>>17835792
Well, lets head back then.
And lets hear a debriefing from Spike, Tosh, and the Sandmen about their stay at the Magic Kingdom.
Did they find anything of interest, and did anything seem wrong besides the lingering presence of Sapph/Sapphirus?

Fuck year!
Step 1: see if tosh and spike made it through the book during the last boss fight.
Step 2: See if Cheryl us up to being mind boosted again to contact tosh, wherever he may be.
Step3: warp back to base, collect bounty

>>17835881
Didn't you read the thread? They got out of the book before we re-killed Sapph and El.

>>17835892
Must have missed that part, sorry.
There was a lot going on, what with the arc sue and all that.
So, holtz then lynchpin world? Or will we have to pick new hero abilities?

...About how comatose is the girl once known as Sapphirus?
Actually, what's her name even?

>>17835881
>>17835879
Goddammit you retards, read what's happened and what's been planned before you post.

>>17835792
First, get that bitch (Sapphirus) into the containment bay and surround her with reality emitters. Also have SCP troops on her with Reality Disruptor Rifles.

While we're still here, have the Indefatigable replicate a couple thousand dollars worth of cash in US dollars and equivalent amounts in Japanese Yen.

Have UNIT and Delta Greens buy some of the good stuff for our bar and for Holtz.

THEN we return to Sector HQ.

>>17835921
>There was a lot going on, what with the arc sue and all that.
That is no fucking excuse for your blatant stupidity.
Go read the threads again before you post.
It's ignorance like that which gets our troops killed.

>>17835923
...Isn't that unethical?
Whatever, only if we can do it in under an hour.

>>17835879
They couldn't tell the effects of Sapph's death, as they were gone by then. Other than that, they don't have much to report, which is a good thing. It means Sapph didn't have enough time to meaningfully change the canon yet.

>>17835923
It isn't hard to make a few 'party runs' to the booze shops before you leave.

When all is said and done, you make the jump home are are once again greeted by the smiling face of Lt. Col. Eva.

"Welcome back, Storm. We detected a slight ripple in space-time analogous to the destruction of a SUE. I take it that was you?"

>>17836001
Well... it really depends on how you define 'destruction'.

>>17835959
>...Isn't that unethical?

>>17835923
If we could replicate cash, wouldn't it be easier to just replicate alcohol?

>>17836034
By 'unethical' I of course mean 'against regulations'

>>17836001
Yep, we also captured sapphirus the archaism. How do we get our bounty

>>17836001
Inform Lord Vad-I mean Commander Holtz we have a prisoner. Depowered. And not one fatality. Oh, and some liquid friends.

>>17836049
Are we effecting the Canon? No? Then No.

>>17836001
"Yep. Let Holtz know to get started on that bounty paperwork. Oh, and I think he'll want to hear this; we got a prisoner."

>>17836001
Actually she killed herself.
...In the same way Darth Vader killed Anakin Skywalker.
Only... the reverse?

>>17836042
Oh please, we may as well go the distance and get Holtz the good stuff. He can get replicated booze whenever.

>>17836118
ssh! we don't want to screw ourselves out of the bounty.

Speaking of: What do we have planned for requisitioning out of interest anyway?

Also: It might be an idea to look into any other outstanding bounties. You never know when that sort of thing could come in handy, especially with requisitions as-is on the way out.

As a reminder for everyone:
TG Inventory:
http://pastebin.com/HGsJUZZb

To-Do List:
http://pastebin.com/7hTAHGyg

Also, we've come to a consensus on the Magical Books and Magical Aids:
Magical Books - Egon
Magical Aids - The Gurus, or if they can't use them, the Abjurers.

Eva nods, smiling. "I'll give Holtz the good news right away. He'll probably want to see you in a few hours once he manages the red tape for this particular SUE. Good job, team."

You are informed a few hours later that Holtz wants to see you tomorrow concerning the SUE and the bounty at noon.

Unless you have something you wish to get done at the base/orders to give, I will fast forward. You have ten minutes to decide.

>>17836171
The consensus in the planning thread for most immediate requisitions is a TG Looting Team, followed by cortical stacks from Eclipse Phase.

>>17836227
Just get those books and aids out of the way?
Also, ask Data what his idea for a new android was?
And general update with our SCIENCE team?

>>17836227
Put all of the scientists back on the projects they were working on.
Engineers, finish the construction order for the Reality Disruptor Rifles.
Gurus, Melchior puts on the Ring of Sindri and reforge Gurthang.
Techno-Wizards, get to work on improving the armor of the Psions, Abjurers, and the White Mages.

>>17836227
Check for over bounties? Then fastforward.

>>17836193
Egon begins reading the series of books.

The Gurus cannot make use of the aids, but the Abjurers can, boosting their level to 10.

What's the current status of our research items?

We may need to shuffle things around or reassign if things are done.

Also, give the Lance of Longinus a good looking over. It's one of our most powerful weapons; we can't be too careful.

>>17836273
>the Abjurers can, boosting their level to 10.
Wait a minute.
According to my notes, they should now be level 11 after the Aids.

>>17836276
Oh yeah, the Ebon Lance of Longinus.
Does it look any different than it was when we found it?

>>17836306
>>17836273
Actually, I'm sure of it.
The Abjurers already got to level 10 from surviving Ebon Night's Horror Show.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17485818#17486658

Using the Magical Aids would boost them up another level, to level 11 and 6th level spells.

>>17836264
Data's new idea was based on himself, but used a nanite "bloodstream" to continually effect repairs. He seems quite excited about it when you ask.

>>17836267
Melchoir dons the ring, and the three Gurus inform you that to reforge Gurthang, they will need 2 Righteous Orbs, 20 Pyrium Bars, 20 Primordial Essences, and 10 boar fangs.

No.

They DO tell you that they can reforge it as is in the Storm's magitech lab, but this will cause it to drop in power. To restore it fully you will need to take them to a place strong with mana for the forging so they can draw on it with crafting. Additionally, if you gather certain magical reagents, they may be able to enhance the sword. They are uncertain to what exact items, but leave it to you. Any suitable item usable in reforging a sword may have an effect on it.

And I meant level 11. Really.


Research is progressing smoothly on the lance. The scientists project half to a full week before completion.

>>17836402
Hey, I know a Blood Elf rogue willing to donate those materials. Where should he mail them?

>>17836402
Alright, then we will be on the lookout for a source of magic to fuel the reforging process.

Since they can't work on Gurthang, can they and the Techno-Wizards create a magical bow for Finalon? Something with some extra magical penetration and generally be harder-hitting than just plain ceramic with super-alloy arrowheads.

>>17836402
Well we can wait.
Probably only a matter of time before we find another high-magic world.
Ask Data what resources he'd need for his android? Because I am all about auto-repair features.

>>17836402
I think we should allow Data to try his idea. What would he need us to get for him?

I know the replicators can do most of it, but he'll still need some stuff.

>>17836442
>>17836478
The Gurus can manage the bow while the TWs work on the magical gear for the wizards.

Data just needs time and clearance to the workshop.


The next day you are summoned to Holtz's office. Your boss sits behind his desk with a big stupid grin on his face and a box in front of him.

"Oh hello, minions mine," he says, chuckling. "I have some good news for you. I managed to clear the bounty for Sapphirus with Requisitions despite the insanity reigning over there. What I managed to wrangle from them was... well. You can either get a few additional troop choices and some vehicles OR..."

Holtz pushes forward the box on his desk. "You can get what's in the Mystery Box!"

We can probably skip to the meeting, unless we have anything else to do.

>>17836556
lulz mystery box.

go for the mystery box, erry time, it could be tanks, or heroes or even troops!

>>17836556
I've been to /v/ long enough to know the Mystery Box is always worth it.

>>17836556
...
FARSEERS!
Nah but seriously though, I'm going with the box.
Holtz has been good to us so far, and we've done our best to stay on his good side.
...Aside from almost giving him a heart attack every couple days or so.

Not sure if should trust the Box. If it's a shitty thing, he has to stick with synthahol.

That said, the only vehicles we'd really need at this point would be maybe some R-Type Strike Bombers like we talked about in the planning thread...

Ah, fuck it. I wanna know what's in the Box. It calls to us, it does....

Precioussssss.....

>>17836556
mystery box. But we'll give him the booze first so he's even happier.

>>17836556
Mystery Box?
...well, I dunno...I mean, we really need that TG Looter Team...

THE BOX! THE BOX!

>>17836556
>going for the box
>in b4 that supergun that rapes things harder the stronger it gets.

>>17836656
We can always get them when we clear a lynchpin.

>>17836656
Technically speaking, we have at least some of the components of a looter team already. We have Tosh, a Spectre, several Aurors, and Spike, bullshit merchant extraordinaire. We could technically split a team off on a case-by-case basis.

>Geo Hifive
Hifive, captcha. High five indeed.

>>17836556
Mystery Box.
In it there are druids.

>>17836556
So, did you get the bounty though the Shipper Union too, or do we have to do that ourselves.

We could use a team of looters, but the box could contain anything, even a team of looters.

THE BOX!!!

>>17836556
My HueHueHue senses are tingling.

Bring on the box!

WHAT'S IN THE DAMN BOX? YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY WITH ANTICIPATION!!!

As you clamor for the box, Holtz chuckles and pushes it forward. When you tear it open, you are momentarily puzzled to find within an Imperium data-slate detailing an after-action report for the Adeptus Astartes.

Holtz leans back in his chair.

"Seems some unlucky Imperial General somehow lost a shipment of one hundred Baneblades," he drawls. "We're gathering the crews for them now. They'll be ready to pick up from Bay Ten in a day."

>>17836761
>100 baneblades
AND NOW we can pretty guarantee that we just hit christmas.

>>17836761
Yeah I can see some uses for them.

>>17836761
"What do you mean you lost 100 baneblades?"
-Vance Stubbs

>>17836761
100 Baneblades
Can the station even hold that much mass without imploding into a black hole?

>>17836761
Utility Armor and Crowd Control as FUCK.
Holtz is a pretty cool guy; eh acquires necessities and doesn't afraid of politics.

>>17836761
ALL THAT TACTICAL GENIUS

>>17836795
the real question is can a single station hold that much awesome?

>>17836761
... Stubbs, your loss... IS OUR GAIN!

MWHAAHAHAHAHA!

That said, if we ever need to deploy all those Baneblades, we're fucked.

>>17836761
Sweet!

Now lets spend a day checking out another world next to the Lynchpin, fix it, and come back just in time to put them in the AUH.

