>>24502825
Welcome back op! A But only if we can fully verify our stealth systems are at optimum efficiency.

>>24502866
Your stealth systems are currently unaffected and is running optimally, though your sensors will need some time to reach peak performance.

(PS: No worries, I intend to continue this to the bitter end. There might be some gaps as I'm also writing my uni thesis.)

>>24502920
Has WY been observed to be able to pierce Predator Cloaking technology in situations before? I'm worried they'll recognize the blast and realize that there's a predator on world.

>>24502920
Then A then.

(I've fucked up my sleep schedule staying up to be a part of this quest. Glad to hear the dedication!)

>>24502825
YESSSS. My sleep schedule has gone to hell staying up to see if this comes on.

>>24502825
A Glad to see you are back op.

>>24502825
fuck yeah predator quest!
also A

>>24502825
>A. Engage stealth and circle above the area to inspect the aftermath visually.

>>24502984
>>A. Engage stealth and circle above the area to inspect the aftermath visually.

You place your ship into a holding pattern and tune your vision mask to scan the ground.

Patches of vegetation remain burning. Husks of mutated black beasts litter the charred ground. You see no signs of movement.

Suddenly you detect a massive rumble coming from beneath the ground. Cracks begin to form in the earth itself. A chasm opens in the ground and from it, a swam of mutated black-beasts pour forth.

They are all burning. They screech with pain, and run for only minutes before collapsing.

As your sensors slowly become calibrated, you notice a massive E/M signature swelling below.

Do you:

A. Fly closer to the chasm and investigate it up close
B. Wait for your sensors to regain optimal performance and do a through scan of the underground.

>>24503071
>B. Wait for your sensors to regain optimal performance and do a through scan of the underground.

>>24503071
B I have a bad feeling we might have kicked the hornets nest.

>>24503071
B

>>24503105
I think it's more like we stomped on an ant hill.

>>24503071
B naturally.

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>>24503071
>A. Fly closer to the chasm and investigate it up close

B definitely B

Why in the FUCK did we launch a nuclear missile against a hive we have no idea about the origin of and/or hive location, on a planet/system covered in hostiles looking for us? Why couldn't we have done this on the way out or at least a bit later? WY is not going to ignore a fucking nuclear explosion, they will be on full lock-down in the conceivable future.

>>24503071

B

>>24503071

>>24503071
>you notice a massive E/M signature swelling below.

In before a giant flying xenomorph fis flies out.

>>24503165
Because people sensed alot of Xenomorphs, got scared and tried to nuke them all in one shot. Which doesn't matter, because to break the hive you have to kill the goddamn queen, and burn the eggs.

How many more torpedoes do we have left?
Also, a reminder: We're not here to cleanse the planet, just here on a fact-finding/scouting mission. Getting information back is the highest priority here. I saw we get a trophy and head back

>>24503184
Not our problem this was just supposed to be a fact finding mission.

>>24503205
We have to find out what WY is up to as well.

>>24503215
Don't bitch at me, I'm just telling you what happened.

>>24503093
>>B. Wait for your sensors to regain optimal performance and do a through scan of the underground.

As your sensors recover, you pour more and more power to scan the ground beneath the chasm. The E/M signature grows in magnitude and its bloom overshadows everything around it. Only one type of hard-meat emits something of this magnitude - a Queen. You suddenly wonder whether Weyland would be stupid enough to leave a queen unfettered. You also notice the chasm is continuing to widen.

Your sensors beep to warn you of incoming contacts. Three enormous thermal blooms descend from high orbit. Weyland has sent no less than three destroyers from orbit and they are closing in on your position. You have less than half an hour before they arrive.

You are fairly confident you can remain hidden from Weyland forces, since the residual radiation will play havoc with their less advanced sensors.

Do you:

A. Land your ship in what's left of the now irradiated ruins of the Weyland compound.

B. Fly off to a safe distance.

C. Continue in stealth and hover above the chasm.

>>24503205
We have one more fission torpedo remaining.

>>24503227
>a Queen
Hot damn, that's a prize right there. Too bad I don't think we can get to her before those destroyers start trying too sterilize the area.

>>24503227
B

What are our odds against a queen at this point?

>>24503227

B, but stay in the general area and attempt to pick up some radio transmissions.

>>24503260
Somewhere between slim and none, seeing as she's got her whole hive there. We'd have to find a way to ambush her alone to stand a chance.

>>24503227
>B. Fly off to a safe distance.
If WY forces and Xenomorphs get into a firefight, it'll be a good hunting field.

>>24503278
Then going with B and seconding >>24503264
staying close enough to pick up radio transmissions. We need to see if they new about this.

>>24503245
>>24503254
Given what the basic Pandoran drone is like, I wouldn't want to tangle with a queen until we are confident with taking down the basic drone.
Also, considering this is Pandora, the queen might not be what we'd expect it to be

>>24503286
And a good hunting ground means plenty of trophies! Seriously, we need some shit to show off besides the FIS teeth, knife, and synthetic head.

>>24503254
>>B. Fly off to a safe distance.

You engage your engines and head away from the area.

As you continue to scan the ground beneath through the chasm, you notice the E/M signature growing stronger. Either that queen is growing in size or it's coming closer to the surface.

More thermal blooms dot your sensor screen. Six wings of small craft, numbering 24 in all, have been launched from ground-side installations and are converging on your location.

Multiple mobile SAM launchers are also moving to lock the area down.

Do you:

A. Continue to engage stealth and lower yourself closer to the ground.
B. Disengage stealth and bring full power to the engines and head for low orbit.

>>24503298
We'd have to find a way to get WY and the Colonel Marines to go in with massive force to try and exterminate the hive, and then use their distraction to get to her.

