>>17485818
Is the Medivac for us, or Holtz?

>>17485818

Cy-CYBUSTER?!

Batten down the hatches while the Aurors, Tosh, and Char try to reach out to Cheryl and the others.

>>17485753
>rolled 73, 83 = 156
Here's hoping those were our Auroring and Psychicing rolls.

We should probably work on getting the sages anchored to something, if we haven't already.

>>17485818
Okay, first, make sure that all of the bodies of the slain were recovered. We'll not leave them behind in a collapsing time-echo.

Second, Medic is to assist the Knights in retrieving their dead comrades' geneseed for return to their Chapter.

Finally, have Tosh, Char, the Aurors and Gondegal get their rendition of a Navigator ready.

Oh, and ask the Gurus if they could use our Reality Emitters to help shield the Blackbird.
And finally, do they need to be anchored now? And if so, to what?

>>17485867
They have to be anchored to a person. Or three.

>>17485818

For all we know we might end up in an MLA based SRWverse.

>would totally love it

>>17485818
Stabilise Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspar. If we can get them intact, it'd be worth the unfortunate losses we experienced here.
If they must be bound to objects, do so.
If they must be bound to people, then the Aurors are the most likely candidates.

Pilot the Blackbird towards Cheryl. Char, being both newtype and a pilot, is best suited to this role.

Let's keep moving and see where we land.

>>17485870
They have the option of being anchored to a person or an object. We didn't get an answer from the Gurus yet.

It's been recommended that if they do go for persons, that they be anchored to Egon and Data, since they usually stay safe in orbit.

>>17485870
>>17485866
I thought we already anchored them back around the same time we scryed for Gondegal.

>>17485867
The Gurus have been anchored to an Auror each for now. They'll be transferred to something more permanent later.

"Good idea on the reality emitters, I didn't think of that," Melchoir says, nodding. "They could indeed."

The next hour is full of hustle and bustle as people load the ship up with the mechs, crew, and ground teams. The VFs and Shiki stand outside, ready to follow the ship. In the distance the hole in reality has consumed the Palace and the mountain it was built on. It seems slowly crawling towards the city now. VF pilots who survived the crashing of their planes now are at the massive aircraft's controls, along with the sages.

"Sir!" Darius reports. "All our men, living or dead are off the field. Everything is loaded and secured. Engineer is requesting permission to start the main engines..." Darius pauses. "The pilots say this thing, 'ain't no VF', but they can manage. They want to know when to begin take off."

>>17485909

Motion to lift off.

Aye.

>>17485909
Remember to load the crashed VFs into the Blackbird's hangers as well.

>>17485909

"Very good. All hands, prepare for launch."

>>17485909
Well, nothing else for it. Take off*.
*We have confirmed that the rift is large enough to fly the blackbird through, yes?

>>17485909
Begin engine startup sequence.
Go through an abbreviated pre-flight checklist, and launch when ready.

Have the Navigation team begin their casting about for the light of Cheryl, then take us in.

>>17485909
Let's use this music as pass through the threshold:

http://youtu.be/reBuz97GgBM

>>17485909
Shouldn't we be able to get the VFs and Shiki inside?
Or maybe attach them. I hate for anyone to get lost.
Both because I'm fucking tired of losing people, and for contamination issues if they end up somewhere unknown.

rolled 69 = 69

>>17485893
"All right..." Char grumbles as he docks the Hyaku Shiki in the Blackbird's cavernous bays. He immediately heads up to the bridge, pausing only for a moment. "This thing reminds me a lot of the Gaw..."

In the distance the hole grows. Then you give the signal for launch. The Blackbird lurches as its engines kick in, the craft detaching from the dock and slowly gaining speed as its attendant VFs buzz around it. The pilots begin to swing it around, and through the bridge window you see the hole in Zeal, a yawning abyss of chaotic energies swirling before you.

"Hang on," the pilot drawls as he flips a few switches and lets his hand rest on the handle. "This is about to get bumpy."

>>17485926

Checklist?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5qqfsQGYus

Check.

>>17485995
Oh, don't complain so much, Char. We need you to help navigate with your Newtype abilities. Consider yourself lucky that you aren't like the Navigators from the Spacing Guild, addicted to Spice and no longer quite human.

>>17485995
Relax, we're fine.
Shields up, Navigation on, VFs ready to launch and provide support, everyone else safely secured, Char being useful for once.

>>17485995
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gundam_Wiki

Look Char, You're on the front page. Now, I want you to go through the lists and find something you like. I think you deserve some upgrades on your mech.

You dive into the hole, the pilot giving off a loud "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAW!"

The VFs follow you in as behind you the Kingdom of Zeal shrinks to nothing. All around you is lightning and ribbons of multicolored energy. The ship shakes as these chaotic waves and bolts crash against it, bombard it, but your reality emitters provide enough interference that they do not breach hull integrity. You cannot see anything after a while. Your pilots cannot see anything. Then...

"Turn. Here. Now," Char commands. "Left!"

The pilot complies, jerking the craft to the left. A few minutes passes before Tosh speaks.

"Bank hard down, mon. No ground here, ain't gonna crash. Now. Do it NOW!"

"I think I've got something! Keep going in this direction!" an Auror excitedly says as the Observer gives off a series of beeps and tones. VP-99 interjects.

"The Observer units is detecting trace signatures of transpace drives along the northern energy current. Recommend adjust course twelve degrees."

"...that's right. Do it," Char commands. The pilot complies. "We're getting close."

"Almost there, mon..." Tosh nods he narrows his eyes. "Now... got to reach out to da little gurl. Let her know we're here..."

Char closes his eyes and Tosh does the same. Gondegal walks into Char, the newtype suddenly infused with a ghostly glow as the Aurors point their wands at Tosh and murmur chants.

Suddenly a bright flash rips through the maelstrom in front of you as a breach tears itself open, revealing a star-field beyond, and a small fleet of familiar ships...

Captcha: Atsocial drunk. Now, now, Holtz isn't here yet, Captcha.

>>17486061
Transmit codes to identify ourselves.
Wave Hi.
Ask how the Farseers, Psions, X-commies and Cheryl are doing.
Pick up our S2 engine, our Blue crystals, and go back to Holtz.

>>17486061
What color are the oceans? Is there any mist left? Is Antarctica still there? Can we contact Cheryl on the Coms? Are they alive and well?

>>17486061
The Oncoming Storm, the Relentless, and the Indefatigable?

Make sure that everyone made it through safely.

>>17486061


Oh thank the sweet lord Jeebus. We actually made it back. I don't think we can survive another random encounter.

>>17486061
Have the Observer and VP-99 transmit our IFF codes to show that we're TG-aligned.

Make sure that everyone made it through the ride okay.

Then open a hailing channel with the Oncoming Storm. We need a status update.

>>17486061
Signal the Spaceball-1, I mean Oncoming Storm.
Hey folks, fancy meeting you here.

>>17486093
>>17486079

You transmit your ID codes and a few tense minutes go by without reaction.

Your communicators suddenly buzz before the voice of the captain of the Indefatigable comes over the channel.

"By all that's holy, is that you, command crew? We'd just about given up all hope of tracking you down! What kind of ship is that you're on? Where the devil have you been?"

>>17486080
The sky is blue.
Donuts are plentiful.
Friday is TGIF night on ABC, what's gotten into you?
(Everything looks fine.)

>>17486108
>Where the devil have you been?
Fucked if we know.
You able to get us back on the command deck of the Oncoming Storm? We need to tally our losses. Tell me what happened in Antarctica after we put Adam in Cheryl.

Huzzah! We made it back! Now to take stock of what we've got, and get the fuck out of here!

...And that's my cue to go to sleep. Give my love to the bumbling Auror.

>>17486108
"It's a long story, Captain. I'm afraid to say that we've lost a lot of good men and women, but it looks like we were able to get the job done.
"Can you tell us what happened after Second Impact occurred at the South Pole?"

>>17486108
Side trip through space and time, we couldn't let Ebon Night get away after all that now, could we?

Send over those donuts. And status reports.
How long have we been gone on your end?

>>17486108

"We are glad to see you guys too. It is a long, long, painful story. We will tell you all about it in a second. First things, first. We need a status report. NOW. I could give a damn about formalities, so just start and don't stop until the story has been told."

>>17486108
Well, you know how the Chrono Trigger universe has multiple endings? We were probably in an echo of one of them. We could use an update on what happened here.

Over there, we hunted down everyone we could find, got our ass handed to us by a broken as fuck JRPG boss who empties your mana and lowers your health to 1, and fought quite a few pieces of our favorite asshole.

You?

>>17486139
>>17486108
Mmm, donuts..

>>17486143
>>17486132
>>17486120
>>17486153
>>17486139
"You've been gone a day and a half. After you put Adam back into the pillar there was this insane lightshow over the south pole, then we saw a grid of light encompass the entire planet. It flared blue, then vanished. There's no more trace of the mists planetside, and whatever those lights did seems to have repaired most of the damage from the catastrophe," the captain reports. "We managed to recover the Overlord, Al'Kesh, and Leopard, along with the MLRS and TIE-Ds, but couldn't find the mechs, VFs, or the infantry..." He pauses. "Tosh is also missing, but the rest of the psychics made it back. They're aboard the Storm now. Cheryl and the Farseers have been trying to divine your location for the last... let me see.... 34 hours."

He pauses. "You... fought who?"

>>17486192
The Queen of Zeal from Chrono Trigger. Here's her data in our database. http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Queen_Zeal.html

We also fought some pieces of Ebon Night, our favorite asshole.

I hope the Reconstruction Vats are warmed up. We're going to need them.

>>17486192
"Ebon Night proved that he was an asshole in life, and a hate-fueled revenant that can cross the boundaries of time and space in order to exact his revenge in death. But that's a story for the cantina.
"Now, we've got to get to the medical facilities aboard the Storm. Can you do site to site? Lock on to Star-Lord's beacon and have him beamed to the Storm's medbay."

Let's get the crew transferred over to the Storm, and make sure that our research materials from the Elder Thing city are intact.

Also, I'm sure that Douglas will want to be meeting with Cheryl.

>>17486192
Ebon Night's spirit. Or something like that. So, have there been any more reality distortions in the area?

>>17486192
Ebon Night's hate-filled fragments.
It was not pleasant.

Ok, and the time ghost of the Queen of the Kingdom of Zeal.

>>17486192
Ebon Night.
Chased us.
Got dead.
We're back now.

We found some Mechs, some VFs (though some died in fighting), and the Infantry (though some died in fighting). Tosh is here too.
We also managed to find 3 sages - skilled in magical research, enchanting, and item manufacture. We expect to hire them, since their world got erased behind them.

Well. Let's get everything back together, tally our losses, and report back to Holtz.

>>17486192
"We fought a ghost of a crazy lady who could constantly bring us to an inch of death with a wave of a hand."

Are all the reality distortions gone, or do we have to go back down there. I don't want to have to spend any more time here if we can.

Oh guys, we still need to stay long enough to communicate with Igor and Philemon, and make sure that Guts and the Persona kids were returned to where they belong.

I think I'm going to have a hot shower, then take a coma until we get back to HQ, then get into a drinking competition with Holtz.
When you crack me out of the reconstruction tank after fatally severe alcohol poisoning, I'd like a cup of coffee.

>>17486192

Also, please tell Cheryl the following:

"Good work. Your quick thinking is the only reason we are standing here today. I am sorry we had to put you through hell to get there, but we could not have done it without you. So thanks. For everything."


WOOO! Cheryl and the physics made it!

