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Recent Events Summary:

The battle is over; the day is won. Sir Donovan Flint is free of his parasite.

But your fight is not over.

The elf queen, Ellendra Kalladar, has arrived in Arland to establish new relations with the Ring City and other countries following Sandalphon's death, the interm leader being Raphael.

With the core of the world more unstable than ever, it lies upon you to fix things before the barrier can collapse. The final means to realizing your true might lies in the Void, on the island from the vision.

With that in mind, you asked Queen Kalladar several questions, and finally understood how she came to encounter you all that time ago - and how she gave you an opportunity to resist the forces of Erebus's original plan, and find your own way.

And now, you have set out into the Void.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/9QRZs8RG

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/64VcuCVk

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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 76/76
EXP: 52

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Empowered
(Maker) - Empowered
(Silence) - Strong
(Peace) - Empowered
(Breeze) - Strong
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Empowered
{Resolve} - Normal
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Vita (Shade)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Shade (pocket)
Shadow Dynamo (pocket)
Wind Radio (pocket)

--Teleport Anchor--

Just south of Evinbrook Basin

--Current Location--

The Endless Void

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Known Mana Pools:

Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - Spirit
Jacob's Field - Hecate's Chamber - Spirit
Tarun Gakth - Under Refuge - Shadow
Palthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - Spirit
Archon - Spirit District - Spirit
Archon - Shadow District - Shadow
Archon - Earth District - Earth
Archon - Water Distric - Water
Haven - Shadow
Abbotsford - Shadow
Aurora - Water
Va'ad - South Generator - Earth
Va'ad - North Generator - Earth
Arland - Dryfeld - Water
Kan-Abar - Royal Gardens - Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8stdVzvijD0

Everyone leans left in their seats as the ship starts to rotate. Vidar unsnaps his belt and takes to the windows. One-by-one, everyone follows suit.

"This is it," the pirate says. "Venia. Our world. From the Void."

And it comes into view. Everyone stares.

The first thing that grabs you is the barrier. You do not have a word in your vocabulary to describe how truly massive it is. It's so big, so encompassing, that even by leaning all the way close to the window, you cannot see its bottom. But from the top third or so you can see, it's definitely spherical. The barrier is black, but glows with a purple ambient light.

And then, Venia.

It is a solid plate of mass - curved, slightly, but not quite as curved as the barrier. It is -floating- on top of the barrier itself, suspended, as if it itself is an island. That explains the gap you flew through after going all the way to the barrier yourself.

The oceans simply drop off the world - but you can see the mists being sucked back under the landmass. Around the entire shelf of land is a mighty dome of Wind, a never-ending storm, obscuring the details of the continent resting in the ocean. The skysever.

As you rapidly gain distance, you can see the plate of Venia moving. It's rotating around the barrier, as if on a track.

"By the eight elements," Hemmelus says. He claps his hands together. "I...the water cycle. I have visual confirmation that the Water Cycle theory is correct! The world is flat! Ha! This'll show those damn Imperial round-worlders!"

>con't

"Is the world rotating?" Abigail asks. "It looks like it's moving around the barrier."

"No, not quite," Hemmelus says. "Look at that. You can see injury on the surface of the barrier."

You glance down - and he's right. You can see the tip of the crack in the barrier. The white-gold glow forms a break in the purple light. On occasion, you see it pulse with energy. The white flash blinks at you like a lighthouse.

"The patch is rotating along with the landmass," Hemmelus says. "Therefore, Venia is in a fixed position - and the entire barrier is rotating. This lends credence to the idea, then, that the barrier is indeed analagous to a massive dynamo shell containing the Core of Chaos."

"What's the water cycle?" Ila asks.

"Great pockets of Ice, holding large amounts of water mana, sit at the bottom of the ocean," Hemmelus says. "It was suspected that water leaving Venia was recaptured by these pockets, which then released it back into the ocean - a process that contributed to world currents and climate. Seems it looks to be true."

"...it's beautiful," Blackwater says.

"Yeah," you say. "It kinda is."

Abigail is at your side, then. She takes your arm, and pushes into your side. You wrap her close, and together, you watch the world you're desperately trying to save slowly shrink in the distance.

You can feel the Island, now, as if something was lifted off your senses.

It's waiting for you.

>con't

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A few hours have passed since you left the edge of Venia. They've passed in the still silence of the Void.

Everyone's relaxed a bit now that it's a proven fact the Nemesis isn't about to fall apart. Venia itself is dwindling in the distance, though the light of the hazy purple globe upon which it sits will probably follow you for some time.