Also, we must play the Imperial March while loading them. And any time we unload them, ever.

>>17836761
So out of curiosity, what's going to happen to the girl formerly known as Sapphirus?
Also, has anything like this ever happened before?
I mean there are dozens of items with similar properties to the 'Mirror of True Sight' and even if we were helped by her weakness being 'herself' you'd think it would prove effective against other SUEs.

>>17836761
>100 Baneblades
Do you WANT us to pit ourselves into a full frontal engagement?
Gah, and now we need to upgrade all of them with deflector shields, create a Soulchip-compatible version, fix the Machine Spirits to be proper AI's, and get reality emitters on all of them.

Still...100 baneblades.

>>17836817
no if we ever need to deploy all the baneblades, you can guess something is going to die. really really fast.

>>17836833
I'm pretty sure the Knights Inductor might be good at making Baneblades more efficient and effective.
Isn't that their thing?

>>17836831
"I'm not sure anyone thought to try one on her before, honestly. I guess everyone assumed it wouldn't matter or work? I don't know."

>>17836833
"I want to make sure you survive when you don't have the choice."

>>17836833
It gives the Engineers and the Gavs something to do. Also, this'll let us tinker with munition types and make some variants with the other gear we've got.

If they come with the crews... Does that mean they have a division commander?

I mean, getting us a hundred Baneblades would have taken some sort of tactical genius.......

>>17836904

And it turns out that Creed worked for the Transpace guard all along and his tactical genius came from having absolute knowledge of the canon.

>>17836902
Eh whatever. Think it would be possible to make a note of that and distribute it to other sectors without it being blocked?
Might come in handy.

I'm actually for staying here the extra day so that we can get more of our engineering and science done.

We've shown that planning and recon is the key to victory with minimal losses. We'd need more than a day to properly recon a world, make a plan of action, and resolve it.

MetaOP, could you go through the Engineering list from http://pastebin.com/7hTAHGyg
and tell us which one of the IN PROGRESS jobs I can set to Completed?

The Baneblades will be here tomorrow, but given our tight schedule, we can't afford to wait.
Launch to next target immediately?
Not sure what else needs to be done here.

>>17836947
Give him booze and a hug.

>>17836947
we can wait for the baneblades to arrive because we may end up needing them in the near future for all we know.

also this way we can recon and plan for another day or so before we go out and smite SUE's.

>>17836966
Yeah alright.
That reminds me, is there any way to make our Securitron army... better?
Because if they can get beaten by some jackass with a rusty knife, that's a sign that they could use upgrades.

>>17836966
I want to go Recon a Lynchpin, but after Ebon Night's Horror-world, I can't assure we would make it back to pick up the Baneblades after only a day.

What to do...

Did we get back Tosh and the others from Kingdom Hearts universe?

>>17836995
I wasn't planning on scoping a lynchpin, I was planning on scoping a world that would be repaired by a lynchpin, to see if there was anything on it worth looting.

>>17837005
For the last time yes, pay attention.

>>17837005
>mfw
Yes. Yes we did.

>>17837019
But a proper recon and planning of an operation would take longer than a day.

>>17836947
You've used the Magical Aids and books.

You have completed upgrading all of your emitters to Mk.II.

Holtz is willing to throw in a refit to equip the Antaneus with Star Wars shields. It'll be done when the Baneblades are ready. You can check that off.

While you're waiting, you can set your Creation Engine to manufacture basic gear to send to other sectors.

Hey guys, updated pastebin on

To/Do and Research list:


http://pastebin.com/t3Mve5qy

>>17837005
Yeah, we got them back. And VP-98 leveled into a Hero because of it.

>>17836995
I think we can afford a day to get everyone prepared, ready to go, and give our scientists and the Gurus and such uninterrupted research time.

The Engineers and Gavs should start going over the Securitrons and upgrading and improving where they can. Everyone should be doing *something*. Let's make this day count... Hell, maybe Yellowman'll make it back and we get more intel!

>>17836902

This was mentioned before the break, but can we get a few of our guys trained up with the Medic and his mediguns? We should have 3 now: Uber, Kritzkrig and the Quick Fix. In theory, this should allow us to triple our healing capacity AND deploy other ubers on the BLU team. The people using the guns won't get any benefits, but it will help when we need to spam healing and have options for how we attack with BLU. If we have a day here, I would like them to get started now so they aren't rookies when we put them on the ground.

>>17837054
Yours is still behind.
The original is still better.

OH HELL.

We don't -really need- 100 Baneblades, seriously.

100 Baneblades + 1000 Securitrons = serious, hardcore RAIDAH action.

Temptation is too great.

>>17836902
"Can we sell back these 100 Baneblades?"

>>17837100
Don't be a dick. We've got them because we might need them.

Anyways, you never know when we might need an army to deal with something, it'd have been useful in Vader World

>>17837113
Beat me to it.

>>17837067

Suggetions for downtime:

Train Agrias in Samurai.
Train other people to use the other mediguns.
Look into getting a TG Looter team.
Censor our reports on meta-tech research.
Get research progress on Lance of Longinus, S2 Engine and Blue Crystals
Determine to see if we can make more copies of the Singularity Lasers on the Storm (for TGbein project)
Get Agrias an X-Com analysis so we can get her to wield the Daikatana. Alternatively, Gurthang since her default gear makes her squishy.

>>17836761
>MFW 100 Baneblades

>>17837100
After all the shit Holtz went through to get them for us? Are you seriously going to tell him to send them back?

Fuck no, we are keeping these babies.

>>17837100

You seem to be forgetting we are going to be dealing with lynchpins and a civil war soon. Even if we don't need it NOW, I want to keep them in case we need them LATER. Remember, requisitions is about to disappear and we won't get many windfalls after this.

DO NOT LOOK A GIFT BANEBLADE IN THE MOUTH.

We could feed a Baneblade into the Antaeus database and then sell the design to other sectors.

Also let's determine if we can make more copies of the VF-25 or RVF-25 with the Antaeus.

oh sweet, /tg/ quest.

Hey, did we get Tosh and the guys back?

>>17837149
>Also let's determine if we can make more copies of the VF-25 or RVF-25 with the Antaeus.
MetaOP already said that a research project will need to be completed to make the designs compatible with the Creation Engine.
Why do you think those research projects are in the research queue?

>>17837150
>Are we still on Namek?
FTFY
>>17837149
We might need to fight those sectors later, God forbid. Let's keep this to ourselves for now.

No, we left them there and joined the Time and Space Adminsitration, turning traitor.

Agreed, we're keeping those Baneblades.

I guess we have the new secret ingredient for the next Iron Engineer Contest!

Also: If we don't have a better Magic Sword available for Agrias at Present, we might as well give her a Lightsaber. Hell, give her one as a backup, you never know.

>>17837175
>>lightsaber

There's a safety reason why only droids, Jedi, and giant robots use them.

>>17837209
Yeah the only people I would trust to wield a lightsaber correctly are Data and Char.
...Wait a second.

>>17837224
Oh yeah, we can have Char train the X-com psi troopers in using precognition in combat today!

>>17837224
>>17837249
Is it me, or do we keep forgetting that Char's on our team and has skills beyond piloting a mecha?
...Also, on the subject, is that dude what pilots the Brasta or whatever good at anything?

>>17837249

If we have a spare day, we may want to consider having our mecha and tank/armor crews have a go in some combat simulators so they'll be familiar with dealing with enemy 'mechs that aren't from their own home canon.

>>17837279
Just a mech pilot.

Depending on what happens, we might want to bump up the VX stabilization research up the queue.

>>17837209
Hey, at least one in-universe non-force sensitive has used a lightsaber. Namely, Darca Nyl and Pre Viszla.

>>17837279
Quite a lot, actually.
And the same goes for a lot of the other members of our task force.

But yeah, let's get that pre-cognition training in.

>>17837286
Have the Gunstar pilot go through TRAINING FROM HELL against the VF-25 and TIE Defender pilots.

There. That should keep everyone occupied, right?

>>17837311
We need orientation for the 2 Shadowrunner teams, and familiarization training for all of our squads with Federation tricorders.

>>17837310
If you have the time, could you make a list?
Because even though we've been doing a pretty good job, I'm pretty sure we aren't using our dudes to their full potential.

Should we just go ahead and give Data the thumbs up for his android?
I don't see any downsides.

>>17837354
The TG Inventory contains a list of all of our assets in the task force.
http://pastebin.com/HGsJUZZb

>>17837380
Yes. We may be able to incorporate the nano-repair system into our other droids if it works out.

>>17837391
How hard is it for us to mass fabricate probe droids? If we copied the computers from our hero probe droids onto new probe droids, we could have an army of heroes.
On this note, can we use cortical stacks to clone heroes and other troops, i think in their native canon you can use them for that. I think in the same canon, you can have infomorphs, people who exist as data in a computer system, have we checked our systems (including anon) for such things?

>>17837391
I meant like, what are our assets good at that we haven't been using.
Like if Char and Crowe have talents beyond 'mecha pilot' we should keep them in mind.

MetaOP, are you waiting on something? It's been a half hour since your last post.

Meta OP has got lost in another canon.
Deploy ASAP to find him!

>>17837497
>>17837526
I've been waiting on you guys to say what you're doing.

It looks like you're basically taking a day to train your troops while you wait for the Banes, but what are you doing once they're loaded?

>>17837311
>>17837311

Also for our VF pilots, Von Lucker tank crews, Timberwolf pilots, Char/Brasta and such. Only a day of sims probably won't make them masters of dodging copious amounts of missile hell or such (barring lucky rolls), but if we're headed for a SRW canon there's no telling what crossovers will have occurred.

Having our VF pilots/Char/Crowe know that Battlemechs are in fact not walking tanks, and they will charge you into the ground and rip your arm off and beat you to death with it if you give them half the chance will undoubtedly be useful. Likewise, familiarizing our Battlemech pilots and armor crews with Mobile Suit tactics and such may quadruple their life expectancy.

>>17837571
Heading for one of the lynchpin worlds I guess?
Or maybe one of the worlds that they lynchpin would autorepair when cleared?

>>17837592
heading for the south lynchpin, I believe

>>17837571
Oh, that?

We're going to go to the southwest linchpin.
Now is not the time to waste on chump-change gray worlds.

We're going to follow standard procedure:
Come out of Meta Transit 1 light-week from Earth. Take scans, and we'll make our decision from there. If it looks safe, we make the jump to 1 light-hour out on the edge of the system, and make sure there's no local space traffic.

