put some pants on and find out what the hell is going on!

While not a follower of the quest, the only proper music I can think of for this situation

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

>>18579960
Get some pants on, wake up Elsie.
Do we have a communicator or cellphone of some kind?
Check messages, try to contact Mom.

>>18579993
This. But when waking up Elsie, minor reference to
>>18579982
"Hey."
Let her look around.
"Guess there's little need for words."

>>18580007
Come on, man, we don't have time for melodrama like that.

We need to see if we can jack a vehicle, because going through town on foot is going to be too slow.

And we need to make a decision: the base first, or Mom's house first?

Wake up Elsie, go find mom, put on pants. In that order.

>>18580064

The best way to protect Mom and Ari is to get Elsie and ourselves into our AC's, I think.

Link to Previous Thread!
For those who missed Lawrence being a prick and our family (and Mooch) being totally rad.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18567304/

>>18580085
Probably.
But decisions have tangible consequences, as evidenced by what happened during the first thread.
We need to choose carefully.

>Bach and ready. Gimme a minute, and we'll get started for realsies.

>>18580093

>Thanks man, forgot to link it in the OP.

>>18579960
Wake up, shake Elsie up, toss on pants and get to the nearest vehicle. I don't care if we have to steal it, we're mech pilots we have priority when it comes to this person needs to be somewhere right now. Get to our fucking mechs, that is how we can best help this colony and save lives.

>>18580132

And where are we going to put our family after we find them? They won't exactly be safe anywhere while we're out fighting in our AC.

And we have a responsibility to be in our AC right now.

You stand for a moment in shock, before returning to Elsie. She's started waking up and looks at you groggily.

"Alex? What the fu-"

"We need to get dressed and move. Something's happened. I have no idea what, but it looks bad."

"Wait... shit. Where are my pants?"

"By the tree looks like." You start pulling your own on as you look around. Thinking fast, you pull out your comm-link. Civie coms are down, no suprise there. But so is the local tac-net.

That should be impossible.

"Shit. SHIT."

"What?"

"It's an attack, has to be. All the coms are down."

"FUCK. Wait, all of them? What about that pirate frequency Mooch uses to sneak shit around?"

"Didn't think to try it...."

Quickly, you com into 'Mooch Net', and put out an open signal.

"Hey, anybody hear me?"

After a moment, you hear a voice come back. "Loud and clear." You hear Mooch's reassuringly calm voice over the com. God bless that crazy motherfucker. "Situation's bad as bad can be. We got baddies everywhere. Dave's already tagged a pair of them, looks like Black Rocks."

Your blood runs cold. That's one name that's caused you no little loss of sleep.

>>18580260
Explanation on Black Rocks, please?

Also, ask Mooch about his status, the status of the base and of the AC's.

>>18580260
Time to get angry and wreck some Black Rocks.

>>18580260

There's the bandits and slavers and worse running around in the dunes. There's the boogieman who haunt the nightmares of the world's scum.... then the Black Rocks that haunt theirs in turn.

"What the hell's going on down there?" Elsie hands you your shirt and coat as she keys into your conversation with Mooch.

"It's bad man, real bad. Turns out we had a couple traitors in our ranks. Killed most of our pilots while they were snoozing. They also jacked a couple of the Cores from the other line. We got ours still, thank god. Dave and I were in the hangers half lit when they came to jack them. We've got most the barracks under our control, little safe zone. Get your ass down here, we might be able to do something about these bastards."

"What about Laurie?"

"Touched bases about ten minutes ago when the shit first hit the fan. Sheriff let him out of the brig when he found out how bad things were, he'll be here any minute."

The parking lot has a couple of cars and a bike. Enough to get you around quickly.

You look at Elsie.

[ ] No time to waste, let's get down there.
[ ] Make a detour, try and get to your family.
[ ] Split up: Send Elsie ahead to link up, go home alone.
[ ] Other (please specify)

>>18580399
>[X] Make a detour, try and get to your family.
Barracks are going to be the safest place for them.

>>18580399
Let's get down there, as much as I love our family we're more useful in the fight than trying to help them a foot. If we go to try and save them we will put every other citizen of this colony at greater risk, and we can't do that.

Have Mooch give us directions so we can avoid buildings blocking the path, enemy mechs in the way and so on.

>>18580399
>[x] Make a detour, try and get to your family.

This would be the point where I make another save.

>>18580399
As painful as it is, the sooner we can put this crap down the safer our family will be. The longer they're out their wrecking, the higher the chances they'll come wrecking...I already forgot their names. Mom and Sis.

>>18580399
[x] Split up: Send Elsie ahead to link up, go home alone.
We take a car.
Elsie takes the bike.
A bike is faster than on foot, quieter than a car, and can get through places that a car or AC couldn't (like alley between buildings).

>Two votes for base, two votes for family, one vote to split up.

>Guess the ending to the last thread is making people second guess the 'right' choice.

>>18580475
>And it's only been 7 minutes. A little time, please.

>>18580490

>Oh no, I'm waiting for something resembling a consensus. I was just noting that everybody seemed to be on the same page before, and now people want to run in every different direction.

>>18580504
NO TIME TO WASTE
GET DOWN THERE

>>18580504
>I think it's just everyone is getting paranoid and can see all the possible BAD ENDS for each choice.

