to see more?)
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 09:44 AM
(I have access to drones, yeah?)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 09:44 AM
(the ones you brought with you, but they go get a chance to spot them)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:45 AM
(My psychic powers all work on sight, I was thinking I could even stay behind and 'snipe' stuff since I can't TK myself across)
(Des has 4 rebels with him, not much I could do I can't do from far away)
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 09:49 AM
(I'm gonna assume you just say that.) "That is good to know Regulus. If you canget us to the walls, perhaps we can disable one of the spotlights to allow you across. Otherwise I'm not sure where you can get hieght on this compound."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:52 AM
"That's a better idea. I could probably disable one from here, but not quietly." (edited)
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 09:52 AM
"Lets just get across quietly first."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:53 AM
Regulus spends a minute watching the spotlight for patterns.
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 09:55 AM
(would have been a good time for electrokinesis Reg! haha) The beams pan back and forth and after a few moments of watching you realize it is the same grid pattern
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 09:56 AM
(I knooow I was just thinking that lol)
"Alright then, split into two groups of three. Do you want me to set you on top of the wall, or at the base?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 10:02 AM
(So I’m on this channel?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 10:03 AM
(We all are for the moment, but yeah you and I will be on here when we split)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 10:04 AM
"I'll be fine to move myself, I can stay with one of the groups to get over there."
"If our plan is to get over the wall, I can get up first to make sure the coast is clear."
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 10:09 AM
"Lets do that."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 10:15 AM
"Alright. Withers, Riger, marshal, you're up." Regulus turns on his mental shield to hide his abilities from anyone who can see them and focuses, implanting TK in his mind for instant use.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 10:18 AM
(Mechanics question. My teleport lets me do my 10m movement as my move action. Can I forgo my action in a turn to "double dash" teleport 20m?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 10:18 AM
(I think it'd be two separate teleports)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 10:19 AM
(Hence the question)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 10:21 AM
(theyre two separate teleeports)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 10:21 AM
(Or it would be like run 10m and tele 10m in a turn)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 10:22 AM
(theres actually a technique that lets you TP twice for the cost of one, so double dashing the way you are describing it makes that move pointless. You could move with your move, and if your TP is an action, then yes, you could do that)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 10:42 AM
"Whenever you're ready Reg, I'll stick with your first group. Let's go."
After studying the grid pattern of the lights, Dax makes his way across the clearing through a combination of running through the shadows and teleporting to safe zones.
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 10:45 AM
(we won't be in initiative yet or anything, and I think with Dax observing and having the teleport abilities they wouldn't be able to catch up to him
Dax is at the base of the scrap wall, passed through the zone
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 10:49 AM
That wasn't too hard, stay safe and get over here.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 11:06 AM
Copy that. Sending three more over.
Regulus readies his telekinesis for the first group. "You start running, don't resist when I grab you or you'll fall."
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 11:08 AM
(for the rebels?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 11:09 AM
(Sure, Billy and Des can be in the last group)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 11:19 AM
Desmond waits for Regulus
“You want me to move up or wait for you?”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 11:22 AM
"I'll send you out about 40m, then I'll need a quick break so you run till I can grab you again."
"Alright, the marshal with two rebels first, then Mr. Rigers with the last two. Let's go." Regulus lifts the first three, carrying them out 40m with a double TK.
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 11:27 AM
(exert/con for Desmond, and ill roll the rebels. Dax didn't have to because he was teleporting)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 11:29 AM
(Because I'm special and get preferential treatment ❤)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 11:34 AM
(nothing personnel kids)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 01:23 PM
(I don't have to roll anything since I'm exerting effort right?)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 01:26 PM
(right)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 01:35 PM
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 01:49 PM
(Uh oh)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 03:13 PM
(I'd like to use my Foci to help the rebels . You have an uncanny kind of charisma about you, one that makes others instinctively follow your instructions and further your causes. At level 1, this is a knack of charm and personal magnetism, while level 2 might suggest latent telepathic influence or transhuman memetic hacking augmentations. Where this focus refers to followers, it means NPCs who have voluntarily chosen to be in your service. PCs never count as followers. Level 1: Gain Lead as a bonus skill. Once per day, you can make a request from an NPC who is not openly hostile to you, rolling a Cha/Lead skill check at a difficulty of the NPC’s Morale score. If you succeed, they will comply with the request, provided it is not harmful or extremely uncharacteristic. Level 2: Those who follow you are fired with confidence. Any NPC being directly led by you gains a Morale and hit roll bonus equal to your Lead skill and a +1 bonus on all skill checks. Your followers will not act against your interests unless under extreme pressure.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 03:16 PM
(Authority ftw)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 03:19 PM
Desmond O'shea made a deal a year and a half ago, as he was recovering from a severe wound. Greystar operatives removed his damaged limbs, and mended the damage done to him even further in the past- at the hands of the cobalt killer. The augmented replacements he received in exchange have served him well up until this point, but today, they were not fast enough to avoid one of the spotlight beams. There is a sharp whistle of someone blowing a tin signal whistle. "HALT!" the voice says "THIS IS A SECURE AREA! DEPART NOW OR WE WILL OPEN FIRE!" (The foci works, and the rebels are unseen, just you)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 03:37 PM
Desmond raises his hands and backs up, walking 🚶 away.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 04:19 PM
(Are the spotlights still scanning? Or did they stop to focus on him?)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 04:19 PM
(They're all focusing on him
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 04:21 PM
"Quickly, while they're distracted," Regulus sends the last three out, skirting wide around the area where spotlights are.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 04:51 PM
Desmond does a little wave 👋 at the spotlights and smiles.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 05:05 PM
Seeing the lights focus on Des, Dax says "That's no good... oh well, time to move." While they are distracted, Dax will run up the side of the wall just enough that he can reach the top and peek his head over to check how clear it is on the other side. (edited)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 05:12 PM
The lights follow Desmond back to the slum borders. The otherwise is lightly busy. Two grav flyers are being moved into position. Some guards are patrolling inside the walls in packs of three, one group by the gate, one by middle section of the south wall and one by the fuel silos
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 05:18 PM
Desmond lights his pipe.
After it starts to smoke he lifts it to the spotlight.
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 05:38 PM
the spotlights cut off, and begin panning again. You see that your companions and the rebels have made it undetected
(You're not out of the mission, lets just give them some time to operate/cause trouble Des)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 19-Mar-19 05:40 PM
(I served as a diversion! Or a bad example! Or Both!!!!)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 05:48 PM
(I'm over with Des still too, unless the distraction was enough for me to make it with no tk)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 05:54 PM
(So I have Billy and how many others here with me?)
(Time to move threads?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 19-Mar-19 05:54 PM
(4 rebels)
(You were going to take out one of the lights so we could get across. Or cause a different distraction, up to yall)
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 05:59 PM
(Yeah it depends what you do. Regulus and Desmond are still at the slum edge. All the rebels made it)
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 06:11 PM
“I should have brought a silenced weapon...”
"I do have a knife and laser weapons."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 06:21 PM
"I checked the other side and it's not too heavily patrolled at the moment. Are we going to try to make a diversion for our friends to get over here?"
"Taking out a spotlight might be too noticeable and could put the whole place on alert."
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 06:22 PM
(Can I spot how the spotlights are moving? Are they controlled by people or mechanical?) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 06:34 PM
"We don't need to take it out. We might just be able to take it over and change the pattern on purpose."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 06:44 PM
"The man with the plan! That works. What can I do to help make that happen?"
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 06:48 PM
"Tell me how it's controlled. If there's a person, we'll have to take them out silently and do it manually, but if it's mechanical, we can just jam it. Just expect the guards to come to fix it."
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Nekosmash 19-Mar-19 06:49 PM
(theyre controlled by people)
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Billy Rigers 19-Mar-19 06:58 PM
"Ok Dax. We'll have to time these patrols. Once we have a good bit of space, let's take out the guy on the spotlight there. Quick and quiet. THen we can get the other two up with the distraction and moving the spotlight slightly out of step to create a gap."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 07:03 PM
(How tall is the spotlight tower compared to the wall? I'm curious if it's possible to scale the tower starting from the top of the wall)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 19-Mar-19 07:44 PM
"I could probably get up there myself, in disguise. I can hop over and climb up without attracting much attention. That should give me the opening we need."
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 05:12 AM
(Tower is another 5m above the wall)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 05:26 AM
Desmond looks for any slum housing that backs up to the edge. He will try to get to the roof to cover. He is using his infrared vision.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 05:31 AM
The slums stretch from the south to the west, you can see that you'll have your pick of where to set up,
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 05:40 AM
Dax climbs to the top of the wall and peers over. When the coast is clear he drops down on the inside of the wall and makes his way to the nearest tower, striding with (he hopes) a look of confidence and purpose. He will try to silently enter and climb the tower.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 05:44 AM
Two cult enforcers are inside, panning with a spotlight, the other is holding a heavy machine gun, panning the weapon to follow the light beams
(rolled passive notice checks for them and they didnt detect you)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 06:17 AM
(Is it possible to set up a melee execute? I'd like to dispatch them as quickly as possible, the gun-toting cultist first. If execute doesn't work for that, I'd like to make 2 quick attacks, a surprise attack and a snap attack if we enter initiative.)
(I could summon mageblade as a long knife and slit ones throat possibly)
(Oh I forgot to mention I have savage fray, when I attack one, the other will take 8 shock AC 15)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 06:31 AM
(that doesnt work with execute. They did not notice you, you can get one, stab/dex against a DC of 6, the other one will be an actual combat, but the whole place wont instantly hear you)
(you'll get a couple rounds to put the other one down)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 06:32 AM
(1 execute, and regular combat for the other then)
(Stab/dex) (14)
(Mageblade attack) (25/18)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 06:37 AM
(yes exactly)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 06:37 AM
Dax makes his mageblade appear as a large knife and slits the gun-wielding cultists throat (or slices his head off with a 14)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 06:37 AM
(it looks however you say it looks)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 06:38 AM
Followed by a quick strike to the one holding the spotlight.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 06:41 AM
The beam jerks up rapidly, as his body drags the controls down. The other towers do not seem to have reacted to the sudden change just yet
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 06:43 AM
Dax takes over the spotlight and resumes the pattern he saw while pulling out his comms.
Desmond and Regulus, I have control of the spotlight and I can make an opening for you to cross. Billy, send one of the rebels up here to take my place once Reg makes it over here. He can help you cross the wall. We want someone manning this light so it doesn't stop moving and draw attention.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 07:03 AM
Copy that. On our way.
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 07:03 AM
“Copy” (I start to do that.)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 07:03 AM
"Ready to run marshal? Need to me look at that leg first?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 07:12 AM
Desmond thanks Regulus. “I’m good! Thanks.”
Desmond sprints over. He remembers when he couldn’t take two steps without limping after he came out of his coma.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 07:13 AM
(Assume we coordinated when and where to run)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 07:14 AM
(yeah Dax sorted the problem out, you can get to the wall base without further complication
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 07:14 AM
(Dax the problem solver 👌 )
(And super stabber 🗡 ) (edited)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 07:15 AM
Regulus runs alongside Des, ready to help with tk if he needs it
When he gets to the wall, he lifts Billy to the top to make sure the coast is clear before lifting everyone else.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 08:06 AM
I'm ready to get moving and split up as soon as someone can come relieve me at this post. Are you close?
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 08:07 AM
(I'm assuming we are moving on that location)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 08:12 AM
(yeah i just didnt want to directly make you do the thing if you had other ideas, but assuming youre all planning on continuing the mission, you can get to his position without trouble
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 08:15 AM
(If one of the rebels has taken over the spotlight, Dax will rejoin the team and prepare to split off with Billy.)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 08:18 AM
(yeah, they have, we can split into that if youre ready)
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 08:19 AM
(Are the guards patrolling going back and forth in a predicable pattern, and likely going to pass by this tower? Have we noticed them checkin in at all?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 08:20 AM
"Alright Mr. Rigers. Withers. Get your info quickly and leave them a present 🎁 . We'll be at the hanger hopefully with our rides out." (edited)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 08:21 AM
(they will pass the tower yes, theyre walking the inside perimeter in a staggered few groups.
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 08:23 AM
"Lets put two of the rebels in the tower. One can work on removing the heavy machine gun from the wall to use if needed. They will need to extract once things start popping too. I don't want to leave that guy on a suicide mission.... How many Demo charges do we have?"
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 08:25 AM
"Three charges I believe. We'll stop by here on our way out, though in the chaos it wouldn't be too hard for them to slip out themselves."
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 08:26 AM
"I see three targets that could use demo charges. Each barrack and the fuel tanks could use on to pop once we are in the hangar. That'd mitigate the response once we are found out. And these guys are comin."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 08:30 AM
"So you and Withers take one to the western barrack, we'll take the other two on our way to the hangar. We can blow more on our way out with our respective AV lasers, rockets, and kinesis."
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 08:33 AM
(Is there a uniform jacket or something I can throw over my armor?)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 08:35 AM
(yeah the guards would have some stuff
(theres two who wont be needing them anymore in the tower there)
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 08:36 AM
(I'll don the less bloody one.)
"Let's see if we can move across, Dax."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 08:46 AM
(I have a demo charge that I brought, I don't know if that was counted)
"I'm ready, lets move. Try to keep up."
(New thread)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 08:55 AM
(So do I continue on this thread?)
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 08:55 AM
(Yeah ya'll are staying here.) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 09:00 AM
"So Withers and I will take one to the western barracks?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 09:01 AM
(I'm Withers, teamed up with Billy on the control tower thread. You're with Regulus Fate on this thread)
(If Regulus is going to keep calling me "Mr. Withers" I'll need to change my discord name)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 09:12 AM
(I am 🤷 ) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 09:14 AM
(Desmond, you'll take one to the eastern barracks and work around toward the fuel bunkers and then we will both meet at the hangar.)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 09:17 AM
(The guards are patrolling counter clockwise along the inside of the wall?)
"Let's stay low against this wall marshal." Regulus motions for the two rebels to follow and moves eastward along the wall looking out for any guards.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 09:52 AM
(yes counter clockwise)
There is a patrol 50m from you, to the west, but the darkness inside the grav-port should do some for masking your descent into the inner wall area
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 09:56 AM
Desmond follows.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 10:06 AM
We follow the inside of the wall to the eastern barrack, keeping ahead of the patrol and staying in the shadows.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 10:08 AM
Desmond has his laser rifle at the ready.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 10:13 AM
(sneak./dex both of you)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 10:17 AM
(9)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 10:42 AM
(Can you roll for me? At work)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 11:01 AM
(sure!0
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 11:56 AM
(13, they do not notice you)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 11:59 AM
(is Des even on this planet any more? that's some stealth mode)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 12:17 PM
Desmond moves with purpose and silence. Hoping to free his home world.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 12:21 PM
Approaching the barracks, Regulus takes one of the charges from the rebels. "This worked pretty well on Shariar." He primes the charge and lifting with telekinesis he places it in the center of the roof. "Fuel tanks next." He looks carefully around the corner of the barracks before continuing.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 12:30 PM
there are two figures, and some kind of hunched, dog like shape between them standing near the fuel tanks, having just emerged from deeper within the cluster. One of them has some kind of portable meter or measuring device, and is taking some recordings of the tanks (edited)
the other has a hard round rifle strapped to a rig. The dog shape begins to sniff the air, with a wet rasping sound
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 12:39 PM
(About how far away are they?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 12:40 PM
Desmond gets his rocket 🚀 Launcher out and points it at the fuel ⛽️ tanks.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 12:40 PM
(100m or so )
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 12:41 PM
(oh snap the rocket launchers are already out)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 12:42 PM
Desmond looks at Regulus waiting to see if he is good with shooting the fuel ⛽️ tanks. (edited)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 12:42 PM
(Me, not Dax lol)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 20-Mar-19 12:42 PM
(dax isn't here)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 12:43 PM
Regulus raises an eyebrow and holds a hand out, waiting to see what the dog does.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 12:43 PM
(Fixed it!)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 12:44 PM
He slowly lifts Des and the two rebels to the top of the barracks then climbs up to join them.
(How tall is the barrack?)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 12:44 PM
The dog begins making a vibrating sound, you can feel the air shaking around it as it sniffs, it slowly begins walking toward the barracks, but on a winding, indirect path
(6-8m tall, big enough to walk around comfortably inside but its not like an office building or something
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 12:44 PM
(Do I see magic? I have my psychic cloak up so no one can sense me)
(I mentioned activating it at the beginning before we all ran across)
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Billy Rigers 20-Mar-19 01:03 PM
As soon as they are out of earshot, he goes on coms and looks at Dax. “New objective: Any we put down, try to take their weapons. They’ve enhanced them with magic somehow. The patrol we just passed had them. Be careful.” Off coms.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 01:10 PM
(the dog thing looks weird but its not magical, its gene-forged)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 01:11 PM
(Is it something Desmond would be familiar with?)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 01:19 PM
(not in your time here, this is a cult invention)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 01:26 PM
"We need to give the others as long as we can before we engage," Regulus whispers. "But destruction is our primary objective, if that creature gets too near or looks about to sound an alarm take the shot."
(Are the fuel tanks held up by supports we could knock over, or just flush with the ground?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 01:40 PM
Regulus looks over the top of the barrack, looking for a rock or something small he could throw as a distraction.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 02:27 PM
Desmond takes out his handcuffs.
“Will this work?”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 02:28 PM
(Regular cuffs or the psi-nulling ones?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 02:39 PM
(Regular Marshal Issue)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 03:20 PM
(They’re flush with the ground. Free standing metal clad silos)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 03:45 PM
"Sure." Regulus takes the cuffs and lifts them away. When they're a ways away, he throws them at the wall.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 03:57 PM
The beast screeches and flies after it into the darkness, alerting the two technicians who also amble over that way- to see what it was howling after
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 03:59 PM
"Quick, let's head for the hangar. We won't have long." Regulus takes the last charge as they go and sends it over to the base of the nearest fuel cell.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 04:02 PM
(With tk?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 04:09 PM
(Yeah)
(Range is just sight, at 20m/round. I figure if they're looking at the wall they wouldn't see something smallish floating that way)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 04:16 PM
)yeah they won’t I was just confirming)
(Wasn’t sure how you were doing on effort)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 04:17 PM
(Regulus tk doesnt use effort at my lvl)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 04:17 PM
The demolition charge gently nestles itself between the fuel silos
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 04:22 PM
Regulus watches carefully for more guards, and heads past the silos to the eastern hangar.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 05:23 PM
Desmond follows keeping his rifle at the ready.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 05:25 PM
(Just want the other half to catch up. You’ve covered a bit more ground.)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 05:46 PM
There is a bang of dropped metal inside as you both approach the hangar. You hear at least three voices shouting at one another about who’s fault the spill happening in there is
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 20-Mar-19 06:12 PM
Desmond smiles as he uses the noise to cover his approach. He peers in the hanger.