Forces gained:
1 Cheryl
1 Douglas (+ Bear)
3 Gurus
1 Blackbird
1 Hero white mage
15 Undead Hunters

Loot gained:
2 * Fear immunity (Spike and Data)
1 * Aglaphotis
1 * Vampire SUE
1 * Magical lab equipment
1 * Assorted gems and gold
1 * Wine rack
1 * S2 Engine
1 * Elder thing research materials
1 * Lance of Longinus
1 * Blue crystals
9001 * Experience

Forces lost:
50% of everything that we have more than 1 of.
All the Hellstars
Almost all the /tg/ recruits
Almost all the Drones
Almost all the White mages
Most of the SCPs
Most of the UNITs
Exception:
NONE OF THE MIs for some reason

Also, what happened to the X-commies that weren't psychics? I assume they all died.

>>17486301
I'm pretty sure physics died a horrible painful death.
Speaking of which, remember to upgrade our reality emitters.

>>17486301
I'd rather tell her in person.

"Ms. Mason, without your strength of will or quick-thinking, none of us would still be alive. You've not only saved us, or your world, but untold thousands in the Meta from the predations of Ebon Night.
"Thank you. Words cannot suffice, but thank you. For everything."

The captain smiles.

"That's the one bit of good news I can give you. The world is completely free of distortions now, and the Farseers say that we're free to return home. As soon as we have you, of course. Dock that monster with the Oncoming Storm and come up to the bridge. I'm going back to my ship now that you're back. Cheryl's on her way there now to meet you."

>>17486222
Star-Lord is beamed to the Storm without issue as the ship docks and everyone begins to transfer over to your flagship. When you reach the bridge, you are greeted by a haggard looking Cheryl, who smiles tiredly and runs over to give Douglas a hug, then everyone else in turn.

"Hey guys..." she says. "You didn't make keeping you all alive easy... I've got some good news, though. Those three shards you fought? That was all of them. I managed to nail the rest with the pillar bomb. Everything should be good to go now, right?"

She smiles again. "And it's good to see you."

>>17486322
Because we keep forgetting to use the MIs.

So, is the Mountains of Madness and Shoggoths and Pillar still there?

>>17486332
So, Cheryl. . . Douglas. . .
We would really appreciate it if you were to stay with us. We'll bring you home if you wish, but we'd love to have you on the team.

>>17486333
We actually used them with the Mountains and Ebon Night.

>>17486332
Say this:
>>17486330

Then:
"Now that the distortions that threatened this sector are gone, it's time for us to go.
"You and Mr. Cartland have a choice: you can return home, safe, and stable.
"Or you can sign on with us.
"I won't lie; it's dangerous work. There are evils out there that we fight, to preserve stability. It's a war out there, but it's not your fight.
"It's up to you. Think about it. It's your choice."

>>17486332

Before we leave, we should conduct the funerals for those who gave their lives over the world they protected.

Let their coffins burn up on reentry, may their sacrifice not be forgotten with this meteor shower.

>>17486322
Effects on Canon:
>Ebon Night, a dark power from Ravenloft that got free, was destroyed.
>Azalin the Lich escaped into the Meta
>Philemon now looks through Douglas' eyes

Before we leave, I'd like to check whether Silent Hill is still standing, and whether all the other places are deserted.

There's also one other thing I'd like to do:
Have Mouse and Data hack this world's interwebs, and make a spam email or botnet that advertises a simple message:
"Seen paranormal stuff in Tokyo, Pennsylvania, or Transylvania, and want to fight against it? Send details of what you witnessed, along with your resumes to tsg_recruiting@gmail.com"
And we have Holtz send a team to make a Base on this world and monitor that e-mail address.

>>17486365

Fuck. Can we even return them at this point? Cheryl is a near god level psychic that we FULLY unlocked and Douglas has a persona. I know we can end the contract, but the real issue is Cheryl. If we end up wiping her memories, we essentially will be wiping all the controls and safeguards to the powers she has inside of her. I don't know how well that will go for her. Oh well, if she chooses to stay we will do what we can to make it happen safely.

What is the status of Guts and the Kids?

>>17486402
No to that.
Though we should scout out a location for a future outpost, they are going to want to keep an eye on this one.

>>17486391
I would rather have their funerals occur in the Meta, personally.
It's more symbolic, I think, that way.
This place, is just a Canon. But the Meta is where all Canons reside.
This Canon isn't their home. But in the Meta, in the layer of existence above Canon, that's where their true home is, now.

>>17486346
They are not. Just ordinary boring ice now.

>>17486322
The X-COM team made it out. Speaking of experience, you'll get a nice surprise in a minute.

>>17486301
"Hey, no, thank YOU!" Cheryl says, punching you in the arm with a grin. "Silent Hill I maybe coulda handled. The rest of that stuff? I would've been a stain on the floor if you guys hadn't shown up."

>>17486330
Cheryl frowns, tapping her chin. "Maybe you're right. I was pretty awesome back there..."

An aura of light begins to emanate from her. "My powers only grow, and now with my enemies defeated, I can turn my gaze to new worlds!"

Her eyes turn golden. "And with you as my loyal armies, I will reign over a thousand worlds as its new goddess!"

The aura abruptly vanishes along with the glowing eyes as Cheryl chuckles, grins mischievously and winks. "Naw, I'm just fuckin' with ya."

She yawns and stretches. "But what I WILL do is crawl back to my quarters and sleep for a week. Then when I get up, I will eat the biggest damn breakfast I've ever had. And of course I'll come with you. I'm not letting this trainwreck happen to someone else if I can help it."

She yawns again. "Anything else? Massive psychic powers really drains it out of you. And leaves you with headaches you wouldn't believe."

>>17486427
Thanks again, and remember to avoid jokes like that.. you just did a prefect imitation of the kind of problems we have to solve.

>>17486402
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17446362/#17446782

>>Margaret nods. "The Ebon Night is the only one who... left. There is another that survived, but he is being dealt with," she smiles, slightly. "By one of our own, in fact."

Effects on Canon:
>Ebon Night - destoryed
>Azalin - dealt with by Philemon
>Philemon looks through Douglas's eyes

>>17486427
>The aura abruptly vanishes along with the glowing eyes as Cheryl chuckles, grins mischievously and winks. "Naw, I'm just fuckin' with ya."
Shake head.
"Good ol' Cheryl. Sense of humor's still the same I see.
"Alright, let's get everyone into transit formation. A.N.O.N., set coordinates for Sector HQ. Transit when ready."

>>17486427
Thank you, but you just scared the crap out of me. I need to change my pants. I'm sure you thought is was funny, but you won't when you see what a S.U.E. really is.

>>17486425
Speaking of which, the first time we were talking about the Riverside survivors, we wanted to screen the 'staying behind' group for people that might make good candidates for assisting TG is monitoring this world.

>>17486446
"She always does jokes like that," Douglas complains. "Back in Silent Hill, I got shot and she was going to face off against the Cult? She gave me a fake out by pretending to be possessed for a minute."

"Oh come on, it was funny," Cheryl says, crossing her arms. "A dark sense of humor is better than none!"

>>17486410
No one has seen them since the pillar erupted.

>>17486402
Silent Hill is standing, but all other of the residences of evil have been wiped clean, no trace of them ever existing in this world.

You make the website, Mouse sniggering all the while. "Boss, every once in a while, I got to say I like your style."

>>17486427
WORLD COMPLETE
>>17486450
She's talking about an Ebon Night clone. Most likely Nyx or Erebus.

Back to base for now. Then we can spend 2 days arguing about ALL THE REQUISITIONS

>>17486470
We need Dr. Han on our medical team.

>>17486476
We've spent the last two weeks arguing over Requisitions. Can't he just go off the list we have in the other thread?

>>17486476
Fuck that, the first two days are definitely: >>17486257
Then we see what Holtz has for us after filing our report.

>>17486507
And if he's still passed out, we're waking his ass up. He's not stiffing us two missions in a row.

>>17486475
"Trolling people is one of the few perks of this job, Mouse."

Okay, I think we're ready to transit.

>>17486427

Surprises? Come on OP, hurry up!

>>17486427

Rub our eyes.

"Ms Mason, while we cannot argue that you were "pretty awesome back there", please, for the tenuous remains of what passes for my sanity, don't joke of going god mode on us. I don't think we have enough ships in our fleet to even attempt to take you on. And I like my ships not being torn asunder by forces I cannot comprehend. We almost made it a whole hour now without that happening, and I would hate to break our record for longest time without catastrophe already."

Smile

"That being said, I think you earned yourself one bottle of the good stuff we are going to bribe our boss with. I am sure we can afford to part with one given your previous efforts"

>>17486551
"Oh, right, she's technically legal!
"Shouldn't we start her on the synthohol before hitting the hard stuff, though?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV8ZHfnDFL4

>>17486566
We're not giving her hard stuff. We're giving her a bottle of high-quality, several hundred year old wine we stole from Strahd.

Even if she doesn't drink it now, it's still high quality.

>>17486475
Right Op.
Tell us that "surprise" experience we're getting
Send us back to base
Tell us what Requisitions we have available
and let us argue about it for a few days. =)

>>17486476
Something like that.

Your ships fall into formation and make the transpace jump...

Arrival at base will be covered tommorrow, I have to sleep now. Before I do...

EXPERIENCE!

By surviving the horrors the Ebon Night set against you, some of your squads have managed to reach a new level of combat skill. Some of your troops and heroes that have been with you since the beginning have gained additional benefits.

Elaine has been promoted to Hero and the White Mage unit dissolved.
VP-99 has been upgraded to a Hero unit.
Your Sandmen are now Veteran Sandmen.
Your Mobile Infantry are now Veteran Mobile Infantry.
Your Delta Green Squad is now a Veteran Delta Green Squad.
Your Auror team is now a Veteran Auror team.
Psion Squad increases to Level 9!
Abjurer Squad increases to Level 10!
SCP team experience cancels out reinforcement's green level.
UNIT team experience cancels out incoming reinforcement's green level.
Spike can learn a new skill!
Tosh can learn a new skill!
Egon can learn a new skill!
Your Tomahawk and VF Pilots are now Veterans.

As a side note, congratulations on defeating one of the harder sections of the quest AND getting more or less the best ending from it.

>>17486658

At great cost. We're gonna need alot of downtime to recover.

But hey, we got the job done.

>>17486658
I don't mean to sound greedy, but what about VP-98 and the Observer? I think they both deserve upgrades. Especially the Observer, for everything that we put it through, it actually managed to survive.

Also, quick question: if we replenish troops, how will that work with Veteran units? Will new recruits be Veterans, or will they count seperately?

>>17486676
Well to be honest, you skipped the easy to middling difficulty worlds and went right for the throat. I didn't expect to hit this place that fast.

>>17486658
Spike:
>How did you hit that? -When fighting a target that is unable to be injured by normal attacks, Spike has the miraculous ability to injure the target by bypassing all protections.

Tosh:
>Voodoo - When Tosh has a piece of a target, he can create a voodoo doll of it and cause damage to the target via the doll. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJzDdc6MZSU

Egon:
>Tinkerer - Egon has the ability to create and alter tech on the field to work, regardless of the tools and materials needed.

>>17486691
Well, the Observer doesn't normally have personality enough. Though it's psitech have been exposed to some Hella Strange Energies recently.

>>17486700
Well, we were kinda flying blind. We didn't really know what to do, so we were just picking areas randomly.

>>17486700

...D:

Which guy selected this target world, again?

On the bright side though, we should be able to slowly rebuild our forces. Assuming we don't run into another similar world.