>For Example, we don't pick up family, they die. We send Elsie by herself, she dies. We DO go get family, can't get to AC in time, erryone dies.

>>18580536

>Fair enough.

>The situation is however much better and a little bit worse than you think though.

>On the whole, when a bad situation like this one hits... you're going to want about 3-4 things. A safe bet could get you 2 of them. A high risk plan might get you three of them, but it'll be tricky as hell to pull off.

>Please note that 'other' is a choice.

>>18580574
Would it be possible to have Laurie swing by and pick up mom and sis?

>>18580583

>You could ask. Laurie hasn't met your family though.

>There's another slightly less obvious option for your pilot. As well as whatever insane plan you might come up with.

>>18580583
This sounds like a viable alternative; we tell Laurie something that only we could know to help him convince our Mom and Ari to go with him.

I'm trying to think what else we could try.
Maybe use Mooch's pirate comm-net to phone home?

>>18580633
>Maybe use Mooch's pirate comm-net to phone home?

Good idea.

>>18580604
If we give him an address I would hope it isn't a problem.
This is assuming those Black Rocks don't go targeting him all of a sudden.

Mooch might not like it, but what if we used the pirate comm-net to contact the Sheriff and any other Militia members and Deputies, and get them to find civilians and escort them to the secured barracks, as well as coordinate against the Black Rocks.
It's not much, but with both the civilian comm-net and the Militia tac-net down, anything would be of help, and if we can organize Militia remnants, all the better.

>>18580633
>>18580646

"Hey Mooch, is there a way for you to contact my house?"

"Not with the civie coms down. They're all hardwired in. Only reason we can talk now is because I've manually keyed access into a portable unit only us and the cops get to play with. If one of you guys runs into any more of us peacekeepers out there, we should be able to hook them up. Gotta be face to face first though."

"SHIT. You can't do any better than that?"

"I might be able to piggy-back into the emergency broadcast system, but whatever message you want me to play is going to be heard by everybody."

>>18580727
Everybody as in the Black Rocks, too?

>>18580727
Unless the town already has preexisting codes for telling people where to gather, places to avoid and so on any warnings and directions we give to civilians will just alert the Black Rocks as to where to go next. All we can really do is tell the militia to form up and protect civilians, and they really don't need us to do that.

>>18580662

You ask Mooch to patch you through to Laurie.

"Hey, where are you guys?"

"Over by the schools, getting ready to move into that clusterfuck."

"Why are you way the hell over there? You know what, don't care. Why're you contacting me?"

"Trying to see where you were at. Ask if you could look in my family if you were close to them."

He listens to your address. "Nah, I'd have to go back and then out my way a fair bit. Be faster to get in a core and skate over there, and you'd beat me there at a steady jog either way."

"Damn."

"Sorry man. If you go that way though, my brother has a bar that should be right on the way." He sends you an address. "Been smuggling shit for years, should have a toy or two to help you if you're stuck on foot, and he'd be safer in the barracks. I mean, if you're doing a run for personal business anyway..."

>What do?

>>18580734

>Everybody as in everyone in earshot.

>>18580776
I've already voted for picking up the family. Let's stop by the bar as well.

Whatever he's got, it's probably not as fast as Mooch's rocket dong.

>>18580727
Is there a safe place we could tell them to go that most people wouldn't understand? Like 'go to the place you first met'

>>18580776
Okay, yeah, this complicates things now.
We have 2 guys in Cores, soon about to be 3.
If we go and drive by to pick up Laurie's brother, he could get us weapons that would help anyone else holding out at the barracks.

Let's get a car, get to the bar, pick up Mom and Ari, then get to the base.

>>18580776
>smuggling
Means he should have good hiding places, right? Couldn't they hunker down in those and wait this out?

Hey guys.

I was checking out simchamber.net tonight for mech stats, and they managed to stat some Armored Core designs under their rules system.

http://simchamber.net/index.php?/topic/2372-armored-core-simchamber-original-designs/

What do you guys think? (Simchamber has stats for Mekton, Zoids, and even Megas XLR!)

>>18580875

>i kinda have a system, which you might be seeing tonight.

>So what's the plan then? Meet Laurie's brother and go home?

>>18581011
Looks like it.

>>18581011
I think so.
Maybe call a new vote?

>>18581011
If i can't convince everyone to GET TO OUR AC FIRST, then sure.

Curse this need for sleep. I was so hoping to take part after foolishly passing on yesterday's thread until it had finished.

Ah well, good luck with it, gents.

>>18581019

>Go ahead, friend needs my help for like five minutes.

>>18581011
It's where I'd throw my vote, but I'm not actually here.

>>18581042
Get to the AC first before all other things, we'll actually be able to save people effectively when we're in a roving machine of death.

>>18581054
I've never played the games, so what scale are Armored Cores at?

>>18581075
If I remember correctly they run from Knightmare to Gundam size depending on the game. (5 to 20 meters)

>>18581054
We'll also become a big huge target, and we can't go and get our family then, because we'd have a big target painted on us.

And AC's aren't the only things we have to worry about finding our family; a bunch of Black Rock members in a truck is all that's needed to kill Mom and kidnap Ari.

