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>>Previous threads can be found at: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=NearFuture%20Cyborg%20Quest
>>If some the suptg archives aren't working properly, try going to Foolz or something.
>>Character bios and Dave's new shiny backstory can be found at: http://pastebin.com/SbPd3kJm

The year is 2025.

Your name is Dave, and you didn't ask 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. You quickly became embroiled in corporate warfare, fighting the PMC ArmaTek and their employers, Cadmium Dynamics, and there have been incidents with a corp named Kawasagi Infinite. You were recently kidnapped by a group calling itself Resurgence, who claims they're Saving The World. In retaliation, you went all the way to Antarctica, where you took over one of Resurgence's facilities. Since then, every mission you've done, be it one against Resurgence or one against Cadmium Dynamics, a man, codenamed Project Immortal, keeps fighting you. No matter what kind of damage you do, he keeps getting back up eventually. Tomorrow, the allied forces of both EE and KI will begin the mission to destroy Cadmium Dynamics, once and for all.

>You have 9000 credits.
>You have 1 fate reroll.

"Hey, Dave?" Amy asks, sitting up in the dim light from the streetlamp outside, the window's blinds making the light cover her in stripes. You note, and appreciate, that she's wearing an oversized t-shirt- and only that. "Should I. . Should I tell KI about their stealth modules tomorrow? About how to make them perfect, I mean. Because it would help in the mission tomorrow. . but I'm hesitant, because what about after that? I don't want them to have the edge over us..."

rolled 9 = 9

>>19174655
"...Can you just give them little hints? Like, not to make them PERFECT, but enough to upgrade some?"

>>19174655
"I was thinking about it actually.
Lets take it to Jun. I have an idea. We could strengthen our relationship if we play it right."

>>19174716
Also add.
"They are ought to find out sooner or later. Better that we give it to them and use it to our advantage."

Also, I'm loving the new Character sheet.

>>19174655
Go ahead. We still have an edge in hacking and we will need every advantage we can get against CD.

"Hmm. . I was thinking about that earlier, actually. Let's take it to Jun; we could strengthen our relationship if we play it right. They're going to find out sooner or later, so it's better that we give it to them and use it to our advantage." You say.
"Okay, I'll do that, and see what she says." Amy says, giving you a kiss. "Night, Dave."
"Night."

You wake up to someone slamming the door.
"Amy." You hear Verne's voice. "I was released this morning. Amy, you up?"
He walks into the bedroom- you and him lock eyes. Amy's still snoring, laying on you.

rolled 68 = 68

>>19174772
"Verne. Good to see you. If you're going to shoot me, may I reccomend a silencer?"

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>>19174772
Oh shit.
Good thing we can always teleport out.

"...Oh, hi Verme. Feeling better?"

rolled 83 = 83

>>19174772
Hi verne

I'd explain, but it wouldn't stop you shooting me...

"Yo, Verne." You say. "Good to see you. Feeling better?"
He splutters for a moment.
". . Yes, yes I am." He finally says, as if he doesn't know how to respond. Then he promptly turns around, and leaves the room.
Amy mumbles something, still half-asleep.

>>19174818
Man, I hope he didn't go for his shotgun.

>>19174818
get the power armor, he's going for the shotgun

rolled 57 = 57

>>19174818
call the armor-butler up have it make Verne a sandwich with the as it hands over the sandwich have it flash a message

either
"she started it"
or
"she tricked me!"

rolled 72 = 72

>>19174818
Suit up, wake Amy, hide.

rolled 99 = 99

>>19174841
>>19174847
uncle with a shotgun mind

"Amy." You whisper, and nudge her awake. "Protect meeee."
"Protect you? From what?" She asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Verne's probably getting his shotgun or something." You say.
"What? He's out?" She said, sitting up. She twisted on her legs, put on a skirt, and then ran out, while you got on your armor- you wanted a power shield and some futuretech plates between you and whatever weapon Verne's getting.

By the time you got the suit on, Amy walked back in, leaning in the doorway. "Sorry to run on you, Dave, but me and Verne are going out to eat a few incredibly unhealthy things in celebration of his hospital discharge. You'll be fine on your own, right?"

>>19174911
>not getting shot

"Peachy. Bring back some take out, would you?"

>>19174911
"Of course.
Then I'll go to EE and talk to Jun about the cloak thing, okay?"

"Be careful"

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>>19174911
"I am almost dissapointed he didn't bring in a railgun or something. Oh well, have fun!"

"I'm almost disappointed he didn't bring in a railgun or something." You say.
"That can be arranged." You hear Verne say.
"Stop it, Verne. I'm quite fond of him." Amy admonished him.
"I'll go to EE and talk to Jun about the cloak thing, okay?"
"Okay." She said. "Tell me what she says."
She kissed you again, and then the two of them went to Verne's car.

You shrugged, and walked toward EE.
That's when you got the call.
<No ID.> Cyan says.

>>19174997
Before answering call Abel and see if he can do something to track the call.

rolled 60 = 60

>>19174997
Try to track the call ourselves.

rolled 96 = 96

>>19175018
Trackin roll!

rolled 70 = 70

>>19174997

<Trace it. And vox scramble.>

"Dave's Pest Removal. No vermin too large."

You close your eyes, and will yourself into tracking the signal coming to the phone. The signal is coming. . from a satellite above somewhere in south america. . . But you can't get any further than that. It's gibberish, but it's familiar gibberish- the encryption Resurgence used when they contacted Amy.

rolled 23 = 23

>>19175043
"Three. Lovely to meet you."

>>19175043
Transfer this shit to Abel while we talk or something. He might be able to figure out something.

>>19175058
Maybe it's not "three"? Just say something "Ah, my favorite trolls"

"Hello, Dave. I suppose you've been wondering when you'd get this call." The voice said. It was urbane, calm, and the man on the other end sounded like he was getting on in age.
"Three." You say. "Lovely to meet you."
"Likewise, likewise." He says. "I speak to you on the behalf of Resurgence, with an. . offer and a warning, I suppose. No, not exactly a warning, I shouldn't kid myself; it's quite explicitly a threat."

>>19175089

"At least you don't beat around the bush. You keep strange company, you know that? Let's hear the overt threat part first, then the offer part."

>>19175089
"Okay, you won't interfere with the mission tomorrow but after that you want me to quit and go off and bugger myself or something. Listen, I already talked to Amy. After this mission, we retire from EE, and enjoy living in that fortress in Antarctica."

rolled 31 = 31

>>19175089
"I thank you for not insulting my intellegence."