After getting away from the ambient mana, you are able to sharply sense the island's location. You help Auriel correct her course until she's on a beeline for Erebus's home.

"...huh."

"What is it?" you ask her.

She taps a screen on her command console. "Sensors picked something up for a minute there."

"...can you switch to active screening? Just to be sure?"

"Good idea." Auriel taps a few keys. "And then...oh, Light."

"What? What is it?"

"That's an airship. Elements, it's huge. At least three or four times our size." She looks at you. "What could that possibly be?"

"Can you get us a better view?"

"Maybe. I'd have to get closer. It's a few miles away right now, right at the edge of what we can detect. But...might be better just to slip by. We don't want the attention of whatever's out here."

>See if you can try to hail them.
>Full stealth mode, now. Stay the course.
>Get closer, see if you can get us a better idea of what it is.
>some other strategy

>>31586912
>>Get closer, see if you can get us a better idea of what it is.
EREBOTS

>>31586912
>Get closer, see if you can get us a better idea of what it is.

could we use our shadow dynamo + Silence to boost the Nemesis stealth capabilities for a short time?

>>31586912
>stealth
remember ladies and gentlemen, we're chaos corrupted now.

>>31586912
>>Get closer, see if you can get us a better idea of what it is

>>31586952

No, if only because it would be redundant. It's got truckloads of shadow power already.

>>31586912
>Get closer, see if you can get us a better idea of what it is with stealh

>"That's an airship. Elements, it's huge. At least three or four times our size."

lunch time for the Nemesis

>>31586912
>>Full stealth mode, now. Stay the course.

Roll 1d100 to get closer

Rolled 90

>>31587043
WE'RE GONNA DIE

Rolled 1

>>31587043

Rolled 63

>>31587043
nigg

Rolled 68

>>31587043

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>>31587056
That did not take long at all.

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>>31587056
>>31587052
probably at this rate

Rolled 73

>>31587043
Ok
>>31587056
Goodnight, I'm out. See you all tomorrow!

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>>31587056
Yep.

Can't say I'm surprised.

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Rolled 92

>>31587052
he called it
>>31587056
he mad it so

Rolled 60

>>31587043
I can't even remember what a 100 looks like at this point.

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Quick before this Wild ride is over
Somebody photoshop Fang onto this picture

Rolled 12

>>31587043
let try to counter his 1

Rolled 68

>>31587043

Rolled 3

>>31587043

Rolled 78

>>31587043

Rolled 91

>>31587043

pls dice

"Let's try to get closer," you tell her.

"Alright." She takes up the intercom. "Unknown airship spotted. I repeat, unknown airship spotted. Man your stations."

The Nemesis flies toward the enemy airship.

It's tremendous - dwarfing your own, which dwarfed others. It's not the sleek, air-repelling design of most modern airships, either. The outside is a mess of steel-bolted plates and metal projections. There are no windows, no obvious entrance points. It has no wings or fins, but is vaguely oblong.

An alarm sounds on the command console. Auriel swivels.

--Warning. Enemy weapons locked on--

"Shit! How did they know we were here?!"

What do you do?

>engage the enemy
>attempt to hail them
>try to run
>some other strategy

Rolled 68

>>31587211
>attempt to hail them

while Auriel does this Shadow should be outside right now trying to board this airship

>>31587211
Prep the weapons, put up the defences, hail them

>>31587211
>hail
knew we should've sneaked past them

>>31587211
attempt to hail them if that dont work try to evade and run

If things start getting violent SM we will have no choice but to feed this airship to the Nemesis.

>trying to hail them

>>31587321
>Threatening SM with CONSUME

he loves writing out those scenes, expect them to return in edgy quest.

>>31587211
>It's not the sleek, air-repelling design of most modern airships, either. The outside is a mess of steel-bolted plates and metal projections.
No sense in aerodynamics if there's no air, I guess.

How close did we get before being spotted, exactly? Might be useful to keep in mind if this encounter (or future ones with similar craft) comes down to trying to shake off the weapons lock and lose them.

"Try to hail them before they fire!"

"Alright, here goes." She taps a button.

A screen flickers over the control console. Is reads -Awaiting Response-.

It hovers there for a moment, floating with a faint, empty crackling sound.

"...what's happening? It isn't working."

"They're not responding." She hits the button again. The screen blinks.

It remains blank.

