Waiting in line in case somebody drops out.

http://the-power-armor-cyoa.wikia.com/wiki/Evensong

>>34630519
"It's been a while, but I got them installed for this round. Good luck down there guys."

There also will be a “take 10” system in effect for this mission. On non-stressful situations, you can automatically be 30 away from target, and roll a d20 to modify it closer to ‘target’. Taking 10 will make it easier to succeed in most cases(easy rolls will be pretty much impossible to fail even), but you cannot use it for dodging, attacking, while being attacked, or if the action would end up putting you through danger.

Basic actions (moving, communicating, observation) will all be success only, so basic actions will happen successfully almost always. There will be three major categories for non-basic actions, DEXY, COMBAT, and TECH. You can only perform ONE TYPE OF ADVANCED ACTION per turn. Rolling DEXY for dodge is NOT an 'advanced action' cost or use unless it is stated otherwise.

Basic actions include just moving around not caring about stealth, releasing out drones for activation, activating camouflage(not the stealth roll), using suit abilities such as bullrush or celerity, and reloading(Hah, who does that anymore...)

DEXY refers to actions such as melee or dodge rolls, and other checks towards maneuverability, agility, and so on. DEXY uses a 'closest to 1' roll on a D100.

COMBAT refers to the act of shooting ranged attacks (NOT melee attacks), plain and simple. COMBAT uses a 'closest to 100' roll on a D100.

TECH refers to anything else really, mostly it's using or fixing your suit's systems. Tech uses a 'closest to 50' roll on a D100.

>Mission will begin in approximately 30 minutes.

File: Usurper actual.png (775 KB, 1178x889)

775 KB PNG

>>34630519
"Dronestorm's here... and there's a lot of blue."

>Fortress
>Tremorsense -5
>Sexy, tank -20
>Engineer AI -10
>Nerve suit -5
>Suit Status, Radar,Sonars, Defense Maze, Floodlights -25
>Weapons
Metalstorm, other arm Heavy shield with mounted battering piston -40
8x Light Drones with Airstorm, dual wielding autocannons with 1 Ion Cannon -25
2x Scavenger drones with Mechanic -20
>Capacitor -20
>Collapsible -5
>Environment II -10
>Canvas, Progenitor Nanites -15

-200

File: burningsuns__the_leviatha(...).jpg (182 KB, 1111x719)

182 KB JPG

>>34630519
got my suit stats link here
http://the-power-armor-cyoa.wikia.com/wiki/Turtle

>http://pastebin.com/4jFLw8Ur here's my build for the mission

"Well I hope this isn't a death trap.

>>34630570
"Basilius ready, we really going in to the Mariana Trench?"
http://pastebin.com/HhJMzQ6S

"Oh boy, deep water. Lets say hi to Cthulhu"
http://the-power-armor-cyoa.wikia.com/wiki/Zulu

File: Through the dust.jpg (291 KB, 640x960)

291 KB JPG

>>34630605
"If we send in scout drones first and don't act recklessly, it won't be."

Class: Medium
Features: Gills, Levitation
Body Type: Biped
AI: Engineer
Interface: Nerve Suit

Hud: Suit Status, Adv Suit Status, Floodlights, Hawkeye, Sonar

Comms:
Defence Maze
Free-Space Optical Transmitter
Radio Transmitter
Spider
Spyware
Worm Platform

Weapons:
Crowd Control
Suit Control
Machine Gun
Sharpshooter
Vibroblade (knife)

Defenses:
Light Shield x2 (mounted to back torso), Armor Plating shield link
Plasma Shield (mounted to front torso)
Bulwark of the Weak shield link (heavy shield)

Drones: Scout x2, Scavenger
Drone upgrades: Scout-Scanner x1, Scout-Spotter x1

Upgrades:
Capacitor
Enviro controls I & II
Kinetic Stabilizers
Storage
Sub-Armor Pistons

Nanites: Hydra I

Dex 3
Dur 4 (7 or 5 blocking)
Pow 10
Rcv 4
Spd 5
Str 4

"Kraken here, reporting."

Points: 0

Name: Kraken
Faction: Armor Corps
Class: Heavy
Body Type: Leviathan -40
Stats:
Dexterity: 3
Durability: 7
Power: 4
Recovery: 2
Speed: 4
Strength: 4

Features: Fins -Free, Gills -Free, Natural Weapons -10, Tentacles (12) -10

A.I.: Soldier -10
User Interface: Brainwave Harness -10
HUD: Suit Status -0, Advanced Suit Status -5, Sonar -10
Comms: Radio Transimtter -0, Defence Maze -10

Weapons: Beam Sabre X4 -60 (Tentacle Mounted), Rocket Pod X2 -40 (Maw Mounted), Laser Rifle X2 -20 (Tentacle Mounted)

Defenses: Scrambler -10
Drones: 1 Light (Grenade Launcher, Autocannon, RPG) -5, Light: Airstorm -5
Upgrades: Environmental Controls II+III -Free, Capacitor -20, Camouflage -10, Colaplible -5 , Maneuvering Rockets -10
Nanites: Mycelium -10

Shit I misread the rules. For ten points, the price of my grenade launcher. I can join with eviro 2.

>>34630708
>Fuck, forgot to namefag

>>34630586
http://the-power-armor-cyoa.wikia.com/wiki/Dronestorm
Fuck, forgot to link

>Are we gona talk on #suits too?

>>34630793
>Yes

>>34630745
"Well, I guess it's time to release the Kraken!"

>>34630519
>>34630718
>Posting mistake: that's an autocannon, not a machine gun.

>>34630929
"Dammit i was gona make that joke! That was literally the ONLY reason i named the suit that!"

>>34630629
"Yes. You are... the tests the engi's did confirmed that the Enviro 2 protection should be enough, so hooray alien tech I guess."

>>34630708
"Lets hope it's not. I don't think many of us have good sanity scores as is."

>>34630586
>You'll probably want to deploy most those drones early if you want to use them. They've been modified to 'swim' fine underwater.

>>34630586
>>34630598
>>34630605
>>34630629
>>34630708
>>34630718
>>34630745

>Only one we're waiting on is Liquid. Otherwise Calshot will be in.

>>34630996
Wait I fucked up. Zulu wasn't on that list, stark was last I saw...

...But considering if Stark AND Liquid don't report, they'll be in anyway as 2nd to sign up for 'reserve'.

>>34630986
"well I would have made it but I need a Liam Neson beard and overly shiny armor."

>>34630996
"Mhe, sanity is for wimps anyway!"
The giant monstrous suit was floating gently next to the command boat waiting for his teammates to report. The occasional fish would float to the surface, killed my its bored tentacles.

>>34630570
"Just so you lot know, I'll be offering free, comprehensive repairs and a ride in my car for anyone who brings me Leviathan Field Bubbles. I need them for...research. Yeah."

End Transmission

>>34630996
>Right, Calshot, Zulu, you're now in.

Mission start, dive in and get going.

>All energy weapons are reduced to 2 range only, and lose 1 damage.
>Kinetic weapons have -1/3 range(round down), but are functional otherwise.
>Explosive weapons (minus flame thrower) have no change at all. Flame throwers are disabled... you might be able to use them as an improvised explosive, but uh, that is NOT advised.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

"Down into the depths my friends!"
>Start dive down.
>Have passive sonar ready.

>>34631246
gonna use variable and change my suit from mimic to aquatic and begin diving down.
"Guess we're all stickin together since we have no secondary objectives yet."

>>34631246
"Here we go, time to go harpoon fishing"
>Jump into the deep
>Turn on Thermal vision and activate camo

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>34631246
"Right, I'll use sonar as well after Kraken"

>>34631246
"Starting dive, deploying drones ahead." After launching both scout drones underwater, I step off the side of the ship into the water, relying on Levitation to propel me downwards with the rest of the team.
>Both scout drones are using sonar and taking 10. Scanner drone is at an additional ±10, spotter drone is at ±5.

>>34631292
>>34631369
>>34631403
You pick up loads and loads of fish, and your teammates. It'll remain on probably, but nothing that dangerous down here yet.

>>34631304
"Probably won't be any... but if you guys lose contact, your call honestly. Just make sure you don't leave some doomsday weapon functional down there..."

>>34631246
"Let's get this show on the road... or trench. Help me out here, guys."
>Begin dive, deploy 4 of my Airstorm drones to go below me
>turn on passive sonar and floodlights, engie AI +5/-5

>>34631246
>>34631304
"Might as well, after all we don't want to end up lost down there right?"
Diving into that watery black.

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>34631445
>how do i shot dice

>>34631423
"I'm continuing to dive, we shouldn't get separated needlessly. I think I should have gotten night vision for this"

>>34631246
"Into the drink then."

Activate perma camo because why not.

>>34631488
"Anyone who dosent have gills, stick close to us. You dont wana run out of breath down there..."