"I thank you for not insulting my intelligence. Do elaborate." You say.
"Well, I also have some information to bring forth to you. You've no doubt heard it before, due to the fact that you knew my alias, but I feel it'd be best to tell you straight from the source. We know that KI and your people are doing a mission today. We will not involve ourselves today. You can fight Cadmium Dynamics without worry of resurgence operatives working against you."
There's a pause.
"Let's hear the overt threat part first." You say. "And then the offer part."
"This is the threat. After your mission today, we will work toward taking down both Kawasagi Infinite and Emulsified Electronics. If nobody asquiesces with my offer, then I will end up having to kill everyone. I know that's not the best way to do things, but. . everything else I've tried have been for naught."
"And the offer?"
"This is my offer." He says. "I wouldn't presume to ask you to join us, because I know you will not. Instead, this is my offer; Quit your job at the corporation you work for. We will not search for you. We will not hunt you or yours."

>acquiesces, damnit.

rolled 53 = 53

>>19175176
"how bout this fucktard; I intend to take 2 weeks vacation, then I'm back with EE if they still exist if they don't then I'm freelance. fuck off."

<magenta we know where he is, can we fry his communicator?>

>>19175247
Don't say that Goddamn

>>19175176
"I make no promises." end the call

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>>19175247
...Ignore this creature, go with >>19175134

>>19175176

"I'll take it under consideration. Got a good way of getting back in touch with you?"

"I'm keeping that fortress in Antarctica." You say.
"Wait, what?"
"Listen, I already talked to Amy. After this mission, we're retiring from EE."
". . I see. I. . have to admit, I did not expect you to say that." Three says; he sounds quite stunned. "Then, ah, I wish you and Miss Tolstoy a happy, safe life."

Don't tell them of our plans.
That will make the suspicious.

>>19175337
Hmmm. I'm not happy we divulged our plans.

Anyway, lets go see Jun.

>>19175337
>Confusion level: MAX

Whaaa?

>>19175395
what are you confused about?

"Thanks." You say, and hang up. Well. . that should buy you some time. Next, you enter the EE building, and take the elevator up to Jun's office.

"Yes, Dave? Are you prepared for today's mission?" She asks. you note that her labcoat and the turtleneck underneath it seems a bit bulkier than normal. Is she. . wearing armor?

>>19175416

What prompted that outcome with zero input.

>>19175424
"You're not planning on going too, are you?"

"Anyway, I wanted to talk about the cloak technology. Specifically about how we can circumvent it while KI cannot.
Since KI specializes in cloaking, I'm sure they are going to figure it out sooner or later. I think we should tell them of their weakness, that way we strengthen our relationship or at least we can gain something out of it.
Also, Amy developed cloaking that circumvents the weakness. We might want to share that."

>>19175446
>I got the input from >>19175134 as well as previous threads, when it was planned that Dave and Amy would pretend to retire and hunt down resurgence.

>>19175486

Okay. Not second-guessing, just seemed kind of abrupt. I figured we'd leave them hanging until we fucked off to Antarctica.

"You're not planning on going too, are you?"
"Oh, no." Jun said. "But. . I think I'm going to be wearing equipment from now on." She says. "It's best to have as much security as possible."

"Anyway, I wanted to talk about the cloak technology. Specifically about how we can circumvent it while KI cannot. Since KI specializes in cloaking, I'm sure they're going to figure it out sooner or later." You say. She raises an eyebrow. "I think we should tell them of their weakness; that way, we strengthen our relationship, or at least, we can gain something out of it."
"I see." She says. "Didn't Amy reverse-engineer the cloaking and then circumvent that weakness?"
You nod. "We might want to share that."
"I'll consider it, and bring it up with the rest of the board." She says. "I should start now, so that we'll have enough time for KI to modify their stealth modules for the mission later today. Do you need anything else?" She asks, and starts typing rapidly on her terminal.

>>19175575
"Nope. Unless you have ideas to upgrade me to more awesome.
Oh and Resurgence called me, saying the same thing as they did to Amy.
...Don't tell our plan to the board. I'm not sure I trust everyone on it. I still don't know how Resurgence knew of our mission to attack CD."

"They seem well confident that they can destroy KI and EE. I hope we're not missing something, there always could be security hole... or maybe they don't even want to bring us down by means of force."

"Nope." You say. "Unless you have ideas to upgrade me to more awesome."
"Sorry, but I don't have any ideas right now." Jun said.
"Oh, also, Resurgence called me, saying the same thing as they did to Amy."
"I see." She said.
"Don't tell anyone our plan; I'm not sure I trust everyone, and I still don't know how Resurgence knew of our mission to attack CD." You say. "They seem confident that they can destroy KI and EE. . I hope we're not missing something."
Jun sighed. "They're not prone to using force, so all we can do is finish this mission and wait, and hope they reveal themselves." She said, thinking. "But I'll keep it a secret from everyone, as you ask."

You step out of Jun's office, and almost walk into Abel.
"Hey, Dave." Abel says. "I was thinking- for the mission today, I was thinking I might use your bunker. After all, it has the computer power and the satellite uplink. That way, I can be overwatch without being directly involved."

Before we tell Jun anything about Resurgence being gits, scan our phone. Make sure it isn't compromised.

>>19175736
"Of course. You're free to use.
You can make modifications, or build new stuff with repair drones, if you want. Just don't go overboard, atomic-goo is damn expensive.

Oh and Resurgence called me. I tried to track them down but didn't get far. Here's all I got" and transfer him all the data.

>>19175736
"Not prone to using force? Jun, their plan- they were quite overt about it- is to murder everyone who doesn't defect to their little club. Everyone. At both EE and at KI. We've got a pretty small window, here. Mission, then getting that militant fuck Three by surprise, then making sure we won't suffer under a counterattack. Apparently, I REALLY pissed them off."

"Of course." You say. "You're free to use it. You can make modifications, or even build new stuff with the repair drones if you want. Just don't go overboard. Atomic goo is damn expensive."
"Got it." Abel said.
"Also, Resurgence called me. I tried to track them, but didn't get far." You say, transferring the info to his PDA. "Here's all I got."
"I'll work on it." He said, and then his phone rings. He picks it up. "Sup, tie-dye?" He asks, and listens for a bit. "Yeah, sure, I don't mind. Dave's letting me use the bunker, though. Got it." He said, after a moment, and then hung up. "Verne's going to be on overwatch too." He says. "His experience should help a hell of a lot."

>>19175819
"That's great.
How are you going to get to the bunker?"

"Omega giving you a lift?"

"That's great." You say. "How are you going to get to the bunker?"
"Omega's giving us a lift." Abel says. "I just need to pack up my software and wait for Verne. Chow, Dave." He said, slapping your shoulder and walking past. "No rest for the wicked, eh?" He asked, and took the elevator down.

Then you got a call from Amy.
"Hey, Dave. Just letting you know; Verne and Abel are both going to be doing overwatch together."
"Yeah, I know." You say. "Abel was right here."
"Okay! Also, Verne isn't going to shoot you. I made him promise."