>>17837571
If Yellowman comes back, get a report from him. If not... Which linchpin were we going for again?

As I recall, we were saving that six-SUE one Since it seemed more straightforward than anything else.. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

>>17837571

Alright guys. Should we knock out another (relatively) low-danger canon, or do we try our luck with the scouted lynchpin?

Also, I don't think we chose hero abilities/traits for VP-98 yet!

>>17837623
We were heading for the south one due to the unidentified object.

>>17837623
Southwest linchpin, because it's right in the path of that moving distortion. We don't want the two distortions to come into contact with each other and get any bigger.

>>17837633

>(cont)

Here were some proposed abilities/traits for VP-98 in previous threads:

Pure Pazaak: VP-98 is extremely good at bypassing security without setting off a fuss, whether it be nasty guardian beasties with keen senses or an extremely complicated encryption system. VP-98 also has a knack for finding exits.

You want me to do what?: VP-98 is capable of formulating a solid operating plan to achieve mission objectives, even if given a mission in an unknown world with vague mission parameters.

Seeker Protocols: Whether it be personnel, artifacts, or legends, this droid can find it and ensure that it gets back to the right people. In addition, VP-98's black box//memory core will eventually find its way back to the command crew, if the droid is lost or otherwise destroyed.

User-friendly Interface: For some reason, people don't find VP-98 very threatening. Maybe it was a service droid in a past life? Perhaps it was designed to not look like a freaky flying spider-droid thing? Whichever the case, VP-98 does not immediately attract suspicion when sighted, and receives a bonus in social interactions with peoples of all shapes and sizes.

>>17837713
Others are:
Durable Chassis: VP-98 is now capable of remaining functional in extremely harsh conditions, and is capable of withstanding all known handheld weapons with only superficial damage. (VP-98 would still be vulnerable to heavy artillery)

"I don't know what I'm looking for but by god I'm going to find it" - VP-98 is very likely to stumble over things interesting to us, even if we are not specifically looking for them.

"Straight to the point" - if we DO know what we're looking for, or have a vague idea at least, VP-98 goes straight to the most relevant point by the easiest path possible.

>>17837713
>>17837736
For comparison, VP-99's abilities are
>- "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.
>- "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.

...I'd say User-Friendly Interface/Pure Pazaak and I don't know what I'm looking for.

Oh boy, the SOUTH lynchpin? And unscouted no less.

Oh, all of you are in for a treat.

You load up the ships are get everyone ready for transit after a day of training. With the new Baneblades safe in the hold of the All Under Heaven, you prepare to make the transpace jump to the next world.

Do you have any preparations to wrap up before I hit The Button?

>>17837846
...So if I understand you correctly, this will be a cakewalk.

>>17837846
>Oh, all of you are in for a treat.
Oh son of a bitch!
FUCK!
What the fuck did we just step into? Another horror show? The hardest level?! FUCK!

>>17837846
>Preparations
YES!

In our limited time, can Data put together the Mapper device as described in our To-Do List?

Also, make sure that we come out of transit AT LEAST 1 light-week away from Earth.

And ask Holtz if he can spare a Meta Comm Array for us.

..Well, *that* was inspiring.

Hold on to your butts, ladies and gentlemen. I got the feeling we're coming in hot.

All hands to combat transit stations, everyone else..... Clench *EVERYTHING*.

Meta OP, Warp Factor OH SHIT; engage.

>>17837887
Holtz can't requisition one of those yet, but should be able to after the next requisition round.

Data can't complete it just yet.

You make the transpace jump and come out a light-week from Earth. There is nothing in the immediate area around your vessel, a good start.

>>17837946
Let the scanning begin.
Also do the Farseers have a preliminary prophecy for us?

rolled 39 = 39

>>17837960
Only this.

"Here... there are no more heroes left in man... Here, hope rides alone."

>>17837946
Immediate area: clear.

Alright, now do a sensor scan of Earth while we're at this distance. Using both the Storm and the Inde, who have the best sensors.
If everything looks clear, we jump to 1 light-hour out from Earth, which should put us at Pluto's orbit.

>>17837946
Did we complete the training sessions, first?

>>17837970
If we have time, let's do scans of the other planets in the Solar system as well, before we get... close.

>>17837970
No.
Even now, there is hope. For we are here to light up the night!

>>17837970
Wiley!
Get ready for the SUE, people.

Guys, what do we do with our RVF-25 for this mission?

>>17837970
>Robot Master SUE
>Protomen x ANYTHING crossover
>maybe something even worse

>>17837970
. . . No heroes left in man.

We may be able to get Zero, yet.

>>17838020
Once we reach 1 light-hour out, its sensors will be able to reach Earth. Same with the Inde's sensors.

Alright, everyone okay with this
>>17837978
We can deploy the RVF-25 and the Inde to get readings from Earth and see if there are any space ships or space stations, and to decipher any transmissions before we get any closer.

..I'm going to laugh my ass off if we come up against Blade Woman from Lady Robot Master Quest.

But yeah. Scan for large-scale energy signatures. ALL mechanical/AI-based forces are to engage full active firewall protection. This includes Data, both VPs, the Securitrons, ANON, and maybe even Mouse and the Sandmen.

I'm feeling like a soldier trapped in an iron lung...

>>17838040
>>Zero
>>Zero
>>Zero

Do this, we lose a TG Looter team and Zolomon! Zero is meant for raidah-style waaagh!

Which is not us.

rolled 67 = 67

>>17838048
>>17838074
Dropping in one hour from Earth, you begin your scan and immediately note that a great deal of the planet is now covered in vast urban megasprawls. The air is filled with transmissions, and there are multiple orbitals present, as well as what appear to be a few lunar installations. Several ships are in orbit as well.

You know what I never got about the series? How Protoman and Megaman seemed honestly offended that the people of the city did not fight an army of robots after WIly had already murdered the first generation of dissidents, has confiscated all weaponry, has the people under constant surveillance, and is exactly enough of a bastard to brutally murder the family and neighbors of any rebel he catches to make an example out of them.
I mean what could the people of the city do other than try to make Wily choke on their dead? Did Wily program his robots with a preset kill limit or something? Like what are Blues and Rock expecting?

>>17838098
Zero has an adaptive learning system. We can use his plans to update our droids to steal abilities from enemies.

>>17838098
no i think he means he can hijack zero from this particular meta for free while we are here.

also:
>>17837970
damn it op i'm literally listening to this song right now.
you are in fact a glorious bastard.

Wait, does Zero even exist here?
Like this isn't a Megaman or even a Megas canon.

>>17838103
Have the task force stay out here in Pluto orbit, and hide behind Pluto and Charon.

Have ANON begin deciphering the transmissions. Have Mouse and Data assist.

What reality distortions does the Storm detect?

>>17838106
Protoman and Megaman were programmed by an idealist who's ideas caused several thousand years of war. Do you really think they could think much other than what they were programmed with.

>>17838136
If this is a Megaman Canon, like Op implied, He's either already built, or in the process of being built. Either way we can swipe a set of plans.

>>17838136
yes it is, farseers confirmed it with the quote of the protomen song called the stand which is based off of a magaman canon.

>>17838151
I thought the Protomen canon was like only tangentially related to the Megaman one?
Like for all we know, there aren't and won't be such a thing as reploids and maverick viruses because the Protomen don't want to make songs about them.

>>17838174
*megaman
i'm a retard who cannot spell, do not mind me.

>>17838106
Ever heard of the saying 'it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees?' I think that's what they were thinking of. Protoman actually comes out and asks if there are any 'who value courage over life.' If they had the will to fight for themselves, Proto would probably have defected then and there. But they didn't, so there was no point fighting for them, as they'd just got dominated by the next tyrant.

But this is a massive derail. I'm guessing that we may be dealing with somebody who brought things outside of the canon to help either Wily or Megaman. either way, it has to be dealt with.

>>17838098
Hey, if we can nab him (seeing as he's not appeared in Protomen canon, if he shows up he's an outsider) We might as well. Besides, he's good for dealing with single combatants as well as large groups.

Good news, everyone!
Managed to complete* that run of Dungeon Crawl, so everything's prepped for your run.
Bad news, everyone!
I just woke up after a 12-hour rest, which was itself after a 4-hour rest earlier. That means our usual times are a complete and utter bust.

>100 baneblades
>possible Protomen/Megaman canon
...
Fuck it, I wasn't planning to sleep anyway.
OP, you're awesome and should feel awesome.

OK, I can't think of any megaman canon with spaceships (other than Star Force, and that's pretty unlikely to be this one) so that may be a good point of origin to look at.

>>17838248
thats pretty much where i'm at.

i'm just waiting for some super bullshit to happen though like some evil SUE bastard actually helping wily or something equally asinine.

>>17838246
For example:
23:30 -> 05:30 Board time, and 9:30 -> 11:30 Board time, was when I was awake over the last 24 hours. I can still run bootleg, but just not at the usual times, is all!

Goddamn, I'm the only person to have posted a course of action in the past 10 minutes while you chucklefucks discuss what could be instead of actually ordering our people to start finding out which Canon we're in?

>>17838248
Your suggestion is worthless as is. It doesn't give orders to any of our crew on how to determine which Canon we're in.

>>17838246
Well, we're workan on a lynchpin, BootlegOP, so I'm not particularly worried at present. We're in a Megaman canon, possibly even that of the Protomen, and we good do with your input.

One thing to consider: In the protomen, the whole city is under constant electronic surveillance. That will make moving around difficult, so it may be best to find a blind spot to insert at. Also, there may be a curfew enforced by murderbots, so get off the streets at night, unless you feel like pulling a Sniper Joe.

>The prospect of arguing over what to take tickles the back of your brain.
>Requisitions

Well, there's always the copypaste of items from last thread:

Economizers - Makes all spells cost 1 MP.
Ethers - Restore Mana
Nethack Holy water - http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Holy_water
Book of Identify - http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Spellbook_of_identify
Alleria's Flute of Accuracy - Increases nearby ranged units damage by 10%.
Warsong Battle Drums - Increases the attack damage of nearby friendly units by 10% when worn.
Staff of Negation - http://www.wowpedia.org/Staff_of_Negation
Alpha Centuri databases - http://sidmeiersalphacentauri.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_tree
Black Barrel - http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Barrel
Weapons for BLU - http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Weapons
Austrailium to build weapons and research
Nannybags and Rejuve tanks
Lance of Longius - research massproduction
Mobile Emitters for Holograms - http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Hologram
Portable (cheap) emitters - http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Portable_emitter

If we're grabbing these, a Unicorn Horn from good ol' Nethack cures stat drain, sickness, confusion, hallucination, and is infinitely reusable.
Also from nethack: Spellbooks of Detect Monsters, Clairvoyance (limited mapping), Detect Treasure, and Magic Mapping are also good.