"Going to see if I can't find anything using tremor sense, going to go on ahead to touch down on the floor"

File: Metal_Gear_RAY.jpg (49 KB, 548x441)

49 KB JPG

"Sorry about the delay, fellas. Reporting in!"

>thought the game would be at like 5?

Pilot: Adam
Handle: Liquid
Suit: Metal Gear Ray

Class: Heavy

Type: Amphibious (+1 on dex & spd)

Features: Gills (Free)
Fins (Free)
Natural Weapons
Tremorsense

A.I: Soldier (+10 to comb rolls & -10 to dex rolls)

U.I: Nerve Suit

HUD: Suit Status
Adv Suit Status
Radar
Night Vision

Comms: Radio Transmitter

Weapons: Beam Fin
2 Rocket Pods
Metalstorm
Wave Motion Gun
Suit Control

Upgrades: Cyber Brain
Martial Arts
Veteran Soul
Maneuvering Rockets
Environmental Controls 1&2
Collapsible 1
Storage
Nanites: Hydra I

Dex: 4
Dur: 4
Pow: 4
Rec: 2
Spd: 5
Str: 4

>>34631423
>Scout drones will swim at maximum speed downwards, until they are either a mile away from us, or near the edge of unimpeded data transmission range, whichever is closer. The distance from us will be maintained until something goes awry.

>>34631527
"Good call though my Mycelium nanites should hold up, as we should be done with this before my power runs out"

Rolled 8, 17, 18 = 43 (3d20)

>>34631423
Gonna activate my camouflage and dive deeper.
"Gonna try and get my own readings as well."

Take 20 to roll for thermal, radar and sonar.

>>34631527
"I've got Eleven hours of power, I'll be fine"
>I turn my floodlight at Kraken and flash it twice

>>34631579
>>34631555
"We dont know whats down there lads. We could be walking into Poseidon's asshole!"

>>34631445
A bit of mess ups here and there, but you have plenty of time to fix it, and both kick in fine.

>>34631561
All turn on fine, no activity yet.

>>34631546
>Unless Calshot/Zulu opt to give the slot up, sorry.

>>Everyone else
You all keep diving just fine for the next hour... there's really nothing that interesting, but you're soon to arrive at 8000 feet down. Lots of interesting marine life... and ahead, some rather... odd and large signatures. Seem to be diving down as well at this point, but not as fast as you guys are at the moment.

This pops up on sonar fine, bit too far for thermal to pick it up at the moment though.

"Lads i got movement! Looks like something alse is heading down there too!"

>>34631755
"yeah surprisingly but I wonder what. Better stay sharp, people as we don't know what the two groups are"

>>34631755
>>34631706
"Hopefully it's some late friends, we should keep an eye on them just in case."

>>34631755
"Shit really? Can someone send a scout drone in that direction"

>Zulu slows down and difts to the middle of her comrades

>>34631706
"...Huh?"
>>34631755
"I hear it too, try to go get a visual."
I send my Drones down further, spreading them out so they don't get AoE'd, and turn my floodlight down to see if that will show them

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>34631706
>>34631755
"Sending a drone over to investigate; maybe it can get us a visual." Camoflage activating, my scanner drone diverts its course to bring it closer to the signatures.
>Scanner drone using Hawkeye. ±10 Tech roll.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>Useing sonar to establish details from the contacts.

File: Ray.jpg (125 KB, 900x1280)

125 KB JPG

Rolled 18, 19 = 37 (2d20)

>>34631706
"Into the wild blue yonder"

The heavy penguin suit dives down to the depths of the Challenger Deep, actively scanning to see what's there.

>take 20 and tech roll for radar and to activate night vision

>>34631706
Gonna continue to dive deeper then.
"Basilius, you're buddyin up with me, right?"

>>34631826
>>34631827
The drones approach down... it seems these are suits as well, one looks back, seems to motion to the others, and they start speeding up downwards, one of them dropping a canister behind as it starts floating up towards the group.

>>34631874
They boot up great... you think. There's not a lot to see with night vision even as it works, and radar... kinda doesn't' work well in the water like this.

>>34632079
"Yeah, I've got your back if you've got mine."
Going to follow Turtle down, and turn on the floodlights.

>>34632092
"Oh oh thats bad."
>Deploy light drone.
>Sent drone to attack canister with AutoCannon.

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>34632182
>Oops heres the roll.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>34632092
"Enemy suits confirmed; one dropped an incoming device! Could be explosive, so watch yourselves." I pull my drone back away from the canister and propel myself down to match the rate of the suits.
>Suit speed 4, halved by Levitation to 2.
>Preemptive Dex roll to dodge any explosions.

>>34630519

>meanwhile in command

'looks like the team is ready, il be there if you need some fast support, quickly

Rolled 94 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34632092
"Oh Shit, Red Barrel!"
If there's no one near it, I order one drone to attack with 1 autocannon, and the other 3 to pursue the suits.
combat+10

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>34632092
"i'm getting within my max range... which isn't much. But live and learn...." as he tries to line up a shot with his plasma bow

+10 combat from Soldier AI

>>34632216
>It's not really haved, Lev gives 2.5x ground speed or half flight speed (correct me if I'm wrong)

>>34632240
Garen Snider

Light Avian Mount PA
(has Blackeye, NightVision Flight, Fins + Gills, Natural weapon And Adhesion)
Nerve Suit, Adv Suit Status, Defense Maze, Radio transmitter, Sonar, Thermal
Beam Sabre (natural talons), Flamethrower, Proxmines
2 Light Shield = Armour Plating
Enviro 3, Capacitor,
Mycellium 1 and progen
Dex 3, Pow 8, Str 2, Dura 2, recov 4, Speed 7

Rolled 33, 34 = 67 (2d100)

>>34632216
"Don't shoot it if you think it's explosive! We don't know how much it's going to hit us"
>Zulu activates her camo
>Attempts to single out a lighter suit to ambush with a viroblade

>>34632241
>>34632247
The shots blasts the barrel... and it releases a lot of cloudy inkish smoke, blocking your sight (and any vision systems) ahead. Seems that was just a smoke bomb... the drones try advancing but the suits came together to dive down faster. Something must be up.

>>34632268
>Slot's full, you're out.

>>34632247
>We're both correct: Leviation is half your flight speed, and flight speed is 5x normal speed. I simply provided my base speed instead of redundantly specifying that flight is being used.

>>34632092
gonna dive after the other suits after>>34632241
shot the possibly dangerous object.
"Basilius, let's go after them!"

Gonna deploy both my scout drones ahead of me.

Rolled 91 (1d100)

"A smoke bomb? Man what a batch of cowards! If you gona bomb me, better use a real bomb!"
>Accelerate after those dickwards!
>Use sonar for more details.

>>34632310
"Tch.... I'm diving down out of this at least enough to see clearly. But I doubt they're minded on mind attacking if they're focusing on diving faster"

>>34632339
(hence why i said back at command, just didnt know if they had drop ins or not)

>>34632092
>>34632379
"Alright, let's go!"
Going with Turtle again.

>>34632310
>Order my 4 drones back into a formation around me
>Move over to the nearest wall for skate speed boost down toward the other suits
Brushing off the ink stuff of her real body in the meantime

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>34632289
>ABORT ABORT
"I'm going to talk to them, they seem to be running away"
>Zulu activates her free trasmitter and attempts to make contact with the other suits

>>34632387
All the sonars pick up that they're advancing quite fast... also that they seem to have become one solid object. A gattai... well, at the least they burned it's use already then just escaping... You pick up a fair amount more solid objects just floating up as well, further down and somewhat layed haphazardly, five of them to be specific.

>>34632379
>>34632390
>>34632387
>>34632473
You all head through the smoke, to see five similar barrels to the smoke-bomb from before, one starting to emit a smoke as well, but it's offcenter and is just spraying it somewhat to the side, the other four are clearly in sight, and approaching you guys too.

>>34632310
I attempt to contact the suits to verify if they're TA or otherwise. "Suit pilot, this is Fyhlen of the Armor Corp. Respond with your name and affiliation or we will open fire!"
>Drones will continue following the unidentified suits.

>>34632553
"More barrels guys! Also they seem to have gattaied to escape. That sould make killing them easier!"
>Sent light drone to take out the barrels with its autocannon.

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>34632553
I maneuver through the smoke clouds and attempt to start a hack of the enemy suit using my Free Space Optical Transmitter.
>Hacking, attempting to tamper with propulsion to turn the gattai upwards. Worm Platform extends range of hacks. ±5 Tech roll from AI.

>>34632637
"For the love of god! If they ARE friendly they won't be in a few seconds, wait a damn moment!"

>>34632637
>Make a roll then.

>>34632559
>>34632544
You two don't get a response... and soon enough, they've left range for any accurate means of sonar.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>34632691
>Oh oops! Sorry.

>>34632553
"Turtle, you going to let a few harmless canisters throw you off?"
Going to continue after the suits.