>>17486700
>you skipped the easy to middling difficulty worlds and went right for the throat
Let's go back to those easy to middling worlds. Can we please have something as easy as the Royal Pain or the Wolf? Hell, even the first Battle of Tokyo seems easy compared to this world.

>>17486691
VP-98 isn't quite there yet.
The Observer cannot be made a hero. Its programming does not enable such rapid self-learning behaviors.
When a squad earns the Veteran title, all reinforcements to it will either be veterans or have a low enough percentage of rookies to be negligible until they are 'trained' by the other squad members.

The UNIT and SCP teams would've been Veterans, but they went under half-strength, meaning the majority would be rookies. Instead of getting the veteran title then, their benefit is simply that the surviving members are experienced enough to lead the new recruits, negating 'green' penalties. (IE: No X-COM Rookie Syndrome.)

>>17486730
I think it was "We haven't tried this color yet. Let see what's there."

>>17486700

God damn it. We thought this was supposed to be a moderate level when we were picking it. Further proof we are mildly retarded. Oh well, we survived by the ordeal by the tips of our fingers. The best kind of adventure.

>>17486722
Anyone else have suggestions for the abilities?

>>17486747
Ah, so when we requisition troop replenishment, instead of SCP Unit (Rookie) and UNIT (Rookie) they'll start at (Squaddie) levels of experienced?

We'll have to keep throwing VP-98 into the fires of battle until it either gets promoted or is destroyed.

>>17486722
Nah, but I'll argue about it more later, in the planning thread.

>>17486658
>>17486700
Rest well OP.
I don't know how to feel about being the first to recommend this stop because it looked 'linchpin-y' even before the scouting report came in. Speaking of the scouts, here's hoping they had a better time of it this time with that shipper-ship we moved their way, I feel like they did when they limped home last time.
Once again, thanks for the Quest and rest well.

>>17486756
I was laughing in horror when I saw you guys thinking this would be an easy pick.

>>17486731
Relax. There's only one area that's harder than this world, and you start getting scout reports from Yellowman this cycle, meaning you'll have a better idea of where to go.

Oh also, with Cheryl and Douglas formally joining, you can pick 2 skills for Doug and 1 for Cheryl. Cheryl's other skill has already been picked.

>>17486774
No, it means the guys left are good enough to make up for the replacements to the squad being green.

>>17486786
Right, meaning that the unit as a whole won't drop down to (Rookie) but average out to (Squaddie).

>>17486776
Yeah, let's move discussions of abilities to the planning thread.

>>17486756
>>17486776
I sure as hell didn't expect it to be easy, expected to be at least as bad as the last linchpin.
But I thought we'd be able to pull out if it got too hot, then we got here and the first thing was 'no pulling out, oh and there's a time limit'. Fuuu-. Good times.

Grats on giving us a new scale to judge just how bad a world is off of.

>>17486658
>Spike can learn a new skill!
"What, you don't believe me?" - Spike is exceptionally good at bullshitting people. He could bullshit his way into the Pentagon and get it closed down for a day, if need be.
>Tosh can learn a new skill!
"Tutor" - All entities with a mind have some degree of Psionic potential. Tosh can help people to find and express this potential.
>Egon can learn a new skill!
"It's easy to explain" - Egon can introduce scientists to the basics of Paranormal or Magical study, and magicians to the basics of the Scientific method.

>>17486784

I just think it is funny that we were/are terrified of the new Chaos and Void Engineers to the point that we refused to go anywhere near them before we leveled up some more. In our attempt to be safe and avoid danger, we picked ONE OF THE HARDEST WORLDS WE POSSIBLY COULD. Further proof that it is the demon you aren't running from that will probably kill you.

>>17486784
>>17486747
>>17486658
OP, before you go, can you define 'new skill' limits?
Hopefully we'll have the arguing out of the way before we meet again.

>>17486818
Yep. That was awesome.
Well, It can't be worse than the fanfic we had to reality bomb. . .
>You can't leave.
Well, we'll just be careful and take it slowly.
>You've got a week.
Shit, well we can still pull this off.
>Wesker, Ebon Night, Strahd, Dracula, Guts, Idea of Evil, Erebus, Shoggoths
Well. . . fuck. We still have a slight chance.
>Adam and the Chaos Shoggoth
Son of a . . .
>Command crew in the fight
RUN LIKE A BITCH.
>Kingdom of Zeal
Well, at least we got Balthasar, Gaspar, and Malchior like we wanted
>Queen Zeal's special attacks.
We can still pull through as long as nothing else bad happens
>Fragment of Ebon Night and the low rolls.
Fuck you, dice.
>Blackbird and the high rolls
We haven't forgiven you yet, dice.
>This was supposed to be second hardest. Here's your loot.
It was all worth it.

>>17486878
Everything suggested looks about right so far.

I'm just surprised no one got a connection I was hinting at with the Ebon Night. I thought it fairly obvious.

>>17486658
Anything for Data when we patch him up?
Considering the crazy things that happened to him in the series and able to get him working is one of the reasons I voted for him in the first place, he should recover nicely.

>>17486922
Um. Explain it like we're stupid, please.

>>17486922

What part of "mildly retarded" did we not make clear?

>>17486929
You can repair Data fine, but he's just shy of an XP upgrade.

>>17486940
It might come up again. I need to check some things.

>>17486940
Better to explain it like we are tired people, and almost every time we met Ebon was late at night.

>>17486974
Ah well, we'll see if we pick up on it during the after-action report back at base.

>>17486784
>Oh also, with Cheryl and Douglas formally joining, you can pick 2 skills for Doug and 1 for Cheryl. Cheryl's other skill has already been picked.

Douglas:
"I already lost my son" - When his friends are under threat, or in a state of fear and panic, the combat strength of Douglas and his Persona increase proportional to the level of threat and/or fear.
"Grinding social links" - Douglas is exceptionally good at making friends, by sympathising with people's plights and struggles.

Cheryl:
"The Will to Power" - People nearby Cheryl gain a boost to their mental attributes and a resistance to mental damage.

Suggestion for one of Douglas' skills

>"Papa Bear"
Doug gives a shit about people. Specifically about them making it out alive. Both he and his persona are likely to take hits meant for squishier party members.

I'll sign on for Spike's Blather skill, as well. Either that or something named Space Cowboy.

>>17486989
Planning thread is over here: >>17456343

Tosh:
"Da spirits say" - Tosh can telepathically talk and listen to a wider variety of things. Gods, shoggoths, the spirits of a place, the spirits of an item, perhaps even Magic itself if the setting allows it.

I almost forgot, but Elaine and VP-99 both get the standard 2 skills as part of their promotion.

>>17486784
>There's only one area that's harder than this world
:-|
"Well, we can't handle Warhammer 40k just yet, let's go here."
Son of a fucking bitch. What's the hardest world? We show up and our ships fly straight into Slaanesh's demonic crotch?

>>17487053
That tells me either there ISN'T a Durandal / Shodan / Mendicant Bias / TRON world in here, or OP underestimates Shodan.

>>17487143
Or those worlds may have mitigating circumstances.

>>17487124
This made me cackle. Good show.

>>17487162

>There's only one area that's harder than this world.
Well, odds are, we won't get the hardest next time.
>Randomly picks next world.
"Hello my name is Shodan. Welcome to the Irken homeworld. Yes, that is a thousand R-types in orbit. If you want to leave now, take the next left. It's a shortcut directly to Slaanesh's demonic crotch."
>Takes next left.

So, I'm guessing we're going to pace ourselves before we take on the mission harder than this one.

BTW, who is Douglas' Bearsona supposed to be, anyway?

>>17487799
Okku! I've posted it 3 times already!
http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Okku

>>17487162
Just waiting for OP to throw us into an SRW/ACE:R world.

Cybuster should be showing up anytime soon....

> Accepting the persona
>Why.jpg

So many good arguments were given against it, whilst the counter arguments amounted to Philemon is a good guy and wouldn't turn on us, despite it explicitly having being said he would use the knowledge he gained against us if he deemed it necessary and that he could not guarantee he would keep it to himself.

>>17489100
And furthermore we are not isolating the persona user, as was the original decision, to minimise him seeing or hearing anything confidential.

>>17486658

Hero Skills:

>Spike

Karma's a bitch - Whenever Spike or friendly forces suffer a critical failure, enemy units also suffer in the wake of it (Example: Algaphotis-A has no effect on Ebon Night! Ebon Night tail whips Douglas and Spike away and takes in a deep breath.... but inhales too quickly and starts coughing uncontrollably, and accidentally whips himself in the eyes with his tail!). In addition, all rolls are increased by a small, but not insignificant amounts.

> Possible Elaine traits:

Tranquil Resolve - Elaine has been subject to the horrors of the Ebon Night, but persevered and saw the dawn that followed. Friendly units within a certain range of Elaine are less affected by harmful mind-altering effects, and spells cast by nearby friendly casters (including Elaine) cost less resources to cast. She also acts as a good foil for Lyla.

Cooperative caster - Following Gondegal's example, Elaine can now imbue other friendly forces' spells and attacks with white magic to create an enhanced effect. Also, Elaine is generally easy to get along with and is a good co-worker.

Resurrect - Spells cast by Elaine that restore life to dead people (i.e. Raise, Re-Raise) now function even if there's very little left of the person to resurrect. In addition, Elaine can attempt to Raise a person beyond the normal time limit for Raise.

Divine Whisper - Any spells cast by Elaine on friendly targets now leave a residual healing effect (haste, shell, reraise, cure, esuna, etc), that also reduces the effects of shadowy/evil attacks.

>>17489100
>>17489123
We already voted on it, and the Aye's won by 2 votes. If you wanted a different outcome, you should have been online and voted.
If you were online but didn't vote, then shut the fuck up.
The time for complaining about it is long past; I don't like it either but I'm not going to clutter up a thread complaining about it.

As for putting Douglas in isolation, we would have already restricted his access to the bridge and other sensitive areas, as that's what we decided to do.

>>17489100

What's done is done. We just have to prepare accordingly.

Douglas probably doesn't need access to restricted files, and probably doesn't want to. The whole eyes-and-ears of Philemon thing only apply when he's actually using the Persona or its powers , if I read the contract correctly.

>>17489251
I was there and voted against.

>>17489273
>The whole eyes-and-ears of Philemon thing only apply when he's actually using the Persona or its powers , if I read the contract correctly.
It was? Well that changes things a bit, if that's true I don't have anywhere near as much of an issue with it.

>>17489273
>>17489343
No, Philemon gets access to all memories created while Douglas has the power to call on his Persona, not just when he's using it.
>But all they experience while they use our gifts will be written in the books of our library.
>"Who binds himself to the contract will be able to wield the powers of their true self at the cost of allowing my master to read all their experiences while they hold that power."

>>17489273
>>17489343
Clarification from MetaOP:
>>7491689
>everything Doug experiences while he has the Persona gets recorded, whether he's using it or not.

I like karma's A Bitch for spikes new ability, and Resurrect for one of Elaines. with tg dice i think abilities that help when things go wrong would be the most useful.

>>17486658
Your ships fall back into realspace around the Sector Headquarters, and only a second goes by before you are hailed by the base's comm officer.

"Oncoming Storm is that you?!" she exclaims. "You've been off the grid for two weeks! We've been scrambling to try and find where you went, what happened out there?"

>>17493285
"It's a long story. In short we accidentally ran up against a Ravenloft Dark Power that escaped. We got him, but he took a lot of us with him.
"Also, we need to speak with Holtz, now, on a secure channel."

