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>>39939194
>>Examine your surroundings

>>39939215
Oh and as usual, expect 10-15 minutes between replies

>>39939194
>>Examine your surroundings

>>39939391
>>39939229

Your eyes adjusting to the light of the room, you see just how decrepit and empty it is. Smashed monitors line the walls, and a thick layer of dust coats the metal floor. Above head, the lightbulbs are long since dead, the only illumination coming from holes in the ceiling, letting in stray rays of sunlight. Since the last time you've left the confines of the containment tube, things have gotten much, much worse, but the complex still holds together. The only things of note in the room are a large metal door at one end, a console that blinks in waiting next to it. In one corner, a skeleton sits, wearing a tattered, seemingly ancient military uniform of the Cathedrale, a pistol in one hand, radio in the other. You miss the hustle and bustle of the old days, when scientists, engineers, and even military officers regarded you as one of the technilogical wonders of the modern world, yet, you're glad for the peace, as for once, you're able to do what you please

>Loot the body
>Try to access the computer
>Leave the room
>Suggest something else

>>39939417
>>Loot the body
>>Try to access the computer


Ok mouse I need the right click function.

>>39939417
>>Loot the body
>>Try to access the computer

>>39939468
>>39939483

You walk over to the corpse, crouching down and rummaging through its pockets. Besides the gun and the radio, you find a small (yet full) box of ammo, just over twenty five rounds, and a small multi-tool. You grab the items, and the jacket, putting it on over the skin-tight suit that kept you just barely covered within the tube. Feeling warmer, and bit better protected, you walk over to the computer console and examine it.

"COMPOUND: LOCKDOWN MODE ENGAGED" flashes across it, being the only message of any note that catches your eye. You attempt to type on the attached keyboard, but nothing happens. Frustrated, you smash your hand down, removing a few letters from it. Thinking for a moment, you remove one of the metal caps in your palm, and the man-machine interface within slithers out. Looking like a metal snake of sorts, it flows smoothly, smashing into the keyboard and drilling itself into the console. Feeling the connection, you see the screen unlock, and the terminal is yours. Sadly, it's been wiped, rather recently it seems, only a few files left tuck away within hidden folders. Two seem to be of any relevance, "PROJECT ZETA", and another, "The Spark Iniative". Both are labeled top secret.

>Read the Project Zeta files
>Read the Spark Iniative files
>Attempt to leave the room

>>39939706
>>Read the Project Zeta files
then
>Read the Spark Iniative files

>>39939706
>>Read the Project Zeta files
>>Read the Spark Iniative files

>>39939740
>>39939787


You open the Project Zeta files first, and all at once, the screen begins to flood with information, schematics, blueprints, and even test photographs, yet what you're interested is the report, or at least, what's left of it.


"The Zeta Drive, a fusion reactor that weighs half as much as a conventional mek reactor. Initial tests show that while use as a primary reactor is not suitable, when in conjunction with another power system, the Zeta Drive increases combat efficency by over 120%. Faster servo movement, increased energy for weapons batteries, even stronger energy disapating shields. Yet, strangest of all is the ability to enhance pilot neur-"

The file ends suddenly, seeming to have been either corrupted, or have been attempted to be removed, though whatever it is, it's highly intersting. The other, The Spark Iniative goes on for pages and pages, seemingly endless in scope, yet just as interesting. You take your time reading it, it seems to be about you, logs on your maintenance and scans before the project's shut down, yet nothing new, at least not to you, not even a name, something you still lack... Though a part of the file is locked away, it's password being uncrackable to even your MMI, strange.

>Save the files and leave the room
>Dig for more information
>Suggest another option

>>39939888
>Save the files and leave the room
>>Dig for more information

>>39939888
>>Save the files and leave the room

>>39939888
>Dig for more information and save the files

>>39939888
>Dig for more information

>Read the Spark Iniative files
Why do I get the feeling that whatever Zeta is it was made because of the Spark?
then
>Read the Project Zeta files

>>39939888
>>Save the files and leave the room
>>Dig for more information

>>39939888

One of the perks of being an artifical lifeform is certainly the data storage. Backing up the files however, you do once last look over, and find something alarming, a motion alarm. While the details have seemed to have been wiped away, someone was in this room with you as recent as 72 hours ago. A bit uncomfortable at this information, you look once more at the Zeta files, finding another small snippit of information that you missed before.

"-esting in coordination with the Spark Iniative subject, a mek equiped with a Zeta Drive reacts even faster than its pilot, managing to predict its moves and act with the sort of ferrocity that we didn't even know was possible. Further testing required with the other Spark Iniative subje-" You store that as well, feeling a bit uneased at what this all means, and why you don't remember ever hearing of it before.