"Shit! Redirect the earth dynamo and stealth power to shields! Armor down!"

The armored shutters that enclose the bridge's windows slam closed. You feel the mana in the ship shift to the bow just as two incoming missiles strike the hull.

Explosions rock the ship. Everyone grabs onto the railings as the floor shudders.

The ship integrity reading changes slightly - the nose of the Nemesis is now slightly yellowed, rather than a bright, healthy green.

"This is bad, Shadow. Real bad."

"What?"

"That was just the test volley. We've got 20 more of those missiles on the way."

"What the hell are they thinking? Are they just trying to destroy us?"

"Right now, that's what it looks like. At this range, we've only got the water cannon, and I've got to line that up. I think our best bet is trying to lose them."

What do you do?

>try to get closer and engage the enemy airship broadside
>evade enemy fire and attempt to ram the enemy airship
>evasive maneuvers, try to get away
>some other strategy

>>31587424
Cant the nemesis Jump?
Jump the fuck outta there

>>31587424
>>evasive maneuvers, try to get away

>>31587424
>evasive maneuvers, try to get away
See if we can destroy the missiles while fleeing.

>>31587443
Don't know if we even have a reference point to jump to.

>>31587424

Let Auriel do her thing with the big guns. All smaller guns to assist shadow in shooting down missiles before they hit.

>>31587443
Supporting jump back to Venia.

>>31587472
>back to venia
FUCK NO

>>31587443

You could jump back to the edge of Venia, you'd only loose a few hours travel time. Basically nothing.

Rolled 17

>>31587424
>Get our symbiotic ass out there and CONSUME

>>31587489

Seems like a poor choice since we might run into these guys again, or someone bigger. For all we know this is a scout ship.

>>31587424
>>evasive maneuvers, try to get away

Jump drive takes long enough to charge that I don't think we should use it immediately without trying more mundane evasive action first.

If something goes pear-shaped on the island itself, it'd be nice to have a quick out that doesn't involve needing enough time and a safe escape route to bail out manually.

>>31587424
we should attempt to board the enemy airship.

>>31587489
Let's pull a Galactica and jump out seconds before the missiles hit so they think we're dead.

>>31587424
This might be an incredibly stupid idea, but we could hypersonic the ship.

why are we just leaving behind this huge mystery of an airship? we should try to engage and disable it.

>>31587532
Not responding at all to being hailed could easily mean that the ship is automated, as well.

If it doesn't end up pursuing us, that could easily mean that it's just an automated sentry posted to keep intruders out.

Would also help explain why there's no need for actual viewports on the giant scrapheap-ship.

>>31587568
I dunno, maybe because we're about to get fucked over by missile spam?

>>31587424
Evasive maneuvers, try to buy time and see if there are more of these things.

>>31587574
If it's automated it will destroy everything tainted with chaos.
And we aren't Erebus

>>31587589
we Erebus get outside and do something about it.

Vote 1:
>attempt evasive maneuvers

Vote 2:
>Have Auriel evade while you personally board the enemy ship

Vote 3:
>jump back to the edge of Venia
>(note that the Jump Drive charges over 5 days or so; it would be back up to speed by the time you reached the island)

>>31587574

So these could be something Dave or Erebus himself put up? This it would stop if we showed our self? Then again, it has been seen before that Erebus tech no longer recognizes us or views us as corrupted.

>>31587603
Nope we aren't Erebus we are John Nyx a.k.a Shadow.
Fucking Humanity, Temerity will save us again

>>31587610
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>>31587610
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>>31587666
oh my god you're a genius

>>31587666
there's a higher chance we get pocketed by some old chosen

>>31587489
Maybe we can entice it to chase us back to Venia?

The Skysever would demolish this thing.

This is probably going to get us either lost in space or blown apart by missiles.

>>31587708
or both

Time for a boarding.

So!

>head out and just try to break the ship
>try to destroy the missiles
>buy MPVI and try to pocket the enemy ship
>some other strategy

>>31587727
>kill self

>>31587727
>buy MPVI and try to pocket the enemy ship

>>31587727
>Pocket missiles
>fire back at them

>>31587727
destroy the missiles seems the least suicidal
>>31587734
probably the result of either choice

>>31587727
We're still able to communicate with our allies via radio correct?

>try to destroy the missiles
>>buy MPVI and try to pocket the enemy ship

>>31587727
>try to destroy the missiles
>buy MPVI and try to pocket the enemy ship

>>31587727
A little late to suggest this, but if we set anchor and then get the enemy ship to give chase, we can open up a portal right on top of them from our own ship.