>>17493351
"ANON, seal the bridge."

When Holtz appears, give him a quick summary and then tell him about the Contract.
Some of us believe that Philemon could be a valuable ally, and his Good nature will keep him turning on us.
The other half of the command crew think the others are naive and that we should treat the entity as a potential hostile power.

>>17493285
Remember that suspected linchpin we were checking out?
Well it totally was.

And it made the last one look like a walk in the park.
Got trapped in there, we managed to get tipped off that leaving again would allow it to spread faster and there was already a countdown until the Dark Power that had claimed the Silent Hill world and turned it into a Horror wonderland would reach critical mass and destabilize the sectors, plural, in ways most unholy.

>>17493406
Would you stuff your paranoia up your ass?
Douglas is secured in his quarters.

>>17493351
>>17493406
The lieutenant nods.

"Holtz is meeting with Admiral Pellaeon now, but I'll interrupt. Hold on."

The picture switches over to Holtz, looking more haggard than usual.

"Storm, where the shit fuck have you BEEN? I was getting ready to send people after you, and High Command's been on my ass wanting to know just HOW I managed to lose a whole sector task force! I- what? Dark Power?! Are you goddamn- what? YOU FUCKING KILLED IT?! HOW?!"

>>17493406
Save Philemon until his part in the report comes up, that is not your opener.
The opener is roughly translated as "Holy Unholy Fuck that shit in there could have destroyed the whole sector twice over!"

Two Words: Second Impact. Thankfully, the reality distortion cleared up pretty soon, so the world is safe and normal.

>>17493457
"look, we'll give you the full report later. The short of it was that we found Cheryl Mason, unlocked her powers, the initiated Second Impact right in the asshole's face. Don't worry, the blast was contained and the world was saved."

>>17493457
You can tell High Command to mail you a friggin' medal after you send in this report.
[Begin transmitting]
I think you're going to have to see the logs and recording just to believe us, and it was still worse than that.
On the up-side we have a contact with a friendly power, though the nature of the contact means we have to keep a new ally away from sensitive materials.
It's all there is the report.

>>17493508
>>17493490
A bit more complicated than that, and doesn't do us credit for all the giant piles of hell we went through there.
You are not going on as references on my resume.

"Not much, just a combination of Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Night of the Living Dead, Twilight, Ravenloft, Castlevania, Berserk, Persona, the works of HP Lovecraft, and FREAKING Evangelion."

>>17493509
>>17493548
These are good.

>>17493509
>>17493490
>>17493548
"Seco- I- huh," Holtz stops. "I get the feeling perhaps this time I should hear all the details. What's this about a contract now? Ah, I see. That's a large risk, but we CAN turn it to our advantage. As you say, just make sure Douglas doesn't go near any sensitive information, the low-level stuff a being like Philemon could get anyway. So long as we're careful, this can work."

Holtz leans back in his chair. "I was getting ready to send Pells out to hunt you down. Commander Yellowman's already been told to keep an eye out for you, I guess I can tell him back to business as usual for now..." Holtz winces. "Jeeze... guess you boys went through just shy of a literal hell. I'll give this thing a thorough reading later, but for now I think you deserve some good news."

Holtz grins. "If you look out your port-side portholes, you may notice a several-mile long battleship and three attendant craft. It took some doing and ate up more requisitions than I'd like, but boys, you've got the Executor back. Along with two ISD-IIs, Admiral Pellaeon, and the Antaneus, modified to work in space as well as air and sea."

>>17493588
>>17493457

Here's the details:

Sorry about the non-contact for two weeks. When we arrived at the sector, it had been heavily warped by a Dark Power of Ravenloft, naming himself "Ebon Night". Our Farseers made it clear that in no uncertain terms that if we left before the job was done, Ebon Night would have had free reign over that sector and would've spread across into other sectors with little resistance.

Ebon Night was already a refugee, of sorts. When his Ravenloft (the OLD Ravenloft, not the new one) was destroyed by an army of vengeful deities, he escaped to the sector we just visited and expended nearly all of his power seeding a various assortment of horrors there. These horrors included Silent Hill, Azalin partnered up with Albert Wesker, Dracula from the Castlevania canon, Strahd von Zarovich from Ravenloft, Godhand Femto/Griffith partnered up with that one manifestation of evil from one of the Persona canons and the Idea of Evil from Berserk. Yes, it was as bad as it sounded.

We managed to deal with the horrors with the help of Cheryl Sutherland and Douglas from the Silent Hill canon, the protagonists from the Persona canon (Persona 4, I think?), Guts from the Berserk canon, and Gondegal the Paladin from Ravenloft. The Farseers and X-com specialists were required to awaken Cheryl's godlike powers in order to prepare us for the battle with Ebon Night. We also contracted Philemon to give Douglas a Persona. The details of this contract are in the report that's undoubtedly making its way to you now.

(cont).

>>17493588
I hate to nitpick against our favor, but we opted to keep one ISD and sell the other for credit toward the refits.

>>17493588


Long story short, we confronted Ebon Night at a World Pillar at Antarctica after defeating his horrors. We took grevious losses, but with the help of Cheryl and the valiant sacrifices of many of our troops, we managed to blast him to hell using the energies of World Pillar merged with Adam (yes, from Evangelion). All of our troops and the command staff were then thrown into a time-echo version of the Kingdom of Zeal, where we recruited these time-echo versions of the Three Gurus. We defeated Queen Zeal and the dying remnants of Ebon Night only through more sacrifice on the part of our troops, and managed to repair an antiquated time-lost construct ship and somehow make it spaceworthy. We then breached the time-echo's barriers, and met up with the rest of our fleet. Cheryl managed to fully harness the power of the Third Impact caused by the Adam/World Pillar to blast Ebon Night to hell and to save us from the effects of it, all without causing the World we were saving to turn into a giant tin of Tang Orange Drink.

That's pretty much the jist of it. The report will be far more detailed. We've taken heavy casualties, and Star-Lord will have to be taken to a reconstruction tank to recover from his not-quite-death due to the RED we gave him. We would also like to perform a military funerals or the appropriate last rites for the troops that we lost in this mission. Or perhaps see if there are some resurrection specialists on staff in the base that could help us out in recovering those men.

>>17493628
Not so much that she had godlike powers herself, as the ability to make godlike powers/manipulators like Silent Hill and the World Pillar do what she told them.

>>17493588
Aw yeah, we are now one of the most pimpin sector task forces out there.
But yeah, I think if we work this right, we can get a commendation from High Command, Holtz.
You will not believe what we salvaged from that Hellhole.

Check it:
Intact and subdued SUE
S2 Organ
Lance of Longinus
Anti-demon drug and a dart gun to go with it

>>17493588

Also, Azalin may have escaped from that sector. We're not entirely sure if Philemon has dealt with him.

>>17493639
She also managed to use that power to help undo a lot of the damage Ebon Night did to her canon.
Though we still recommend setting up an observation outpost to study the effects this all has on that canon.

>>17493672
Snap, we were supposed to scry for him after we transited back out to the Meta.
Did we get any hits on that, OP?

>>17493630
No we didn't. We kept both of them because we can't get ships of that size easily. Read the relevant thread again.

>>17486974
>>17486940
>>17486922
Ebon Night =EBony Demntia ravenway or whtever the fuck?

>>17493727
We argued about selling or keeping and finally settled it by selling one and keeping one and moving on.

>>17493660

Also, we're not certain... but we *think* that the SUE in question may be a vampirized Bella from Twilight. She is utterly non-responsive to any stimulus and somewhat... bloated... due to extensive magical and scientific experiments carried out on her by Wesker/Azalin. She seems to be excreting some sort of special serum. We've festooned her containment tank with reality emitters, and festooned those festoons with more festoons of reality emitters.

We think that Azalin was attempting to create something important from her, but all the research notes on that subject were destroyed when we got there.

>>17493755

Also, Wesker was vampirized by Azalin somehow. We think he may have been a variant of the Twilight vampire that doesn't turn you into a raging douchebag. But we're not sure, as Wesker was already one of those to begin with.

>>17493755
We didn't think it was Bella, ANON didn't find a match for the subject in the vat.
At some point we need to handle the first tier of that 'Vampire SUE-rum' research item so we can figure out just what the hell we have before we sell it back to HQ.

>>17493660
You know something, after researching all we can research from the SUE, wanna make a lucky draw draw thing; winner gets to kill the SUE. Should be very popular and improve morale for our guys.

>>17493749
No, we traded in the Omega Trap and that gave its the resource surplus to refit the Executor and the two ISDs.


OP 11/05/11(Sat)22:17 No.16852903
>>16852868
You can get another 10 nanny bags and six recon tanks to be installed in the Medbay.

You also get one Al'Kesh transport.

The rest of your funding is tied up in repairing/retrofitting the Executor, the two ISDs, and the Antaneus. (Which would've taken up even more resources if you hadn't given HQ your Omega Trap.)

>>17493789

Oh.

Well it was some poor soul who was clearly experimented upon.

>>17493630
You did? Whoops. Well I'll tell you what you get for the second ISD when we do requisitions, then you can make the final call to keep or sell.

>>17493628
>>17493639
"...goddamn," Holtz says as you relate your tale. "Yeah... yeah, take some time, prepare the funerals..." Holtz begins tapping at his console. "I'm giving you two weeks of downtime. Give your combat troops a break, and give yourselves a bit of a break as well. Your call if you want your lab boys to have a break or keep researching. It'll have to be spent here at base, in case something comes up... but I think you'll find our recreation facilities up to the task. I'll need that time to figure out the paperwork for replacements and requisitions anyway, not to mention refits and repa... Jesus, what happened to the Indefatigable? No, nevermind. I'll read it in the report."

>>17493660
"The Lance of Longinus and an S-2, wait... You CAUGHT a SUE?! Holy shit, do you have any idea what that means for R&D? It's alive? It is?! That's never been done before! Hahaha, I can't believe you pulled that off!"

>>17493729
God no.

>>17493822
No, MetaOP, that guy is mistaken.
In >>17493810
From thread 13, we clearly were getting both ISDs in return for the Omega Trap.

>>17493630
>>17493727
>>17493749
I stand corrected.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16852204/#16852774

While splitting the difference was suggested, it didn't happen. Yay two ISDs!

>>17493822
>>17493866
>>17493875
Though we may want to consider selling one to help cover our losses. Our ground forces took a serious pasting while our ships are mostly fine PLUS the executor-class, anteus-class, and ISDs.

>>17493822
> That's never been done before!
"We've already developed several techniques, technologies and biological vectors that could permit us to do it again, with your permission, Sir."
By the way, guys, whatever happened to that Alucard-SUE from way back when? The one that got stuck int eh Omega Trap prototype?

>>17493822
Well I want to give the lab boys a bit of time off before we chain the to their desks again. But in all seriousness, if you won't object, I want to give the X-COM scientists first crack at the SUE before letting High Command take it away. Then we can get credit for the recovery and for the research that'll come out of it.

>>17493930
It got sent to TG Main HQ along with the Omega Trap.

GENTLEMEN:
We have some Naming to do.

One Executor-class Star Dreadnought
Two Imperial II-class Star Destroyers
One Modified Antaneus-class Adaptive Cruiser (remember we got the other one, not the prototype of that shared the name with the class)

I like a suggestion someone made for the SSD last time we talked about this:
All Under Heaven.

>>17494018
We should let Palleaon name it.
After all, he'll be captain, i think.

>>17494018
The Antaeus-01 is 01. They weren't meant to have a name just a class designation and ID number.