>>24503333

A

>>24503316
We also have the chestburster and drone tail from the frigate incident.

So our total trophy list, at this point, are:

1. Dead chestburster (the whole thing)
2. Warrior Drone tail
3. Synthetic head
4. 3 palm-sized Fish teeth

>>24503333
>A. Continue to engage stealth and lower yourself closer to the ground.

>>24503361
The ambitious side of me says we should shoot for 10 trophies, but the reasonable side says 7.

>>24503333
A

>>24503333
A

>>24503376
We can easily get 3 or more trophies while doing our scouting mission.

>>24503333
A

>>24503361
We need the head, preferably an entire corpse of one of these Pandoran drones. Just one enough would be enough to justify our return and call for back up.

Also, A

So do you think we should attempt to find out the status of the natives (And take the son of Sully's head) or save that for Pandora Scouting II: Electric Boogaloo

>>24503376
>>A. Continue to engage stealth and lower yourself closer to the ground.

You lower your ship closer to the ground. You are currently at the edge of the blast zone.

You detect massive amounts of comms traffic between the Weyland destroyers. The radiation has forced them to boost their comms power, which makes it easy for you to listen in.

Do you:

A. Attempt to eavesdrop on their comms traffic
B. Continue moving further away from the blast zone, towards denser foliage.

>>24503434
>A. Attempt to eavesdrop on their comms traffic

>>24503414
Well we are probably going to find out about them during our mission anyways. If a chance comes up to get his skull we can take it.

>>24503434
A Find out what the Soft meat are planning.

>>24503434
A I'm curious to find out what their reaction is going to be,.

>>24503333
A

>>24503333
A sounds good.

Also it's interesting that the Queen doesn't seem to have the same cloaking capabilities of the drones that so terrified us.

>>24503497
Meant for >>24503434

>>24503484
>A. Attempt to eavesdrop on their comms traffic

You use your sensors to form an interception beam. You detect three separate comms channels and can only intercept one at a time.

Do you intercept:

A. Comms among the 3 destroyers
B. Comms between the lead destroyer and a Weyland's ground-side HQ
C. Comms between the destroyers and the ground-side fighter wings

>>24503434
A is our mission isn't it?
The way they handle this hive could give us insight into their intentions.

>>24503524
>B. Comms between the lead destroyer and a Weyland's ground-side HQ
This will probably be only the most important info.

>>24503524
B The overall commands would be the most important.

>>24503524
B They are going to have the info we need.

>>24503524
B

Definitely B. A and C would be good to get an idea of what is going on at the site (but we can see for ourselves).

On a side note, trophies are not directly considered currency but obviously have great importance. What makes for a good trophy? Does it have more to do with the awesomeness of the trophy itself or is it more about the hunt that resulted in the trophy?

In any case were not primarily here to hunt but we should snag some cool stuff on the side. I take it that predators don't usually come here often.

>>24503524
B

>>24503608
The skulls of anything aggressive and hard to kill.

>>24503608
I don't think anything comes here often, what with the giant death mass that's lingering below the surface.

>>24503608
Well we definitely can't take any trophies from that hive we nuked, since that wasn't even close to fair.

...Actually was what we did considered taboo under Predator culture, or is it alright as long as we don't pass it off as a hunt?

>>24503647

That was not a hunt by any intention.

>>24503647
It wasn't a hunt, so we can't take trophies from it. It was more akin to 'trying to weed out the nest and see how far the infestation has dug itself."

...Or at least that's what we're telling the Elders when we get back.

>>24503647
When you're not actively hunting something it's no holds barred.

>>24503608
>What makes for a good trophy?
If sentient, how great a warrior the enemy was. In this regard, Jake Sully's head would bring major kudos.
If not, >>24503627. The bigger the better.

>>24503675
Oh good, just wanted to make sure.

>>24503534
>B. Comms between the lead destroyer and a Weyland's ground-side HQ

You tap in to the comms between the lead destroyer and Weyland's ground-side HQ.

Destroyer: ... after the Frigate incident, must have made his way here.
HQ: Forget the intruder. What about the hive?
Destroyer: It's massive. It's MASSIVE. Good lord, why were we not informed about this place?
HQ: Because we didn't know, Commander. We thought all specimens were lost along with Installation 06. You think I want a rogue hive growing unchecked on MY planet?
Destroyer: What about the intruder?
HQ: Deal with the goddamn hive THEN we can worry about the intruder.
Destroyer: Yes sir. I'll need you to authorize the nukes.
HQ: Denied. I want that Queen alive.
Destroyer: Sir, that's going to be difficult.
HQ: Six years of unchecked feral evolution. Six years of assimilating the local wildlife. That specimen is valuable. Bomb the surface and send in your men.
Destroyer: Sir, the casualties...
HQ: Then send in the god-damned native auxiliaries. That's what they're there for.
Destroyer: Yes sir. Right away sir.

The comms channel closes.

Your sensors detect several high frequency sensor nets being deployed all around you. The SAMs have arrived and are setting up.

Further attempts to intercept comms might give away your position.

A host of sensor drones have also been released from orbit. Staying at your current altitude run risks of being discovered.

A. Continue to intercept one of the other channels (DC: Medium-hard)
B. Find a place secure to land your ship.
C. Continue to hover and scan the area (DC: Medium).
D. Move towards the center of the blast zone, where Weyland sensors will be less effective.

>>24503717
>B. Find a place secure to land your ship.

Rolled 6

>>24503717
A

Oh dice gods, please have mercy.

>>24503717
B.

lets get this hunt started

Rolled 10

>>24503717
>A. Continue to intercept one of the other channels
May fortune smile upon us on this day.