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 07:02 PM
Three techs are sweeping a very large chemical spill toward a drain set in the floor. The smell is sharp and prickles the inside of your nose
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 07:04 PM
(Are they the only ones in there?)
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Nekosmash 20-Mar-19 07:12 PM
(Yes)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 20-Mar-19 07:18 PM
Ducking back outside Regulus quickly whispers to the rebels, "You two take one, the marshal and I will take the other two." He nods to Des and prepares a telekinetic blast (execute).
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 03:40 AM
(Stab dex)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 05:01 AM
(Can I use wis for tk armory?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 05:30 AM
(3 with wis, 2 with dex 🤷 lol)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 05:32 AM
(we do this every time you try to execute)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 05:33 AM
(You let me use wis before I thought)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 05:33 AM
(fails both ways)
"what the fuck was that!? " one of them turns around, noticing the blast of pressure knocking paint cans off the wall. They all turn around to see the two of you inside the hangar, crouched low, and creeping toward them (initiative)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 05:34 AM
(Would the others not get a chance if we were all going at the same time?)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 05:35 AM
(they have to not notice you for a melee execution, we botched that already,)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 05:35 AM
(Ok, that's fine 👍)
(7)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 06:52 AM
(Should I roll to attack?)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 06:53 AM
(Initiative first) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 08:12 AM
(2)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 08:16 AM
(Reg, cultists, Desmond)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 08:18 AM
(I'd like to use a snap attack)
(Also use my Godhunter True Hand (Level 1): The Godhunter receives a bonus to hit rolls against Shadows and Shadow cultists equal to half their character level, rounded up.)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 08:27 AM
(Alright, go for it, snap attack at -1 then since its offset by your ability()
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 08:41 AM
(22/17)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 08:48 AM
(mag rifle I'm assuming?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 08:48 AM
(Yes)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 09:02 AM
(Reg up? Do I see anything magical?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 10:07 AM
(How big is the chemical spill? Are they like standing in it?)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 10:11 AM
(reg is up, and they're standing near it, within a meter or so,
(and nothing magical in here)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 10:15 AM
Regulus focuses on the chemical in front of the techs, sparking a flame within it, hoping it will explode or engulf the techs. (Sitting at 5/8 effort used just btw, but I can drop TK armory and the metapsi shield if I need for 2 more)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 11:01 AM
A fire begins to spread among the spilled chemical on the floor, blistering paint and setting one of the techs alight. They both return fire, snapping to their senses
(one laser rifle shot at each)
(7 is missing reg, no nat 20/6 dmg on desmond)
(top of the order, Reg is first, assuming no one is snap acting again)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 11:07 AM
(So the one Des shot is down?) Regulus grabs his Taros rifle and shoots at the tech on fire (9/14)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 11:09 AM
(one is burning to death, not going to be able to act in a meaningful way for the combat, one is injured from Des's mag rifle shot, but not dead)
(the other one has not been harmed)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 11:11 AM
(Ok, then Reg shot at the one Des hit)
(Though a 9 probably misses anyway lol)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 11:14 AM
(it does)
laughs in cultists
The shot goes wide, blowing a chunk out of the floor, and igniting a different area of the chemical spill
(cultists are next, unless des wants to repeat the maneuver)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 11:19 AM
(No)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 11:24 AM
The two cultists still in the fight level their rifles and continue firing
(hitting reg for 2)
outside, one of the wall spotlights is beginning to turn into the complex to track the source of the noise. The fire is inside, and has not been noticed just yet
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 11:26 AM
Desmond leans in and shoots.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 11:44 AM
(8/23)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 12:22 PM
Regulus takes another shot (22/24)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 12:29 PM
The second cultist falls into the fire, englufed.
The final one sees he is hopelessly outnumbered agsainst better trained and equipped foes, and sprints out of the hangar 'Sound the alarm! We're under attack!"
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 12:30 PM
(Was there another exit, or did he run past us?)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 12:30 PM
(20m max move, so around you and to the open hangar front doors, he just can't do anything else
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 12:31 PM
(So he's at the doors but not outside yet?)
(And these are like wide hangar doors for the flyers to go out of?)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 12:46 PM
(yeah exactly)
(on both things)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 01:03 PM
(So can I snap attack?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 01:03 PM
(It's your turn next)
(Or snap to interrupt him calling out?)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 01:06 PM
(its your actual turn, and even max damage wont kill him, you're better off just making a regular shot, so +3 to hit, in addition to what you roll normally)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 21-Mar-19 01:12 PM
(I’ve got called into work and will be off line for a few hours. Please roll for me.)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 05:19 PM
(Do the rebels get to shoot? I totally forgot we had them with us lol)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 06:32 PM
(Two of them are in the guard tower making the light move so it’s not noticed.
(7/17 for Desmond. Miss)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 06:38 PM
(We brought 4 total, so we should still have 2 with us. We were going to have them steal some extra flyers)
Regulus shoots again (14/26) then surrounds the tech with an opaque force construct dome (20hp 15ac)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 07:05 PM
The shot drops him as the dome takes effect around the body. In the hangar the fire spreads, and alarms begin to sound as the base goes on alert
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 07:06 PM
"Quickly, to the ships!" (How many flyers are in there? Do they have weapons on them?)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 07:08 PM
“We don’t know how to fly these things. This wasn’t the plan!” One of them yells. There are two fliers on the runway with machine guns and two missiles each loaded. The pilots had not come from the barracks yet to crew them
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 07:10 PM
(My bad, I thought stealing them was part of the plan. Des, you know how to fly? 😅 )
😂 2
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 07:11 PM
(It was blow stuff up and leave haha. The resistance was deliberately not trained to do a whole lot besides unskilled labor in their civilian lives)
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Billy Rigers 21-Mar-19 07:11 PM
(Your pilots are in the control tower I believe.)
(They have breaker guns though.)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 07:15 PM
"Well if we cant fly out, let's cause enough chaos they won't be able to find us. Let's get some space away from the fuel silos, I suspect we won't want to be nearby." Regulus peaks out the door, preparing to blast himself a different one if anyone is incoming.
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Billy Rigers 21-Mar-19 07:18 PM
(Can the breaker guns target planes right above the building/tree line?
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 07:19 PM
(The breaker guns can’t but the city’s sunshine field can )
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Billy Rigers 21-Mar-19 07:20 PM
(Shit forgot about that.)
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Nekosmash 21-Mar-19 07:20 PM
(They’re usually pared. The difference is like a turbolaser vs laser cannon )
(*paired)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 21-Mar-19 07:26 PM
(Did our exit just get really interesting?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 21-Mar-19 07:39 PM
(What're the hangar walls made of/how thick are they?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 02:13 AM
Desmond takes out his rocket 🚀 Launcher and aims it at the hangar wall.
“You good with me taking out the wall?”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 05:14 AM
(Do I see people running this way? The force dome is 3mx3m btw, I assume not enough to block the door, but maybe give us some extra cover)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 05:25 AM
(The walls are made of sheet metal with supports. The dome is not big enough to block the whole door but its something they'd need to go around. There are guards starting to run over but theyre not in range yet)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 05:31 AM
"Aim for the back if you don't think it'll kill us. Let's head towards the control tower to meet up with the others if we can. We need to get out of here."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 05:39 AM
Reinforcements incoming. time to boogie. Pick up any weapons they drop if you can grab them on the way.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 05:43 AM
Outside, you hear the rebels stationed near the facility walls racing forward to begin their diversionary assault, to cover your escape
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 06:27 AM
Desmond shoots at the wall.
(Can’t roll at work. Could you roll please?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 06:28 AM
(you dont need it for blowing the wall out)
the rocket blows the wall of the barracks out. Heading out into tthe cooler night air, you see Billy and Dax exiting the tower
There is tremor as the powerful detonation charge sends pieces of brick, metal reinforcement, furnatire, and bodies, all aflame, spilling out in the night air from the barracks. a dark shadow, eight feet tall, and aflame, calmly walks out of the barracks, a laser rifle in each hand. It looks to be made from pieces of the night itself, hardened into a solid form
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 06:31 AM
Dax radios the rebels in the spotlight tower. "Blow as much stuff up with that heavy machine gun as you can! Take out a spotlight tower or two, and then get clear! It's time to get out of here!"
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 06:32 AM
(What enemies do we see out here? Is it Chaos? Are me and Dax obvious to the enemy?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 06:43 AM
(youre obvious to the shadow, there are other cultists moving through the courtyard but they're going to the walls)
The shadow is in the middle of your two pairs, its arms morphing into different weapon mounts, and plates hardening into additional armor as it sizes you up
(combining initiatives its Reg, Dax, Shadow, Billy, Desmond)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 06:45 AM
"Uhhh... Billy? What's the plan here?? Fight or flight?"
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 06:50 AM
(profile wise, its a myrmindon, that I've leveled up a bunch to compensate for the spread here)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 07:23 AM
“Big shadow boi bows we are here. Laser or mes or magical is going To work better on this guy. Fire back at him, but let’s make this retreat if we can. Take cover and let’s find an exit.” Billy twirls out the AV Laser staff. “Fuck his armor.”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 07:55 AM
(Oh snap)
(I assume its attacks count as weapon attacks, not magic? For the sake of metapsi stuff?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 08:03 AM
(correct, he's forming weapons but they'll be normal weapons)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 08:05 AM
Regulus concentrates, agitating the metadimensional friction around the shadow to damage it (for this I guess it would take damage any time it grows/changes its weapons around w/ wisdom save after taking damage each time)
Regulus drops cloak powers.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 08:08 AM
(yeah that makes sense to me)
(Right now, he has formed two laser HMG's, which is what he had going when you stumbled across each other. If that's all Reg can do, Dax is next)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 08:12 AM
Regulus takes cover behind the hangar.
(Now Dax 🙂)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 08:17 AM
(How far away am I from baddie?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 08:19 AM
(20m)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 08:22 AM
(Are Taros rifles energy or conventional ammo?)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 08:23 AM
(They are suped up mag rifles. If you need a dope laser weapon you can take my Ad Astra Rifle for a spin.)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 08:25 AM
(yeah thats the best description of them, thanks billy)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 08:26 AM
"He's too far to stab, and I'm not sure I'd want to get close enough to. Never tried this.... " Dax summons his mageblade as a large knife and focuses his arcane energy into throwing it at the creature with enhanced speed.
(Mageblade attack with shoot instead of stab?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 08:30 AM
(Yeah lets do it up)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 08:34 AM
(Nat 1 😭 )
(13/11)
(I'd like to use my inspiration point now)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 08:42 AM
(You mean your warrior skill?)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 08:43 AM
(No I think he has inspiration. Neko has given me 2 inspirations so far and I’ve yet to use them.)
👍 1
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 08:46 AM
(I need to save the warrior skill to not die)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 08:50 AM
(yeah re roll that my dude)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 08:57 AM
The first thrown knife flips end over end and bounces harmlessly off the creature. "Uhh... let's throw it straight this time." The second knife Dax throws is guided and flies straight, blade-first, at the shadow.
(30/16)
👌 2
🎯 2
(thinking like Hela blades from Thor) (edited)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 09:00 AM
It screeches as the blade sinks deep into its flesh before the energy fades There is the sound of locking metal, and its barrels begin to cycle on each arm (One shot on everyone, just going to arrange the D20's by initiative order for hits/dmg)
(22, 24, 21, 10------ 11 damage for those hit) (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 09:08 AM
(Billy up?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 09:11 AM
(billy up!)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 09:23 AM
Billy doesn't allow the AV laser to set in place like a turret and carries it instead firing it at the shadow while moving. (25/12)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 09:32 AM
The beam saws through part of the creature, sawing away some of its essence, and it dims (Desmond up, when he's time. His ability counts on this, +4 to dice rolls)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 09:33 AM
(We still have the 2 rebels with us here, right?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 09:34 AM
(they failed their morale checks, they're running from this thing)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 09:35 AM
(I mean, makes sense. We should probably run too 😂)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 09:35 AM
(Pansies 🌸 )
🚷 4
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 10:01 AM
(Please roll for me! Won’t be home for 3 hours.)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 10:04 AM
(If it wasn't clear, I thought we were all making a 'tactical retreat'. haha.)
(But we're fighting so lol.)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 10:06 AM
(It'll be 22/22 with bonuses) The Mag Rifle shot, charged with the energies of a godhunter rip through the beast, its essence dimming even further
🔫 1
(you can shoot and scoot. Your move is still your move, you're just not getting the extra 10m for giving up your action)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 10:10 AM
(Reg is up?) (edited)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 10:11 AM
(yes, he is)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 10:11 AM
Regulus casts psychic static, hoping to dispel one of the shadows weapons. (Instant action)
(Then it could only hit 2 of us maybe?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 10:21 AM
(do i need to roll anything to oppose that?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 10:22 AM
(It's a bit tricky against a shadow lol, a psychic can commit extra effort to counter it, an arcanist could put up spell slots or system strain, I dont know what a shadow could counter it with)
(Since it can form the weapons at will I feel like it would just negate one automatically? 🤷)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 10:23 AM
(all outta options on this one then, sounds good! Thanks ofr looking that up)
One of the HMG arms is dispelled, and it looks down at the stump in what might be disbelief
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 10:24 AM
Regulus is overly excited that his idea worked and misses his next shot (9/7)
His scholarly curiosity getting the best of him, Regulus uses his last effort to cast mindtracing on the shadow.
(He can see/hear through the senses of whoever summoned the shadow and gains an intuitive awareness of their location)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 10:27 AM
Dax makes another (Hela) mageblade appear and thrusts it at the creature, willing it to fly straight as it crosses the distance. (20/14)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 10:34 AM
“May the Stars ✨ and Silence witness our struggle against this shadow of another dimension.”
Desmond moves, striving to protect the group be making himself the target 🎯 of the creature’s attacks.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:06 AM
(Oh god, wisdom save Reg)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:07 AM
(😂 that's what I was hoping for)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 11:07 AM
(Noooo!!!!)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:08 AM
(I get +3 to magic saves, this counts yeah?)
(7v9 BUT 10v9 with the +3)
🤞 2
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:34 AM
(still gonna be some damage, but halved. standby)
☠ 2
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:38 AM
(I mean, fighting a giant shadow monster isn't a bad way to die)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:41 AM
Regulus feels as though he is plunged into a storm of icy wind, and the sounds of combat fade- replaced with the howling of a gale that is both there and not there. 15km away, in city center, a being stirs deep within her pyramid, enraged at the psychic intrusion. This presence is not one of her hundreds of faithful. Waves of MES and magic pulse through this connection, with no thought but savagery and repellence (19 damage/ halved from 39 )
😮 2
❤ 3
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:42 AM
(Down, but thanks to the save not instant death)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 11:42 AM
(Welcome to the Still Lady my friend)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:43 AM
(I guess if I'm looking through her eyes I cant see what she looks like)
(Still awesome though)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 11:46 AM
(We're still in combat though, yeah? Baddy's turn?)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:49 AM
(Did I see or hear anything of her surroundings before I passed out?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:51 AM
(yeah, dax hit, which was next, now its turn, and not really, just the dark inside of her pyramid, which i was picturing as probably something beyond comprehsnsion)
(i didnt really know how to explain the unexplained)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 11:51 AM
(like a bad shrooms trip)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:52 AM
Dax's blade sinks deep into a gap in the armor, and the once obsidian black creature has faded to a smoky gray
(evasion saves, everyone, as it fires its remaining arm to suppress, reg is down, so I believe that is an auto fail, bear with me while I confirm)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:53 AM
(I figured, just checking)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:53 AM
(they're making me do my actual work job today, how rude)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 11:53 AM
(16v8 success)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:54 AM
(reg, i dont want to totally bend you over, how about a luck save)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 11:54 AM
(11v5 success)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:54 AM
(3v10 fail)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 11:55 AM
(KILL HIM NEKO)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:55 AM
(I'm fine with it 👍)
(I mean, how could a MES scholar pass up an opportunity to see into the mind of an extradimensional god?)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 11:56 AM
(Does Des's message "Desmond moves, striving to protect the group be making himself the target 🎯 of the creature’s attacks." make any difference?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:57 AM
(5 damage for those passing, 10 failing, and i dont know if there is an actual mechanic for that or not. I don't think there is. Myrmindons have a principle where basically their behavior is kill. Desmond might be yelling space swears at it, but if focusing its attention elsewhere means it kills someone, its going to do that instead)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:58 AM
☠
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 11:58 AM
(their two principles are no mercy, and kill. which is really handy for me because i have no idea how to make these dudes fight half the time)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 11:58 AM
(Additional damage on a mortally wounded target kills them immediately)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 11:59 AM
(RIP Regulus)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:00 PM
(RIP)
"FUCK YOU!" Billy's face intensifie's seeing Reg go down. (Aw 12/13)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 12:02 PM
(Woops deleted it on accident 😂 )
Regulus falls back with a blissful smile, eyes staring at the stars, mind full of incomprehensible visions as he passes on from this world.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:04 PM
(Des' turn?)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:04 PM
Billy continues to move towards an exit with the crew.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:05 PM
(des's turn, all of you will get a +4 to hit if its against the shadow, since you're pissed your friend died)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:06 PM
(Which negates Billy's snap attack) (edited)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:06 PM
(yes it does
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:10 PM
(So my hit was for 16/13 instead, yeah?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:11 PM
(yes it is) The beast flickers twice, managing to just barely hold its essence together
The gunfire from the walls has stopped, as the rebels bracketed the towers, reducing the gun emplacements there to ruin
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:12 PM
(Our boys up top did some work too?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:15 PM
(yeah, they certainly helped)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 12:19 PM
Desmond moves forward firing. His eyes lit 🔥 with internal energy.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:26 PM
(des gets a total of +8 to hit between his godhunter and your buddy beefing it modifiers) (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:29 PM
(I noticed looking at roll20 that Des has an AB of 0, is that right?)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:30 PM
(No it isn't lol)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 12:32 PM
(18/19)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:33 PM
The beast screeches not with just one voice, but dozens as the thin MES fabrics holding it together finally unravel. It flickers out, leaving only one of its weapon arms behind
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 12:37 PM
Desmond runs to Regulus pulling a Lazarus Patch out. (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:40 PM
"REG!!" Dax runs over to check on Regulus.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:40 PM
(mortal wound, and then killed by heavy weapons, patch won't work)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 12:41 PM
(Desmond is upset.)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:41 PM
There simply isnt enough of Regulus left to bring back (though you can certainly recover the body if one of you wants to carry it)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 12:42 PM
As Desmond gets closer he slows down, seeing it is too late.
