>Dave: This is you. You're 25, and you have a 'Bullfrog' gen-3 prototype implanted in your spine, allowing you to control electronics with your mind.
>Abel Rowling: Your coworker\drinking-buddy. Used to be your roommate years ago before you got him a job at the place you worked, now he's living on his own and taking care of your cat, Ishelda. Is currently investigating ArmaTek.
>Jun Viridian: The 38 year old neuroscientist who implanted you with the prototype, and from what you can tell, was the one who designed it. Also designed a weapon called the EM hammer which was soon found in the hands of ArmaTek.
>John Grayson: A security specialist who works for EE. He has implanted arms and broad shoulders. He used to be military, but declines to explain the circumstances about why he left.
>Verne Tolstoy: A quiet, overweight man who used to be a cop. Most of his internal organs are all augmented versions, and he has an augmented arm; Ever since a mishap with an EMP, he's been unable to do his mercenary work with his niece, Amy.
>Amy Tolstoy: A teenage mercenary girl with neon hair, augmented legs, and a wrist computer full to the brim with random AI constructs. She has all sorts of strange friends, mostly of the kind that show up illegally on a boat, sell weapons in a thick accent, and sail away.
>Azure, Onyx, and Cyan: Your bullfrog's three onboard AIs; Cyan specializes in networking, Onyx specializes in combat, and Azure bridges the gap between them.
>Mysterious nat100 woman: You had a drunken one-night stand with her after giving her a stupid pickup line about your mechandrite, and you quickly forgot her name, home, and phone number. /tg/ rolled to see how hot she was, and apparently, she was the single hottest woman on the face of the earth. Now, if only you could find her again. . .

You arrange your gear once more, making sure you have everything. Yes, it's still early in the day, and the mission you, Amy, and Grayson are doing are tomorrow, but it would be best if you didn't miss or forget anything.
Your armor, for one, is important. It looks kind of cool and futuristic, but you haven't had a chance to test it out yet- which is a good thing, seeing that testing it involves being shot at.
Your mechandrites, both mounted to your back. You're quite adept at controlling them, at least compared to most who use the exotic augments. You also grabbed a few monomolecular knives that you can slip into them, in case you want to cause stabby death with the whippy tendrils.
The two hovering drones you had slaved to your trinity of AIs, both equipped with medium-range weaponry.
And finally, your projectile weapons; A gauss rifle, a pretty standard primary weapon, and a crossbow, which is really useful for stealth assaults- at least, that you've found, having only done a single mission in your entire life.
A conspicously open space is sitting in your equipment, and that's the weapon Amy promised you after taking some exotic weaponry that you bought with your own money - A plasma javelin, she called it.

You crack your neck, done arranging your gear. Now you have half a day to waste before you need to sleep. Jun's in a meeting, Grayson is god-knows-where, Verne and Amy are probably arranging the mission with their employers. . You're free, it seems, for now at least.

>>18936573
Well I don't know about you guys, but I think that we should take advantage of this free time as an opportunity to try and track down that goddess we met at the bar.

A more rational thing to do might be to test out our armor, but then again we don't want to damage it in any way before the mission.

If we go to the same bar we might find her again, maybe ask the bartender if she goes there oftenly.

>>18936661
Yeah try out the bar we met her at. Second that.
Don't want to get drinking or anything though, we want to be in our right mind for later today.

>>18936558

The only acceptable answer.

That or check out the news.

You put your hands in your pockets, and decide to go back to that bar. That girl was stunning, and liked your humor, too. Maybe if you asked the bartender if he's seen her before. . .
You enter the bar, and it looks a lot quieter than it had been the other night. You don't see her in the bar right now. . Waiting for a lull in orders, you sidle up to the bartender.
"Hey, uh," You start. "This might be a weird question- But I was here the other night, and I had a bit too much to drink. . " You say, not sure exactly what to ask. The bartender raises his eyebrow, waiting for you to finish.

>>18936727

Tell him about the goddess that was all over our mechendrites

>>18936727
"Well...this is a bit complicated....but I met this girl here the other night and I never did catch her name. I thought maybe you might remember seeing me in here with her? If so, is there anyway you could help me get in contact with her?"

Should we roll for diplomacy?

>Feel free to roll, but a bad roll will make things harder for you.
"There was this girl, see, who was all over my mechandrites." You say. "I thought maybe you might remember seeing me in here with her? If so, is there anyway you could help me get in contact with her?"

"Well, I did see your whippy things, but I don't remember the girl you're talking about. Were you talking about the one with the colored hair?"
"Erm, no, I meant the other one."
The bartender just looked at you. "So you want one girl under each augment, is that it?"

>>18936772
"Haha..you're a funny one.."
Let's press just a little further and see if he will give anything up. If not, maybe some of the people around the bar that look like regulars.

Or...we could offer to help out around the bar a little if all else fails and he is still being stubborn.

>>18936772

No the girl with the neon hair is alreadytraken and a little young for my taste.

The goddess is who i am looking for.

>>18936814
Yeah like anon said she is a goddess. You would think the bartender would remember her.

He is probably just keeping it from us.

Bribe the bartender, maybe a little extra credits will help him remember.

>>18936850
This too.

"Haha, you're a funny one." You said. "I mean, you know what it's like when you wake up the next morning and realize that you didn't get her name or number? It's horrible. I mean, you always think about what 'could have been', and especially with a number like that. . "

He thinks about it for a moment, and shrugs. "Yeah, she was here." He said. "I remember her- I mean, who wouldn't? I mean, she had eyes for nobody, except for that aug'd man who had been playing poker over there, and you. Then she gave the neon girl a look. . Maybe she had some kind of aug kink?"

"So, uh, you ever hear her introduce herself? To me?" You ask, scratching your head.