Also, I notice that Heavy Teleport Support is incredibly powerful, and a Schlockverse Fabber is also powerful. If we don't have those, they'd be very useful.

>>17838281

Well, we could always start off with a scan for reality distortions.

Intercepting transmissions/hacking interwebs might be risky, as Wily (or whoever) likely has measures in place to detect that kinda stuff.

>>17838281
Did we get Tosh & Spike back yet?
I think we should focus on rescuing them from the book.

>>17838211
Well then why didn't Protoman like... organize resistance cells?
Teach them how to fight, teach them what it means to stand up, because you have to remember that by this point in time most of the people have grown up under Wily's leadership with all the original rebels executed and they likely learned from Wily's history books. Like even just hijack a weapons factory and give power to the people.
Instead he just charged up to Wily's front steps and was disgusted that no one wanted to fistfight an army of robotic snipers that know neither pity nor fear.
It's easy to be all high and mighty when you're a robot built to wreck Wily's shit, but from my perspective, it seems pretty much as logical as just going on a killing spree ending in suicide to reduce the number of people working for WIly.

>>17838307
GOD DAMN IT, READ THE DAMN THREAD!!!

SJFIOWSJFIJWOIEJ FDAOIJFOWEAOIJFIOWJQOIJQIWOE
RAGE!

anyways we should probably scan for distortions.

>>17838307
Not funny.
>>17838281
Start pinging those ships and intercepting communications. We need to try to figure out what kind of firepower and technology they have, maybe even a canon ID.

>>17838306
Read >>17838148
Capturing transmissions and deciphering them is a purely passive action. Unless we transmit something back, there's no way for them to know we're here for another hour at least.

We need to get the parts for the TGBein faster. We could ditch the drums, flute and BLU weapons.

We can research and frankenstein our way to upgrading BLU weapons to begin with.

>>17838148
The Storm detects multiple reality distortions scattered around the planet, a rather large number of them, in fact. However, there is one stronger by degrees nestled at the planet's core.

In addition, though it has Earth's orbit, according to the Storm's scans on seismological and continent placement data, the planet is NOT Earth.

The Storm is easily able to decipher a large amount of transmissions, which appear to be civilian in nature.

"Feeling down in the dumps? Life just too much for you to handle? Try Blue-brand E-Tank! It will make you feel like you've got an extra life! Available now from Wily Corp!"

"Whether you've been injured in an accident or just feel the need to push past your boundaries and become a little more human than human, MetPharm has you covered! The leader in biological augmentation, MetPharm's patented gene-therapies and biotech implants will have you operating at peak performance without the expensive upkeep or hassle of Egg Industry cybernetics, or Wily Corp robotics. MetPharm. Better flesh than wire mesh."

"...so when you need quality food at great prices, don't wait! Hoof it to the Foot! FootMart! If you can beat our discounts, you've been taking too much Ring!"

>>17838281
well STUDY THE SHIPS. They had to come from somewhere, see if they match our database.

>"Here... there are no more heroes left in man... Here, hope rides alone."

This could indicate possible out-of-canon heroes that have been brought in and need to be taken out, one way or another. If they're SUEs? Fine. If they're canon? Send them home. Although we may have a task convincing them to turn their back on the city.

>>17838339
Oh.
Oh dear god.
I know this place.

>>17838339
OP, can we get a report on the training day and research results/progress?

>>17838339
Not Earth. . .

Awww, Crap.

>>17838339
>Robutnik
>Wily
>The Foot Clan
We can handle this.
>>17838355
Well then tell us, good sir.

ANON, if we are in range, attempt an active scan of a few of the ships and possibly the lunar installations.

>> Egg Industry

Sonic vs Megaman.

Let's loot some Chaos Emeralds, shall we?

>>17838357
You trained people for a day and researched for a day. No breakthroughs, and you don't know how well the training sunk in until combat time.

>>17838339
>Wily Corp
>MetPharm
>Egg Industries
Oh fuck, it's 8-bit Dystopia.

All of you fucks were wrong.
Read up on the 8-bit Dystopia setting in the suptg archives.

Shit, if that reality distortion is in the center of the planet, that means that Kirby got incorporated too.

Continue sensor sweeps. I want information on those orbital habitats and space ships.

>>17838355

Enlighten us; there's no use in holding back on possible information.

Also seconding scanning the ships.

>>17838377
Did the Gunstar pilot end up being a punching bag during his training from hell, or did they go easy on him?

...8-bit dystopia.

my god.

Welp, there goes my plan of nabbing Zero, pretty sure he's a remodelled Protoman here. Unless the canon version got sucked in somehow.

I suppose it's kind of fitting that 8-bit dystopia sprung from the Protomen, though. It's a nice setting, though. Shame we have to revert it, but it has to be done.

FYI, look up 8-bit dystopia in sup/tg/, and know thy enemy.

>>17838371
Does no one else remember?
No matter.
Behold another one of /tg/'s many projects that fell by the wayside.
Behold the 8-bit Dystopia.
Pertinent threads, learn them well.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7032538/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7061211/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7078929/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7160862/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7203401/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7346420/

>>17838413
or the easy version for those who want a quicker read.
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/8-Bit_Dystopia

>>Lylat System

>>Largely destroyed by the Sinistar's robot followers 20 years ago. Corneria and Katina are confirmed destroyed, the fate of other locations and planets remains a mystery.

If the Starfox team is still alive, they have no one to turn to but us.

>>17838385
Mother of God.
>>17838413
I've glanced at the archives in the past. I wasn't there for it, don't blame me for not recognizing it on sight.
THE MORE YOU KNOW.
ANON, are we in range for active scans of various lunar installations and ships to check what they're doing?

Hmm. Distoriton near the center of the Earth and mention of the Foot Clan?

Ten bucks says we're gonna end up having to raid the Technodrome and fight Krang and possibly Super Shredder.

Oh, joy.

AND Robotnik AND Wily?

Now I see why MetaOP was cackling...

*notices 8-bit Dystopia links*

See my earlier OhShitWe'reFucked.jpg for mfw.

>>17838437
Fireman Prime, I leave it to you to oversee the looting and recruiting.

If you can seize the opportunity to split our teams to multitask in Earth and Space, make it so. Having the rest of our forces to benchwarm is no-no. G'nite!

OK, we need to consider dropping a rewriter bomb, assuming it's a Protomen canon. Mind you, we might want to drop a rewriter bomb anyway. but only as a last resort. Let's see if the canon can be salvaged.

OOC: I can't believe we're dealing with an actually GOOD fan setting, and one of /tg/'s babies no less! Oh well, we have to do our duty. and we might just get some loot out of it, if we're smart.

Hmm.
Protomen x Warhammer 40k.

Isn't that basically Shadowrun, except "Your mage's head just exploded"?

Interesting. I wonder how this canon looked like before it got shat on by the grimdark; was the planet we're looking at right now ever Earth to begin with, or is it another planet that got claimed by SUEs or a crossover?

OP, can our sensors detect reality distortions that are similar to SUE patterns?

>>17838339
Have the Inde and the RVF-25 do a system-wide scan. See what else we're missing here. Compare the planetary results against a baseline Sol system and highlight the differences.

Get passive scans off of the spaceships and compare them with what's in our database to see if there's anything not supposed to be in this Canon.

We need to get finer resolution on those reality distortions. Have the Storm tighten its scan.

>>17838467
If we can help it, let's loot a flotilla of ships and the Chaos Emeralds.

At least the ships are the nearest in reach for us to loot.

Chaos Emeralds, we use for ourselves. A Super Darius would be useful to finish off bosses.

Let's review the equipment loadout of some heroes, okay? At least, have Gurthang on Agrias by now. We haven't gotten anything ready to support the daikatana, so this will have to do for now.

>>17838463
I'll do my finest...
>>17838467
...starting with telling you that your tone is way out of line for the moment. This isn't VaderWorld, this is (likely) a Stable Crossover that simply needs Mitigation or SUE Removal.
>>17838494
>mfw
Just no. Read the 1d4Chan Entries we posted just -minutes before-.

ANON, are there any measurements we can take to measure the reality distortion this is causing? I want to check if this is due to SUEs running amuck in a playground or the nature of the Crossover itself.

>>17838467
The trouble is that Sinistar is invincible.
...Pretty sure Kirby is too.

>>17838339
>The Storm detects multiple reality distortions scattered around the planet, a rather large number of them, in fact. However, there is one stronger by degrees nestled at the planet's core.
>In addition, though it has Earth's orbit, according to the Storm's scans on seismological and continent placement data, the planet is NOT Earth.
It's Cadia or Necromunda.
Calling it now.

>Ring
>E-Tank
... It's fucking Moebius.

>>17838510
>At least, have Gurthang on Agrias by now
No, it's not equipped on her. Are you fucking dense?
It's not repaired, and it's not going to be repaired until we find a stable source of magic that the Gurus can use to reforge it.

>>17838510
Shut the fuck up and read the assigned material.

>>17838542
You are a fucking moron. Just delete your post.
We've had this Canon identified for the past 10 minutes.

>>17838542
. . . It's HYRULE.

Everyone, calm the fuck down and read the required material!

>>17838542
Godfucking damnit we already know what this is.
Pay attention.

>>17838522
Sinistar isn't invincible. We can shove reaction bombs inside him, or send a VF-25 to blow him up from the inside-out.

Or even teleport nanites to basically recycle him inside-out too.

We could have Mouse and Data hack him.

>>17838510
Can we use the Chaos Emeralds to save Spike & Tosh? I think they would help in this canon.

rolled 78 = 78

>>17838512
ANON: "Uncertain. More time scanning and analyzing will be needed."

>>17838507
Long range scans revealed a hidden planet orbiting between "Earth" and Mars. Advanced cloaks conceal it, but they are no match for the Storm's sensors. The Inde and RVF are sent out...

You are in range for lunar and ship scans, yes.

>>17838512
Yeah, I might have overeacted, there. Still, we need to do more research. Got to confirm. We need to insert a team or teams. Keeping in mind this is a dystopia, so we're going to need to be *very* subtle.

>>17838571
Calling it, it's the Death Egg.

>>17838571
Make sure that the Inde has its cloak activated, and that the RVF-25 has all active stealth systems engaged.