The chamber you stand now is your own test chamber, but you've seen some other sections of this building before, most notably the goregous main chamber filled with the finest statues and stained glass from the region's artisians. The building you stand in is one of the Cathedrale's largest research bases, Basilica Aradiano, and for as long as you can remember, it's been your home. Stepping through the large metal door however, things are different. The glass windows have been long since shattered, most of the statues missing or crumbled away. Where the chamber for daily prayer once sat at one end, a Mek sits against the wall, destroyed in some long ago conflict. The building is in shambles, 500 years is truly longer than even you can comprehend.

>Explore the ruins
>Examine the mek
>Get the hell out of dodge
>Suggest another option

>>39940087
>>Explore the ruins
>>Examine the mek

>>39940087
>Examine the mek

>>39940087
>>Explore the ruins
>>Examine the mek

>39940087

Stumbling across the mess of shattered glass, chunks of marble, and even the occasional shell casing, you feel some sort of burning down in your chest, this was the only home you've ever know. You were born here, you served your purpose here, you've lived your life here... And yet someone's turned it into a battle ground, a dumping place for bodies and bullets, you're lucky to have survived, seeing the mess that this place is in. Then again, the chambers were built to be a bit more resistant, with the original plan being for long term usage.

Practically tripping upon it, you find another long decayed corpse face down on the ground, dressed in civilian clothes, you wonder what it's doing here, in the middle of a top secret research base... That is, until you see a gun in one hand, a grenade in the other. You feel the blood in your veins surge slightly, as with a shout your MMI finds itself released, grabbing the skeleton by the neck, and pulling it up to face you. While it's long dead, some part of you is still satisfied as you crush it with ease, splinters and dust exploding outwards as you reduce it to a pile of rubble.

You shake it off, leaving it be as you approach the mek against the wall of the Basilica. It's an older model, one from your era, decked in silver and gold you can tell it belongs to an officer of sorts. Approaching it, you raise your palm to the cockpit, a metal tendril snaking out and unlocking the panel, letting it open with a rusty creak. Across its chest is a massive slash of sorts, the seemingly killing blow. Standing infront of the unlocked mek, you wonder what you should do with it

>Hop in, try to get the beast going
>Leave it alone, sleeping dogs should be left to lie
>Suggest another option.

>>39940380
>>Hop in, try to get the beast going

>>39940380
Keep exploring, look for clues, bullets, weapons...food? Yeah 500+ years old food...

>>39940380
>>Hop in, try to get the beast going

>>39940380
acquire second firearm, and grenade.
explore rest of area before returning to mek.

>>39940522
i feel the capitalist in me awakening.....must acquire material wealth and assets.

>>39940580
Righto, the vote is tied, but I'll get writing now.

>>39940611
good GM, you do that.

>>39940380

The mek is intimidating, and you rat around it's wreckage first. Grabbing the other pistol and the handgrenade from the corpse, you feel even better protected, and you root through the ruined base. Most of what you find is lost to time, crushed bodies, ripped clothing and destroyed books. You do manage to find a first aid kit, you pack it away, feeling it may come in handy. The rest of the area, however, proves to be fruitless, most likely looted by many others long, long ago.

You pause, staring up at the remains of the mek. Some of the sensors still blink, and the pilot's seat seems to beckon to you, begging you to enter. You approach it nervously, climbing in with a bit of apprehension before sitting in the pilot's seat, putting on a helmet and trying to turn it on. Finding the controls unresponsive, you look down at your hands, formulating an idea. With a gulp, you let both man-machine interfaces out, the snaking tendrils plugging themselves into the mek and bring it online with ease. Standing up, you feel light headed, having never done this before. Looking around, you debate on what to do

>Try to get used to the controls
>Escape the ruins
>Suggest another option

>>39940785
try to get used to controls, then do a full diagnostic on the meks systems, something brought it down in the first place, we need to know when it might die on us again.

>>39940785
>>Try to get used to the controls
>>escape the ruins

>>39940785


Balancing awkwardly on your feet, the controls of the mek are unlike anything you've ever worked with... With the MMI, you're linked directly to the servos and sensors of this weapon, moving it with your mind alone, it strangely felt not responsive enough, and over responsive at the same time. Drawing the large, long knife out of the side-sheath, you slice a few times at the air, feeling how this thing handles in combat. It's a bit awkward, but you soon find a decent enough way to swing and step as not to knock yourself on your ass.

Going over the gear on this mek, its loadout seems rather light, two knives, an energy dispersing shield, and two shoulder mounted chainguns. It seems to be a unit meant for fast, up close and personal combat, perfect for hunting down the spark. Though, you remember something you overheard two officers say once. "A good mek is nothing, without a good name"... Maybe the same was true for pilots, and now was as good a time as ever to claim a name

Provide one of each
>A name for the mek
>A name for this mystery girl

>>39941012
>A name for the mek
Hunter
>A name for this mystery girl
ARINA

>>39941012
I vote Blitzkrieg for the mech. It's so assault focused I can't think of anything else more fitting.