He laughs, and nods. "She called herself Natalie, but that was it. I don't know anything else."
No dice. You sigh. At least you're a bit closer.
"Good luck on the prowl." The bartender said, nodding to you as someone else requested his services.

>>18936886
"Thanks man."
Get a glass of beer and leave the man a tip.

"Do you know anyone who might know her?"

Look around, are there cameras in the bar? We might want to hack into security footage and see her face.

>>18936886
Well that was relatively easy..cool. We have a name now....ask around the bar? Some of the regulars might know her, or remember her.

>>18936886
Thanks. Leave a good tip for the man.

Check around for regulars and see if anybody recognizes her name/description.

Ok are there any security cameras in here and outside, given that it's near-future they probably keep footage for at least a week if not more. The problem is that they might store it pretty much anywhere, but we have to check. We might be able to get her face and how we got to where we slept together, if it's a taxi we could get answers from there, if it's a car we can trace it, and if it's on foot we might be able to retrace our steps.

Guys? Can't we just, you know, go back to wherever we were staying when we tapped it?
At the very least, I'm sure Cyan can remind us where it was and how to get back. In fact, where did we wake up, a motel, or her place?

>>18936950
It was at our place. I think.

>>18936950
Spaghetti has a point.

>>18936965
Our place? We are staying with EE aren't we?

>>It was at her place, and Azure mentioned that you were so fucked up that they couldn't get a good reading on anything.
>>Technically, you lost your place and all of your belongings after you vanished for three months. Abel saved most of your stuff before you lost the apartment, though.
"Thanks." You say, and look around. You walk up to a few people, asking if they'd seen a girl named Natalie, but you got nothing- nobody had seen her, and nobody remembered her, much less remembered you.

You sigh, and finally resort to something you didn't want to; Closing your eyes, and focusing on the cameras, looking into their records-
"Oh, hey, Dave. Didn't expect to see you here." You hear a voice, and peek open one eye. It's her. Red lips, dusky skin, long hair. . Her arms are crossed, and she's smirking at you. Fuck you were not prepared for this. Act cool, act cool.

>>18936985
Oh shit.
"Hey...Natalie. I was wondering if I would see you here."

She is probably fucking pissed.

>>18936985
Snake out both mechadendrites, grab her gently and pull her into a kiss.

I've been trying to find you Natalie, I never caught your number.

>>18936985
"Oh, hi Natalie.
couldn't get enough of my mechandrites, could you?" Smirks and waggle your mechandrites, showing off the new one.

She looked up to your mechandrites, and raised an eyebrow. "I could hardly handle one of those, you know." She said, and winked.
---
You're not sure exactly how you ended up here, in a fancy restauraunt. First, you were acting cool, and then. . she dragged you off, saying that she needed a real dinner for once. Now you're trading stories.

"..and then, after Abel had gotten used to the weight, I took *all* of the nickels out of the phone, and next time it rang. . Get this, he brought it up to answer, and clubbed himself in the face." You say, the both of you laughing.

Jesus Christ, do you people WANT to get slapped?
Greet her normally then apologize for being so fucked up you forgot pretty much everything about her.

>>18937031
Oh shit we are establishing some connections here. So damn suave.

"So Natalie, tell me about yourself. What is your story?"

>>18937031
I really hope we've been using our mechandrites all that time non-nonchalantly. Like using napkins, sneakily grabbing bottles from the from other tables, etc

>>18937031
Get her number and full name. We're not losing her a second time.

Ask her about herself, we should get to know each other better.

>>18937031
"You know, you're a really brave woman to get into bed with a man who has this [referring to mechandrite] for an arm.
They can be pretty dangerous. Most people can't handle them in their best of times let alone when drunk.
I admire that/"

>>18937046
>Oh, yes, you are.
>>18937049
> The FIRST THING YOU DID after you got the preliminary smalltalk out of the way.

"So Natalie, tell me about yourself. What is your story?" You ask.
"Well, I'm nothing special." She said. "I'm just a lonely lawyer woman, new to town and trying to get used to the place."
"Well, maybe I can show you around." You say. "I know a few things about this place."
She leaned forward. "Oh? Then what do you know about that powerplant incident a few nights back? They called it a terrorist attack- bombs went off, people were found dead... nasty business."

>>18937076
"Yep, yep. Nasty business that was. Saw what happened to it on the news.
They say terrorists? Any idea what group they are pinning it on? Anyone take responsibility for it?"

>>18937076
Act cool. Keep the cool.

"Oh right that mess? Yeah I don't know about that. I heard that it was a bad scene though. What do you know about it?"

>>18937076
>lawyer, eh?
Flip the table, while thrusting a pointed finger in her face and yelling "OBJECTION!"

>>18937112
Calm down, son.

>>18937112
Hey easy now.

>>18937076
>>18937098

Add
"What's your interest in that. Did that plant belong to your clients?"

"Yeah, I heard about it. Nasty business that was. Saw what happened to it on the news." You say, keeping your cool and trying, very hard, not to focus on the way she's leaning forward, with that low cu- Dave, keep your focus, keep your cool. "I can't say I know much, about it, though." You finish up, lamely. "Sorry to dissapoint you." You give her a wry smile- one just perfectly crafted to tell her that you know more than you're letting on.

"Oh, then I guess you aren't as knowledgable as you said you were." She said. "They say it was a group of mercenaries, with some kind of prototype technology. At least, that's the rumors on the internet, along with a few blurry videos."

"What's your interest in the whole thing?" You ask. "The plant didn't belong to one of your clients, did it?" She laughed, and shook her head.
"No, I just like to be a conspiracy theorist sometimes."

>>18937166
I still don't think we should tell her. For all we know she could be an enemy agent planted to fuck us and then fuck with us or something. The less she knows the better probably.

rolled 44 = 44

>>18937166
Do a mechandrite Mexican wave.

>tuttra LEONIDAS.
>Yes, captcha! Just like the Spartans!