>>19175904
>"Okay! Also, Verne isn't going to shoot you. I made him promise."

"Phew! That's a relief. Otherwise this was going to be a stressful day."

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>>19175940
I was gonna hate watching the bullets bounce off...

alright

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"Good money says you forgot to make him promise not to plant bombs in our bedroom in Valhalla."

>>19175904
"Just tell him I'm sorry for the awkward moment. That was... Not the best way to break the relationship to him."

"Phew! That's a relief. Otherwise this was going to be a stressful day." You say.
"Oh, and you'll have to fight a thousand CD soldiers, probably some enemy agents, and Project Immortal instead. But at least Verne won't be out to get you." She said in a dry, sarcastic tone.
"Exactly my point." You say.
"We're coming up on EE now." Amy said, and Abel rushed by you, holding a duffel bag full of electronics. "I'll be there in a bit!" Amy said, and hung up.
"Sorry, Omega's waiting for me and Verne on the roof." Abel said, slapping your shoulder again and getting into the elevator.

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>>19175990
he wouldn't do that, it might hurt Amy, or hurt her feelings...

>>19176036
"Right.
Make yourself at home when you get there."

You will be betrayed on this mission. You will be forced to choose between one of your own and mission success. Seek the third path.

"Right." You say. "Make yourself at home when you get there." You say, and then tell Talos not to shoot them out of the sky.
<Understood, Sir. Omega and its inhabitants are not to be harmed, and are authorized to enter.> Talos responds.

A few minutes later, Amy arrives on the elevator. "Verne and Abel are off." She says. "Things are getting a bit busy now; when Omega comes back, that's when we'll start the mission." She says. "Right now they're loading Epona and the drones on the VTOL."

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>>19176096

>>19176120
"I guess there is some time left for quick combat training?"
Spar a little with Amy or grayson

>>19176120
"Amy. I've managed to shoot lightning. But I want to wield the power of the sun in my very fingertips. Can this implant be made to fire plasma, do you think?"

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>>19176120
<Talos re-specify;;;Verne, Abel, and Omega are not to be harmed::::VIOLENTLY MURDER ALL OTHERS; I am sending you the biometric data as soon as I have it compiled>

<Azure, compile and send>

>>19176217
>VIOLENTLY MURDER ALL OTHERS

Whut?
Instead of giving kill on sight order, have Talos notify us of intruders and/or unusual event.

<Talos, let me respecify. Verne, Abel, and Omega are not to be harmed. However, if there are any other unknown inhabitants on Omega, notify me.>
<Understood, sir.>
<Use this biometric data to identify them.> You say, sending the info Azure compiled for you.
<Understood, sir; biometric data recieved.>
"I guess there's some time left for quick combat training?" You ask. Amy nods.
---

Amy dives forward at you at the same time Grayson does. Your heavy 'drites lift, and you activate bullet-time, leaning to the side, and you deactivate bullet-time. Your heavy drites parry blows from both sides, simultaniously, as you kick in and out of bullet-time only when you need to. Grayson brings forth a punch at full, heavy-power suit velocity, and you slide out of the way, using his own momentum to grab him with both heavy drites, and slam him into the wall behind you.

"Well." He says, pushing himself up. "You've improved."

>>19176217
>VIOLENTLY MURDER ALL OTHERS
Yeah, I'm sure Mrs. Tolstoy who's been redecorating will appreciate that. Or the fact you just overrided any previous exceptions completely. Good grief, man, you're laughably incompetent.

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>>19176254
fine, downgrade the violent murder with a series of warnings followed closely by violent murder.

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>>19176292
did we ever ask or invite her to do that?

I thought we didn't...

>>19176291
"A bit. I still need to test out both my new 'drites, though. CQC isn't everything."

On that note, FIRING RANGE. Let's see what the new heavy autocannon & anti-material rifle can do.

>>19176324
Nah, we haven't yet.
Still, giving murder on sight orders is... not smart. It could lead to problems if we kill someone who meant no harm and kinda stumbled on the fortress (unlikely, but who knows?)

As you pulled Grayson to his feet, everyone got a call.

"Abel and Verne here." Abel said, connecting everyone to a conference call. "Hlidskjalf is prepared, and Omega should be back by now.
"Yep, I'm sailing above KI as we speak, loading up on drones." Omega responded. "Sigma and Lucas are here, too, so I'm picking them up."
"Okay; everyone, chime in if you're prepared." Abel said.
"Epsilon and Lucca here." Lucca's saying. "We're in the VTOL with Mark."
"Drones, the IDW duo, and Tolstoy's mech are on the roof of EE." Mark said.
"Me, Grayson, and Dave are in the training room." Amy said.
"Okay; Grayson, get up to the VTOL. Amy, Dave, you two have those Ravens, right?" Abel asked. "Go get them."

>>19176465
Ok guys, let's go and fuck these guys over. They screwed with the wrong companies, we are going to rip out their intestines and tear their heads from their necks. They will remember this day in fear for the rest of their life.

So who'd going to betray us?
Any bets?
I think it will be one of the KI agents. I can't see any NAMED allies from EE betraying us. We have great relations with Jun, Amy, Grayson, Abel and for some extent with Mark and Verme. Besides them, we don't really know anyone.

You and Amy rush to the ravens, and climb in; You in Huginn, and Amy in Muninn. You notice that Huginn is loaded up with some cluster bombs, and Muninn loaded up with Fuel-air explosives.

"Ready." You say. "Let's go fuck these guys over."
"I'm in." Amy adds.
"Let's go, then." Abel says. "The Ravens have the highest speed, so you guys are going to go ahead and scout. Omega, stick with the VTOL while we're in the air. IDWs, keep your drones active and watching, but there's no need to let them out of their transports quite yet."

You and Amy tear through the sky, followed closely by Omega and Mark. "It seems that the Mcguffins we installed in everything is working properly." Abel says. "According to my data here, the compound is under heavy cloud cover." He said. "That should keep them from detecting us as long as we stay above the clouds." He says. "Mark, go ahead and set down the mech and Grayson on the rooftop. . here, Verne? Yeah, on the rooftop to your left. Omega, set Sigma down in this alleyway; Amy, set you down there too for the infiltration team." He says, quickly rattling off orders.

CD's building is, in truth, more of a compound. Large, with great fences surrounding it and security towers, the building itself wasn't a tower, but more like a large bunker, all made out of concrete and mostly underground.
"Dave, you go ahead and get out of your raven too, so I can slave it to Epona." Amy says.

>>19176568

Abel's been a little hinky. And Amy wasn't exactly forthcoming with that whole "got chatted up by Three" thing. Jun's safe, unless selling us out is a condition for Resurgence not ever fucking with EE ever again.