>>39941159
While I like the idea behind it, Blitzkrieg means lightning war, which doesn't make much sense for a single unit, maybe something like the Blitzritter, the Lightning Knight, if you want to keep the general idea going?

>>39941182
All good if we more consensus going.

It also fits the knight theme kicked off with Fifer.

>>39941212
Righto, so for the mek we have 1 vote for Hunter, 1 for Blitzritter, and just 1 vote for Arina for this girl's name, anyone else? If the two mek names are tied, I think the best compromise is Blitzjäger (lightning hunter)

>>39941245
Righto, seeing as its been 20 minutes since the last post, and no more replies, writing now.

>>39941363
blitzjager was what iwas goign to propose, so perfect by me, i think the name should be changed however. perhaps freyja or andraste the celtic war goddess?

>>39941503
was outside, sorry.

>>39941012

You've decided that Arina is as good as name as you can think of, and this here bucket of bolts, is now known as the Blitzjäger. You have the motivation within you, the location of the spark-holder, and the tools to get the job done. You're a girl on a mission, and now nothing can stop you. Walking around, you take a running start, vaulting yourself over one of the walls of the base, and talking off west, in the direction of where the spark was detected.

As far as the eye can see, desert stretches like an unstopping tan sea, drowning out everything... At least, so it seems, in the far, far distance, you can see the tips of buildings just behind a large dune, they hint at some sort of town, though, something doesn't feel right... You feel a soft rumble, the kind you feel when a massive storm approaches, yet, there's not a cloud in the sky, you aren't sure what to do

>Head to the town
>Avoid it and try and cross the desert
>Suggest another option

>>39941555
>>Head to the town

>>39941555
>Head to the town

>>39941555
head to town
test fire, chainguns for malfunctions/ammo count.

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kek, android named "peace" , riding off in the wastes , alone. looking for her target.
Pic related.

>>39941555
Taking your first steps into the soft sands of the sea of dunes, you feel the rumbling even stronger now, but continue to press on, deciding to approach the town in the Blitzjäger. The winds blow small clouds of sand around, obscuring your vision, and you suddenly feel glad that the cockpit of this thing is fully intact. Putting one foot infront of the other, you lose your footing and looking down, you soon see why.

Where you tried to step, a sink hole is beginning to form, sand draining down into some sort of pit, as the glint of black metal starts to show itself. Backing up to where you're sure of your footing, you see a massive head grow out of the sand, attached to a sleek body, colored jet black, and decorated with diamonds of orange and red, with the crackle of a radio that hasn't been used in years, a voice invades your cockpit, sounded raggeded and weathered, it throws you offguard.

"Who goessss there? The badlands are my territory, it is unwise to be thissss far out here, alone" You aren't sure what's wrong with this man, for he seems to be hissing, the body of his mek moving, you don't know how to react, this being far out of the ordinary... Or so you assume, this /is/ your first time out of the base, maybe this is just how humans behave themselves?


Right then, with this choice, roll 1d20
>Attack the mek
>Ask what the hell is wrong with this man
>Attempt to leave the situation
>Ignore him and press on to the town
>Suggest another option

>>39941784
other: loudspeaker" keep your desert , human. I am arina , and i seek another. I have no quarrel with you, STAND ASIDE!"
- Brace for impact.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>39941784
>>Attempt to leave the situation
Yeah not talking to the crazy bug.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>39941844
derp

>>39941844
Reminder to roll a 1d20 with that vote.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>39941784
no way this thing is just letting us through. Try diplomacy, if we can even talk at all.
>>39941844
good enough.

>>39941784
(still tempted to make her a fascist , in lue of our communist protagonist, heh. maybe capitalist?)

>>39941973
If cathedereal or whatever is what I think it is remembering past threads she's possibly a attempt at making a supersoldier from the same dorks who killed Fifers people.

Think she'll find her own path at this rate. Let's see how this plays out first.

>>39941784

You look up to the strange snake mek, and decide that maybe diplomacy is your best option here, after all, he doesn't seem to be of the strongest mental state. Clearing your throat, you turn on the Blitzjäger's loudspeaker, and call out to the stranger. "Greetings human, I am Arina, and I only intend to cross this land for my mission, trust me, I will not take your deser-" You only manage to get so far, before you're so rudely interrupted by a twack to the back of the head.

Turning around, you manage to see the mek's tail assaulting you, parrying one blow, before having your legs swept out under you, the head of the mek biting down upon your shoulder and dragging you into the sandpit. "Foolissssh girl, this isn't about what you want, I trust no one, especially not ssssomeone in a Cathedrale mek." With your shoulder held by the mek's mouth, and a leg grabbed by its tail, you quickly feel pressure, as you realize that the pilot is trying to tear you in two.

>Break out of his grasp by struggling
>Attempt to cut your way out of this
>Eject from the cockpit and book it on foot
>Suggest another option

>>39941973
We're not a communist.