>>17494026
He's our fleet commander.. which reminds me that I forgot some hero suggestions in the planning thread.
We had wanted to get some heroic bridge crew for the SSD.

>>17494060
Yeah, that doesn't stop US from properly christening it.

>>17493938
"That's fine, just don't take it on missions with you. Too risky for an asset like that," Holtz grins again. "Speaking of which... remember those branch bases you saved? They're up and running to full potential again, and have managed to scrape together some war material to send our way."

Holtz taps a key on his console, initiating a file transfer.

"Our base in the UCAS is still dealing with the aftermath of the Royal Pain, but they've secured special contracts with two experienced teams which they're handing over to you."

Gained: 2 Shadowrunner Teams. (12/12) (12/12)

"That first base you checked in on is still being renovated, but the salvager teams are going through all the equipment left behind on the surface when the Orz pulled everyone. They don't have anything yet, but they're working on it." Holtz frowns. "The Mulder Building is of course, a loss. So no help from them either."

Holtz perks up. "But our base over the Mojave Wastes... Not only have they managed to send over quite a few more suits of powered armor to us, which should handle equipping your reinforcements... well, care to take a guess what else they managed?"

>>17494026
Pellaeon is slated to be in charge of the ships of the task force, and we were planning on promoting the captain of the Relentless to captain the Executor. Of course that's if it doesn't already have a command crew.

>>17494099

To discover the secret of making ice cream soup?

>>17494099
LIBERTY PRIME!?!?!

>>17494110
We killed the command crew to capture it, so all we have are green replacements. As was argued the other day, that ship is far too valuable to leave in non-heroic hands.

Main suggestion at the time was for Gloval and the Bridge Bunnies, classic and solid bridge crew experienced with commanding a very large ship full of weapons and people.

>>17494151
i'm gonna free the shit outta you.

>>17494151
We cannot hope that high..

>>17494151
"Close!" Holtz says, snapping his fingers. "They found the blueprints for that, but can't make it just yet. What they DID manage to make though, is a Securitron Army. Want it?"

>>17494099
the post game lone wander?

>>17494212
nice, i'd be fine with that.
energy weaponry is always useful.

you had us at army. i'm assuming they have the upgraded OS?

>>17494212
What I think:
YES, YES OH GOD YES

FUCK YEAH ROBOTS
What I say:
'Sounds good. We'll take all the help we can get. How many?'

>>17494212

If it has no impact on requisitions, sure.

More DROOOOOONES are always a good thing, as we have learned in spades from this last mission.

>>17494212
Soon, soon my precious Bastion of Democracy.

But hey, a Securitron Army is nothing to sneeze at. We can finally make use of all that space the Imperial Star Destroyers have for ground forces!

>>17494251
"Of course," Holtz says, tapping a button. "They're working on some of the Calculator's robots, but those are a tad more advanced, so be patient. This should make sure you can hold your own if you find another Vaderverse."

Gained Securitron Mk.II Army (1000/1000)

>>17494277

Can we program them to yell out "STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!" when they attack?

>>17494212
>>17494277
I came.

>>17494277
We need to get Hologram Engineers who can work 24/7 nonstop.
And asteroids. Lots and lots of asteroids for delicious minerals.
And then we fit every single Securitron with a personal shield.

>>17494263
That wouldn't take up the space on one ISD.
But I'll take it.

With all the various droids, robots, and holograms we now possess (or intend to possess), recruiting Tesla makes so much more sense!

I smell upgrades!

>>17494292
"Sure," Holtz says. "Now, give me a moment to look over your report and figure out requisitions. Before I do, anything else to report or ask?"

>>17494292
I approve of this plan.

>>17494368
YES, SO MUCH FUCK YES

>>17494368
Update Yellowman on Azalin, see if he can help us track him down.

>>17494368
Any update on that mysterious object flying into our patrol space? Or anything else from the TSAB?

>>17494368

I think some of the command crew managed to get Medic to recover the gene-seeds of the fallen Reasonable Marines. These command crew mentioned something about returning the seeds back to the Chapter.

If anyone else knows more about this, please elaborate.

>>17494277

Hey, they may not be Clone Troopers, but I'll take em.

>>17494368
Tell him about Azalin if he hasn't been told yet.
Oh, and the destruction of a Ravenloft Canon that resulted in Ebon Night's escape. Whoever's in charge of the Sector that those planes are located in, is probably having a bad month.

>>17494396
"Will do."

>>17494410
"It's gotten damn closer, but that's it. I'll bring up the updated map in a few minutes."

>>17494396
>>17494410
These.

>>17494419
The idea was that by returning their geneseeds, that we can keep the price of Knight Inductor recruits from increasing.
Also, by holding one back and analyzing it, making it into a Research Project, we can create more geneseed copies that we can use as currency with the Chapter.
We supply them with more geneseed, and they send over Knights at reduced cost.

>>17494428
>>17494410
We should have a few automated sensors laid along its projected travel path. See if we can get some hints about it.

>>17494445
>>17494419
Ah, good points.

Holtz, we've recovered the geneseeds for some of the KI we lost. See to it that they make it back when we replenish our troops.

>>17494445
good idea. even if we can't make more they might be willing to accept anything we do find out about the gene-seed as payment. though we should probably ask for there permission first. they are reasonable but gene-seed is a precious enough resource they might not like us just swiping some for testing without there consent.

>>17494428
"There you go. Good job on stabilizing the west edge of our sector. That reminds me, Yellowman got in a report you might want to hear. He completely initial reconnaissance of that north most lynchpin, the black blob. He says the distortion itself isn't that bad, just has a large area of effect because it's tapping into a Yggdrasil world tree. It's got five lesser to middling power S.U.E.s there, who seem to have used the world tree to merge a WH40K 'verse with a few others to create a sort of mish-ma... don't look at me like that, this one isn't as bad as the others. The borders are mainly intact between the worlds, its just that there are stable portals between them, and their history and cosmology have been sort of muddled. Anyway, Yellowman says that the simplest way to fix things would just be to kill the five S.U.E.s, but if you can't manage that, there might be a way to 'fix' the world tree."

>>17494445
>>17494470
"Yes, we can get KIs easier if you bring back the geneseeds of the fallen."

>>17494446
Unknown object?

I am praying that it's the Cybuster and not something hostile.

PRAY THAT IT'S THE CYBUSTER!

>>17494410

>Mysterious Object

Oh god please don't be the Stiletto.

>>17494368
I have a question: Is there some kind of tier system that requisitions use when it comes to materiel? Where do we rank on it? Just it'll make planning future requisitions easier if we know where we stand.

>>17494527
Invisible map!

>>17494527

Holtz, either I've gone blind or that screen isn't showing anything.

Also, Yggdrasil? That could potentially involve at least three canons I can think of right now. Did Yellowman get any visuals on the SUEs or the inhabitants of that sector?

>>17494541
"Alright, I have some questions for you and Yellowman...

1. What is that circle in the bottom left corner?
2. What's that brown world near the red blob?
3. What are those two worlds inside the purple circle?
4. What are those three tiny dark blue/black dots? "

>>17494527
Was Yellowman able to determine which Canons are involved besides 40k?
When's he next due back?

>>17494541
Can we get a recap of the map? It's been so damn long since we've had to deal with it.

>>17494565
Yes, map key please. We've been on horror world awhile and we're a bit fuzzy.

>>17494565
1. That's the mysterious object that the TSAB warned us about that's approaching our sector. Nothing is known about it yet.
2. That's supposed to be a world near the quarantine zone, which is the red blob.
3. The purple circle represents the area that Chaos and the Void Engineers are fighting over, looking for more S.T.O.B.'s.
4. Canons, probably with a SUE.

>>17494584
Green world = massive canon distortion across whole world.
Grey worlds = stable canons, "nothing much happening" (relatively speaking)

Holtz, we've got one more thing to show you before you get to requisitions..
Drum roll please.
We'd like to present- Count Strahd von Zarovich's private wine stash.

>>17494541

>OP previously mentioned about writing SRW style shenanigans between our forces interacting once the mission was over.

>waitingwarmly.jpg

>>17494608
1.So for our next move, we should go to that world near the quarantine zone, or the blue worlds?

2. Also, what is The Stiletto?

3. Should we get Yellowman to scout the mysterious object? Is it really THAT big?

>>17494548
The S.U.E.s had some sort of quasi-medieval futuristic look and apparently were elemental aligned save for one, which was dressed up like a cracked up Vindicare.

>>17494446
"It's within our long range sensor net now, so we should have some more details in a few days. I've been thinking of sending Yellowman to discreetly check it out, honestly," Holtz says, tapping at his console. He frowns. "Shit. Looks like the main branch is having some sort of command staff shake up. Few high ranking commanders got canned. That doesn't bode well for requisitions... oh well."

>>17494565
"The brown circle is the unknown disturbance on the move. The blue circles are lynchpin worlds. The green circle is the Chaos faction that's gotten into the Meta territory. The dark blue circle above that is the Void Engineer's territory. The pink circle is an area of space they seem to be fighting over."


>>17494574
"Possibly, but it wasn't in his initial report. He should be due back in a few days, you can ask him then."

>>17494626
Holtz just blinks for a moment. "I'm asleep again, aren't I? You guys never came back, and I just feel asleep at my desk..."

>>17494626
pic

>>17494635
Those are coming up shortly, taking place during the 2 week break period.

>>17494642
"Ah, I almost forgot," Holtz says. "The primary world seemed to be 20th century Earth. No points if you guessed they were in Japan. Again."

>>17494668
"I'll make sure to have the Indefatigable replicate some more universal translators."

>>17494642

"Must be a pretty tasty dream then, eh?"

Pick out a random bottle and uncork the thing, pour him a glass.

>>17494642

1. "The green world is a massively unstable world, right?"

2. "What has been the smallest craft to have been outfitted with a transit drive, even as a mounted booster?"

>>17494638
>The Stilletto
NuChaos' ship of choice for dicking over unsuspecting Canons, that's what.
>>17494635
>alsowaitingwarmly.jpg

still waiting on this:
>>17494539

>>17494642
'Consider it a small token of appreciation for the support you've given our taskforce, sir.'

>>17494697
WAIT!

Run a scan on the wine for anything fishy. Even with a tricorder.

>>17494706
seconded

>>17494697
>>17494706

Yeah. No telling if Strahd was maintaining an especially aged variety of poison wine or mind-control wine.

>>17494701

"Stilletto? Chaos? Never heard of it before. Did we encounter it yet?"

>>17494642


"Whoa. Hold up. There were "shake ups" in the upper echelons of command? Any word on what the hell happened? Any chance it has to do with the mess we are currently in?"

>>17494706

One would have thought our techs would have had the chance to do this already.

>>17494722
At least with their stomachs, I suppose.

>>17494717
Read 'The Open Door', and know thy enemy. They declared war on Star Trek for some poorly-defined reason, and pretty much mangled them.

>>17494706
I'd like to think that our people would have done that as a matter of course, especially as we were giving it to our boss.

>>17494722

Or our aurors. Keep in mind, if it is booby trapped, it probably is magically booby trapped.

>>17494642
Some reality emitters and concentrated firepower should handle the elemental fuckers. The Vindicare-alike might be a little tougher, but nothing we can't handle.

Sounds like a good place to grind a little.

>>17494754
>>Open Door
>>http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=87348

THIS?

If it is, I'm fearing for OP to land us knee-deep in Veneficus Puella at that rate!

>>17494760
That's a linchpin world you're talking about. Midboss range at minimum.
We're supposed to be going to grey worlds to get the rookies broken in and to test our new equipment, not going straight to a boss fight.