Also, Laurie's brother might have some smuggled weapons that could be useful for the people at the barracks, since it sounds like the Black Rock guys got to the Armoury.

>>18581042
I'm the guy from
>>18580806
So my vote is Get a Car, Get to the Bar, Pick up Laurie's brother and his smuggled weapons, Go Home, Pick up Mom and Ari, Go to the Barracks, Get in an AC.

>>18581114

Sounds good to me.

>>18581114

Thirded.

>>18581114
Fourthed

>>18581114

What do we have Elsie do?
I think we need more AC's up fast, but I don't want her going alone...

Although she does seems like she can handle herself.

>>18581171

Have her go with us until the bar, try to get the bike in the car we are going to take. Split off at the bar once she's armed and give her the bike. Try to have the rest of our squad free a path for her.

>>18581114
There should also be a, "Fuck shit up," on the end of that somewhere.

Because if these guys are as bad as our twisting guts are telling us they are, we really, REALLY need to fuck them up.

>>18581185
Hmm...So, as soon as Laurie is in his AC, have the 3 members of our squad meet Elsie partway, get her back to the barracks on the double, and into her AC?

I guess it would work, if they've been able to rally some defenders that can keep the barracks secure for those few minutes.

>>18581200
Not exactly have them rendezvous with her, just have at least two of them take out problematic targets that could get in her way. Leave an AC with the defenders at the barracks.

>>18581226
Oh, well, yeah, that sounds okay. I guess it depends on how well coordinated the Black Rocks are, and how professional they are.

If they're not well-coordinated and unprofessional, they'll be more likely to go after soft targets like civilians while they can, rather than a military force that could give them a bloody nose.

Holy shit, how have I missed an AC quest.

1) How long has this been running?
2) Is it archived?

You and Elsie manage to hotwire the short-bus in the lot, and tossed the bike in for her to work on on the way there. Soon you begin to see the first signs of devastation, though not much in the way of life or activity.

When you get to the bar, it's a different story. You find Laurie's brother just fine. It's rather shocking how similar they look, considering they hardly resemble each other. While Laurie's the sort of pretty boy you would almost expect to sparkle if he wasn't trying to hide it behind those fucking shades, his brother... His brother looks like he should be on an action movie poster, jumping out of an exploding helicopter to get into a knife-fight with Godzilla.

Some weird part of your brain wonders if this is where all the manly Laurie got cheated of went.

There's a tense moment where he points a shotgun in your face, and demands to know who you are. Once he recognizes you as his brother's friends, he relaxes a lot.

"If you wanna do something about those bastards, I'll try to help. But if you want my merchandise... I'd like a bit of a guarantee." He explains as he leads you inside. "It's not just me I'm worried about."

That's when you see that he's got about 30 people in his bar, most of them kids. Oldest about your sister's age. "When the shit hit the fan, they decided to huddle up with the meanest looking guy in the neighborhood. I can't leave unless it's safe for them, and I can't let you take the guns I need to secure this place unless I can go."

[ ] Take the bus, we'll call in an escort.
[ ] Take the bus, you take the kids and the merchandise to the barracks.
[ ] Colony's worth more than a couple of kids.
[ ] We'll go to the barracks together now.
[ ] We'll move out together as soon as I get my family back here.

>>18581299
Started last night.

Link to first thread is here:
>>18580093

>>18581299

>Just started yesterday. Mostly started it up since MSQ is down, and even if it was a massive failure it'd be an entertaining stop-gap. Only one other thread thus far, linked earlier in the thread. It's on sup/tg/ right now.

>>18581306

We'll go to the barracks together now.
We can't afford to waste anymore time.
Mom and Ari are capable, I'm sure they'll be fine.

>>18581306
Colony is worth more than a couple of kids.

>>18581306
We shouldn't start up an escort mission until we've got our entire squad ready.
If there's a smaller car we could hotwire, while leaving the bus for them when we're ready, that'd be even better.

No matter what we do, though, we should get Laurie's brother hooked into Mooch's pirate comm-net.

Quick note that I noticed this one comment in the last thread but thread 404'd while I was typing up my post:

>18567444
>Let's be honest. every single player character Raven or LYNX was an autistic wunderkind of AC piloting and fighting.
>Which leads me to belive that they're like Heero Yui, only even less talkative.
>But hey, that's what comm bunnies are for, I guess.

I've actually seen a 4A 4koma lying about that gave Strayed a personality, but I'm not sure if it was canon or just a fanwork.

>>18581342
This for sure. Hell, maybe we can trade the bus for the brother's car and save Mom and Ari.

>>18581306
[x] We'll move out together as soon as I get my family back here.
And call in for an escort.

>[X] We'll move out together as soon as I get my family back here.

Probably our best bet. Have Elsie grab a weapon and move ahead of us. Not only will that gives us another operational AC sooner, we also get some intel for when we move with all the civs.

Curse you, AC-Guy, for making every choice have serious ramifications.

This shit is HARD.

You get a hold of Mooch, and have the guy's smuggling coms hooked in with no real issues.

After a breif conversation between them, Mooch tells you that the bus is probably the best way to get the gear and the people out of there.

When asked about the possibility of an escort he says that he'll send Dave your way as soon as Laurie mounts up.