Rolled 13

>>24503717

A

>>24503717
They want the queen, that's good. It'll give us a chance to get to her, especially if they manage to capture her somehow.

Sadly, they know about us.

Also:
>rogue hive growing unchecked on MY planet?
They're doing Xenomorph breeding experiments, and seem to have subdued the natives.

>B
Land the ship.

Rolled 4

>>24503717
C

>>24503717
B

>>24503761
Unfortunately, the DC was 14, so we fail by a slim margin.

write up inc

>>24503738
>>24503759
>>24503761

>>24503734
>>24503756
>>24503765
>>24503771
Victory for B.

>>24503781
>A gets 3 votes
>B gets 4 votes

Wat.

>>24503781
>>A. Continue to intercept one of the other channels (DC: Medium-hard)

You tune your interception beam to one of the other channels. As soon as you fire your beam, however, your sensors flash with sudden activity. Your beam passed through one of the SAM's sensor nets. Your sensors go wild as the sensor net tracks the beam to its originator.

You detect one of the SAMs firing. A volley of sixteen missiles are inbound towards your position.

They are unable to determine your exact position, and are using carpet coverage to compensate.

Do you:

A. Dodge the missiles while remaining in stealth (DC: Medium)
B. Drop stealth, give full power to engines, and dodge the missiles (DC: Very easy)
C. Drop stealth for a split second, shoot down the missiles with your turrets, and re-engage stealth. (DC: Easy)

>>24503824
Ah, was probably posted after I submitted. I'll give more time next time. But let's roll with it for now.

Rolled 10

>>24503839
>A. Dodge the missiles while remaining in stealth (DC: Medium)

>>24503850
Tell you what, if we don't pass the next roll, we'll go back to option B.

Rolled 19

>>24503839
>A
They know where here but they don't know where yet. Don't want to get them a glimpse of us.

Rolled 6

>>24503839
A

Rolled 14

>>24503839

A

pls no 1 dice gods. pls

Rolled 13

>>24503839
A

>>24503866
Now that's a roll I can live with!

>>24503857
>>24503866
Well, it seems we got this. Though I'm not happy they now know we're snooping around the hive because of it.

>>24503893
They already know that we blew the hive up, so snooping around isn't that surprising.

>>24503866
>>A. Dodge the missiles while remaining in stealth (Pass)

You plot an optimal course through the volley of missiles and avoid them with little effort. You should, however, refrain from loitering around the area.

You detect several fighters approaching your position, but suddenly change course to head for the chasm instead. You detect several smaller crafts launch from the destroyers to land on the ground beneath.

They are drop-ships.

Do you:

A. Find a place secure to land your ship.
B. Move towards the center of the blast zone, where Weyland sensors will be less effective.

>>24503953
Is there anything that refers to Predators and radiation.

>>24503953

A, this is a can of worms we do not want to get involved with. At least not yet.

>>24503953
>A. Find a place secure to land your ship.
We'll wait until the battle starts in earnest and the move in. Our main objective should be to deny WY a living queen.

>>24503953
A

>>24503963
Yes, actually. In the expanded universe they can survive radiation doses that would usually be fatal fairly easily.

Rolled 15

>>24503953
>A. Find a place secure to land your ship.

>>24503953
>A
Let's put this thing down somewhere safe and see if we can't pull an advantage out of this.

>>24503972
>Our main objective should be to deny WY a living queen.
And maybe get a nice Queen shaped trophy for ourselves.

>>24503953
A

>>24503953
A

>>24503985
>Queen shaped trophy for ourselves.
on our first mission, and first proper hunt, we're gonna get all the Yautja pussy...


Lets not get that trophy

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>>24504008
>Get all the Yautja pussy

>>24504008
I think we should in theory be able to handle the librarian with some broken bones at worst.

>>24503994
>A. Find a place secure to land your ship.

The coverage of Weyland sensor nets is thorough, but you immediately identify several blindspots.

Do you:

A. Land in the middle of a small crater near the outside of the blast zone, where Weyland sensors cannot penetrate.
B. Land in the irradiated ruins of compound near the center of the blast zone, where your signature will be completely masked by the radiation.

(By the way, the Yautja don't really care about radiation, according to the comics.)

>>24504031
if we bring back a queens head, the librarian will be the least of our concerns, whatever we do, never accept offers of threesomes or moresomes from Yautja femals

>>24504024
That filename reminded me how are our ribs doing op?

>>24504044
>A. Land in the middle of a small crater near the outside of the blast zone, where Weyland sensors cannot penetrate.
I think B carries too much of a risk that someone will bump into it.

>>24504044
B) For those of you who have seen Oblivion this works pretty well.

>>24504044
A

>>24504057
I can't imagine Yautja females like sharing... that sounds like a situation where we lose a limb.

>>24504044
B

>>24504044

A, again not going into the hornet's nest yet.

>>24504044
im gonna vote A because i reckon WY will not give 2 shits about radiation and the 'native auxiliaries'

>>24504075
>"How'd you lose your arm, Grandpa Three-claw?"
>The great mating frenzy of 3346...

>>24504089
DRAWFAGS THIS DOTH BE NEEDED

>>24504044
B

>>24504031
>>24504057
Does the Yautja society allow for one male having multiple mates? Perhaps it is, and males don't make use of that because they value their own lives.

>>24504086
>>A. Land in the middle of a small crater near the outside of the blast zone, where Weyland sensors cannot penetrate.

You land your ship in the middle of a crater near the outer edge of the blast zone. The contours of the depression perfectly masks your ship from sensors.

The dropships have landed. You count eight in all. Their bay doors open and each unloads a small landing force before lifting off back to the destroyer.