>>18937166
Really, a group of mercenaries, that's very interesting, though some blurry videos and vague rumors don't really give anybody much to work with.

And about conspiracies, while some of them may be true, as a whole I've found the people in charge of things to be far too incompetent to manage something as unwieldy as the Illuminati. But there are certainly things that they keep from the populace at large.

>>18937166
"Oh?
You know.... I did think a tinfoil hat would look nice with that dress." Smile at the joke.
"So what kind of theories are running about?"

/ "I said that?" Make a slightly dejected/dissapointed face "Don't tell that it WASN'T my awesome line that got you interested in me..." then smile.

You two make a bit more small-talk as you twist the conversation away from the subject, and finish your fancy dinner in pleasurable company.

"Well, I would invite you home with me for round two," She said, eying your mechandrites, "But *last time* you walked out without leaving a note. So. . I'm going to say goodnight here." She said, giving you a kiss on the cheek, and leaving you. . to foot the bill. Fuck.

>>18937231
Well shit. Pay the credits and start after her.
"Hey whoa! Wait up a second there. Just going to leave like that? What is that all about?"

>>18937231
At the very least Natalie allow me to walk you home, the streets could be unsafe for a woman as gorgeous as you.

Footing the bill, completely worth it for finding her, we'll give her round two later, and show her all the new things we can do.

>>18937231

>>18937231
Send her a message to her phone. <Well, you can't fault me for getting exited about the prospect of getting another 'drite. :)
Hope to meet you again, Natalie. Call me when you need some "sensitive" attention again ;))
-xoxo>

Pay the bill

>>18937246
>>18937262

Bah. Don't be so desperate.

Desperate.

>>18937231
Well, that was a nice date all things considered.
Hopefully the bill is not gargantuan.

Afterwards go back to EE and have a nap or something.

>>18937298
Yeah I guess you're right. We have her phone number anyway. It is probably time we caught up with Amy anyway.

Give Amy a call. We can call up Natalie later.

We might want to test out that plasma javelin

<So, Azure, what did you think of Natalie?>

You chuckle, shrug, pay the bill, and leave her a message on her phone. Then you check the time- It's about time to sleep- you want to get some rest before the mission tomorrow. In fact, it's probably best that you didn't go home with Nat this time; there's no way you would have spent the time sleeping.

You make it back to the EE building without incident, and check your equipment again- It's strange, you're almost paranoid about the mission; much more than when you were on the powerplant mission.
>From here on out, think carefully whenever I give you a greentext decision. This is me pretty much saying that you've left the 'grace period' of the quest. As in, main characters can die if you screw up.

"You got everything?" Grayson asked, the two of you waiting in the parking lot for Verne and Amy. Soon enough, they arrived, and Amy bounded up to you, darting out of the car, and grabbed something from the trunk, before handing it to you. "Open it!" She called. "Open it!" A large, green case- nearly four feet long. You flip it open, and what's inside is beautiful.

>>18937351
>You flip it open, and what's inside is beautiful.
Oh man. What is it?

>>18937351
Oh yeah. Our other sweetheart. Let's try this thing out and see what it can do.

>>18937351
Amy, you wonderful person you. It's absolutely beautiful.

>>18937364

>>18937351
>>From here on out, think carefully whenever I give you a greentext decision. This is me pretty much saying that you've left the 'grace period' of the quest. As in, main characters can die if you screw up.

I thought we always could die, since the beginning.

>>18937364
Dragon dildo.
I mean, uh, what?

>>18937405
About as menacing as a dragon dildo.

At first look, it's an enormous rifle- larger even than Grayson's souped up gauss rifle. The porpotions are off too, the barrel much too thick to be any kind of conventional weapon. As you flick off the safety, one of the weapon's six power cells start up, and something inside the barrel starts whirring. . and you can swear it's rumbling in your hand. As the rumbling grows, the second power cell starts up.

"Wait, wait." Amy said. "You. . don't want to fire it here. It's. . loud." She says, and flicks the safety off. The weapon dies in your hands. "Not to mention there's . .a lot of collateral damage, especially in a small space like this."

You look between the rifle and Amy, and you're strangely disappointed. You put it back in the case, and carry it with you- the rifle is too large to fit in your duffel bag with the rest of your gear, so you wrap a mechandrite around the case, carrying it on your back.

>>18937434
Oh I think we are ready for some badassery.

>>18937434
We have an anti-material rife now. Life is good.

"So, what exactly are the parameters of the mission?" Grayson asks Verne as you pile into the car.

"There's this airfield." Verne said. "This is a co-op mission with another squad. They're going to break into the building, steal a prototype device, and race off to the airfield. Our mission, mostly, is to cover them as they load up the cargo plane with the prototype. They're expecting the corp to send everything they have to get their stuff back, so our job is to hold the place and make sure the plane gets into the air. Once the other team and the plane is away, the mission is over and we get paid." Verne says. "Any questions?"

>>18937494
"Seems straightforward enough. What is the prototype?
Also, is this also your vigilante work?"

>>18937494
Well, I've got this handy dandy new gun, that ought to deal with any light armor they send at us, how much armor can this baby penetrate anyway.

Do we have claymores, mines and the like to make holding the area easier. Are there any good sniping positions nearby? How big of a corp are we talking here, everything is a rather vague term unless we know that. Where is the Airfield, how many entrances are there that they can take with most vehicles, how long is it going to take them to get from building to airplane and go?

>>18937494
Oh glorious! Sounds like we will have a lot of opportunities to try out all our fancy new gadgets even the Javelin.

Ask Verne, "Are we getting out of there with them on the plane too. Will there be enough room?"

I'd say we do a preliminary check to see if everything's working like it should. Weapons loaded, safeties on, fully charged, etc.
We don't want one of our drones to quit on us mid-firefight.