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>34632691
"..no response, alright NOW shoot at them."
>Zulu swims toward the suits with her Viroblade out
>She will attempt to single a mesh or light suit out and ambush it by stabbing it in the kidneys.

>>34632678
They're long gone for that apparently. You're beside the four who already dived down as fast as possible now.

>>34632719
Your bullets strike the barrel... and it violently explodes, as do the other four barrels. That drone is dead, anyone not a fortress-size and through that smoke cloud, roll a dex to brace yourselves/use the fortress sizes as cover. Anyone above the smoke cloud, you'll feel a rather lot of sonic and pressure, but nothing that'll harm your suits.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>34632758
"I'm going to try to find cover but I'll try my luck at dodging/blocking"

-10 dex from Mesh camo
-10 Dex from Soldier AI

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>34632553
gonna try to chase after the enemy suits then.
Rollin dex to dodge barrels just in case. Agent AI -10 dex rolls

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>34632758
"Ouch!! You bloody assholes! That was my favorite drone!"

Rolled 59, 32, 35 = 126 (3d100)

>>34632758
"Fokin 'ell, m8"

>Roll dex to dodge and combat to fire both rocket pods at the hostile gataii

>soldier AI, martial arts, veteran soul

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>34632758
"Damn, out of ra- Everyone brace for impact!" I deploy my Bulwark to grant the protection from my plasma shield to nearby suits.
>Rolling Dex to dodge.
>Suit Dur 4, 7 if blocked

>>34632758
Using plasma shield to defend myself.

>>34632920
Bulwark delployed, you further brace yourself behind the Kraken for some cover, as the explosive pressure mostly hits him.

>>34632795
You nimbly find cover behind Basilius, having him take the brunt of the force from this.

>>34632797
>Be very glad you have that agent AI, or that would've been suit-rupturing.
You narrowly find some slight cover behind some of Kraken's tentacles, before the blast ripples through some of the bulwark, a heavy wave of explosive power hitting your suit and some shrapnel bending a few superficial pieces and decoration... all in all, you seem to be fine.

As for the two fortresses... well, it takes more than a few explosives to break you guys out of water. With a bulwark on top of this, all that happened is you lost a bit of your paint job if you had one.

>>34632908
Your shots end up getting caught up in the explosions, the team is mostly fine for this but nothing made it down to the enemies.

...The smoke clears soon enough. Those suits are long gone, and diving down as fast as they can... and it's quiet again. Continue diving at your leisure... you now know there are hostiles advancing down there.

>>34633074
"I'm going to go in pace with the group. They aren't messing around."

>>34633074
"Shit on a cracker! You okay in there lad?"

Rolled 40, 83, 87, 45 = 255 (4d100)

>>34633074
"No point in being subtle anymore. I'll be part of the front line in case anymore fire comes our way, and I'll keep my drones ahead of us and listening for incoming armament or suits. Let's move before they can ready too many traps!" Once more I send my scout drones ahead, alert for further danger.
>First and second rolls for Hawkeye and Sonar on scanner drone. ±10 Tech.
>Third and fourth rolls for Hawkeye and Sonar on spotter drone. ±5 Tech.

>>34633074
only some superficial battle-damage then, gonna continue to dive downwards then.
"Let's go Basilius!"

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>34633074
"Fucking hell, man! Anyone hurt too bad?"
I focus my sonar to see where everyone is, Engineer AI
I deploy both my mechanic drones, and they grab a hold of my suit

>Diving after those suits.
With a creepy yellow glow in its eyes and its beam tentacles glowing, the beast descended upon his poor pray.

>>34633074
>>34633184
"Agreed."
Going off after Turtle.

>>34633221
"I think everyone handled that pretty well but we have to avoid any more things like that as we might not be as lucky."

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>34633074
"Tally ho, gentlemen!"

Metal Gear Ray advances forward with the group, wary of more traps.

>Let's give radar another try

Rolled 10, 1 = 11 (2d20)

"Under and onwards then."

take 10 rolling for sonar and radar to see what's around

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>34633321
>forgot to roll to take 10

File: Fishes.jpg (36 KB, 650x437)

36 KB JPG

>>34633221
Sonar is working perfectly, you detect... a lot of dead fish. At this point, just leave it running though, you'll probably pick them up if or when you guys next pick something up.

>>34633342
Also working. Lots of dead fish, your teammates, etc etc. No threats...

>>34633321
...Radar can pick up a small range around you, your teammates for certain, but it's much smaller than what you expect. It should be enough even if you can't see though.

...Continuing to dive down, it seems like that was it for what their attempts to fight you was. Another eight-thousand feet down... and well, you start really noticing some weird fish. It already was somewhat weird but, well, now you guys are getting the really weird looking ones. Stuff kinda like this.... among many other various, freaky things. A few even seem to try to swim after the mesh size folks, thinking they're food. With those jaws, some of you may even have to worry that they can bite right through metal... probably not though.

There's a few... large signatures around. A few latched onto the wall around here, and a few floating around or swimming around deeper. Give or take, three swimming and three latched onto the wall.

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>34633545
>Take an other sonar scan.
"They are close. I can smell their fear..."

>>34633545
"Moving to engage..." I gradually move closer to one signature on the wall, then activate my floodlights and engage my spotter drone. If it's a suit, I open fire with my Autocannon and Sharpshooter. If it's just a squid or something, I ignore it and look to the next wall-clinging sig.
>First roll for Autocannon, second for Sharpshooter. +10 Combat from AI.

>>34633545
"You're gonna have to guide me, m8s. Radar is shit down here."

Rolled 79, 27 = 106 (2d100)

>>34633545
>>34633668
>Rolling

>>34633545
"fantastic, someone get the floodlights."
Rollin tech for thermal vision on what these things are. Agent A.I +/- 5 for tech.

Rolled 17, 18, 32, 67 = 134 (4d100)

>>34633545
"Some guys on the wall, going to go smash their faces."
Turn on Floodlights to the signature on the wall, and prime shieldbash
Dismiss mechanic drones back into my suit, and my 4 active ones all fire particle beams at the suit that has my floodlight on it, Engineer Ai combat bonus

>>34633651
As if that somehow goaded them on, two of the signatures seem to turn towards the team. They're about the size of a heavy at best.

>>34633697
This one seems to be.... a huge mass of... some stuff. Not a suit... infact a lot of it quickly starts to swarm away in various directions, leaving a... gel-like remains of something floating in it's place.

>>34633757
The next one seems similar... though these creatures seem to swarm AT you instead. A few blasts from the particle beams blast out, but a few seem to ram into your suit... do you want to even bother dodging this swarm? [Roll dex if you do]

>>34633711
You pick up the remaining signatures. The one that still seems to be going elsewhere just looks like a freaking HUGE fish, the two advancing on you two are an eel and an octopus or squid thing you'd guess, and the last one on the wall... you guess is similar to a clam, by it's lower heat signature than others.

>>34633684
That nightvision is kicking in, you see the eel and... somewhat goopish octopus advancing on you guys.

>>34633905
"Oh right, night vision"
Zulu turns on her night vision to see things in her immediate area.

>>34633905
"What should I fire at as I'm planning on firing on the oncoming enemies other wise"

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>34633905
"Oi there seems to be fish attacking us"

>Metalstorm to turn them into fillet
> soldier ai, veteran soul

Rolled 36, 9, 91, 21 = 157 (4d100)

>>34633905
"Learn whos boss around here fishes!"
>Use 2 saber tentacles to attack one hostile.
>Launch 2 rocket barrages at the other one.

Rolled 33, 45, 89 = 167 (3d100)

>>34633905
>Rolling for dodge and shield bash (9 dmg)
"*Muffled grunts*"

Rolled 4, 51 = 55 (2d100)

>>34633905
Grabbing and eating fish

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>34633905
"No suits, just wildlife. Strobing floodlights to scare 'em off now. We should keep moving to catch up to those suits." While pulsing the floodlights at the octopus moving toward Turtle and Liquid, one of my drones will take a closer look at the remains the swarm I saw was eating at.
>Rolling Tech to strobe floodlights. ±5 Tech from AI.

Rolled 92, 87 = 179 (2d100)

>>34633905
gonna ready my plasma sabre and plasma bladed tipped tentacles.
Rollin dex for melee on whichever eel or squid gets close enough to me. Agent A.I -10 dex rolls

"WHO WANTS SUSHI!"

>>34634075
"i'm going to try to size up the situation before i make an action."

Rolled 64, 87 = 151 (2d100)

Blind the big big fish/eel/squid (whatever's closer) with floodlights and then fire a tranq dart at it.

rolling tech for floodlights, combat for dart
+10 combat with assassinate

Rolled 27 (1d100)

"Fuck it, scouting ahead to check for anymore depth charges"
>Zulu activates her cloak and night-vision and separates from the group
>Rolling to find anything of note up a head

>>34634075
You grab the octopus and bite into it.... while it's definatly bitten into, you are suddenly met by a rather powerful jolt of electricity, zapping you down to the pilot seat a bit, though that electricity goes away quickly. The rest of your suit's good as EMP'd though, as it starts just dead-dropping down into the ocean, octopus still flailing madly in your suit's somewhat-limp grasp of hand and mouth.