The landing force consists of 6 armored vehicles, presumably APCs, twenty two synthetics organized into five fireteams, sixty tall, blue, and angular warriors (which you recognize from your studies to be the sentient natives of the planet), and two large, bulky exosuits, manned by synthetics.

The fighters still loiter overhead, presumably ready to perform fire support.

The landing force arrays themselves around the chasm. From this distance, you can only observe with your ship's sensors. You are too far outside of visual range.

Do you:

A. Continue to observe and watch their movements
B. Exit your ship and approach on foot.

>>24504058
Still sore, but you can at least breathe without racking with pain.

>>24504169
>A. Continue to observe and watch their movements
Lets wait until they begin fighting in earnest.

>>24504169

A for now, but we'll probably want to B eventually.

>>24504169
A information will be our greatest ally here.

>>24504169
A

>>24504169
A.
If they can actually capture a live queen, that would be very good to know.

...Plus if they'd isolate the queen, that might make it easier for us to take her down later.

>>24504169
>A. Continue to observe and watch their movements
For now we watch

>>24504205
>A. Continue to observe and watch their movements

The Weyland expedition continues to approach the chasm. The two exosuits are in front while the APCs trail behind. The native troops seem unsure, but they quickly fall in line when one of the exosuits turn to bear its massive auto-cannon at them.

Suddenly, a loud series of screeching emerges from within the chasm. A swarm of flying drones erupt from the beneath the ground like locusts. They take to the air and one of them immediately claws its way through a Weyland fighter, killing the pilot and bringing it into the ground.

Weyland forces frantically return fire. The three destroyers let loose with their autocannons and hose the air with tracers. Fighters desperately attempt to out-fly the screeching drones.

Two more fighters are brought down by the flying beasts.

You take this time to gauge the fighting prowess of these natives.

They are far stronger than the humans, and seem to be handling themselves adequately even in melee range.

Soon, the flying swarm is whittled down and eradicated, but the Weyland task force has already taken casualties. Two of the APCs were disabled and 7 natives and 2 synthetics were eviscerated.

The taskforce continues, however, and disappears into the chasm. Everything appears to be calm.

Do you:

A. Approach the chasm on foot.
B. Lift off and find a closer spot to land.

>>24504315
A Moving slowly checking our approach
.

>>24504315
>A. Approach the chasm on foot.
We'll stalk them.

Rolled 16

>>24504315
A

Let the hunt begin.

>>24504315
A sounds good, more stalking.

>>24504315
A carefully

>>24504315
A

Looks like the Na'vi are being herded. If we can free them (by sniping the exosuits?) and make good contact with them, we'll gain valuable allies.
Up to the point where they take us to meet Jake Sully. Then shit will get messy.

>>24504373
Man we don't know who Jake Sully is and have no reason to care.

Also maybe he died of old age by now?

>>24504373
>gain valuable trophies
FTFY

>>24504373
I'd rather not make contact with them at all. They've proven to react hostilely to outsiders, and being subjugated like this probably only strengthened that. Besides, most shit freaks out at the sight of predators.

>>24504387
I'm relatively certain he'd be dead of old age, and his son would be coming out of his prime by this point.

>>24504373
I don't think we should go making allies without the permission of the matriarch.

>>24504348
>A. Approach the chasm on foot.
You exit the ship and approach the chasm on foot. You carefully sneak your way across the devastated terrain towards the chasm.

The previous battle has created many craters and crevices in the ground as a result of autocannon fire, and you find yourself with no shortage of cover.

The Weyland fighters have already retreated to a safe distance, and the destroyer sensors will not be able to pick up your small signature among the heavy radiation.

As you near the chasm, you hear the sound of a raging firefight within.

Do you:

A. Stay still and use your mask's sensors to listen in to their comms (DC: Medium)
B. Creep up to the chasm to make a visual inspection.

Rolled 3

>>24504409
A

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>>24504315
>A. Approach the chasm on foot.
Time to hunt.

>>24504409
>B. Creep up to the chasm to make a visual inspection.

Rolled 10

>>24504409
A

Rolled 12

>>24504409

A

>>24504387
Then his descendant. Or whoever is in charge of the Omaticaya.
Either way, when we leave the planet we must have at least one of the Na'vi's greatest warrior or leader's head in our stash.

>>24504407
I's not like that alliance will last long. Only until the aforementioned warrior or leader gets to Combi-stick range.

Rolled 4

>>24504409
>A. Stay still and use your mask's sensors to listen in to their comms (DC: Medium)
We hear all.

Rolled 20

>>24504409
A

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>>24504457

>>24504449
I'd rather not try and behead something in the middle of a bunch of angry Na'vi. Let's just fucking not reveal ourselves based on meta knowledge.

>>24504457
>our mask overloads with power
>we end up hearing all radio chatter on the planet

>>24504433
A. Stay still and use your mask's sensors to listen in to their comms (Pass)

You tune your mask's sensors to intercept the taskforce's comms traffic.

Synthetic1: ...up. Reloading. Flush them out.
Na'vi: <screaming frantically in native tongue>
Synthetic2: G10, cover left flank.
Synthetic1: Clear. G4, Take auxillery. Head right.
Na'vi: <frantic chattering in native tongue>
Synthetic3: C1,3, take 2 auxillaries and stay behind and guard the entrance.

The comms chatter continues for a while with nothing of interest. You wait until the main taskforce proceeds out of earshot.

Having studied a synthetic corpse in detail, you have added their vocal signatures to your mask's audio library. You have also isolated comms signatures C1 and C3,

Do you:

A. Black out C3 and C4's comms systems and approach the chasm stealthily
B. Scramble and intercept their comms and imitate false orders (DC: Medium)

>>24504581
Can we imitate the native chattering?