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>>39942039
hmm, sounds kinda faith based fasistic....but ill hold off.

>>was getting esdeath vibes from that description.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>39942103
>>Break out of his grasp by struggling
do we have to roll?

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>39942103
"i will not fail in my mission. You nhave doomed yourself, filth!"
>>Cut free and fire shoulder guns remotely as they don't require hands.

>>39942152
Should have mentioned but yes, you should roll with this vote.

>>39942200
pretty much, any time there is a failure state with consequences we should roll huh?

>>39942219
Yep, unless you're trying to do something literally impossible, though I will try to mention that you should be rolling when applicable.

query: is me posting with a name, a problem for anyone? (bad etiquette?)

>>39942294
I'm just happy to have an audience one way or another, so I don't give a damn.

>>39942294
kina, mostly if you have a name then it must be for a reason, if the reason is to get attention then anon's will rip you a new one but if its like OP and he needs to have one so the thread isn't derailed then yeah that works, i'm ambivalent to it personally.

>>39942294
I'm mostly neutral on namefagging.

Besides anyone that knows dorf is okay in my books. Pull the Lever?

You can't possibly be worse than whiteeagle ever was

>>39942342
I'm not sure if I want to know what this whiteeagle did.

>>39942294
You'll get shit for it from some anons personally I don't care just don't do something stupid.

cool, promise its not an attention thing. Just wanted to be accountable/traceable for my inputs/comments.

>>39942362
Don't ask. he was a shitter of epic scale that haunted the SS13 guys that host their thread on /tg/

All I'll say on it was he was epic level shit and a posterchild for why anons hate namefags reflexively.

>>39942103

Wriggling around as you feel the mek's grasp tighten on you, you see and opening, and act on it. Kicking as hard as you can with your legs as you open fire upon one of the mek's tail servos, your opponent lets go of your lower half. Regaining your footing, you grab a knife and jab at the snake's head, stopping its life-threatening grasp upon your shoulder. "I have a mission to accomplish, I will not let a simple human stop me." You speak coldly, trying to discourage your opponent from attacking again.

This however, seems to do nothing but anger him, as he buries himself under the sand, retreating from view. For a moment, you think you're safe, that maybe he really has retreated, but then the rumbling returns, and with a small explosion of sand, the mek launches into the air in front of you, arching itself and aiming straight for you in a diving attack. Grabbing your knives, you prepare for the worst, thinking of a way out

Remember to roll 1d20 with this vote

>Dodge the attack
>Counter attack
>Suggest another option

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>39942443
>Counter attack

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>39942443
Oh great I can already tell how he fights. Best methods a counter attack we don't have anything that can flush him out of his home turf. If he sets the tempo of this we're fucked.

>Counter Attack

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>39942443
>>Counter attack
by dodging out of the way and slamming the sone of a bitch into the sand.

normally there are more people here what the fuck?

>>39942485
Well, the last two threads were on a weekend, that probably makes a difference.

>>39942493
You must of threw everyone off then if you usually go weekends. I'm only here because I'm off work today.

>>39942517
Nah, I kinda made it clear that threads will happen at least once a week on saturdays, and just whenever the hell I have time (which can be whenever really)

>>39942542
More people might show up as the day goes on so don't loose hope, anyway i need food so I'll be back soonish.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>39942443
>>counter with a full auto barrage, knifes to parry his blow aside.

>>39942542
predictabilitie is KING in hosting threads , my friend. itll gett better as they filter in, but if you can make a time for "that one mecha quest of 4chan" time. everyone will remember.

>>39942577
i roll nothing but 9's latly. grump

>>39942542
also OP go here for GM's chat
https://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.Mibbit.Net%3A%2B6697&channel=%23Nation

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>39942443
>Counter attack
That tail is annoying. Cut it off as the mek passes by.

>>39942542
Just got here myself. Didn't realize you'd run on a weekday.

>>39942443


Standing your ground, you hold both the knives tight as the massive snake mek attempts to slam itself into you. Waiting for the perfect oppertunity, you roll right under the head of the beast, jabbing both knives into it's lightly armored underbelly and pulling downwards, attempting to gut the mek. With a shower of sparks and crackles, while you don't destroy it, or even cripple it, you certainly do a large amount of damage with the simple strike, while avoiding the brunt of his attack.

Turning around, you hear a loud hissing over the radio, as it disappears under ground once again. Turning about, you try to spot where it'll jump from next, until it surfaces... Directly below you. Grabbing one leg, it bites down tightly, then dives back down, trying to drag you down underneath the sands. Just the top of its head is visible, and as the sand pours in around you, you have to act fast.

>Fire the thrusters, attempt to break its grasp
>Attack the head, try to get it to let go by force
>Suggest another option

Once again, roll 1d20 with your vote

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>39942642
>Suggest another option
Jam two knives into the mouth, pry it open, then saturate the interior of the maw with chaingun rounds.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>39942642
both shoulders point blank to head, use knifes and free foot to crawl backwards.