Then he says something a little surprising "If you're that worried about security, I can bring you your core. I can drop it at the bar, and if you're making a run home it could be ready to go when you get back. I mean, I won't be able to monitor EVERYTHING like I am now, but I'm not exactly able to give it my all at the moment anyway."

[ ] Go to your house with Elsie.
[ ] Go to your house with Laurie's brother.
[ ] Go to your house alone.
[ ] Trust your family's secure.

Also:

[ ] Take Mooch off overwatch, have him deliver your core.
[ ] Have him stay where he is, you'll hook up with your gear in the armory.

(the difference being choose a custom load-out vs getting into the fight quicker)

>>18581505
[x] Go to your house with Elsie.
Best not to go alone with all of these Black Rocks around.

[x] Take Mooch off overwatch, have him deliver your core.
We can cause a distraction while Dave runs interference for the convoy, and Mooch and Elsie get Mom, Ari, and everyone else safely to the barracks.

>[X] Go to your house alone.
>[X] Have him stay where he is, you'll hook up with your gear in the armory.

>>18581505
If we go to our house it will attract the fighting. But we need to get in our core as fast a posible.

>>18581544
The Core won't be ready until we get back from checking home.

>>18581544

>Your house could be in a bad way already. With the local com grids down [which is something like a localized internet, among other things] it's impossible to know without going there.

>>18581505
Go to your house with Elsie, we don't want to go alone but we should keep Laurie's brother, hard core motherfucker that he is on keeping civies safe.

Take Mooch off overwatch, have him deliver your core.

We want in the fight as fast as possible and given we don't know exactly what we're up against the benefits of a custom loadout are lessened.

>Special delivery, Elsie and you go home.

>Alrighty then.

[Now we get into the first of the game mechanics: Event dice]

[Give me a d20 roll, only taking the first one]

rolled 19 = 19

>>18581589

>>18581505
'Aight, caught up and lets do this.

[x] Go to the house with Elsie

[x] Have Mooch deliver the Core, it should be suited for generalized skirmishing right now anyways and it sounds like shit is gaining amazing authenticity as we speak.

rolled 12 = 12

>>18581589
You know that the diceroller hates /tg players, right?

>>18581595

I sure do hope high is good.

>>18581607
Apparently not: >>18581595

>>18581595

>Not bad.

[Let's take a second to explain event dice are: It's like a luck roll. Rolling high in this case is a good thing.]

[Example: You are going into a bar and are asked to roll for event dice. Rolling particularly well might mean that the barkeep is a friend of a friend, and is a bit more accommodating than normal. A low roll might mean that a couple of thugs in a gang you angered happen to be drinking in this watering hole.]

[Personal choices will always have more of an impact, so the edge gained is a small one. But even a small edge can be deadly.]

>>18581636
Interesting. I like it.

>>18581636
>rolled 1=1
>the convenience store was actually a cleverly disguised enemy AC

>>18581653
CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!

>>18581653
>rolled 20=20
>the convenience store is selling the exact part you needed for your AC, and CHEAP!

>>18581664
>dice+1d20
>Buy grenade launcher arms
>andnotasinglefuckwasgiventhatday.jpg

rolled 1 = 1

>>18581694
Let me get that for u

Also, failed hard

>>18581699
Lets not tempt him to ignore our initial good luck, hmm?

>>18581699
The roller has punished you for your hubris.

>>18581694
Add shoulder mounted dual miniguns and the human+ upgrades so you can walk while shooting them and never give a fuck again

You give Mooch your answer, and quickly move out.

Laurie's brother tosses you the keys to his truck, and you and Elise make tracks for home.

You arrive to see the door off it's hinges. Fearing he worst, you rush inside the door, calling for them. In the kitchen you find them, Your mother, your sister, and the corpse of a Black Rock thug.

"A-Alex?" Your sister seems to be trying to keep from panicking, an maybe vomiting as well. Your mother's pale from shock.

You grab them both and pull them into an embrace, which they eagerly return. "What happened here?"

"We... we heard there was something going on, and then the coms were down. Then suddenly there was violence, and a woman started begging us to let her in... said they were right behind her. I opened the door, and saw him and one of his friends, and a guy wearing a uniform like yours. The guy in your uniform said something about making sure you were out of the 'game'. T-then this guy came in and said something about wanting to have a taste before his friends spoiled the fun.... S-so I... I...."

She looks at the body, and starts to cry again.

[ ] "It'll be alright, I'm here now."
[ ] "You did good, he was a bad man, and you shouldn't feel guilty."
[ ] "Listen, I know you're freaked out, but we need to get out of here. It's not safe."
[ ] (insert other dialogue choice)

>>18581747
[x] "You did good, he was a bad man, and you shouldn't feel guilty."

I kinda want to word that differently, but can't think of anything specific.

>>18581733
If you get the tank legs you can move while shooting.

>>18581747
[X] "You did good, he was a bad man, and you shouldn't feel guilty."

Now get in the truck, we're getting out of here and I'm going to kill everyone of these bastards.

>>18581747
>[x] "It'll be alright, I'm here now."
>[x] "You did good, he was a bad man, and you shouldn't feel guilty."
>[x] "Listen, I know you're freaked out, but we need to get out of here. It's not safe."
All three, in order.