>*noneareloyal.jpg*

>>19176627
Get out the raven, stretch and wait for the signal to begin being loud. We don't want to go before the infiltration team is in place, once they're in place our arrival shall be heralding by the cherubic sounds of heavy explosives and drones raining fire upon them. We shall stride through the fires a blacksuited tentacled avatar of death.

Who ever said Dave couldn't make an entrance?

did the Board agree to our proposal about the cloaks? Do KI agents have improved version now?

>>19176681
Was that part of the plan?
I mean, for us to go in all guns blazing?

Also, what the hell? We hack first and THEN go offense.

>>19176681

We need to loudspeaker up, "NOW I AM BECOME DEATH, THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS", and follow up with some growly thrash metal.

If we're going for distraction, may as well throw all-in.

>>19176568
Well, looking at the Kawasagi agents, Sigma likes us because of our good humor and because we weren't a dick after the whole KI-EE skirmish. Omega... Maybe. He's young. But he seems far too much of a cynical git and far too happy with his current position as a pilot for KI to doublecross us. The Gemini twins? Friends and they're indebted to us. Epsilon? She hates our guts. She'd be the most likely candidate, but I'm not certain if she hate-hates us or if she's just playing the hot-cold game because she doesn't know us well and doesn't understand how we kicked her butt. But I don't think she'd be too willing to cross Sigma, considering their past.

As for the EE agents, tricksy. Abel or Amy are prime suspects. Maybe. But Amy's seemingly broken of the idea and Abel's too much of a bro to doublecross us outright.

But here's the thing. Resurgence gave their 'word,' likely worthless, that they wouldn't fuck with this mission. So we should be on our toes, but not worry about TRAITORS AND HERETICS EVERYWHERE.

>>19176627
Scan. Hacks. Etcetera. Wait for the signal. And then go loud. Real loud.

You descend through the cloud cover, and quickly land near Grayson and Epona, getting out of the vehicle. Epona buzzes. "Huginn acquired." It says, and the Raven flies back up above cloud cover.

"Infiltration team, are you ready?"
"Yep!" Amy says.
"Ready." Lucas adds. "Got quite a bit of explosives here."
"Mission start." Abel says.

The waiting is the worst part. All you can hear is Amy breathing ever so often, and down by your side, Grayson adjusts his rifle, looking through the scope.

"Dave, Epona, get down to Sigma for the bulldozer team." Verne says, and the two of you climb down to the alleyway beside the building, where Sigma's waiting with a rifle on his back, and a large shotgun in his arms.
"Dave, I know you normally hack things, and disable all signals outward," Abel says. "But that's not the objective this time. We're trying to goad their forces to come in."

"Infiltration complete." Lucas whispers.. "Bombs set, I'm on my way back."
"Me too." Amy whispers. You hear someone else shout over her comm 'who's there', but a moment later, there's nothing but gurgling. "Sorry about that." She says. "On my way back."

Almost. . Almost. . .

>>19176778
Lets not be so overconfident and give away our position before assaulting.

Jesus, just because people call us Bulldozer does not mean we are. Dave is more of a swiss-knife who can fit and adjust as needed. What is up with sudden RIP&TEAR all day, every day mentality?

>>19176816
n.... no hacking?

Alright then. Lets move out.

>>19176828

We're supposed to be the anvil on this assault. I'm not talking about battle tactics, I'm talking about drawing all eyes on us so that we can do our job effectively.

"We're out of the radius." Amy says.
"Ready to activate the bombs." Lucas adds.

"Detonate." Abel says. .

The ravens come screeching out of the sky, twisting upwards as they descend, and fire off both bombs.

The FAE and cluster bombs detonate at the same time as the C4. a few of the buildings in the complex are completely, utterly flattened, but the rest stay standing, reinforced.

"Go, bulldozer." Abel says. "Go fuck up their main gate.

Now, the waiting is done.
You charge forward, your autocannon making a regular 'poom, poom' noise each time it fires, the standard HE shells exploding against the power suits that survived the explosions.

>Mission start: Start rolling them 1d100s

>>19176872
Alright, alright.
I guess I like sneaky shit too much.

rolled 80 = 80

>>19176905
Shoot missile salvos and the plasma turret.
Pick off single targets with the precision rifle.

Shoot Javelin at 8 against the most heavily armored foes.

>>19176946
Oh right.
Don't forget to use BULLET TIME for best results.

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>>19176905
Start tearing up light fortifications and such with our 40-50-whatever-mm autocannon 'drite and pop engines with the power core rifle. Smash through that gate. RIP AND TEAR ITS METAL GUTS. Blast Sabaton's Ghost Division as we do so as loud as possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPwC6RZaL8

rolled 67 = 67

>>19176905
"FORWARD BROTHERS IN ARMS THAT WE MAY SMITE THESE SONS OF WHORES AND CAMELS!"

>>19176993
>>19177001

Sigh.... can't you people just for ONCE check before rolling?

You fire a rocket salvo at one of the squadrons of power suits, and they go flying, mostly protected by their power shields.

You see Sigma charge forward, shotgun in hand, as he skids sideways around one of the powersuits, firing repeatedly into his shield before it finally cracks, and the power suit goes down.

A mech bursts out of a garage nearby, and it's instantly slagged by the overpowered javelin that Epona is wielding. Epona then twists it's other arm toward a squadron of unarmored soldiers rushing towards the garage, and they're all mowed down by the dual chailguns.

You raise your Javelin at a heli that just lifted off, and you fire. . The heli explodes into flame.

"Drones, do your work." Abel says, and small holes open up in the clouds as a veritable storm of drones descend.
The AA turrets of the facility quickly activate, but you fire your autocannon, blasting them apart.

We should keep some of our more experimental weapons in reserve so that Zombie-Kell won't be forewarned when he inevitably shows up.

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>>19177015
NAH, NOT MY THING; TO BUSY TYPING


>REGARD BLOATH

rolled 68 = 68

>>19176993
The dice Gods do not favor Swedish war-themed power metal apparently, poignant as it may be to blitz the Russian plutocommunazis to a song about... Well, the Blitzkrieg. Ha ha. Damn it.

>>19177015
What'chu talkin' 'bout? Mine was a 1d100. Not noko'd. His was, though. The git does that.

rolled 9 = 9

>>19177048
I just hate having to find the thread again after I post is all...

rolled 86 = 86

>>19177047
>>19177048

We are using average of the rolls. The first roll was 80. Then you posted and pulled it down.

>>19177047
Use 4chanx. Right before posting, push the update button at the bottom right. Take literally one second to check.

rolled 1 = 1

>>19177088
what is this software, and where can I find it?

>>19177077
>Or just hit 'back' like I do.

During the chaos, one of the powersuits you notice are especially heavy. You fire one of your piercing shots, and his arm is blown back, the bullet cutting right through his shields. He calls something out to you in a language you don't know, and he raises his greatsword, leaping toward you and boosted by a jetpack.

rolled 10 = 10

>>19177106
Javelin.

