>>Previous threads can be found at: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=NearFuture%20Cyborg%20Quest

The year is 2025.
Your name is Dave, and you never asked for this.
Once a generic white-collar worker who lived alone save for your cat, you were hit by a car and spent three months in a coma.
You awoke to find that your unconscious body had been taken in by the corporation 'Emulsified Electronics', and implanted with an experimental augmentation. You soon found that it allowed you to control electronic devices with your mind. And if Jun's theory is right, your power is only going to grow...
At almost the same time, it came to light that the company called Cadmium Dynamics had hired a PMC, ArmaTek, and started to mobilize against EE. However, you and your companions have been almost too much for them, defeating them at nearly every turn.
Just after you thought you had a breath of fresh air, a new corp showed up, mostly utilizing some kind of stealth technology. After coincidentally finding one of their agents, they named themselves Kawasagi Infinite.
>You have 14450 credits.
>You have 1 fate reroll.

>Abel Rowling: Your coworker\drinking-buddy. Used to be your roommate years ago before you got him a job at the place you worked. He's currently hiding out in a safehouse, and apparently was trained to be an Agent.
>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. With your help, she has her son again.
>John Grayson: A security specialist and agent who works for EE. He has implanted forearms and broad shoulders. He used to be military, and you currently owe him a favor.
>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 any kind of mercenary work.
>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. Now works for EE as a researcher, technician, and agent. Is somewhat keen on Dave, but he's just starting to realize that.
>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. After an intense integration session between Azure and an enemy AI, Azure had changed.
>Mark: The mechanic who works for EE in B-4, building and maintaining the gear of all Agents. He's a capable pilot and has saved your skin multiple times. Has a strange love for mechandrites.
>Lucas and Lucca: Two sibling agents from another corporation. Lucas is some kind of 'goddamn ninja', while Lucca is a high-strung agent with a Gen-3 implant.

"Wait, wait." Amy said. "We're really going to screw with the military? Last time I did something like that, it was like kicking up a hornet's nest. Not to mention they're the governement."
"You're right." Grayson said. "It's probably not a good idea. If we even get out alive, we'll probably be hunted down."
Then he shrugged.
"What's the mission parameters?" You ask.
"Assassination. Jacob Gideon is a man that needs to die. However. . ."
"However?" Amy asked.
"He's being escorted by heavy armor."
"Do you have any kind of plan in place?" You ask.
"I talked Jun into constructing an jamming device. She called it a 'McGuffin Mark 1' for some reason. Essentially, it will keep you from being seen- you'll be detected, but they won't be able to tell who you are. It's your job to wear the mcguffin and engage the enemy armor, serving as a distraction while I draw a bead on Gideon. Once I take the shot, then you can get out of there."
"What, there's no place for me in this plan?" Amy said, raising her eyebrow.
"I didn't account for you. . " He said. "We only have the one mcguffin. . Unless you cover his retreat after I take the shot. I know this is a bad idea. .But I'm still going to ask. Will you help me?"

My favorite quest is back!

>>19068490
>You have 14450 credits.
We got all our money back? SCORE!

>>19068549
>Wait, fuck, I messed up. Actually, you guys only have 2450 credits.

>>19068509
"Sure.
When is the job? I need to make several upgrades to be even more killy."

"Also, who is that man and why does he need to die?"

>>19068571

Okay.

>>19068591
>Don't worry; next time I fuck up like that (which WILL happen) you'll get another fate reroll.

"Sure." You say. "When is this job? I do need time to make several upgrades to be extra killy."
Amy raised her eyebrows, and you see she's asking herself why you want to be even *more* killy.
"It'll be later today; You'll have enough time to have mark tinker with your new gear." Grayson said.
"And. . who is this man? Why does he need to die?" You say.
Grayson gave you a Look. "He's the guy that got Garrett and I. . 'encouraged' to leave."

On one hand, we don't need more enemies, especially military. On the other, Grayson is our friend and we owe him.
Fuck it, let's do this. But we may ask Grayson who is this guy anyway.

>>19068627
>>19068627
"Oh... I see.
Alright, let me get ready."

Go see Mark and upgrade the new drite. They need engine upgrade and weapons upgrade... also cameras. We also need to put weapons and robotic arms on the new droids.

While he is doing that, we need go see Jun and have her install the thingamajig into our spine, also CPU upgrade.

>>19068627
If we have more than four hours to spare, I say we try to upgrade and get more power/processing capability for our AI's that way teleportation can occur faster.

>>19068676
>>19068676
And then test it.

"I see." You say, then you roll your neck from side to side. "I'm going to go see Mark real quick."
"Have fun!" Amy called, and you left the training room, approaching Mark.
"Hey there. . Oh holy shit." Mark says, his hand freezing mid-wave. "Oh my god those things are. . . they're beautiful."
There's a strange light in his eyes.
"What did you want me to do to them? Do you want me to give them power claws? I'll give them power claws. And I can revamp their engines, and probably throw in CD's synthetic muscles. It'll make them even heavier, but you'll be able to throw. . fucking I don't know, throw the world itself, if you find a place to stand."
>Wat exactly kind of upgrades do you want for the Heavy Drites?

>>19068700
Engines are a must. Second are the muscles. Third are the powerclaws.

....Basically all of them.
Also put some souped up guns in there, with massive stopping power.

"All of them." You say. He grins and nods, disconnecting them from your back and immediately getting to work.
"Any way you could throw some guns on there?"
"Hm. . . I'm not sure." He said. "I probably could, but with how much they weigh already, your accuracy would be completely shot, and they'd be too sluggish to use properly." He said, using some kind of welder to tear the armor plating off and get to the thick cables on the inside. "I mean, I still can, but you're carrying tons of ranged weaponry inside your other drites, and you have that javelin, right?"

>>19068740
>>19068700

We also need to put weapons on our droids.

And ask him if he can install weapons on our shoulder-mounts.

>>19068777
"Shitty accuracy, huh?
Hmm... can very high-rate gauss weaponry might be useful there for when accuracy is not necessary, like crowd control or suppression fire. Think you can put that in and replace the gauss miniguns from my other drites to more powerful weapons like railguns?"

>>19068740
>All of them.
I like the way you think. But Mike is right, the guns aren't worth the tradeoff. We have enough firepower... for now.

>>19068790
Our droids are already equipped.

"Hm. . What about some kind of high-rate gauss weaponry. . "
"For suppressive fire, right?" He asked.
"Yeah."
"I'll see what I can do, but these things are CQC beauties- I don't want to screw them up by giving them something they're not suited for."
"Yeah, I see what you mean. The guns aren't worth the tradeoff."
"Also, I think the armor I'm putting on them will be the same stuff they make vehicle armor out of. You should be able to just . . block anything if you're fast enough." He says, sticking the 'drites into some kind of machine. "You have any other questions?"

>>19068854
>>19068854
>Our droids are already equipped.

The new ones too?
I thought they were barebones like the ones we bought first.

>>19068891
Droids (if they aren't outfitted)
Shoulder mounted weaponry if he can.

"Thanks Mark. How much will it cost me?"

>The droids were, conveniently, outfitted exactly the same as your other droids, if only to keep the inventory page from being cluttered.
"I was also thinking of getting some shoulder mounted weaponry." You say.
"It's always more firepower with you, isn't it?" He asks, chuckling. "Compensating for something?"
You give him a glare. }
"Yeah, I can attach a few things to your shoulders. My first thought is some kind of. . I don't know, rocket pods or something. And then that Tolstoy girl made a bunch of random things out of plasma parts and gave them to me, so I'm sure I can find a miniature plasma cannon around here somewhere. Of course, you could always go with standard gauss or railgun."
"And how much is this going to run me?"
"Well, the drites will cost about. . one and a half K, and the shoulders I'll do for free. You are an agent now, anyway, and I heard you're helping Grayson on a mission. That guy's alright."