Would probably have to open the portal from the OUTSIDE of the Nemesis so as not to get all of our life support systems sucked out though the hole, but still.

>>31587727
>try to destroy the missiles
>head out and just try to break the ship

Every other ship had to be tampered with before we could pocket them, and those were small fry compared to this.

>>31587734
Seems to be what the flood of people are aiming for.
Thought we'd long since learned that we shouldn't try and eat/take everything we run into.
Wonder how many are going to die banging it into our head again.

>>31587824
>Wonder how many are going to die banging it into our head again.
I bet on Flint and Abby

>>31587824
i need that airship

>>31587824

Think of how many dynamos are need to operate that ship. Yum yum yum.

>>31587734
>kill self

No kidding. This encounter has gone flying off the rails in 5 minutes faster than anything in recent memory.

Welp, away we go.

Yes, you will still be in radio contact with allies.

Alright, let's have another quick vote.

Vote 1:
>try to destroy the enemy missiles (suicide squad is the best bet) and then pocket the enemy ship (buying MPVI)

Vote 2:
>just focus on stopping the missiles

>>31587727
>>buy MPVI and try to pocket the enemy ship

>>31587887
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>>31587887
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>>31587887
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>>31587879
None, probably, because it's not an airship principled on anything we know.

>>31587887
You should have known better than to expect the current host of /tg/ to think sensibly and not assume victory.

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>>31587824
>Every other ship had to be tampered with before we could pocket them, and those were small fry compared to this.
Mos of the other ships we've encountered have been Venian ones, which required heavy magical shielding in order to repel the Skysever. The high magic-resistance is the reason why it's difficult to Pocket those things, despite them being ostensibly inanimate objects.

This one has no need for that level of shielding, and could very well not even be shielded at all. It's huge and armored, but we didn't exactly sense any sort of magical signature on it, to the point and had to switch to manual detection in order to actually pick it up on sensors again after it only showed up as a small blip on the radar.

It doesn't even look like it's firing magical weapons; just seemingly mundane explosive missiles.

If it's actually 100% mundane, it could be that Pocketing it doesn't take any effort at all, and would only be limited by available space.

>>31587887
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>>31587887

cutting off votes

>>31587971
Can we actually get a confirmation on the magic of the ship and missiles?

If it really is completely mundane, then we could try - but this doesn't seem like the kind of thing to be mundane.

>>31588006
Everything on that ship is going to made of pure Order.

>>31587824
>Every other ship had to be tampered with before we could pocket them, and those were small fry compared to this.


WRONG! We pocket the Ragnarok after punching a hole in its shields.

>>31588006

It has no magic that you can sense. The missile explosions seemed to be mundane, too, but did so much damage that you assume they should be somewhat magical in nature. Though you realize that assumptions here are dangerous.

Roll 1d100 for missile defense effectiveness!

>>31588031
TASTY TASTY ORDER

Rolled 98

>>31588051

Rolled 5

>>31588051

Rolled 14

>>31588051

Here we go.

>>31588051
>you realize that assumptions here are dangerous.
Hahaha, no we don't SM.
Power through everything with plot armor!

Rolled 76

>>31588051

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>>31588051

>>31588067
>>31588073
See you later everyone

Rolled 11

>>31588051
If we fuck up just let us die

>>31588075

Shadow has plot armor, our friends on the other hand...

I have returned to remind you all to skill into Sock Puppet simply because it is named Sock Puppet.

>>31588088
Yep, Shadow Quest dies in the final stretch thanks to an injection of shiposters and trolls.
doncha love questing?

Roll 1d2 who dies

>>31588031
What makes you think the Anti-Spirals are the only ones with spaceships?

Learn to fuckin retreat for once you idiots.

Rolled 45

>>31588051

>>31588130
Couldn't even be bothered to put on a fake SM trip?

Also, why aren't we trying to roll for a saving throw?

>>31588132
It came from Order Island.

>>31588146
nah we are so op we can charge at a shadow ship 4times as big as we are

everyone chill out. we've done stupider, more dangerous things before. we can make it through this if we're careful

>>31588051
why SM, why do we have a huge hostile airship that can lock onto an invisible ship with missiles sitting in the middle of the void waiting to be stumbled upon?

>>31588184

Space pirates, that's why.

>>31588184
ORDER ISLAND

>>31588179
If we are careful and do a 180 on out current plans.

