LonelyWorld 2010/10/11(Mon)19:24 No. 242301 ID: b6c6fc
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I am AcePilot Oken

Me and my crew are stranded on the DesertWorld: Juca-19

Our commanding officers have failed us

The planet is crawling with our mortal enemies, The Pinkskins

we've managed to steal one of thier vehicles, but we are tired, injured, and running very low on water

what do I do now?

>>242301
How's Hoft doing with his neck wound, is he talkative about mind-control bugs, and has Mika awoken yet?

>>242302
sleeping girl is mint.

anyway, remember that there was smoke in the distance, should we check there?

We've got the crew together again. We've got our transport. I think the next step would be finding a water source. What does your trusty compass say, Oken?

Low on water? Use your compass to find the closest group of vegetation.

Quickly! Get to the life tree before they can steal our unobtanium!

>>242331
Actually it's their planet which means it should be OUR job to steal THEIR unobtainium. But first things first, to the nearest source of water.

How is Mint and Enrad?

If Mint is up, question the relations with the bugs on her home planet. She may clearly be the reason Hoff was like that.

Pass Prince to Hoff and ask them to keep watch while you drive towards the nearest vegetation.
It's not hard to spot the Giraffe, unless there's something Enrad is not telling us.

As a fun note you might want to ask why they left you to die in the crash!

>>242470
well, hoff may have already been bugged, if so then we can't really blame him.

Find water. Travel to water.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/12(Tue)14:44 No. 242596 ID: b6c6fc
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Mint's still paralized from the stun shot

Enrad seems OK, but he seems to be in a lot of pain

Hoft looks half dead bad, he seems really weak and is having trouble standing, he says he's fine, I'm not so sure . . .

>Oken uses the [Space Compass!] to track for plants

where there's plant's there got to be water!

>Oken finds an oasis!

circle it once, get a look between the rocks. then get a scan of the water and plants t make sure it doesn't have any toxic things in it. then fill up canteens and get everyone some drinks.

>>242597
Pretty much that.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/12(Tue)17:53 No. 242641 ID: b6c6fc
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I don't see anything dangerous, Prince's scanners say niether the plants nor the water is poisonous

>Oken refills the water cantines, then checks the rocks

awww poor guy, I wonder how he died?

...Well, if not poison, something killed him. Are you sure that stuff is safe to eat and drink? Also, those rocks seem a bit suspiciously shaped...

Your water is refilled so move on before whatever killed this guy comes back for you.

>>242641
there is only pinkskins living on this planet right? so why is that her? this is surly not a pinkskin skull

>>242648
you are right. that is not a pink skin, what is it?

>>242641
...is that a neatly-vapourised cylinder in what used to be a single rock?

Not that really explains a mostly-non-vapourised skelton inside it.

>>242641
Stay back! That might not be a set of rocks, but a giant SANDWORM!!

LonelyWorld 2010/10/12(Tue)20:34 No. 242687 ID: b6c6fc
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Originally the DesertWorld Juca-19 was home to a couple thousand Cazaran colonists. The Alliance lost contact with the colony 30 years ago, a couple years later we found out this was where we had first made contact with the Pinkskins

this dome is made of shaped clay, and the oasis looks artificial too, this was probably his home

this place is making me sad, should I investigate more or can I leave?

>>242687
Ask Prince to determine the cause of death first.

The skeleton's been there forever, no point in determining cause of death. Also if he was here long enough to make a house, the water must be safe to drink. I SUPPOSE if we're paranoid enough we could check the water quality before drinking any.

>>242687
Be sure to bring Enrad some water too.
You have to show him that your are NOT ruthless or cruel as Pinkies think you are.

Search for a secret entrance. If this artificial oasis was his home, he'll probably have an underground house or something similar installed.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/13(Wed)05:06 No. 242872 ID: b6c6fc
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Prince says he probably die from a bullet wound to the stomach

I also get him to double check the water, he says it's safe to drink

oh, that's right! the Cazarani always built thier homes underground, this is probably just a lobby or something

well I found the hatch, but it looks like it only opens electronically

>>242872
Ask Prince for suggestions on how to get it open, but you're probably going to need to wait for Mint to recover.
And yes, I do mean need. If it's still functional then this will make an ideal place to hole up while you figure out what to do.
Of course, if you can't properly stabilize Hoff then you're going to have to radio the pinkies and plead for asylum and medical aid.
Assuming that they can fend-off the attack, at least.

What's that little thing at the corpses side. Looks like a knife. Search the body for some sort of key.

>>242872
Check the pendant on the skeleton. Examine if it is a key.

Check the corpse for clues on how to open the lock.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/13(Wed)16:46 No. 243055 ID: b6c6fc
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I can find no key on the body, I do find an old locket and a rusty stained kitchen knife, could these be of any use?