"Are we getting onto the plane too?"
"No, only the second team is. the plane's going halfway across the world, and it's just a hassle to go all the way there and come back. I know you and Grayson have other obligations, so we'll have to disband after the plane leaves."
"Seems straightforward enough. What's the payload?" you ask.
"The payload is a large . .computer, we think. The parts are in three one-ton crates, and the truck's been on it's way for two hours now. It's due to arrive soon." Verne said, stopping the car in the middle of an all-but abandoned airfield. "Here's where you guys get out, and I go get to the overwatch bunker." He says, and you do so.
The area around the airfield is mostly flat, save for a small building with a flat rooftop- a good vantage point. To the left, there was a large plane, the cargo bay in the back opening, and three large men stepped out, grease on their hands.

"Oleg! Sanya! Hanussen!" Amy cries, waving to the three large men already at the airfield. "You three are the plane operators? I didn't know you were going to be in town! If you weren't so icky right now I'd hug you guys."

Grayson turns to you. "How the hell does she know these people?!" He whispered to you. You shrug.

>>18937596
Are they augmented?

>>18937596
Well it is kind of a relief that she does know them. Let's head over and ask them where we need to set up. See if they can point out any good vantage points.

>>18937596
If we have time before the shooting starts, let's boot up Onyx and see what he has to say about the area. Angles and stuff are his thing, so we might be able to pick up something subtle to use for our advantage.

>>18937596
Find proper sniping vantage points, choke points, cover and the like. Barricades and the like we can put in place once the truck is through. Things to slow down the enemy and give us home field advantage.

Also explosives placed where we think the enemy vehicles are going to be, we can explode them under them and use their own destroyed vehicles as blockades.

Both of our drones are outfitted with railguns, right? Those were mid-range weapons?

Ask Onyx if he can use the drones and help us in combat at the same time or if he needs to focus on just one thing.

Ask the guys around here if they have map of the place which we're going to raid. That see through the walls ability that Azure gace us is pretty useful

>>18937717
>You're not the one doing the raid- The raid's already done, and the stuff they stole is on the way, being chased by the enemy.

Verne starts up another conference call.
"Okay." He said. "Grayson, I know you're best at long range, so you would be best placed on the rooftop. Amy, you're our speedster, so you'll on the ground, covering the plane and crew itself. And Dave. . I'm not entirely sure what your capabilities are. You have enough equipment to fit any niche imaginable, so you can choose where to set up. I trust your judgement."
<Onyx, what do you think?> You ask.
<The city is to the east, but there are trees in the way, so I doubt they'll come from that way if on ground. If in the air, they'll come from the east, and the rooftop will be the best vantage point. If on the ground, they'll come from the road, and you will be able to kneel in the field there, and engage them with ranged weaponry until they approach closer. If you wish to engage in melee combat primarily, you can stick near the plane with Amy. Of course, the rooftop is specialized for long-range combat, and you can jump down at any time- the mechandrites won't take significant damage if you use them to land.>
Azure spoke up, too. <Also, the drones may be useful. Their range will spread over the entire area, but they'll be most efficient if covering someone- Either you, Amy and the crew, or Grayson.>

>Drones A and B: Who are they covering?
>Where do you hunker down? Plane\airstrip, field, or rooftop?
>Other?

>>18937777
We take the field. Monomolecular knives will wreck their shit after they close range.
Drone A covers the crew.
Drone B covers Amy.
Grayson can handle his shit.

>>18937777
I say we should hunker down on the rooftop. Like Onyx said, we can jump down at anytime if need be. I really want to try out our new arsenal of ranged weaponry.

Since we are on the rooftop with Grayson, I think we can cover him well enough. We should leave the drones near Amy because she seems like she is going to be in the most vunerable position.

>>18937777
We've got a new long range anti-material rifle, take the roof, use it to take out approaching vehicles which should seriously slow them down and keep a very close eye for air support. If they have it we don't really want to be in the open field.

>>18937848
Do realise that as soon as the rifle goes off we'll be target priority GEEK THE MAGE

rolled 54 = 54

>>18937777

>Rooftop
We have powerful long-range weapon. We should use it.
Have the drones cover Amy and the Crew.

While we're waiting, hack nearby (10 mile range) security cameras so that we have advance warning where they come from.

>>18937777
Drone A on Amy, Drone B on Grayson.
The rooftop seems to be the most flexible position (covering both the road and sky) and we can descend at any moment. We start up there near Grayson and wreck havoc with the plasma javelin. If the enemy gets too close we descend and move into closer range.

Also... isn't it just a little bit worrisome that our new friends are bringing who knows what our way, and the plan is for them to get on a plane and bounce, while we're left on the ground with some very angry people?

<Send both drones to cover Amy and the crew.> You say. <They'll need the protection.>

You look up to the rooftop, and then down to the road. "I'll take the rooftop." You say, opening your bag. The drones hover out of their own volition, one darting above Amy's shoulder, and the other covering the crew. The crew looks at the droid warily, but then they shrug.

Grayson takes bolt-cutters and chops off the lock to the building, and the both of you climb up the stairs to the rooftop. He grabs a tripod out of his bag, and installs it on his gauss rifle, screwing it tight, and put on goggles, stretching out prone. "Ready." He said over the comms.

Amy and the crew were talking and laughing about something, and then she turned to look up at you. "Hey, Dave, be careful with that gun. It'll take some time to cool down after each shot, so don't use it too often, or the EMP shielding will die, and the next time you fire the whole thing will melt down the entire thing into slag- It might take your hands, too."
You nod, and set down the Plasma Javelin case, flipping it open and ready to grab at a moments' notice.

Verne came onto the comms suddenly. "The truck's approaching, and it's being followed by an APC. . No, two APCs."
>What do? Also, don't forget to roll.