>>19177088
That's true, I will shoulder the blame for that. Suppose I was projecting my ills upon ye rather than analyzing the far more important issue of averages wrecked by hilariously badly timed bad rolls. Even so, seriously, monotreeme. Stop noko'ing rolls, it makes them illegitimate.

>>19177106
Use the above 86! Punch him with the POWER OF A THUNDERSTORM!

rolled 95 = 95

>>19177106
oh dear I hadn't thought of that (vanishes in a poof of logic)

in regard to daves actions; SITH LIGHTNING+ PLASMA SWORD

>>19177106
Grab him mid air with our new CQC abilities, chop him with our plasma blade and throw his body and the sword he has at someone new.

>>19177099
It's an add-on/extension for firefox/opera/chrome

http://mayhemydg.github.com/4chan-x/

Get it and it will make 4chan browsing thousand times better.

>>19177106
Use EMP ball lightning.
Also, FUS ROH DAH to keep him at bay.

>>19177149

Actually, after the prior two, I'd prefer he keep nokoing so we don't get deaded.

>>19177153
... The man drops the damned noko, and what happens?

He gets a fuckdamned 95. I guess that settles it, we're using some combination of our electoos and our CQC skills to slap this dude's shit.

You raise the javelin, and fire. It makes a 'burble' noise.
You pull your arm back as the heat sinks crack, and red, melted goop falls out of it. You drop the javelin, and cross your heavy drites in front of you, the greatsword sparking as you block it.

You hold out one palm, and shoot a blast of lightning at him. He twitches, and drops the greatsword. Then you punch him with your other hand, the plasma wristblade flashing into life as you pierce his chest with it.

"Dave's agent is down." You hear Verne say. "Omega, go pick up Grayson and move him to the building on the east side. He's got jetpacks chasing him."
"Gotcha, command."

>>19177153

...and then he drops this. /tg/'s dice function is powered by pure Loki.

rolled 32 = 32

>>19177200
>You pull your arm back as the heat sinks crack, and red, melted goop falls out of it. You drop the javelin

FFFFFFFFFF

Don't leave the Javelin here. We'll fix it later.

>He's got jetpacks chasing him.

Set our missiles on homing mode and shoot them down one by one.

rolled 79 = 79

>>19177200
Fuck I wrecked the Javelin! Regardless, continue on. Should we assist Grayson and Omega?

>>19177200
Take the greatsword, see if it'd be better held in a big drite or a little drite. If we get four of those, we'll both be intimidating as they can see we stole their swords and become a FUCKING INVERTED BLENDER. That and we can unexpectedly throw them.

If Grayson needs assistance move to aid him.

rolled 36 = 36

>>19177201
>>19177192
perhaps it is; this shit to me before when I used to run a certain series of threads...

>>19177200
AMY! your Javelin went burble at me!

proceed with the face stomping

You turn back, and see a squad of red power suits flying toward Grayson. You set your missiles to homing, and fire- The missile swarm tears them down, slagging their armor and jetpacks, but doing no other visible damage. They fall out of the sky- you just bought Grayson some time.
You scoop up the greatsword with a heavy mechandrite, and lock it in; now you have some real range in CQC.

As you watch, something red, very large, and shaped roughly like a triangle arcs through the sky from the north, and something small and black starts descending from it.

Project Immortal slams into the ground, his feet flashing red as he lands. You notice that he doesn't look like he's wearing any power armor, now; just synthetic muscle covering his entire body, glowing red power cores- shields, most likely, randomly arranged on his body.

"Yo, Dave. Combat Drugs active." He said. "Is today the day I kill you back?"
He shrugged, and held out his palm, where another red power core sat. "TK active."

rolled 23 = 23

Tear those jetpack fucks out of the sky. We have an autocannon for a reason.

rolled 66 = 66

>>19177306
yo kell; I suspect not

dodge LEFT and FOREWARD

rolled 98 = 98

>>19177306
EMP ball at him.

>>19177306
Who are you again?

Right get the space death cannon started on locking on to him, get into combat, use our new CQC abilities to match him and he has TK so keep close and don't let him get an advantage from it. Start chopping with our sword and smashing with drites and if we get close Grapple and stab him through with the plasma blade. Also keep firing from the piercing and use our new EMP powers.

>>19177350
<Talos, lock Luin on target and power it up for the shot>

rolled 47 = 47

>>19177306
"Yo, Kell. I kinda doubt it, but feel free to try!" Happy banter! Why do I feel like we're ending up frenemies? Let us have fun with our new sword.

>>19177306
"Kell, how many times do I have to kill you before you realize I don't like watching you being brought back from the dead over and over again? It's not a pretty sight! I DON'T LIKE DOING IT! Can't we just talk our problems out with some civilty? Or do I have to turn you into a lightning rod?"


>>19177350
ZAP, MUTHAFUCKAH.

>>19177350
Oh man, if his shields are going down too... SHOOT EVERYTHING WE HAVE AT HIM

rolled 93 = 93

>>19177373
no not yet you fool


<azure, designate an area in our vision have luin target that area, slow charge with time warnings>

THROW HIM INTO THE CIRCLE

You thrust your palms forward, and blast an EMP ball at him. He's thrown back, and half of the cores go dark for a moment, and then he sits back up, pushing himself up.

<Talos, start to lock Luin onto the target.>
<Indeed, sir.> Talos says.

You leap forward, skipping to the left. . But then he raises his palm again, and then something throws you back, before you can react. You catch yourself on your heavy drites, but they scrape along the ground, digging deep rivets in the concrete.
You raise your piercing shot, and fire at him- but his multiple power shields blast it away at different angles, keeping the detonating power core from doing any damage.

"Who were you again?" You ask.

rolled 64 = 64

>>19177306
>TK active

Telekinesis? Fuck a duck.

Shield no defend against sword. Start pinging his shield to give the cores a workout, and try to get a fes strikes in with that borrowed greatsword. If he gets all tentacle-y, plasma blade them out of existence.

>>19177442
Well FUCK YOU TOO, sir. I bet they didn't bother to augment his lungs this time. MUSTARD GAS SHELLS, GO. CHOKE THE BASTARD OUT! POWER SHIELDS AIN'T WORTH SHIT AGAINST GAS!

rolled 95 = 95

>>19177442
While we're at a distance shoot an autocannon round at his feet.

Get close to him, he seems to have to aim it so circular movements around him. Smash his face in with the great sword and our other drites. Keep him on the ropes, pressure him.

>>19177442
Try to hack his shield powercores.

He snarls, and brings his hand straight down, as if he were dunking an imaginary basketball.

Some massive force from above shoves you down, and you crumple under the force.

You leap foward, swinging the greatsword, but he blasts it away with a shove of his palm. "You can't get me, Dave." He says. "I could root myself here forever and you can't even touch me."