Oken: "Prince do ya think there's any way to get into that hatch?"

Prince: "other then knowing the access code?
if my body was still intact I could easily have cut through the panel.
Hoft's AntiMatter Cannon would have little trouble breaking through it would likely also destroy whatever was on the otherside, as well as the rest of the Oasis.
Mint would have no trouble opening a civilian class door.

Oken: "so how long until Mint wakes up?"

Prince: "she should regain conciousness in about an hour, and regain her full motor skills in an aditional hour"

Wait for her to wake up I guess. In the mean time talk to Hoft or your prisoner.

>>243055
Bitch fucking LOVED cheese. IS that a stereotype? Because she's playing it. DO you love grass Oken? Would you put it in a heart locket?

Do you have family back home?

>>243055
Go distribute water.

Check behind the pictures in the locket. Maybe there's a name or an outright password. People are stupid sometimes and do stuff like that.

>>243056
>>243059
Combine these.

>>243055
Use your laser. Widebeam it just enough to melt the lock.

>>243074
That would damage it, and right now that's not something we want to do.
We don't have a pressing need to get inside, so we can afford to wait an hour or two so Mint can open it.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/13(Wed)18:28 No. 243088 ID: b6c6fc
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StarForce is my home, the Alliance is my family, an AcePilot needs nothing more . . .

Cazarani do like thier cheese, though putting a picture of it in a locket is still pretty wierd, I check behind the cheese picture on a hunch . . . nothing, just a couple numbers scratched in

let's go check on the guys!

I give Hoft some water, he drinks it

Hoft: *cough, cough* "Oken, keeping this prisoner is too dangerous"

I go to Enrad, and offer him some water and try to make small talk

Enrad: "HAH water is for weaklings, give me real drink from machine"

Enrad flips me 1 Dobbar (money)

Hoft:"arrogant bastard! *weeze* want me to fry em?"

Enrad doesn't seem to want to talk to me, though I can probably ask Hoft stuff

the number are the code for the hatch

>>243088
>water
>for weaklings

Yeah enjoy your dehydration you pinko dumbass. I bet you guzzle down carbonated flavored beverages utilizing viscous sweet fluids from harvest crops.

leave the canteen. drink a soda yourself, in front of him.

and tell hoft that you wouldn't feel right, he is already in cage, just wouldn't be sporting.

>>243088
Check behind the picture of the lady. Probably more numbers. Key in all four and in we go!

Also go ahead and get Enrad a drink. Tell Hoft not to waste his ammo.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/13(Wed)19:05 No. 243121 ID: b6c6fc
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Oken: "Don't waste the shot Hoft, we have to conserve our battery power"

the lady picture seems to be glued into the locket

>Oken walks up to the vending machines

hmmmm, well lemon's a fruit, I don't know what all this other stuff is though

a cola is a flavor mixture coffee is bitter but keeps you going and vodka messes you up if drank but can be used as a sterilizer on wounds.

MAn says he wants a real drink so give him some vodka that will shut him up

This army has vodka vending machines? Maybe you should consider switching sides just because of that.
Offer the imprisoned pinkskin some vodka. Maybe you'll get some usefull information from him when he's drunk. He'll at least not be very good at lying any more.

>>243121
Get him salty bacon chips.

Wait for him to change his mind on the whole water issue. :3c

>>243121
First one is sour fruit juice. Second one is a sugary, carbonated drink. Third one contains a mild stimulant (it's got just enough to keep him mostly awake for several hours). Last one is an alcoholic drink (probably strong enough to use as a disinfectant or fuel). You're best off with the first one.

>>243141
Alcohol acts as a blood thinner. We definately don't want to give that to any of our injured to drink, lest they bleed out.

It is good as an anti-septic though, so perhaps you could use it to treat Hofts wounds.

>>243156

He's right. With the prisoner most of what was cauterized was blood on wounds like that. You risk opening the burnt in clots.

>>243088

>Cazarani do like thier cheese, though putting a picture of it in a locket is still pretty wierd, I check behind the cheese picture on a hunch . . . nothing, just a couple numbers scratched in

HMM. Probably a combination to the lock on the door?

p.s.: Check on Mint. Her head seems to be a box of donuts.

>StarForce is my home, the Alliance is my family, an AcePilot needs nothing more . . .
Sorry, Oken, but that sounded a little bit brainwashed.

Also, take the coin but don't use it in the vending machine. Leave him with the water canteen. We have to show him his place, the bastard seems to like playing tough.
If he starts shittalking you, threaten to let Hoft loose on him. YOU've got the guns here, YOU set the rules. He will drink his own piss if we say so.

And yes, try the numbers from the locket on the hatch.

>>243088
>Enrad doesn't seem to want to talk to me

Seeing as you killed two of his comrades before his very eyes and blew one of his limbs off, I'd say that's understandable.