>>19068963
"Thanks Mark, you're a real bro. If you need anything destroyed, you know who to ask first."

"As for the shoulder mounts, I'll go for one plasma and once rocket. Put the rocket on the right side."

Get out of the armor.

"Now, I gotta bail. Don;t have much time till the next mission and I need to see Jun."

Right, I'll be away for like 15-20 minutes. When we meet Jun ask her for CPU upgrade which she can finish in 4 hours. It should at least be enough for one additional AI.
And ask her to implant the teleportation device.

"Thanks, Mark, you're a real bro. If you need anything destroyed, you know who to ask first."
He nodded.
"As for the shoulder mounts, let's go with one plasma and one rocket pod."
"Just what I would have reccomended." He said, as you stripped off your armor.
"Now, I have to bail. I don't have much time until the next mission and I need to see Jun." You say, and he nods you off.
The elevator ride is quiet, and you feel somewhat naked with just your gunner mechandrites.
"Hey, Jun." You say to her, waving. "Do you have some free time?"
"I have enough for a few hours, actually." She said. "Why, is the bullfrog treating you right?"
"Well, I was hoping to get some more CPU upgrades." You say, and she nods. "But I also got. . . something from Oleg that I need installed into the bullfrog."
". . Something?" she asked.
"Well, how do I explain it. . . "

>>19069029
"A device that lets me safely traverse the warp...I mean teleport."

>>19069029
"Some kind of teleportation device. The range is short, the recharge time is too long and I'm pretty sure it's protected against attempts at reverse engineering, but it works. And it helps at..."

Uh... what was it's secondary function again? I forgot.

>>19069104
>>19069117

That was not its sole function.
It also has passive function which determines our exact position and angle, greatly helping with our coordination.

>>19069117
>It allows you to know your exact position, angle, momentum, coordinates, speed, etc. It's pretty much a requirement for Onyx to calculate which angle and distance to set the device to.
"You know how my bullfrog basically says 'fuck you' to the laws of physics when I hack things?" You ask, and she nods. "This power core does the same thing. It allows me to transport short ranges instantly. It's protected against reverse engineering, Amy says, so I didn't hand it off to you guys. My AIs checked it out, and they say it'll be most efficient inside the bullfrog, where they can run the calculations."
She nodded, thinking.
"I. . I'm skeptical, but I want to see it in action. Yeah, I'll be able to do that." She said finally. "The med team is pretty much on standby, so they'll be by soon." She said, hitting a few keys on the intercom.

-

You woke up, and immediately, you felt your back was different.
<Is everything functional?> You ask.
<Affirmative. We now have as much computing power as Amy's wrist computer.> Cyan says. <And Onyx is currently running the numbers of your angle, momentum, and location. Doing so constantly and obsessively, actually. I think. . I think he enjoys it.> Azure says, after a moment.
"Everything okay?" Jun asked you. You nod. "It's been an hour since you were knocked out." she said. "Mark called up earlier, telling you that your two new drites were, in his words, delicious."

>>19069152
God damn, her wrist computer has a shit load of CPU.

>>19069152
Lets go get dem drites!

>>19069152
<Azure, please write a specialized AI to coordinate my mechandrites, droids and shoulder weapons.>

>>19069152
"Yeah, I'm alright. I cannot show it its function. It requires 2 hour cool-down and I'm going on a mission soon. I'd like to have it on stand-by in case I need it."

>>19069185
>>19069185
The less AIs we have, the more CPU can be diverted to the them.
It is a kind of pay-off, I think. We could have several powerful AIs or many, lesser powerful ones.

I'm in favour of getting AIs on need to basis like the one outlined here >>19069227

have our ai's make a social ai

>>19069227
<Name it Magenta.>

>>19069253
Do you mean "Magneta"?

Good name, I approve.

>>19069272
I meant Magenta.

nah, lets name it orka or something mythical like epona or that other ai of ours

>>19069286
Oh. That's an actual word.
It's still cool, I like it. And I will mistype it as Magneta all the time

>>Magenta is color-themed like most of amy's AIs. I LIKE IT.

"Yeah, I'm alright." You say. "I'd show you the teleport, but it has a long cooldown and I'm going on a mission later today, so I'd like it on standby."
"Very well." she said.
<Azure, can you write a specialized AI to coordinate my drites, droids, and shoulder weaponry?>
<I'm already doing so.> She said. <They will be designed to help you control the droids, drites, and shoulder weaponry as if they were part of your body.>
"Okay, now I've got to go check on my mechandrites and power armor." You say, and Jun waves you off.

Mark was right.
They're beautiful.
Made of heavy, pseudo-rhomboid plates, the mechandrites end in massive, monomolecular power claws. Each plate of armor can be individually twisted and adjusted in order to angle the armor specific ways, in order to create an improptu shield, or to twist out of the way so that the drite can be just as limber as an unarmored one.

Mark is grinning. "The rocket pod has an internal computer." He tells you as you put the armor and 'drites on. "So it has two real functions; you can fire targeted rockets sporadically, or fire every rocket at once for an untargeted rocket storm."

>>19069336
Shed a single tear of joy.

"Mark, if you were not a dude, I would propose to you here and now."

>>19069351
second

You tear up.
"Mark." You say. "If you were not a dude. I would propose to you right here, and right now."
"What, you like weaponry that much?" Amy asks, entering the room behind you. "It makes me think a lot more about that Javelin I made for you." She said, giggling.
"By the way, Grayson said that the mission can be started anytime from here until midnight. Whenever you're ready, actually."

>>19069389
<Azure, when will the AI be ready?>

Answer is whatever ETA +15 minutes Azure gives us (15 minutes so that we can get used to new AI and test out new capabilities).

Get in our armor and equip all the shit we have and test it out.

>>19069389
How long does Azure need to write the AI?
We should wait until that's done, then go full doc oct

<Azure, when will the AI be ready?> You ask.
<Once you give them a name.> She responds.
<Magenta.>
Your vision goes static, and suddenly, you can . . feel the mechandrites and drones' location, instead of having to visually check.
<Magenta active.> Comes a strange, female voice you've never heard before. <Power shielding is full, EMP shielding is full, energy cells are full, power cores running at ten percent, and the Javelin is ready to fire. Hello, Dave. Who can we kill today?>

>>19069440
<Magenta, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Let's see what else you can do.>

>>19069440
>>Wait, shit, forgot the image

>>19069440
<Welcome Magenta. It is nice to have you here with us.
Today we are going to assault the military.>

Spend like 10-20 minutes in the training room, getting used to new sensations.


"Mark, you said that normal people cannot use 'drites, right? ...Why don't they just get a specialized AI installed in them to help them coordinate the drites?"

>>19069440
We should probably start practicing our maniacal laughter and AdMech litanies

<Magenta, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Let's see what else you can do.>

Fifteen minutes later, you and Magenta are getting the hang of working together. Actually, you feel like you're working by yourself, but you know that she's working in the background, keeping your mental sense of your mechandrites and drones up, coordinating them to make sure they act exactly as you want them to act.

>Onyx delegated to 'teleporter operator, spacial specialist'
>Magenta delegated to 'combat specialist'

>>19069515
Find Grayson.
"Alright, I'm ready.
What's the plan?"