You hear Amy scream in the distance.
"Amy's been hit!" Lucas calls out.

>Roll 2d100
>Taking first poster's rolls

>>19177475
CEASE ROLLS, WE GOT LOVELY AVERAGE GOIN' HERE.

rolled 99, 41 = 140

shit.

rolled 56, 82 = 138

>>19177487
Fuck, if we leave for Amy charging Luin will have been for naught. Tell everyone fucking else to get to Amy RIGHT NOW, continue to play with him and keep him in place until Luin smites him.

rolled 47, 91 = 138

>>19177487
spot check on amy

continue to attack kell ineffectually making him think standing still is a good idea

You blast an autocannon at Kell's feet, and he's blown back, his power cores unable to react; probably slowed due to the EMP you shot at him earlier.

"Fuck." He calls- his legs are charred, and most of them missing. Cables weave out of his stumps.

<Targeting complete.> Talos says. <Luin is ready to fire.>

Lucas screams, and you hear a single gunshot.
"Omega, go pick up Lucas and Amy. They're both hit." Abel said.

rolled 37 = 37

>>19177545
LUIN FIRE

rolled 1 = 1

>>19177487
Get close to him and shoot EMP lighting from close range. While touching him.

rolled 71 = 71

>>19177545
FIRE LUIN, NOW! ROAST HIM.

>>19177545
Sucker punch that fucker with lightning and run for it, help the others! THIRD OPTION! WE DON'T NEED TO HOLD HIM DOWN IF HE'S TAKEN A FEW GIGAVOLTS TO HIS SMUG FACE!

rolled 13 = 13

>>19177566
well.... fuck

rolled 22 = 22

>>19177511
>70 average, 99 on the dice

Well done.

>>19177545

"G'bye Kell."

<Fire.>

>ROLL TO RUN LIKE A BITCH

>>19177566
Hmm, fate point?

rolled 30 = 30

>>19177573
joules gigajoules is the unit for lasers

learn your basic pysics

>>19177566
>>19177584
That's definitely going to be subject to a fate point. Which we'll hopefully earn back because DEMONSTRATIN' HUMAN EMPATHY YO.

>>19177584

We might just have to.

rolled 72 = 72

>>19177584
>>19177598

But is this still a life or death situation?
I don't think so. Maybe wait till we use it?

I think we can still take him out.

I say fate point.

>>19177615
It's a Kell living situation and us having to spend more time on him or him coming back to haunt us rather than getting to Amy and Lucas.

rolled 74 = 74

>>19177626
>>19177615
>>19177601
>>19177598
>>19177584
I say to wait and see.

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>>19177597
Bitch, don't make me open up a few kilopounds of whoopass on you. DON'T BACKSASS ME.

<Fire Luin of Celchar.> You say.

"Oh, Dave, don't you learn?" Kell said. "I'm fucking immortal." And then, as everything went silent, the clouds cracked open, and liquid sunlight poured forth.
Kell screamed.

"I picked them up." Omega said. "Fuck, I think Lucas might be dead. He's got a torso wound. Grayson, help him."

The screaming continued, as the blazing spear of light stayed focused on Kell. When the light finally stopped, there was nothing there but char.
<Luin has melted down.> Talos said. <I believe it's inoperable.>

You lost your orbital laser in the process, but you just killed Project Immortal.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck." Abel says. "Epona's been damaged. I think we did enough right now, everyone get the hell out of there." He said, as more flying, red triangles started approaching from the north.

rolled 98 = 98

>>19177634
are kips a valid unit of asswoopin woman?

I'll backsass you all I want

>>19177644
I'm fine with Luin melting, move to get fucking Lucas and Amy and extract them.

Kell is dead, very very dead. It's like how we dealt with Alli Templar, but on a larger scale.

>>19177644
Are we sure nothing is left of Immortal?

Make a last sweep to see if he survived or not. I wouldn't want him reconstructing from a single digit or something like Wolverine or Deadpool

rolled 58 = 58

>>19177644
huginn to me, take me to Amy NOW

>>19177644
Throw as much dakka the enemies' way as possible as we retreat, to keep them off our backs. We need to get to Lucas. Now. WE HAVE LIGHTNING IN OUR VEINS, AND IT SHALL FLOW INTO HIS AND BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO HIS FORM.

>>19177649
nigga, what. CEASE ROLLING, WE'VE GOT A DECENT AVERAGE.

rolled 29 = 29

>>19177644
>more flying, red triangles

If there's backups of Project Immortal, we're proper fucked. Time to scarper.

Put as much heat on those flyers as we can while protecting the rear for a tactical retreat instead of an all-out rout.

>>19177673
Empty our missile and shell and shoot everything with our tentacles and the plasma turrent while we retreat?
<Magenta, take over>

>>19177696
No use, SOMEONE is going to roll and fuck up the average. Case in point >>19177697

"Huginn, to me." You say, and quickly take control back from Epona. You climb in, and blast off toward the stealthed Omega.
"Is anyone else injured?" Abel asked. "Everyone, get in the fucking air, we need to get out."
"Me, Lucas, Grayson, and Amy are in the air." Omega said.

"Me and Epona are still down here!" Sigma called out. "I can fly up to the VTOL, but the mech will have to stay."
"Damnit." Abel says. "Do it, Sigma. Epona, cover us. When we're gone, self-destruct and overload your cores."
"Understood." Epona buzzed. "Tell Amy we said goodbye."

>>19177731
>"Understood." Epona buzzed. "Tell Amy we said goodbye."
;_;

NOOOOOOOO

rolled 80 = 80

>>19177731
"don't worry comrade, we will; Give em hell!"

>>19177731
We will gentlemen, your sacrifice will be remembered and sung of in legend. Don't go without a fight.

>>19177731
<Azure. Can we try and save the cluster to our databanks? We might not be able to run them out of the Bullfrog, but surely we have enough space to store them compressed? I'll be damned if we're losing anyone else- no, anyone at all, on this mission!>

>>19177776
This!

>>19177776
They'll be just copies, man.

"Don't worry, comrade." You tell Epona. "We will; Give em hell."
As you watch, soaring above in the Raven, some powersuited soldiers fall out of one of the red triangles. Epona shifts it's entire weight to the side, and gives the squad officer a single, powerful, mech kick. The suited soldier was blasted back, the mech bringing both arms down on some of the other suited soldiers, monochainsaws tearing through their armor.

<Azure.> You say. <Can we save the cluster to our databanks?>
<Not the machine. . but I can try to copy the data.>
>Roll 1d100 for CLUSTER RESCUE

>>19177799
Don't you go all Azure on me!

rolled 87 = 87

>>19177831

>>19177799
They'll live on. If not in their original circuitry, then in their programming in another chassis. We are NOT letting Epona's mind, its soul, go in vain! We can build it another body, but that cluster is not something we can afford to lose nor forgive ourselves for losing!