And as far as stupid, dangerous things, this is pretty far up there.

>>31588184
What did you expect? A peacefull journey?

>>31588192
even worse, void pirates

>>31588184
magic don't got to explain shit.

>>31588184
BECAUSE ANTI SPIRALS

>>31588211
Possibly - People might have thought it was going to be a "final dungeon" type deal.

Also - can we start on the vote to use Resolve to not screw up?

>>31588211
I, for one, did not expect such a sudden jump into sci-fi.

It's a rather jarring transition.

>>31588184
So is SM just taking so long because he can't think of a way for us to survive this?

>>31588184

If I have to guess airship technology in Venia maybe inferior to other places due the constrains impose on it by the skysever.

"I'm going to try to stop the missiles. Try to evade."

"You're going out there?!"

"Why not? It's the Void. I was Erebus."

You run from the bridge and up to main stairwell. You skip up the stairs, taking the landings in leaps in bounds. In a few seconds, you're at the ladder that leads to the emergency hatch on the top of the hull.

You clamber up with a dozen limbs in half a second. You wheel open the thick metal door, open it, and close it behind you, locking yourself into a tiny chamber. You open the second door in the same way, then climb outside.

A thin shield of Wind and Shadow surrounds the ship. Earth coats the steel. You crouch inside of the bubble of mana.

In the distance, you can see a field of growing grey twinkles. The enemy airship is a fleck out in the darkness.

You leap from the hull and blast into the air. There's nothing out here, no wind against your skin. Nothing to flap against. You focus on steering by pushing your aura around the underside of your legs.

You use Suicide Squad.

>mana: 63/76

A storm of clones and shades spreads out around you. You can't hear their screeching, though - there is no wind to carry the sound to your ears.

At this distance, it's difficult to judge speeds. It's only an instant before you slam into the flock of missiles.

Explosions erupt around you. You're caught in a storm of power.

You can't feel any magic from the enemy weapons. How is there so much energy with no magic?

You emerge from a cloud of debris and shrapnel, somewhat shaken, but relatively intact.

>you've taken 8 damage (73/81)

Five missiles made it past you. You watch the Nemesis turn as it tries to get out of the way. The missiles follow its path. Lightning cannon fire takes down four, but one gets through and strikes the hull.

You glance back.

A mass of missiles fills the space. 30? 40? You can't count them.

You're floating in the Void between the Nemesis and the enemy ship. The enemy missiles will be past you in seconds.

What do you do?

>>31588244
or he's writing something badass and long

>>31588244

You must be incredibly spoiled from some other quest, because I wrote my update in 12 minutes after your rolls.

Sheesh.

>>31588252
So you just let us roll again instead of killing half the party?
I have no clue what we could do

>>31588252
Fire off another wave of clones, get back in the ship, and proceed to engage our wind dynamo to get the hell out of here.

>>31588252
pocket the ship, blink, wait for missles to fail tracking, and u pocket?

>>31588252
>use radio tell them to FUCKING GO
>pocket missiles
>Throw them back

Void bomb.

>>31588252
Tell them to teleport away immediately.
We can find them later

>>31588282
>lelshouldakilledus
>>31588290
poket
>>31588291
>Leave us behind

Fucks sake SM, can you just start ignoring these.

>>31588252
Go Titanic

>>31588297

Void bomb seen like a good idea.

>>31588252
Dark Blizzard?

>>31588297
Seconding

>>31588252
negotiate

>>31588252
Tell Auriel to teleport away.
I want to see what's inside.

>>31588297
I doubt Void bomb would work against oder bombs in the fucking void

>>31588331
They're normal explosives without magic.

>>31588252
>Get onboard the Nemesis, jump back to Venia

>>31588331

One wya to find out. Have Auriel have her finger on the jump button just to be safe.

>>31588336
"Normal Explosives" use magic.

>>31588336
No magic as we know it - people here are presuming things while in uncharted territory - which is exactly what we were told NOT TO DO.

I'm kinda supporting having them jump back and us pocketing the thing.

>>31588354
Earth normal, not Venia normal.

Gunpowder, not Magic

>>31588357
I kind of want to see who we are fighting.
>>31588362
>Gunpowder
That would impossible here.

>>31588362
does anyone even know how big space is

if they teleport away they'll never find us again

we barely even found this fucking ship in the first place

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Vote 1:
>void bomb

Vote 2:
>repeat suicide squad, fly back to Nemesis, jump back to the edge of Venia

Vote 3:
>tell your allies to teleport back to the edge of Venia, you'll meet them later. That will give you the tactical space to take your time

>>31588369
Then nuclear, or some other magicless explosive.