You roll your neck from side to side, slightly sweating from the exertion. Amy's sitting there, lost in thought.
"Let's go find Grayson." You say, and she looks up.
"Okay."
You call him and tell him you're ready.
"Very well. I'll meet you in the parking lot." He says. By the time you get down there, Grayson's there with a small orb and a ball of cables, and his car. . it doesn't look like his car, actually. It was a nondescript black van with no plates. "Here, Dave." He says. "This is the Mcguffin; you should just be able to put it inside your helmet and it will work."
"What was the plan again?" You ask, as you get in the car and install the device.
"Pretty simple; you distract the heavy armor, I draw a bead on the target, and then once the target is down, you bug out."
"I can run overwatch." Amy says, sitting up. "I have the gear for it." She says, patting a large green duffel bag you hadn't seen before.
Grayson nods. "Good thinking."

>>19069570
"Alright.
Think we can do this without killing the soldiers? Killing mercenaries and honest-to-God evil henchmen is alright by me, but people who signed up to protect their country? Not so sure. What do you think?"

>>19069604
We have already killed so many people we lost count. It's a little too late for moral dilemnas.

"Alright." You say. "Think we can do this without killing the soldiers? Killing mercenaries and honest-to-god evil henchmen is alright by me, but people who signed up to protect their country? Not so sure."
Grayson gives you a strange look.
"Yeah, it should be doable. All you need to do is distract, after all. Tear apart a few vehicles, rampage around with your mechandrites. . The heavy armor mostly has a really thick shell around the cockpit, so you should be able to do without penetrating them."
"What kind of heavy armor are you guys going to be facing?" Amy asked.
"Mostly mechs and tanks. The mechs are a bit more common, being lighter and faster, but the tanks are really powerful and pack a punch. With how much armor you have, Dave, you should be safe from small arms. .But don't get hit by any of the cannons. You'll end up missing limbs."

>>19069637
"Alright. I'll see what I can do."

>>19069634
Hey, no excuse to go to a maternity ward and butchering up everyone in there, right? It's not right to kill people who have not done anything against us and are most likely normal people.

>>19069637
Good to know, what can you tell me about the terrain, force sizes and training of the people I'm up against.

>>19069637
"Are we assaulting a convoy?
If that's the case, maybe I can hide in the sewer below the road the will take and bust out like an angry Kool-Aid man?"

"Good to know." You say. "What can you tell me about the terrain, force sizes, and training of people I'm up against?"

"We're going to hit them just outside of the city, near the crater that CD's prison used to be." Grayson said. "The target, as well as the armor, is all serving as an escort for the government investigators who are trying to work out what happened there."
"So, the plan is, go in, rile the nest, and you hit the target when he comes out." Amy says. Grayson nods.

When our journey began, we were but a prisoner who could barely hack a terminal.
As we grew, we obtained drones and mechandrites, and thought outselves Death incarnate.
But now, friends, we have the most sophisticated armor on the market, the biggest and most powerful mechandrites you'll find, doubled our killer drones, and hold more weaponry than any one man should have.
This is what it is like to be the god of war.

>>19069756
Sounds like a plan. Use our maps of the area to find a good ambush point. We're going to want to start by hacking whatever we can, then jumping onto the tanks and ripping cannons off, once their main cannons are down we'll be a lot safer.

>>19069769
I realized that Dave is pretty much a powerful Boss encounter these days.

>>19069756
"Hmm.
I wonder if I could attack from below, right in middle of their formation? Like hiding in a sewer?
Are they already there or on their way there?"

>>19069799
That's pretty much right. I honestly feel bad for anyone who crosses him.

Should we reserve our teleport for evac, unless we absolutely need to use it otherwise?

You close your eyes.
<Find me the best ambush point.> You say, looking over the area. Magenta instantly starts marking all of the enemy armor on your map. <Any good sewers or anything?> You ask.

<We've been over this last time we were here.> Azure said. <We're at the CD crater, and there's nothing below we can ascend from.>

"I believe the best plan." Amy says. "Is wait until Grayson gets into position, and then just do that rocket jump maneuver you like so much, leaping into the center. They won't be able to fire at first, afraid of crossfire."

In the distance, you see the assorted mechs and tanks sitting there, mostly inactive. One of the mechs' cockpits are open while the pilot is snacking on something. Infantry guards patrol the perimeter, carrying gauss weapons of some kind.

>>19069841
Thank you Magenta.

Makes sense, we're going to want to hack what we can before we leap in like a madman, just a bit of caution.

If we catch them off guard we can get a lot of damage in very quickly.

"I'm in position." Grayson said over the smartphone. Amy opened up her bag, pulled out a headset and laptop, and set the laptop on her knees. "Ready." She said.
"Anytime you're ready, Dave." Grayson says.

>MISSION START. Start rolling, and Wat Do.

rolled 49 = 49

>>19069872
Get into position, close enough to start hacking and try to disable or subvert as much as possible before we start bringing the pain.

You get into position, and the first thing you do, you close your eyes and enter the mechs as best you can. They seem to be jammed- probably EMP protection of some kind, but the open mech- that one you can get into. You hack it easily, disabling it. Suddenly, one of the mech's legs go out, and the thing falls to the side. The infantry starts rushing toward it to make sure the pilot's alright.

You also hack the cameras, ready to disable them at any moment.

rolled 76 = 76

>>19069902
Disable the cameras, try to hack the Tank's weapons.

rolled 71 = 71

>>19069902
Take out the cameras, try to get the tanks and get control over their cannons.

>>19069909
Aim the weapons at the legs of the mechas.

rolled 55 = 55

>>19069872
Hi. still crippled.

roll for success

You cut the cameras, and focus on the tanks next. . but they contain the same sort of jamming that you've been having so much issue with.

"Hey. we just lost the camera feed." someone says over the loudspeakers. "Keep an extra eye out."

rolled 48 = 48

>>19069946
Well, time for DYNAMIC ENTRY.

Aim to warp and fuck up the heavy cannons first.

rolled 38 = 38

>>19069946
Well we can't let them spend any more time, they're getting cautious and will start booting up their machines.

Does anyone else think it's time to blow shit up and throw tanks at mechs, and mechs at tanks? Because I think it's time for a DYNAMIC ENTRY!

rolled 91 = 91

>>19069946
Hack the loudspeaker system.

rolled 15 = 15

>>19069960
>>19069968

We suck at dynamic entries

YES. Almost missed this quest.

>>19069946
"Grayson, have you identified your target yet?"

Seen as this is an assassination, we pretty much just need to cause chaos and secure a clear shot for Grayson. If we can do that without exposing ourselves, all the better.

<Cyan, are any of the soldiers augmented? Can we hack those?>

>>19069440
><Hello, Dave. Who can we kill today?>
Magenta is awesome.

>>19069960
Let's save the warp-jump for emergencies.

You twist your Heavy Drites, pressing your power claws against the ground, and you crouch, cradling a 'grenade' shockwave in your hands.

Dynamic. Fucking. Entry.

You boost away from the ground at a truly powerful force, winging the shockwave to the ground, rocketjumping into the field. You slam into the side of yet another mech, hanging on with your heavy drites.

Immediately, they start firing at you with small arms, but they simply bounce off of your power shielding.
<Power shielding is stable.> Magenta says.