>>39942642
You face downwards and unleash a storm of bullets from your shoulder mounted cannons, one arm trying to pry the mek's mouth open, as the other is jabbed into the sand, trying its best to pull you out. Blowing off chunks of black armor, the mek eventually lets go, reeling back in what appears to be pain, strangely enough, allowing you climb out of the sink hole as the tattered snake mek slithered its way upward.

Curling up the rear half of its tail, it stands, neck erect as it seems to be waiting for something. Neither of you wanting to make the first move, you sit there for a while, as the other mek speaks up. "For a piece of Cathedrale sssscum, you fight better than anyone who'ssss ever intruded upon my landssss" And with that, the stillness is broken as he jumps at you, the mek's fangs sinking into your neck as its body wraps around you, tackling you to the ground


Roll 1d20 with your roll, as usual
>Think of a way out of this

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>39942909
FFFF-

Uhh how much wiggle room we got here?!

All I can think is slam his ass around and try to work him off with the knives...

Better ideas needed guys!

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>39942909
>Think of a way out of this
Can the energy dissipating shield be overclocked manually?

>>39943001
You can certainly give it the good ole college try.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>39942909
>> wriggle the heck outa our arms, our knifes are REAL close now, also at least one of our cannons should be able to draw a bead , even from this angle.
>>call out" im not a part of the cathedral, you lunatic. i simply acquired one of there meks! I dont have to kill you, if youd only listen!" (yay capitalism!)

hey uh, GM.not to go full /K/ on you, but did you perhaps mean "gattling guns" eariler? a "chain-gun" is a single-barreled chain-fed autocannon. i ask , because depending on relative size, our shoulder weapons could go from peppering infantry (7.62x51 mm NATO 6000 RPM) to annihilating medium tanks and structures(30 × 173 mm 4000 RPM). where as a autocannon could be upto heavy cannon qualities.

>>39943048

This is mecha, we don't need no stinkin' realism
(aka, probably the middle of the three categories, not enough to tear heavy meks to shreds, but its certainly not just anti-infantry)

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>39943023
My luck with dice isn't exactly giving me the confidence.

I was hoping doing so would either a) repel the mek a bit to give us some wiggle room, or b) get an EMP burst reaction and that his crappier mek would buckle first.

Fuck it, rolling to go for it anyway.

>>39943072
okay, so we'll say relatively on par with a 25mm bushmaster system like on american bradley IFV. What i meant was more of a multi barrel vs single barrel weapon? bein anal here.

>>39943192
Multibarrel, for maximum dakka.

>>39942909


With a bit of creative movement, you manage to slip your arms out from his iron tight squeeze, though failing to get out completely. You attempt to overload the energy shields in a last ditch effort to blow your way out of containment, but it merely fizzles out, not being able to deploy properly. With a grunt, you stab both knives into the side of the snake, as you unload the last of your shoulder mounted autocannon rounds. The glass on one of the mek's sensors shattered, you're lifted into the air, the body of the snake straining under its own weight due to its injuries, you're slammed into the ground.

For a second, the power flickers out inside, display screens and lights going dead, before coming back online. Pinned to the ground, both of your meks on their last stand, you shout out. "Stop you foolish human! I am not with the Cathedrale anymore, I'm merely operating one of their meks!" And with that, he seems to back off, at least, slightly.

"Sssso you ssssay? I normally don't trust people, but, you're different..." With a click, the jaws of his mek unhinge, the cockpit opening. "Sssstep out of your mek, I don't trust ssssomeone who doesn't meet face to face."

>Do as asked, and meet on equal terms
>Shoot the bastard where he stands
>Suggest another option

>>39943229
thought so, thx. anal pressure = eased.
its a "rotary cannon" then, not "chain" anything, not "minigun", and its far to advanced/modern-timed to be a "gattling" anything either. Terminology is important dangit! learn u some...kek

>>39943321
>>Do as asked, and meet on equal terms

>>39943321
ammo count = running on fumes...alternate tactic engage: subterfuge module bootup.
>>leave cockpit, dual pistols raised. "your terms had better be better then your piloting, speak quick, i had you on your last legs and id be happy to end this in the flesh."

>>39943321
>Suggest another option
"And it's a hard sell to trust someone who attacks first."

>Do as asked, and meet on equal terms

>>39943411
im suggesting we act on a bluff/intimidation standing, implying were accepting his surrender. when in reality were buying time, breathing room, and trying to gain a better advantage on him(both in diplomacy and firefight positioning). we do seem to be accustomed to violence(military?supersoldier ai/android?assassin?) intimidating our opponent could make all the difference.

>>39943542
be the predator, not the prey.

Ah the classic Mexican standoff. He's seriously afraid of losing his mek at this stage and wants to either diffuse things or take the fight pilot to pilot.