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:42 PM
Billy runs and grabs the weapon arm. “Let’s move!”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:42 PM
Dax keeps repeating, "nonononono" as he gets close and sees the slack-jawed look on his face.
"We have to take him!!"
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:45 PM
Seeing his crew not move, Billy runs back to them and yells. “Pick him up or leave him, we can’t mourn now!”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:46 PM
Dax grabs the body of Regulus to carry him over his shoulder.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:47 PM
"We have to leave! we have to leave right now! the wirewolves have been awakened!
the rebel commander calls over your team comlink
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 12:47 PM
Desmond takes his rocket launcher and fires one more time at the nearest tower before running with the rest.
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:48 PM
“Fucking hell. I don’t want to find out what the fuck that is.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:48 PM
Sniffling and fighting back tears, Dax moves to follow the group out.
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:48 PM
“Pull the trigger as soon as we are out of range.”
Billy will go to help Dax with the Body as well.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:49 PM
"The detonator is in Reg's pocket, I think...."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:49 PM
I pull it out hastily and pull it as soon as we are out of range.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:51 PM
The complex behind you crumbles as massive detonations rip through it. In one night, the still lady lost her entire airforce
(6xp, 20,000 credits, and everyone gets a title, The Hand of Fate. Fighting still lady minions and shadows confers a +2 bonus to hit, on top of everything else you'd normally get)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:52 PM
(Against Still Lady minions only, correct?)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:53 PM
(yes)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:55 PM
Once they get somewhere safe, Billy sort of freaks out and let’s his anger out flipping some random tables and shit, going for the bottle and a smoke.
(That was intense.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:56 PM
Emotionally and physically exhausted, Dax drops the body of Regulus and just sits next to him for a few minutes in silence.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:57 PM
As you all rest in camp, near the body of your friend, a gentle blue glow comes from the corpse, and you see the spiritual form of Regulus rise from it
You all feel an intense sense of peace in his aura
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:58 PM
Dax scrambles away and jumps to his feet. "What in the....." (edited)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 12:58 PM
(What does witchfinder tell me?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 12:59 PM
Desmond interlaces his fingers in the old Acastan tradition of the Star Sign.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 12:59 PM
Dax watches in wonder as the aura of peace washes over him.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 12:59 PM
(i mean, he's not going to hurt you, unless he wants to lol)
(not really sure how to quantify it)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:00 PM
“Reg. It’s really you? Is this not the end?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:01 PM
Quietly to himself, Dax says, "I know we didn't get along all that great... I was pretty... rude. I... hope you're happier now."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 01:02 PM
Regulus smiles, seeming more at ease than you've seen him before. "Peace friends. It's... not something I can describe. Just... peace."
"I witnessed something before I passed on. Something you all need to know. To fight against the coming darkness."
"The Still Lady is an eaten god. But a shadow of her former self. Still, a formidable foe indeed."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:04 PM
Billy drops the cigarette and takes another swig walking forward.
“Where do I find what that means?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:05 PM
"Even as a ghost, I don't understand a word he's saying...."
"Always the professor..."
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 01:06 PM
Regulus continues on, ignoring you, "Look next to Shua. She seeks the power of the singularity and hopes to turn it against you."
"Three agents she already has. More among the engineering group will follow."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:07 PM
“Shit.”
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 01:09 PM
Regulus turns to Des, "Desmond O'Shea."
"She has the soul of your wife enthralled. She seeks your death and your wife will be tormented until you either defeat her. Or die."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 01:11 PM
"You were named well Fate," Desmond says.
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 01:12 PM
"Lastly. She has an agent among the resistance. He seeks to sabotage the robots Billy Rigers sent to turn against them."
Regulus bows deeply, "Grief is part of the natural cycle of death, but do not think me lost. It takes... much effort to appear this way. But I will try to return on occasion to offer guidance when needed. Of my possessions I only ask that they be given to the academy to further its cause. Thank you, friends. Rest now. You've done well. It will only get harder from here." The shade fades slowly, dissipating into the evening air. (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:18 PM
"Uhhh......"
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:19 PM
* Billy hands Dax the bottle.*
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 01:19 PM
"His name was Fate," Desmond says. "He now walks with Destiny and the Future follows behind him."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:20 PM
Dax takes a hasty swig before shuddering at the taste violently. He isn't much of a drinker.
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:20 PM
“Wow that’s insightful Des. Thank you.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 01:20 PM
Desmond reaches out for a drink.
"Just old Acastan philosophy," Desmond says. "We are raised in the dark but look for the light everywhere. I've found much illumination with your efforts to save my homeward, which I thought lost. I've also learned something listening to Dax."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:24 PM
Passes the bottle. L
“Well we can’t sit here too long. We have to go mobilize the troops and I’ve got to find the bastard trying to fuck with my robots.” Billy takes one more swig before he stands up, reactivates the AV laser and goes back the the base to request every rebel to report immediately.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:28 PM
"Me? What did I say? I'm just a kid."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 01:34 PM
"You don't let this shadows misdirections and emotional manipulations concern you." Desmond says. "You stick to concrete solutions and real world outcomes. This cult, for all its mystic might, must fight here and not just in our heads."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:41 PM
"Uhh... yeah. I know what you mean. " He really doesn't.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 01:42 PM
Desmond smiles and heads back to base. "You and Billy are good people. I'm glad you let me come on this mission."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:43 PM
“You’re one of the few who would.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:46 PM
to Billy "Did you get that? I understand less than half of what anyone says anymore."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 01:47 PM
“You’re not a bullshitter, Dax. You don’t worry yourself with mystic bullshit. That’s what he means. A Target is a Target, still lady or remnant base of flesh shaped bastards.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 01:54 PM
"I do worry somewhat about mystic stuff... still trying to figure out why I can suddenly summon weapons and poof into places. But... I see your point."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 02:42 PM
(Are we doing something else on planet? Or going back home?)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 02:55 PM
(I have some personal stuff involving a saboteur within the rebel forces.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 03:14 PM
(If that doesn't involve me or Des, I can go back on the Lone Star to Gudrun with Regulus's body)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 03:33 PM
"Take care Billy," Desmond says. "I will bring Fate to his final rest back on Gudrun."
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 04:21 PM
Regulus has relayed in his own somewhat cryptic way that there is a saboteur among rebel ranks. This traitor has been trying to tamper with the robots somehow. (I feel like this can get cleaned up pretty quickly now that you know about the conspiracy)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 04:24 PM
(Me too.) Billy will go inspect the main node for the robots before he goes to meet with the rebel leaders.
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 04:29 PM
(notice/int)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 04:30 PM
(Are Des and I off somewhere else now?)
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 04:32 PM
(I’m out in town. Would you mind rolling for me?) Billy takes Vothe and eyebot over to the node. “Thorough inspection guys. We can’t have anyone hacking this thing.”
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 04:34 PM
(Its up to you guys. This would be still at the rebel camp just a few minutes after Reg's ghost gave you guys that knowledge. His warning saved about a missions worth of time off finding the conspiracy in camp here. I don't think this will take long to mop up)
(7) Billy finds evidence that a line shunt was placed on the control node at one point, but it is not there now
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 04:37 PM
(Desmond can stay and Investigation if that's what you want.)
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 04:38 PM
(I want what you want, I just didnt want you to think it wasnt allowed. If you want to go home to do other things there are 2 ships here. nobody will get marooned)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 04:39 PM
(Regulus is so useful when he's dead)
(Dax wants to get home. More fish to fry and all that)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 22-Mar-19 04:40 PM
(OOooOooooOOOOOoooo)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 04:42 PM
Desmond looks over the camp and then helps bring Fate's body onto the Lone Star. "Okay Nancy," Desmond says. "I'd like you to show Dax to a room while I stow Fate's remains in cargo."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 04:44 PM
“Billy connects his compad to look deeper in the node, suspecting tampering.* “Vothe could you have the rebel leaders come here, please?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 22-Mar-19 04:46 PM
(We can go to the Desmond channel.)
"Hey Riger One this is the Lone Star, good hunting! Call us if you're throwing another party. Be careful and may the Stars and their Silences give you success."
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 04:49 PM
“Thank you Des. I’m sure I’ll come calling soon enough. The more rocks you uncover, the more the vermin go scurrying.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 22-Mar-19 04:59 PM
"It was a pleasure working with you, Billy. Best of luck on your investigation."
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 05:00 PM
Three of the resistance who are considered leadership emerge from the cave. They make their way over to you, pausing to shake hands or console those they pass
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 06:09 PM
“Hi. Who has access to the bots and this node?”
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 06:10 PM
"That would be the technical team, there are five of them"
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 06:17 PM
“There is a traitor among you, I’d like to speak with them. Have you suspected any of them or any other of the men of being traitors before?”
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Nekosmash 22-Mar-19 06:21 PM
"It's hard to truly vet anyone and be certain about it, but we did not ever expect this to be impervious from treachery"
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Billy Rigers 22-Mar-19 06:22 PM
“Let’s bring the techs over.”
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Nekosmash 23-Mar-19 11:19 AM
"Alright, I';ll get them" A few moments later, four bedraggled technicians are brought over to you, each of them showing signs of being very nervous
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Billy Rigers 23-Mar-19 11:43 AM
“Where is the fifth one?”
*Billy asks straightforwardly
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Nekosmash 23-Mar-19 11:50 AM
"She ran off into the woods when the guards came to fetch us"
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Billy Rigers 23-Mar-19 11:59 AM
Billy turns to the rebel leaders. “Go catch her, would you?” He turns back to the others. “No need to worry or be nervous. I just need to see your datapads and to talk a little bit.” (I’m going to screen all of their technical equipment and talk to each of the techs and have Vothe search through the bots memories for interactions with the techs to see if they saw anything suspicious over the next little bit.)
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Nekosmash 23-Mar-19 03:33 PM
They call for scouts to head off into the woods
After the fleeing technician
Their datapad were collected at time of arrest and are handed over to you
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 09:27 AM
“Ok great. Thank you.” He looks to each of them. “Am I going to find anything I shouldn’t when I go through these?”
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 09:51 AM
They remain silent as you begin scrolling through their recent activity. There are some embarrassing search histories, but one in particular keeps logging into a secure com page, before the activity seems to terminate.
It is designed to look like banking software, but once a client logs into their account, nothing
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 09:56 AM
Billy digs in deeper and looks at the one compad’s owner. “Well this is interesting. A bit elementary to tell you the truth. Let me ask you. Why are you here?”
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 10:27 AM
"To...To fight the lady! and her tyranny!" he says back
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 10:37 AM
“Who is the other tech to you?”
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 10:40 AM
(the one who ran?)
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 10:41 AM
(Yes)
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 11:55 AM
“She’s been here a long time but so nervous. I don’t know why.”
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 12:07 PM
“Perhaps she is a traitor.”
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 12:09 PM
they shrug "Not my place to say"
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 12:14 PM
“And what about you? It seems you’ve been doing some potentially illegal activity here.”
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 12:27 PM
(program int)
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 02:28 PM
(Haha!! Max! 16)
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 02:33 PM
The saboteur is the tech standing in front of you. The banking software, when analyzed a bit deeper, sends a kill command to the bots when a 'deposit' is made, presumably from a Still Lady agent inside the city. The runaway is innocent, just nervous.
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 02:39 PM
(Billy makes a snap attack on the guy guilty one.) (17/10)
Billy chuckles for a slight second upon seeing the data and draws his rifle to the mans chest. He nods. "The girl is innocent."
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 02:42 PM
He falls into the dirt, a hole blown in his chest. "Alright, we'll broadcast that she's to be found so she's safe."
(that program check would cover you scrubbing the scrap code out of the robots too)
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(I don't know what sense it makes for you to have a perfect understanding of how it works but somehow still not the remedy)
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 02:43 PM
(Lol. Yeah that'd be awkward. You'd think I could just delete the code and reprogram what's necessary.)
"I'm sorry that had to happen. If you would, lets have anyone making changes to the node be monitored." He turns to the techs. "One day soon, we will take your city back. Then I hope we will not have to worry so much or take such drastic measures to ensure the the light does not die."
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 02:48 PM
"We're sorry about your friend"
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 02:52 PM
"He knew the risk, just as you do. Thank you soldiers." Billy spends the next few hours tending to the rebels, mingling and generally reaffirming the cause and the tremendous victory that was won today. He records their needs and finally boards Riger One and heads off to deal with a galaxy worth of other issues.
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 02:54 PM
(3xp, 10000 credits)
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 03:05 PM
(Did I also sucessfully complete, steal data from tower and get in without being seen?
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Nekosmash 24-Mar-19 03:05 PM
(yes you did)
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Billy Rigers 24-Mar-19 03:05 PM
(Cool Thank you)
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Nekosmash 26-Apr-19 05:29 AM
Those heading on the breaker gun mission to Acastus begin to meet up on Trivedi cloud, as their respective ships are towed from hangars and serviced
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 26-Apr-19 08:39 AM
Desmond arrives on the Lone Star 💫.
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Billy Rigers 26-Apr-19 01:41 PM
(I wanted to go ahead to stop at Halia or at least check in on the way. And. I have some mods to install when I get a chance to sit down.)
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Nekosmash 26-Apr-19 03:32 PM
(It would be a stop on the jump route anyway. May as well stop and take in whatever local news. It’s been quiet there for a bit)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 27-Apr-19 02:58 AM
“Riger One from Lone Star 💫.We can follow your course or arrive separately,”
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Nekosmash 27-Apr-19 07:49 PM
(Either one. Billy you’ll be able to mount your mods before this goes off but I’m going to move it along)
The first of Acastus’s three moons is a hotbed of activity. A steady stream of cargo rockets from the ground is making its way there to aid the construction efforts.
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Billy Rigers 28-Apr-19 07:42 AM
“Desmond, is the lone star armed? Maybe we should do some damage to it while we are here.”
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Billy Rigers 28-Apr-19 04:33 PM
(Can we see ant starship worthy weapons?)
(Did @Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) come with?)
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Nekosmash 28-Apr-19 05:05 PM
(Nothing in orbit. They’re working on a ground installation. Getting close enough to look is close enough to be fired on)
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Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 28-Apr-19 05:17 PM
(I'd love to come if Neko allows it but I'm technically at Akhlaqi getting a crew right now)
(Actually tomorrow I'm going to be in sporadic contact for a week so maybe a group mission isn't the best idea for me right now)
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Nekosmash 28-Apr-19 05:22 PM
(might not be)
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Nekosmash 29-Apr-19 05:34 AM
Another launch from the ground is sighted, a fat bellied cargo module full of supplies for the moon construction
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 29-Apr-19 10:40 AM
“I’ve got torpedoes “
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Billy Rigers 29-Apr-19 11:27 AM
“Ok. Let’s get this breaker gun down. If we can disrupt their activity on the moon before we leave, that might be a good plan.”
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Nekosmash 29-Apr-19 11:30 AM
The pale blue glow of the star casts everything in an eerie light. Construction efforts on the first of the three moons does nothing to marr the disturbing glyph carved into it, and the others.
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Billy Rigers 29-Apr-19 11:30 AM
“These friggin things need to be explored... I should clone myself one of these days.”
Billy seriously contemplated the idea on the way down to the rebel base.
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Nekosmash 29-Apr-19 11:31 AM
The rebels greet you, eager to visit and see their UNW comrades in arms again. THere seem to be many more in base than you remember
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 29-Apr-19 12:03 PM
Desmond look around. "It's good to see so many Acastans standing up to the Still Lady."
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Nekosmash 29-Apr-19 12:06 PM
Many of them are working on getting heavy weapons together for the march. A handful of cargo trucks are also captured, being outfitted with mortar tubes, and two even have pipes welded in a 5 x 5 frame, a home made multi launch rocket system
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 29-Apr-19 12:10 PM
"Billy," Desmond says. "All your work supplying and making this a priority means more to me than I can express. If I don't make it through this assault today please light a candle and call on the Stars and the Silences to let my memory and the memory of those that fell be at peace. We do not want to end up as ghosts enthralled to the Still Lady."
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Billy Rigers 29-Apr-19 04:42 PM
Billy turns to Desmond and looks deeply into him, analyzing muscle twitches across his face. Clenching his jaw briefly, he grabs Desmond by the shoulder. “Desmond. Buy a free merchant ship and start trading. You won’t die today. I will help you get the means to help others in this way. It is not because I am more kind or more intelligent or more attached to these people. It is because I wake up and think about how to solve my problems and then I do the whatever it takes to get there. The Still Lady became my problem the second she killed my crewmen and she has only grown and moved up on the daily priority checklist. I cannot engineer her away either, so here I am.” He gestures with his weapon and in unison his battle drones point theirs as well. “Do not speak of death. Or you are telling me you are already finished. If she wants to rip the life from people, she will have to rip it from our very flesh and then still we will rebuild for ourselves, new bodies and she will have to rip it from our artificial limbs and still the lady will still not have won. Because we will have set in motion things that will spin through the gears of time until she is dismantled bolt by bolt.” “I wish you to see her to her end. But if you don’t make it... I will be sure you have your honor, but until then, build.” Billy pushes two fingers into Desmond’s chest indicating is dual meaning.