>>19070004
Can we throw the Mech at a tank? Because that would be totally awesome. If not use the power claws to fuck up it's legs and let it crash. Then move on to tanks and start crumpling and twisting turrets with the claws.

rolled 64 = 64

>>19070020
I forgot to dice.

rolled 91 = 91

>>19070004
Ignore the haters- I mean the soldiers.

Destroy the mecha's cannons and then jump to the nearest tank or another mecha.

>>19070026
>>19070028
>>19070020

Also, shoot rockets at tank turrets/barrels which are farther away.

You tug hard at the mech's side, twisting your body and using your smaller 'drites to cut at it's legs, slicing them off.

As you land on the ground, the mech falling sideways with you, you twist again, heaving the mech into one of the nearby tanks, making a truly horrendous noise as metal grinds against metal, distorting the tank's cannon.
"Warning, we have a combat-" The loudspeaker starts, but you give it a glare and hack it.

"Tonight, I'm gonna have myself~" the loudspeaker starts.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM&feature=related

rolled 25 = 25

>>19070004
Use claws and knives to slice off the leg of the mech, then jump from mech to mech and do the same thing. Nobody gets hurt, and they can't use the mechs.

rolled 72 = 72

>>19070056
First priority disabling tanks and their cannons, second priority fucking up mechs, third priority other people.

rolled 39 = 39

>>19070056
Go to bend the nearest tank's cannon up into the air, and then smash the next nearest tank after that.

>>19070056
>>19070060
Welp, nevermind, already on that.

>Playing Queen while wrecking everything
We have reached a new level of insanity

You slam another shockwave into the ground, using it to sail through the air and land on another tank. Both power claws grip the barrel tightly, and you start pulling.

<Evade!> Magenta calls, and you leap out of the way just as a tank shell collides into the spot you just were.

"Are they fucking shooting at eachother?" Amy says over the smartphone.

>>19070056
>"Tonight, I'm gonna have myself~" the loudspeaker starts.

MY SIDES
THEY ARE MOVING ON THEIR OWN

rolled 82 = 82

>>19070073
I'm more curious as to why on Earth they had Queen loaded and ready to play, unless it's playing from our mind.
>>19070075
"Damn straight they are!"
Go for the tank that fired at us.

>>19070075
"They can't aim"

How many heavies are left?

attack the nearest one and destroy its cannons again.

"Damn straight they are." you say, leaping again as your rocket pod fires in 'storm' mode, toward the tank.

You dive down into the explosion, your power shield sparking away the heat and fragments of metal, and your mechandrites grip the barrel. AFter weakening the turret itself, you tear the entire top of the tank off, slamming it into another mech, which quickly fell over.

"There are only two tanks left, and five mechs." Amy says. "From my count."

rolled 28 = 28

>>19070123
Focus on the tanks. Rocketjump onto them and disable.

"Grayson, what's your status?"

rolled 84 = 84

>>19070155
Take out a mech, on our way to the next tank.

>>19070123
Throw the turret at a tank and leap at another one.

<Azure, think we can scramble their targeting systems by sending of jamming and false signals?>

You rocket-jump once more, but the tank's barrel goes up and points straight at you.
<Incoming!>
You cross your heavy drites in front of you, and you feel the armor plates twist and lock, creating a heavy shield in front of you.

The proceeding explosion blows you out of the air, spinning head-over-heel.

"I see him." Grayson says. "Aiming. . ."

There's a single gunshot, and one of the men on the ground's head turns into a small red cloud.

"Done." Grayson said.
"Dave! Are you okay? Dave, get out of there!" Amy's yelling as you get up.

rolled 52 = 52

>>19070186
Warpjump as far as possible and then sprint and/or rocketjump. The warp will confuse them long enough for us to get away unseen.

rolled 80 = 80

>>19070186
Get the hell out of there, rocket jump out and when we're at a hidden position with cover teleport away. No need to give away we can port, and they'll assume we're behind that cover and focus there.

Keep the loudspeakers blasting Queen.

rolled 79 = 79

>>19070186
Land dramatically, rocket jump away, lay down suppressing fire with a rocket barrage as we go.

>>19070186
Time to move away. Teleport out if need be.

You get up, and start running, propelling yourself away as you make for the treeline, doing yet another rocketjump.

One of the mechs follow you, so you fire a few rockets as you run into the trees, getting out of sight.

<Warp, warp!> You tell Onyx.
<Calculating. . .>

And then you were standing next to the van, next thing you knew. "Dave!" Amy said, pushing you into the van. "Go, Grayson, go." She tells him, and he starts the van and goes.

>>19070235
"This was fun"

Check the heavy drites, see if there is any lasting damage on them.

rolled 31 = 31

>>19070235
We might need to keep a low profile for a while, like a month at least. All of us.

>>19070235

ahah yah who's a god of war! I'M A GOD OF WAR!

hopefully our enemies saw that and decide to talk instead of fuck with us now.

>>19070253
Pffffff

>>19070235
<Cyan, Azure, can you see anyone following us?>

>>19070235
Give Amy a hug with a spare drite. That was exciting, I literally threw a mech at a tank.

Check our heavy drites for damage. Scan for pursuers and if there aren't any relax a bit.

>>19070266
Nah. No hugs.

rolled 88 = 88

>>19070282

all the hugs

>>19070288
Nah.
I feel like she doesn't take any initiative. I thought she would be more responsive after she broke down and cried but I guess I was wrong. Let HER make moves too.

"You. . you threw a mech at a tank!" Amy said, eyes wide. "You're seriously badass, you know."
You grin.
"Hey, guys." Grayson said. "It's about time to switch cars and split here."

The three of you get out, and Grayson gets into his car. You and Amy get into Verne's.
"So, I have a question." Amy said.
"What exactly are we?"

rolled 15 = 15

>>19070304
I think we should give her a hug, but we haven't exactly been very forward...I mean, have we even kissed her yet?

>>19070317
Yeah, the dice decided it was mediocre.

>>19070315
"...Badasses?"

>>19070315
Besides a badass mercenary team? I consider us together.

>>19070325
Because SOMEONE rolled when it was not called for.

>>19070329
We're not really mercenaries

>>19070315

Well what do you want to be.

not sure if relationship or what we have become talk.

if relationship, i like Amy but fear her uncle, but we are like a god of war so we could take him, maybe, hopefully, ok he'd kill us if we didn't talk to him first.

>>19070315
"Besides totally awesome?"

Also, take helmet off. This requires tact.

"I am pretty much a superhuman walking armory with magic hacking abilities. You are a technology and machine genius. We obviously have a lot in common and get along well. Hell, we've been on a date. What would YOU consider us, Amy?"

>>19070315
Well I'm a former office worker who is now a tentacled avatar of war. You're the best, and most attractive techie agent I've ever seen who makes AIs in her spare time.

Together we're a badass pair of agents. Comrades in arms who will support each other no matter what. And I was hoping that you'd consider us romantically together.

>>19070370
I don't think he'd be able to kill us, but I don't think we'd want to fight him. Just put up a shield and take the blows...

>>19070380
this one looks good

Wait, reading some of these replies...

What exactly does she mean by that question?
By 'we', is she referring to everyone or just Amy and Dave?

"What do you mean?"

>>19070412
Given that she's talking straight to us and Grayson is in another car, I'm guessing Amy and Dave.

>>19070380
Leave out the 'date' part.

>>19070423
We're in Verne's car, but I doubt she's talking about Verne.