We have explosives that detonate in space.

>>31588252
Retreat and engage evasion.

>>31588362
We do NOT KNOW THIS.

and they were stated to be far stronger than mundane explosives "should" be - strong enough to breach our ship's armor.

>>31588369
We can get more information without getting ourselves lost in space.

>>31588388
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>>31588388
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>>31588388
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>>31588309
>NOBODY GIVE IDEAS UNLESS THEY ARE 10/10 PLAN OF THE YEARS

>>31588388
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>>31588388
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>>31588388
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I'd like to point out that everyone should remember that Shadow's observations are written from his point of view.

Chemical energy in Venia is relatively unexplored because of the power of magic. Black powder is a footnote in obscure alchemy textbooks.

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>>31588437
Yeah, these guys are using mundane explosives.

>>31588388
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>>31588388

cutting off votes

Man fuck this part

>>31588483
4chanx not working for anyone else?

And auto reply not working.

You briefly unPocket your radio. "Auriel! Can you hear me?!"

"Loud and clear."

"Jump back to Venia, now. They just fired another 40 missiles. I can't destroy all of them!"

"...alright. I'll wait just past the skysever!"

Just as she cuts out, the missiles fly past you, silent explosive death. You watch them go.

The Nemesis glows. Shadow pulses around it. In a flash of violet light, it vanishes.

The missiles almost immediately swing around. For a horrifying second, you think they're going for you - but it looks like they're returning to their ship. That sure is something.

Now that the Nemesis isn't in immediate danger, it looks like you have a moment to think. What do you do?

>wait and observe the enemy ship
>schattenkrieg the enemy ship
>buy magic power VI, attempt to pocket the enemy ship
>some other strategy

>>31588548
>wait and observe the enemy ship

>>31588548
>enter the enemy ship
Pocketing obviously wont work

>>31588548
>buy magic power VI, attempt to pocket the enemy ship

>>31588548
>The missiles almost immediately swing around. For a horrifying second, you think they're going for you - but it looks like they're returning to their ship. That sure is something.
The hell are we fighting here?

>>31588548
Move in toward the enemy ship, an observe.

>>31588567
We're probably going to have to fight more of these things, and we can't just pocket all of them even if it does work.

We have to figure out a way to disable them.

>>31588548
>>buy magic power VI, attempt to pocket the enemy ship

>>31588563
Why wouldn't it?

>>31588581

People who've had seven hundred years to develop with out magic is my guess.

>>31588548
>try to board the enemy ship

Time to learn who the hell this is and CONSUME them.

>>31588548
>>buy magic power VI, attempt to pocket the enemy ship
This is gonna take awhile fro the Nemesis to Consume.

>>31588548
>wait and observe the enemy ship

Can it not see us? Or is it just ignoring us.

>>31588548
>Wait and observe the enemy ship
Then
>Try to board the ship

Rolled 9

>>31588548
>some other strategy
Tactical Espionage Action

>>31588548
>wait and observe the enemy ship

>>31588548
> buy MPVI and pocket enemy ship.

>>31588548
wait and observe

>>31588559
me here
switch to
>>31588622

>>31588548
>>buy magic power VI, attempt to pocket the enemy ship

>>31588612
They'll be floating in space after we Pocket it.

>>31588615
We got some crazy stealth bonuses right now.

>>31588674

We never activated stealth, and so does our ship.

Vote 1:
>carefully observe but slowly approach enemy ship

Vote 2:
>by MPVI, try to pocket the enemy ship

>>31588717
1

>>31588717
1

>>31588717
1

>>31588717
2

Rolled 13

>>31588717
1

>>31588717
2

>>31588717
2

>>31588717
1

>>31588717
1

We can always try pocketing it later - right now that would serve no purpose, and wouldn't actually defeat the ship, or give us any information on how to beat others.

>>31588744
votes with rolls do not count

>>31588717
1

>>31588717
1

>>31588758
It would defeat it in that there would be no one controlling the ship when we unpocket it.

Unless it's A.I., then we're fucked.

Looks like everyone's on the same page now.

>writing

>>31588717
1

>>31588788
AI is entirely possible, and since we have this opportunity with it not noticing us, we can find out before taking a drastic course of action.