>>243121
The vending machines are stocked, so all we need to have Mind do is pick the lock on them.

Give him the Lemon drink. The other stuff contains either stimulants or depressants, and it's a pretty bad idea to give a wounded person those.
The numbers are probably the passcode.
"Hoff, he's a police officer. A civilian. We aren't monsters.
Besides, he captured Mint instead of killing her. We owe him that much."

>>243351
No, we owe him nothing.

Ask Prince what kind of medical attention Hoft might need.

>StarForce is my home, the Alliance is my family, an AcePilot needs nothing more . . .

Why would you say that when just a few hours ago you burst into tears because you killed men who merely stunned Mint that were defending their city from threats like being nuked? Is that out of the goddamn enlistment brochure or do you really feel a brother's in arms kinship with Hoft and Mint and offer true loyalty to the alliance?

LonelyWorld 2010/10/14(Thu)04:02 No. 243410 ID: b6c6fc
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57, 99, seems a little short to open a door . . .

I bring Enrad a Lemon drink, he seems dissapointed, but takes the drink anyways

Enrad: "you know my name, this is my home, what is your name, what is your home"

Should I tell him my name? should I really tell him the truth about my homeworld?

he seems willing to talk, I could probably ask him somequestions of my own

you can tell him your name but... you don't have a home anymore, technically.

>>243410
We can give him any information that is of no strategic value. Your name and the name of your homeworld are of no strategic value.
So, yes, tell him. While you check to make sure that Hoff is still breathing.
Tell him your name and rank, and tell him about your home. It may be tough, but remember that this person is a civilian and has done you no harm, so don't take an accusatory tone.

As far as questions go?
"We were told that [Parlshima Harbor] was a strictly military site, and that your people take no prisoners. You've proven both of those claims wrong, so now I've got doubts about other things we were told.
We've been told that the war has been going on for 30 years, and that it started when your people landed on a planet and killed everybody.
Is any of that true? What have you been told about the war?"

Go ahead and tell him.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/14(Thu)06:36 No. 243428 ID: b6c6fc
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(sorry about the really long post)

Prince: "Hoft's injuries are quite severe, he's stable for now, but he needs a doctor, If my hard ware was still intact I could have provided treatment myself"

Oken: " my name is Oken, Asnia Oken Pilot-officer"
Oken: " my home was the ParadiseWorld: Doraun"

I see his eyes grow wide, he knows . . .
"it was called that because of it's beauty, keeping our planet beautiful was one of the few things my people were good at, it was pretty much a resort planet"

Enrad doesn't seem able to look me in eyes anymore

"three years ago. I was still in flight academy when I heard the news, DORAUN HAD BEEN DESTROYED.
my people had always been peacefull, but we were not unprepared,
your people must have known this,
your people knew they couldn't win a strait up fight,
and your people had a secret weapon, a bomb that would exterminate all life on a planet."

"but you already knew all that"

* * *

Enrad remains quite for several minutes
Enrad: "are you going to shoot me, Oken?"

Oken: "I'm not out for revenge Enrad, I'm looking for answers, will you answer my questions?"

Enrad: "yes"

I ask him about the other planets, he confesses that his people did do all those things, I ask him why and he starts to cry

Enrad:" THE GENERALS ARE MAD! they act at random, or so the others think, I know the truthe, THEY LISTEN TO THE VOICES! and they kill anyone who rebels, I got this job to get out of the city, IN THE CITY THE VOICES ARE EVERYWHERE!"

Voices... What do you mean by that?

>>243428
Uhm... what voices?

>>243428
The bugs! They're everywhere! They must have caused infighting between those carnifaxi-whatever, the mouses and exterminating them because the bugs love war. To stop the war we must kill the bugs.

You must kill the Queen, Oken, and only a hardy group of misfits has a chance in hell.

>>243428
I think he is talking about the parasite that was attache to hoft

"Hoft, does this sound familiar?"
"There was some sort of bug on Hoft's neck. It was controlling him. He nearly killed me because of it."

Explain your mission and how everything has gone horribly wrong since you crashed. Ask Hoft what he thinks about vegetable rations being put in Prince instead of a nuclear warhead. That's pretty fucked up.

>>243428
"Tell me about these 'voices'. Can you describe them?
Are they some kind of mind control parasite or something?"

So! Oken! What are we to you?

>>243441
I'm pretty sure we ARE Oken, not some OoIP syle mind voices.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/14(Thu)08:23 No. 243447 ID: b6c6fc
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I think Hoft is asleep

I tell Enrad about Hoft's encounter

Enrad: "I'M NOT BUGGED, I SWEAR IT!"

Oken: "so the voices come from the bugs right?"

Enrad: "NO! the voices are in the air, in your mind! they are GODS! they see EVERYTHING, they KNOW everything, and they tell you to do things. if you resist, then they send the BUGS!