"Badasses?"
"You know what I mean." She says. "I mean, I like you and all, but. . Hm. I'm not really sure what I mean."
You take your helmet off. "Well, other than being comrates in arms and a badass pair of agents. . We've been on dates." You say. "and I think I'm starting to consider us romantically together, I suppose. What would YOU consider us, Amy?"
She bit her lip. "I'm entirely out of my depth here, just so you know."
You wait for her to speak.
"Fuck it; I'd like to consider us boyfriend and girlfriend, but that sounds. . I don't know. . . It sounds like I should be in highschool talking about the prom or whatever."

>>19070450
I meant, is she talking about the group we have (Dave, Amy, Grayson, Verme, Jun, Mark) or just the two together.
But I got it now. Kinda went over my head.

>>19070469
"Really?"
Grab the wheel with our drites telly Megenta to drive the car and give a deep kiss to Amy.

>>19070469
I'd like that, I'd like that very much, it's as good a word as any.

Verne's driving I think, so give her a damn good kiss and use all of our drites to hug her and hold her close.

>>19070511

Wait. Verme is with us?

>>19070523
We're in his car at least, I assumed as much.

>Verne's back home; Amy's driving.

>>19070539
Ah, well take over the driving for just a second with a drite and one of our AIs keeping an eye on stuff. Then give her a proper passionate kiss.

>>19070469
>>19070487
>>19070487
Hold up guys, let's think about this for a second.

Amy's obviously out of her league here. She's been a mercenary, and that leaves little room for romantic experience. Let's take things slow for now. Just give her a hug and tell her that we'd like to think about us that way as well, but we're not going to force her into anything she's uncomfortable with.

Taking things too fast is just going to scare her off.

So how does Dave fit in a car with power armour and 4 mechandrites?

>>19070539
Oh, then do this
>>19070549 >>19070487

>>19070572
It's a van... I think.

>>19070574
> The 'drites are all coiled up and sitting in the backseat, mostly. Also it's narrative license.

"Sure, let's think of it that way." You say, giving her a proper 'drite hug. "That's hot." She says, hissing and sidling away from it. You look down, and you see it's still steaming; the drite had taken some heat from the tank cannon, apparently.
"Uh. . oops." You say, and she starts laughing.

>>19070572
It's a bit of a tight fit unless it's a van. In most cars we would hope we can fit in with just the power armor and splay the mechadendrites everywhere, probably have them sticking out into the back seat.

>>19070572
He can fold them, dumbass.

>>19070593
Laugh a bit, then find a drite that isn't hot and try again.
>>19070599
Even folded and taking up the minimum amount of space, there is still going to be a fair bit of tentacle coming out of our back that would make normal seats hard to fit in. We can manage and pretty much lie against them, but it does take up space, especially the heavy ones.

>>19070593
> The 'drites are all coiled up and sitting in the backseat, mostly. Also it's narrative license.

>thatsbullshitofthehighestordersir.jpg

We always wear our smaller drites.

Actually, why do we need to use the drite to hold the wheel. We have 360 degree vision, I think we can handle steering the wheel with one hand while giving a kiss. Besides, we have bunch of AIs to coordinate if we get distracted too much.

>>19070593
You know you love them.

>>19070593
"I'll be honest, I'm just as out of my depth as you. The last woman I kind of liked tried to kill me, and the other ones weren't much better. But we will figure this out. Assuming that Verne doesn't murder me first."

>>19070593
"heh. You were really devastated when you thought that Jun and I were together. If not for that, I wouldn't have even known."

"I'll be honest, I'm just as out of my depth as you. The last woman I kind of liked tried to kill me, and the other ones weren't much better." You say.
"No, no you aren't." She says with a raised eyebrow. "If you were as out of depth as I was, you wouldn't have any 'last women'."
You shrug and concede the point. "But we will figure this out. Assuming that Verne doesn't murder me first."
"Well, I don't intend on him finding out." She says, kissing you.

>>19070659
"I bet he's listening in right now"

"wait, you never had a boyfriend before?"

>>19070659
We are going to have to tell Verne, eventually, but for now don't bring that up and just enjoy the kiss.

Given that Amy is lightweight and we have these new heavy drites, we could totally pull a fastball special, which is awesome.

>>19070673
No need to embaress her even further.

>>19070681
I just wanted to know more about her background

>>19070659
Set drones on overwatch, use drites to steer us safely to a side road. When the car stops.

Get out. Why because we are in a dangerous situation.

Also hitch hiking back

>>19070659
>"If you were as out of depth as I was, you wouldn't have any 'last women'."

>Never figured you for a lesbian

"I should keep my eyes on the road, shouldn't I." Amy says, pulling away from you- reluctantly, you note.

"So, what, you've never dated before?"

"Well, I stopped going to school when I became a merc, and everyone else was way too old and russian." She said. "Or Verne."

>>19070743
"Heh.
So what is that you see in me then?"

"Heh. So, what is it that you see in me, then?"

"Well. . you know the time Verne and I fought that EMP lady? After she threw one at us and blew out my legs, I was trying to keep Verne stable, right? You showed up, and without any thought, you tore her out of the window and slammed her into the ground repeatedly."

"Wait, repeatedly? I only remembered doing it one."

"You were pissed off beyond all reason. That was when I started to get interested in you. Because you're normally a dorky, innocuous guy. And now, you're. . a walking, cybernetic god of war."

>>19070775
I have my moments. Also she threatened my cat and hurt my friends, I couldn't forgive that.

Care to stop for a bite to eat before we get to EE? The food there sucks and I think we deserve some lunch after what we pulled off.

>>19070775
"Oh, so you like hard-boiled, badass type of guys then?"

>>19070775
But a human, after all.

>>19070784
Lets not.
We just hit The Military. Better to get back to base as soon as possible and lay low for a day or two.

>>19070775
"I didn't ask for this. But I sure as hell love it."

"Oh, so you like hard-boiled, badass type of guys?"
"Psh, as if. I like dorky, yet badass guys." She said.
"Any chance of stopping somewhere to eat. . other than the fast food place next to EE? The food there sucks and I think we deserve some lunch after that."

"Hmm. . Sure! What about. . that place?" She asked, pointing to a small restaurant. It wasn't anything fancy- it was just a standard chain restauraunt, but it *Had* to be better than the fast food.

>>19070812
"You mean Wood Chips and Rusty Nails Cafe? Sure, I've never eaten at one before. The name always threw me off..."

>>19070812
"Oh man, I haven't had proper food in a while now."

We've come a long way. And there's no angst at tall, probably because our former life wasn't very good and we aren't that augmented. Sure, we have Bullfrog and the drites, but we avoided more extensive augments. Quality over quantity. On the downside, we're reliant on equipment, both ours (to use) and our foes (to hack).

"Wood Chips and Rusty Nails. . " You say, looking up at the sign. "Sure, let's eat."

You bail the armor, keeping only your two standard drites, and enter the cafe with Amy. Soon enough, you two get a seat and wait to order.

"Dave? Is that you, Dave?"

You turn back, and see two people; Lucca, and presumably Lucas.
Lucas is giving you a glare that you're sure would have caused your power shield to activate, had you been wearing it.

>>19070812
Sounds like a plan.

When we get out of the car offer her our mechadendrite in a gentlemanly manner.

Talk about how freaked out everyone is going to be. A hulking behemoth of steel with four massive prehensile tentacles walks in, holding hands with a hot 18 year old with rainbow hair who glides across the ground. They politely sit down and order coffee and some food.

>>19070812
>Are we sitting there in our full combat gear? Wearing the powersuit, the drites, etc
>I hope so

What is the reaction of the visitors.
Also, shit, the staff might notify the police or something. We just busted up the military, they will be looking for a scary guy with mechadrites!

wave and greet

>>19070848
Hey Lucca, and you must be lucas Lucas. Nice to meet you. Give them a wave with the drites.