Rolled 2

>>24504581
B

>A. Black out C3 and C4's comms systems and approach the chasm stealthily
We want the task force and the xenomorphs to soften each other up.

>>24504604
Unfortunately, you do not have enough samples to compile an audio library of Na'vi native speak. You can only play back what you recorded, though you have no idea what they mean.

>>24504617
Second

Rolled 10

>>24504581
B.
Send ALL the Synths in and keep the Na'vi guarding the entrance. I'm sure it'll be easier to sneak past them than the Synths.

Rolled 14

>>24504581
B

>>24504581
>A. Black out C3 and C4's comms systems and approach the chasm stealthily
Though I'd rather not black out any comms, then they'd know we're muckin' about.

Rolled 15

>>24504581
B

>>24504622
That's what I was hoping for.

>>24504581
Can we just leave all their comms alone and listen in passively for anything important?

Rolled 17

>>24504581
>B. Scramble and intercept their comms and imitate false orders (DC: Medium)
Lets do this.

>>24504638
Then, yes, you do have recordings of the Na'vi chatterings. I'll add that as an option in the next write-up.

Since B apparently won, lets start thinking of what orders we want to give them.

>>24504655
How about... "C1, 3, change of plans. Follow behind the main task force and take out stragglers."

>>24504655
Don't we have a mine layer? We could lay some mines and order them to walk into the mines.

>>24504691
We can't really take trophies that way though, and besides I think we should save those mines for when we need to escape from somewhere and want to take out pursuers.

>>24504627
>B. Scramble and intercept their comms and imitate false orders (DC: Medium)

You tap into their comms channels with your masks' sensors.

What do you say over their comms?

A: <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, leave the axillaries to guard the entrance and proceed ahead to rendezvous with the main force.
B. <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, take the auxiliaries and exit to the surface. Remain there until further notice.
C. <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, take one auxiliary each and split up. One of you will continue to guard the entrance while the other proceed forward.
D. Leave the comms alone for a moment and play back the recorded Na'vi chattering from the sound projectors on your mask.
E. Other suggestion

>>24504705
>C. <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, take one auxiliary each and split up. One of you will continue to guard the entrance while the other proceed forward.
We can take out the two guarding the entrance for delicious trophies. Also, we should leave the Na'vi mostly whole and bring it back to our ship for dissection.

>>24504684

Seconded, without the "change of plans" part. Just tell them what to do and they'll do it (within reason)

I thought the synthetics didn't communicate verbally though.

>>24504705
B

Rolled 13

>>24504705
>A: <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, leave the axillaries to guard the entrance and proceed ahead to rendezvous with the main force.

>>24504702
Fair enough.
>>24504705
C sounds pretty good unless somebody comes up with a better suggestion.

Rolled 12

>>24504705
>C. <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, take one auxiliary each and split up. One of you will continue to guard the entrance while the other proceed forward.
Because splitting up always works

>>24504723
Dissections are always good, yes, but we'll need to save it until after this hive incident is all cleared up.

>>24504723

Bad idea, they'll check in at some point and realize we're here

>>24503608
Honorable hunters are expected to be held at their word when presenting a trophy.

So it mostly becomes "what was it, how hard is it to kill, and what did you kill it with" - A skilled hunter won't take a trophy from something he found way too easy (like nuking a nest), but even a 'less worthy' trophy becomes a 'badass' trophy when you do it naked and without weapons. Wandering into a xenomorph nest with only a claw and killing a queen gets you labeled as an incredible badass.

That's mostly for non-sentients, for sentients it's more of how badass what you're trying to kill is. Arny after the first movie would have been considered an amazing badass - so much so that other preds would be unlikely to even attempt hunting him (because it's disrespectful, he earned his right to live).

A pred will never take credit/trophy from anothers exploits (this is their most embarrasing crime), if its someone elses hunt they have to ask before joining in (if you dont it can lead to honor duels), and they won't ever touch anothers prey (unless its dying in a 'dishonorable' or 'unsportsmanlike' manner, in which case they're only allowed to put it out of its misery, not take trophy).

>>24504726
They don't, but because you dissected that synthetic, you are able to mimic their comms "language".

>>24504745
We need 1 more confirmation for C.

>>24503717
>HQ: Six years of unchecked feral evolution. Six years of assimilating the local wildlife. That specimen is valuable. Bomb the surface and send in your men.

>SIX YEARS

Oh boy... that's a *big* hive.

>>24504768
>so much so that other preds would be unlikely to even attempt hunting him
Same about the cop in Predator 2 and Lex in AvP, right?

What if the individual is known as a great killer of Hard-meat, like Ellen Ripley? Would she be a great badass in Yautja eyes?

>>24504705
>C. <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, take one auxiliary each and split up. One of you will continue to guard the entrance while the other proceed forward.

>>24504794
I'll confirm it. C us.

>>24504795
How big is big?

>>24504768
>>24504814
Also, they can confirm/disprove your story by going through your mask.
All other races are not considered equal unless that particular individual has killed a yautja or spared one IIRC

I think we should plan for the future a bit. There is a network of mobile AA SAM sites nearby.
While the first wayland troops go in (and die) we need to take out one of the AA SAM sites; after we destroy it capture its electronics to decrypt keys so we can hack its friend or foe so we wont be shot down later.
If we can't hack like that then take out all those AA around us. Only then join the hunt.

>>24504859
It could easily be several thousand drones. We took out a few hundred with that fusion torpedo.

>>24504152
>Does the Yautja society allow for one male having multiple mates? Perhaps it is, and males don't make use of that because they value their own lives.