(Keeping with tradition, I assume Billy would have come with a stock of supplies for the rebels. Medical supplies, heavier weapons etc. idk how much money to spend, but let’s say another 500k. Maybe a blitzer or two)
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Nekosmash 29-Apr-19 05:00 PM
(Yeah. That works for me. I know you’ve been busy so some of the planning went by the wayside)
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Billy Rigers 29-Apr-19 05:28 PM
Billy turns to the rebels. “I admire your work, building what you need from scratch. It reminds me of someone. Mind if I take a look at what you’ve got and see if I can help you make some more?”
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Nekosmash 29-Apr-19 05:55 PM
"Help yourself" one of the techs says, indicating the scrap trucks
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 30-Apr-19 01:34 AM
Desmond asks Billy, “You have any amped up laser rifles?”
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Billy Rigers 30-Apr-19 12:56 PM
“I do. This one comes right from Ad Astra. Packs much more of a punch than regular laser rifles. Take a couple extra batteries from the armory. You might need it.”
Billy spends some time with the techs doing their last minute adjustments before meeting with the leaders to join in their plan.
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Nekosmash 30-Apr-19 01:07 PM
The leaders have a whiteboard set up, with the city blocks,a nd the breaker gun complex highlighted. (I'll draw something when i get home, i thnk that might be easier)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 30-Apr-19 05:49 PM
(Will my Authority/Lead bonus help on this?)
Level 2: Those who follow you are fired with confi- dence. Any NPC being directly led by you gains a Morale and hit roll bonus equal to your Lead skill and a +1 bonus on all skill checks. Your followers will not act against your interests unless under extreme pressure.
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Nekosmash 30-Apr-19 05:50 PM
(directly led by you, if you have a rebel squad near you, or youre fighting embedded with one, for sure, but not as a blanket bonus for the whole rebel horde)
You're advancing from the south. the red tinged complex to the northeast corner is your target. Each hex is 30m
Pinned a message.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 30-Apr-19 06:11 PM
Dax walks in to the meeting room. "You guys weren't planning on doing this without me, were you?"
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Nekosmash 30-Apr-19 06:11 PM
Rebel forces assigned to this mission are 2 rocket technicals (artillery support from starvation cheap), 100 riflemen, and 5 armed technical trucks (HMG's).
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Mylonite (Hailey) 30-Apr-19 06:12 PM
(that's an impressive white board drawing)
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Nekosmash 30-Apr-19 06:15 PM
(I found some actual maps with a grid, way better. My scrawls weren't turning into what I wanted)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 30-Apr-19 10:45 PM
Desmond tips his hat at Dax and Hailey.
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 02:29 AM
“Were you hiding in the broom closet looking at pictures of Cayne’s sister this whole time? Where have you been Dax? Come here we are going over the plan.”
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 04:55 AM
(Hailey isn;t on the mission, Its you, billy, and dax)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 05:04 AM
The resistance has a handful of homebrew vehicles, and a number of determined fighters, as you have seen. The rockets have a very short range, and will need to get fairly close to the fortress to bring their multi launch systems into maximum effective range. They'll be bracketed by counter-battery fire once their volley is complete, and the crews are going to abandon the trucks
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 05:32 AM
"The only other point here. We're not trying to claim territory, or hold an asset. We're here to destroy. We leave no stone upon another. We make them pay, and we make sure that those guns stay down for a very, very long time"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 06:31 AM
Dax gives a 'deer-in-the-headlights' look for a moment before stammering, "I, uh.... well, no. Of course not. But... Is it that obvious?... You know what, never mind. Time for planning."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 07:14 AM
Desmond looks quietly at the rebel troops. "I can take a team to soften up the defenses for the incoming force."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 07:15 AM
"I'm definitely better on the ground than anywhere else, but I do have some specialized vehicles I could possibly use to help cover us."
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 07:20 AM
"If a small team is going in, I think anyone other than the three of you would be killed in seconds"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 07:24 AM
(I tried looking through the book for mentions of braker guns and what they do exactly and I couldn't find anything definitive. It looks like they're just planetary defenses against space ships to me, but would they also render any vehicles we have as useless?)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 07:29 AM
(only spaceshps)
(surface to space defenses. I pictured them as sort of like big -ass mass drivers)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 07:30 AM
(So.... what you're saying is..... orbital artillery grav tanks wouldn't be safe, but ground based grav tanks are fine lol)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 07:38 AM
(correct)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 08:56 AM
"So here's what I bring to the table, to help in whatever way I can: I have a Grav Tank with double Howitzers for long-range bombardment of enemy fortifications. I can fire from 40km out, but the effective range is more like 20km. That tank can't protect itself from anything that might come against it, but I usually pair it with a specialized VTOL that is set up specifically to negate incoming fire. Additionally, I have my own ship for transporting these vehicles as well as teleportation pads and other stealth fittings for getting where I need to."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 09:07 AM
"Oh, and... I have my own crew trained to man these vehicles, if they can be of use."
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 09:17 AM
“That would be a welcome addition, Dax. We use the main forces to assault and distract while we act as an infil team? Is that the suggestion?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 09:34 AM
"Sounds like it's going to get tense and we'll be the only ones who can take the heat. It might be just that."
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 09:39 AM
(Here is how the artillery support is going to work)
The PCs call in a strike from an allied artillery battery. The strike arrives in 1d6 minutes and is indiscriminate. The area affected can be a radius as small as fifty meters in diameter or as large as three hundred meters. Roll percentile dice; that percentage of the targets are dead or disabled, and an equal number are stunned and unable to make offensive actions for ten minutes. Civilian structures and barriers are wrecked, while military ones have a 2 in 6 chance of being ruined. Affected enemies under heavy cover are stunned for ten minutes rather than being killed, and those bunkered down in fortifications cannot be affected at all. Being too close to the strike is inadvisable; anyone out of cover who’s within one hundred meters of the edge of the strike needs to make three Luck saving throws, losing one-third of their current hit points for every save failed (edited)
(You'll be able to do it twice, once for the rebel rocket battery, and once for Dax's own artillery piece)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 10:02 AM
(So replacing the book stats of of the vehicle Howitzers with these rules then?)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 10:03 AM
(not replacing, but that is how the barrage is going to be represented here)
(its going to be a lot easier for me than trying to figure out how big each individual blast is, compared to where all the enemies are and the exact cover around them)
(because we're talking 100's of enemies here)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 10:12 AM
(Cool, thanks)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 10:53 AM
Pinned a message.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 12:52 PM
(Sounds good! When do we roll.)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 12:55 PM
The artillery will get into position, able to hit their marks under this new direction from the woodline. 100 rebel fighters, and the three of you, prepare to move on the city. (soon as youre all ready, as far as PC's what vehicles. ect, are being taken
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 01:04 PM
Dax will be bringing Fate with a full crew and all vehicles on board. That includes the VTOL for air defenses and the Grav Tank with Howitzers. Dora is on board, but unlikely to be used.
Dax has had the VTOL reconfigured since the campaign on Agaspur with a few different weapons now.
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 01:05 PM
(How close to the city are you bringing this ship, anything within 400km coming in from space is in range of the guns
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 01:05 PM
(My assumption was we were going to be able to set down on the planet outside of that range)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 01:05 PM
(city has conventional AA as well, but theres different and less bad for you rules for that)
(if you come in from beyond range and bring it into the city)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 01:06 PM
(Once we're planetside, the vehicles will be operating at normal grav vehicle height, not flying)
(Unless the VTOL can't fly that low)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 01:07 PM
(i thought you meant you were bringing youe whole starship into battle)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 01:07 PM
(no, sorry. It's just how I'm getting there)
(It has the ability to land on the planet though, so we can do that for off-loading on the surface)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 01:11 PM
(yeah perfect, okay good great grand excellent, we're on the same page)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 01:19 PM
Desmond walks among his fellow Acastans. His hands are behind his back and he stops and talks to anyone he knew when he lived here.
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 01:21 PM
you see a handful of familiar faces, even arrested a couple of them for minor crimes, back in your early days as an officer here, but none of that seems to matter now. Over the city, another one of the green lightning storms, with midnight black clouds is beginning to boil over
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 01:22 PM
"She brings the Storm but soon we will bring one of our own!"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 02:02 PM
"That's got me thinking.... my duo of vehicles need some names. How about... Donner and Blitzen? The tank can be the thunder, and the VTOL will take to the skies like lightning."
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 02:16 PM
(Idk if I was able to take my mech, 2 blitzers and the supplies, but if so, yes, that. It’s just a little bitty suit mech so it’s just a 10hp buff for me lol.)
And I can drop in from orbit if I were up there
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 02:16 PM
(Technically it’s 50 tons of cargo space for a mech.
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 02:17 PM
(Yeah. I think I’m fine just driving one of the blitzers.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 02:17 PM
(I have space in my ship for a mech if I don't bring Dora. Not sure how much can be retconned) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 02:17 PM
(Or I can just ride with Dax)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 02:18 PM
(You know what the rebels have. Make whatever you can fit. When you say you’re satisfied that’s what we are locked with
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 02:18 PM
Ok cool. And Hailey is joining too?
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 02:18 PM
Yes
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 02:18 PM
(My ship has cargo space but no more crew space since it's only a free merchant)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 02:18 PM
(I think you all have your own ships now
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 02:20 PM
( 👍 We good )
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 02:56 PM
(Cool. Someone can cart my suit around... though... I might not want it if we try to be stealthy. But you guys are bringing vtols n such... though, it does have drop sheathing, morphic silloette dampers and MES shut channels
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 02:56 PM
(I've got the Lone Star 💫 and a stealth shuttle called the Shadow Chaser! 1 Shuttle called the Shadow Chaser 1 Corvette Dark Star (Used to be Arrogate) Heavy Mech called Iron Golem 1 light tank, 5 APC's)
(I'm just going to bring the Lone Star 💫 and myself unless you want to go BIG!!!)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 03:01 PM
(My VTOL is staying with the artillery)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 03:01 PM
Desmond calls over his short range intercom to the now promoted Nancy Chu. "Agent Chu from Provost O'Shea. I'm going in on this Major Op. Get the ship ready for pick-up after the Big Guns are down."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 03:01 PM
(I'm sneaking in as just Dax. No mech)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 03:02 PM
Desmond gives Dax a thumbs up and lights his pipe.
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 03:44 PM
(Hailey will be dropping in too. I’d like it to be deploying with you guys since we have artillery bombardments planned)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 03:47 PM
Out of nowhere, Hailey’s ship, the Shadow’s Bounty, lands behind the camp,gear still loaded on the ship. She starts off, joining Dax, Des, and Billy. “Fret not, I am here. How can I help?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 04:13 PM
"Oh! Hailey!... so... you're coming?"
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 04:39 PM
(still scared of girls but not of biohorror zombie gods. Ok dax. Dax ok)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 04:46 PM
(I maintain that Hailey is scarier than biohorror zombie gods)
(And she just popped up out of nowhere, I mean, come on)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 04:57 PM
“Sure am. Sounded like a fun time hahaha”
(Should be. She killed a giant lava worm with her words)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:17 PM
"That is a hell of a ship!"
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:23 PM
“Thanks. Shadow’s Bounty. She might not look the part, but she’s wicked fast and right near invisible if she wants” (edited)
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:25 PM
“Crap, I’m gonna have to add that to the maintenance docket. Good to see you, Miss Clements. Are you ready to try and infiltrate and potentially survive another deadly situation using not much more than dumb luck?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:26 PM
Desmond makes a smoke ring and smiles at Billy's comment to Hailey.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 05:27 PM
"Hey! That's my specialty!"
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:27 PM
“You betcha B. Can’t wait. I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve this time”
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:27 PM
“Same same.” Billy winks.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:28 PM
“And don’t worry Dax, I’ll leave the barely surviving to you. Don’t wanna steal your thunder”
She raises her eyebrows at Billy’s comment.
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:30 PM
“Grupp got me a new toy. And I Already modified it to interact with my drones, watch.” Billy swings the HMG around to point at a nearby mushroom tree and his gun wielding drones all follow suit in a chain. “Neat, huh?”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:31 PM
"Impressive!"
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:31 PM
“Hahha nice! I love it!”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 05:32 PM
About this time, the massive grav tank with double barrels of long range artillery roll out of the back of Fate and towards us. "Everyone, meet Donner. It's going to be bringing the thunder for us."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:33 PM
"I'm just a point and shoot police officer surrounded by superstars!' Desmond says laughing. "My cup runneth over!"
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:36 PM
“Impressive. I like it. I’ll have Jules and Kady in the Billy Blitzers to defend it if there are any forces that come to stop it.” At this point you see two armored and agile gravcars with HMGs sticking out the front roll out of the back of Riger One to join. Jules, a beautiful, dark haired marine can be seen testing the armored expansion doors, swinging out to stand on the platform, bracing her rifle on top for cover.* (edited)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:36 PM
“Well well well looks like everyone brought it.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:36 PM
"Just so you all know I came back here and did some undercover work in Ash City," Desmond says. "The Still Lady has three Magisters that work for her. They are called the Hanged Man, Whisper, and the Changeling...so watch out."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 05:36 PM
"Thanks, Billy."
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:37 PM
“Let’s try and find them if we can. Any more intel on that?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 05:37 PM
Dax is very obviously distracted by Jules.
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:38 PM
Jules, twin steps out of the other blitzer and goes over to rub her sister’s shoulders before the fight, taking a sideways glance at Dax.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:38 PM
"Just the names and that taking them down will diminish the Still Lady. She lives off the faith of her followers. Less followers, less power." (edited)
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:38 PM
“Chin up Dax.”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:38 PM
“So she’s like Santa?”
“Sounds like nothing we can’t handle.”
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 05:39 PM
“If Santa were a demonic thundercloud of spite and hate for all life, yes.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:40 PM
"She more like an Evil Easter Bunny that steals your soul and secrets it away, instead of hiding eggs."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 05:40 PM
He snaps out of it. "Yep!"
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:42 PM
“Alright, well I’m really to gear up and get moving when you all are”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:43 PM
Desmond puts on his body armor, loads up Billy's Laser Gun and his own rocket launcher.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 05:45 PM
Hailey disappears into her ship, then, a moment later, returns back out, her hair up and fully decked with weapons ready.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 05:47 PM
"This is a good rifle Billy." Desmond says. "Thanks!"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 05:49 PM
(How close are we now? Are we needing to ride in closer?)
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Nekosmash 01-May-19 06:00 PM
(I thought you were all still at camp planning but we can roll out)
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 06:03 PM
(I feel like this has been a montage of us in the war room and later as we are rolling out on the field.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 06:11 PM
(Basically that Billy)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 06:36 PM
(Roll out time)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 06:57 PM
"Oh, almost forgot, lemme grab something real quick." Hailey disappears back into the Bounty. After a minute or so, the back bay door begins to open, revealing a tall spotless new mech. It stands nearly 5 meters, with gleaming orange bits on its wrists and a pair of tall anti-grav nodes on its back. Her voice projects from it. "I brought a ride."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 01-May-19 07:03 PM
"I wouldn't say that's very sneaky.... but it is still very impressive."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 01-May-19 10:15 PM
"It surprised me..." Desmond says.
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Billy Rigers 01-May-19 10:53 PM
“I have my mech too, but again, it isn’t stealthy. But I’m not all that stealthy anyway, with these drones flying around me. It will protect me from smaller arms fire and some MES related attacks.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 01-May-19 10:57 PM
Hailey moves around the arms, still getting used to it. "Still gotta name this thing. We'll dub it once it proves it worth today. Billy and I could hang to the back and provide back up. What do you think of that?"
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 01:23 AM
Desmond looks at the homemade attack vehicles. He congratulates his fellow Acastans on putting them together from spare and smuggled parts.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 04:09 AM
He looks back at the others. "Whatever the decision I'll be going in with the first wave. If I don't make it help Marcion, Ricardo and Arimoto. The Marshals have taken on some more responsibilities with the Intelligence work and the increased threats. Like everyone else we have more threats than resources."
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 04:39 AM
“Then live, Des. We can’t afford to lose you.. Hailey, as much as I think the mechs would be clutch right now, I think we will have to actually get in toward the base.” Billy goes back to the map. “It looks like we will have to cross this length of city and then cross one of these three bridges and then infiltrate this compound where the breaker gun is. This is a gauntlet any way you put it and at the end we have a well guarded fortress. We will need to get through hundreds of enemies. We will need to be able to find places to hide and wait for bombardments. It’s just too bad these mechs aren’t autonomous and could be called. We are well prepared, no doubt, but how do you propose we get from here to here alive and in a position to complete the mission.”
“...unless we swam past all this shit just using the river... Desmond, you’re from here do you think that’s possible?”
“My mech has augmented enviroseals, so it can operate in hostile environments. A little water shouldn’t hurt it.”
“That doesn’t help you all much. We could put you in vacc suits to make the distance.”
“The issue there is that we won’t have our back up close enough for bombardments if we skip taking this area. And they did say this is more of a scorched earth scenario than an infil and Take scenario. We want destruction.”
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 04:52 AM
(each one can carry a passenger for a short while, i know they mentioned it in the book somewhere)
(theres like cargo netting behind the pilot)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 06:48 AM
(As per Billy’s question Would swimming work?)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 06:49 AM
"Well... we could just lead the charge with artillery. We can use the chaos as our cover... Maybe use grenades and demo charges where we can to dispatch as many people at a time as possible. I myself am best used in the middle of a group of enemies." (edited)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 06:49 AM
(if you're doing it in power armor or with a ton of gear, no, but if we're trying to sneak up with light equipment, frogman style, that could work)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 06:52 AM
(Our artillery can blow up people covering between 2-5 hexes diameter at a time... we should make use of it as much as we can.) (edited)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 06:58 AM
(you get two barrages, once with the rocket battery and then dax's howitzer)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 07:02 AM
(It's a one-off? We can't do that more than once?)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 07:03 AM
“If we do just, artillery charge, like Dax said, we could aim to make an opening and then get in. If we blow a big enough opening, we can get the howitzers in for the next blast. Either way, I’m best taking down the big guns. Single target type of thing.” (edited)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 07:05 AM
(one barrage from the rockets, one from your guns, being able to level up to a 300m area, and having a percentile going up to 100% of targets killed within those areas, or stunned for so long they become irrelevant for combat purposes is leading me to say just once each)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 07:10 AM
(Ok, good to know. We'll plan accordingly
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 07:15 AM
(just to re-post)The PCs call in a strike from an allied artillery battery. The strike arrives in 1d6 minutes and is indiscriminate. The area affected can be a radius as small as fifty meters in diameter or as large as three hundred meters. Roll percentile dice; that percentage of the targets are dead or disabled, and an equal number are stunned and unable to make offensive actions for ten minutes. Civilian structures and barriers are wrecked, while military ones have a 2 in 6 chance of being ruined. Affected enemies under heavy cover are stunned for ten minutes rather than being killed, and those bunkered down in fortifications cannot be affected at all. Being too close to the strike is inadvisable; anyone out of cover who’s within one hundred meters of the edge of the strike needs to make three Luck saving throws, losing one-third of their current hit points for every save failed (You'll be able to do it twice, once for the rebel rocket battery, and once for Dax's own artillery piece)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 07:27 AM
(Yeah I just missed the part at the bottom about how many times we can do it. All good now 👌 )
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 07:40 AM
(Okay)
“I’d be able to do it with some SCUBA equipment Billy.”