Honestly us running into each other is complete coincidence. Care to join us for lunch?

>>19070848
"He-hey, we keep running into each other.
Really small world, eh?

So how are you doing?"

Turn to Lucas

"Sorry for shooting crossbow at you."

>Oh darn it, I'm late again. Alright, let's see what we got up to this time...
>Wrecked the military's shit completely and utterly, nigh effortlessly, with minimal casualties on their side for the degrees of sheer CARNAGE caused, all while blasting Queen at them over their own loudspeakers and radio systems and suddenly the presumably dickheaded target gets his head popped; should probably see exactly why he was wanted dead, but hey
>Officially got the girl in a cute manner
>About to do an impromptu meet & greet with a pair of cyberninjas who were previously trying to espionage our shit and may now become yet more friends

FUCKING NEARFUTURE CYBORG QUEST UP IN THIS BITCH.

>>19070895
> THIS IS HOW I ROLL.

"Hey, Lucca. And I'm presuming you're Lucas? Nice to meet you." You say with a drite wave and a pleasant smile. "Honestly, us running into one another is a complete coincidence. Care to join us for lunch?"

Lucas's glare only grows stronger, but Lucca doesn't seem to notice. "Oh, sure, we'd love to!" Then she looks between you and Amy. "Uh, that's okay, right?"
"Yeah, it's fine." Amy says.

The two of them sit down at your table, and together the four of you order your meals.

"Dave, your drites are absolutely covered in ash. What have you been up to?" Lucca asked, still a bit wary of Amy.

>>19070915
"Tentacle rape..."

>>19070915
"Blowing up stuff." Smile

"I hope you did not get in trouble with your corp for earlier."

>>19070915
A friend's fireplace really needed cleaning.

>>19070848
I feel the urge to shoot somebody.

Coincidentally, It may be You, E.

>>19070939
This

>>19070915
"So what you guys been up to? Still sneaking around, stealing secrets?"

>>19070933
this one

>>19070915
"I was at a late '70's to early '80's theme party. It was real crazy. There was a dude pretending to be the guy from Commando, some Battletech mech action was played, and we were rocking out to Queen & shit. It was pretty fun."

THEY'LL NEVER SUSPECT A THING.

>>19070915
You know, this and that. I think the ash was from helping rescue orphans from a burning building. That sounds about right.

So Lucas, it's good to meet you in the flesh, rather than in a ninja suit. How's life been on your end? What brings the two of you here?

>>19070962
Hahaha, this.

"Blowing up stuff." You say.
"He tried to hug an explosion." Amy adds.
"Actually, A friend's fireplace really needed cleaning." You say. "So I decided to help him."
"Ah, I see." Lucca said. "By the way, how's the apartment hunting going?"
"Oh, I found a place." You say. "Same guy who's fireplace I cleaned, actually. ."

The four of you make smalltalk- well, three, as Lucas doesn't say anything- as you eat.

>>19070971
We should probably apologise for trying to shoot him.

>>19070971
Talk to Lucas, ask how life being a cyberninja has been. Apologize for shooting at him with a crossbow, we should clear up points of contention and bad blood.

>>19070971
"You're a bit quiet, Lucas. What's the problem?"

"Sorry, Lucas." You say. "For trying to shoot you with a crossbow."
"You damn well should be!" He said. "I wasn't even doing anything offensive."
"Well. . I thought you might have been working for Cadmium at the time, and I was. . twitchy."
He sighed. "Well, if Lucca likes you, you can't be all bad. Apology accepted."
"So, are you two twins?" Amy asked, looking between the two of them. "Because your names are really similar."
"Yep." Lucas said. "I'm older by around five minutes or so."

"I'm curious." You say. "What's it like being an invisible cyberninja?"
"What's it like being a heavily armored, mechanical-tentacled walking tank of death and destruction?"
"Pretty awesome." You say, giving him a thumbs up.
"Speaking of which. . how the hell did you know I was there? I was perfectly silent."
"We felt you watching us." Amy said. "I just didn't know where you were."

>>19071043
Call it a kind of sixth sense. Called Cyan.

>>19071043
"I'm going to be frank with you, there's no such thing as perfect stealth technology. Even when you're completely invisible to the naked eye and even to most sensors for lack of any radiation, you can still notice that there's something explicitly wrong through that lack. You were hidden so well that you were conspicuous and so I found you by way of your complete invisiblity. You were like a black hole, a blank, a pariah. Though with less of the whole "alien soulless abomination" stigma that the latter two hold."

>>19071043
The quick answer is Gen-3 magic, the more in depth answer I probably am not supposed to give out.

So any chance you could talk to your people and we can talk to our people and we don't spend time stepping on each others toes.

>>19071043
"Intuition. A shot in the dark, literally."

>>19071073
SHUT UP!

>>19071043
"Augmented. Point to your Bullfrog implant.
It is not perfect though"

"Call it my sixth sense." You say.
"The type of sixth sense where you know where I am even after I leap away?" He asked skeptically. "The suits even seal up thermal and electromagnetic waves. . how the hell. ."
"He's going to just be mysterious and cryptic, Luc." Lucca says. "I tried asking him before."
You shrug and give him a shit-eating grin.

>>19071073
Don't give them our secret. We need to maintain a trump card.

>>19071086
Seriously just chalk it up to our magic augmentation.... which is technically true since we detected him with our AIs help.

>>19071086
Our secret is Cyan :D

>>19071086
Would you give out answers with complete details of how you do stuff to a rival company? It's Gen-3 magic, much like your chair.

I'm not saying I don't like you, I'm saying we work for different companies, though they are companies that should probably sit down and talk some time, work towards common interests all that, partially I just think it'd be nice to have cyberninjas or fleets of drones backing me up.

>>19071086
"So, you didn't get into trouble with your corp, did you?"

"So, you didn't get into trouble with your corp, did you?" You ask.
"Trouble? What are you talking about?" Lucas asks, looking from Lucca to you.
"No, I didn't get into any trouble." Lucca says. "They just kind of. . sighed and said 'oh well'. Oh yeah! I was going to call and tell you; Apparently our people are going to contact your people. For tech trades, information trades, possibly some agent teamwork too."
"Oh, great. Now I'll be able to work with the great almighty crossbow hunter." Lucas says.

>>19071182
Smirk "I have nuclear powered handgun now"

>>19071182

And we get the chance to play distraction for the great goggles-sama

>>19071182
"Hey at least I didn't use the plasma cannon. Or the nuclear handgun."

>>19071182
"Oh, that's pretty awesome. I hope the deals will go well."

>>19071182
"I've got more than a measly crossbow. That thing's just a toy I keep around on backup."

>>19071182
Please Lucas, you actually have seen me work. The crossbow was just because using gatling guns or an anti material rifle in the park would have been frowned on. I also recently acquired a nuclear powered pistol and these babies, wriggle the heavy ones for emphasis.

I'm glad you didn't get into trouble Lucca, it seems to have actually worked out ok and opened some doors between our Corps.

>>19071182
Hey, be glad we only used the monomolecular crossbow,

>>19071232
We don't have heavy drites on

>>19071227
>>19071234
please don't be so asshole-ish

>>19071182
Duuuuuuude, you look really scary with the goggles on and disappearing into thin air is really creepy.