Yaujta society is a matriarchy, males are more often than not out hunting... and permanent pairs are very rare things, a skilled hunter may be propositioned by several females and he may eventually have one 'regular' who if another female shows interest in him will fight and lay claim to him, but otherwise it's mostly just short incredibly violent trysts.

Unless you're an *incredibly* skilled hunter, which more or less earns you a voice in the clan despite the fact that you're male, and you may have some choice over mates... you may even be permanently bound to one female (with permission to visit other females if yours allows).

>>24504862
I don't know, Ripley's killed what? Two, Three Queens? Even a predator would respect that sort of bullshit.

>>24504880
So you're only allowed to get married if you are a total fucking badass?

>>24504828
>C. <As Synthetic>: C1, C3, take one auxiliary each and split up. One of you will continue to guard the entrance while the other proceed forward.

You give the imitated order to the synthetics and they react immediately.

You notice C3's signal growing fainter as he leaves.

You engage your cloaking systems and approach the chasm stealthy. You notice the lone synthetic and his Na'vi fighter standing on a narrow ramp directly in front of the chasm. The ramp is the only visible way to enter the chasm from this end.

It will be difficult to proceed without alarming them. Fortunately, now there is only two of them.

Do you:

A. Distract them with a projected sound effect and sneak past (DC: Medium)
B. Attempt to snipe the synthetic with your spear gun. (DC: Medium)
C. Attempt to snipe the Na'vi with your spear gun. (DC: Medium)
D. Decloak and fire a plasma-caster bolt to kill both of them. (DC: Easy)
E. Look around for another way in.

>>24504874
Oh wow this is going to be one hell of a ride isn't it?

>>24504884
I believe killing three queens is part of becoming a clan chieftain in Yautja society. Ripley is like the Pred's Schwarzenegger.

Rolled 16

>>24504905
B

>>24504905
>B. Attempt to snipe the synthetic with your spear gun. (DC: Medium)
We want to take the Na'vi out in hand-to-hand. Trophy kill.

Rolled 3

>>24504905
A

Rolled 5

>>24504905
B

>>24504880
>Unless you're an *incredibly* skilled hunter, which more or less earns you a voice in the clan despite the fact that you're male, and you may have some choice over mates... you may even be permanently bound to one female (with permission to visit other females if yours allows).

Not quite. The counsel and ruling predators are males, usually very very accomplished hunters.
You can only become a Clan Leader after killing three Queens and then cleaning out a hive of 300 or more aliens with a maximum of two other predators. (Who have to meet the same qualifications)

And then Adjudicators are THE ruling caste of predators, and are always leaders of a clan and have completely no less then 5 hive cleansing.

>>24504926
Didn't Ripley eventually get honorary Yautja status or something?

Rolled 18

>>24504905
>B. Attempt to snipe the synthetic with your spear gun. (DC: Medium)
Then we take the head of the navi.

>>24504949
So would this solo-clearing of a hive, if we accomplish it, count towards clan leader status or would it be invalid due to tricking WY and natives to soften the hive up? I mean even after the fusion torpedo it's probably still over 300 drones.

>>24504949
Also, if we manage to bag this queen, we'll probably get boosted straight to Elite Predator.

>>24504973
I believe right now, we're unblooded. I'm not sure though. So we'd go straight to blooded after only one hunt.

>>24504814
Ripley would be greatly honored in yaujta society - so much so that she would probably be asked if she'd like to hunt with them (and yes it has happened before).

Killing a queen is something rarely done and incredibly dangerous for yaujta... and ripley has done in like 2 or 3...

The other way to get on 'good' terms with a pred is to save their life.

Rolled 1

>>24504949
Well now we know our goal, become the greatest Adjudicator that ever lived.

>>24504969
I don't believe so. I believe you have to get the Adjudicator's approval first, and it's all ritual shit. There's not alot of info on the predator castes sadly.

>>24504983
We're blooded. We had our trials and completed them.

>>24504991
you are lucky thats not a roll for an action, so please for the love of the FIS god, stop rolling

>>24504899
its more they have no societal concept of 'marriage'. usually 'relationships' are just flings, although sometimes a pair will end up as a life couple, although that's rare.

Males rarely turn down propositions by females, unless they're already spoken for by another female.

>all dis Pred talk

On a side note, is there an AvP PnP? Or anything that lets me play as a Yautja?

>>24504996
So this mission won't get us any rep even if we bring the special Queen's head?

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>>24504991

Rolled 3

>>24505006
Sorry running between several quests

>>24505015
There's a mod for it in Dorf Fort.

>>24505025
what the fuck

>>24505017
No, we'll gain honor and glory for it, possibly being promoted to an Elite. Just not an Adjudicator.

>>24505025
Jeez your rolls are cursed or something.

>>24504957
>>B. Attempt to snipe the synthetic with your spear gun. (Pass)

You take aim at the Synthetic's head with your spear gun. You cross reference his skull with the sectional prints of your autopsy, and aim straight for his cortex processor.

You fire. The spear strikes precisely through the center of his forehead and the resulting force shears the top of its head straight off. White, milky liquid spews forth from the wound and the synthetic collapses to the ground, twitching.

The Na'vi warrior frantically raises his machine gun and begins to spray bullets in your direction. Still cloaked, you silently step outside of his cone of fire.

Soon, the Na'vi's gun clicks empty, and he begins the lengthy reloading process.

Do you:

A. Charge him with your wrist blades and knock him to the ground. (DC: Medium)
B. Charge him with your spear and impale him. (DC: Medium)
C. Drop your cloak and challenge him to a duel with a howl.
D. Reload your spear gun and put another spear through his head.

