>>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.