>>19177842
I'm not rolling after that.

for our fallen comerades; may they be reicarnated!!

>>19177842
CEASE ROLLS. FUCK YEAH.

>>19177831
>>19177842
WE WILL SAVE THEM ALL
(deleted my dice+1d100)

<. . Got it.> Azure said. <We can't run the cluster on this computer, but we have the data saved> She said.

"Dave, hurry up!" Abel said. "You're the last one there!"

You activate the raven, and blast off.

>Mission successful.
>Losses: Epona, Countless drones, Javelin, Luin
>Amy: Injured
>Lucas: Severely injured
>Everyone else: Intact

>>19177893
What are CD's losses?

>>19177893
Worse than we like but we didn't lose anything other than stuff and materials. The injuries are bad, but us and Amy are planning on going on "vacation" anyway. I just hope Sigma gets better.

What are the damages on their end? Giant piles of compound, Project Immortal at his strongest yet, buckets of soldiers, agents, defenses and so on. Oh and dignity, we totally hurt their pride something fierce. We showed them fear.

rolled 33 = 33

>>19177918
KELL
SEVERAL MILLION CREDITS WORTH OF OTHER MATERIAL
HUNDREDS OF CEDS WORTH OF STUFF

AND THEIR SENSE OF SECURITY.

>>19177918
>CD's losses:
>A LOT
>Also Kell, a few other agents
>Most namely, every single foothold that other KI agents were working for across the entire fucking world.

I hope we killed the majority of their board.

>>19177943
>>Most namely, every single foothold that other KI agents were working for across the entire fucking world.

I don't think I understand. Elaborate, please.
Also, I damn hope we get enough money to cover for Epona, Luin and then a load more.

>>19177973
We showed them fear and they pulled a lot of agents out of places to consolidate, deal with us, and with their HQ in that state they can't send them back out or someone will just assault again and kill the board. They currently have to hole up in their fortress.

rolled 7 = 7

>>19177943
>>19177893
<Omega take us to the neares safe infirmary facility leave mark behind if you have to warn them and tell them not to fire on us>

race along beside Omega and be ready to haul Amy and Lucas inside whatever building we're headed to. and damn and smash everyone who stands as an obstacle. to them getting their medical needs cared for.

>>19177973
>The primary focus of this mission is to shake CD's security enough that all of the other CD agents across the world would rush home to protect their HQ.
>The rest of the KI agents, because there's a lot more than just the ones you know, all have their own goals and missions that they're planning to execute against CD. The way the timing works, they're doing all of their missions while the CD agents are rushing home.

You reach EE, and touch down immediately, using your connection to the other raven to park it as well. You pant, and look at the wreckage of the Javelin. It's. . pretty well melted down- you can't see how it could even be repaired.
"Well." Abel said. "That was a success, from what it looks like. No fatalities, just loss of equipment."

>>19177943
By the way where are the nation states in all of this?
I'd figure they have to react sooner or later when corps are starting to go full on war against each other.

>>19178008
Go see Amy

>>19178008
Agreed, however we need to get Amy and Sigma into immediate medical treatment, Amy'll probably be fine but I'm not sure about Sigma.

rolled 633, 238, 569, 828, 848 = 3116

>>19178028
Not Sigma. Lucas. Luuucas. One of the Gemini twins.

>>19178049
I meant Lucas, my bad.

>>19177994
>>19178008

I see. Thanks.
So now CD shouldn't be much of a problem anymore, right?

Now we have to deal with the fucking Resurgence. Why are they targeting KI and EE exclusively anyway? Aren't there like hundreds of thousands of other corporations they could target?

I'm glad we finally snuffed Kell the Antidave. I still wish we'd been able to diplomance the bastard to come to the right side, but y'know, he was a grumpy old coot of a tech support guy to the very end, hyperadvanced augments & a vendetta or no, so that was like trying to take down a brick wall one fingernail-sized scraping of mortar at a time; I don't think he found our "Who are you again?" jokes very funny. His story began with getting killed unceremoniously and ended with him being killed unceremoniously, but ridiculously impressively. So that's an improvement.

He was pretty much CD's best weapon, his design probably not logged effectively (because hey who the fuck bothers to pit priceless prototype technologies to paper, it's not like your super nano-tentacle-cyborg is going to get hit with a fucking killsat or anything) and any records were probably destroyed when we bombed the shit out of their hyperfortified compound, so Cadmium Dynamics is pretty neutered. Considering their amorality, I think we just hugely improved the prospective quality of life for the people of Russia with what we've done.

Exabyte. Just what was Kell's story? Surely the guy must've had some people in his life. Family, friends? And... WE FORGOT TO ASK OLEG ABOUT CADMIUM DYNAMICS BEFORE WE SET OFF. AGAIN. FUCK A DUCK, we at least need to figure out their schtick from him now that they're crushed underneath our boots.

>>19178061
Those corporations aren't affiliated with the one man who can truly fuck up their plans, which probably falls in line with the "destroy all the world's technology and relive through dark age feudalism and COMPLETELY miss the point of trying to dear down the dickass corporate & governmental powers, hurray pointless rebellion!" ending choice for retards in Deus Ex. That man being of a new species, of homo mechanicum. That man, being DAVE DAVIS DAVIDSON.

<Two unknowns located, Amy located, descending in Omega.> Talos says. <One unknown is badly injured, and the other has forearm implants.> Talos says.
"Where's Amy?" You ask.
"She's touching down here at Valhalla." Abel says. "Omega came here to pick me and Verne up; Lucas is alive, and the repair drones are synthesizing whatever drugs and medical supplies we need."
<Let them in.> You tell Talos, and climb back into Huginn; you connect to Muninn and make it follow you too, as you fly to Valhalla.

"You okay?" You ask Amy, as she's lying on one of the beds in one of Valhalla's bedrooms.
"Well, they shot through my shield and got my fucking arm." Amy said, raising her bandaged arm. "It hurt. Lucas saved my life, though. The second shot would have killed me, but. . Dove in the way."
"If it was a movie, it would have been in slow motion." She said, slightly dreamily.

>>19178127
Hopefully we have a video recording of Luin firing on Kell. We should have been taping it.

Give Amy a tight hug, kiss her and show her the footage.

Lucas is a good guy, I glad I didn't lose you.

>>19178127
"Hey, don't you get a crush on him!"

"How is Lucas doing?"

>Two unknowns located
One is Lucas, the other one is... Grayson? Who's the other unknown?

rolled 99 = 99

>>19178127
"I bet."
(concerned voice)
"you gonna keep that?" point to the arm

after reply give her epona's last message then wait a while and say "its okay, we can rebuild it, we have the technology"

>>19178127
"Shows what I know about chivalry, letting my lady fall into peril. I just... I couldn't let Kell get away, who knows what terrible shit he'd have done if he and I didn't finish it then and there; CD would've clawed its way back up if they still had his tech and his crazy on hand. I'm just... I'm glad you're okay. If you'll excuse me, I need to go thank Lucas. Assuming he's still conscious."