>>243447
This guy is obviously deranged. Possibly because of such prolonged exposure to whatever's in the city... or maybe this whole 'voices' thing is a paranoid delusion.

We should get a second opinion. Find someone else to interrogate before we make any plans based on a madman's ranting.

>>243447
THE QUEEN WE MUST KILL THE QUEEN

>>243447
Kind of like the voices you're hearing now, eh, Oken? :3c

>>243447
Check him for bugs.

>>243483

First, calm him down again. Then ask him where bugs normally attach on pinkies. Then tell him that you thought the war made no sense, too.

Try to establish some common ground, you need information and the more reasonable he thinks you are, the more likely he is to give you good information.

This still sounds like another us. How would such a phenomenon overcome the incredible curiosity at meeting alien races and exotic planets though and just kill them offhand? I wonder if we could summon any bugs. I'M NOT METAGAMING

LonelyWorld 2010/10/14(Thu)16:04 No. 243549 ID: b6c6fc
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I ask Enrad more about the bugs

Enrad: "they always latch onto the neck, is easier to eat brain that way,"

Oken: " . . . they eat brains?"

Enrad: "only when done controling"

there are no bugs on Enrad's neck, but the rest of his body is covered by his bulky clothing

Talking to Enrad is getting boring, I should probably find something else to do

let's try out the numbers on the door.

Zombie bugs?

>>243552
dead rising?

Oh yeah, I can see how a conversation about BRAINEATING ZOMBIEBUGS AND MYSTICAL BODYLESS VOICES OF EVIL CONTROLLING THE ENEMY FORCE becomes boring after a minute. Try to get some last informations like when this all started or whether there's any way to protect yourself against the bugs or what the voices usually say.

>>243549
I see what's happening here.
They didn't make first contact with the alliance, they made it with the bugs.
The bugs took a foothold and expanded it into full control.

You need to get in touch with command. You need to tell them this so that they can change their tactics; stop fighting the pinkes and start fighting the bugs.
Granted, that's going to mostly take the form of fighting the pinkies, but gassing cities with insecticide and getting a cityfull of support is going to make things much easier.

>>243579
no, something tells me our command already knows.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/14(Thu)17:00 No. 243582 ID: b6c6fc
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I guess I wasn't really paying much attention to what Enrad was talking about, I got distracted thinking about home, besides it was all crazy ramblings right?

. . . is it possible he's telling the truth?

that said, I could probably still get some more info out of him

I ask Enrad about the prisoners
Enrad: "we never used to take prisoners, the voices always told us not to, about a month ago the voices changed thier minds,we were to take every furre we found captive, prisoners were also shipped here from other worlds"

I ask Enrad about Enrad about the voices . . . again

Enrad: "oh they've alway been here! but it got a lot worse after Parlshima was built"

>>243582
>Got worse after Parlshima was built
Goddamn. I bet there's a dark secret there.

Well, let's see. The original reason we went to the rocks was to avoid the battle earlier. I suggest we wait for Mint to wake up and get her up to speed, and see if she's interested in getting to the bottom of this too.

Sorry Oken. I'm afraid life's going to be boring for a few hours. :(

well dang. let's just try the code on the door.

>>243582
But wait, I thought Hoft picked up his bug off-planet? Does this mean the threat is trans-system? Is it playing both sides?

LonelyWorld 2010/10/14(Thu)17:38 No. 243597 ID: b6c6fc
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>Oken types in the numbers

5. 7. 9. 9.

. . . it didn't work, the door's still closed

>Oken is tired, If she doesn't find something else to do, she's going to take a nap until mint wakes up

hmmm.... can't think of anything. go take that nap. make sure you seal the doors.

>>243597
Further inspect the shelter. Maybe there's more numbers carved in it. Like under that small rock next to the corpse?

>>243597

Take a nap cuddled up right next to your new Cazarani friend. :3c

>>243582
Shit.
They're taking people captive so they can be infected and released. It's a poisoning attack.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/14(Thu)20:24 No. 243672 ID: b6c6fc
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I am NOT sleeping next to a corpse!

besides, there's a nice comfy couch back in the Giraffe!

>Oken returns to The Rampaging Giraffe, and colapses on the couch. sleep finds Oken quickly and soon she is in the world of dreams

>but of what does Oken dream?

starts as the alliance command and pinky command sitting together and laughing as they move pieces around a war map. then changes into her mint and hoft busting down the doors and kicking ass.

>>243672
What does an AcePilot dream about?

The Giraffe sprouting wings and FLYING FREE, of course.

Only then, to her horror, there are BUGS EVERYWHERE on the ship. BUGS EVERYWHERE.

They begin to crawl towards her - and then she wakes up.