>>17494759
Maybe the Gurus might want to take a look, too. Just in case the Aurors missed something.

>>17494754
>They declared war on Star Trek for some poorly-defined reason, and pretty much mangled them.
To be fair, is the retarded kid of the Sci-Fi bunch. It has retard strength, but can't take a punch, much less see one coming.

>>17494760

There are five SUEs. It will take us nearly as long with Horror World.

why haven't the higher ups's stared flooding this sector with troops yet? its been what, almost a month? I get that we are spread thin but this is the kinda thing that ends meta civilizations, or have things been going bad in other sectors?

>>17494668

"Has Yellowman determined what's at that green world at the south side of the map?

>>17494539
*sigh* I guess I'll have to actually write up a system at this rate, won't I?

>>17494706
The wine was a shoggoth. Holtz explodes from the inside out when he drinks it.
>no.

>>17494697
"Ah, you know me so well..." Holtz says, taking the glass and sipping it slowly, relishing the taste. He sighs and sits back again. "When all the business is done, we'll have to split some of this."

>>17494699
"We don't know, Yellowman hasn't been down there yet. Ah, that would be the Scout Corps' Eye-Pod five man scout craft."

>>17494719
Holtz frowns, tapping a few keys. "Details I'm getting are sketchy... but it looks like there was a huge difference of opinion between certain factions at the highest levels of the Guard. Whatever caused it must be classified info, but people are saying the tension started shortly after the S.T.O.B. detonation. Hm. Seems like the Messiah faction is losing power and the hardline Firemen faction is gaining power."

>>17494811

I suppose we start sneaking in and assassinate/sabotage the Firemen faction?

>>17494706
>>17494712
>>17494715
Hmm, I thought we did that already, but better make sure.

>>17494833
Nyet. There's meta knowledge, and then there's META knowledge.

>>17494779
Yeah. luckily, NuChaos as a whole is currently tied up with the TSAB and the Void engineers. As I understand it, the Stiletto is left to do its own thing.

I have the sneaking suspicion that if we end up going after it, it may well be a combined operation with the TSAB. It's 40k tech, that ship isn't going to go down easy.

>>17494811

Could someone enlighten me on what the Messiah and Firemen factions are?

I'm guessing that one of them wants to save the canon with as least damage as possible while the Firemen are BURN IT ALL DOWN ASK QUESTIONS NEVER.

>>17494867
Got it in a nutshell.

>>17494846
If the Firemen faction keep this up, Black Ops will be all over our asses. How do you supposed we contend with a tidal wave of Eversors, Assassin-class servants and every insane shit we could imagine, inside our own ships or inside the base?

>>17494811
>Seems like the Messiah faction is losing power and the hardline Firemen faction is gaining power
"The Firemen won't be satisfied until we're at war with every single Meta-Agency out there. Nothing from the second-string factions, then?
"How badly do you think it'll cut into TG Requisitions' ability to deliver what they're asked to acquire?"

>>17494811
A bit troubling, considering that we favor the 'low impact' approach. Hopefully our successes will speak for themselves.

>>It's 40k tech, that ship isn't going to go down easy.

"We'll need a force of R-Type fighters, MDE munitions for our VF-25's, and mounted batteries of Wave Cannons on our ships for a fight like that, if that would be the case."

>>17494874
That's if they don't just throw the killswitches and have our cortex bombs go off, while have ANON open the Storm to vacuum.

>>17494874
Better shields, sensors, and maybe a drive upgrade.

>>17494889
It's the Firemen. If they get wind of what we signed with Philemon, we'll be lucky to simply be allowed to live, rather than having a Black Ops unit wipe us out for treason.

>>17494916
Total party wipe at the hands of killer lolis.

>>17494903
I'll take ship mounted String Disruptors.
Good wave cannons would still be good for fighters though.

>>17494811
>*sigh* I guess I'll have to actually write up a system at this rate, won't I?

Well, maybe if you hadn't made such a compelling and nuanced mechanic, you wouldn't have this problem.

Well, I only ask because it *would* probably make things a lot easier on our end. and certain individuals are waiting on certain other individuals to become recruitable.

Give Requisitions our regards, would you? They do outstanding work.

>>17494911
This isn't a random Canon specops unit we're talking about here. This is TG Black Ops, and High Command. They have our command codes. Better equipment won't matter when A.N.O.N. turns them against us.

>>17494906
Do we actually have cortex bombs? I don't recall seeing that in the early threads.
Or is this one of those things like turning the 'clumsy Auror' from a he to a she in your minds?

>>17494929
1. Giga Wave Cannon
2. Diffusion Wave Cannon
3. Hyper Tesla Pile Bunker
4. Planet Buster Wave Cannon

>>17494811

"Holtz, that is EXTREMELY worrying. This is coming from a guy whose team just took down an embodiment of evil. Keep us up to date as much as possible. This is sounding like we might end up with a mini civil war on our hands. If shit is about to hit the fan, please, for the love of all that is alcohol, let us know."

>>17494951
No, we don't.
Holtz and any base commanders do, though.

>>17494795
"It shouldn't... They're all clustered around one area, it seems. Yellowman can give you details later."

>>17494877
>>17494874
"They're throwing their lot in with one or the other at this rate. The Moderates are trying to calm things down, but it's hard to try and mediate when most people don't know what caused the arguments. Right now it's rhetoric spewing from both factions..." Holtz frowns, his eyes narrowing. "And it looks like several other sectors are in the same shit we're in. Not STOBs, but portals, gates, rifts, opening all over the place." Holtz slams his keyboard. "GodDAMN it! This is the worst possible time for this sort of infighting bullshit!"

Holtz leans forward, downs the rest of his wine and sighs. "Well, let me worry about it. I've been at this job for decades. I've made a contact here or there. I'll keep the supply lines open, you guys save the day."

>>17494942
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that."

>>17494974
"The Scout Corps' Eye-Pod five man scout craft?... So that means the transit drive has been made to be compact to fit with vessels smaller than 100 feet long?"

>>17494964
Codex clarification.
The Editors (who have MetaShaping powers) and any higher-up personnel have Plothole Killswitches implanted once they get their powers / clearance. Only if you've seen 'things no Meta ought to know' and can't be mind-wiped (lateral geniculate imprinting, for example) would MetaSeamen get killswitched.
Still, we don't want Holtz's head 'sploding and him getting replaced by a Meta-Imperial or a Fireman..

>>17494811
>>17494539
The TG Requisitions System is very complex, it is full of wibbley wobbly bureaucratic.. stuff.

>>17494960
"If the situation changes, I'll let you know as soon as I can," Holtz nods.

>>17494991
"Yes, but the compact drives are tough to make."

Ah, this thread's back up. Wonder what we're getting as abilities!

>>17495019
"We think we already have one and we didn't realize it all this time."

>>17494974
>Holtz leans forward, downs the rest of his wine and sighs. "Well, let me worry about it. I've been at this job for decades. I've made a contact here or there. I'll keep the supply lines open, you guys save the day."

'We'll get it done-you can count on us. Hopefully if we can work things out here on the tip of the spear, things will get back back to what passes for normal around here.

>>17494974
Oh, and Holtz. Just letting you know in case Payroll asks about a disbursement. We're giving two of our White Mages triple combat bonus on top of triple pay for this last mission. It was worth it, let me tell you.

>>17495005

Much like the real world, how acquisitions works is a completely and total mystery. Monies go in and stuff comes out. Maybe. If you made sure to sign everything in triplicate.

>>17494974
"What I really want to know is who smuggled STOBs out into the Meta in the first place. Shit like this does not happen by accident.
Somebody set us up the STOB."

>>17495047
Good point.
Holtz, who does the SRWs canons normally fall under the jurisdictions of?

Well, I guess Zero won't be available in this batch of requistions.

I won't shed too many tears. We've got a strong list of other candidates.

Another time, perhaps...

>>17495047
>>17495061
Indeed.

>>17495073
Good thing we have Doug to investigate!

>>17494974

"This all seems a bit too...coincidental for my taste. Something is going on behind the scenes. Something big. And I am just praying we figure out what it is before it rears it's ugly head and swallows us whole. Either way, the only path is forward. We will keep fighting until the bitter end. Holtz, your liver may hate us, but we will do our best to keep everything afloat on our end."

>>17495081

...You want to have the man who can't have ANY access to sensitive materials investigating the very reason we are in this mess?

What could go wrong.

>not everything ever at once

Hey, the G-Man said that the Guard's not the only game in town. Who wants to bet that he wasn't referring to allies, but he was referring to hostile Meta-Agencies that want to see the Guard fall?

>>17495098
You don't think that Firemen are aggravating the situation for their own benefit?

Jesus, talk about an apt name. Playing with fire, and getting the rest of us burned.

>>17495061
"Us," Holtz says, a haunted look in his eyes. "It ain't easy, either... pour me another glass, will you? Hell, pour everyone a glass. Take a breather while I go over your report."

Holtz reads over the report you sent, leaving you to drink and wait while he does so. After about twenty minutes, he sets it down.

"You managed to recruit what amounts to an alpha-class psyker, huh? Goddamn. That alone would be something, not to mention... fighting a giant ebon dragon, huh? Your forces took a hell of a beating, but I see why. And you took quite a lot of researchable stuff with you. Not to mention Strahd's treasure pile."

Holtz sips his wine. "I can tell you right now, that treasure pile can be used to get another White Mage team. I've got your request forms here, I know you want one. Sound good?"

If you guys somehow manage to completely prevent the Crossover Wars...

>>17495140
White mages are awesome, so yes.

Here's the Stiletto description:

>.The Stiletto was a marvel of engineering, designed and built within the first twenty years since the ascendance of the gods as a test bed for the merging of Imperial, Eldar, Chaotic, and Angelic technologies and systems. While no where near as cobbled together as say the construction of the Prometheus by the Tau’ri in a neighbouring universe, to a certain extent the only thing holding the damn thing together was a concerted, active raping of the laws of physics by various daemons and a bit of the WAAAGH inherited from Gork and Mork. It was, at the moment, an unsightly blend of adamantium, wraithbone, and biological components, at least to the sensibilities of the builders. Outsiders with no knowledge of what an ugly kludge it was might be fooled though.

>> it was still a little over a kilometre and a half long and approximately two hundred metres wide, although the armoured, triangular bow of the ship was a bit wider than the rest of the ship.
(cont'd)

>>17495140
Sounds good. Break it down-just what do you think we can get?

>>17495158
(cont'd)

The description is thoroughly long, so here's the link.

http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=3816285&postcount=6

>>17495140
"Yeah, Holtz. We want to try to get two teams this time around, but yeah, we'll ink this one to make sure to get at least one."

Oh, and let's call down to ANON and the rest of our taskforce, that we're now on 2 weeks shore leave for all combat personnel. I want to cut it just 1 week for the scientists, but that's negotiable.

>>17495140
Sounds good, though we'll want to hold on to some gemstones, we're looking at Techno-Wizards to work with the Gurus, and good gems can make bigger stuff easier to do.

>>17495189
I don't suppose the Gurus would be interested in a drink-off with Holtz?

>>17495158
Hmmm, only held together by daemons and the waagh effect?

Stiletto, meet the reality emitter. Reality emitter, meet the Stiletto.

>>17495154
Then we end up in an Alternate Meta-Canon.
I haven't read into the Editors setting to avoid spoiling myself, so I'm just exploring leads as I see 'em.

>>17495185
Scientists can keep working, they missed out on the fun on the ground. Egon and Data can take a breather and help bring the Gurus up to speed for a week though.