>>34634113
The pulse goes off fine... and it seems to have pissed off the eel, who starts making a beeline towards you.

>>34634048
>>34634047
...which isn't long for this world, as it is first shot by metalstorm shots, then sliced, then blown up.

>>34634063
You smash the swarm with your shield... they seemed to just ram straight into you, sheild or not, though in truth you slapped them all with the shield... a few bounced off, but a greater majority seems to have splattered into goop on your shield. Ick...

The last fish just seems to continue on, and that clam doesn't seem to be doing much of anything.

...Also congratulations for pissing off and killing a bunch of unknown wildlife. It may be best not to talk about this to Green Initiative later...

>>34634232
Your floodlights go on, that big eel is dead but you get a clear shot and tranq the octopus... the dart starts sparking, before actually exploding, along with the octopus's tentacle you shot seeming to just evaporate, or, something down here. It's down a tentacle, at least.

>>34634157
>God damn Turtle, is it just physically impossible for you to roll LOW?

>>34634190
Current situation: Basilius is sinking with a still active gooey octopus like thing in it's mouth, the eel is dead, the wall creatures are down to a clam like thing latched onto the wall, and Droneswarm now has a lot of goop on his shield.

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>34634298
"I'm going to try to cut up some squid"

-10 dex from soldier AI

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>Catch Basolius from sinking into the depths.
"Easy there lad i got ya."

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>34634298
"Hold on Basilius, I'll help get your suit running again!" I prepare a Crowd Control grenade and direct my spotter drone as I descend after him, dropping the grenade by the octopus after landing on Basilius's suit.
>Combat roll for Crowd Control flash grenade. +10 suit AI, +5 Spotter drone.
>Will start doing Tech rolls to reboot the suit next turn.

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>34634274
"Moving forward, seeing if there's any traps or a sentry"
>rolling to find traps or watchmen

Rolled 79, 33 = 112 (2d100)

>>34634298
"Well, I think I just killed a shitload of undescovered wildlife. And there's shit on my shield now. Greeeat. I'm sending a Mechanic your way, Basilius."
Dronestorm deploys one of her Mechanic drones to help basilius and an airstorm to defend it.
Mech drone has +-5 from upgrade, 1st roll
>Check comms, radar and sonar for anything else, 2nd roll, ai +-5

Rolled 35, 74 = 109 (2d100)

>>34634298
>>ugh, missed. Gonna help Basilius.
Approach basilius and the squid in his hand.
Rollin dex for melee to hit the squid with my plasma sabre and plasma tipped tentacles

>>34634274
>>34634477
Passing up Basilius, who you're sure will be fine, he's not sinking that fast, you dive a head... well, there's a lot of fish, and a few big ones, but most of these are now scattering from your immediate area... if you want to keep ahead, go on though.

>>34634339
Your slice hits, but you scrape against a tentacle and get zapped yourself... it's not that bad since you're not in direct contact still, and the suit reboots after a few seconds of drifting.

>>34634401
You catch his suit... there's a slight staticy tingle between you and him, but it's not enough to also fry your suit too.

>>34634429
It flails even faster after that flash bang.... it seems like it's stuck in Basilius's mouth still. That might be the main problem here.

>Why can't we just activate EMP shields and pry it off instead of killing it?

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>34634298
"Hold on, m8. I'll get ya"

Speed towards Basilius and try to stop his descent

>roll dex I guess?
>soldier AI, martial arts

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>Get las rifle tentacle at point blank with the octo-thing.
>Fire.
"Stay very still lad..."

>>34634553
>You totally can actually. But most folks have a "KILL IT DEAD" mentality to anything vaguely hostile. Even sea animals who don't seem to know better... well, a fair amount WERE asking for it I guess.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>34634547
"See ya soon guys, going to try and find them and see what they're doing, also sniffing out traps"
>Zulu moves forward, making sure to try and spot any traps

>>34634547
>>34634603
I start prying Basilius's mouth open, and hold it there until the octopus can leave. Hopefully it's gotten the message by now to gtfo. "Everyone, by now I'm sure it'll leave if we don't kill it!"
>Suit Str 4

>>34634547
"seesh... I'd thought that my plasma sword wouldn't conduct electricity. It's too close to try shooting it."

>>34634639
"Well if we can do that, the better. Killing wildlife is something I would rather avoid if possible"

>>34634594
You blast the part that still dangles out from Basilius's mouth with plasma, the octopus thing now 'freed' as it flails about wildly for some time... and then slows to a drift as it just floats idly. It's probably dead.

>>34634639
You pry it open, unfortunatly the Kraken already shot the poor creature dead first, but you free up the remains there... it somewhat squirms a little after being freed, before separating into... you can guess bits of brain and other outward tissue, before also going limp.

...Basilius's systems start up a bit later. If you had a NERV- erm, nerve suit controls, you would know it also tastes fucking horrible. Your AI, once it's back on, can't help but remark that was a terrible idea.

>>34634621
You continue your dive... through your examination, there seems to be one 'extra' suit registered around your area. Can't pinpoint it, but... strange. Hopefully nothing, you find no traps of any kind at least.

>>34634679
>It didn't, but you kinda slipped up and grazed another tentacle with your arm.

>>34634738
...Once everyone is back to functional capacity, the group continues. Another distance, a lot of weird fishes, glowing a various rainbow of colors... a few more hostile fishes, ones that won't go away if not shot, but they were small compared to the last ones, and are dispatched with ease.

You guys pick up another curious thing though. Sonars are picking up suits.... from above you guys, advancing down towards you all.

>>34634738
Before we continue on our dive, my scav drone reclaims a bit of dead octopus. Maybe its DNA can be sequenced and documented later.

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>34634738
"Picking up an extra suit somewhere in the trench, be wary, in the meantime I will advance into the deep"
>Zulu keeps going, being careful to spot mines or any other traps, and maintaining her cloak"

Rolled 33 (1d100)

"Going in lads. Wish luck."
>Move forward as a vanguard.
>Make a sonar scan.

>>34634785
>"I Take A Look At My Enormous Penis" was playing to get the team's spirits up
"Hey, I think I hear something... above us?"
Dronestorm holds up her shield (take 10), and turns to face straight up, with all 4 drones facing up as well. Flashes her Floodlight once and attempts communication.
"Please Identify yourself, or risk being fired on."

Rolled 3, 76, 11 = 90 (3d100)

>>34634785
"Hostiles behind us! Let's give em the 'ol armor corp welcome!"

>fire 2 rocket pods and metalstorm

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>34634785
"Engaging floodlights on low power for those with night vision and moving to hack the nearest suit!" Once again, I attempt to use my FSO Transmitter to directly connect to a suit before it starts attacking us, trying to tamper with its propulsion to start spinning it rapidly.
>Rolling Tech to hack. Worm Platform, FSOT in use. ±5 Tech from suit AI.

>>34634921
You only get a response in Elven. "Stay out of the way. Mission target is below." from some woman's voice. That's all you get out of them.

>>34634930
As you look up, you recognize a symbol on one of them, a heavy. It's the Tumblr Armor ensigna... their weapons aren't aimed at you guys though.
>Continue firing? It seems like a bad idea.

Rolled 19, 100 = 119 (2d100)

>>34634785
gonna swim back up to closest suit enemy at a burst of speed.

Rollin dex for melee combat. Agent A.I -10 dex rolls for my plasma sabre and I have plasma tipped tentacles

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>34634848
"Don't go too far ahead, it require much to cause a suit rupture on a mesh!"

Attemping to use Sonar to try to point point the extra suit down there.

>>34635007
"What is your mission?"

"Someone give this little lady a last warning. Shit is about to get wrecked."
>Activate Camo.
>Swim near them, at least in melee range.

>>34635007
He repositions himself in a way to react in case something does happen (very likely)

>>34635007
Seeing the insignia, he stops his weapons and attempts communication.

"Who are you and what is your purpose here?"

>>34635007
"Guys, stand down! There's some elves coming through, but they aren't coming for us. Get out of the way, and we can shoot at them from above."
She charges her shieldbash anyway

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>34635056
"I'll be fine, I'm going to tred lightly, and you should worry about the suits above you, not me"
>Zulu continues forward, still trying to see traps

>>34635140
>Adding to dialogue with team
"They only speak in elven, so don't try and talk to them."

File: Fish.jpg (35 KB, 660x302)

35 KB JPG

>>34635056
You detect those Tumblr Armor suits above... none of them that 'extra', there still is one more and it isn't popping up on sonar.