>>19178165
>99
MAXIMUM SUAVE.

Seriously, Monotreeme, you either roll abysmally or like the fist of the north star, the fuck is up with this?

<Who's the other unknown?> You ask, and Talos shows you the camera view; It's Grayson, who's working on Lucas alongside Verne. It seems like it's almost a crisis, but there's little you can do to help- you'd probably get in the way.

"I bet." You say. "You gonna keep that?" You ask, and point to her arm.

"Well, it hurts, so I don't want to keep it that much." Amy said dreamily still. "But it'd hurt more to remove."
She blinked.
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm a bit loopy."

>>19178212
Oh. Well, that explains the dreamy eyes.

>>19178212
"Heh. Okay.
Sleep, you need your rest."

Contact Jun "I hope you guys are not lowering your guard. Remember that Reusrgence said they will make a move after the mission. They might act right now.
Notify KI too just in case."

>>19178212

"You're okay. Just rest for a bit. You earned it."

Is there enough on-site storage and number-crunching power to upload and reboot Epona?

>>19178212
It's ok adorable technicolor death machine, you did good out there and you're on a lot of painkillers. Don't worry about being loopy. Just stay with Amy, hold her uninjured arm and let her rest.

rolled 95 = 95

>>19178204
I recently made Barbeque

part of how I do it involves a sacrifice of the blood over an open wood-fire. it makes my rolls good and high most of the time.

>>19178212
"I can see that", (insert Eponas last words+ good news)

rolled 607, 103, 125, 937, 290 = 2062

>>19178272
...I believe you.

rolled 60 = 60

>>19178293
my players hate it that I can roll 5 nat 20s consecutively

especially since I run games...

but they do love my barbeque.

"You're okay, you're just on a lot of painkillers." You say. "Sleep, you need your rest. You earned it."
"Hey." She said sharply. "I think I earned a kiss, too."
You oblige her request. "Also, Epona was left back there." You say, and she frowns. "They said goodbye.. but then me and Azure downloaded the cluster."
"Aw, thanks, Dave." She said. "You'll help me when I rebuild it, riiight?" She asked blearily.

rolled 88 = 88

>>19178432
sure, and we can name the next one Macha goddess of war AND horses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha

>>19178432
"Of course, my adorable technicolour death machine." and kiss her on her forehead.

>>19178432
A full strike team couldn't stop me from helping you honey. Now sleep well and dream of plasma colored explosions.

"Of course, my adorable technicolour death machine." You say. She giggles and closes her eyes as you kiss her on the forehead, and then she's asleep.
You hold her hand, and contact Jun.
"Dave?"
"I hope you guys aren't lowering your guard." You say. "Remember. Resurgence said they'll make a move after the mission. They might be acting right now. Notify KI too, just in case."
"Got it." Jun responded. "Also, I noted, officially and to the board, that you and Amy are quitting. That should buy you time."

>>19178505
Thank you Jun, do I get severance pay and a bonus for this op? Because I'd like to have funds for what we're doing next.

>>19178505
"Alright.
Stay safe."

Abel is still here, right? We should go up to him and lay out a plan on how to deal with the Resurgence.

rolled 18 = 18

>>19178505
can we get a briefcase full of money first?

>>19178505

"Something just occurred to me. Amy and I are a few million creds worth of walking hardware. The board didn't immediately go apeshit when we said, 'Thanks, we'll be going now,'?"

"Can we get a briefcase full of money first?" You ask, and she chuckles.
"Not a briefcase, but we added some cash to your account." Jun said. "Quite a bit, actually. It should be all you need for several weeks..."
>51000 credits acquired! 60000 in total.
"Something just occurred to me. amy and I are a few million creds worth of walking hardware. The board didn't immediately go apeshit when we said, 'Thanks, we'll be going now.'?"
"No, they didn't. . Because you weren't the only ones. Nearly half of our technicians and a fourth of our security officers quit as well. Apparently Three's calls have gotten around. And Grimmauld declared that we're not going to force people to stay, if Resurgence is going to act against us."

>>19178586
"Huh, Grimmauld is a pretty cool guy."

Damn, now I feel guilty of leaving them unprotected for a week or two.

We need to hash out a plan with Abel.

>>19178586
"Did you share the cloak tech with KI?
How did that go?"

>>19178586
"God damn, that Grimmauld's brilliant. He's handling it coolly, with tact and grace. Employees leave for fear of being murdered by insane terrorist teenagers. Employees leave on good terms. We deal with those Resurgence pricks. Employees are safe and return to work happily, and we get hailed as heroes for rooting out a bunch of filthy anarcho-luddites. Brilliant! I'll see you later, Jun, I've got plans to draw up."

>>19178586

"Well that was dumb of Three. Several dozen phone calls should give us enough data to sift for a possible originating location, even with fancy-schmancy spoofing and cut-outs."

"Grimmauld is a pretty cool guy." You say.
"Yeah, he is." Jun responds, and then sighs.
"He's brilliant; he's handling it coolly, with tact and grace. Employees leave for fear of being murdered by insane terrorist teenagers. Employees leave on good terms. We deal with those Resurgence pricks. Employees are safe and return to work happily, and we get hailed as heroes for rooting out a bunch of filthy anarcho-luddites."
"I. . didn't think of it that way, but perhaps he does know about what you're planning; he always ends up planning those sorts of things. .
"Did you share the cloak tech with KI?"
"Yes, we had that done before the mission; when we installed the McGuffins to their gear, they also upgraded their cloaking systems." She says.

>>19178656
"Alright. Be safe.
Dave out."

Then go see Abel

rolled 18 = 18

>>19178656
if you want to you can come and visit Valhalla; or you can send james up here to be safe

"Alright. Be safe."
"I will."
"Dave out."

You approach the room where Verne, Abel, Lucas, and Omega are, all standing, save for Lucas who's unconscious. Verne wipes his brow.
"He's stable." Verne said to you. "I think we can take him back to KI, where they'll patch him up for real."

>>19178732
"Has he gotten a transfusion yet? Is his heart running normally? What was he shot with?"

>>19178732
"Alright.
Abel, I wanna talk to you."
Then go into a secured room.

"So you know of our plan, right? Me and Amy stay here and try to hunt down Resurgence.
Though I'm not sure where to begin, so I wanted your advice."

>>19178732
I'm glad to hear he's okay, he saved Amy so I owe him big. If he wakes up on the way back tell him that I owe him a big favor, if he doesn't just leave him a note or something.

Get the extent of Lucas's injuries.

Talk to Abel.