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 07:52 AM
(yeah, they have a limited amount of ammo, ect. They sort of just totally ignore logistics and limit it via usages instead, which is fine)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 08:03 AM
(I'm ready to roll if needed.)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 08:12 AM
The trucks and makeshift artillery pieces arrive in position, along with the 100 resistance riflemen , at the forest edge, the city just beyond. (
(I don;t know who is going where, now we are talking about swimming. Decide on a plan and we can start)
(however you guys want to do this, we can do this, i just dont know what im writing yet)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 08:13 AM
(I just answered Billy's question in character. I'm good with the artillery attack.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 08:23 AM
"I'm not a fan of being literal sitting ducks if we get caught out while in the river. I'd rather stick to dry land. I vote we start moving in and taking what we can on foot. If we run into a wall we can't pass, we pull out the artillery to punch a hole for us."
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 08:35 AM
"I can go along with that."
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 09:50 AM
“Alright. Punching through then. Suiting up?”
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 09:52 AM
(smashing stuff, cool beans, hailey wll be pleased)
"Someone's going to need to spot for the artillery barrage, I suggest if we're leading off with that, you lot get going"
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 09:54 AM
“Smashing things is my speciality”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 09:54 AM
"Go Hailey, Go!!!"
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 09:54 AM
“Sounds good to me. Now. If we go for the straight shot, we have a long gauntlet of open road. If we go for the bridge on the west we can bust through quick to get to the ther side where here are less buildings in the way. Which do you choose.”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 09:55 AM
“I vote for the second. Get right to it I say.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 09:59 AM
"Careful with the large explosives, if you would. I'm going to be jumping right into the middle of them to do what I do best."
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 10:03 AM
“That goes for both of you. There will be a time and place for your launchers trust me. By the way... Hailey. Do you have any special load outs ready to go on ship? Let’s all make sure we have demo charges or flashbangs (is that a thing?) if we need. Extra medical supplies. Alecto can work some magic in the pinch, but this is going to be a dogfight.” Billy’s voice sounds mechanical as he locks into his suitmech. “This isn’t the most war ready mech out there and I feel easier to hit in it, but it’s better than an FCU.”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 10:05 AM
"I grabbed 4 demo charges for myself."
"My Field Combat Uniform suits me just fine. I can't move how I need to in a mech; it's too restricting."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 10:07 AM
“Don’t worry about it Dax, I’ll keep of the rockets for today.” She turns to Billy. “I’ve got a few demo charges on me, yeah. No real med assistance though. Do we need another, because I might be able to work something out, but I’m not exactly a healer”
“Also, I can work from the air or the ground, wherever you’d prefer me”
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 10:10 AM
“None of us are. But as long as we are ready. I think we should get moving. We will work from the ground. Their air defenses would tear you up.” (Btw. We brought 2 ad Astra atom Flyers to the rebels on an earlier mission that was never used because of the air defenses. Once we take those down, we can start bombing maybe.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 10:12 AM
(Neko question: can VTOLs fly low to the ground like a grav vehicle would? If they stay low enough that should keep them close to us but out of the line of AA?)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 10:19 AM
(dedicated AA emplacements can slew horizontal to protect against that kind of thing but if make it through and get in among the city streets/buildings, you'll be safe)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 10:19 AM
(Understood)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 10:20 AM
(your speed bonus should help too. Part of why IRL its hard to shoot down a plane is theyre so fast you have to lead your shots and guess where they'll be)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 10:20 AM
(Mine could make it no problem but I can't speak for any of the other air vehicles)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 10:24 AM
"Got some grenades, laser and rocket guns. Just an old school grouping."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 10:26 AM
"Did any AA locations show up on our sensors? That could be our first artillery target."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 10:26 AM
“Also, I can work from the air or the ground, wherever you’d prefer me”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 10:27 AM
"Blow up an AA battery and that should cover our vehicles to get in close as we need it."
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 10:41 AM
(The complex has AA on the walls. Covering the whole city is too hard and expensive they just have vital areas protected)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 11:08 AM
Resistance fighters around you are preparing for battle, checking weapons, saying prayers. A few get sick, their nerves getting to them. The rocket batteries are loaded, and your own artillery piece reports they reready
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 11:19 AM
"Let's roll guys! And... Hailey."
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 11:20 AM
(Bad Bitch is painted on her mech’s arm.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 11:20 AM
(So I roll percentile? )
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 11:20 AM
Billy nudges Desmond. “Pep talk.”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 11:22 AM
She grins at Dax. (should be lol)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 11:22 AM
(if you're leading off with the barrage, first I need a d6)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 11:28 AM
"Many years ago our ancestors came from the stars and struggled to settle a world with no sun and only the light of the lava rivers to guide us. We overcame that and raised up the beautiful neon lit Ash City and the mushroom forests. Unfortunately we also raised up the spirits of despair that call themselves Gods. These beings, this Still Lady must fall. Billy RIgers, Hailey Clements and Dax Withers have come from the UNW to help you take back our world from those unworldly creatures. Acastus can become a beacon of light in the Darkness once again! May the Stars and their Silences watch over our struggles and see us to Victory!!!" (edited)
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👏 2
(I rolled a 3 on a d6)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 11:49 AM
The rebels will be ready to fire in three minutes (each hex is 30m of space, the barrage hits everything in a radius of 50-300m, so just draw me a blast radius)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 11:51 AM
(I'd like to hear from Billy, Hailey and Dax...)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 11:54 AM
(We're just trying to hit the AA and surrounding defenses to help punch a hole through for our people)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 11:54 AM
(So just focusing on the front face of the wall?)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 11:55 AM
(That would be my vote. Whatever we can blow up around there)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 11:56 AM
(d100 , anyone can roll it)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 11:58 AM
(Go for it Dax!!!)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 11:58 AM
(feelin' lucky)
(42%)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 12:00 PM
(Not bad)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 12:00 PM
In a former age, weapons like this were nicknamed 'Stalin
'stalin's organ' and you're advised "cover your ears"
The two trucks aim their twenty five rocket tubes a piece at the city breaker gun complex, firing solutions carefully plotted
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 12:00 PM
"Fly true," Desmond says.
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 12:01 PM
There is a repeating hiss, louder than anything you've ever heard before and a base tone so thunderous the ground shakes, causing everyone to wobble, a few of the resistance fighters lose their footing, this close to the launchers
a rain, like miniature shooting stars streaks over the city, ending in a thunderclap of concussive displacement, as fire, smoke, and dust are blown skyward.
(you'll get a better BDA when you actually move in)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 12:20 PM
"That's our cue!" Dax hops into his VTOL Blitzen and takes off towards the city, ready to get to business.
"Keep it low, Kells. We'll have better chances against them down here."
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 12:22 PM
Billy takes off in his suit mech, a swarm of angry drones buzzing behind him, the laser HMG hoisted in a mechanical hand.
🐝 3
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 12:30 PM
(I picture billy painting all of them like bees someday, and he is the swarmlord)
💯 3
(His stinger is a gun)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 12:31 PM
(Billy is their queen) Hailey grins. “Nice.” She takes off after them, easily keeping up with them and flying just over the ground, trying to stay low like Dax advised.
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 12:33 PM
A stream of civilians, which will eventually grow into a flood, is already fleeing the bombardment zone, unsure if there is another volley coming. As you approach (so onto the southern side of the posted map, bottom right corner hexes) You can see across the river. The fortress walls have taken damage. A few of the blockhouses on the walls themselves are broken open, and mangled corpses are draped across the defensive merlons. About half of the wall mounted guns have been dislodged by the bombardment, the light howitzers and defensive autocannons lying in crumpled heaps of twisted metal, and gunner more organic bodies lying entwined in the wreckage.
Sirens inside the fortress are sounding, and the large iron gates slowly begin to swing open, to the sound of revving engines behind it, as the fort's quick reaction force begins mobilizing
Cult riflemen are also responding and those on garrison duty are coming up from the depths of the fort to man the walls, you count at least 50, getting into position to respond to the attack they are now sure is coming
(if you need more detail let me know, there's a lot going on)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 12:38 PM
(Can we just start firing all the things?)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 12:39 PM
(now that you've seen the area, if we're pressing, lets get initiative)
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 12:40 PM
“Side streets. Let the quick response team pass. Our forces can clean them up as they advance behind us.” Billy says as he sees, Dax’s VTOL weapons revvinng up. “Or we can just take them all on head first.” Billy raises the HMG a bit higher.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 12:40 PM
(Gotta go hard man)
(it's the Dax way)
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 12:41 PM
(2)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 12:43 PM
(7)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 12:44 PM
“I like the Dax way!” (9 with my mod I think)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 12:50 PM
(9)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 01:08 PM
Desmond starts singing the ancient Acastan war song,. (edited)
"Hey ho, let's go Hey ho, let's go Hey ho, let's go Hey ho, let's go They're forming in a straight line They're goin through a tight wind The kids are losing their minds Blitzkreig Bop"
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 01:11 PM
(Desmond, Dax, Hailey, Cult, Billy) The gate opens, and the first (and only one visible so far) of the cult's tanks, taken from the army, and kept in reserve for such an eventuality, rolls outward onto the street, rifled cannon panning for targets. Rebel trucks and foot soldier race to occupy buildings on the far side of the river, scrambling for whatever cover they can find. (Desmond and hailey are among them? Wasn't exactly sure, know dax and billy flew off to come from the side) On the walls, the cult soldiers begin massing, and a few heavy weapons are being set up.
Pinned a message.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 01:13 PM
Desmond runs with the Rebels scrambling for cover. He drops and takes a shot at the cultists setting up the heavy weapons.
(Desmond will use his Authority 2 and his Lead 2 to help those who are firing. He is also using his True Hand (Level 1): The Godhunter receives a bonus to hit rolls against Shadows and Shadow cultists equal to half their character level, rounded up.)
"Let our Light fall on their Darkness, Let our Resolve rout their Despair!"
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 01:18 PM
(Don’t forget your hand of fate if you were here for that mission)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 01:19 PM
(yeah, another bonus, he was there)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 01:19 PM
(all but Hailey)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 01:28 PM
(I'm shooting with one of Billy's suped up laser rifles.)
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Billy Rigers 02-May-19 01:29 PM
(2d10)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 01:31 PM
(21 to hit and I will preroll damage.)
(5 and whatever bonus I get)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 02-May-19 01:33 PM
(+7 for a total of 12dmg)
The VTOL Blitzen takes aim at the tank with its AV Laser (15/11) while the Railgun fires to suppress on the gathering soldiers (evasion save for either 19 or 9 dmg) Dax leaps towards cover from the VTOL and sets a dozen targets on the PABE with orders to follow Dax. The energy buckler deploys on one hand in tandem with the fiery longsword in the other.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 02:06 PM
(Blitzkrieg Bop is a Ancient Acastan war song😂. Also, Hailey knows this song lol)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 02-May-19 02:14 PM
(The Scream really scrambled lots of ancient lore! Hey Ho! Lets go!)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 03:06 PM
One of the cultists working on assembling a mortar tube is knocked back behind. The wall. Dead. The tank is strafed, taking light damage. The VTOL streaks by, spraying fire from its railgun and wounding what it doesn’t kill, at least 20 don’t get back up. Two of the remaining turrets slew to track the craft (firing on their turn. Hailey is next
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 03:45 PM
With Desmond leading the rebels, Hailey rockets out to get in range of the tank. The orange nodes on her wrists each glow a fiery oragne as she extends her arms making a fist and firing the intense beams at it. (29/31, AP 15)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 04:01 PM
The turret lifts spinning end over end as a mushroom cloud explosion blooms from the now aflame crew compartment.
Burning cultists try to pull themselves up through the turret ring but are consumed
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Mylonite (Hailey) 02-May-19 04:10 PM
“YEAH!!! Another one!”
🔥 1
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 04:11 PM
(I’ll shoot for them in a bit. Too hard to split focus with a combat this big)
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 07:58 PM
The cultists on the walls use what heavy weapons they can to split fire, (two shots on both mechs)
(2 on hailey, 8 on billy after armor)
😂 1
The remaining riflemen engage the resistance as best they can, though a few shots are bracketing desmond, the marshals inspiring presence hard for them to overlook
(19 and 22 for hits, 20 damage in total)
The two remaining anti-air guns chatter rapidly as their four barrels spit autocannon shells at the retreating VTOL
(speed difference means only one hit, 5 damage, AP 10)
You get the sense most of the fortress is still recovering from the shock of the sudden bombardment
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Nekosmash 02-May-19 08:10 PM
Inside the gatehouse the quick reaction force begins to roll out. Two personnel carriers make it to the bridgehead (still on their side). Their engines cough black smoke into the sky as they advance. Another tank is about to emerge behind them. (Now @Billy Rigers ) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 04-May-19 06:47 AM
(Is the tank immune to the HMG or no?)
(Sorry it took me so long.)
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Nekosmash 04-May-19 06:52 AM
(Tank is not immune. Hmg is a gunnery weapon)
(Vehicles are never immune but small arms have some damage shaved off. You can plink a tank to death if you have to)
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Billy Rigers 04-May-19 06:58 AM
Billy swerves off to find a bit of cover, training the HMG on the Tank. (HMG 19/17) (Alecto 29/10 might need to adjust that macro) (Gunner Drone 17/12)
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Nekosmash 04-May-19 07:01 AM
The tank bursts into flame but continues driving, heavily damaged.
(Top of the round with Desmond
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-May-19 09:58 AM
(Can I get the Rebels to fire while I use a rocket launcher against the tank?)
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Nekosmash 04-May-19 10:07 AM
(You can direct their fire. I’m not rolling individual people against each other since I’d have to keep track of about 200npcs individually. I’m just making opposed checks for who the combat is favoring. But they’re helped by your bonus)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-May-19 10:24 AM
(Rocket Launcher 28/23)
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Nekosmash 04-May-19 10:46 AM
The tank had all it can handle and the ramshackle vehicle begins burning just inside the gatehouse
(Dax)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 04-May-19 11:21 AM
Dax bursts out from cover and teleports into the fray, getting into melee with as many people as possible before lashing out with the fiery sword, a burst of energy blasting outwards with the impact. (27/19, 10 AoE shock vs AC17) The PABE follows Dax out and is a flurry of energy blasts. (7/3) (20/7) (10/2) (11/5) (7/3) (8/10) (18/2) (19/5) (14/3) (16/5) (18/1) (10/10) (edited)
The Blitzen trains its Anti Vehicle laser on the closest armored personnel carrier while the railgun fires to suppress the crowd yet again. (15/18) (15 dmg or 7 with pass)
(I think that's everything I can do)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 04-May-19 11:36 AM
(What's the PABE?)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 04-May-19 11:36 AM
(A cool thing Hailey doesn't have)
(I'll find it again)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 04-May-19 11:36 AM
(Wow ok)
(Just asking a question gooooosh)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 04-May-19 11:38 AM
(Portable Autonomic Beam Emitter) (This softball-sized device requires a Type A cell to operate, and functions for up to 10 rounds on a single cell. To trigger it, the wielder spends one action designating up to a dozen visible targets before releasing the emitter, which promptly unfolds into a small levitating beam platform. The platform fires as a laser rifle at the targets on its owner’s turn each round, shooting at each with a +5 hit bonus until all enemies are dead or have escaped its field of view. By default, the PABE remains within one meter of its owner while shooting, though it can be ordered to “stay”, “come”, “stop”, or target new enemies. Most such commands can be delivered while the owner performs other actions, but the PABE responds only to its activator. Enemies trying to destroy the PABE must hit an AC 17 target and inflict 6 points of damage to ruin it. The PABE can fly up to 30 meters per round to keep up with its owner.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 04-May-19 11:40 AM
(that's sick)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-May-19 11:43 AM
Desmond takes cover when he sees the platform take flight. "Down!" Desmond yells to the rebels.
(Wow!)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 04-May-19 11:53 AM
(Neko gave Dax all the AoE)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 04-May-19 12:01 PM
(Yeah lol)
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Nekosmash 04-May-19 02:01 PM
Several of the cult infantry are wounded by the pabe, and the long blades sword and energy blast kills three cultists on the walls
(Hailey).
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Mylonite (Hailey) 04-May-19 02:11 PM
(Just so I dont go trying to blow up stuff that's already been blown up, can we get an inventory of what's still out there? Its lots of cultists, two personnel carriers, and cultists on the walls setting up guns, right?)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 04-May-19 02:13 PM
(Oh yeah, did my VTOL do things with the shots I made this round?)