At this point he's probably worried about winning but having his mek totaled to the point he can't salvage enough parts off Blitzjager to repair it.

Paranoia flakes all the way though if he wants to talk its done in the ways of Teddy. lets get the stick out and ready to wallop him if he's being a bastard.

>>39943630
snake...stick...wallop. i like the way you think, anon. walk softly and carry a big stick.

>>39943321


Grabbing both pistols, and checking that they were loaded, you open the cockpit. Disengaging the MMI, you step out, both guns aimed down at the other mek's cockpit. Inside, you see a sight you quite frankly, weren't expecting... The man inside can't be old, not much older than 20 at least, yet he's a wreck. His skin is pale and sickly, wires and tubes run in and out of his body, connecting him, permanently, to his mek. He looks up at you, rather helpless, yet with a smirk as she sees the metal tendrils retract back into your skin.

"Ah, you and me, we're alike... Both of ussss are meanssss to an end, monsterssss made of man and machine... I never thought I'd ssssee another like me, let alone one who wassss in a better sssshape than me..." You feel bad for him almost, in his inferior state, he wasn't artifical like you, but rather some other, bizarre experiment, one you've never seen before.

"Listen... I don't trust you, whoever you are, you attacked /me/ first, for no good reason, but... Maybe we can work things out?"

>Offer an alliance
>Threaten the man
>Ask what's wrong with him
>Suggest something else

>>39943705
>>Ask what's wrong with him

>>39943705
>Ask what's wrong with him

>>39943705
Son of a bitch. Whats the DC on making the connection he's basically a prototype or failed attempt at making US?

Sheesh no wonder he went at us like a rabid dog... and stopped fighting if his meks gone he's gone too.

Jeeze QM you are one sick puppy making us fight whats basically an ancestor of ours.

>>39943705
>>threaten him, demand official surrender before further dialogue may be joined.
>>only then demand confirmation on status and history.
>>39943753
seconded. points GM, caught me off guard.

>>39943705


"...But first things first," You add, wanting to get the important details out of the way first. "You're hooked into that mek, what happened to you? Don't you dare lie to me, if anyone knows this sort of tech, it's me." Jumping out of the cockpit, you keep both pistols raised, approaching the cockpit of your enemy. Approaching, you can hear his breathing, ragged and heavy.

"Put the gunssss down, I'm unarmed." He sighed, looking up at the sky as you approach his cockpit. Coughing and struggling, he reaches up to grab a tube leading into his nostrils, yanking it out and hacking, a bit of blood coming up. "Help, pleasssse... Get me out of thissss damn thing" Struggling, he continued to pull at wires and tubes, as you watch him struggle, seeming to be in an intense amount of pain. Not sure what to do, you just stand there, watching

>Help him out
>Refuse, and continue questioning him
>Shoot him in the face
>Suggest another option

>>39943987
>>Help him out
but warn him that we are more dangerous out of the mech than we are in it.

>>39943987
>Help him out

>>39943987
Well now I feel guilty over kicking his ass so hard. But he really shouldn't of jumped the gun. At least in this state he's pretty much harmless.
>>Help him out

>>39943987
>>prepare for betrayal, hes just as much a snake as his mek.
>> aid removal of tubes one handed, the other keeping a bead on him. "no, you havnt surrendered yet"

>>39943987

You holster the pistols, and set to work, helping him remove the series of cables, tubes, and other devices that have bound him to his cockpit for this long. "Don't make any moves, in a state like this, outside of a mek I could exterminate you and your weak human body with ease." It comes out colder than intended, but it certainly gets the point across, and right now, that's what matters. Eventually, after a bit of work, the man manages to weakly stand, and you get a good look at him. Without the various things running in and out of his body, he looks much healthier, his blonde hair long and ragged, and his clothes torn, seemingly worn for weeks on end.

"Trusssst me, if I wanted you dead, I could have killed ussss both in our meks back there... Thank you, but, who are you?" He askes, wondering what sort of girl who looks your age is doing in a mek, let alone knowing her way around this sort of technology. "I normally ssssee everyone who comessss in and out of this desert, but I can only track you to the Bassssilica ruinssss, sssstrange."

>"Of course, I've been there for five hundred years"
>"That was my home, a long, long time ago"
>"I don't know if I can trust you with that"
>Suggest another option

>>39944181
All he'd have left at this point is bleeding on us. It looks like the treatments put him on death clock and this combat's royally fucked up his cybernetics. He'd need medical attention to even survive this. Possibly more than fieldwork if that stuff runs deep as I think it does.

I wouldn't trust him much but he needs help to live right now. And he knows what the hells going on around this planet right?

>>39944247
>>"Of course, I've been there for five hundred years"

>>39944247
>Suggest another option
"What do you know about the Basilica? And what is it to you?"

Try to gauge what's his stance first on that place, whether it's positive or negative.