>>243672

Surrounded by pinkies in a dark hiding place, and totally naked for some reason. What a situation to be in! Wait, is that Mint? Why is she naked too? Oh what is this strange feeling welling up inside me? We embrace tenderly gazing into each other's eyes. And then she wakes up.

>>243677
>>243678
>>243679
All of these.
At once.

Standing in an idyllic meadow, munching on some flowers :3c

People spraying combs all over your body.

Damn it, Oken, buddy system! Take a nap where Hoft or maybe even Enrad can have eyes on you!

Oh well, enjoy your brain sucking bug. But if new voices move into your brain I am not rooming in the garage! Of your brain.

You have a horrible haircut, and nobody seems to think so but you. That makes it all the worse, because you have hoofs for hands and cannot comb it yourself, so you just hate it so much but nobody will help!

>>243672
Everything is BLUE.
For some reason, this frightens you deeply.

Also robots made of die-cut lace are doing the can-can while covered in blood. This is perfectly normal and not frightening at all.

Most likely considering the subject was recently brought up would be your home world for alittle while everything is peaceful, then the voices come along with the bugs. You are there with your friends and family doing the best to fend it off. To no avail.

Then your on the main armoda ship, being given your own ship and crew. It is weird, everyone seems to be twitching erratically, then you notice the bugs on there necks.

Suddenly your in a dark room and all of your friends and family visit you in a ghostly whisper, "Why Asnia? Why have you've forsaken us?" Horrible images rush past you until you focus in on yourself.

You are flying your own ship, the best ship in the armada and quite possibly the universe. This ship is safe from the bad voices and can eradicate the bugs without causing harm to anything else. With this ship you and your crew is unstopable.

You would wake up sombre.

>>243672
Oken dreams of prancing daintily in the fields of Doraun among her friends and relatives who lived there. Then there's a roar as the sky turns red and Oken knows the weapon that destroyed the planet is coming, only this time instead of a bomb she dreams it's a hailstorm of brain-eating bugs.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/15(Fri)03:57 No. 243737 ID: b6c6fc
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>Oken dreams many a dream
>of happy dreams, and peacefull dreams
>but then there are bugs
>of scary dreams, even erotic dreams
>but still there are bugs
>she dreams of Doraun, of flying, she likes flying
>but always are there bugs

>there is a voice. it sounds sweet, feminine, yet cold, and consuming, the voice scares Oken she has never heard anything like it her entire life

Voice: "my children come for you Oken . . . they come for you in the darkness . . . you cannot hide . . . they will find you . . ."

LonelyWorld 2010/10/15(Fri)04:03 No. 243738 ID: b6c6fc
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>Oken awakens to voices

Enrad: "THEY DO NOT LIE, THEY KNOW ALL"
Hoft: "your insane!"
Mint: "shut up, both of you! I'm trying to think here!"

Ask them what the voices just told Enrad.

run down there and start yelling too.

...We may want to get into the shelter.

Yell at the top of your lungs "EVERYONE SHUT UP, RIGHT NOW! I'M COMING DOWN!"

Then go down. Don't let it get to you... but still, be wary.

>>243738
Go down the stairs.
Glare daggers at everybody.
"Stop.
Saying.
Words."

Then see if the space compass can detect bugs, or at least count the number of lifesigns in an area. Have Prince check if Enrad's infested by something.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/15(Fri)05:35 No. 243747 ID: b6c6fc
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Oken: "STOP SHOUTING! I'm coming down!"

>Oken heads downstairs

Mint: "wow! way to ignore me, AND be redondant! also wasting your breath, these guys have been bickering for the last hour."

Bugs are animals right? I use the space compass to detect animal life in the area, it detects 4

I use prince to scan Enrad,

Prince: "other then the injuries you incured, he seems perfectly healthy"

Mint: "I was WONDERING were that head wen't, Twiggy pass it here"

>>243747
"No signs of drugging, implants, or other foreign materials? Not even an ostensibly natural chemical imbalance?"
Hand him off to Mint.
Use your space compass to track all life within, say, a 2km radius. It may have been a dream, but it doesn't hurt to be extra cautious.
"Hoff, stand down. He's given us some intel you need to hear, since so far it meshes with observable fact. We'll talk later, but for now I need you to keep watch.
Mint, there's an underground shelter outside we need you to open once you're done there.
Enrad, are the bugs more active at night? Also, what did the voices tell you?"

give mint the head and have enrad and hoft quietly explain what they were yelling about.

>>243747

Yay, Mint's head is not a box of doughnuts! ... But she may have eaten them all without you. D:

She seems snippy. Now is the time to assert yourself. Tell her you are not 'Twiggy'. You're the mofo captain and pilot of this ship, and you're not taking any shit from someone who owes you a massive debt of gratitude! If needs be tell her you've disintegrated a couple of people today. You're not above a disciplinary bitch slap.

Don't yell at Mint. Do ask her to open the shelter asap. We may have to move everyone into it overnight, because the bugs are coming.