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Nekosmash 04-May-19 05:03 PM
(struck a carrier, my bad. There are 25 cultists left on the walls, heavy weapons mixed in and will be firing this turn, one undamaged APC, one damaged APC, second tank is now down)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 05-May-19 11:55 AM
Hailey bursts towards the APC, blasting it with the AV Lasers. (16/26, AP 15)
(sorry, it was my turn to be slow lol)
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Nekosmash 05-May-19 02:01 PM
The damaged apc grinds to a halt, not yet ablaze but one will catch in seconds. The rear door slams down as whatever cult members can try to escape
(Rolling for them in a min)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 05-May-19 02:35 PM
(AC 20/21, ranged/melee for Dax)
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Nekosmash 05-May-19 02:41 PM
(Luck save for Desmond and Hailey)
Two anti vehicle lasers lash out at Billy’s mech suit
(Both whiffs)
Two mortars slam down on the resistance position around Hailey and Desmond. Two lasers lash out at Billy’s mech as it zooms by. Anti air guns from the walls, the remaining two, chase the VTOL across the sky
(14/9. Other one missed)
Ten riflemen, the survivors not engaged with heavy weapons bracket dax, seeing him responsible for the carnage in his midst
(22 for regular hits and there were two crits for 20 in total, back to @Billy Rigers
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Mylonite (Hailey) 05-May-19 02:49 PM
(Success)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 06-May-19 06:07 AM
(success)
Desmond doges into cover calling out to the Rebels.
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 06:09 AM
(no mortar hits for either of you, just need billy to make his turn)
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 10:49 AM
On the walls, Dax sees a postern gate beginning to open, as more cult personnel begin to rush out- a way into the fortress at last!
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Billy Rigers 06-May-19 10:55 AM
(So nothin. Hit me? Cool.) Billy aims for the AV laser position with the HMG “Not today boys.” (20/17) (27,11) (17,7) He screams forward toward the opening. “All you Dax.”
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 10:57 AM
(Nothing hit you, i missed horribly)
The gunners endure as much of the oncoming storm as possible, but the HMG rounds strike down two of them. A wounded gunner does what he can to cope with the rest of his crew, his choice either be killed as an apostate for running, or be killed by you for standing his ground
(Desmond is next, from his position on the ground)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 06-May-19 04:18 PM
Desmond lowers his laser rifle, takes a breath and reluctantly fires at the wounded gunner. (edited)
(16 to hit 16 damage I think if we get a plus 5 bonus on damage it is 21)
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 04:21 PM
The cultist drops and falls off the wall along with their heavy gun
Dax Up)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 06-May-19 04:41 PM
(What do I see on the wall? I got shot from a bunch of people inside the wall, correct?)
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 04:57 PM
(On the wall, basically everyone left who wasn’t manning a heavy weapon) Behind the wall dax sees a pile of explosive shells stacked up, meant for the mortars and heavier wall guns.
100m away, the inner keep and actual complex for the breaker guns stands, the doors open and they look to be jammed that way
Two techs are fighting with the controls, trying to repair them after damage during the combatdnent
Bombardment
(Of which you have one more)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 06-May-19 05:06 PM
"Back up!!" Dax yells back to the crew. He arms a demo charge and throws it off the wall towards the stacked munitions. As it's flying, Dax leaps 10m back off the wall away from the incoming explosion and grabs the PABE out of mid air on the way down. As soon as he hits the dirt he hits the detonator.
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 05:15 PM
(Luck Save dax)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 06-May-19 05:24 PM
(RIP)
(2v6 Failure)
(I was hoping being on the other side of the wall would save me lol)
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 05:25 PM
(It’s less damage dice being rolled but it’s still an exploding shower of masonry the size of ground cars)
👻 3
💀 3
☠ 2
👼 3
(13. Whiffed 2 dice). At the edge of the blast, dozens of large pieces of shrapnel catch dax
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 06-May-19 05:27 PM
(But I rekt 'em, right?)
(Rectum?)
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 05:29 PM
(Sure did)
A large breach has been created on the outer wall, dust clouds billowing into the neon lit night air along with the orange glow of the fire
(Hailey up)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 06-May-19 05:30 PM
(Is it too late to take my warrior ability for that? If it can even apply there)
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 05:31 PM
(You can negate that hit. It’s damage so it’s a valid use
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 06-May-19 05:31 PM
(I've literally never used my warrior ability before)
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Nekosmash 06-May-19 05:42 PM
(You can use it to negate, that’s use for the battle. Hailey is next. Remaining targets are one personnel carrier and ten riflemen)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 06-May-19 05:50 PM
Hailey flies down over the personal carrier and blasts it. "Where do you think you're going?" (30/26, AP 15)
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 05:31 AM
The carrier rocks on its tracks and the two cult soldiers about to emerge are atomized by the heavy gun. It continues rolling, back aflame. The cult soldiers are scattered and stunned by the blast and the breach in the fortress wall. The green lightning thunderhead above the pyramid begins to grow in intensity, forked tridents of jade witchlight streaking across the sky
(evasion save everyone!)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 06:24 AM
(I have failed my last like 4 saves.... 2v4 failure)
⛈ 2
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 06:27 AM
(zap, 6 damage)
😅 5
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Mylonite (Hailey) 07-May-19 07:17 AM
(16v3 success)
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 07:19 AM
(no damage for hailey)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 07-May-19 07:20 AM
(Giant metal thing? Idk why that would possibly get hit by lightning😂)
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 07:20 AM
(You're just that good)
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 07:23 AM
(6v4 save)
(Close call)
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 07:30 AM
(No damage for billy, just need Des) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 07:54 AM
(Traveled down the shut channels.)
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 11:11 AM
The breach opens up into the fortress and you see the way in is clear. Any cult fighters in the open are either dead, dying, or two shell shocked to continue fighting. A rebel with a demolition charge throws the entire satchel at the burning cult carrier, finishing it off
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 11:15 AM
".......Ow!" Dax rubs his shoulder and stows the energy buckler. "I think we're clear for the moment... what's our way forward?"
"We've got another bombardment waiting for my signal, if we want to try that trick again."
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 01:05 PM
(Billy was already flying at the opening. You see him reaching for his own demo charges.)
“Now we blow the big gun, Dax. We will hit it with a bombardment on our way out, yeah?”
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 01:09 PM
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 01:10 PM
(Is just me, or is there a whole lot of jpeg going on there?)
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 01:10 PM
Jrpg
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 01:14 PM
(breach is to the south, so that gatehouse and front tower area is gone, but the side walls and rear are still intact) Inside the complex. the breaker guns are situated in a secondary defensive works near the back, barracks buildings, an armory, a motor pool, and a few buildings you can't easily identify line the rest of the way, the cultists inside the keep were stunned by the blast and will be rousing soon once they realize a secondary bombardment is either very delayed or not coming
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Mylonite (Hailey) 07-May-19 01:24 PM
Hailey steps down out of the mech as it’s hexagonal scaled pattern begins to wave and vibrate. “alright so what’s the plan now? Just brute force our way through?”
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 01:26 PM
(Sorry I was picturing it differently. A bombardment now might be smart.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 01:31 PM
"We are pretty much brutes."
"We could shock and awe by bombarding the whole compound and we come in as the cleanup crew."
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 01:33 PM
“Call it in.” Coms “Twins - once the bombardment is complete, come escort us out of here with the blitzers. Clear the road would ya?”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 01:36 PM
(Get us out? I thought we were following the bombardment in)
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 01:36 PM
(We are But it’ll take them some time. I’m thinking.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 01:37 PM
(Gotcha)
On comms, "Incoming coordinates for your artillery, Mirr. Let's bring the thunder." (Going to try to cover as much of the compound as I can with the strike, and we'll back up a bit for cover in the d6 number of minutes it takes to arrive)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 07-May-19 01:42 PM
(Sounds good to me)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 01:42 PM
(The strike will arrive in 1 minute) (Accidentally rolled the d100 twice... first result 23% 😭 ) (2nd roll was 72.....)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 07-May-19 02:25 PM
(Can you roll for me? I’m at work. 24 hour shift.)
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 03:25 PM
(We can take the 72 for a re roll token)
(If you’d like to use one)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 03:26 PM
(Abso-freaking-lutely)
(Best use for a token I can think of)
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 04:25 PM
(So the gun battery itself and the structure on the left and right are closest to it are hardened so the men there won’t be killed but they’ll be stunned. Everything else will be leveled
“Copy. Shot out. Splashdown in one minute. Two guns. Twenty four rounds each. Get clear”
The single self propelled gun fires both of its barrels as fast as it can, sending and entire magazine of shells skyward in a rolling barrage that blankets the entire compound in a rolling screen of explosions, fire, smoke and churned earth
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 04:28 PM
(Freakin' yeeeeeaaaa buddy 💥 💥 💥 😎 )
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 04:40 PM
coms “Cover us while we’re in there.” Billy rolls his shoulders, face set, reloading his weapons calmly as the compound is hit. He double checks the bomber drone to make sure it’s all good to go and looks towards his companions as the barrage ends, smiling slightly. “Let’s finish these fuckers.”
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 04:40 PM
(Desmond is likewise safe from the lighting before)
The barrage ends and the smoke slowly drifts away and thins out. Inside, four of the buildings are collapsed and their occupants very dead. The three buildings closest to the rear of the compound are shell scarred but still standing. Their occupants would have survived the blast but likely are stunned or sheltering
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 07-May-19 04:49 PM
“Brothers and Sisters of Acastus! Billy, Hailey and Dax have given our planet a chance to free its sky’s from these breaker guns!” Desmond proclaims. “With free skies comes the chance to free the world itself! Charge!!!!”
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 05:05 PM
Billy gives a salute to the growing storm cloud. “Scorched earth. Hailey and Des, you think you can blow the doors off those buildings that stood? Usually armored buildings are important for some reason. Hopefully the twins can clean up anyone that comes out of them, but we have bigger fish to fry.” Billy moves forward toward the breaker gun, a single drone buzzing forward ahead of the rest. The drone flies right up to the door and directs its explosion exactly where billy thinks the best point to blow the doors to the inner compound and detonates the drone and all, suicide style.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 05:10 PM
Dax runs in, teleporting across the larger rubble pieces. The VTOL stays overhead to cover.
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 07-May-19 05:18 PM
Desmond charges in with the Rebels at the remaining buildings. “Be prepared for a pickup Nancy,” Desmond says. “And have the med bays ready!”
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Mylonite (Hailey) 07-May-19 06:31 PM
Hailey climbs back into her mech, now much stockier, its wings having shifted down and taken weapon like shapes. She follows after Desmond. "Round two, here we come!!"
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Nekosmash 07-May-19 07:07 PM
The drone and its payload explodes against the armored doors, buckling them and causing the reinforced metal to crack in several places
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 07-May-19 08:36 PM
"I've got more demo charges... or I can work on cutting through the hard way." Dax motions with his fiery mageblade. "I can get through just about anything, but it isn't always the fastest method."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 07-May-19 09:17 PM
Hailey holds up a metal fist, glowing orange blade emanating. “I’ve got a way to cut through too. It should go quick if we work on this together.”
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Billy Rigers 07-May-19 09:51 PM
“The demo charges are for the gun. Get to it.” Coms “I want guns on every door.”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 08-May-19 04:38 AM
Desmond points to his rocket launcher. "Hailey and Dax, if you clear I can send a rocket at the door. Up to you two."
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 05:00 AM
(I think hailey's mech specifically has breaching tools if i am remembering this configuration right
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 08-May-19 05:01 AM
Desmond notices the breaching tools and has the Rebels cover her. "You got it Hailey!"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 05:52 AM
(It would appear that the anti-air is all down, correct? Shouldn't have any problems keeping the VTOL close by?)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 06:01 AM
(yeah the bombardment would have taken care of it)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 06:04 AM
(👌 sweet)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 06:17 AM
"Alright, cover us while we get the door!" Dax moves up to help Hailey cut through the door.
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 06:18 AM
(lets keep the initiative order, if it comes up again)
The mech takes four minutes to cut through the reinforced doors, dax helping where he can by weakening joints or softening plates so the power tools have an easier time. They fall away, light from the inside spilling out, backlighting stunned cultists, most of whom are recovering from shell shock, ears and noses trickling blood
one is walking past the door, and stops to regard you, her face chalk white, and her dirty blonde hair matted with dirt and blood.
she continues walking, unable to process what she is seeing
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Billy Rigers 08-May-19 06:34 AM
Billy walks up and sets up the AV Laser “Dax check her neck.” (Is there any indication that these are not cultists? Do they have neck tattoos of the apostates?)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 06:37 AM
(yeah everyone here is very much a cultist)
Her neck, although purple and bruised, is not tattooed
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Billy Rigers 08-May-19 06:40 AM
Billy seeing that, grits his teeth, a single tear dries before it leaves his cheek. “We do what we must.” Billy lays down suppressive fire with the AV laser over the gathering of stunned cultists. Providing everyone else is still shellshocked and unmoving.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 06:50 AM
Dax swallows hard and steps away from the opening. A moment later, his resolve visibly hardens on his face and posture. "No quarter given."
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 06:52 AM
The cultists in the muster-way, a wide hallway where soldiers could gather to sally out, are culled without mercy, their black robed bodies punctured by shot, shell, and sword. blood mists in the air from the high energy kills. Ahead, the control room doors begin to winch open, and something shakes the building.,
The storm overhead lashes angrily at the ground, jade lightning hitting several spots in the courtyard, vitrifying the sand and dirt (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 06:54 AM
(Would Billy and Hailey need to get out of their mechs to get in the building?)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 06:54 AM
(no the doors are big enough for trucks to get in, ect
The doors open, revealing a tall figure, as large as the mechs themselves
The changeling rolls forward, on backwards jointed legs, six blades unfolding from its sides. Allegedly, it was human once, though male, female, none of that matters, or is even discernable anymore
👻 3
👌 3
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Billy Rigers 08-May-19 07:00 AM
“Fuck me. There it is. Vothe, you are recording these images, yeah?” Billy hefts the HMG readying himself, his stealth observation drone, however is cycling through its imaging software scanning the cloud and distant skies toward the pyramid.
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 07:01 AM
(we can keep the same initiative, leading off with @Chris Fury (Desmond) )
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 11:02 AM
Vothe sends back a very short acknowledgement that he is indeed recording
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 08-May-19 12:13 PM
Desmond fires his laser rifle.
(16 to hit 17 damage plus the extra 5 22)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 12:36 PM
The creature shrugs off the shot, advancing steadily forward
30m away
(dax!)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 12:48 PM
Dax fires up the neural overload and dashes towards the creature to close the distance as quickly as possible, the energy buckler deploying as he launches his mageblade towards the horror. (33/15) (1st turn over) Dax continues charging at the creature and fires off a second shot. (28/22) (2nd turn at end of initiative order)
(I should have known I would fail the save) (Physical save 3v5 fail to continue using neural overload)
(Screw it, I'm using a reroll.) (5v5 success)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 12:49 PM
(Woah that thing is sick)
“If we weren’t about to die, I’d think that think is awesome!....let’s kill it”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 12:53 PM
(Hailey should know by now that Dax is really cool. I'm Neko's favorite after Billy, so I get all the best things)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 12:54 PM
(Oh is that right? 😏)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 12:56 PM
The burning mageblade sails forward, bursting against the once human's armor in a rippling spray of fire, you can tell you've hurt it.
(Hailey)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 01:02 PM
(I’m both off WiFi and on mobile, and I don’t wanna make you guys wait forever, so unless someone else has a suggestion of something that could be useful, I’ll just do something stupid that may or may not work)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 01:04 PM
(YOLO)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 01:11 PM
(Live your truth)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 01:11 PM
(Nobody remembers the safe moves you make. Be bold!)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 01:18 PM
“Aaarrggggghhhhh! I’m tired of shooting. Bums up. I’m going in” The quick, agile mech darts in, bum rushing the monster. With no regard for her own safety, she swipes for the legs/tail with a massive metal hand outstretched, attempting to grab it and hold tight. “I got this guy.”
(No idea what I should roll for that)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 01:19 PM
(we'll need a to hit roll for sure, d20+stab+ab+dex mod)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 01:22 PM
(27 altogether)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 01:22 PM
(hit)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 01:22 PM
(I assume that’s enough for the turn)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 01:22 PM
(yessum, so the machine man is grappled, and ill roll for his turn now)
The creature groans, a mess of human vocal cords and machine code as it is compressed in the mech;s hand. It seems to wiggle inside the mech suit, before six of the advanced blades (count as gunnery weapons) punch out (think like those spineily guys from kirby)
(27/ 2, 25/ 3, 23/9, the other three miss)
( @Billy Rigers is next) (edited)
(his AC is lower since he is being held in place, rather than make you all track another bonus)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 01:48 PM
“Hehehehe we’ve really got you in our grasp now mwahhahaha”
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Billy Rigers 08-May-19 01:49 PM
(Sweet) Billy and his swarm of drones fly up behind, aiming down at the beast. You see Billy strain as the HMG heats up from unloading into it. (HMG: 20/12, 28/10) (Idk if my drones shoot twice or not, but I’d expect only once.) (Alecto: 27/9) (Gunner Drone: 30/12)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 08-May-19 03:08 PM
(I need to upgrade my weaponry! I should have brought that Mech the Marshals own.)
🍭 1
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 03:22 PM
(Only once. They don’t have the same ability. It’s part of the gun)
The shots dance across the restrained figure, knocking armor plating free and milky blood arc out in a spray.
(Desmond next. Top of the round)
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Billy Rigers 08-May-19 03:22 PM
( as long as they don’t try and jam their guns I’m good.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 08-May-19 03:37 PM
Desmond yells, lowers his laser rifle at waist level since Hailey is restraining the target and unloads a bright burst of energy at the beast. (24 to hit 13 damage + extra damage from Regulus Ghost?) (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 03:48 PM
(Regulus ghost is +2 to hit, not damage) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 08-May-19 03:54 PM
(Then that makes it 26 to hit!)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 04:05 PM
The shots strike true this time, severing the thrashing biomechanical tail in a welter oily blood
(Dax’s second attack I think would have gone off before. Enemy champion is not looking good. Dax is up again now
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 04:07 PM
Hailey holds the thing up like a pinata. "Give em hell Dax"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 04:20 PM
Dax closes the distance, Neural Overload lending him speed, and leaps into the air at the base of the creature, slicing up the torso with his sword as he flies up. (32/22) On the way back down to the ground Dax hacks at the monsters neck. (31/26) (Physical save 1 vs 5...... I'm not even surprised)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 04:56 PM
Dax feels the telltale hot spot in the back of his neck as the neural overload has overworked itself and burns out.