Also, RIGHT in the feelings, AC-Guy.

>>18581747
>[x]"You did good."

I mean, let's face it, she did.

Also, we might want to be worried over that, "out of the game" comment; sounds like we're into something big here.

>>18581770
Second with the request of expressing that we tell them that we need to get moving to somewhere safer.

>>18581747
[x] (insert other dialogue choice)
"It's alright, Ari. You were protecting yourself and Mom, and he was one of the low-lifes attacking us. You've got nothing to be ashamed of.
"Now let's go, we've got to get you to a safe place."

>and a guy wearing a uniform like yours. The guy in your uniform said something about making sure you were out of the 'game'.

There's someone on the inside..,
FIND HIM. MAKE HIM PAY.

>>18581775
Kiss your agility goodbye, though. It's all about the light two-legged frame with grenade arms if you're AC hunting.

>>18581805
>There's someone on the inside..,
Mooch already told us that, remember? 2 guys, turned traitor, shot most of the pilots in their sleep.

Come to think of it, maybe it IS a good thing Elsie wasn't back on the base.

You did good.
>Dammit guys I go to sleep at the end of the last thread and now everythings on fire.

>>18581775
Tank legs are terrible for anti ac combat

Survival is more about avoiding the hits and jet boosting around to keep out of line of sight in my experience

>>18581806

Fuck that, go light two legged wall jumping AC with two Battle rifles and two Shotguns

Work wonder in ACV

"Ari, look at me. I'm here now. I know you're scared, but I'm here, and I'll make this ok. That man was a bad man, and all you did was protect yourself. I'm proud of you. You did what you could to protect yourself and Mom. Never be sorry for that."

She nods. You aren't sure she buys it completely, but it'll have to be enough for now. It's all you can do.

Goddamn these bastards. Damn them to hell.

You get them to grab some necessities, and move out to the truck, before long, you get back to the bar, shaken but unhurt.
just in time to see Mooch land your core in the street and unhook it from his chopper.

>>18581844
...wall jumping?
I hate to say it, but newfag much?

>>18581852
Get into our Core and go through the activation checklist.

Elsie can get Laurie's brother to load up the bus, and get Mom and Ari on there.

Ask Mooch where Dave is, and if he can give Elsie a lift back to the Barracks so she can get into her own Core faster.

>>18581812

>If you guys want, I can post the flow-chart for the events thus far at the end of the thread.

>>18581844

>[Battle Rifles and Shotguns.]

>[Not ultra light reverse joint with anti-missiles and four heat-rods.]

>Play V like you got a pair son.

>>18581857

Do you even play ACV?

Going walljumping biped in the city maps work fucking wonder, the more open maps are much more of a bitch but GOING FAST work pretty damn well anyway

>>18581877
>I can post the flow-chart for the events thus far at the end of the thread.
Oh god yes.

>>18581812

>Actually, it's "Unknown number of traitors, two stolen cores". That you know of.

>>18581877

>Not going ultra light weight reverse joint with Pulse guns and one Pile driver.

At least play something with potential!

>>18581872
Hm. On the one hand, I'm tempted to have Mooch try to pick up the bus with his chopper and give it an express lift back to the base. I mean, if the thing can lift an AC, a little civvie short bus shouldn't give it pause.

But then there's that whole "blatantly obvious SAM-bait" angle. Better to escort it on "foot"?

>>18581877
The flowchart would be pretty cool.

And
>>18581872
Has the right idea.

Dang I missed a shoot ton. How bout we take the bus, and use it as a improvised explosive?

>>18581896
At this point I think they need every core we have hunting down the Black Rock. I vote we make enough noise that they have to focus attentino on us allowing the bus to slip through safely.

>>18581896
Well, they didn't shoot it down carrying a Core, so shooting it down with a bunch of civvies would just be "Look how EVIL I am"

Not saying it wouldn't happen, though.

>>18581910

>Bad Mooch. I'm deliberately filtering Mooch logic in regards to this quest.

>>18581910
Get the civvies some where safe, first. Then go wild.

>No Mooch logic
Awww come on AC guy, you know me, Whats the best distraction for a bunch of civvies on the ground. Crashing splodin busses into em.

And for your veiwing pleasure, A picture I use of myself often.
It would work.

>>18581919
I agree, but first we should wait for Dave to arrive in his Core.

>>18581879
Yep, so in one game out of 14 it's a viable tactic.

>>18581976
Agreed. These rock fuckers have at least two of our heavies, plus who knows how many of theirs. Flying solo is not advisable.

You waste no time mounting up, while Dave casually rolls in.

You take a moment to check your load-out.

>R. Arm-Ulr-22 Olympia laser rifle.
>L-Arm-Vera-1 Assult rifle
>Katana EN Blade R-secondary.
>Shoulder-Anti-missile chaff.

Current Armour:

>Denali M-class Biped legs.
>Magnus Core.
>Archer Head.
>Type three high-output reactor core.
>Noctis Arms.

The core comes online.

{A.I. Online. Initializing Synchronization process. Awaiting Pilot identification.}

>What's your call-sign?

>>18582060
Ginger Snaps.

>Call sign?

Dervish.

>>18582060
Cookie.

They never let us live down the time Mom brought us cookies on-base.