>>17838571
The RVF-25 can scan far enough to be in absolute safety.

>>17838571
>Long range scans revealed a hidden planet orbiting between "Earth" and Mars.
Strange. Wonder what it could be.
>>17838589
Death Egg is in Low earth orbit, and for that matter so is the Time planet from Sonic CD.
It can't be Sinistar because Sinistar's not a planet.
It can't be Unicron because he's not in any 8-bit games.
Fuck, who the fuck would cloak a goddamn planet...

>>17838618
Andross?

..Reading the abridged material, something pops out at me.

There are living Chozo in this place. CHOZO. As in the race that designed Samus Aran's Power Suit.

Yes, THAT Samus Aran.

Fireman Prime, we have a possible looting target. Advise it be placed on the list.


Also.. "Hidden planet"? Identified by source material.

>"Zebes is a planet owned solely by MetPharm. Hidden somewhere in the system from prying eyes it serves as the main arm of Met pharm. From here is gathers the vast majority of the raw materials, technology and even life forms that are converted into Bio-augments and drugs back in the City for sale. From zebes creatures such as the metroid, and various aliens sold as exotic pets to those willing to pay the exorbitant fees. "

>>17838618
>Zebes
>Zebes is a planet owned solely by MetPharm. Hidden somewhere in the system from prying eyes it serves as the main arm of Met pharm.

From the 8 bit dystopia wiki page.

Gentlemen, we find: Zebes!

>>17838618
8-bit at least?

Cloaked planets?

There's also the Bacterian (Gradius) and Orn (Thunder Force) that have hidden space fortresses.

>>17838542
Read the assigned material. It's Hyrule.
>>17838566
Just stop it.
>>17838571
Then take more time and more scan-analysis. I want to know -exactly- what we're dealing with before we start dealing at all.

The cloaked planet is very likely Zebes, so watch out for import/exports coming to and from this place.

>>17838618
>Zebes is a planet owned solely by MetPharm. Hidden somewhere in the system from prying eyes it serves as the main arm of Met pharm.
Capitalists, that's who.

>>17838633
Looting isn't a priority at all on my list. Solving the problem at hand is. We can pick up the scraps later, but now, we need to go in, learn, and fix things based on knowledge so that we can get more Requisitions so we aren't fucking beached in little over a week.

The lower left lynchpin was apparently part of a Warhammer 40k Canon.
The question, then, is where's the Warhammer 40k?
Is there a Slaaneshi Industries or an Emprahcorp or something? Did some idiot accidentally move the Void Dragon from Mars to Hyrule?

>>17838618
1d4chan indicates it to be Zebes, property of Metpharm, and where both Mother Brain and the Chozo reside.

>>17838571
The Indefatigable locates a veritable graveyard of derelict and destroyed vessels in extreme orbit around the planet, which is indeed "Hyrule." Several wrecked Arwings and Gradius fighters are identified among the wreckage. The RVF locates a great deal of derelict ground vehicles and abandoned defense installations on the moon.

Scans of the ships in orbit reveal a number of iconic ships somewhat altered in form to better fit in with the 'atmosphere' of this place. The RVF manages to identify a bulkier, less well kept Great Fox among them.

>I told, you /tg/. Even back then. I TOLD you that one day I would run a game in this setting!!!

>>17838650
Lower right lynchpin is Warhammer 40k.

>>" Several wrecked Arwings and Gradius fighters

>>Gradius fighters

>> TIME TRAVEL

We hit gold, guys.

Guys, have our Orz and Gaunt learned how to get along with each-other yet? We're gonna need them to do so if we have any hope of defeating the forces stationed around planet Vegeta.

>>17838658
Hm. By studying a certain amount of wrecked Arwings and such, would it be possible to approximate a template for the Antaeus to reproduce?
...On second thought, I don't think that's worth doing.

>>17838658
Are we detecting any lifesigns from the Great Fox?
I suggest we prep an away team to access the Great Fox's data-recorder and ship databank to help us identify any irregularities in this Crossover.

>>17838662
^This.
>>17838658
>I know who you are, MetaQuest OP / namefriend, and your secret is safe with me.
>>17838672
Gold we can GET LATER after we do TACTICAL RESEARCH and ON-TOPIC LABOR. God, guys, keep your eyes on the prize.

I've got to go for now, guys, so don't get hungry for loot. Keep scanning, keep learning, etc.

>>17838672
As you may or may not know, Gradius is right next to R-Type on the tiers of wanked-out space fighters.

Wonder if World Aeronautics and Robotics from One Must Fall 2097 is part of this setting.

>>17838696
To defeat Vic Viper, all you need to do is get a solid wall of somewhat-sharp space dust that's too big to go around.
Microscopic pieces of space dust kill the Vic Viper in one hit.

...So what are we supposed to do here?
I mean not only is this a 'stable' crossover, it's one that was never really finished.

>>17838693
Theoretically, we could scout the problem with the SUEs on this world, and then initiate time travel to nip them in the bud.

Remember the Krenim time ship from Year of Hell? If we weaponize the time travel component in the Gradius fighters, we basically have a beam-focused version of a rewriter bomb.

>>17838658
ANON, go over that incoming data and match canon sources, begin search parameters with video games-type matches.

Also, mark the locations of useful tech such as Arwings and those Gradius fighters for possible recovery if we can swing it.

Otherwise, maintain stealth protocols and continue recon.

>>17838658
Right, well these place might be good to come back and loot once we resolve the issue at hand. Although perhaps we should check out the Great Fox...

>>17838718
Let's cross our fingers that Fox and his team are still alive.

>>17838718
>>17838688
These two.
Because everyone else can't focus for 10 minutes to do our fucking jobs.

>>17838721
Seconding to investigate the Great Fox. Let's hail the ship if we can.

Also, can I get some more consent votes to salvage the Arwings and Gradius fighters?

Are there any reality distortions coming from the hidden planet Zebes?
Or can we just ignore it?

>>17838743
Sure.
The AUH has tractor beams and shitloads of empty space doesn't it?
And given how relatively small Arwings and Gradius fighters are, it shouldn't be hard to just snatch them up.
Of course, it goes without saying that we should cautiously investigate for traps first.
But do that while investigating the Great Fox.

>>17838688
Don't just beam people on board the Great Fox. Check for lifesigns and hail the ship. That flotilla of ships might still be functioning and crewed.

>> investigating the Great Fox

Do we have VP-98 and VP-99 on board the Inde?

>>17838693
>Emailmeyourguessandwe'llsee.

>>17838718
The full list will take some time to produce. Most of the ground vehicles are massive TANKs, the anti-orbital defense vehicle responsible for battling the Space Invaders.

The Great Fox is manned and in stable orbit. It's not abandoned. Many ships are orbiting the planet that are crewed and operational, it's just that there is a considerable debris ring as well.

>>17838743
No.
Because any space activity is going to get picked up.
Any looting we do, it's after this Canon has been stabilized.

And we check the Great Fox for lifesigns before attempting to hail it. Otherwise we look stupid for calling up a dead ship.

>>17838786
Right. Let's hail the flotilla of ships. I'd like to find out what the other ships with the Great Fox are.

>>17838786
DO NOT hail the Great Fox at this time.

We need to minimize our contact with any Canon natives as much as possible.

We can get our information via other methods. Contacting natives should only be a last resort.

>>17838805
Is there a way to not reveal our position as we hail? Perahps by using an X-wing or a VF-25 to hail. I don't want people looking to see "Who hailed me?" and see 1 km long battleship.

>>17838805
Have you learned NOTHING from Vaderverse?

Don't hail them. We'll send an Observer in and bounce a signal off of some derelicts and get a connection to their network that way.

>>17838786
wait...I thought Star Fox were lost forever. Why are they still out here?

>>17838818
1. We don't have X-Wings.
2. Even if we hail them from a cloaked ship, they're still going to be able to triangulate the signal.
3. Talking with anyone only creates situations where we may have to come up with lies for answers, and I wouldn't trust this bunch with bluffing a dim-witted dog.

Eh fine lets ignore them, and focus on Earth I guess?
Like try and pinpoint the various reality distortions?

>>17838867
And by Earth I of course mean Hyrule.

>>17838858
I imagine our attempts to bluff a dim-witted dog will be pic related.

>>17838848
Read the source material, dammit.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7078929/#7087476

Some of them survived.

>>17838827
>> We'll send an Observer in and bounce a signal off of some derelicts and get a connection to their network that way.

I support this action. It will be harder for them to track us down.

The problem with sending in robots in this setting is that.... they make up the bulk of the enemy in this canon.

>>17838867
For the most part, there are too many to pinpoint, save the strongest one at the core. You do manage to locate the next four strongest distortions and log their locations in the massive City, though,.

>>17838786
Send in an Observer, and try to identify more precise locations of the reality distortions.

Have the Indefatigable and the RVF-25 attempt to identify commsats and any kind of planetary information network.

Once identified, have the Inde attempt a tight-beam connection to a commsat and have Mouse attempt to hack a connection to their comm-net and begin siphoning information regarding the reality distortions.

Guys, guys guys.
What if the people piloting the Great Fox are not, in fact, Starfox natives, but others who took over after they died?

Hailing them is a lot of risk when we (to our knowledge) haven't been detected yet. They've been there a quite a while, we can stay and scan while they wait a while longer.

...Hmph.
Scan those areas then, or hack this world's internet and put the coordinates in some map service behind a bunch of proxies or whatever.

I'm waiting on #/tg/ on rizon.

If there are too many distortions to count, that kind of sounds to me like a Rewriter Bomb is necessary.
...Then again, we might not be able to access another one of those?
Like can we really fix the world by hunting down and killing every last distortion?

>>17838896
Use these two:
>>17838827
>>17838921
Get information regarding where in the City those reality distortions are coming from, and if they're tied to any people.

If you guys want to talk faster about things, I'm waiting at that channel in rizon.

>>17838959
Yes, please, take some of the stupid with you.

>>17838896
In addition, is there a planet out here at the 1 light-hour mark? Something that we can hide the task force behind from the prying sensors of the ships around Hyrule and Zebes.

>>17838944
...Or to rephrase, Farseers, is it possible to save this world through sufficient application of deadly force?

>>17838947
I'm... a little confused as to what you're trying to do?

You're trying to access the Fox's network to pinpoint SUEs? How? The Observer doesn't have hacking gear, and even if it did, why would that ship know that sort of thing?

>>17838896
>. You do manage to locate the next four strongest distortions and log their locations in the massive City, though.
Strange. The four megacorps are part of the setting, so they can't be the distortion.