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 05:18 PM
It screeches as the blade cuts deep. (Hailey is next)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 05:22 PM
(Literally rip his head off with your mech pls)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 05:23 PM
(Oh I was gonna go with the ‘brutally slam it against the ground’ option, but I like that too)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 05:35 PM
(Alright Neko the people have spoken. What’s the check to rip it’s head off?)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 05:36 PM
(Well we technically can’t do an execute here because he’s clearly not surprised but we can make a stab dex against a dc 10 to try to end the fight now. If it fails he’s going to make some hard moves)
(Basically still allowing an execute just at the max dc)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 08-May-19 05:42 PM
(I thought he was almost dead lol)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 05:46 PM
(He’s not doing great but there’s enough left to cheapen the fight by just hand waving that you kill him
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Billy Rigers 08-May-19 05:46 PM
(He’s going to just whirlwind us in a minute.) (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 08-May-19 06:09 PM
“Go Hailey!” Desmond yells trying to set up his next shot.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 06:30 PM
(What would be the roll of I used the ground as a weapon and slammed it down?)
(Improvised melee weapon roll?)
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Nekosmash 08-May-19 06:34 PM
(Yeah just a regular attack using that template then
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Mylonite (Hailey) 08-May-19 09:41 PM
Hailey hoists the thing up by its legs and proceeds to aggressively and rapidly beat it around on the floor. (22/10) (edited)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 04:45 AM
The mech's power drives the beast into the floor hard, and you hear some of its metal bones cracking, (and now, physical effect save! everyone!)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 05:24 AM
(I'm predicting a fail for Dax)
(2v5 fail)
(I had my wife click the button for fun and it's a 19v5, so it's just a me problem. I'll just have her do it for me from now on)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 06:11 AM
(yeah def let her handle the luck stuff today hahah)
The helmet augmitters release a sonic scream, (10 damage Dax) , the concussive force harsh even when listened to through armor plating, or audio pickups. Glass, screens, and anything with a display within 10 meters cracks
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 06:20 AM
(He's doing some more stuff once the rest of the saves come in)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 09-May-19 06:26 AM
(12v4 success)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 06:28 AM
(5 damage for hailey)
(Billy and Desmond left)
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Billy Rigers 09-May-19 06:30 AM
(Fail 2v probably 4)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 06:33 AM
(16 damage for billy)
(Desmond PAsses, taking 6) The Changeling, in combat with both the mech, and Dax, sends its first three blades in a slashing arc down, hoping to sever whatever it can in the wrist and arm, (23/5, 23/3, 24/5, all gunnery) There is a flash of light, as it blinks from the mech's grip into combat with Dax, its other three blades all flying at him from different directions (crit for 11 in total, the others miss)
(and now @Billy Rigers is up)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 06:37 AM
(Not sure if it matters, but I was in mid air still lol)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 06:37 AM
(he blinked to come at you, before landing)
(He's also the size of a mech himself
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 06:38 AM
(Fair, he's almost as cool as me)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 06:38 AM
(mech, ish,)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 06:40 AM
(So I'm taking all 4 hits? Or just the crit?)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 06:44 AM
(this round you took the scream attack and the critical hit only)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 09-May-19 06:46 AM
“Wait you can’t do that get back here!”
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 07:33 AM
Outside, the thunderheads grow in power, and you see a dark shape, 30m tall at least beginning to coalesce outside. A voice, sibilant, sinister, the sound of a blackened nail dragged across glass, leaving behind a perfect scratch, I think that's far enough,for all of you
The clouds continue to take shape and solidify.
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☠ 4
Your vision all fades to a patina of grey and black, with different shades of the same in between, to show depth. All color, light, and life in the world seems to have been rolled away, with the exception of the backlighting lightning storm, still jade. The only splash of color. It's like she knows, that just enough light is all you need to see her suffocating power. A single point of brightness begins to grow around Desmond, and the sinister laughter of The Still Lady is replaced, just for a moment, Be strong, all of you. This is all I can do to help Drina's spirit emerges at this thinning of the metaspace, swirling around Desmond. He is overwhelmed with feelings of light, and love , and the same spreads to all of you (Everyone heals 30)
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(and lets get a new initiative)
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Billy Rigers 09-May-19 07:43 AM
(5)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 07:44 AM
(5)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 09-May-19 07:51 AM
(8)
(Who’s Drina? My lore knowledge is so crap) (edited)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 09-May-19 07:56 AM
(Des's wife)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 09:11 AM
(Lady, and what's left of Changeling, got a 3)
(Order is Hailey, Des, Dax, Billy, Lady and Changeling)
Pinned a message.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 09:56 AM
(Did my 26 damage go off at the end of the previous round?)
(Curious how much is left of this changeling)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 09:59 AM
(It did , on the pain smiley face scale hes about an 8 right now)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 10:20 AM
Hitting the ground after his last clash with the changeling, Dax feels the MES energy soothe his wounds and sees their new opponent. "Uhhh.... let's finish this guy before dealing with that!" Dax spins on his heels to face the heavily wounded changeling.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 12:21 PM
On comms to his VTOL crew, "Get out of the way of that thing! Stay in range to keep attacking it though, we need you!"
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 12:25 PM
"Negative boss, this lighting is going to swat us out of the sky if we stay here"
"We've got to pull back to the forest"
( @Chris Fury (Desmond) is up)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 09-May-19 03:53 PM
(Hey sorry I went afk right as the big scene hit. Good to see it wasn't waiting on me though)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 09-May-19 05:36 PM
(I think we skipped Hailey)
(I just reread the initiative message)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 09-May-19 05:37 PM
(She's just so powerful, that Neko needed to nerf her)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 05:38 PM
(Go ahead)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 09-May-19 05:49 PM
(Oh me ok) "Dax, get out of the way" Speakers of the back of the mech blast the changeling with a sound blast. (28dmg cone) She turns the arms to the newcommer next, lighting it up with the lasers. (24/22) "Not gonna lie Stills, thought with all that immense power, you'd at least be kinda cute or something"
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 05:50 PM
The changeling is shattered at the sonic blast, armor falling to pieces as the malevolent man machine spirit hybrid inside comes apart
A nimbus of dark light dulls the laser as it punches into the still lady, though some of the beam makes it through
(Now Desmond)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 09-May-19 05:52 PM
(Has an AP 10, forgot to mention that but idk if it matters)
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Nekosmash 09-May-19 05:52 PM
(It’s not armor that’s taking away from the damage here but it’s good to know)
👍 2
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 09-May-19 07:52 PM
(Sorry, at work, will be able to roll in the morning.)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:11 AM
(sounds good)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 05:19 AM
(24 to hit 9 on damage)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:20 AM
The lady shrieks, as the energy beam punches through her barrier, Desmond's shots for some reason not troubled
(Dax is next)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 06:23 AM
Desmond’s face is screwed up in anguish as he holds the laser.
“Regulus and Drina are reaching beyond the great silence to save us!” Desmond says into his comm.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 06:30 AM
“Yes! For once I’m glad to hear there’s more company in a fight, and their timing couldn’t be more perfect ”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 06:32 AM
Seeing the dispatched changeling, Dax turns, "I can't say I've fought a literal thunderstorm before...." Dax speeds away from Hailey and the others in an attempt to spread out. Neural Overload firing, Dax's mageblade leaves his hand and flies blade first towards the Lady. (22/13) He continues his dash outside towards a building or rubble or some sort of cover, another fiery spear firing after the first leaves his hand. (24/16) (The curse is lifted, 17v5 physical save for Neural Overload Wiring. 3 total strain taken)
💯 2
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 06:34 AM
The burning spear breaks over the roiling doom cloud that is the lady, flames and thunder mixing as one, though you can sense it has harmed her
(Blly next)
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 07:04 AM
Billy grits his teeth surveying the scene, the Still lady, the breaker gun and the shadow of the pyramid in the distance and they magical energies flowing all around. He begins to walk purposefully. “Vothe I’m going to need your help running equations with Eyebot and I. I need to know the proper calculations for misfiring the breaker guns into the pyramid.” Billy charges inside the breaker gun facility. “Any rebels that can hear me. Get those fucking Nulmetium shells, Fate brought and get them in the air ASAP. If you misplaced them, I’ll kill you myself when the Bitch raises my corpse from the ashes.” “If the lone star can get some torpedos on the pyramid from a distance, all the better. Use the coordinates because you’ll be firing in blind. And if we don’t make it, get your asses to the UNW. Move now and prepare to extract. Twins, we might need those getaway cars.”
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 07:12 AM
Vothe and eyebot begin working, they'll have the calculations shortly (six rounds, but we can make it three with a program/int check that passes)
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 07:13 AM
(Should I make them now?)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 07:14 AM
(yeah just so we know how long, in the remaining rounds, be it 3 or 6, you'll be assisting them/getting the guns to track)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 07:15 AM
(When Desmond can he will transmit...) "Nancy," Desmond says over his comm. "Coordinate with Riger One and Vothe on Torpedo strikes."
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 07:17 AM
(Program/int 17)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 07:41 AM
(3 turns for the strikes)
The still lady is up
😬 2
The thunderstorm rolls, and shakes the ground with such force it feels like the planet itself may split. She towers over all of you, an avatar of a time when the galaxy was a mess of primordial energy
😇 2
Her jadefire gaze turns to dax, and she stretches a shadowy hand to him, the corrupting energies like throwing a wrench into the machinery of his organs
(physical effect save)
(using the random organ failure spell, as part of her eaten god powers)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 07:47 AM
(You made me so nervous asking for a save................ those have sucked recently)
(But....... 13v5 success)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 07:47 AM
(so its 10d6 instead of auto mortally wounded, but she takes half of the damage herself)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 07:47 AM
(neato) (edited)
(yyyyyyessss)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 07:48 AM
(26 for you, she gets 14)
Ball lightning develops in each of her fists, that she sends rocketing out at Hailey, and Desmond (billy is inside the complex and effectively out of combat until the calculations are done
(15, AP 10 for hailey, desmond is missed)
Finally, gesturing to a spot on the ground, she makes a fist with her hand, and a rising motion, as the pieces of the changeling slowly begin to rattle and slide to the point she designated, illuminated by a light as blue and pale as the solar systems weak pulsar sun
(Hailey up)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 07:56 AM
(Poetic Prose!)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 08:18 AM
“I mean, I’m not saying you aren’t, just more so. Guess some people, or massive primordial beings, just don’t care. What a shame.” Hailey tries to keep her attention off of Billy in his pyramid and her more squishy friends as she quips with the Still Lady. The speakers on her back rotate up to her shoulders as she blasts with both those and her wrist beams. (27/23 cone, and 32/21 respectively) “and why do that call you he still lady anyways? Is it because you don’t do much, or because you were named lady before you became a hell and destruction monster and you were like ‘hey I’m still lady’, but people didn’t get it and thought you were someone different called the Still Lady? Like, what was your second choice?”
😂 3
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 08:19 AM
(Banter to the bitter end)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 08:19 AM
(Can Peter fly the Bounty to get us some extra fire? Is that possible?)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 08:22 AM
(is he trained in pilot?)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 08:23 AM
(No lol. Thought he was nvm)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 08:24 AM
(then no, he can't)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 08:36 AM
The two shots connect solidly, and there is an earsplitting thunderclap as her essence is damaged by the energetic fire
Do not be afraid, my love. I am with you now, and always Drina says in Desmond's head, as he readies himself to act
❤ 2
( @Chris Fury (Desmond) up) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 09:12 AM
(His hair turns yellow and starts floating** is what he meant to say.)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 10:26 AM
Desmond takes out two grenades, pulls out the pins and rushes the Still Lady.
😦 3
🇫 3
😶 3
💥 3
(He wants to detonate when he gets to her.)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 10:42 AM
(Shes way too big for evasion saves. Are you throwing them or holding on?)
(Because you may have to take a couple)
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Garion 10-May-19 10:44 AM
(Like a few hundred xD)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 10:46 AM
(backs up a truck to her filled with em)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 10:52 AM
(This could be a big mistake>>>)
(He wants to get inside the doom cloud and explode the grenades. If he survives he will be firing at her from inside the thunderhead. He is trying to buy Billy and the rest time.)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 11:03 AM
(Two evasion saves)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 11:07 AM
(Two Successes!! 18 v 5 and 13 v 5 )
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 11:09 AM
(4d6 for each grenade, you'll take half)
Drina's spirit moves with you, you can feel her powering your steps, moving you forward, making your sprint effortless
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 11:13 AM
(20 + 15 = 35 )
Desmond rolls from the explosions and comes back up to his feet in the storm cloud. He reaches for his laser rifle. "Hailey, Billy and Dax," he says. "Save this planet and our sector!!!"
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 11:15 AM
(so 17 on you, lets round down)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 11:16 AM
(Very EPIC!!!!)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 11:16 AM
(Dax is next)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 11:38 AM
Dax clutches his chest for a moment, pained by the last attack. "Can't take many more of those..."
(Is there any cover around? Whether or not it actually protects me is one thing, but a semblance of protection would be nice)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 11:39 AM
(I'd say there's probably a lot of big rubble pieces
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 12:11 PM
Dax teleports behind the nearest boulder he can use for cover and uses his Neural Overload to fire 2 more spears at the heart of the lovely lady. (35/15) (33/17) (Physical save 1v5 fail... of course. Neural Overload fried for real this time.) (Total 6 strain)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 12:12 PM
You do not feel Drina's healing touch as you did last time, she must be occupied elsewhere. The burning spears break across the thunderhead, flame and lightning mingling, and her main echoing out from the undying presence. Billy is inside, beginning the complex series of calculations with Vothe (1/3). The breaker guns begin to swivel as their gimbals lower them to new targeting settings .
the guns are immense, and you sense it will take until the calculations are done
The still lady, looks to the mech that is causing her so much pain. and now, my little firefly, it is time to snuff that light (Physical effect save hailey)
😬 4
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 12:37 PM
(Ayy 20v4) “Bring it Heavy Metal. It’s gonna take more than a rolled up newspaper to squash this bug”
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 12:38 PM
(Lady has the rest of her turn yet, just going step by step since there's lots of dice flying around, still 10d6 to both you and her)
(22 for her, 45 for you)
🎆 4
(she can't use it again on you, or dax now)
Inside the heart of the storm, she channels the bolts normally hurled at everyone else downward, into a spear of jade electrical fire, launched at desmond
(16, which i dont thnk hits) The bolt is deflected, atomizing a pile of rubble 20m to the right of Dax, but otherwise, harmlessly knocked away. I am with you always she whispers, words for only Desmond to hear
The voice is fainter now, coming from what soudns like a great deal away (edited)
The pieces of the changeling keep dragging toward the light, ruined leg segments beginning to construct themselves in a new way (Idk if hailey is down or not, thats on hailey actual since its organ shutdown, not the mech. Let's confirm how shes doing before we start the next round)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 12:44 PM
(According to her, she is what the kids are calling 'thiccc')
(I think that's talking about hit points, but Dax is clueless)
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 12:44 PM
(She is thicc. Confirmed.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 12:48 PM
“Uh oh that’s a little more than a swat.” Haileys knocked down by the attack, groaning. She spits some blood out of her mouth, but is definitely still in the fight. “Ya know, you scared off Billy, hurt Dax pretty bad, and keep hitting Des. But now, now there’s one other person you’ve really pissed off.” She struggles up. “Me”
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💯 3
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 12:50 PM
(Dummy thicc. omg, Hailey is also up, new round)
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 12:51 PM
(Hailey is pretty much Billy’s equal I think.)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 12:51 PM
(Including mech HP, she’s just under half health)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 12:53 PM
(Where are the Nulmetanium shells right now?)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 12:54 PM
(Hailey up, and the rebels bringing them would be just wiped out drying to cross the cursed earth here)
(Trying)
(They also cannot physically partake in any action to harm her, as part of eaten god, due to the hit dice difference)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 12:57 PM
(I thought we had larger Nulmetanium shells, not just small arms ammunition)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 12:57 PM
(You do but nobody is carrying them, and nobody who can , can get near)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 12:57 PM
The superpowered speakers kick in, blasting the Still Lady with, sound waves. The high, repetitive noise is accompanied another laser blast. (20/19, and 33/26—> 52) (perfect timing for a nat20 crit) (edited)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 12:57 PM
(basically it has to be one of you)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 12:58 PM
(Oh so they couldn't be loaded into artillery that we have stationed 20km away)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 12:58 PM
(Still an action that harms her)The driving wind, rain, and lighting
diminish some, and the storm seems to weaken as this new round of damage splashes across the angry stormfront
( @Chris Fury (Desmond) is up, from inside the storm)
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 01:05 PM
(Vothe can technically do it, but he is preoccupied right now.)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 01:06 PM
(I understand, got it now)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 01:37 PM
Desmond grits his teeth and fires a burst of laser fire in the storm hoping Billy, Dax and Hailey are okay. "For you Drina...I'm coming to see you soon."
(25 to hit, 16 on Damage)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 02:12 PM
The storm roars as the damage (32 damage. Drina will double it for her action this the ) tears some of it apart. She weakens further.
(Dax Up)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 02:18 PM
The Neural Overload Wiring is toast, and Dax knows it. He's going to have to wait quite a while before it comes back online. He peers around the corner of the chunk of rubble he's using for cover and sees the changeling's pieces moving again. "Wha..... how is?..." On comms to the others, "The creepy rolling boi is starting to roll again, just puttin' that out there." Dax hurls his next attack at the largest part of the changeling he can see, hoping to stop whatever the horrible thing might be cooking up. (33/13)
Dax ducks back behind his rock again for now.
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 02:19 PM
The pieces fall apart as the spear stops the resurrection process
Inside, billy is feverishly calculating the last handful of necessary variables to get a clean shot (2/3)
💻 3
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 02:20 PM
(Thank you for doing that😂)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 02:23 PM
The lady finally notices the painful energy lances striking her from within. Detective, your investigation robbed me of my most valuable human instrument. This has been a long time in coming
(Physical effect save Desmond)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 02:34 PM
(Failure! 1 versus 6)
🇫 6
☠ 6
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 04:42 PM
Desmond collapses in the eye of the storm, organs shutting down as the still lady's influence spreads through his body, corrupting flesh, putrefying blood, atrophying muscle. Even the augmetics begin to rust. (Desmond is mortally wounded, currently, its DC8 to stabilize, goes up by 1 each round for 4 rounds until too much time passes and he bleeds out)
The lighting lashes out again at Hailey and Dax
(7 on dax, hailey is missed, Hailey is also up, new round, breaker guns will be locked on this turn)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 04:48 PM
"No!!!" Hailey rushes in with another flurry of sound and laser blasts. (cone/22 and 19/25) (edited)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 04:51 PM
You can see the air literally shatter around her as the sonic shockwave, and laser blast strike home. Her constituent stormfront grows weak, the rain becoming a drizzle, and the wind a slight gale \
(Des is down, so we will move into Dax)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 04:55 PM
Desmond smiles weakly at Hailey’s attack, seeing it wound the Still Lady. “Soon Drina,” he whispers.