>>34635095
>>34635136
You get no response past their initial statement. They just seem to attempt to swim past you all in a hurry.

>>34635028
>>34634994
Continue? This'll probably make them hostile if they already aren't.

>>34635199
You pick up... fishes. A few red glowing ones... kinda like this, only a wide variety of them. Upon going somewhat close, a few start to swim towards you... continue swimming at them, shoot them, or start going back up away from them?

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>34635007
>I'll modify my hacking attempt so I'm only tapping into their comms instead of tampering with propulsion. Also rolling to mask my intrusion; Tech roll at ±5.

>>34635140
>>34635210
"You do realize any suit pilot can use Progenitor nanites, not just TA, right? You're an elf yourself..."

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>34635260
"seeing some weird glowing fishes coming towards me, going to hack the fucks apart"

>Zulu brings out her viroblade and starts hacking at the fishes

>>34635313
"hope that's insulated as if it's like that octopus, it'll give a shock"

>Stay cloaked my the wall.
>At any sign of hostile action, attacking.

>>34635308
You do it fine... and hear some yelling and screaming. Not from those pilots though, but on this channel... it doesn't take even a minute before the screaming stops, most with a gurglish end.

>>34635313
You hack at a few, but another few take bites at you... just seeming to latch on, your suit isn't taking any damage for all you can tell, but more and more of these fish are starting to swarm and latch on, your stand your ground tactic isn't working well enough.

After the group seems to have passed by the main team... you guys can tell there's actually some weapons gunfire going on downwards. Towards Zulu's position... but nothing's hitting her, despite her not really dodging. She can notice, they're aiming for those swarm-fishes. Any that latch onto you though, they seemed to have given up on, and they aren't aiming through you thankfully.

>>34635455
"This is getting interesting. We should really go and see what this thing is as it might behind the unusual behavor of the TA suits"

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>34635455
"Need some help here lass?"
>Dive to Zulu's position.
>Slice the fish of her.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>34635455
"Uh, they're going to kill the ones on me right? Hydra is going to heal me..Right? No really, the fuck is this? Could somone help me out?"

>Zulu starts to hack at the fish while trying to run away

Rolled 84, 42 = 126 (2d100)

>>34635455
>>34635512
"We'll follow them, steal what they're looking for, and kill them all. Or we could bring a couple up for study. I've got room to keep a couple prisoners."
Drone deploys the rest of her Airstorms, all 8 tracking the TA, ready to fire on a moments notice. Pinging Radar and Sonar for any info, Engineer AI +-5

>>34635554
...Zulu, roll to dodge a kraken tentacle slapping the shit out of you with a plasma-tentacle.

>>34635562
Also, you seem to be fending off the fish better than before now, the reduced amount of them thanks to gunfire certainly helps through... you look up to see that kraken-tentacle you PROBABLY should dodge.

Rolled 34, 71, 93 = 198 (3d100)

>>34635455
gonna dive further down then to see whats the hubub. Still got Camouflage on. Deploying both scout drones ahead of me.
"Comin Basilius?"

might roll tech for sonar, radar and thermal vision to see what's goin on ahead of me. Agent A.I +/- tech rolls

>>34635634
"I might as well, thing's are strange."
Diving down alongside Turtle.

>>34635562
"what's what it seems like as it seems we're not among their targets, but judging from what Fyhlen heard, there's something quite nasty down there"

>>34635596
I dont think there'll be anything to steal down there as it's likely some big nasty sea creaure or something else entirely. I'm having doubts about if that thing's even TA aligned.

>>34635455
"Uh, guys, sounds like whatever's at the bottom of the Trench is giving TA a run for their money. Want to follow these suits from a safe distance back?"

>>34635554
"Kraken, watch what you're doing!" I move to deploy my Bulwark by Zulu if I can reach her in time.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>34635615
"JESUS CHRIST KRACKEN, WHY?"
>Zulu attempts to dodge

>>34635666
"yeah that'll be my plan and it should be everyone else's"

>>34635676
"Oh crap! Sorry, i was aiming for the fish! Youre just so tiny and small and... stuff."

>Where are the TA right now?

>>34635676
One quick dodge from a reckless teammate's attack, and you are safe... and hey, that close-call managed to swipe off half the other fish on you.... or maybe that was all of them, somewhere along the line you seemed to lose the rest of them, as the Tumblr Armors stop their gunfire, and start spreading out, not quite diving straight down, but scattering... Hopefully that's a good thing. The bad news? They aren't going straight down, you guys might have to go there first.

>>34635666
The screams stop by the way. For better or worse.

>>34635634
Your drones launch out... not a lot to see, but one takes a good close look at a fish... and it seems they have a few... things in them. Wires? No... well, maybe. Probably actually. Skeletal builds don't work too well this deep... fuck.

The sea seems rather quiet once more, Zulu's little incident with fish and the Tumblr Armor's passing seems to be all there was here... continue diving at your leasure.

>>34635615
"Fuck it, let's follow em"

Liquid matches their speed and follows them unity the depths.

>>34635785
>>34635788
"Alright, following with the group"

>>34635788
>*into
>fuckin mobile mane

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>34635785
Before the suit gets out of range, I upload spyware to glean any information I can about their objectives in the Trench.
>If a roll is required, here's Tech at ±5.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>34635785
"Let's rock, grab on if you can!"
Drone uses her drones to push her down faster than normal, using her metalstorm as a guide.
+-5 AI

>>34635788
They have scattered. You can follow one or two of them at best, but they're no longer seeming to just dive straight down anymore. Maybe not the best, as Droneswarm would both have to leave his wall(if he's still on it), and he also is at about 3/4ths his air left. Not too much time to just dawdle around.

>>34635785
"Wires in fish? well this isn't your usual mission" as he continues diving along with the group.

>>34635785
>>34635820
I continue following the suit that spoke to us, if I can determine which one it was. "We could split up: some to the bottom of the trench, some following the TA. I'll do the latter."

>>34635860
"I'll follow you there, m8. Who knows what could be down there."

>>34635833
I'm going to follow one of the TA

>>34635785
gonna dive down deeper then.
"Into the storm, eh Basilius? You comin' Kraken?"

Probably won't do much but rollin for combat on any funny lookin schools of fish before divin deeper with my Metalstorm.

"Let's go."

>>34635920
"Lets wrek some havoc mate huh?"
>Following Turtle

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>34635920
forgot to combat roll

"what are the groups? as we should have balanced groups in case we run into anything"

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>34635934
>Oh yea and my roll.

>>34635920
"Ah I'm sorry Turtle, other things need my concern."

>>34635944
Thus far, following TA:
-Basilius
-Fyhlen
-Liquid

Descending:
-Dronestorm
-Kraken
-Turtle

>>34635860
The one that spoke to you likely is the mermaid-looking one. She was the front most one, and all.

As for the rest of the folks here, there's one heavy one (looks somewhat like Zipline's suit to be honest), two generic-looking mediums, and a fortress-sized whale-like suit. With lots of guns. Take your pick if you want to follow any of them, but they're scattering around.

>>34636031
"I'll follow your group, Fyhlen"

>>34635944
"Well, since you and I are both meant for stealth and ambush, a group would be wise. Snipers do need spotters, and to even it out I'll decend"

>>34636056
Following the mermaid leader.

>>34636088
"Not sure if we have anything snipe worthy due to the water and going alone is a sure fire way to get killed. We should try to support one of the other groups"

He goes along with Fyhlen's following direction.

>>34636031
Following the turtle, since they might need an Elvish translator.

>>34636056
Following heavy.

"Hey zippy, the TA seem to have terrible taste in armor design....oh wait..."

>>34636162
"Alright then, moving out"
>Zulu goes ahead of the descending group to scout for traps and more of the evil fish, rolling for locating traps"

>>34636056
I'm going to be following Fortress Whale.

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>34636228
Forgot to roll

>>34636121
>>34636162
You two follow along... she looks back to you guys curiously for a few moments, but turns back ahead and says nothing...

>>34636212
...At this depth, you realize, your comms aren't getting a signal from the surface world. Either alien tech isn't that good, there's a scrambler, or the distance from surface world to here is too far. Or some combo of them too. You follow the heavy, who doesn't much seem to respond to you.

>>34636228
>>34635920
>>34635934
>>34635828
You all continue your way downwards...

>>34636252
And you split off to go with the Fortress Whale.

>>34636056
just gonna keep descending with my scout drones ahead of me. This time equipping my light shield in front of me.

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>34636377
"Scouting ahead guys, since I learn nothing"
>Zulu swims ahead of the descending group to scout out their path, rolling to detect traps or dangers

>>34636377
Attempt to get closer and communicate.

"It seems we're going the same way, friend. What is your purpose here?"

Rolled 54, 70, 39, 87 = 250 (4d100)

>>34636377
Keeping my scout drones active for more altered fish, like those that attacked Zulu, or anything else that's unusual. Anything else coming through their comms feed?