>>39944254
a desperate, wounded, or dying animal , is still all too willing to take you with him, dont kid yourself. hes not dead until hes dead, and until then he can still be a potential threat. i do want to hear him out though.....

>>39944247
see
>>39944303

>>39944247

You look at him uneasily, you aren't sure how to take questions about your home, but at the same time, you might as well try and get along. "What do you know about the Basilica? And what is it to you?" You try not to sound rude as you take the medkit from earlier, using some of the supplies in there to patch up the numerous wounds the man has. He may be untrustworthy, but if he's dead, he's worth nothing, you at least figure he has some sort of information that's important to you.

"That old ruin? Perssssonally, not much, I've never even been in there. It jusssst sssseems like a sssstrange place to be rooting around in, it's been closed down for what, a couple hundred yearssss now? Even if you found ssssomething in there to sssscavange, it'd be near worthlessss." He grunts as you apply a bit of rubbing alcohol to a wound, before placing a bandage over it. "Besidessss, it just sssseems sssshady for ssssomeone to be poking around an old military base for no reasssson."

>Suggest a reply

>>39944495
says' the guy who jumps people by leaping from the sand and attacking them.

>>39944495
my reasons are my own, but as i said, i care nothing for the ruin, you , or this desert. i am searching for something, and i will not stop until i have acquired it. besides, i found that mek that nearly killed you in 'those old ruins". now tell me everything you know about,...being a means to an end. speak true, and quick. im looking for answers not friends."

>>39944600
i want to be done with this guy soo hard right now,... his every breath is making the hairs on the back on my neck stand up.

>>39944495
Seems like it's fine to reveal some info about our self and that place.

>Suggest a reply
"I've been there for the past five hundred years, until I felt something. I have awakened to fulfill a purpose."

>>39944703
i wouldn't revel our true origins to anyone, much less this freak in the desert. unless we plan to kill him later anyway. the world has forggotten about us, or thinks were dead for the most part, lets keep it that way,no?

>>39944633
I'm starting to think you have a snake phobia.

Don't worry. we gots a stick.

>>39944823
Can't solo the mission, and who knows when we'll find another being that can give us a rundown on what's what in this world for the past five centuries?

>>39944495

You speak up at once in reply to what the man says. "Listen, I'm not just wandering out here, I'm on a mission of my own... I've spent five hundred years in those ruins, and that mek of mine? The one that I managed to beat you with? I found it in there too. But that doesn't matter, how are you like me, why did you say you were an ends to a mean?" As you ask this, he begins to laugh, giving a fanged smirk as he speaks up.

"You know why I'm out here? Why you're probably out here? This is where Cathedrale dumpssss all their failed experimentssss, the Badlandssss contain all ssssorts of sssstuff... They tried to link a man with a mek permanently, and what they got wassss me. Turns out, extended neural connection like that causessss permanent damage. Whatever that purpossse of yourssss issss, you ssssure are dedicated. Go... Leave me, I'm finally free from that damn thing, if you want to kill me, now'ssss the perfect time."

>Do it
>Spare him
>Suggest another option

>>39944876
>Spare him
>Suggest another option
you want a ride to town? would be kinda cruel to leave him in the desert to die of thirst or starvation.

no, rather like snakes actually.(more of a Thalassophobia guy.)
>>39944859
we can totally have a solo tactical stealth mission, a snake taught me that. besides, we shouldn't just trust the first smuck that grabs our butts.
>>39944876
thank you for your time, and honesty. i honor you my twisted kin. But now i shall show the world, and these cathedralites, I AM NO FAILURE!" , BLAM BLAM. BLAM hard.

>>39944876
>Suggest another option
"I'm looking for something called a 'Spark'.
I don't know what it may be, but there's a slim chance that it could hold the key to your salvation. Would you be willing and able to aid me in this task? If not, then I will grant you your peace."

>>39944981
What I think he means on the solo part is. How the hell are we supposed to? Repairing and maintaining a Mek is pretty hard work you can't really do on your own. Unless you feel like abandoning Blitzjaeger going alone is gonna be a bitch and a half.

Might be able to do maintenance solo but trying to do full on repair work will need at least a independent Mekshop/hanger with trained mechanics and parts.

sigh, im rarely the guy to just go murderhobo here guys, but i REALLY don't like this guy, plus hes still technically our unhinged enemy. There WILL be others out there that can help us, and there are others who know what we are and that we exist. we simply can do better then this wretch. that simple. end his tormented existence.

>>OOC, you guys want a pony? you kill him, ill buy you a bloody pony. and ice cream, whatever you want. heh

>>39945083
What I also meant was that, without someone to point us to nearby population centers, Arina is simply gonna spend her time floundering around on the whims of /tg/ dice for directions.