>>18937927
When we can get a clear shot, pop one of the APCs with the Javelin. Activate Onyx so that we can be more accurate.

rolled 27 = 27

>>18937927
Shoot the first APC where the driver should be sitting. With any luck it will crash into the other APC,

Get Onyx to give you full help during the shot.

rolled 7 = 7

>>18937927
I'm tempted to start this with a bang, but the javelin is our trump card, so instead...

we HACK!

First, ping the trucks to see if they have any bionics inside. Next, try to take control of one of the trucks (either through the truck itself or driver) and crash it into the other.

rolled 54 = 54

>>18937964
Oh right.

>>18937891
Hey, we accepted the mission. Besides, JAVELIN.

For the record, the roof is where we need to go, while our droids cover Amy and the crew.

rolled 33 = 33

>>18937978
Well, damn.
Trying again.

rolled 39 = 39

>>18937927
Hit the front APC with the Plasma Javelin.
Hopefully it throws out enough scrap to slow down the second.

rolled 14 = 14

>>18937980
This sounds like fun.

rolled 74 = 74

>>18937980
Reroll?

rolled 30 = 30

APC? Meet Plasma Javelin.
HIT. THAT. BITCH.

>>18937980
>>18937994
>>18937997
>>18938002
>>18937978

Terrible Rolls Quest: The Game of The Movie of The Book.

>>18938025
Except for me....heh. :D

That was... Eh... A warning shot. Yeah, a warning shot.

rolled 35 = 35

>>18938025
Yep we suck.

Fail at shooting.
Fail at hacking.

Sigh.

Ask Amy how long we need to wait between the shots

rolled 85 = 85

>>18938025
HERE WE GO.

>>18938092
Monomolecular knives go through heavy armour. That's been established.
We can, using bullettime, have fast enough reflexes to dodge bullets. That's been established.

Frankly, screw waiting.
We could jump down and, while dodging the APC in bullet time, slash along one side of it at below door level, wrecking it's tires.
It'll crash, seriously fucking up anyone inside.

Course, then we have to hoof it back to cover pronto after.
Just a thought.

>>18938092
Yeah. We need to know how soon we can recuperate and pop off another shot. We probably only got their attention with the last one.

>>18938106
Whoops. Forgot to clear email.
Oh well. No god can save us now anyways.

You kneel, and draw the Javelin out of it's case. You flip the safety off- Actually, it's not a safety, you see, but a switch from 'off' to 'on', but that hardly matters now. The rifle whirrs, and you feel that strange rumbling coming from it. You aim, and wait, watching the power cells each activate in succession.

The first one clicks on, and you can barely see the truck in the distance, quickly coming closer. An APC weaves out behind it, and Grayson takes a shot, but you wait.

The third cell clicks on, and the truck is closer, starting around the curve to the airfield. Grayson is firing more, now, and you can see someone sticking out of the side of the APC, firing a gun at the truck's tires. Grayson fires once more, and the man hanging out of the APC fell, dead.

The fifth cell clicks on, and then the truck rolls to a stop. The APC is behind it, about to crash into it, and then it swerved to the side, not wanting to damage the prototype. The Javelin's rumbling is. . unnerving. It sounds. . hungry. You take careful aim- toward the second APC, which is still in movement.

rolled 76 = 76

>mfw our shooting rolls
Well, we ARE firing a jury-rigged plasma cannon here. Is the thing even man-portable, without having crazy augments as we do? Because evidently we must've gotten hit with a bitch of a kick from a gun we expected to be recoilless, what with the plasma pistol having been just a big taser-flamethrower-lightning bolt thrower thing. AMY, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO WITH YOUR MAD SCIENCE THIS TIME?

And then the sixth cell clicks on. You hear a 'ping' noise, which reminds you of one of those old microwaves. With that thought, you pull the trigger.

Your vision goes static, and there's absolutely no recoil. For a moment, flying through the air, you see what no man has ever seen before- A bolt of flaming, green lighting, eerily twisting through the air like something that spit in the face of physics. Like the middle finger of god himself, it smashed into. . the road below the APC, just below it's front fender.

You missed. Shit.

But then you see what Amy meant by 'collateral'. The bolt of lightning, after hitting it's target, did what you didn't expect a flaming bolt of green fucking lightning to do. It *exploded*, the raw force throwing the van into the air, where it smashed down, completely flipped ass over teakettle.
"How long between the shots?" You ask Amy.

"I'm not sure!" She called. "A minute, maybe? More or less?"

>Wait and fire again with the Javelin?
>Switch weapons?
>Other?

>>18938131
Sounds a bit risky. We should hold our position on the roof until it is compromised further.

rolled 73 = 73

>>18938155
Switch to our gauss rifle and target anybody that hops out of the APC we just flipped.

rolled 43 = 43

>>18938155
Switch weapons. We got a Gauss rifle, right?
Get it and start sniping the tires of the other van.

rolled 49 = 49

>>18938155
Fire a few shots with the gauss rifle. IF it can do some harm to the baddies.

rolled 77 = 77

>>18938138
>>18938155
AI CONSTRUCTS. DO FUCKING SCIENCE AND CALCULATE SOME SHIT UP IN THIS BITCH. OPTIMIZE OUR FUCKING-SHIT-UPPERY WITH THE JAVELIN AND FIGURE OUT HOW LONG UNTIL IT'LL FUCK SHIT UP AGAIN.

OH GOD, IF WE GET THIS THING UPGRADED WITH BETTER SHIELDING, CAPACITORS AND MAYBE A CUPHOLDER IT WILL KICK UNTOLD AMOUNTS OF ASS.

rolled 41 = 41

>>18938155
Ping the Van. See if there is anything to hack. Try to see if the driver has any augs. If he has sythetic arms, just have him do sharp turn and crash the APC. If he doesn't have anything like that try shutting down the APC.

>>18938194
>other van.