>>24505017
No, this mission will get us a shitton of rep. It's supposedly extremely dangerous and normally they'd send an elite, but our teacher put in a word because our father died on it.

If we do our job, and get a queen's head we'd get all the bitches.

>>24504859
as big as "I'm suprised they haven't overran the planet yet".

Like if this were warhammer, and you heard a xenomorph population had gone unchecked on a planet for 6 years an inquisitor would just go 'Yeah, exterminatus, I don't even want to double-check that shit".

An uncontrolled infestation can cause a real fucking nightmare on planets in less than two weeks time... 6 years is just mind-boggling.

This planet *crawls*.

>>24505049
I'm willing to be that's what will happen when we get back. The only reason it hasn't is because we had no idea what was going on here.

>>24505047
>C. Drop your cloak and challenge him to a duel with a howl.

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>>24505047
C

>>24505047
D we play it smart. never know what could be watching.

>>24505047
We have to do C for a trophy right?

>>24504952
Are you thinking of the AvP movie where the woman gets to wear the ritual scar thing because she killed an alien?

>>24504768
Ah, so we are possibly the first predator to take a trophy from a synthetic while fighting inside a submarine. That one is pretty neat. The chestburster on the other hand is pretty much just a souvenir.

>>24505047
>C. Drop your cloak and challenge him to a duel with a howl.
We shall earn his head.

>>24505049
I think some planets are actually hostile enough the xenomorphs just sorta... blend in with the normal population. I'm not sure though.

>>24505049
Keep in mind that the planet itself is sentient via space whale aesoptanium magic.
And the animals on it are as deadly as xenomorphs by default.
So the planet has been fighting the infestation.

>>24505047
C

COME YOU THING, FIGHT US

>>24505068
Predators do sometimes take honorable members of other species and train them/allow them to hunt with them. It's rare though.

>>24505047
>C.
It's on now

This quest seems like it's half questing, and half AVP-verse general. Both halves are awesome.

>>24505068
If we do things right then we leave with a queen skull.

>>24505067
>We have to do C for a trophy right?
This is actually the most important question

>>24505017
Oh, it'll get us all sorts of honor if we bag a queen and clear most of the hive. But normally predator society is all pomp and ritual... If we killed a queen we'd fall into a strange category of predator that exists outside most defined castes, because this was a personal request from the clan matriarch at behest of the huntmaster.

We'd more or less be team fortress 2 engineer of pred society. "I solve problems, not problems like 'why do we hunt', I solve practical problems like 'xenomorph infestation has gone unchecked for 6 years on a planet'".

We wouldn't instantly become clan leader... but yaujta everywhere would be like "so you're telling me, that right after his trials, he bagged a queen and killed several hundred drones... i dun believe'

>>24505098
...I could do that. Predator version of "The Fixer"

>challenging a Na'vi to a duel
He is bigger, faster, more agile and it's entirely possible he's stronger than we are. Gotta play smart.

>>24505068
The synthetic trophy isnt *all* that impressive. The fis one is far more badass though (especially once it gets confirmed that we let the thing *SWALLOW* us and we ripped our way out of its chest)

>>24505047
Duel time, awww yeah.

Also keep in mind that synthetic might get up again in zombie mode.

>>24505123
Those are the exact reasons he'll make an EXCELLENT TROPHY.

>>24505047
>C. Drop your cloak and challenge him to a duel with a howl.

You drop your cloak, bare your chest, grip and extend your combi-stick, and howl in challenge.

The Na'vi suddenly drops the ammo belt, takes the gun, and throws it hard at you.

The large weapon whistles through the air with surprising force.

You quickly twist your torso to dodge the projectile. The Na'vi suddenly scrambles over to the synthetic's still twitching corpse and draws his assault rifle. He aims it at you. You have a split second to react

Do you:

A. Fire your plasma caster and vaporize him.
B. Leap through their air straight at him. (Medium)
C. Throw your combi-stick and try to impale him. (Medium)

>>24505098
No the real accomplishment is surviving the FIS queen is just iceing.

>>24505047
C) play segment of onyxia wipe animation entitled "COME HERE YOU FUCKING CUNT".

Rolled 5

>>24505137
C.

>>24505137
D. Vapourize the rifle with our plasma caster

Dats cheating.

Rolled 12

>>24505137
D) throw disc

Rolled 10

>>24505137
>B. Leap through their air straight at him. (Medium)
We will take his head.

Rolled 11

>>24505137
>C. Throw your combi-stick and try to impale him. (Medium)

Rolled 2

>>24505137
C Bring it on bitch

Rolled 10

>>24505137
>>24505161
DISC

Rolled 15

>>24505137
B

Rolled 9

>>24505164

Actually switch to this.
>>24505152

Rolled 6

>>24505137
C

SHOW THIS THING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WARRIOR

>>24505152
We took the heavy duty FUCK OFF plasma caster, I don't think it'd work for something that needs finesse.

>>24505152
Actually this. We're allowed to, he's armed and can defend himself.

>>24505181
It looks like C is winning so far.

Do we have any seconds/thirds for the choices:

D. Try to shoot the weapon out of his hands with the plasma caster (DC: Medium)
or
E. Use the reflex disc. (DC: Medium)

?

Rolled 15

>>24505201
>D. Try to shoot the weapon out of his hands with the plasma caster (DC: Medium)
I'll second this.

>>24505191
This is correct. He's going to lose an arm if we succeed.

>>24505193
>>24505191
>>24505152
We took the heavy duty caster and our targeting at close range isn't the best IIRC, so no we wont be able to do that in a split second, because 1) it takes too long and 2) we vaporize more than just the gun, we vaporize the targets hands and arms if we're unlucky and his whole body if we're 'lucky'

>>24505201
+1 for E

>>24505217
In that case, disregard >>24505213. Want him mostly whole.