>>243747
Give head to Mint. Ask her how she's doing. Figure out what Hoft and Enrad were arguing about.

"You two shut up. At least for now."

Give Mint the robot head.

"We've got problems. I've got a feeling that those bugs are going to be coming after us tonight. We need to seal this place up tight. I don't want them getting in here. Get Prince's laser working first. The rest is secondary. After that, give me an estimate on how hard it is to make this place secure. Hoft, Enrad, get some sleep. You'll be on first watch~"

LonelyWorld 2010/10/15(Fri)17:07 No. 243937 ID: b6c6fc
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I give Prince to Mint

I use the compass to detect animal life sign, I'm getting a large burst of stuff coming from Parlshima, ETA 45 minutes

Oken: "OK every be quiet for a minute, we need to talk strategy. Mint I'm pretty sure horrible bug monsters are going to attack us tonight"

Mint: "thanks for the stellar heads up, I'll be sure to pick up some bugspray at the local corner store"

Oken: "could we hold out here, could we set up defenses?"

Mint: "maybe, as long as we don't fire any weapons, and pray that the bugs keel over to harsh language.*munch, munch* defenses? HAH it'd be sun up before I could get anything worthwhile built, want my advice? drive around in circles and hope they get bored before we run out of gas"

Oken: there's a civilian hatch nearby, can you open it?

Mint: "sure, it'd only take a minute"

say that if you all hide in there then you should be pretty safe.

>>243942
No, you won't. The voice itself said that running and hiding are useless.
However, a fighting retreat? THAT you can do!

>>243937
Right, let's tell her the code snippets we have and ask how long it'll take for Prince to be repaired. Also inform her that we'd prefer it if the nuclear bomb remained disabled.

>>243979
That is what mean voices usually say, it's just trying to make us give up. We can run, we can hide and we can fight.

Resist the urge to squeeze Mint's chubby cheeks.

>>243980

You mean we'd prefer if the nuclear bomb were at our command. But it was removed entirely before takeoff, probably by bugged insiders. The robot was empty all along.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/15(Fri)20:49 No. 244030 ID: b6c6fc
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it probably is a good idea not to squeeze Mint, she can get pretty mean with that tazer.

I ask Hoft about the voices

Hoft: "If we're right, then these "voices" are the master minds behind this entire war, and there for our true enemy, we shouldn't trust a word they say"

Enrad: "do not doubt the voices, they know all!"

I tell mint about the numbers

Mint: "hmm writing numbers down, that's an odd thing for a Cazarni to do . . .

Oken: "how long until you can get Prince running again?"

Mint: "I can't fix Prince, at least not fully. he's missing to many parts. though I can make him a mobile frame, and get one of his major functions back online, I'm not quite sure which systems I want though. it should take about 4 hours

"what did the voices say?"

>>244030

Perhaps they are a location?

>>244030
We don't have 4 hours. Just move everyone into the shelter. She can fix Prince while we're down there hiding from the bugs.

>>244030
"Mint, prioritize weaponry. If we've got hostiles incoming then we're going to need his combat prowess. I want him positioned as a tailgunner in 40 minutes, mobile frame or no.
Hoft, what are the odds that command knows about these voices? Any chance they could have been compromised given the recent trend of capturing instead of killing?
Enrad, what did they tell you?"

After you get your answers you'll need to head up to the controls, check your fuel level, and start driving economically. You need as much of a lead as you can get, but a fighting retreat requires that you have fuel left to retreat while you're fighting.

"You've got 45 minutes to break this crawler so bad it can't be moved. Yank all the fuses, control boards, something like that. Hoft, we're moving Prince down to the hatch. Mint, when you get done sabotaging things, meet us down by the hatch and get it open. We're going to spend the night in there."

Take all the important stuff with you. Anything you leave in the crawler might get stolen. That includes Enrad. I'm neutral on whether to take him or leave him.

>>244051
Have you considered that the enemy might be soldiers in crawlers?
How about that there are no footprints in the sand leading away from the site, and the mode of transportation is still here?

We know they know approximately where we are because they're headed right for us, and we can't hide the hatch from the inside.
If we go in there then the best case is that they lay siege to it until our complete lack of resources results our surrender or death.

We need to move.

>>244030
The forces are coming from a single direction. You have a vehicle which you drive faster than they dare. It's large enough for Mint to work on the move and it's reasonably stocked with supplies.

Drive the other way.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/16(Sat)06:18 No. 244154 ID: b6c6fc
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I ask Enrad about the what the voices say

Enrad: "many things, they tell us; the furres will never let you live, they will come for you, in the darkness, you cannot hide, they will find you and all your people will die"

Hoft: "DAMN STRAIT! you guys are psyco bastard, your just asking to get nuked from orbit!"