>First and second rolls for Hawkeye and Sonar on scanner drone. ±10 Tech.
>Third and fourth rolls for Hawkeye and Sonar on spotter drone. ±5 Tech.

>>34636490
Coming through the bug I have in the TA comms feed, that is.

Rolled 6, 48 = 54 (2d100)

>>34636377
Radar/Sonar check
AI+-5

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>34636490
>I thought spotter drones only gave a combat bonus. I'm going to have to reread that again.

using thermal vision.

>Those with the mermaid
It seems rather... uneventful. But after a few moments, you guys pick up some stuff inbound... a fair amount of octopus like things, five in total, and all glowing that similar red-circutlike glow like the fish from before. The mermaid instantly begins swimming away, and opening fire. You guys may want to do the same. Fyhlen's drones mark two targets for you guys to shoot... and nothing really, besides a small sort of gurglish sound, or a few grunts or muffled weapon sounds. Seems the other groups have already found targets as well.

>Heavy & Liquid
After a bit of swimming, the heavy then starts just blasting gunfire out wildly... it seems to have worked, as it seems to reload a bunch of shrimp-like stuff starts glowing... all around you guys. You're pretty much surrounded by these things, the heavy however activates it's harden bubble to this sight.

>Fortress Whale + Basilius
A similar tactic is taken, though not so much by choice, as not long after your swarming, you guys pick up a lot of smallfries... the fortress whale seems to have most of this, but suddenly a HUGE fish seems to be charging at the fortress whale... are those plasma-teeth?!? Your call as to what to do here, Basilius, but I have a feeling I know what it will be.

>Group diving down
You guys start picking up a lot of various wildlife... some of them are hunting the others, and others are hunting back at them, but typically it ends the same: The killed fish or the killer, if not already glowing red, slowly starts a glow and similarly, off to hunt. A wide variety of sea creatures swarm at you all, a school of fish for one, a human-sized mishmash of an angler for another, and some sort of octopus thing that's the size of your head swiftly advances towards you all. Green Initiative be damned, it probably is a safe assumption to shoot THESE things.

Rolled 4, 36, 53 = 93 (3d100)

>>34636583
"Focus fire and bring 'em down!" I target paint the octopus the TA suit is targetting and open up with the Autocannon and Sharpshooter. If I'm close enough to throw a flash grenade I do so.
>First roll Autocannon, second Sharpshooter. +10 Combat suit AI, +5 spotter
>Third roll flash grenade, if I'm in range

Rolled 84, 91 = 175 (2d100)

>>34636583
"Whale Fortress, deal with those smaller ones, I'll take on the Giant Fish."
Rolling to stab with the lance and throwing in a punch on the Giant Fish.

Rolled 6, 16, 70, 55, 45, 43, 44 = 279 (7d100)

>>34636583
i'm diving down, gonna try to make sushi again.
Rollin Dex for melee, max amount of rolls is 7, so 1st roll is for my Beam Sabre, other 6 rolls is for 6 of my tentacles to lash out and strike nearest fishes.

>>34636583
"Okay, lets just assume enough bites to a human does that same thing, focus fire and I'll look for weak points on them"
>Zulu gets behind the swarm to find a weak spot in the ambush, and activates her assassinate power, rolling to find an opening

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>34636583
Release shieldbash
Dakka with Metalstorm if any survivors
ai+10

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>34636583
Taking aim with my bow at one of the two targets

+10 from soldier AI

>>34636583
Liquid does the same, sensing that the TA heavy may know something about these shrimp

>activate harden and prepare weapon systems

>>34636583
>>34636755
>Further +5 if you aim at what the target drone's painting.

>>34636836
Oh yeah forgot about that.

(it's a 54 then)

>>34636681
You miss your lance just narrowly, and your punch is met... with the fish biting an arm off. Your suit quickly ends up closing the wound from the shoulder down, and you're now down an arm as the fish diverts away from ramming the whale, aand now starts to charge again, your arm still in it's grasp. Care to try that again with your arm with a lance?

>>34636643
Your autocannon shoots off somewhat wildly, and the sharpshooter isn't much better, but the flash bang is enough to spook those creatures, they all break away before trying to attack you three again.

>>34636755
The spotter drone calculates the path for Shadow's bow, and last second his AI adjusts the shot a few inches to the side, striking one of the octopus like things and it pretty much inflates and pops from the sudden increase of heat. That one is dead, and your spotter drone marks another as the Tumblr Armor Mermaid guns down the one she started shooting first, switching targets to another now.

>>34636790
Harden activates... the TA heavy though immidiately bursts his bubble, it knocks yours offline but it protected you from the EMP blast at least, as it now starts blasting away with torpedos at the shrimps. Seems like this suit has no better planning or ideas than the Armor Corps standard.

>>34636692
You slice into a bunch with ease, and flail your tentacles around wildly... most of these don't hit home, but they at least stave off the small fishes from biting at your suit. The angler starts advancing on you...

>>34636739
...but is cut off by a sudden bash from Drone's shield, splattering it into... a fish and a half, part of the first's 'tail' seems to drift off, now flailing wildly wihtout control. Ick. A solid metalstorm barrage on the angler and it's 'tail' kill them both., as the octopus-thing goes for Zulu

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>34636965
"well.... I guess GI can't blame us for this"

Firing with my bow again at the new marked target

+10 from Soldier AI
+5 from Fyhlen's spotter

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>34636965
>as requested

>>34637024
Activate point barrier on Zulu in case the shanking of the Octopus isn't enough to stop it.

Rolled 58, 95 = 153 (2d100)

>>34636965
Going for another go with the lance, and if possible getting back that lost arm.

Rolled 20, 76, 82, 81, 69, 13, 59 = 400 (7d100)

>>34636965
1st is combat roll for Metalstorm to hit angler comin towards me.
6 Dex rolls for plasma bladed tentacle barrage if I missed anything.

Rolled 27, 51, 76 = 154 (3d100)

>>34636965
I switch to the drone's painted target, continuing my barrage and firing the autocannon in bursts to keep the recoil under control. This time I'll ready a Suit Control sticky grenade to throw at the approaching octopi. Capturing one of these intact could be invaluable later.

>First roll Autocannon, second Sharpshooter, third Suit Control. +10 Combat from suit AI, +5 from Spotter.

>>34636703
>>34637024
There isn't so much a 'weak spot' or 'opening' to this, it's just a rabid flood of fish... but you do spot that octopus trying to sneak towards you, and deliver a swift stab right to it before slicing it in two, it's dead, all there are now are a bunch of small fries still trying to swarm at Turtle.

>>34637043
It activates... and deactivates shortly after. It didn't block anything. Well, at least it took no wear or tear besides needing to turn back on now.

>>34637065
You stab right through that giant fish's head, impaling it... unfortunately you also think you might've hit your arm in that strike. The fish is dead, and it's plasma teeth soon flicker to become normal ones, but... well, your arm is busted, even if you recover it now.

File: Bitch.jpg (54 KB, 500x570)

54 KB JPG

Rolled 53, 14 = 67 (2d100)

>>34636965
"There's gonna be sushi for a week!"
2 combat rolls for 4 different autocannon barages on that octopus, drones are no longer pushing me

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>34637105
Zulu tries to help out turtle by thinning the swarm
>rolling to kill fish

Rolled 68, 3 = 71 (2d100)

>>34636965
It still thinks the shrimp are a threat so why not take the chance?

>rocket pods m8
>soldier AI, veteran soul

>>34637078
You shoot up the angler's corpse... it's VERY dead now. And somewhat sparking.

Your tentacle-blade barrage meanwhile, is starting to lose ground, a few fishes bite off two of your tentacles, and they're starting to get through. Now might be a good time to take a few steps back before they get too close.

>>34637097
The shots shoot up another poor octopus, you swear your autocannon must be broken though as it shoots anywhere BUT the target. Your tossed suit control flies towards an octopus and explodes into a mess of goop... that just kind of bounces off and floats about. Let it be known, the sticky suit control grenade is fucking worthless when submerged.

>>34637013
Your shot flies wide. Nothing much more I can say bout it besides you missed.

>>34637112
You blast at the octopus, it started to twitch a little but now it's definatly no more than some red-glowing calamari. No, that is not an invitation to eat it, you don't know where it's been.

>>34637149
And fish are killed... Between all of you continuing to just fire at them all, these threats are done for. You're pretty sure you're close to the bottom of the trench, if you guys keep going.

>>34637216
"I'm realizing why water levels are so hated.... I guess we can continue onwards... though how should we do it?"

>>34637158
Normally? Those wouldn't be the best shots. When you're just trying to blow everything up? Everything is a good shot. Between your barrage and the heavy's, you blow up a huge chunk of the shrimp, and continued barrage of missile fire is enough to eliminate them all before they move again... the heavy now continues diving deeper, though still searching around, and shooting the occasional fish you two encounter, if you don't shoot it first that is.