>>39945083
exactly, were near a town, and we dont need a follower/companion for mek work, we can find/steal/coerce it out of whoever else lives on this dirt ball. hell we can hire real mercs, if thats what you want. hes just not it is all. hes easy, and available, that's his only redeeming qualities, not high praise.

>>39944876
A bit of debate on things huh? Interesting, seems like the majority favors teaming up however.


You look down at him, and for a moment your hand rests on the grip of your pistol, debating on possibly ending the man here and now... But your mission is not an easy one, and if there's anyone you could trust, someone similiar to you would be the best bet. "Look... I'm heading into that town not too far away, I'm on a journey to find the source of a Spark, the first one in over a thousand years. You can come, or you can stay out here and die, it's up to you, really."

He thinks, pondering his options before smirking up at you. "A sssspark? That old legend is really true? Well, if that existssss, maybe there issss room in thissss world for ssssomeone as sssstrange as me." With a grunt, he eased himself back into the seat of his cockpit, grinning up at Arina. "I'll lead the way, Naghana issss ssssmall, but the people know their way around a mek, that'ssss for ssssure, we can get repairssss there, before going on thissss 'mission' of yourssss."

And ending here for tonight, as I have to get up early-ish tomorrow! Though, there is one more vote for the next game, which of the following do you wish to continue you as?

>Fifer Gotsley
>Arina
>???

>>39945112
GM, mentioned we saw a signs of a town over a dune nearby. and our meks beaten, not dead yet. a guide isnt needed.

>>39945137
>>Fifer Gotsley

>>39945137
>Fifer Gotsley

Even though mysterybox is tempting.

>>39945151
Yeah, he did mention it. But do we have an IC idea of what to expect there?

>>39945137
>"I'll lead the way, Naghana issss ssssmall, but the people know their way around a mek, that'ssss for ssssure, we can get repairssss there, before going on thissss 'mission' of yourssss."
Oh, looks like the point has been proven, albeit with hindsight.

>>39945137
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>>39945137
>Fifer Gotsley
I miss Bogatyr already.

mark my words, he will be a mistake before the end. C'est la vie

>>39945137
???

>>39945175
admittedly no.

>>39945192
GG , OP!

>>39945194
I'm personally not worried about a pilot in need of almost 24/7 life support.
Worst case scenario I can think might involve him getting unhinged in the middle of town while he's still piloting the mek.

Oh yeah, we neither got his name nor made the proper introductions yet. Gotta rectify that in the future.

>>39945194
I'm not too worried. It seems like he only hung around the ruins to vent his sheer anger and hate on anything breathing. I'd be CRAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIN too if I was a god damn abortion of a military experiment and according to him we are one too. He counts that as a point in our favor despite his hyperaggressive attack on us.

With the Spark to chase we might of accidentally just garnered his loyalty and gotten a fairly competent sidekick. At least he has a purpose to his life now beyond taking revenge on the ones who ruined him.

>>39945194
Jesus you're annoying. Yes, we get it, you don't like the guy. You don't have to mention the fact every time.

>>39945290
If there's a chance to return to Arina as a PoV character— and after repairs are made on her mek— I'd certainly like to pursue the idea of trying to find any other Badlands rejects.
Though it looks to me that she might be too focused on finding the Spark source at this point.

>>39945269
>>39945290
true, we dont know enough about him and we could definitely get SOME use out of him, absolutely. Just figured we could also do without, but its done so ill roll with it. "failed experiment: unhinged geriatric mek-hobo has joined the party" , kek.

>>39945292
i was trying to convince you lot, and no one made a real debate otherwise. also you could said something, sorry bro.

>>39945381
having a badlands/rejects party COULD be an interesting way to go about it.

>>39945192
Oh, and forgot to mention, if you want to catch up on the last threads, or vote us up on sup/tg/ for visibility purposes, http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Zeta%20Quest is where you want to go.

>>39945446
hey GM, i was wondering huh much of this you have mapped out ahead of time plot points wise, or are you winging most of it?

>>39945381
I'm just wondering how QM is gonna tie the stories together. If Arina manages to gather a motley crew like that together what'll happen if she crosses paths with Fifer and the survivors?

One thing I've noted over all this is while those religious wackjobs will happily kill you alot of the time outside those encounters you can at least TRY to talk your way out of a fight in this quest. Though this time the solution would of been very hard to know off the bat and took a insanely foolish amount of trust to get.

>>39945430
I think its more he has a deathwish and wants to make as many religious nutters suffer as he can along the way to his eventual organ failures. He probably won't attack anyone outside of those nuts unless we're attacked first.

>>39945474
It's based off of a Mekton Zeta campaign I ran for a while (where it gets its name from), kinda a what-if scenario if the PCs were never introduced, and the NPCs had to save the day.

>>39945496
huh, in hindsight that makes alot of sense. cool.

>>39945496
Neat. Thats why you're opening up differing storylines like this.

Well I need to sleep now its late as fuck here. Good luck with all this man.