Rolled 13

>>24505201
>D. Try to shoot the weapon out of his hands with the plasma caster (DC: Medium)
Let's make this a good fight.

>>24505225
So far, we've got:
3 for C,
2 for D,
2 for E

Rolled 20

>>24505137
C. Save the plasma energy for when his reinforcements repond to that howl.

>>24505219
So? He's armed and can easily kill us to. Lets take him down and continue on. Fuck the na'vi prize. Keep the eyes on the big money queen.

>>24505231
C it is then.
We pass against a DC of 10. Write up incoming.

>>24505241
OOOH shit, nat 20. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the top 3 rolls, so we'll just have to go with a regular DC pass.

>>24505241
Whelp, e wins.

>>24505249
The navi is a 'newly' encountered species, taking a trophy from one is kind of a big deal. Predator first contact is similar to star-trek first contact : lots of monitoring, examination, study etc the only difference is instead of trying to make friends, we try to kill your most skilled warriors.

>>24505274
But this one isn't one of the 'most skilled warriors', he's just a generic mook.

>>24505249
We want to have a corpse to dissect so we can better KILL THEM ALL.

>>24505285
But we don't know that. What if this scrub is the strongest idiot in his tribe?

>>24505098
a Predator Operator?

>>24505274
C* wins.

>>24505285
We have no real idea what counts as skilled for the na'vi (outside of meta knowledge) and he was cunning enough to get the drop on us by making it look like he'd disarmed himself, so it *will* count for something... as he's bigger, stronger, tougher and faster than us and smart enough to pull off a fun trick like that.

>>24505251
>>C. Throw your combi-stick and try to impale him. (Pass; DC of 10)

You quickly throw your combi-stick straight at him. The spear sails through the air and embeds itself straight into its waist.

The Na'vi warrior screams in pain and drops the rifle. He grips the spear and painfully pulls it forth from the wound. Blood and ichor sprays the ground as the bladed tip emerges.

He stands up, spins your combi-stick expertly above his head, and adopts a fighting stance. He bellows something in his native language, and charges you.

Do you;

A. Bring your wrist blades up and prepare to receive his charge. (DC: Medium)
B. Quickly step out of the way and draw your reflex disc in melee. (DC: Medium-Easy)
C. Counter-charge and try to grapple him on impact. (DC: Medium-hard)

Rolled 11

>>24505316
>A. Bring your wrist blades up and prepare to receive his charge. (DC: Medium)
He will look excellent on our wall.

Rolled 16

>>24505316
We have given him a weapon so he may die fighting. I love it.

A

Rolled 17

>>24505316
>A.
Let's do this right

Rolled 4

>>24505316
B

Rolled 7

>>24505316
A. Bring your wrist blades up and prepare to receive his charge. (DC: Medium)
>Pulled our spear out of his gut and attacked us with it.
This guy got several orders of magnitude more badass.

Navi are like... 13 feet tall. Even the scrubs could flatten us with a stick.

But it's all good, we need to analyze this new species and figure out their weak points before we go for one of the "champions".

And this guy is probably a mook, dangerous as he is. Warriors would probably put up too much resistance to being conscripted.

Rolled 4

>>24505316
B) Punch that fucker right where the spear went into him, then open him right the fuck up

>>24505350
>13 feet tall
mroe like 8-10ft

>>24505350
Not 13, about 10 - they're a foot or two taller than us (we're on the small side though), probably about the same density of muscles, although comparatively they're lighter than us, (we're very heavy and dense for our size, if we scaled up to navi size we'd outweigh them by a good 200lbs)

Rolled 15

>>24505358
I think Yautja are 6-9ft, and we're probably around 7-8. Not too unevenly matched.

Rolled 7

>>24505316
A

>>24505409
Yauta on the runty end are about 6'6, average is about 7'2, and 'big' is about 7'9 I believe. We are IIRC a little bit under average.

>>24505327
>A. Receive his charge. (Pass. DC was 10).

You extend your wrist blades and adopt a defensive stance. He thrusts his spear forward at the last second of his charge, but you are prepared for it. You catch the tip with your wrist blade and wrenches it to the side.

The Na'vi twists his torso to match your movement and skilfully regains control of his weapon.

You are now standing face to face, slowly circling each other with deliberate pace.

Do you:

A. Gain the initiative and attack him with your claws. (DC: Medium)
B. Continue on the defence and wait for him to make the first move, then react. (DC: Medium-Easy)
C. Feign quickly to the left and dive forward to grapple him. (DC: Hard)

>>24505350
In terms of physical strength predators and na'vi are roughly equal, predators are dense mother fuckers with a lot of power, na'vi might be more agile but in the end it evens out.

Rolled 12

>>24505440
A

>>24505435
and we're bruuutuly kunnin' so we iz sneaky size

Rolled 11

>>24505440
A

Rolled 5

>>24505440
A

Rolled 15

>>24505440
A

>skeleton with the material qualities of carbon fiber
Can we break that?

Rolled 5

>>24505440
A.

we need to take his prehensile penis ponytail as a trophy

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Rolled 7

>>24505457

Rolled 18

>>24505440
>A. Gain the initiative and attack him with your claws.
We need to settle this quickly. A greater prize awaits.

>>24505382
Hmm it's hard to tell the scale but most Navi seem to be 1.5 times the height a human. That would put them in the 10-12 foot range. But if their proportions are different with longer legs than humans that would make them a bit shorter. So 10 feet sounds about right.

>>24505440
A looks like the consensus.

Anything that tall is going to be very vulnerable to knee and ankle damage.