Metal Wolf

>>18582073
I like this.

>>18582060
>Mycenaean

Nicely encompasses our name and our job, and it sounds badass without being cliche about it.

Hell-Hunter

>>18582073
I like it, or just Ginger or Snaps.

Remember it's not the person with the badass name like Ghost, Ninja, Murderator, or Skull-Eater that you should be scared of, it's the guy with the funny name you should be afraid of, they know how badass they are so they don't care about that and they aren't the reckless sort who demand a hardcore name..

>>18582081

Seconding Cookie. It's just the sort of joke callsign an actual pilot would have. We're actually pretty nasty in a fight, but that fucking callsign haunts us still.

rolled 72 = 72

>>18582060
Queen
or
Mercury

>>18582141
I'm also completely fine with Cookie, it flows well, I like it for much the same reasons and Ginger Snaps and real pilots would be given a name like this by their buds, sure they tell the ladies that their name is Lightning, Hell-Hound or Ghost Rider but everyone calls them Loofah or Giggles.

>You know, I'll let you guys have a silly name if you want it...

>But this is going to be the actual thing that people are going to be calling you. Possibly more than 'Alex'.

>This is the name that goes on T-Shirts, how you get introduced in Arena fights, etc.

>if you seriously show up to rumble with a name like 'cookie' or 'giggles', they're either going to assume you're either mentally retarded or an ass-hat, and treat you accordingly.

>This is a grim and serious setting after all.

Bone Vanguard

>>18582186
>This is a grim and serious setting after all.
Oh, so we're supposed to go with a pseudo-realistic callsign, rather than a realistic one?

Then instead of Cookie, Dervish actually isn't too bad.

>>18582207
Fuck that.

Ribbon.

We are the Ribbon Fighter.

>>18582186
I think we as a group may be interpreting naming conventions more like fighter pilots than Ravens.

Anyway, it's not like AC canon doesn't have its share of dumb names. Remember the guy from AC2 whose call sign was just a string of ones, and whose AC was deliberately designed with parts shaped like long rectangles, and who equally deliberately stayed at 11th in the arena rankings despite being a strong contender for the top, all because he wanted to cram as many fucking ones into his identity as possible? I'm not sure if he was the silliest one in the game, either.

And don't even get me started on Apple Boy...

>>18582186
Wasn't White Glint the most feared name though? Just trying to figure out something thats not over the top yet still viable.

>>18582207
I'll agree with Dervish if we need something kinda respectable. I forgot how much time we'd be spending in our Core.

>>18582186
>This is a grim and serious setting after all.

Zin. Short for Zingiber officinale, the plant from which we get Ginger.

>>18582227
Okay that made me laugh.

Okay, so Zin and Dervish.

I like Zin. It's vague enough that it sounds like a Raven name, but the full name is great.

>>18582227
Supporting this.

>>18582227
I like Zin, we can try to avoid telling people what it actually comes from and hope they think it is standalone or is a shortening of something hardcore.

>>18582226
>>18582227
Switching to Zin because I can't pass that off. Besides its not like anyone else needs to know its a short form.

>Zin it is then.

>I'll do the write-up momentarily, i need to deal with something real quick.

>>18582006

Haha, no.

Going fast without wall means you need your team more, but if there walls available you can flank someone coming at you from the front

>Back. Fuck me, that took about three times longer than strictly needed.

"Zin."

{Vocal ID confirmed. Welcome back.}

There's a loud whirring noise, and an icy pain races up your spine and makes you want to scream in agony.

{Synchronization Complete. Ratio at 53% and holding.}

You let out a ragged breath. You take a moment to appreciate the slow Synch process you normally get to run. It's more 'a pleasant tingle' and less 'fuck your brain with an icicle.

Well then, Running a few basic checks informs you that everything's running smoothly inside the core. You look up and see a Black and Red Core rapidly approaching. One of the insignias positively identifies them as Black Rock.

>[Core to Core combat next up. Are you guys ready?]

>Ready?

Yes.

Do the words "Fuck" and "Yes" Mean anything to you?

>>18582400
Let's kill this sonovabitch.

And make sure that Elsie gets Mom and Ari down into the bar where it's safe until we take care of this asshole!

[Now I take a moment to explain how this is going to work.]

[There are three types of dice in this game: Event you already saw. The other two are 'action', and 'damage'. 'Damage' dice is self explanatory, and we'll get to that in a bit. 'Action' Dice are pretty much anything that involves an action you have to roll for, in and out of the Mech. System is pretty simple: it's a percentile roll-under. If you've played Dark Heresy, you know what I'm talking about.]

[Now combat's a little tricky. You have an initiative score, an everybody gets two initiative passes a round. you roll to see whos the fastest off the draw, but where it gets interesting is this: First pass is everybody going at the same time, second pass is everybody reacting to pass one, in order of fastest to slowest.]

[ So gimme a d100 roll. Gotta get under a 60 to beat this guy.]

rolled 24 = 24

>>18582468

rolled 20 = 20

>>18582468
Lets take him down.

rolled 61 = 61

>>18582468
Let's see...

>>18582475
>>18582473
so does this mean we win both passes?