Other APC, you mean.
Vans are friends.

rolled 18 = 18

>>18938155
Ping everything to see if there is anything to hack. Then hack it.

You set down the Javelin, and grab the Gauss rifle, kneeling alongside Grayson. Someone kicks their way out of the flipped van, and you fire, a small poof of blood signifying your hit. At this distance, it's oddly not that visceral. You don't *feel* the combat from up here.

A gauss bullet arcs by your head.

Okay, *now* you feel the combat. You fire again, and miss. The one you had hit twitched, and then arched their back, before flipping back onto their feet.

"Are they wearing. . straightjackets?" Grayson asked.

Oh. Oh no.

You have a bad feeling about this.
<Cyan, tell me when the capacitors or heat sinks in the javelin are cleared.> You say.
<Erm, that's not how it works->
<Just tell me when it won't melt off my hands.>

>>18938211
Alright Mr. Rage.

Good idea though.

>>18938211
>MAYBE A CUPHOLDER

Pssh.
Cupholder is smalltime.

Wait till it has the built in muffin maker.

rolled 22 = 22

>>18938258
>"Are they wearing. . straightjackets?" Grayson asked.
>
>Oh. Oh no.
>
>You have a bad feeling about this.

Not that awful augmentation plus combat drugs mix I hope.

Try hacking them again.

rolled 56 = 56

>>18938258
Is there anything to hack?

>>18938278
Maybe we can use it to take videos from our favourite shows and put them on futureyoutube in 120p.

>>18938258
Straight jackets.....wtf? Shit what is going on here....Hmmm....

Target the other APC when our baby is cooled down.

rolled 68 = 68

>>18938258
Well fuck, it sounds like the pseudo-techpriests from before are back. The ones who made Templar into a monster. That, or they made knockoff gen 2 versions of us. Either way, just GREAT!

Those mechadendrites are more than likely weaponized, unlike our jury-rigged ones. If we can damage them, we should make a point of doing so. Otherwise, HEADSHOT, and wait for the ion cannon to recharge.

Man, it's just like the assault level in Unreal Tournament 2004 all over again! AND WE'RE THE LUCKY BASTARD WHO GETS TO CONTROL THE RAPETURRET!

>>18938258
Are the people we're escorting out of their truck yet? If they are, maybe we should hack THAT and use it to run mr. asylum over.

rolled 97 = 97

The other APC starts to open, but then you see Amy skid by, something like. . skates attached to the bottom of her augments. She skidded by the back of the APC, and tossed something into the door way, firing a spray of bullets from her gun. Soon after the object was thrown, it detonated, fire belching out of the APC's open door.


You fire once more, and miss again with the gauss rifle. "Fuck this." You say, and throw it to the side. You close your eyes, and focus. .

<It's almost too far.> Cyan said, reaching outwards. <But I can hardly sense them. There's something inside each subject, each with a switch of some kind. I can activate them, but. . I have no idea what they do.>

rolled 27 = 27

We should target our gauss shots at any baddies that are up and shooting, not people down in straight jackets. They aren't really a threat until they get out.

Also, rollin' cause I forgot.

>>18938350
Tell Cyan to try to find out more if he can.
Is the Javelin cooled down yet?

>>18938350
After the second shot from The Javelin we should get closer and engage in mid range combat with gauss rifle. When we do we should leave The Javelin with Grayson.

rolled 42 = 42

>>18938350
Grab the Javelin, it should have cooled of right now. Shoot someone.
Make sure to notify amy before shooting though, wouldn;t want to hit her

rolled 69 = 69

>>18938399
Also i should roll.

rolled 77 = 77

>>18938350
Note to self; bitch Amy out when she isn't, you know, in dire need of not being distracted, for not putting in a reliable indicator of when the thing's not going to melt our arms off besides that it may or may not go "DING."

rolled 78 = 78

Verne came onto the comms.
"There's something big coming from the east; I think it's an attack chopper. If that big gun you're carrying around is any use, I suggest you use it now, Dave." You hear him say.
<Cyan, is the javelin cooled down?> You ask, and hear Grayson fire again.
"These fuckers won't go down." He said, gritting his teeth. "They just take it and get back up."
<I don't know.> Cyan said after a moment.

You hear the whirring of a chopper, and look over the other side of the building to the plane area and loading dock. They've loaded up one crate already, and they're working on the second, when the first straight-jacketed person got there. He twitched, and the straightjacket burst open, the man snarling unintelligably, both of his arms replaced with talons. He dived forward, but one of your drones darted down and blew him off of his feet.

You look to where the chopper is coming from, and you see it in the distance, looming closer.
<Damn it, is the javelin cooled down yet?>
<I don't know!>

You hear Amy scream in the distance, and she's on the ground, one of her legs smoking. She peppers one of the normal soldiers in the face with the uzi, but she needs some help.
>WAT DO.

rolled 32 = 32

>>18938453
Drone to Amy, Javelin to helicopter.

rolled 8 = 8

>>18938453
Okay, one drone is at the crew.
WHAT THE SHIT IS THE OTHER DOING?!
GET IT ON AMY, NOW!

And take out that chopper with the Javelin.

rolled 10 = 10

>>18938475
uh, reroll?

rolled 75 = 75

>>18938453
Direct Grayson's attention to Amy "GIVE HER SOME COVER!"

We need to deal with the chopper. Hold it with our mechandrites to fire it maybe? This way we don't get melted if it malfunctions...

>>18938488
Good idea, lets forget all rolls that came before this idea.

rolled 94 = 94

>>18938453
<Time remaining until the chopper is on range to engage us?>
Support Amy with the gauss rifle until that helicopter is too close, then shoot it with the Javelin. Use the drones to rape the talon guy.