Rolled 38, 44 = 82 (2d100)

>>34637216
"Maybe an EMP grenade will have a better effect..." If it's immobilized, my scav drone will hold onto it; if not, I'll shoot it with the Sharpshooter before the drone grabs the remains.
>First roll EMP Suit Control
>Second (conditional) Sharpshooter
>+10 Combat from suit AI, +5 from Spotter

>>34637277
"You know, Heavy, it's pretty romantic down here with all the glowing fish. You like anal? Anyway, are you gonna tell me why you guys are here or do I have to pull out my disco stick?"

>>34637216
"Everyone, take a step back away from me."
hopefully this won't go to bad
gonna activate my EMP shield to boost my Relentless ability. Pull out my EMP Suit Control grenade, and pull the pin o myself.

"kekekekeke"

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>34637262
"Yeah man, fuck the water temples. Let's just fucking kill everything and get out. My swimsuit is getting all shrively."

Ping sonar so i actually know where the fuck things are +-5 ai bonus

>>34637467
"This isn't the sort of mission to be murderhoboing on. Keep it up and you'll give the Corps another black eye"

>>34637425
You don't get a response.

>>34637432
>You crazy motherfucker.
The fish frantically try to reach you.... before that EMP goes off, frying the area around you with the current, and all the fish still moving suddenly go limp and dead. You guys shoot and slice them all up just to make sure though, some started glowing again.

>>34637402
Your EMP foes a bit wide, but it blows up close enough to an octopus... it seems closer to dead than anything, but perhaps not, your scavenger hurries along to it, and it is indeed still 'alive', if it can be called that now. If you want to try keeping it immobilized, just leave your drone there and don't finish it, otherwise... yea.

Also, the mermaid seems to also have finished off the last of these creatures. And she continues down now... your call if you want to keep the thing 'alive' or not now, she's going on with or without you two.

>>34637467
>I question why you even wore a swimsuit under your armor. And why you have water inside there as is.
The sonar goes off... it's a bit close and muddled, but you can get the gist of it. The fortress whale is finishing up it's stuff and about to head down with Basilius as well, all the other teams are also finishe dnow too, but your team is a fair distance further down already... you guys can start to see a dim, red glow from down there, to be honest.

>>34637549
"She's going we should resume following her, Fyhlen so whatever you have to do, you should make it quick"

Rolled 2, 90 = 92 (2d100)

>>34637549
Keep the thing alive and restrained, and continue following the mermaid. Also resuming scans with scout drones.

>First and second rolls for Hawkeye and Sonar on scanner drone. ±10 Tech.
>Third and fourth rolls for Hawkeye and Sonar on spotter drone. ±5 Tech.

>>34637515
"Oh, to hell with the fucking Corps. They left me in Kansas for an entire week while i could have been doing things, but no, the most unimportant state has to be protected."
Start to descend down anyway

Rolled 34, 8 = 42 (2d100)

>>34637623
>Other two rolls

>>34637623
You scan out fine. Your scavenger can't really move it along... but it keeps it in place and you have the scavenger's position, you can get it later.

>>34637632
>Don't tempt me to run a mission in Kansas that is due to you ditching your post, Drone.

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>34637632
"Calm down, I was in starbound and I nearly got shot to death, you had time to get used to your suit. Anyway heading down into the trench with you guys, I'll scout ahead"
>rolling to detect more fish

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>34637549
Keep following the heavy, this time closer. Like right next to it.

>roll for radar because why not

>>34637549
gonna get back in track and descend along with the mermaid, anyone else is free to try to establish communications but not me.

>>34637549
"Fortress Whale, I feel like you're a good person under all that steel and gun. What the hell are you doing here though."
Going towards the red glow.

>>34637680
"if we move quickly we should be able to catch up to her. Fyhlen"

File: Circuts.jpg (25 KB, 346x585)

25 KB JPG

>>34637706
>>34637737
>>34637632
You four (Kraken seems to be slowed down a fair bit) descend... that red glow's getting brighter as you advance. It isn't long before you see... well, pic related, instead of a normal sea floor you see more of a blanket of grey and red... and the suits from before, half buried into this mess, and also with a similar glow to this... to your arrival in a visual level, they start moving again... seeping out of the mess and starting to advance towards you guys.

Your call as to what you do to this. As for how much there is... well, the entire sea-floor is covered in this stuff, by the looks of it.

>>34637737
>Mermaid's actually a ways up compared to you guys. Same with the rest of the team.

>>34637741
The fortress whale, like ALL the other fucking suits, is silent, as it advances down towards this glow.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>34637794
"I think the people in there are long gone, and I think we should get ready"
Zulu activates her assassinate power and draws her viroblade
>rolling to aim for weaknesses to deal damage to one of the suits

Rolled 56, 59 = 115 (2d100)

>>34637794
Scan the shit out of it, radar and sonar, +-5 ai bonus. prepare shieldbash
>>34637706
"...Well whatever the Corps had us do, this is certainly not it."

>>34637847
>Dronestorm grabs a hold of the side of the trench to keep from touching the floor

>>34637794
"well... it's a good thing I didn't eat anything in the last 24 hours from the sounds of things, but guys don't do anything rash now as close range might be bad."

>Are me and Fyhlen in the area yet?

>>34637876
"...TOO LATE"

Rolled 15, 21 = 36 (2d100)

>>34637794
Just gonna shoot the suits comin towards me
Rollin Combat to shoot Metalstorm and throw another EMP grenade
"HEY FURMAID, YOU GOT A PLAN?"

Rolled 80, 49, 41, 42, 47 = 259 (5d100)

>>34637794
"Z-zombie suits?"

>roll for wmg, 2 rocket pods, Metalstorm, and finish off with rules of nature beam fin.

>>34637846
If it was a normal suit, it would easily have dodged that hit... but it isn't, as it just simpyl grabs onto you as you cut of fthe thing's head, and water rushes in as a blood splatter flows out afterwards... the suit grabs onto Zulu with a grasp. [HACK DETECTED].

Zulu, roll a tech roll to counteract this hack. Friendly suits cannot aid this hack at all.

>>34637924
No response from the mermaid.... all the teams will be there sorta soon at least. Your shots end up flying wide as the heavy tries to end up just ramming into you, roll a dex to dodge it's ram.

>>34637847
You bash a medium suit diving towards you, but your shield... pops off with it. Your suit informs you there was a hacking contamination risk, and disengaged it... you recall those spattering creatures giving a similar red glow way back before.

>>34637876
>No, all the TA's and guys with TA's are going to take another 1 or 2 turns to arrive. You guys were all ment to be together here, and the TA's show up to help. Now, you guys show up with bigger numbers, but the fight starts worse.

>By the way, Zulu, those bites from before were infectious. Just so you know...

>>34638039
>agent AI, veteran soul, martial arts

>>34638046
>Called it, fucking called it
"SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT"

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>34638092
forgot to roll

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>34638046
gonna try to bring up one of my own shields to dodge.
Rollin Dex to dodge. Agent A.I gives -10 for dex rolls

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>34638112
ROLLING AGAIN BECAUSE SECOND CHANCES FUCK YES

Rolled 64, 17, 72, 70, 63, 32, 97, 33, 41 = 489 (9d100)

>>34638046
"Oh for FUCKS' SAKE, THAT'S IT MOTHERFUCKERS, TIME TO SAY HELLO TO MISTER DAKKA"

Dronestorm roots herself to the side of the wall with spikes that come out of her suit's legs. As Thunderstruck blares from her radio, she readies her weapons and drones, pointing them directly at the glowing red circut shit.

As the song gets to the chorus, she begins to sing along, and at the final word of "Thunderstruck", she releases a barrage of lead at the red circuit things. The level of effectivness that will make will be learned soon enough.

9 rolls for 8 airstorm drones with 2 autocannons and 1 particle beam each, and a metalstorm, +10 to all rolls because ai bonus

>>34638112
You feel your suit start shutting down, and the suits dragging you down... and a slight tingling sensation at your fingers and toes.
[Roll another tech, Zulu. You have a really bad feeling about this...]

>>34638194
...your tingling turns to burning, as you can see also the nanites now are spreading into your body... pretty much eating it down as you feel yourself melting... if you didn't have a means to try reversing this hack one last time, you'd be a goner now, but thankfully your cyberbrain still maintains a connection as your limbs become just a memory.

[Last chance. Roll tech, Zulu.]

>>34638187
>Close one.
You barely dodge it's ram, as it explodes a fair bit above you and starts showering nanites... you instinctively move the fuck out of the way, but you're glad you weren't caught in the explosion or those nanites would've probably got you, if the explosion itself didn't.

>>34638039
The bombardment of rocket pods rain down on this mess of stuff, taking out one of the first-suits it gained originally, and some collateral damage... it starts 'regenerating' those wounds, though it's more just shifting sand back into place, you certainly did some damage, there just is a LOT that needs to be damaged.