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 04:56 PM
You can almost smell coffee, the roast used at her coffee house, the smell permeated her clothes whenever she came home from a shift. (edited)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 04:58 PM
After getting hit by the lightning, Dax dashes out from behind the rock. "That wasn't doing me much good anyways!" Dax charges in and propels his next mageblade at the heart of the storm. (22/17)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 04:58 PM
The blade strikes true, energy passing through the Still Lady, scattering more of her essence back into metaspace. It's close now. You can feel it.
Vothe, eyebot, and Billy have the firing solution plotted in, the pyramid firmly in sight of the breaker guns
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 05:01 PM
(Do I get to shoot it now or next turn.)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:02 PM
(Fire away, 3 guns, hitting on a 10+)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 05:03 PM
(Freakin get it!!)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 05:06 PM
"Hey Stills, guess what. It worked."
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 05:07 PM
(I don’t think I can miss if its shoot+ab+dex that’s +11) (25,14,12)
“FUCK YOU, BITCH! NO RUNNING AWAY THIS TIME! NO MORE OF MY FRIENDS DEAD! EAT SHIT!!”
💥 2
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:10 PM
The first round of the dense, mass driver rounds slam into the pyramid at almost supersonic speed. Cracks begin to spider web out from their impact points, and you hear her scream far worse than anything she has already
The storm breaks, and communications with your air assets are restored
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 05:12 PM
(Will Nancy get to fire from the Lone Star 💫 ?)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:13 PM
(THey're coming in this turn, they'll go with billy next round)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 10-May-19 05:16 PM
Desmond pushes his comm and whispers before passing out. “Hailey, Billy, Dax...May the Stars ✨ and their Silences watch over you...”
😨 2
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 05:16 PM
(All 3 hit. Idk the damage)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:18 PM
(its going to take a couple rounds of bombardment)
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 05:19 PM
Oh cool
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:23 PM
The lady, sensing the immense danger, tries to mentally make contact with billy (mental save)
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Garion 10-May-19 05:23 PM
(She just wants to cuddle)
❤ 1
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:24 PM
(Give me some love you big strong merman)
❤ 1
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 05:24 PM
(Robert be like "OK!")
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Billy Rigers 10-May-19 05:30 PM
15 success
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:32 PM
(alright, so following up with organ shutdown won't work since she can't 'see' you) Lightning arcs out at Dax and Hailey again, and a bolt strikes the gun emplacement as well
(13 on dax, 13 on building) Sparks and siding is blown from the outside, thankfully the acceleration coils aren't hit
(Hailey up, medical check is now a DC9, since a round has passed)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 05:36 PM
Hailey doesn't let up, and continues to attack relentlessly. She lets off another sound blast, and raises her lasers to go for the head. (cone/20 and 23/24)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:37 PM
one of her horns is blown off, the smoking corpus becoming solid, as it lances into the ground, splitting the flagstones. You've weakened her enough to destroy her actual body now
(Des, still down, Dax up)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 05:45 PM
(Would you say I could get within melee range this turn?)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:48 PM
(Most def)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 05:49 PM
(What if I run with my arms outstretched behind me?)
⏩ 5
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 05:50 PM
(even better)
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Artifice (Regrupple) 10-May-19 05:53 PM
(Even faster than your teleport)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 05:57 PM
Emboldened by the damage already done to her, and the unconscious body of Desmond, Dax runs in as fast as his legs will carry him before making a leaping downward slash at the Still Lady. (27/14)
Upon landing, the energy buckler deploys again on his left arm.
🗡 1
(How large is her actual body?)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 10-May-19 05:59 PM
(Neko said 30m tall)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 06:01 PM
(I didn't know if her body was a different size or if that was the storm included in that number)
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 06:01 PM
(30m, shes a gundam!)
Another piece of smoking corpus is knocked free, and she reels backwards in pain
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 10-May-19 06:02 PM
( 😮 )
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Nekosmash 10-May-19 06:02 PM
( @Billy Rigers , breaker guns, and then whatever ships are in the area) (edited)
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 05:50 AM
Billy notices in his display the approach of Vothe and Riger One along with the ships and he dares a grin that escapes in wild unbelieving laughter. Again the coils charge up as he looses the second volley. “Vothe give her a volley. I’ll have her head!”
“Lone star torpedoes on the pyramid! Shadow caster. Kill the bitch.”
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 05:57 AM
(Alright three guns. Your ship and Nancy on the lone star)
(And the fate, Peter doesn’t have Pilot so Haileys is back with the rebels)
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 06:26 AM
(Breaker Gun: 28 to hit) (Riger One: Vothe: Engaging Volley Capacitors (3 rounds of all guns. But ship battle rounds at 15 mins so I’m still assuming just one volley goes off.) Multifocal laser to Still Lady: 20 to hit for 1 starship damage Reaper Battery to Pyramid: Nat 20 for 12 starship damage)
🚀 3
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 06:32 AM
(Fate doesn't have anything to hit Still Lady)
(Just a Flak Emitter Battery)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 06:44 AM
(Unless my grav tank could have reloaded some conventional rounds by now)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 06:55 AM
(The flak would hurt her)
The pyramid begins to slump and crumble, the front of its lava orange and black structure running like the molten slurry it resembles. The storm ends, calm night returning to Acastus. Though diminished greatly she stands over the battlefield like a funnel cloud touching down. (Nearly there)
All her effort is directed at the building, all of you forgotten at the expense of protecting her sanctum
(All hit. One crit). One of the immense breaker barrels tumbles, hitting the ground like a thunderclap. The building begins to crack, running down the walls like shattered glass. The place shakes
( @Mylonite (Hailey) up. Med check now dc 10)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 08:09 AM
On comms back to his crew, "Big Momma Baddie peeled off of us for now, can you guys do anything with Fate? She's looking rough!"
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 08:15 AM
“We have the flak guns. We might be able to scatter some of her”
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 11-May-19 09:05 AM
(Should I roll for Nancy on the Lone Star 💫 or does Neko do it already?)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 09:07 AM
(I didn’t)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 11-May-19 09:13 AM
(How should I do the torpedo or do you want to roll it?)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 09:19 AM
(D20+8 between Nancy’s ab, shoot and dex)
(Damage as per book)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 11-May-19 09:37 AM
(13 to hit 22 Damage Torpedo AP 20)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 10:00 AM
The lone stars shot comes in clean, blowing yet more of the pyramid away, diminishing the aspect of the lady even more
(Hailey up)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 10:01 AM
(Dax I’m totally up for trying to help Desmond, but if I remember the Roll is heal/wis, which means Hailey gets -2)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 10:06 AM
(Dax is at -1, so with a help action it'll be at a +1)
(That's probably the best use of our turns)
(Heal/Wis 10) 🎉 (edited)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 10:13 AM
Seeing the Still Lady turning her attention to the pyramid, Hailey rushes forward to help Dax heal Desmond.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 10:16 AM
Dax crouches down and listens for a heart beat first. "He's still with us, but it's weak.... I was never any good at this stuff." Dax rips a few strips of cloth off and does what little he can to stop the bleeding in the places Des has been wounded. "If he got hit with anything like I did, she targeted his insides. It felt like she was trying to shut everything down inside me. He didn't fare as well, it seems. Hopefully that's enough until real help can get here." (edited)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 11-May-19 10:33 AM
Desmond groans and coughs blood. "Dax...Hailey?"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 10:34 AM
Fate moves into position and Vorianu fires a volley of the Flak Emitter Battery at the Still Lady. (20/8 starship dmg)
(Let's not move too far along without Neko)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 10:47 AM
(Okay so this is all over the place. I have a move from Hailey with no action and a complete turn from dax. Desmond is stable and Hailey has her action still)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 10:50 AM
(Oh though that constituted as my action sorry.) After helping Dax with Desmond, Hailey gets back up and charges towards the Still Lady again. (rolling attacks) (edited)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 10:51 AM
(You’re good it was more I didn’t want to cheat you out of turn stuff)
(Also Hailey is not trained in heal. The check was not passed as Dax does not benefit from the +2)
(You have to be trained in a skill to assist someone else with the check. Like both of you have to have at least a 0 to work together)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 10:56 AM
“Hey volcano face mega bitch, taste the light!” (Cone/22 and 26/17)
(Oh no)
(Also thanks Neko)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 11:07 AM
(All good. We don’t assist to often so it’s one of those fine points we haven’t had to deal with yet
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 11:07 AM
(Good thing it's not a matter of life or death)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 11:12 AM
Hailey sends another streak of attacks at the lady, blowing pieces of her side away. Dax does what he can with Desmond but most of the damage is internal. It’s just not clear what’s working and what isn’t.
( @Billy Rigers is up)
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 11:32 AM
(So building is about to collapse on top of me. Breakergun is damaged [but still functional?] and I have a decision to make. Can the guns make another shot or is it ruined?)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 11-May-19 11:40 AM
(Sorry! If I’m dead that’s fine. Did I mess up?)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 11:44 AM
(You’ve got two guns working. Building is most def coming down. You didn’t mess anything up des. They’ve got one more round to try to stabilize you)
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 11:48 AM
“Mission Accomplished. Destroy breaker guns.” Billy says sprinting back out in the mech suit to view the Still Lady. “Starships, take down that Pyramid.” (If there is enough time I’d like to shoot the Still Lady as the starships fire on the pyramid.)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 12:09 PM
(You can. Your move is getting out)
(Still got your action
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 12:14 PM
"I'm the one you want! You'll never win!" Billy flies up to meet her, raising the HMG to firing position and unloading everything he's got. (Laser HMG: 26/11, 27/9 Alecto: 18/12 Gunner Drone: 31/17) Total: 49 Damage
Riger One: Multi Focal: 19/3 Reaper Battery: 25/3
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 01:14 PM
(The ship is on the pyramid I assume)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 02:03 PM
The pyramid’s capstone breaks free, smashing into a million pieces on the ground. The storm breaks and daylight, something never before known to acastus, bathes the streets
The still lady withers away, melting back into the hell behind reality, her essence too dispersed to harm anyone again
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Desmond lies broken, medical assistance so far unable to correct the massive organ failures spreading across his body.
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 02:09 PM
Dax's first attempt at stabilizing Desmond was a failure, and he sits back on his heels at a loss for what to do next. The victory over the Still Lady hasn't even registered with Dax yet. Looking around and seeing Billy exiting the compound, "Billy!! Help!!" Dax frantically waves him over. "Is there anything you can do for him? I tried... but..." Dax hangs his head, feeling helpless in this moment.
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 02:10 PM
(We can make an unassisted check against dc 10 at this point. One check, which is the group’s best effort. If it doesn’t work then there’s nothing that can be done)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 11-May-19 02:58 PM
(Either way it goes great adventure!)
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 03:14 PM
Alecto I think
+2 iirc but I’m driving. If someone wants honors
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 03:16 PM
(So 2d6+2
(That’s a reach for me to do it. Someone go for it
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 03:18 PM
(Who's feelin lucky)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 03:18 PM
(I can do it, feel like things've been goin well for me)
(unless someone else wants to volunteer)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 03:19 PM
(Go for it)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 03:20 PM
(8 😢 )
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 03:20 PM
(With the +2?)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 03:20 PM
(yep 😦 )
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 03:20 PM
(Hailey killed Desmond)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 03:20 PM
(Dax was to scared to try to save him) (edited)
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Garion 11-May-19 03:21 PM
(That's a big oof)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 03:21 PM
(yeah)
(I feel bad)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 03:21 PM
(Just cause you said so I rolled for funs)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 03:21 PM
(9xp. 50,000 credits. The three of you get a title, Liberator of Acastus. Basically folk hero when it comes to the people here)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 03:21 PM
(11)
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Chris Fury (Desmond) 11-May-19 03:21 PM
Desmond coughs up some more blood and his eyes open.
"Hailey, Dax, Billy the Stars are getting closer and their Silences are drowning out the sounds of this world...I have one last thing to say..."
"Hailey you are a shining star who burns bright enough to bring hope to this universe , Dax you are a bright sword of justice which cuts down the shadows of the black sun and Billy, you believed in Acastus and me more than I ever could. My story ends and this world can now have newer stories, with better endings..." (edited)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 03:30 PM
Desmond feels warmth spread through his body. Seen only by him, Drina opens her arms wide to embrace him, and they both fade from this side of reality, together again.
I missed you she whispers. The three of you watch Desmond take his last breath, dying with a peaceful smile on his face despite the burning hellscape around you. You each get a whiff of something faint. Chocolate and coffee, before the harsh wind takes the smell away, replacing it with the odors of a battlefield
😢 6
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 03:41 PM
Billy punches the ground with his mech fist and flies straight up, ordering Vothe to patch his voice through the PA on Riger One and to broadcast across Acastus. He takes down the visor and yells loudly. “The Still Lady has been slain! And though she has taken too many of our friends, it is a new day. The first day on Acastus! No longer will you live under her cult. And any of you who remain, know that we will hunt you down if we have to search every nook and cranny of this planet and the next. We have not yet found her lieutenants and until they are found, Rebel forces will retain control of the city! Your god is dead, do you hear me! Come fight me you cowards!!!!” “We won! We won...” And Billy slumps and flies back to the ground to collapse, climbing out of the mech and just lays next to Desmond’s dead body crying.
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 03:51 PM
Hailey puts a hand on Billy's shoulder, then stands, the mask of the mech hiding her face as she sheds tears for her friend. "May the stars guide you home Des." She moves away a short distance, then steps down out of the mech as its surface ripples away for her. She falls to sit against it, still taking it all in and at a loss for words.
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 04:01 PM
Grittig his teeth, billy eventually rolls back up to a seating position, wiping his tears away. “Anyone want to go blow some shit up on the moon! I don’t feel done. I need to fight or go blow steam off with someone in another way. And I don’t know which is safer.”
He chuckles at himself. Reaching over to Desmond. “Thank you for showing me your beautiful home, friend.”
(Great fucking saga, Neko)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 04:05 PM
(Dax makes an emotional post when he isn't DM'ing)
😭 8
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 04:18 PM
Hailey puts a hand on her stomach and groans. "I dunno I took a pretty hard hit back there." She flashes Billy a knowing grin. "Who am I kidding, you know I'm in."
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 08:15 PM
"Miss Clement's you'll need to be more specific as to what that means with our history, I'm never quite sure what you mean."
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 08:19 PM
Dax stands up slowly from his spot where Desmond laid. "Man...... I just... This keeps happening."
"We did it..... but..."
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 08:21 PM
"Welcome to my world, Dax." Billy smiles slightly. "One threat down. I've lost too many to this one, but no more will fall to her and so, let's rest... after we blow up or take over that moon base. I swear to god if they are still active after this, I'll just send the moon into the sun."
Billy sits in the silence for a second before he looks back to Dax. "Has any of the boys killed a god yet? Cyrus met one and got buff but he's never killed one right?.... You think our pecks are going to swell now?"
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 08:25 PM
"I'd help with that. Anything I can do to take this whole operation down."
"Uh..... I don't know about any of that. This is like my second or third one I killed? I don't know man..... this is nuts."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 08:27 PM
Hailey winks at Billy. “Good. But right now I mean blow something up.”
“I personally haven’t killed a god before, but, ya know, that’s just me.” She chuckles a bit. “gotta admit, feels good”
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Billy Rigers 11-May-19 08:32 PM
He smiles back at her. "Right. A bit weird though, isn't it?... Like somebody made all this shit up. Feels like a story."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 08:33 PM
“Totally. Almost as if it’s all just a virtual game or something” [:)]
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 08:44 PM
“Alright, let’s get moving”
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 08:48 PM
"I'm going to go sleep for a week now. I feel awful."
Dax boards the VTOL and makes his way back to Fate to prepare to go home. As a goodbye to the others, "I'm not great at the sentimental stuff, or the world fixing stuff. I hope it gets sorted out all right after what we've done. I'll be seeing you two later. You know how to reach me."
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 09:06 PM
“Later Dax. Enjoy your nap”
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 09:08 PM
(They never made a moon base of any significance. You guys pounced on the situation here before she had time to do much of anything
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 09:10 PM
(oh. well, anything else we could blow up?)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 09:11 PM
(Nothing really. You guys accomplished the mission. All you’d be blowing up now are people’s houses)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 11-May-19 09:15 PM
(No quarter given)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 11-May-19 09:15 PM
(I'm not saying no)
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Nekosmash 11-May-19 09:17 PM
(There are no further military or cult targets of significance. )
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Mylonite (Hailey) 12-May-19 08:24 AM
(Alright, well, I guess unless there’s an alternative Billy has in mind, we’re done here)
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Billy Rigers 12-May-19 08:28 AM
(I seize the planet! Acastus is mine, you fools!!! Muahahaha)
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Nekosmash 12-May-19 08:29 AM
Desmond’s body is wrapped in a field poncho liner, as a few of the rebels approach and begin to take stock of the situation. The mood is quite somber
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Mylonite (Hailey) 12-May-19 08:29 AM
(Billy sounds like a regular Disney villain.😂 “you fools!!!”)
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Mylonite (Hailey) 12-May-19 04:00 PM
(alright, well unless there's something else Billy wants to get done I'll dip)
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Nekosmash 12-May-19 04:00 PM
)missions over(
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Billy Rigers 12-May-19 04:01 PM
(Oh yeah. Sort of assumed we dipped to allow rebel forces to set up shop and begin the act of recovery)
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Reverend Levi McClain (Dax'olli) 12-May-19 04:03 PM
(Dax left to find a girlfriend. Y'all figure out this broken planet stuff)
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Nekosmash 12-May-19 04:35 PM
(There will be further peacekeeping missions as things develop. For now that’s all I’ve got)
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