>>18938475
>>18938482
>>18938486

This thread is now a Dave sucks under pressure General.

rolled 67 = 67

>>18938453
Well fuck. The team can handle itself, especially since the drones can support by just blowing the fucker to pieces with their railguns. But Amy can't handle all the enemy ground forces with her EXPLODING KNEES. Find the biggest threat to her and zap its shit. So either the helicopter, which is far off but approaching quickly, and unfortunately is probably going to go after our ass first because we've been ruining everything between them and the crucial shit they can't afford to blow up in the plane, or the other berserking faggot who's no doubt right up in her grill and about to RIP AND TEAR.

Could we factor this non-dedicated roll towards our success? >>18938448

>>18938453
Give javelin to Grayson. His shots aren't doing much of anything anyways, tell him to focus on the copter.

We, on the other hand, don our mono blades and descend into the melee. It's bullet time now.

>>18938453
Shoot the chopper with the Javelin. If we miss, wait 10 seconds and shoot again risking breaking the gun. Afterwards take the Gauss and support Amy.

>>18938453
Oh yeah....maybe send one of the drones to Amy too. One needs to stay with the crew though.

rolled 63 = 63

A thousand thoughts race through your mind, and then you decide on one thing. Amy needs help.

You *roar* at grayson. "Cover amy!" You say, and then kick in bullet time.

In a single, swift movement, you snatch the Gauss rifle off of the ground, and fire three shots at three, soldiers surrounding her, each shot blasting them to the ground and sending up a little puff of blood each time.
"The chopper!" Verne calls in slow motion, and you snatch up the Javelin. You hear the chopper's gun start whirring- a chaingun of some kind.

<-I'm not sure if it's cooled down yet!> Cyan called- you can tell he's starting to panic.

<I don't fucking care.> You fire the javelin, and the blast of physics-defying, flaming, electrical, eerie blast of lightning hits the chopper head on.

The blastwave shakes the building, and the chopper explodes into a burst of green flame.

You slide the javelin to Grayson, and then take a leap, skip, and a hop off of the building, catching the impact on your mechandrites.

As soon as you do so, the three straight-jacketed soldiers you shot tore off their jackets, and flipped back onto their feet, revealing more mono-clawed augments. One leaped towards Amy, and amy's drone blasted a hole into their head, blowing them to the ground.

The other two clawed soldiers charge at you.

With a start, you realize that you left the gauss rifle on the rooftop.
<I suppose it's CQC time.> Azure says.

>>18938595
Indeed.

Rape them with our 'drites Aim to bust their heads

rolled 18 = 18

>>18938611
rolla

rolled 36 = 36

>>18938611
>>18938619

God. We suck today.
Lets try again

rolled 66 = 66

>>18938595
GODDAMN WE ARE AWESOME!

Shift back into bullet time (if we ever came out of it) and fuck those crazies up with our mechandrites.

rolled 52 = 52

>>18938595
Give them hell.

rolled 64 = 64

>>18938595
Put blades in the mechandrites and put the mechandrites in the enemies.

rolled 74 = 74

>>18938595
We have greater reach.
Dodge, duck, dive.
Most importantly of all, hang back so they can't pull out any sudden tricks.

>"Dave, try to remember some of the basics of CQC."

rolled 41 = 41

>>18938595
Keep pushing bullet time if we can. Slice and dice with monoknives!

>>18938611
Seconding the "aim for the head" thing. These guys are like aug-zombies.

>captcha: their penivei
Or... their penivei?

rolled 20 = 20

>>18938595
WE MUSTU CHARGU DEM, KNIVESU AND MEKOODENDRIDETESU PREPARED AND CHOPPU DERE SHITTU IN ONE UNSHEATHING SHRASHU, AND DEN GRACEFURRY SHEATHU AS DEY FALL AFTER A DERAY

CYBORGU IAJUTSU TIMEU! BIESCTU DEM!

rolled 96 = 96

The first clawed soldier blasted toward you, one claw covering his head, and the other one out for a swipe. You leapt out of the way, grabbing the soldier's arm with a mechandrite. Using the forces of momentum, you twisted, whipping the mechandrite around you, intending to slam one soldier into the other.
The second ducked under the arm of your mechandrite, and dived into you, the claws aiming directly for your heart. You twist, but it's not enough. The monomolecular claws tear through the air towards you. . and spark off, digging deep scratches into your armor. You leap away from him, and use the first soldier as a flail, whipping him around yourself, trying to hit the second.

>>18938660
And THAT'S why the Samurai died out.
Because of bad rolls.

rolled 11 = 11

>>18938664
Now hack them and activate the switch Cyan talked about earlier

rolled 11 = 11

>>18938677
Rherholl?

rolled 50 = 50

>>18938664
Combat roll. Slice their head off with a mono knife

>>18937298

>Desperate.

rolled 80 = 80

>>18938660
>>18938677
>>18938682
YOU ARE ALLU INCOMPETENTU! COMMITU SUDOKU TO RESTORU HONORU!

>>18938677
>>18938682
What is the chance of that! This should clearly be a bonus of sorts.

rolled 74 = 74

>>18938664
Don't trigger the switch, but since we're closer now have Cyan investigate it further. Don't want to go setting off bombs in our faces.

Also: KNIVES. We have two other arms, let's use those!

rolled 39 = 39

>>18938664
Try to slash the other one with the crazies blades as we swing him. When the other is dealt with just crush the one we are holding.

<Activate the switch!> You call to Cyan.
<Affirmative.> You hear him say, and then there's a moment where everything pauses.. And then the auged soldiers started screaming- screaming in agony, or screaming in anger, there was no way to tell. The second soldier launched at you, too fast for even your bullet-time to deal with, and you hear his knees crack loudly as he pounces, the force of his own leap shattering his own legs. Onyx takes control of your soldierflail and throws him in the way, the two clawed soldiers smashing into one another in mid-air.