>>17495212
Blessing of all four Chaos gods + numerous daemons bound to the hull.

>>17495212

Better yet, reality emmiters+that daemon-killing bomb.

>>17495212
Unfortunately, Chaos is special in that Reality Emitters do jack shit,which is why they are such a threat.

>>17495248
>>let's use the STOB on the Stilletto

>>Crossover Wars, commence!

>>17495244

Crew deserve a break. Just because they didn't fight on the ground doesn't mean they don't need downtime.

>>17495255
They didn't get a break in X-COM unless you ran out of shit to research.

>>17495254
not the STOB, that daemon-killing bomb the Shipper had.

Blast.
We're in auto-sage again.

>>17495244
They still deserve a couple days for the hard work they put in.


Oh, and one more thing to give to Holtz!
The complete research library of the Elder Thing. Hundreds of thousands of years worth of Old One scientific research and knowledge.
That should net us some more Requisitions.

>>17495255
If there are any crew that WANT to keep working to fight against the bad guys, they should be able to.

Loot and Casualties list:
Forces gained:
1 Cheryl
1 Douglas (+ Bear)
3 Gurus
1 Blackbird
1 Hero white mage
15 Undead Hunters

Loot gained:
2 * Fear immunity (Spike and Data)
1 * Aglaphotis
1 * Vampire SUE
1 * Magical lab equipment
1 * Assorted gems and gold
1 * Wine rack
1 * S2 Engine
1 * Elder thing research materials
1 * Lance of Longinus
1 * Blue crystals
9001 * Experience

Forces lost:
50% of everything that we have more than 1 of.
All the Hellstars
Almost all the /tg/ recruits
Almost all the Drones
Almost all the White mages
Most of the SCPs
Most of the UNITs
Exception:
NONE OF THE MIs for some reason

>>17495262

A weeks break is nothing in the long term. Just let them have some time off.

>>17495255

Lets give ourselves downtime too.

Ask Cheryl out for a date if shes so inclined. Heh.

>>17495265
Ohhh, point. HQ's research team was supposed to have something on that.

>>17495253
Well, our Mk II can function as a Geller Field.
We're hoping to hit Mk III before we actually meet any more Chaos.

>>17495281
Shit, forgot that part!

One step closer to Zero...

>>17495140

"Unknown object, huh?

>> Worst case scenario: The Stiletto

>> Pretty bad case scenario 1: Hermodr-class --Balmar Empire flagship,

>>Pretty bad case scenario 2: Zentraedi command mothership

>>Pretty bad case scenario 3: Protodeviln mothership

>>Typical SRW case scenario: Swordian, the cradle ship of the Shura

>>Okay case scenario: Cybuster"

>>17495281
"Are you serious? That's definitely worth some brownie-points, my friend. Another White Mage team, and say, replacement VFs sound all right?"

"OK," Holtz says. "Looking over everything... well, first thing's first. Do you want all your squads replenished? Because that's going to eat a lot of your credit."

Grab Cheryl's bum

Now, I know there are many people on the command staff who think it was a bad idea to let Philemon spy on us, but you can't express your frustrations by manhandling poor Douglas.

>>17495140

OH SHIT ALMOST FORGOT

Speaking of White Mages, Holtz, can you authorize a sizeable pay bonus for the surviving white mages we have on staff right now?

>>17495265

Dude, the shipper detonated a STOB.

>>17495310
>Do you want all your squads replenished?
Yes. Especially the DROOOOOOOONES and the White Mages.

>>17495310

Yes. Those guys have done their jobs well.

Also how much would it cost to /r/ some combat armour and weaponry for the entire command crew?

>>17495310
"How much do R-Types or Tornado Packs for the VFs take up on credit? At any rate, we have other more pressing, research and engineering matters we need to accomplish more than those two things I mentioned."

Question posted in requisitions thread.

>>17495335
>Also how much would it cost to /r/ some combat armour and weaponry for the entire command crew?
I'm gonna have to stop you there. I've seen some S.U.E. distortions coming from the battlefield the last time I was down there - we had one guy trying to hijack the Hyaku Shiki. I think it's a bad idea to let the command staff have any combat capability.
Plus, my hands and my feet STILL hurt like a motherfucker from when I was stapled to the goddamn wall.

>>17495310

DROOOONES and White Mages definitely. Perhaps we should also ask for a supply of Ethers or the recipe and/or alchemical ingredients that are used to make Ethers.

As for the 'mechs... we may want to get two or three more. We may also not want to get something as expensive as Hellstars or such. If we're going to make additions to our 'mech roster, I'm thinking we should go with stuff that can keep up with our Timberwolves and Destroids that can do things other than blast things to hell.

>>17495310
Yeah, replenish them all. The current team has been working out excellently and I'd keep them all operational at minimum.

We should probably ditch getting more Hellstars. We need to look into the costs for SCP and UNIT.

We should probably hover our hand over one or two VB-6's.

>>17495310
Yes, replenish all of our losses. The drones really proved themselves useful, and I suggest that more task forces make use of them.

>>17495385
Some electronic warfare mechs would be nice. Raven battlemechs or that one ECM configuration of VF from Frontier.

>>17495385
Ethers might be less important now, someone noted that the TWs can make storage talismans and mana clips that would function similarly.
We still want that alchemy lab though.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17456343/
>>/tg/res/17488622
Two planning threads of suggestions and bitching for all. It'll take a while to count which skills our heroes should get, and the votes are STILL coming in. Also, I have NO idea how to tell samefaggotry apart from people who genuinely agree with each-other.

>>17495404
>>17495393

"Are you mad? Did you miss the fact we got a force of 1000 Securitrons? They've got anti-infantry and anti-vehicle weapons!"

"We need to double check our cost effectiveness for the forces we've recruited before we replenish them..."

>>17495313
Yeah, I already told him about the bonuses going to Lyla and Elain.
>>17495032

>>17495410

Mission packs would be good. Sniper gear and Recon gear + perhaps some ghosts?

>>17495310
Holtz: We'd like to replenish our Surviving squads, but leave off the ones that were wiped out, excepting the White Mages.

>>17495421
Cost effectiveness of our forces: Pretty cost effective, actually. About the only ones that sucked and failed were the Psions and the UNITs, and that's probably because we weren't fighting weak-willed squishy humanthings or electronic enemies.

>>17495421
We can cross Combat Drones off our list, except maybe some space-units, but we still need Scouting drones.

>>17495443
It only gets tougher from here on, in principle. We probably should ditch the Psions and UNITs.

>>17495443
The Psions kind of were important though, in Transylvania they prevented Dracula from using his teleports during the bossfight, and they were also helpful during the Strahd fight.
Then there's the fact that they were part of the psionic matrix at the World Pillar.
The Psions are NOT a front-line combat unit.
They're a support unit, and anyone that uses them as front-liners is an idiot that deserves to be shot.

As for UNIT, we haven't faced technologically sophisticated enemies much, but keep in mind that Mouse was promoted from among their ranks. They're still useful.

>>17495464
Understood. While people argue about what to replenish and what not to replenish, I'll go count up the votes for the hero skills.

We can duplicate most of the Psions' role with most of our tech, and if we have more Aurors that we can coordinate carefully.

Speaking of Aurors, that clumsy Auror could use something for her luck...

is there any possible items we can pick up to help our shitty rolls?

Perhaps we can get a squad of PTA psychics? sure, the cast-from-hp mechanic hurts their survivability some, but probability control (5 HP to reroll once per day) is something that we desperately needed.

>sppleten OPTICS

Oh yes. find some magical glasses for Lyla or Elaine.

>>17495443
>>17495477
Maybe have the UNIT guys ride with the Zombie Hunters for the time being-they could use the experience. Perhaps fold them into one unit (no pun intended)-it'll be hard to replace the zombie hunters after all.

>>17495497
>>17495494
>>17495486

Maybe we should review our proposed lists first, but choosing replenishments takes a huge chunk out of our budget.

>>17495494
That Auror is a he and please stop fantasizing about him.
He tripped over things while invisible, he's not a ham-fisted idiot with two-left feet.

>>17495494
>We can duplicate most of the Psions' role with most of our tech
Really?
So things like casting Dimensional Anchor, Intellect Fortress, Telekinesis, Wall and Sphere of Ectoplasm, and Mind Thrust, as well as being able to act as co-processors along-side any psionic task?
How much Equipment Requisition will we be spending to equal that versatility?

>>17495313
"Happy to do it."

>>17495335
>>17495352
"We can issue basic armor and sidearms for you without counting against your req. Feeling a little exposed out there, eh? The Tornado Packs should be covered by the Elder Thing stuff."

Holtz is silent for a moment as he types. "OK. Give me a minute to figure out what's left after all that replacing. Holy shit you guys lost a lot of marines. That's going to cost you. Check back in an hour."

An hour later...

"OK, after replacing all your infantry and the VFs and Destroids and looking at your list, this what I can get. Since you didn't lose any heroes, you didn't suffer in that department much. I know the FFT people weren't that high a priority, but Requisitions said they could 'bundle' them with the White Mages you already got. I wasn't sure what they meant, but they had that look, so I said 'OK' and moved on. Look OK? This counts the loot you turned in."

Heroes:
Dr. Todd Lazkowicz
Agrais Oaks (with Alicia and Lavian)
Mustadio

Infantry:
2 White Mage Squads (6/6)
Additional Drone Squad.
Techno Wizard Team (20/20)

Oncoming Storm Upgrades:
Magical-Alchemical Lab
Engineering Bay

Mechs:
12 Von Luckner Tanks

Ships:
5 Al'Kesh Shuttles
Neo-Gotengo

"My only comment is that it's weird you wanted the Engineering Bay without getting any engineers. Saving it for next time?" Holtz asks.

>>17495526

Egon to research the tech, some of it is stuff we have. Then there's the Prawn suits. The rest are all applications of Potterverse spells. Wall of ectoplasm is squishier than the higher-level Potterverse shield spells.

As co-processors, you have me there.

>>17495549
"Dr. Todd and Data count as our engineers, along with the BLU engie, if I recall..."

>>17495549
On Doctor Todd we'd like the cryokit data and EMH, if we have to chose between them, I'll take the EMH.

>>17495549
"How much does obtaining Australium cost in a budget?"

>>17495587
"Ah, that's true. I meant the rank and file ones, but I guess you can still manage without help for some of your projects."

>>17495549
Can we trade in those ship choices for our engineer picks?

>>17495549

Those three time-echo gurus are geniuses. One of them is a master weaponsmith, another is a genius with magitech, and the other is really fucking smart and clairvoyant. Between them and Mr. Data, Dr. Todd, and the BLU engineer, they should be able to make good use of that bay.

Guys, we could make do with only 2-3 extra Alkesh, right?

>>17495622
"If you like."

>>17495549
OP, I'm still counting votes from the Meta Quest thread. If you could avoid updating hero skill lists for a while, I'll get you a readout.

>>17495549
>>17495622
True. While we want the Neo Gotengo, we want to be able to preform more upgrades of our own.
And I suppose we can do with less Al'keshs until we can afford it.

>>17495630
>>17495549
Dropping one or two Al'kesh's for some 'grunt' engineers wouldn't be a bad idea.

>>17495549
Damn, no Kevyn, Tesla, or Giles?

>>17495549
Hmmm...damn, I was kind of hoping we could get more heroes. I know there was something to do with a package deal, but still...

Should we forgo the engineering bay for another hero (1 upgrade=1hero, as I understand it-or has that changed) till e actually get some engineers? Or perhaps an infantry squad for a load of Gavs or X-Com engies?