We may well use an Observer, or VP-99's marvelous "Lol I don't die" exploration, along with sensors from the Storm and RVF-25 to see if we can identify what the distorations are.

One bad part about this setting is that we're going in blind. We know the setting, but NOT what's wrong with it.

We have Aurors that can scry,
Farseers that can see far,
Tosh that can contact a wide variety of things,
and Cheryl, the alpha psyker.

Have the Aurors Scry the rough site of these distortions.
Have the Farseers see if they can get a picture of the man or men who are causing the most distortions.
Have Tosh see if he can psychically contact any of the Spirits of Hyrule. If the spirit of any of the Links or Zeldas survived, that's who he should get in contact with.
And Cheryl just sort of acts as a Turbocharge 0vercl0cking unit for the other magic users.

Before we send out any probes to get a lock on where enemies are, keep teleport tracking on them. None of these enemies can CANONICALLY disable and control a robot with robot hax sue mind powers, but it never hurts to be careful.

Basically: Information Information Information.

If we locate any scrapped or disabled robots in a junkyard, send them up to the Gavs, Data, and X-com Engineers to see if they can pull any useful data from its core, and/or get a sense of how the robots are made, so that we may learn how to unmake them.

>>17838980
Canonically, neither Wily, the Space Pirates or the Foot clan have good sensors. Robotnik probably does, though, because he can see sonic approaching in time to put his robots everywhere.

>>17838985
Some people want us to talk to the great Fox.

Others want us to send the Observer in so we can look for SUEs from closer range so we have more info.

>>17838995
I second this.

We've had a lot of mixed discussion regarding the hidden planet and whether or not to contact ships there.

>>17838995
If there are any unguarded telecommunications sites, whether by satellite or groundside, have Mouse detail to us what he'd need to do to hax into the phone lines (likely no internet - this is the 8-bit era) here, and see if we can enact it.
While we do so, ensure everything is bounced off at least 2 satellites, and that reading data happens to have AT LEAST one case of "Stare at a computer screen" or "Listen to a computer speaker" so we can't be tracked by any digital means.

Ask Data and Egon for their input on the situation, use their intuition to gain advice.
Do the opposite of what Char says.

Red Red Blue Blue
Yellow Green Yellow Green
Orange Purple Purple Orange
INFORMATION GATHERING.

>>17838995
(that was me)

>>17838995
>If we locate any scrapped or disabled robots in a junkyard, send them up to the Gavs, Data, and X-com Engineers to see if they can pull any useful data from its core, and/or get a sense of how the robots are made, so that we may learn how to unmake them.

Or of course manufacture them for our own purposes.

>>17838985
No, that's not it at all.

What the posts were trying to do is identify an communication satellites or other major communication hubs, and have the Inde either attempt to bounce a signal off of a derelict or use a tight-beam signal to hack into the communication hub and learn about the areas that correspond to the strongest reality distortions. The Observer is to go down and try to get a visual on the areas that have the strongest 4 reality distortions.

What's the chance that this is no canon at all, just some completely artificial construct?
What would happen if a rewriter bomb where to be dropped in somewhere where the above is true?

>>17839046
Keep Stealth up.
If your ship can't Stealth, you a bitch and you need to hide behind Pluto.

And that's as much as I can think for now.

Don't fuck with contacting any other ships directly. Feel free to stealth-scan them for life signs, but unfortunately "Yep there's life" tells us fuck all about whether it's worth contacting said life, and "Nope there's no life" tells us that there may well be hostile robots swarming over the place, or it may be an empty derelict. Doesn't hurt to know, but we won't get much useful information.

>>17839071
>What would happen if a rewriter bomb where to be dropped in somewhere where the above is true?
Entropy is patient, unstoppable, and all-consuming. Most normal folks don't need to care about Her, because it will be a billion lifetimes before they need worry.
Unless someone detonates a reality-scale bomb in their backyard. At which point, Entropy will curtsey and say "thank you", for the universe you have just delivered unto Her.

In short:
>Restore Canon to a place where there is no Canon
>I accidentally everything

Damn, this is going to be one of those missions that takes a while, isn't it?

We definitely need to check out the city. Space can wait, they're mostly guarding against Sinistar. Unless we picked up a distortion from them.

>>17839007
>Some people want us to talk to the great Fox.
Yeah, and those people are idiots. They're the same ones that got us into so much trouble at the last world. They're the ones that are acting like a bunch of panicked X-COM Rookies on their first Terror Mission.

>>17839095
You know what I have been thinking?
Since this place may not belong any canon, there's nothing to precisely mantain here apart valuable tech and persons.
That you could drop in a S.U.E. in here and see what happens for "scientific reasons".

But what is more interesting, is what caused this canon-less place to exist.

>>17839139
You don't think another Dark Power managed to escape Ravenloft do you?

>>17839139
Calling fanfiction "Canon-less" is incorrect, especially until we've figured out who or what are the reality distortions here.
While it's true that it's not established in Canon whether Megaman, Sonic, Samus and Splinter overthrow the corps, and it's also not established whether the Corps capture and execute all four above,
I'm pretty sure it's Canon that sparkly rainbow furries never came out of the sky and started vomiting peace and rainbows on everything.

If we find Morgan Industries or Weyland Yutani or Aperture Science in here, we know something's gone wrong.

I'm saying stay away from the Great Fox or anybody else for that matter. If there's a source to this enigma, it lies in the city.

>>17839152
Maybe.

>>17839165
Maybe canon-less was not precisely the correct term. There are defined canons if picked apart, yes. But the whole doesn't make any recognizable canon. Maybe it was part of some well defined canon that then was completely overran by crossovers. Or maybe the whole existence sparked from the disturbance deciding to make a completely new planet out of nowhere composed of a myriad of canons, causing its own canon.

MetaOP, do you still need more info to go on?

Because mine >>17839061
and this >>17839046
are the only two real actions proposed, while everyone else just stares at their navels.

Also, you didn't answer the question of whether there's a planet out here at the 1 light-hour point that the task force can hide behind.
There was never confirmation of Pluto existing in the source material.

If you people are in doubt whether to check Hyrule's orbit, ask the Farseers for an opinion.

Imagine a boot stamping on a human face, as it runs down a corridor filled with laser robots, forever.

>>17839211
so...basically try and hack the communications?

OK, sounds good, as long as we can obfuscate the origin of our hack.

MetaOP, what's the status on our COMMON SENSE?

>>17839241
That, and about 5 other things we can do to gather information on the situation while staying stealthy.
>>17838995
>>17839046
>>17839078

When the results of that information are in, that's when we'll plan further. It may involve more passive surveillance, shadowrunner/stealth teams on the ground, talking to people, going through trash, sending in Drooones!, or any other of our many options at our disposal.

But, risking valuable resources going in blind, when we have perfectly viable non-risky alternatives at hand, is dumb.

You know the drill.
passive information gather -> active information gather -> make a plan -> infiltrate -> make a plan -> assassinate -> grab booze for holtz -> gtfo.

OK, I second
>>17839046
followed by
>>17838995

Would someone higher up get mad at us if instead of "fixing" the distortions we contained the whole planet (or system) to prevent any "leakage" of distortions? Maybe then looting tems could be sent here, all the combined canons should have made more than one useful and/or novel thing.

>>17839292
And yeah, we first need all info we can get passively from this planet.
Is there television or similar here? Any channels dedicated
to history?

>>17839328
What? No. That's the kind of shit that gets Requisitions consumed by nuclear fire.

>>17839328
> Any channels dedicated to history?
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/8-Bit_Dystopia
Read it
Learn it
Know it
We Meta now.

>Would someone higher up get mad at us if instead of "fixing" the distortions we contained the whole planet (or system) to prevent any "leakage" of distortions? Maybe then looting tems could be sent here, all the combined canons should have made more than one useful and/or novel thing.
Higher up? No. But the other players will be angry at you, since fixing distortions is what gets us paid and what gets us closer to sector completion.

I'm willing to bet that the Looter teams aren't willing to work for the Transpace Guard any more after their base, and the source of their pay, got nuked. Shipper union and Smugglers and Bootleggers (hey! that's me!) recruitment up by a shocking 4000% after recent nuclear events.

>>17839328
It's a lynchpin. We fix it, and it fixes a whole bunch of other worlds. We can't 'save it for later.'

So it looks like we'll have to wait until the next world to repair Gurthang, because this one doesn't have any magic.
Or at least any magic we want to deal with.

>>17839397
"What is a Chaos Emerald" for 200, alex.

>>17839328
I tried looking for a facepalm.jpg sufficient to convey my frustration with your stupidity, but this was all I had.

For one, fixing this distortion is crucial because its in the path of the moving distortion.
Two, it's fucking obvious at the Sector level that we're not doing our job.
Three, we're unlikely to get any Looter teams not attached to us specifically by Requisitions because they just got nuked.
Four, if we try to farm it, then that info will get out to the other factions and then we will be in a whole world of "you have now fucked up".

>>17839401
You mean the things Dracula want?
Because I believe the answer to that question is 'shit we want no part of'.
In general, it's a good idea to avoid things whose first letter is 'chaos'.

>>17839401
Since 8-bit dystopia includes Sonic as part of its canon, I don't really see why we shouldn't attempt to loot a Chaos Emerald if we could help it.

BootlegOP, what is your opinion on this secondary course of action?

I've got enough to go on, I've just had to get up for a bit. I'm back now, let me see what I can do before I have to log for the night.

Someone may wish to archive this now instead of later.

>>17839421
You are mistaken.

http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos_Emeralds

>>17839402
Here you go.

>>17839421
There comes a point where a post is retarded enough to make you unsure whether the person is a troll or an idiot.
You are past that point.
There comes a point where a post is retarded enough to cause you physical pain.
You are past that point.
In fact, you have reached the point where your post is so stupid that it made me laugh.

So congratulations.

>>17839424
I'd stay away from it. In canons that are unknown, we can't figure out if Sonic or Robotnik are meant to get all 7 Chaos emeralds. If they are, us looting one fucks that.

Using one for a while then putting it back should be fine. Robotnik is shown using the Master Emerald in Sonic 3 and Knuckles to power his endboss machine, but Angel Island gets right back to floating in the sky after it's returned.

>>17839371
Are we even sure of that right now? All we know is that we have a bunch of canons all held together through various big distortions.
We need to investigate this much further.

>>17839402
We can't just use a rewriter bomb and be done with it either.