"Hey, at least I didn't use the plasma cannon." You say. "Or the nuclear handgun."
"Nuclear handgun?!" Lucas says, his eyes almost bugging out his head. "What the fuck *are* you?"
"All things considered, the crossbow was basically a toy." You say. "The gatling guns would have been a bit too loud, and the anti-materiel plasma rifle would have definitely overkill."
"I. .suddenly don't want to be here anymore." Lucas said in a low voice.

>>19071199
this

>>19071258
"Relax, I don't use them on friends."

>>19071258
Dude, that was only because I was seriously on edge because of CD, now that I'm aware that you aren't trying to kill me, kidnap my cat and dissect me I'm a pretty chill guy.

You can ask your sister, I'm a calm, goofy guy almost all the time.

>>19071258
"Relax. We aren't on duty right now, and if all goes well we shouldn't be on the wrong end of each other's weapons anyways.

>>19071258
"Did you think I became an agent because of my good looks."

>>19071258
Calm down. We are kinda on the same team now. No need to be uncomfortable.

We should leave though. We still gatta house hunt. I. Battle mode of course

>>19071272

this

>>19071258
Seriously, don't try to be more dickish, my drunk powers is telling me this would be a bad idea.

"Relax, I don't use them on friends." You say.
"Thank god."
"Unless they turn out to be spies from another corporation." Amy says, with an evil, evil grin. "Remember that one girl you shot in the head and kidnapped after going on a dinner date with her? You ended up chopping off her head, as I recall."
"Well, she didn't turn out to be a friend in the end." You say.
Lucas blinks, and slowly puts his hand on his belt, where a small stealth module sat. Just as a precaution.
Amy gives him a wide smile.

>>19071258
"Yeah, I'm honestly not sure what the fuck the nuclear handgun is myself. Y'see, my favorite Slavic merchant told me it operated on nuclear fission principles, BUT, he didn't elaborate on where. It operates on gauss & railgun tech, so presumably it has a nuclear battery like something out of Fallout. But hey, the thing might also be firing tiny atomic shells. And maybe the electromagnetic propulsion is assisted by a fission reaction in the cartridges, propelling it like a tiny version of those Project Orion nuclear rockets. I'm going to be honest, I haven't looked into the workings of it enough to make a definitive statement, but it's pretty cool and goes bang real nice. Amy made or helped with a lot of the rest of my equipment, so she'd know how they work. No need to be uncomfortable; I know you could go all Predator on me at any moment and flay me alive before hanging me from a tree in the nearby park, but you don't see me getting so worried. It's nice comparing notes with other agents sometimes, y'know?"

>>19071316
"Please, there's no need for that. It's rude to disappear in polite company. Wouldn't help you anyway. Just relax, have a drink."

>>19071338
this.

>>19071316
"That was one of the best Cadium Dynamics agents by the way, she drugged me and then pretended to be interested in me. Her story had a lot of holes, so I started suspecting her and gathered some info. Turns out she was an agent. A horrible bitch too."

"Shame, she was such a looker too"

>Miss nat 100
>Nat 100
>Nat
>Natalie

Jesus, this took me too long to get.

>>19071316
Try to get friendly with them?

>>19071344
>You're the first that noticed, hehehe.

"Amy, stop tormenting him. We're here as friends, not enemies."
Amy frowned. "You're no fun, Dave."
"There's no need to disappear." You tell him, with a meaningful glance at the module.
"Wouldn't help you anyway." Amy added
"Amy."
She sighed.
"What, you'd just vanish and leave me here?" Lucca asked her brother. "Thanks a lot for your support. I don't even have another chair yet, let alone the chance sit in it long enough to interface. If only I chose a mech instead of an IDW, I'd already have another chair."

>>19071344
I thought it was so obvious that I didn't even post a "I C what U did there".

>>19071359
No we actually got a lot of the awesome stuff ourself, EE only helped with the credits.

>>19071359
>IDW

"Don't be so harsh on your brother"
"Hey, you call it that too. What does it stand for anyway?"

>>19071376
Actually pretty much all of it would have been impossible to use if not for the Bullfrog.

>>19071359
"Mechs, huh? Big ones or little ones? Because the little infantry support ones are a little too easy to throw like tinker toys and smash tanks to bits with, I wouldn't trust my life with one, personally. But the big stompy Battletechy or maybe Warhammer Titan ones, now, those're some robotic killing machines I could get behind."

>>19071359
So what exactly does IDW stand for, and I'm guessing your implant lets you interface a lot better with mechs than normal.

>>19071385
No need to make Lucas more uncomfortable.
Seriously

"Hey, you call it that too. What does IDW stand for anyway?"

"Well. . You already know what it does, right?" She asks.
"You control dozens to hundreds of drones, right?" You ask, and she nods.
"IDW. . It stands for Infinite Drone Works."

>>19071401
OH NICE
We can only control a couple of them. But we don't need that chair.

>>19071359
Nope, he was first only to say it.
PS. I call my gf Nat, 'cause she's Natalie.

>>19071401
Hahaha

"Oh, makes sense in retrospect"

>>19071401
"Infinite... Drone... Works... This is going to end with me getting impaled by an unending rain of remote-controlled flying monomolecular swords, isn't it?"

>>19071401
That's it, we need UMW. For Unlimited Mechandrite Works.

>>19071401
I am the bone of my drones
Steel is my body and circuitry is my blood
I rule over a thousand scouts
Unknown to Death, Nor known to Life
Have withstood pain to control many drones
Yet, those drites will never hold anything
So as I pray, unlimited drone works.

Ok, I have to give it to you, your company has style with their naming. My implant is called Bullfrog, fucking bullfrog, what in hell does that even mean?

>>19071401

It's a trap. they want to capture us, run!

RUN! THEY WILL.AMBUSH US AND A CLIFFHANGER.

"Okay, I have to give it to you. Your company has style with their naming. My implant is called Bullfrog. Fucking *bullfrog*. What the hell does that even mean?"

The four of you finish your meals, and you all trade numbers so that you can call one another.
"Hey, our people let us do freelance or merc missions sometimes." Lucas said. "So if you guys need any help..."

"Wait to ask me until I get a new chair, though." Lucca added. "Otherwise I can't do much except fall to my knees crying and blubbering. Or catch bullets. It was nice to see you two, though." She said, and waved as her and Lucas left the table and went back to their car- another grey van like the last, you notice.

Damn. We have a shitload of guns. We're Gilgamesh. Damn mongrels.

>>19071503
AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND CLIFFHANGER!

>>19071503
This was nice.
Noe lets get into our and head back to EE. I also suggest putting on the armor again because I'm paranoid like that

As soon as they were gone, Amy shrugged. "Well, that was fun." She said. "I kind of wanted to start talking about my own taste in explosives, and see if he'd actually bug out."

You chuckle, and then suddenly Amy's pulling herself closer to you.
"He was right to ask, you know. What *are* you?" She asked, looking intimately into your eyes.

>You guys really want that cliffhanger, don't you?
>TOO BAD; INSTEAD YOU GET ROMANTIC END
>> End of thread 16.
>> I'll stick around to answer questions, and my twitter is @futureexabyte

>>19071576
>"He was right to ask, you know. What *are* you?" She asked, looking intimately into your eyes.

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Good thread as always, OP, those military guys didn't know what hit them.

Hey, we should contact Abel, it's been a while since we got a message from him. I'm worried.

>>19071576

It's augmentations, I ain't gotta explain shit.

>>19071576
That is actually a very good question.