>>17495660

When you mean grunt engineers, do you mean GDI/Allied engineers?

We could source engineers from Legodt & Angeloni Industries , right?

>>17495587
Dr. Todd is a medical doctor, not an engineer.
He's not going to be of much use when we're trying to fabricate more Reality Emitters.

>>17495674
No, it's better to drop the Neo-Gotengo and 2 of the Al'Kesh for X-COM engineers.

>>17495644
Not sure how it's hard, we already took a tally here:
>>17493297

Only ones that needed more discussion was Cheryl, which seems sorted now, and VP-99 which everyone managed to agree on.

>>17495674

Hmm. Getting some grunt engies for our Engineering team might be worthwhile. That way, they can easily retrofit our existing robot/mech/mechanical assets when we make advances. That, and they'll be able to push out crazy prototypes much faster.

Should we consider cutting down on a Von Luckner for a Raven 'mech? The swift electronics warfare package utility might be worth sacrificing the firepower.

>>17495674

I would like to have some engineers, if possible. I don't have the energy to go through the entire requisitioning thread, AGAIN, but I know Gavs were suggested at some point. X-com engies would be fantastic as well.

What about medics? I thought we were looking at getting our EMH replaced and more secondary health support troops?

>>17495668
yeah, I was somewhat surprised by that, too. I know Agria was quite high up, but the other guy was quite far behind. Heck PROXY might have been ahead of him. I know there's a sale on, but still...

Also, refresh my memory: what are technowizards again?

>>17495715

A Raven mech? Might as well buy an RVF-25, I guess?

>>17495700
Not X-COM, Gavs.

>>17495719
Health support troops and the EMH sound right.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE BRING UP THE PRIORITY LIST?

>>17495674
Engineers and Engineering is at the top of our list of things we want, of course we don't want to trade in our engineering!

"Hey Holtz, which would be cheaper to get, a team of Gav clones, or a team of X-COM Engineers?"

Here's a count of the ability votes, as far as I can see:

Spike
How many pints xxxxxxxxx 9
Wheel of Fortune xxx 3
How did you hit x 1

Tosh
Da Spirits xxxxxxxxxxx 10
Idea xxx 3

Egon
Twinkie xxxxxxxxxxx 11
Scholar xxx 3

Cheryl
(Your power is MINE) xxxxxxx 7
Silent survivor xxxxxx 6
Light in darkness xx 2
Inexting light xx 2

Douglas
Lost my son xxxxxxxxxxx 11
Old Detective xxx 3
Social links xxx 3
Papa Bear xxx 3
Contacts xx 2

Elaine
Rememberance xxxxxxxxxx 10
Counts as Healing xxxxxxxxxx 10
Aura of light xxxxxx 6
Make it in time xxxxxx 6
Hate the dark xxxx 4

VP-99:
Path less travel xxxxxxxxx 9
Miracu Survivor xxxxxxxx 8
Treasure hunter xxxxxx 6
One Bot's Trash xxxxx 5
Droid you're looking for xxxx 4

Douglas's 2nd ability is tied between the "He makes friends easily" one and the "He pries information out of people easily" one.
I'm voting for the Friends one, since "Lost my son" works well with it, as does his persona. But my vote's already counted.

>>17495754
Where did medical resources rank on priority?

>>17495729

Which one's the RVN-25? If it's the one that replaces the electronics package with the large laser, then that defeats the purpose of replacing a Von Luckner with one.

>>17495720
You got Mustadio for free with Agrias.

>>17495762
If you're willing to ditch the Al'Keshs, I can get you a team of 20 each.

>>17495768
Copypasted details of clear winners:

Spike: "How many pints of blood do you have?"
Constant trauma has proven him to be practically impossible to kill. Wounds that should outright splatter another man all over the room, leave Spike merely weakened and bleeding.

Tosh: "Da spirits say"
Tosh can telepathically talk and listen to a wider variety of things. Gods, shoggoths, the spirits of a place, the spirits of an item, perhaps even Magic itself if the setting allows it

Egon: "Tell Him About the Twinkie"
Already well versed in the sciences and paranormal, Egon quickly picks up on varying versions of both from various Canons, both integrating new knowledge into his work and able to explain it in concepts that his fellows can understand.

Cherly: "Silent Survivor"
Her constant struggles with Silent Hill and her psychic powers have left her with an amazing intuition. Due to this, she often knows the direction attacks are coming from before they occur and is able to use her powers to prevent her friends from dying.

Douglas: "I already lost my son"
When his friends are under threat, or in a state of fear and panic, the combat strength of Douglas and his Persona increase proportional to the level of threat and fear
"Grinding social links"
Douglas is exceptionally good at making friends, by sympathising with people's plights and struggles.
"Old Detective"
Douglas has been a detective and then a PI for a long time, he's good at picking up on clues, and plying people for information.

>Field too long, continued

>>17495768
I think you better check again, we already held a vote in the planning thread. You're probably double counting something.
And I know Inextinguishable Light got 3 votes, at least 2 of which were vote changes from Your Power is MINE when OP nixed it.

>>17495776
VF-25G = sniper rifle + sensor package
RVF-25 = Electronic warfare + recon + drone control

http://www.macross2.net/m3/macrossf/rvf-25.htm

>>17495783
How about we lose 4 Al'Kesh for 20 Gavs and 20 X-COM Engineers.
We still need another dropship since we lost our second Leopard.

And what about dropping 2 Von Luckner's for a single RVF-25 EWarfare variant?

>>17495812

Ah.

I'd say that the RVF-25 Messiah would be a good swap for a Von Luckner or two.

>>17495768
That doesn't remotely match the numbers, what the heck are you counting?

>>17495824
A Von Luckner is not the same! We picked the Von Luckner tanks because we could conceal them easily as mundane tanks!

>>17495830

The VF squadron are now vets right?

Lets rechristian them as Skull.

>>17495801
Elaine: "Remembrance of the Fallen"
Stricken by the loss of friends, Elaine's magics can reach farther than most to recover allies from the clutches of Death.
"It counts as healing, right?"
Elaine can heal sanity loss, can heal damage dealt to machines, can patch holes in physical structures, and even heal some reality distortions, much in the same way that she heals flesh.

VP-99: "The Path Less Traveled"
VP-99 is particularly adept at finding hidden passages and unused paths, or otherwise finding ways around that have the least amount of traffic.
"Miraculous Survivor"
Whether it is luck, fate, or particularly good damage-avoidance protocols, this unit can (and has) survived where many other units have fallen, often unscathed.

>>17495808
>>17495831
Votes from the meta quest planning thread. You want to count them also?

>>17495824
"That works."

A Von Luckner can fit inside an Al'kesh, but it has the firepower of an Atlas.

>>17495783
What if we keep 1 Al'kesh and go with all Gavs, offering them a chance at seeing and doing things no other Gavs will ever see or do?

>>17495841
Which would be better on the battlefield:
2 more Von Luckners
or
1 EW plane that can blanket the entire battlefield in a jamming field, preventing enemy missiles from getting a lock, and able to paint targets and provide firing solutions and centralized control?

>>17495848
Are you counting from the actual vote, cause I think you are mixing things up.

>>17495849
>>17495824
I am okay with this decision. Maybe trade away another two Von Luckners for a second RVF. Two lances of tanks and two ECM planes sounds reasonable to me.

>>17495874

Then again. Are we getting totally new VF-25s or are we just getting the mission packs?

If its just the mission packs, then it shouldn't be so expensive. Maybe 2 packs for a single von luckner.

>>17495549
Can we drop, for example, 3 Von Luckners and 3 Al'Kesh to get 20 X-com engies and 20 Gav clones?

Aside from this, everything seems ... pretty much perfect and ideal.

>>17495880
I probably am mixing things up. Extra counting would be handy, ESPECIALLY for Douglas's 2nd skill which I counted up as a tie!

GUYS.
I FOUND SOMETHING EVEN MORE TERRIFYING THAN THE EBON NIGHT, AND IT'S APPROACHING THIS BASE RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE TO WARN YOU RIGHT AWAY BEFORE IT GETS HERE.

IT'S: The transpace guard's tendency to argue for days about requisitions
YOU NEED TO PREPARE QUICKLY BEFORE
OH FUCK IT'S TOO LATE

>>17495894
I was assuming a brand new RVF-25, the core of a new AWACS squadron.

>>17495720
I think they were the equivalent to tech priests i believe.
still amused by the mustadio get because he is an engeneer, so he can help with the research bay stuff as well.

>>17495874
The RVF-25's sensor range is 1 light-day.

1 light day = 2x the distance of the Sun to Neptune

>>17495896
>No Tesla
>Ideal

Seriously though, I agree with this. if only so we can get to the downtime.

I will be am disappoint if Tesla is not a recruit in the near future, though. We could do with a scientific mind like his.

"Here's the revised list. The Gotengo was pretty easy to get ahold of, actually. Planet X had whole fleets of the damn things Godzilla was trashing in this one world. Dunno how they got 'em though. Hey, they had Super Xs, SY-3s, and all sorts of stuff there. Requisitions was doing a dance of joy when we found them."

Heroes:
Dr. Todd Lazkowicz
Agrais Oaks (with Alicia and Lavian)
Mustadio

Infantry:
2 White Mage Squads (6/6)
Additional Drone Squad.
Techno Wizard Team (20/20)
X-COM Engineers (20/20)
Clone Gavs (20/20)

Oncoming Storm Upgrades:
Magical-Alchemical Lab
Engineering Bay

Mechs:
10 Von Luckner Tanks

Ships:
1 Al'Kesh Shuttle
Neo-Gotengo
1 RVF-25 EWarfare

Spike: "How many pints of blood do you have?" - Constant trauma has proven him to be practically impossible to kill. Wounds that should outright splatter another man all over the room, leave Spike merely weakened and bleeding, out of the fight but alive. He remains stable after even the most horrific wounds and can recover with proper medical treatment, generally passing out sometime after most people would be passing on.

Tosh: "Da spirits say" - Tosh can telepathically talk and listen to a wider variety of things. Gods, shoggoths, the spirits of a place, the spirits of an item, perhaps even Magic itself if the setting allows it.

Egon: "Tell Him About the Twinkie" - Already well versed in the sciences and paranormal, Egon quickly picks up on varying versions of both from various Canons, both integrating new knowledge into his work and able to explain it in concepts that his fellows can understand.


Douglas:
"I already lost my son" - When his friends are under threat, or in a state of fear and panic, the combat strength of Douglas and his Persona increase proportional to the level of threat and/or fear.
"Old Detective" - Douglas has been a detective and then a PI for a long time, he's good at picking up on clues, and plying people for information. (Overlaps with Social links)

Elaine: Vote came down to:
"Remembrance of the Fallen" & "Make it in Time"
Almost was "Remembrance of the Fallen" and "Aura of Light" but a couple more votes for the above came in.

VP-99 got soundly voted in for:
"The Path Less Traveled" and "Miraculous Survivor".

As it is, we can postpone the Von Luckners, and the RVF-25 + conversion packs to VF-25G for the next round after we hit a grey world or something.

The Gavs would really help with a lot.

Maybe we end up researching some sensor tech that could beat what the RVF-25 has to offer (and then mount it as upgrades).

>>17495949
>Make it in Time
>Aura of Light
Then where'd all the votes for Healing Sanity + Mechanical come into it? I was SURE that one was the clear winner.
>>17495942
Does this include, or NOT include, replenishing our troops?

>>17495942
I like it.
Are our troops refilled, or still in a state of "Mostly dead"?