[ ] Charge him. you have a blade for close work, and you can't risk him getting close.
[ ] Dash around him, see if you can draw him of.
[ ] Open fire where you are, people should be smart enough to get out of a mech fight.
[ ] Other.

>>18582493
[x] Charge him. you have a blade for close work, and you can't risk him getting close.

>>18582493
Charge him

>>18582501
Totally agree with this, Lets slap him teach him to blow up our house.

Slap him with BLADE!

Don't give him an inch of leeway!

A Quick boost forward to get yourself away from the civies, and you launch yourself at him at an insane speed.

He raises his rifle, but the shot barely clips your leg, right before you slam it into his face.

His core begins to try and dart back, but the advantage is yours.

[ ] Sword him before he can open a gap.
[ ] Open up with your guns, drive him back.
[ ] Disengage, get ready to counter his next move.
[ ] Other (please clarify).

rolled 100 = 100

on an off note, how big are cores in this canon?
are they the massive mechas from earlier titles or the new smaller ~5m ones from V?

>open with guns.

Bitch. Please.

>>18582595

>The only ones you've seen so far are slightly larger than the ones in V.

>>18582582
Laser to face.

I do believe that this is a vote for making him suck bullets.

>>18582611

>I'm not sure if you're voting for guns or sword.

>>18582628

Yeah that is a bit conflicting aint it.

We have a TE, or a CE sword im assuming? Rather then a Physical Blade?

>>18582646

>It's a laser sword. EN=Energy.

Sorry for needin Clarification boss.

Im not much of a "Melee" weapon person, Having covered my Mech in bullet launching weapons from head to toe, then building pure speed.

>>18582658
Sorry I meant use our laser RIFLE on his face.
>Bazookas all day ery day

You open fire.

>Gimme a d100 roll. Gotta get under a 40.

rolled 3 = 3

HERE WE GO!

rolled 17 = 17

>>18582696
roll low
sweet hektohedron
coming down to kill some dude

roll low
sweet hektohedron
coming down to kill some dude

>>18582708
>designated roller

>18582708

>>18582708

>Well then.

You open up, not even waiting for the computer to finish it's lock. Sometimes you just gotta savoir that low hanging fruit.

[Now here comes the fun part: I'm going to need 3d10, 2d12, 2d100, and a d5.]

rolled 3 = 3

>>18582734
d5 seems like fun...

rolled 10, 8 = 18

>>18582734
d12s

rolled 9, 9, 5 = 23

Hope this works....

rolled 2, 9, 8 = 19

>>18582734
Here's the d10's, pop pop watchin' em drop.

rolled 7, 99 = 106

2d100s, aye aye captain

>>18582759
>>18582748
>>18582746
>>18582755


Mine was 3d10 and almost perfectly timed with the other two. Aight lets see what we did to this bastard.

rolled 76, 21 = 97

>>18582734
Since noone seems to want to roll the d100s

>>18582746
>>18582748
>>18582755
>>18582768

>Rolling completed... Running calculations...

>Oh lordy, this is gonna be a good one.

>>18582798
>Oh lordy, this is gonna be a good one.

And then the enemy pilot bursts into ginger snaps.

>>18582798
>Oh lordy, this is gonna be a good one.
Now... The question is: Is AC-Guy a sadistic GM or a 'nice' GM?
I'm guessing Nice, since he mentioned that nobody likes a HUEHUEHUE ending.

>>18582814

Actually that depends completly on how you roll.

Played a few games with him. He's a by the dice GM. Unless your trollin. Then he plans on crushing you underfoot like the tiny little worms the PC's can be.

rolled 7 = 7

Your Laser bolt slams right into the head of his core, and with the crack already in it, it's already half slagged from that one shot.

A burst of fire from your machine gun follows up, raking across his legs as he tries to spin back out of the fire blind. this, combined with the now compromised sensor suite causes a massive flare in the leg thrusters, while he was still reeling from the head-shot.

The result was a failed back-flip, causing him to land on his chest and skid about three blocks away.

rolled 69 = 69

>>18582838

He then deftly tumbles back onto his feet and triggers an over-boost straight at you. At the same time, his right arm moves to engage some sort of a hammer.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18582849

[Well there you have it. Roll under a 69, or terrible things are going to happen to you.]

rolled 96 = 96

>>18582849
>can't dodge, civvies are behind us
If we're at a Wat-Do, sword up, counter overboost

>>18582857

>Derp, left the dice on.

>>18582859
Oh, bother...

rolled 8, 6, 2, 3, 12, 12, 6, 1 = 50

>>18582859

>Failed by a full three degrees.

Hold on, rolling for damage.

>>18582849
>Comin at us with hammer.
>Come at me bro

DODGE!!

rolled 99 = 99

>>18582867

>And hit location.

>>18582859
Welp. No more rolling d100s for you.

rolled 32 = 32

>>18582872

>Fuck you dice, that's impossible. I can't implode the cock-pit during a fucking POV flashback.

>Re-rolling.

I really hope that friendly manages to save our bacon.

>>18582887
>>18582872
>>18582867


Well.......Shit.

rolled 27 = 27

>>18582887

Warning lights blaze all over the everything.

Your left arm is fucking gone. Completely destroyed.

The phantom pain starts immediately and you grip your controls a little tighter. Who the fuck? What the fuck?