>>17839430
Remember, it's not really a mish-mash so much as a re-purposing.
Here, Sonic is a homicidal rogue bioweapon who can't slow down from supersonic speeds.
What makes you think these Chaos Emeralds will be as benign as their original incarnations?
I mean given the overall levels of grimdark, I'd say that's a foolish assumption to make.

>>17839455
You're completely right.
This world is NOT safe to harness magic from, at all.

>>17839466
Or, given that, anything else at all.

rolled 83 = 83

>>17839211
Pluto's there.

>>17839251
2 bulbs, burn one at any time for a hint.

Using the Indefatigable as a relay, Mouse attempts to hack a communications hub to gather information about the areas around the strongest reality distortions.

>>17839466
And that is the point I was making with >>17839421.
The games are not valid source material, as this is more or less an original world.
I would say the chances of the CHAOS Emeralds being connected to some Lovecraftian horror are pretty much 100%.

>>17839491
Pluto but this is "not Earth"? Are there other planets commonly associated with Sol?

I just realised something guys: we don't just have to worry about stuff inside the solar system. stuff might come in from outside, too.

>>17839476
Not really.
Machines are machines, they don't literally have evil imprinted on their sources.
It's just that any sources of magic are likely corrupted or tainted, if they weren't vile from the very beginning.
Magic is more sensitive to evil than science.

>>17839509
>Machines are machines, they don't literally have evil imprinted on their sources.

Unless they're imbued with Evil Energy.

>>17839524
True, but none of the megacorps seem to be into magic.
...We should still be cautious though I suppose.

>>17839491
Three of the four distortions do indeed correspond to Wily Corp HQ, Egg Industries HQ, and MetPharm Regional HQ, with the fourth appearing to be in a slums area in Wily Corp territory. Mouse is able to discern that the area has been declared a restricted zone, and a cordon of JOEs keeps people out.

Mouse is able to gather all the information available to the public on the three HQ buildings, and a little that's classified, producing rough floor plans for the ground floor on all of them, and outlining a few possible points of entry, as well as defenses in place. This is of course, assuming you find cause to go there.

Of course, the one at the center of the planet, Mouse can't gather much on.

>>17839541
well, by 'evil Energy' I meant the stuff from MM8.

Did any of that stuff show up in 8bit dystopia again?

>>17839541
We don't know what kind of biological hazards could MetPharm products could cause, as well.

>>17839557
Hm.
Are we going to have to kill every single game-inspired character?

rolled 95, 95, 85 = 275

>>17838995
>Have the Aurors Scry the rough site of these distortions.
>Have the Farseers see if they can get a picture of the man or men who are causing the most distortions.
>Have Tosh see if he can psychically contact any of the Spirits of Hyrule. If the spirit of any of the Links or Zeldas survived, that's who he should get in contact with.
>And Cheryl just sort of acts as a Turbocharge 0vercl0cking unit for the other magic users.

Your supernaturals attempt to act on your orders.

Cheryl focuses on boosting the powers of those around her. All rolls count 15 points higher.

>>17839557
We need to send our Observers in to monitor the 4 strongest reality distortions. Fortunately we have 4 Observers. They should be careful, because we're unsure about the detection capabilities of the natives. If they're detected, the Observers are to bug out and return to orbit for pickup. Beam them out if they look like they'll be destroyed. Any sightings will be passed off as rival corporate prototypes.

We also need local fashions.
Have the Indefatigable and the Hercules fab up appropriate corporate clothing for Wily Corp, MetPharm, and Egg Industries.

Have Mouse prepare false identities in all three systems if he can.

We need to get a little more local information on how the natives act so that our infiltration teams don't stand out.

>>17839586
Damn, 3 crits.

I don't understand.
What are we supposed to do here?
Ask ANON if this meets the criteria for a Rewriter Bomb.
Ask the Farssers to untangle the skeins.
Burn a fucking common sense bulb.
So far everything seems to be in line with the setting, so that means the setting was wrong somehow?

>>17839586
>95, 95, 85
>all rolls count 15 higher

>>17839594

>>17839586
...Well alright then. Looks like we're pretty much getting the gamefaqs.

>>17839594
No, don't burn a bulb!

Just because you're ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are!

>>17839574
I hope not, that'd take forever. If that were the case, we might as well drop a rewriter bomb on here.

We need to investigate more closely. Can we sent an incognito team to scout the HQs (assuming they're open to visitors) and see if we can get any particular refinement on where the distortions are coming from within the building?

>>17839586

If I want to burn a common sense bulb, I want to use it relating to the forces orbiting Hyrule.

>>17839605
Well obviously we don't need to burn a bulb now, but don't pretend you had any idea what we were supposed to do here either.

>>17839594
No to everything.

>>17839607
Better to use the Observer and a cloaked Al'Kesh first.
There's no need to jump straight to sending in infiltrators when we haven't even used our ELINT resources.

>>17839586
Status on the Observer/RVF/Inde doing a obsfuscated ping/scan of the ships in Hyrule orbit?

>>17839615
We first investigate, collect information, and then come up with a plan.
You were going straight to burning a bulb when we haven't even completed the first phase yet.
Most of us understand that before we can know what to do in a setting, we need to find out what's occurring and what's causing the reality distortions.
And secondly, eliminating reality distortions is our job.

>>17839586
>110, 110, 100

Is this Bizzarro MetaQuest?

>>17839649
No, it's wasting our rolls on useless stuff so that we get 15s and 2s in the combat.

>>17839615
>what we were supposed to do here either.
Neutralize reality distortions and their effects on this Canon.
If this was a Stable Crossover, there wouldn't be reality distortions visible on the Sector Map.

The exact method of neutralizing the reality distortions requires more information to determine, but our objective is always the same: restore stability to the Canon.

>>17839649
Hey, our last mission we somehow got away with no casualties and a prisoner to boot.

>>17839664
Shut the fuck up Raidah.

>>17839664
Zerg quest absorbed alot of the bad rolls last night.
We rolled 10d 100 and not one was over 30.

>>17839666
If there is even a canon to start with.

>>17839664
Well, with proper information we may be able to form a plan that doesn't rely on good rolls to win the day, but rather a combination of our items and troops.

I notice that recently we've been tackling lynchpins almost exclusively.

If we took out the minor worlds around a lynchpin, would the lynchpin reset itself? If we took out half, would it be weakened?

>>17839586
+15, so 110, 110, and 100.

ONE HUNDREEEEED, ONE HUNDREEEEEED... er, yeah. Shit. OK. One minute...

The Farseers describe what they saw, what they know to be the being at the center of the planet, the strongest distortion. They describe a bloated figure that may have been humanoid once, but now bears more resemblance to a great black blob. Skulls dot his massive form like boils on the oil-black, rubbery flesh that comprises his body. He hangs from a massive cavern with strands of dark slime wrapped around him and hanging from the walls like some disgusting web, or half-finished cocoon. Corpses and still-living mortals alike dangle from the ceiling, encased in slimy pods, while the monstrous creature rolls and turns, as if tracking the invisible with two lidless, blank eyes. A forest of tiny tendrils under a maw of yellowed teeth quiver and writhe like antennae.


Tosh slips deep into a trance, murmuring softly for a while before speaking.

"She be here... She... No. THEY be speaking to me. Ancient goddesses. They be sayin' the land was theirs, long ago. Speakin' of ancient days, ancient heroes. They be sayin' tings weren't always dis way. I ask if dey want to talk. Dey say yes. Want do you want to ask of Din, Farore, and Nayru?"

>>17839683
there must be. I'm pretty sure they would have mentioned a whole canon appearing out of the blue.

>>17839694
Heh, I don't think we'll ever find out at this rate!

>>17839700
>Want do you want to ask of Din, Farore, and Nayru?
Ask:
1. What can they tell us of the evil at the heart of the world?
2. Does the spirit of the Hero of Time still fight?
3. Will they help us bring some stability back to this world?

>>17839700
>The Farseers describe what they saw, what they know to be the being at the center of the planet, the strongest distortion. They describe a bloated figure that may have been humanoid once, but now bears more resemblance to a great black blob. Skulls dot his massive form like boils on the oil-black, rubbery flesh that comprises his body. He hangs from a massive cavern with strands of dark slime wrapped around him and hanging from the walls like some disgusting web, or half-finished cocoon. Corpses and still-living mortals alike dangle from the ceiling, encased in slimy pods, while the monstrous creature rolls and turns, as if tracking the invisible with two lidless, blank eyes. A forest of tiny tendrils under a maw of yellowed teeth quiver and writhe like antennae.

I think we found the final boss of this canon, chaps.

>>17839704
Maybe it used to be a LoZ canon. Every distortion found here aims at something not LoZ.

>>17839700
Which one was Wisdom? Lets ask the one that represented that.

>>17839735
Great. anybody have any clue what the fuck it's supposed to be? Kirby, maybe?

>>17839700
We seek to eliminate from this world those whose very existence distorts the fabric. We humbly beseech you to guide us in accomplishing this goal.

>>17839747
Some kind of Dark Matter?

>>17839700
..Yesssssssss.

Full fledged Hyrule Goddesses. Guys, we should try to figure out how to use this to our advantage.

Tosh, ask them if they have any idea what the thing in the center of the planet is. Also ask them if they've got any leads to follow on the particular wrongness areas (distortions) on the planet.

We're talking to deities, so we might be able to get some divine assistance on this one. Ask them how close they are to their full power. We ask because we may need to ask for some assistance in cleansing the distortions and we can't think of anything better for the job than the help of the Goddesses of Power, Courage, and Wisdom.

Din = Power, Farore = Courage, Nayru = Wisdom; to refresh memories...

>>17839745
>Maybe it used to be a LoZ canon. Every distortion found here aims at something not LoZ.

Hmmm...considering that it's Hyrule instead of Earth, it's certainly possible. But that initial reading suggested a Protomen/Megaman canon, although it might have been a foreshadowing of the 8-bit dystopia itself.

>>17839745
>Maybe it used to be a LoZ canon. Every distortion found here aims at something not LoZ.
Or it's a Meta-Stable Crossover Canon like the Super Robot Wars cluster.
We already know that it's the 8-bit Dystopia setting. We, as members of the Command Crew, know about /tg/ homebrew settings and quest Canons. We're also aware of the phenomenon known as Stable Crossovers.

So your hypothesis is very unlikely to be right.

>>17839700
Fuck. It was right in front of us all along, the planet's name is Hyrule.
This was originally a LoZ world, one with a bunch of squatters setting up their city above it.

See if they won't bless our heroes with the Triforce. If not now, maybe as a reward for saving the planet.