Your other mechandrite makes a 'snick' noise as it clasped the monomolecular blade, and you lunge, tearing completely -through- the throat of the soldier.

The other one starts screaming, and then. . .tears off his own arm.

That's. . normal.

You hear a gauss rifle shoot, and the bullet kills the second one.
<I'm pulling you out!> Azure says, and pulls you out of bullet-time. You're woozy, and the world swims.

rolled 80 = 80

>>18938700
Uh oh, that's not what he rolled for!!

>>18938741
Alright. Lets retreat to a better position.

rolled 18 = 18

>>18938719
REROLL?

rolled 37 = 37

>>18938700
>>18938754
ROOKU! ROOKU AT DA GRORIOUS ROLLSU! TWO EIGHTIESU!

IT IS IAJUTSU TIMEU! MONOMORECURAR BRADE CAN CUTTU THROUGH FUTURE CYBORGU AND STILL CUTTU A TOMATO!

rolled 78 = 78

>>18938741
ACTIVATE THE SWITCHES.
ACTIVATE ALL THE SWITCHES.

>>18938741
Shit. Get to some sort of cover to recuperate. We are in no shape to fight for at least a few minutes.

>>18938741
Take five; and note the situation: How's the plane doing? Any more vehicles incoming? Amy stauts? Grayson Status?

rolled 40 = 40

You run towards a better position- to the plane. The crew are working on moving the last crate into the plane.

"Both APCs are empty, and I don't see anything else coming." You hear Verne say.

"Those. . psychoes are all down." Grayson said. "You have to shoot them in the head."
"Well, duh." You respond under your breath. "They're zombies."

"They got my fucking leg!" Amy said. "I'm mad as hell! But I don't see anything."

You have a feeling that this isn't it. You look right and left, but you can't see- all the targets you can sense have been removed.

>>18938813
Yes. This.

>>18938824
...Ping the crates. I wouldn't put it past them to stash a few NInja-zombies in those crates.

>>18938824
Let's just try and get packed up and the hell out of here as quickly as possible. Make sure everyone keeps their guard up.

Have the drones float up higher and alert us if they see anything approaching.

rolled 70 = 70

>>18938824
Clearly it's just a trap and there are cyberninjas EVERYWHERE. Use our latent ability to sense dishonor that has come out from that ridiculous COMMITU SUDOKU, IAJUTSU TIMEU gittery to reveal the scum that we cannot see unaided.

Or, you know, use our "fuck science" powers to see them by punching reality in the face with pseudoscience. Or both!

>>18938824
Help Amy up and start preparing to withdraw. The sooner we get out of here, the better. No point in sitting around chatting, waiting for wave 2 to show up.

>>18938824
Uh-oh

Keep ready for trouble

You ping the crates, just in case, but all you can sense are computer parts. What exactly was this computer worth, that they would send this many people to retrieve it?

Laboriously, you climb back up the stairs, putting your gauss rifle back in your bag, and taking the javelin back from gra-

"Oh shit." You hear Verne say.

"Three more choppers."

rolled 47 = 47

>>18938874
SHOOT THE CHOPPA with the javelin

rolled 88 = 88

>>18938874
Hack a chopper. Take over its controls and steer it into another one.

>>18938874
Get the javelin back out and ready it. Tell the plane crew to take off and get the hell out of here.
Strap the rest of our belongings on our back with our mechandrites and we probably need to haul ass back to our van and gtfo.

Give Grayson the javelin.
Get close enough to the helicopter so that they will be within range of you hacking abilities.
Then hack the choppers to crash with each other.

rolled 93 = 93

>>18938898
Oh and roll.

rolled 37 = 37

>>18938888
Do this, then Javelin

rolled 72 = 72

>>18938897
Rollin' for the hacking idea. Trying to run the copters into eachother

>>18938888
>>18938907
>>18938926

Well, I guess we're taking over the helicopters.
Any chance we can get to keep one?
Just disable its weapons, open the doors and shake everyone out.

>>18938888
>>18938907
>>18938898
>>18938926
Not messing with those rolls.

>>18938926
>>18938907
>>18938888
And now someone rolls a nat 1.

OP's banned, check his twitter.

I am not Exabyte. Exabyte got banned. So we will continue when he is not banned.

I'll just leave this here.

>>18938998
Shit. I guess we will see how this goes tomorrow.

>>18939037
Damn shame. Welp, until next time.

>>18939037

>>18939037
>NEXT TIME

Aww. Today's was shorter than befor-

>>18939051
FUCKING SHITCUNTS
ARRGG

Fuck you, moot, and your shitty as fuck word filter! I've seen this happen for other quests in the past!

... What. What did Exabyte link to get banned? This is ridonkulous, nigga.

Your reaction was instantaneous. You bring the javelin up, point it at the chopper in the center and fire. The spear of lightning blasted through the sky, and blew it out of the air. Perhaps it was the distance, or maybe the javelin was damaged, but it didn't give off any collateral damage, instead simply boring a hole into the choppeg vaporizing all of the important parts in a straight line.

"I've had enough." You say, and you don't even bother to close your eyes this time. You just glare at one of the choppers with the burning intensity of a thousand suns, and you *will* it.

<It's out of range> Cyan said. <I can't target them>
The chopper promptly smashed into the other, both of their rotors crashing into one another.

The explosion was beautiful.

And then you pass out.

>>NEXT TIME, ON NEARFUTURE CYBORG QUEST

>>18939146
How did you post this without getting banned?

Perhaps one of the players can act as a relay and continue the session? If anyone is up for that and Exabyte is alright with it, of course.

>>18939174
Maybe he was linking to something in his original post...
I dunno

>Exabyte ‏ @Futureexabyte
>Yeah, I'm calling it a day, here. I ran two threads yesterday, so it's only fair that I only run 4\6ths a thread today. Karma?

>>18939246
Oh well.

See you alter, Exabyte!