You start looking for something, anything to tell you who this guy is....

Then you see the other insignia on his shoulder.

Your heart skips a beat.

>>18582887
>prologue
>first encounter with a mook
>main character dies

>>18582926
Oh for fuck's sake!

>>18582859
This is your fault!

>>18582930

>[Mook]

>I almost wish i could see your face when you realize....

>>18582930
>>18582876
>>18582859
Welp... Time to commit sudoku.

>Heart skips a bit.
>I flash back to white glint fights.
>Heart going a million beats a second.
>Joshua beats me again.
>Oh shit....Not again...

Oh man, We got a badass.

>>18582940
Meh. I have faith in our gingerbread man.

>>18582926
OH FUCK!

>>18582940
Uhh seriously like shit. You did say there were two contacts though so wheres the second contact. Also for background information are we aware of how dangerous 9 ball is and were we aware that he was working with the Black Rocks?

right now would be great for Mooch's overwatch skills to get Dave there.

I think we'd prefer not to die right now, maybe after we have kids, and can die from old age.

>The best part about that pic is that you can immediately tell who here has gone head to head with Hustler-One himself.

You can actually feel it coming off of this guy. A presence.

Not an evil presence, not some cliche malevolent aura...

A simple promise. An absolutism.

In the same way that fire's hot and water's wet, this man is death.

You can't bring yourself to move as he slowly winds up for the finishing blow....

Then you hear it over the coms.

"Would you like to see.... a magic Trick?" The voice sounds oddly cheerful.

And familiar, you realize as the red devil before you pauses and shifts to look around. And that's when Dave slammed through the wall of the building on your left, straight into the enemy AC's Side.

>NEXT TIME ON AC QUEST! EPISODE 3: NINE-BREAKER.

I had that theme going for the last hour waiting for you to finish the combat, and then it's actually a nine ball, oh god!
[spoilersdon'twork]GOD CAN'T SAVE YOU NOW![lolspoliers]

>>18583001

Woo! Mooch and Dave your best freinds forever!

>>18583001
Welp, I am suddenly so very happy we helped Dave back at the bar.

Now that the after-thread is underway, I'll be taking questions.

>>18582964

Two STOLEN mechs. You don't see anybody else nearby, and this guy is clearly driving something better than anything you've got access to.

As back-ground info? Nope. You've never heard of him.

You can, however, tell that this guy is not to be trifled with.

...Exactly how does overwatch work?

>>18583020
Is there anyone we have heard of then? It'd be good to know if there are any symbols we'd recognise right off aside from OOC knowledge.

>>18583020
Also do we still have our sword arm?

>>18583032
>R. Arm-Ulr-22 Olympia laser rifle.
>L-Arm-Vera-1 Assult rifle
>Katana EN Blade R-secondary.
>Shoulder-Anti-missile chaff.
Yup, lost assault rifle

>>18583020
What system are you going to be using?

>>18583020
What system are you using to run this quest?

>>18583029

At the moment? Not really. You know logos that're associated with certain mercenary groups and/or corporations.

Things like individual aces? Nah, you're kinda isolated from shit like that. You do know the big players in the general sense though.

>>18583038
>>18583032

You've still got your sword, and your beam-rifle. your entire left arm's assembly is in tiny little pieces though.

>>18583043
>>18583047

Homebrew. Designed expressly FOR this quest. I'll be going into details as needed, leaving some shit undocumented for the sake of MYSTERY.

Plus I'm carving and mashing up bits of it constantly behind the scenes like a grotesque Frankenstein parody. I'm not sure I can even explain it coherently outside the little context windows.

>>18583055
Cool so when this is done d'you think you might have a usable system then?

>>18583067

I have not even the slightest fucking clue.

I'm kit-bashing something together for the sake of running this game, here and now.

If I can test it, and get somebody else to help me draw up all dem chart and stat all dem parts, I might have something worth sharing.

Seriously though, I think that I might actually beat out Soul Bro's Ops & Tactics for 'Most absurd number of charts'.

>>18583093
Fair enough so far seems pretty cool.

>>18583130

Glad you like.

Now I need to get some sleep, because it's four motherfucking AM and I apparently value my Giant robot games over a healthy sleep schedule.

I guess I should thank whoever archived this for me.

>>18583026

Shit, just realized I overlooked this.

Over-watch in this context is like tactical support.

Reviews terrain, does research, looks over targets, etc.

Like being the coach on a foot-ball team, or the manager to a rock-band. not out there in person, but critical to success.

>>18581806

>>18581840
hahaha, no they aren't. Equip weapons with range and a long distance FCS and they're as dead as the word "lock on" reads across your HUD. Agility is irrelevant if the enemy cant see you at range.

>>18583239
Pretty much an operator from the matrix ?

>>18583345
Can't remember much about AC because i only played silent line ... but weren't there some kind of lock on hammers and decoys ?

>>18583383
lock on jammers had a limited time duration, as did decoys. They didn't manipulate FCS in such a manner that you would lock on to the dummy/decoy itself. So, any pilot with decent aiming skills could guess the range of his weapons/decay rate of fire/etc. and lead the target into your fire.

AC-guy: I look forward to the next installment of this quest with great anticipation. I would've left some comments as the session was going on, but sadly I had class this morning.