If we can get a hold of the Ocarina of Time, we can do all sorts of crazy shit. Temple of Time might also be intact. Hell, maybe the Twilight Realm is still in one piece. Midna might be willing to help if she's not dead by now.

>>17839700
How far must we go to save this world?

>>17839774
Again, just because it is a version of Hyrule, it's probably not one we'll recognize.

>>17839768
>>17839770
We're lacking consensus here. Yes, it is the 8-bit distopia setting, but even that has an origin.

>>17839700
I should note the Farseers are still in trance and you can ask them to "look around" for specific things as well for a time.

The Aurors produce an image of...

A MetPharm laboratory, in what looks like a heavy containment section, many mutated and alien beasts howl and claw at the tubes they are trapped within. Armed guards patrol the area while a number of scientists in labcoats puzzled over something set out on an analysis table. It looks like a series of three gemstones, with gold metalwork over them.

The slum area swiftly blurs, and below a network of abandoned tunnels and buildings, a number of JOE-Units patrol around what looks like an archaeological dig. A robot paces around the area, a buzzsaw prominent on his head.

A high tech robotics laboratory within Egg Industries. Robotnik himself chuckles with glee as he works on something, producing some kind of new robot, some variation on Metal Sonic. The Aurors get the sense this is his personal lab.

Wily Corp, a situation or planning room of some kind. Dr. Wily stands, surrounded by a few Robot Masters as he looks over a large number of reports and data streaming in from all over the globe. His hand suddenly twitches and he reaches for something in his pocket, withdrawing something you are fairly sure has no place even in this mish-mash. An Imperial data-slate.

>>17839770
'Stable crossover'? Have you seen the number of reality distortions? Does it look stable to you?

Mind you, it raises the question: are the 'immigrants' distortions caused by their mere presence or something else?

>>17839798
>imperial data slate
AWSHIT

>>17839798
>>A robot paces around the area, a buzzsaw prominent on his head.

>>Cutman

We can teleport rocks and debris and avalanche the fuck out of him.... which is his weakness.

>>17839774
>Imperial Data Slate
...STAAAAAAAAAAAAAARSCREEEEEEAAAAAAAAAM

>>17839820
>buzzsaw
>cutman
If we get a bulb less of common sense, you're at fault.

>>17839798
40k Imperial or star wars Imperial?

All these guys are newcomers and need to be shut down. Let's plan THOROUGHLY before doing anything.

I suggest that we play Wily and Robotnik against each other and preferably get them into an open conflict. We could do this by having our covert forces steal important tech from both and plant it in the others' bases, then tip off each one.

>>17839798
Okay.

The gems are the three jewels from Ocarina of Time. Each one is a gift/corresponds with a goddess. In the LoZ: Ocarina of Time canon, they're used alongside the Ocarina to unlock the way to the Master Sword.

Not sure about the buzzsaw robot...

Something's up with that new version/upgrade of Metal Sonic.

And OH GOD don't tell me Wily's got his hands on DAoT schematics!

If anything, this marks Wily as a priority. The others aren't as... *sensitive* as that dataslate.

>>17839792
>but even that has an origin.
The origin is written in the setting background.

>>17839805
Yes, a Stable Crossover. The base setting of 8-bit Dystopia is a Stable Crossover, but there are currently Meta-Contaminants, like the Imperial data-slate that Wily has.
Those are the targets; not all of the reality distortions are caused by SUE's. Some, probably most, are caused by Meta-Contaminants that don't belong in this Crossover.

>>17839735
>>boils
>>Imperial data-slate
>>40k Chaos

It seems that Dark Matter is possessed by demons of Nurgle, or something to that extent.

Do we have the Aglaophotis handy?

>>17839798
Have them look for an area of powerful positive/holy/sacred magic?
If the goddesses three still dwell in this world, we may yet reforge Gurthang to be a Blade of Evil's Bane.

>>17839798
Have the Aurors cross-reference known styles of WH40k and Star Wars Imperial data slates and confirm which Canon that Wily's data slate is from.

>>17839798
Right, the Dig seems the least well defended, so we should keep that in mind. Also, Wily having a Data-slate might explain the massive number of distortions-if he's integrated that data into all of his robots, the distortion is multiplied a hundredfold. Can we get a look at it? Also what robot masters are with him, in case we have to fight them later.

Not sure what the three gemstones are-anyone have better ideas?

And can we get a closer look at Robotnik's lab, there must be something different about this Metal Sonic than those that came before to cause the distortion.

Also look closer at the digsite, see if there's any clues.

If we can, see if we find any of the Warriors of Light/other major players.

I know people already posted questions for the goddess, but I'm close to going to bed and don't want to start up that long interview just yet.

Also, since it was a ONE HUNDRED AND TEN, the Aurors can 'look around' and try to answer questions for you as well, same way the Farseers can.

Think of it like Decker using the ESPER machine on a psychic vision.

Oh, and Imperium Imperial.

>>17839869
>>17839834
If the gems are indeed the OoT ones, they shouldn't be causing distortions... right?

See if the Farseers can see the three bearers of the Triforce, doomed to reincarnate forevermore, even with their kingdom long forgotten?

Jesus, buzzsaw is Metal Man, guys!

Also: Is anyone worried that this blob of goo at the centre of the earth is one of Ebon Night's misbegotten siblings?

>>17839896
Or Blade Woman, a SUE we need to kill.

MetaOp, have them look at the robot with the buzzsaw. Is it male or female?

>>17839873
Farseers: look around the thing's chamber. How are mortals dropped down to it. Is there a tunnel system?

Aurors:
Get a description of the gems and have A.N.O.N. cross-reference them in our database.
Take a look at the digsite, and see what they're attempting to excavate.
As for Robotnik, see if they can isolate what about the new mechanical Sonic is causing the distortion.

Hm.
Have the Aurors scan Zebes for Mother Brain?

>>17839923
Blade Woman has sword arms.

>>17839923
Blade Woman didn't have a buzzsaw for fucks sake.
Offtopic: What happened to that quest, by the way? It was put on "pause" last time.

>>17839925
We need to get a better idea of who the final boss is.

OK, ask the farseers if they can make out any particularly noteworthy individuals among those help prisoner by fat bastard at the centre of the earth.

Ask the Aurors to see if they can get a glimpse of Wily's dataslate while he had it out, as well as analyzing the defenses for the digsite (and clues of what they're digging for), and a closer study of Robotnik's lab for meta-contaminants, focusing upon the in-progress metal sonic.

OK, it's sleep time for me. Next thread on Wednesday!

>MFW once again you guys pass over the easy worlds.

Seriously, I'd say you were cursed, but you have no idea how much pain those triple crits saved you.

>>17839988
Man, you're the one who gave us two deadlines, the requisitions cutoff and that mobile distortion.
We -wanted- to take some easier worlds, have some time to train our troops and do some science.
But you just keep upping the urgency.

>>17839923
>robot with buzzsaw on its head
>IT'S BLADE WOMAN
>lrn2megaman

>>17839988
You know, we probably wouldn't pass over easy worlds if we didn't have a looming deadline within which we needed to get as high a score as possible within.

>>17839988

We also probably wouldn't have gone here if there wasn't a giant reality distortion heading straight towards it.

>>17840046
>>17840021
>>17839988
Let me rephrase. Skipped over the easy lynchpin. The scouted world six minor SUEs and handful of crossovers is peanuts. The fact that it's also the area I currently have the most information ready on has nothing to do with my irritation at all.

Naw, I see your logic, and it makes perfect sense. Just kinda have to laugh at the end result.
Oh, forgot. I'd make a list of what you want to ask from your scryers/communers. It's partially why I'm stopping here, to give you time to think.

>>17840062
Yeah. We'll get a Planning Thread up later and get a list hashed out.

Any limitations we should be aware of?

>>17840062
Eh, It'll make a nice breather after we're done here.

Well, this world seems straightforward up until we gotta deal with the thing in the center of the planet. That's not gonna be fun. Here's a theoretical plan of attack. Rough draft, feel free to tinker with it.

- Steal the dataslate from Wily, remove/delete anything he's taken from it (maybe even a little memory erasure from the Aurors just to be sure!).

- Trash and/or steal the distortion-causing part from Metal Sonic. Possible memory erasure here, too.

- Explore dig site. Find whatever they're searching for first and deal with it. This may involve a brief firefight due to armed and alert guards...

- Ask the Goddesses what's up with their gems. If this is a LoZ canon and they're accessible, then their jewels should be a stabilizing influence on this Crossover due to the fact it's Hyrule.. They also seems to be getting the beasties they're in the room with riled up. Possible beam-up into containment and study them to figure out their distortion and fix it?

- The slime/ooze/whatever monster down in the planet is likely this world's boss. Cross reference it against Greater Unclean Ones, Dark Matter, and.. And maybe even Ganondorf.

I am not looking forward to the last bit at ALL.

>>17840069
None that I can think of with TRIPLE OVERCRITS.

>>17840120
1. Deal with Wily
a. Steal Dataslate
b. Remove info from Wily's memory
c. Make backup of all data on computers, especially experimental robot plans.

2. Deal with Eggman.
a. Find out what causes distortion
b. Steal or destroy it and Metal Sonic
c. Remove info from Eggman's memory

3. Go to Digsite
a. Find out what's causing distortion
b. Deal with guards
c. Steal or destroy distortion

4. Deal with Gems
-more info needed

5. Kill, destroy, or turn main boss back to normal.

>>17840192

Planning that way.

Gah! This canon is such a tease! There's some much stuff that might be lootable, and that we want to loot, but we can't get!

if we get the chance:
>If we locate any scrapped or disabled robots in a junkyard, send them up to the Gavs, Data, and X-com Engineers to see if they can pull any useful data from its core, and/or get a sense of how the robots are made, so that we may learn how to unmake them.

...and remake them.

So we've agreed for the Aurors:
1.Study Wily's Dataslate to see what he got from it. Possibly see which robot masters he's packing.
2.study Robotnik's lab to confirm what specifically is causing the distortion, most likely metal sonic.
3. Check out the layout of the digsite, and see if we can get a glimpse of what they're digging for.

>>17839586
>Go have a nap
>wake up
>ALL THE INFO

Glorious.

>>17839988
Next Thread Wednesday?
That means tomorrow, Tuesday, is BOOTLEGGAN TIEM.
I'll re-read the past bootleg notes, see if I can assemble a team for Crawlan.

>>17840440
Ah, another chance for us to screw up a load out list! I can't wait!