Oken:"Mint can you disable this vehicle, so the pinkos can't take"

Mint: "dissable it? HAH, I could turn it into proximity bomb, No Pinko'll steal it then

>the characters can only carry a limited amount of heavy items, Oken can carry 8, Hoft: 12, Mint: 4, Enrad: 4 (Enrad can use a metalarm as a crutch),
>Mint will need 5 robot gizmos, wires, Prince, space suit, a spanner, in order to fix Prince

>availible supplies (grouped items count as 1): Raygun(4 shots), SpaceCompass, spanner, spacesuit, Prince, battery(ammo clip), medkit(no bandages), vegRations(5), vegRations(5), vegRations(5), water Cantines(full), combat knife, combat knife, combat knife, stunRifle(48 shots), revolver(5 shots), tazer(50 charges), books(2), metalPlate, metalPlate, metalPlate, metalPlate, metalPlate, metalPlate, metalPlate, tread, wheels(6), metalArm, metal bits(10), metal bits(10), robotgizmo, robotgizmo, robotgizmo, robotgizmo, robotgizmo, robotgizmo, robotgizmo, robotgizmo, wires, donutBox(empty), meatRations(5), meatRations(5), meatRations(5), meatRations(5), meatRations(5), meatRations(5), handLaser(20 shots), handLaser(20 shots), rapidLaser(broken), antimatterCannon(5 shots), fireAxe, machete, (I may have forgotten some things)
>pack well, it is unlikely they will have time for a second trip

>>244154
Space Compass
Everything you need to fix Prince
2 Hand Lasers
Stun Rifle
Machete
15 Veg. Rations
20 Meat Rations
Canteens
Metal Arm
Antimatter Cannon
Battery
Tazer
Revolver
Raygun

>>244154
You're going to blow up the Giraffe? (And most of your gear, but the Giraffe?)

>>244154
1Space Compass
2robotgizmo
3robotgizmo
4robotgizmo
5robotgizmo
6robotgizmo
7wires
8Prince
9space suit
10a spanner
11vegRations(5)
12vegRations(5)
13vegRations(5)
14water Cantines(full)
15medkit(no bandages)
16meatRations(5)
17meatRations(5)
18metalArm (crutch)
19handLaser(20 shots)
20handLaser(20 shots)
21stunRifle(48 shots)
22antimatterCannon(5 shots)
23books(2)
24rapidLaser(broken) (can't let them capture any of our tech)
25combat knife
26battery(ammo clip)
27Raygun(4 shots)
28meatRations(5)

Basically we want to bring with us all of our salvageable tech so they can't get it, as well as enough stuff to fix Prince, most if not all our food/water, and one or more sharp objects such as combat knives just for the general usefulness of them. Also the medkit, books, and space compass. I assume the books are important, and if not at least we'll have something to keep from getting too bored.

Also just disable the Giraffe. We're going to reclaim it when daybreak comes.

>>244154

try and assure enrad that you arent gonna kill him if you dont need to because it would be senseless or some hippy shit

LonelyWorld 2010/10/16(Sat)18:31 No. 244423 ID: b6c6fc
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Oken: "we are NOT blowing up the Rampaging Giraffe!"

Mint: " . . . did you name the dune tower?"

Oken: "just dissable it, OK?"

* * *

>Mint dissables Rampaging Giraffe
>Oken and Co gather thier things
>Hoft: machete, antimatter cannon, handlaser(x2), stun rifle, rapidLaser, robotGizmo(x2),meatRations(15)
>Oken: SpaceCompass, RayGun, Canteens, veg-rations(15), battery, spacesuit,
>Mint: Spanner, tazer, Prince, wires
>Enrad: metalArm, robot gizmo(x3)
> you may now directly control Hoft and Mint, as well as Oken, though the story will still be from Oken's point of view

Mint hacks the keypad, then types in a code
3. 5. 3. 3. 4. 9.

Mint: "done"

I look into the darkness, who should go in first?

>>244423

You of course. Because you're the most awesome!

Hoft as he's the most battle-tried.

>>244423
Of the five of you:
Mint is the least capable of combat.
Prince is a disembodied head.
Enrad is a crippled prisoner
Hoff is near-dead.
Oken is in near-perfect condition.

Sorry, Oken! You're going to be the one to lead this expedition into the dead-end that will get you all killed!
Oh, and tell Enrad that if you were going to kill him then you'd have done it already.

Hoft is our real warrior. He goes first. Then you, then Enrad, and Mint/Prince will take up the rear, to make sure Enrad can't just run off.

If I was to treat this like a creature feature, I'd make Enrad go first. He's more risk than asset. He's half crazy and liable to do something crazy appropriate in the middle of the night. Unless he's dead, of course. Eaten by the thing lurking down there...waiting...hungry...