>>31588548
>>buy magic power VI, attempt to pocket the enemy ship

>>31588717
2

You decide to keep observing it for now. You push your aura behind you and make steady progress toward the ship.

It grows in your vision. You extend your senses, trying to feel at it for magic.

There's definitely something in it. Hundreds of little flecks. They're moving around. You're not sure what that is. Your first thought is that they might be crew, but these things don't have any soul. They're just ghosts of order with just the tiniest hint of chaos to give them life.

The rest of the ship doesn't sense like anything. It's entirely mundane.

Suddenly, light flares on the back of the ship. It accelerates at a tremendous speed.

What do you do?

>catch that ship!
>let it go, head back to Venia. It'll take you about an hour.
>some other strategy

>>31588849
>catch that ship!
I have a feeling this is stupid but I'm curious damn it.

>>31588849
>catch that ship!

>>31588849
>catch that ship!
It's our only lead

>>31588849
>catch that ship!

>>31588849
catch it!

>>31588849
Worst case scenario can we port out of here? Where's our anchor? Doesn't the nemesis have a pool on it, or was that just Haven?

>>31588849
>catch that ship!
Pretty sure leaving it alive to fight later is a bad idea.

>>31588849
>catch that ship!

>>31588849
>inb4 we can't have the nemesis eat it because it's too advanced

>>31588849
>>catch that ship!
this is a really bad idea but w/e i'm curious

>>31588849
>ghosts of order with just the tiniest hint of chaos to give them life.

...Ethereal constructs?

>>31588890
Nah if the nemesis eats it the ai takes over

>>31588890
I will call bullshit on that soooo hard.

the only thing is it will yake some time due to it being so freaking large.

So what shadow sees as ghosts, might just be people who have so little latent chaotic energy that they cannot use magic.

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>>31587110
>>31588849
I can't help be feel as if we're being played like a fiddle.

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fuck i was gonna go get laid tonight and then i saw there was a shadow quest running.

guess i'm staying in!

>>31588875
>Opening a portal to Venia from the depths of space
The vacuum pressure would make that hell, especially if our anchor is still in haven or somewhere (most likely is).

Shame we couldn't get out of Venia earlier, that would have made a hell of a weapon.

>>31588918
It's many times our size.
If anything, -that- is what would prevent us "eating" it.

>>31588910
>Implying an Erebus Artifact would allow itself to be taken over

>>31588922

Yeh, if we do catch it, chances are we are going to be dragged a LONG ass ways. We might have to take over the ship.

>>31588919
But they have no sooouls.
Therefore there is nothing morally wrong with annihilating them.

>>31588184
because players decided to get closer like fucking morons and rolled a 1.

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You blast of at Supersonic speeds!

You feel the force press down on your body, but the whoomph of air is absent. It's a little odd.

The ship, while fast, can't accelerate immediately like you can. You gain ground quickly, then more slowly. Right about as you think it's going to outpace you, you wrap an arm around one of the metal projections.

There's a flat heavy disk covering the outside of the projection. The whole thing is roughly cylindrical in shape. Maybe this is where missiles come from?

What looks like a pretty big cannon sits underneath the hull. That's where you are now.

What do you do?

>try to gain access. Pry the missile port off.
>attempt to pocket the ship (buy MPVI)
>some other strategy

>>31588938
>White Paint

>>31588918
>>31588937
Little bites.

>>31588240
>I, for one, did not expect such a sudden jump into sci-fi.
>sudden

bitch have you SEEN the "system alert" sci-fi computer technology terminology Erebus's internal alert system and sensory uplink use?

>>31588922

awesome work

>>31588949
What the hell is with these snide images?
>try to gain access.

>>31588949
>attempt to pocket the ship (buy MPVI)

>>31588949
>Try and gain access
We're already here, might as well use this time wisely.

>>31588960
I'd be more like integrating ourselves and taking over -them-

>>31588949
>try to gain access. Pry the missile port off.

If we pocket it, then fucking what? Unpocket it? It just takes off again.

Time to go for a ride.

>>31588949
gain access

>>31588949
>try to gain access. Pry the missile port off.
this all feels very strange for some reason

>>31588971

That image should have been with this post

>>31588968

Sometimes I get that mixed up. My mind goes faster than my fingers click. That happens with my tongue, too. I have a slight stutter.

>>31588949
THIS IS THAT ONE EPISODE OF FARSCAPE WITH THE MEGASHIP AND THE SENTIENT DARKNESS

YOU'VE ALL BEEN RUSED

>>31588981
Then the little things manning it are left floating in space and when we unpocket it there is nothing controlling it

>>31589006

Farscape was a little early for me.