Considering that we're shunting brain functions into our implant to make room for the optimization our brain is doing to be better at hacking and all this other tech integration stuff, it's debatable how human we still are. We're pretty much becoming homo machina. Which is a pretty scary thought, we have no clue how much this is going to change us and in what ways.

>>19071576
How pissed off is the military? Did we manage to make a clean getaway?

>>19071576
>What *are* you?
A Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy.

>>19071633
Man, we need to avoid shunting the faculties of our brain that enable us to ask ourselves deep philosophical questions like this, lest we lose that ability to the Bullfrog. In fact, we should probably optimize it.

>>19071633
>Our collective faces when our biological brain deteriorates to such extent and bullfrog takes over that Dave is not Dave anymore, we lose control of the character and perspective shifts to our allies. They have to defeat the Awakened Dave, the death machine that we have been so painstakingly building.
>Our face when we are the end-game BBEG

God, how would we even put Dave down if that happened?

>>19071647
>>For all you know, you did make a clean getaway. Due to the McGuffin, you don't have to worry about them using cameras or a satellite video feed to track you down and find out who you are.

>>19071576
Also, how are future-van dealerships dealing with the sudden influx of people wanting to purchase new black and grey vans for "Totally legitimate business reasons?"

I'd assume with all the vans we wreak and abadon and shit they'd be selling like hotcakes.

>>19071672
Besides, we cut the cameras. For all they know they were hit by an angry, angry ghost.

>>19071663
We know his weaknesses. Buy a red case and claim it holds his Admech army. Exploit this to subdue him.

>>19071679
Future-Van Co. is making a *killing* by selling to the other corps. Their motto is 'Whatever Your Totally Legitimate Business-Related Van Requirements, We Have What You Need'

>>19071702
Yessssss

>>19071702
Wait, does this mean they're a corporation too? With their own agents? That go on missions against other vehicle companies?

My god, we need to do a side job for them some time. The reward? Unlimited van rentals. (They'll still charge if the cans are not returned in decent condition and with a full tank of gas)

>>19071663
Artillery, manual artillery that can't be fucking hacked. Airstrikes. A really, really big gun, a very large strike team of people with a upgraded version of the weird bioarmor CD has so we can't hack it. It's possible but not easy.

Though I doubt it's going to do that, the Bullfrog is taking over what it does best and leaving our brain to do what it does best. It's not under our conscious control but it probably won't start acting against what we want. Hopefully.

>>19071752
if the vans*

Damn, I got too excited there.

>>19071752
With their own sneaky ninja agents to steal tech from rivals.

Their ultimate weapons is a transformer van

>>19071576
Another question: Now that we have an AI just on teleporation and analysis, does that skim down the two hour recharge time.

> ON FUTURE-VAN CO.
When asked about the rumors that their vans are only used for evil corporate warfare and drug deals, their official statement is "We find it preposterous that someone would use our totally legitimate vans for something illegitimate like that. Nudge nudge, wink wink."
When asked about the nudges and winks, they claim that they have no idea what you're talking about.

They are a corporation, but they involve themselves in no sort of warfare- they're the only big van company around, and they're worldwide, so they have no need to do any missions. They don't even have agents.

>>19071777
>they're the only big van company around, and they're worldwide, so they have no need to do any missions. They don't even have agents.
*nudge*nudge* *wink*wink*, eh?

>>19071777
> They don't even have agents.

That we know of.

>>19071771
>> No, you still have the two hour time delay between warps. For now, at least. All that changes is that you can use it without getting Splinched, end up in a wall, and he doesn't have to take an entire hour to calculate a single jump.

>>19071791
Can it teleport through walls, and if so does that interfere with it's range. What is it's maximum range anyways?

>>19071796
>The maximum range is set at. . roughly a mile, I suppose. I'm keeping the range fluid, but a mile sounds like a good round area. Teleporting through physical objects does nothing to the range, but if you don't know what's on the other side of the wall, you may end up inside of an object, which. . won't be pretty. Forced Fate Reroll or Loss Of Limb kind of not-pretty.

>>19071816
Damn, that's some serious range. It's best use is probably to exfiltrate a joint, is there a weight limit on what we can carry with us? I know we can take the stuff attached to us, but what can we bring with us aside from that. For example would we teleport part of a wall or vehicle with us?

>>19071777
> they're the only big van company around, and they're worldwide

How do you think THAT happened, huh? Peaceful mergers and corporate bargaining?

It's obvious they have agents. But what their goals are allude us. For a van company that has all the vans in the world, what more does it want? What overarching goal lurks just beneath the surface?

We should be very, very concerned.

>>19071830
>As it is, with your power suit and mechandrites, it takes the entire power cell when you warp. The more stuff you want to bring, the more power it takes, so your suit and drites are probably the max you can take. Without your suit, you could probably carry an extra person or so.

Nobody knows about Future-Van Co.'s CEO. Nobody knows anything, save for they're female.

But. . I know.
I've. . seen things.

The head of Future-Van Co. is a small, fluffy white cat.

Named Ishelda.

>>19071861
Cool.

How many rockets do we have on our rocket mount? And how many salvos can we shoot till they are empty?
And how powerful is the shoulder mounted plasma cannon?

>>19071842
>>19071783
>>19071789
>>19071777
perhaps a humorous side quest for one of those days that Exabyte can't think of anything else to do.

a beginning to the DAVEmobile

any artists or engineers out there want to run something up in the way of pictures?

>>19071878

rolled 85 = 85

>>19071878
DUN DUN DUUUUUN!

>>19071878
In all seriousness, can we have a side quest one day dealing with Future-Van?

Like, we're walking back from work one day and a fully autonomous black van with a red stripe on the side pulls up to us, and we here a robotic voice as the side door opens by itself.

"No time to explain, get in the van."

>>19071925
It would be an amazing start to a beautiful friendship.

>>19071925
>When I am prepared to give you guys the Davemobile, there may or may not be Future Van co. related shenanigans.

>>19071953
Well, we probably should get a van of some sort, something nice, bulletproof and inconspicuous.

You know, we really need to use Epona some time, we have a battle mech and we haven't gotten around to fucking people up with it.

>>19071886

There are around fifty or so miniature rockets in the rocket pod; you can fire 12 at a time in 'storm' mode, or one at a time in 'targeting' mode.
The plasma cannon is nowhere near as powerful as the javelin, but it's essentially a miniature version of it; still small arms fire, but a bit stronger than the drones and their railguns.

>>19071970
what's the cooldown for the plasma cannon?

>>19071953
>>19071953
shhh, a man can dream cant he?


>>19071962
something like pic related?
but wider, with more spikes, and more armor, and more dakka, and more blood red paint so it goes faster, and...

sorry I got carried away

>>19071978
>Not very long. it can be fired relatively quickly; once per second or so. You can, of course, overcharge it, but that involves melting the cannon entirely.

>>19071994
>>YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THE VEHICLE-MOUNTED MECHANDRITES WHAT KIND OF NFC PARTICIPANT *ARE YOU*

>>19072004
HE IS A SPY
GET HIM!

>>19072004
Just for shits and giggles, we should replace our gatling guns in our drites with giant purple dildos, and running around chasing people with them while they rapidly spin around.

>>19072004
the kind that has been watching from a banned location and unable to participate until now?

they banned the whole Texas A&M university campus and I couldn't participate until now.

>>19072017
That's not funny

That's not funny at all

>>19072028
must have sucked

>>19072017
only if Amy asks really nicely... < ;D >

>>19072035
damn right...
and now if i participate in the threads it'll only be late in the days because of my job...

but I'll still be able to play.< :) >