But that probably won't happen, so yeah, go first, Oken! The voices and I are right behind you. Riiiiiiight behind you. Dibs on Hoft when Oken bites it. I mean...good...luck.

It's gotta be you, Oken. You can do it.

You first, Oken.

What could possiblai go wrong?

You, since you're carrying the most combat capable weapon on a ladder.

>>244423
Enrad, then Hoft, then Mint, then Oken.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/17(Sun)04:18 No. 244786 ID: b6c6fc
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>Oken decends into the darkness
>in case of death, back up character is now Hoft

I wish I had a flashlight . . .

>>244786
Can Prince see anything?

Um, can you see well enough? Can either of your other crewmembers see in the dark?

Don't continue climbing down unless you can at least see the ladder. You don't want to hit a broken rung and fall to your death unavoidably, pissing everyone in the thread off.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/17(Sun)05:02 No. 244800 ID: b6c6fc
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>do to her minor night vision, and soft light from the Raygun, Oken is able to see at least a little bit in the darkness

what do I do now, do I call the others down?

>>244800
What, they're not right behind you? Um, don't say anything. Switch on the light silently. Get ready to shoot.

>>244800
That should be a light switch. Confirm that to be so before flipping it.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/17(Sun)06:36 No. 244822 ID: b6c6fc
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>Oken flips on the lightswitch

huh? another door?

Three bugs are surrounding. Shot the one on your right, then jump forward and turn to face the other two while shouting to warn your friends.

This also means the space compass doesn't work on them or is blocked down here.

>>244822
Are these the same kind of bugs?
Man, I hope these are just radroaches...

Climb that ladder as fast as you can! You can't shoot them fast enough to avoid getting snagged, but if you're moving upwards then they'll hit lower and give you a better chance to kill before they infect you.

>>244824
This. Shoot the one near the door and get your back against the door before you deal with the others.

Scream a girly scream.

what?! NO! no shooting with this gun. unless you want giant holes in the walls. this is a disintegrater ray gun.

>>244847
Screw interior design, this is war.

>>244847
HA! Lets HOPE it puts holes in walls!
Because if it DOESN'T, then Oken is going to have all that flesh-vaporizing energy contained within that teeny-tiny space.
Of course, firing that kind of weapon in such an enclosed space is pretty stupid to begin with, what with the volume ratios between solids and gasses being what they are and the distinct lack of area for said volume to expand into...

Hmm... Where was I going with this? That's right! FLEE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES.

>>244822
>Control has switched to Hoft

>>244858
agree, run left as hard as you can.

if you're worried about blasting the hell out of the terrain and yourself

put gun to stun, fire errywhere.

>>244886
Yes, flee into the area where the bugs have likely made their nest!

... wait, no, that doesn't seem right.

Oh, yea, you should probably go up that ladder so that you can get your head and neck out of their immediate reach and use your body as a weapon to mosh any hitchhikers to death.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/17(Sun)08:52 No. 244893 ID: b6c6fc
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Okens: "HOFT! hostiles all around me!"

duck and roll!

Widebeam! It should actually work here.

>>244893
Get down!

Oh if you can't get both of them in a vaguely deadly beam then shoot the one on the floor while ducking.

GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER

Widen the beam, get both bugs in it. Hopefully you'll short-circuit them or something.

And scream for help too.

THE HOFT IS COMING! Shout "Enemy bug on the ladder!"

Shoot the roach on the floor, but get ready to kick it good if you miss.

>>244895
Do a barrel roll.

Oh hey, a Vault-tec door!

>>244893
...that was not the best direction to dive.

Keep shooting, hope Hoft is good at bug removal :V

LonelyWorld 2010/10/17(Sun)19:33 No. 245318 ID: b6c6fc
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Hoft: "got you covered!"

>>245318
Thank Hoft. Examine left passage. (I know, I know, the vault is exciting, but we'll leave our back exposed to who-knows-what if we start fiddling with the console.)

Call the others down with you - multiple sets of eyes are an asset.

call them down now that the first room is secure.

oookay so you are clearly not going to hide from the bugs down there.

Look behind you!! Through the big 13 door!

>>245318
Get everyone down here so we can scout in force. Leave the door shut and explore the left passage with everyone.

Open the large door.

Look for a Pip-Boy and collect any Vault Boy bobbleheads.

>>245318
Get the rest of the team down here and explore left passage.

LonelyWorld 2010/10/18(Mon)05:46 No. 245572 ID: b6c6fc
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Oken: "area clear! team move in"

Chapter 3: end

Good stuff.

Hoft gets 1 FX for badass posing. And precise shooting.

It looks like Oken got ++respect points with her party members. Check out those proud/intimidated faces!

>>245572
Your prisoner is going to have (more) mobility issues. He's going to have to crawl or something if all the passages in the shelter are that high, or risk hitting his head on the lights, doorframes, etc.