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Roll 1d100 to get into the ship

Rolled 49

>>31589047
Are there Dice Gods in Space?

Rolled 52

>>31589047

Rolled 87

>>31589047

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>>31589006
Farscape taught me that the only way to survive in an insane universe is to outcrazy the crazy.

We're rusing them by falling into their ruse. Or something.

Rolled 14

>>31589047
I will roll decently

>>31589020

Assumptions assumption assumptions.

Think outside the box. First we thought it was mundane, then the missiles were able to target lock and return the ship, now it might be manned by ghosts.

>>31588949
>try to gain access. Pry the missile port off.

>>31587052
wait did 4chan stop underlining email fields?

>>31589084
>now it might be manned by ghosts.
or shadowbots

>>31589115
Or the ghosts of shadowbots

Rolled 92

>>31589076
Good job

>>31589115
Or mirror souls: premised on order with minimal chaos.

Point being - we have way too little idea of what is going on, and we need more info before we go ahead with any major plan.

>>31589084
We have seen no reason to believe that is isn't mundane.

They're using computers and normal tech, that's obvious.

They're probably just a race who's Core was just more tightly sealed and gid not get enough Chaos in their Order/Chaos recipe to develop Magic.

>>31588849
>nobody suggested to use Blink instead of supersonic
we had line of sight.

we can Blink in the Void, right.

>>31589084
It worked with everything else we have ever tried it on, why wouldn't it work now?

Also, this is Erebus's realm, why wouldn't his abilities work in the place that he is from?

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>>31588922
>Genuflection Intensifies
I love you

>>31589098
There's a fuck ton of problems right now.

My Autoreply and al hover actions don't work.

and 4chanx doesn't work.

>>31589185

I'm not saying we wouldn't pocket it. I'm saying the overall result might not be the same as usual.

>>31589185
Well, we don't have physical attacks in the void. Need a light source or pure darkness for that.

>>31589196
And i'm saying that there's more reason for it to fuck up or be different on Venia than in the Void.

Seeing as how this is where we're from.

>>31589205
We have all of our normal physical attacks, we don't have our shadow attacks.

Which we haven't used in like 90+ threads.

>>31589205
We have physical attacks we just can't use shadow attacks.

>>31589240
There's a difference?

"Shadow! Come in, Shadow!"

You take up your radio. "...Auriel? Be quiet, I'm on the enemy ship."

"You're -on- it?" she hisses. "Abigail wanted to know if you were safe. The hell am I supposed to tell her?"

"This could be important. I've got to find out who's flying this thing. If anything happens I'll teleport back to Venia."

You hear the rush of a sigh over the speaker. "...fine. Please, please, don't do anything stupid."

"I won't. Tell her I'll see her soon. I'm going to pocket my radio now."

"Ok. See you shortly."

>mana: 61/76

You ink a tendril into the missile port. It's tough - the thing is airtight. The tip of your shadowy limb drills and hacks through the port until you've got a hole. From there, you forcefully expand your limb, causing the plate to buckle inwards enough for you to get by. You slip through the crack -

- and almost run smack dab into a missile. Phew. You're glad you didn't use more force. That could've been ugly.

You slide past the missile. There's another port on the other side. You repeat the process, and then, you're out.

>con't

>>31589254
Have you not been here the entire quest?

A massive room expands before you. It's cast in a bright light. You quickly clamber upwards along a few cables and steel supports, taking cover in the shadows above the hanging light poles.

Piles of missiles are stored in a room that looks like a massive warehouse. Various ports along the edges, leading out to other missile launchers, run the length of the gaping hallway. A machine is running the length of the room, automatically loading more ordinance in where it was previously spent. Control panels sit in front of each launcher, sitting quietly.

The one next to where you entered is blinking black and white. Maybe because of the damage you did?

It doesn't appear that there's anyone around. Many doors lead away from the ordnance storage chamber and into other parts of the ship. You can feel those strange half-presences moving about.

What do you do?

>you've seen this before. Wait for someone to come repair the launcher and observe.
>explore the ship. Try to find the bridge and cause some damage
>head for the largest concentrations of presences. Maybe that's some kind of crew quarters
>some other strategy

>>31589276
>>you've seen this before. Wait for someone to come repair the launcher and observe.

>you've seen this before. Wait for someone to come repair the launcher and observe.