>All the other suits are now in range. You can see Zulu starting to sink, maybe screaming in pain if she doesn't like being melted into a blob, and one fucking huge mess of nanites and circuts. You are now all in range to do any attack... and be attacked, technically.

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>34638194
Last chance to be anywhere near 50

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>34638298
Firing my plasma bow at the enemy "If anyone has a plan now, let's hear it!"

>+10 from Soldier AI

>>34638359
"SHOOT SHIT"

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>34638298
>>34638359
"Shadow, deploying Courier to your plasma bow. Hit what you can while you can; I might have a plan." I verify whether the FSO Transmitter can be used to connect to any of the nanites or Zulu's suit, or if a direct connection is required.
>Rolling Tech at ±5. FSOT, Worm Platform in effect.

>>34638317
...Nope. You feel your mind start to... turn to mush, so to speak, before anything like that is just a distant memory and you're locked in a prison that is your suit. Which soon sinks down into the nanite-swarm below. You can maybe squrim your now pudding-like body a bit before the nanites decide to eat your brain for more supplies.
[ZULU'S COMMS HAVE GONE DEAD]

>>34638198
A lot of bullets strike down at this mess, bullet holes everywhere in it as they start to 'reform' the holes somewhat, but weakly, before an array of particle beams wreak havoc upon the nanites... a chunk of nanites from all spots start floating up, shaping and sculpting into monsterous hybrids of man and aquatic being, a fish with arms for eyes and tentacle fingers for example starts diving towards Droneswarm, and a bunch of other horrors go for her drones as well. [Roll combat for each drone to shoot down it's attacker, and a dex to unsiege and dodge, if you aren't going to attempt to shoot it down first instead.]

>>34638359
The bow digs in deep, leaving a searing hole that seems to just sink into it.... you see it keeps burning nanites as it sits there, but soon is also eaten away as it loses energy.

>>34638454
You connect rather easily... this entire thing counts as a suit. You also pick up Zulu's suit, it's not fully integrated to it yet, but the pilot signs say she's both dead and not in the suit, only a foreign substance is. You're connected to them both by the Optical Transmitter... you assume it would be a REALLY bad idea to hook up with the worm platform though.

>>34638587
"Look, you Tumblr armor wouldn't have gone in with out a plan right, So how the hell were you planning on taking this thing out?"

>>34638587
>>34638587
"Dear God, Zulu... just, if you're still alive, hang on! Shadow, I need your Medic cable, now!"

Rolled 48, 19, 48, 93, 81, 72, 64, 41, 43 = 509 (9d100)

>>34638587
"YAAAR, THERE BE MECHANICAL HORRORS, HAVE AT THEE, YE SCURVY DOG!"
Dex roll to get out, no bonus, 1st roll
Drones defend themselves, +10 combat

>>34638687
"Right connecting my medic cable"

>using medic

>>34638694
>I meant the second roll, of course

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>34638714
According to the plan he throws a punch at Fyhlen to trigger feedback


>would any bonus apply? I have soldier AI

Rolled 22, 60 = 82 (2d100)

>>34638587
Gonna create and deploy a Courier drone to Liquid's WMG to boost it's attack rating.
"Liquid, take it!"
Rollin combat as well to attack sea floor with Metalstorm and throwin my EMP grenade if I gots anymore.

>>34638687
"And try to punch while you're at it; I need to trigger Feedback!"

Rolled 38, 71, 1 = 110 (3d100)

>>34638298
>>34638317

>time to try everything I guess

rolling to:
activate scrambler on the circuit floor
shoot a tranq dart at the nearest suit
Throw an EMP grenade at the floor

And order them in Elvish to cease assimilating Zulu and attacking us (which doesn't count as an advanced action, correct?)

Rolled 15, 73, 50, 98, 6, 90, 39, 38, 94, 2, 65, 89 = 659 (12d100)

>>34638714
>>34638738
>>34638778
As I block the attack, my suit's Feedback mechanism triggers. With Shadow's cable connected, my suit floods with power - all of it focused on a singular goal: "Reject foreign suit integration."

>First roll Dex to block the attack, no bonuses. Dur 4, 7 if blocked.
>Rcv is now 13 (4 base, 4 Feedback, 5 Medic), AAs are 11.5
>Rolls two through twelve are hacking attempts to reject Zulu's suit before integration is complete.

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>34638587
Seeing that this red death could destroy his planet, Liquid sees only one way to end this.

Upon receiving Turtle's courier done, he charges up his WMG, a brilliant blue glow emerges from his penguin beak; a glow matching the mysterious glow of the wildlife. When he reached full charge, Liquid uttered what could be his last words.

"Catch phrase"

He let's loose the destructive weapon.

>soldier AI, veteran soul

>>34638857
>1 on the grenade

Activate point barrier so I don't Darwin award myself.

>>34638694
You half of your drone army, three of them being dismantled in mid air before even reaching the ground and disolving into more nanites, as the last one falls in and sinks in. You also aren't so lucky, as they hit you b efore you dodge after unsieging. [HACK DETECTED]

[Roll a tech. Nobody else can roll your tech roll for you.]

>>34638714
Connected... >>34638873
Good news? You lock on and freeze Zulu's progress as is, shortly before it decided to eat Zulu's suit for more resources. Bad news is, she's still half buried into the nanites, so any disconnect attempt is just reconnected, even if it won't go anywhere for the next half minute or so. You also dont' seem to be getting any power from the medic system.
[Medic does not grant Adv. Actions.]

>>34638892
It normally is required to aim better to hit something. But today, you are aiming at the ground, and it is hard to miss that. You hit it and blast a chunk out of the nanites.... due to water and it's rather quick diffusion of the beam, you don't get much range from this though, otherwise you could've probably cleaved this thing in two with a laser. It still isn't all that happy, as it launches more horrors from itself at you. [Either hit two seperate attacks to shoot these down, or roll one hard success out of two dex attempts. And yes, you can roll to attack AND dodge these.]

>>34638857
>>34639022
Well, that scrambler doesn't do much... it's not sending too many signals not to itself and it's own connections or 'minds'. The tranq dart hits a medium... he looks to you annoyedly before getting blindsided by a horror-nanite spawn, whoops. And the EMP grenade... kinda just hovers infront of you, which you quikcly point barrier, defending you but frying the shield. Fuck everything.

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>34639310
"Disconnecting medic and taking another shot with my bow, Firing!"

>+10 combat
>Did I already use up the courier drone's effect?

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>34639310
>deploy my mechanic drones
>roll for anti-hack, AI +5 and Defense Maze

Rolled 90, 88, 2 = 180 (3d100)

>>34639310
Fire both rocket pods and gtfo of there!

> combat for rockets
> dexy for doge
> soldier AI, martial arts, veteran soul

>>34639310
Seeing Zulu's suit is at least not being devoured, I prime two EMP grenades: one on the belt, one in hand, and charge. Just before making contact, I set them off.
>When action is resolved, hopefully I'll still be functional and able to recover Zulu.

>>34639353
>roll anti hack again +-5 ai, Defense maze

>>34639350
Not yet. Enjoy your triple RoF (5 to 15), or 25% more damage (8 to 10). You pick.

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>34639405

>>34639420
>Considering it's just one target, I'll go with the damage boost

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>34639427

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>34639447

>>34638638
"It was to have our first wave self-destruct upon enemies. Explosives not located, mission goal changed from clean up to extermination." the mermaid girl stated bluntly.

>>34639353
Your mechanic drones get to ripping off what they can, but these nanites are already inside you, as you lose weapon control. Make a tech roll before this thing completely takes over your systems, or do something quick, as you're soon to sink into the nanite swarm as well.

>>34639350
>No you didn't.
The courier drone's ammo extention ends up splitting your arrow into two, leaving two more searing wounds in this mass as they slowly start fizzling out from power drain as well. None to happy, a horror starts swimming it's way to you. [Roll dex to dodge, or shoot them down first.]

>>34639368
You blow up those swarms, and another going for the heavy, who simply gives only a small motion to you before going back to bombarding the field as best it could.

>>34639388
>You magnificent sonofabitch.
The EMP field is devastatingly effective, the entire red circuts around the blast area VERY quickly go dead, and have to start being 'dug' away by the still alive nanites... your suit blips for a moment, but it still is kicking, but barely. Weapons and hacking is still booting up again... but you're next to Zulu, who also no longer has that red glow on her. Her suit is basically coming up as dead though, you have no clue about her current status till it restores power, if it even does at this point.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>34639475
FUCK MAN
+-5 AI bonus

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>34639475
Dodging

-10 from Soldier AI
-10 from enhanced camo

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>34639483
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>34639475
I grab her and run. Halt weapons booting, halt hacking resolution. Full power to the Levitators, we must get away from that swarm!