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>>42304407
Hunter Headquarters is under attack, and you woke up right in the middle of it.

The last half hour has been a mad dash to try to collect what--and who--remains. Along the way, there were some shocks--Dodo is dead, killed saving the unit's bar from Tanker Tigershark. Conda is dead, murdered by the king of all assholes, Seven. Schwarzhund, the Fourth Overland's ace, has officially been listed as missing in action. Emerald somehow survived and returned from the same fate, only to find his brother is lost. India survived a run-in with Seven, and was blown in half for her trouble.

You brought the one-half pilot back to the only safe, fortified position you know of--the shooting range, barricaded and lined up with as many hunter guns as you could find. You see Grach brought the wounded Lifesaver back--he's working on Em, as you unshoulder India and set her down on an ammo cart turned gurney.

"You're stable," the Lifesaver notes, giving her only a quick sideward glance without looking up. "But not for long."

"Eleventh specs," India mutters, raising her head with some effort to look at her lack of legs. "Whole body's designed to seal off into compartments in case we get blown open in space."

"I'm fine," Emerald says, sitting up--not that he looks it, a jagged line across his entire torso hastily patched. "Shields are topped up, I'm functional."

The Lifesaver tries to keep a hand on his patient and push him back onto the surgical bed, but Em isn't having it. Finally resigning himself, the injured medic turns and starts to tend to India.

"So what's our status?" Em asks, ignoring the raised eyebrow from Grach as the Russian approaches.

"We're as secure as we can be, for now," he replies. "But most of the base is either empty or occupied. The building itself is mostly clear, but there's some sort of hostile mechaniloid on the ground. Some sort of hovertank with a detachable top--"

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>>42304413
"Shit, over by the hangars?" Em asks--he still looks off-balance, with the news of his brother. "That's one of Crankshaft's trophy captures. It was from the first maverick war."

"It's killed everything near it, and it's on open ground, on some sort of combat patrol routine. Half the damage to that side of the campus is from it."

"Is it between me and HQ?" you ask. You still need to go find your CO. You look over at India on the table, who nods slightly. You'll be taking one of her ride chasers.

"No, but it might pursue. It's tearing things up, either way--I think the hostiles used it as cover to retreat."

"...I'll handle it," Em says quietly.

"Are you--"

"Yeah. I can handle it."

If you've got anything to say before you go, now's the time.
>

You would start the thread right before I have to go in to work, wouldn't you.

>>42304426
>"Try not to do anything stupid, you've lost one sibling, don't let Sapphire lose two."

>>42304426
Disclaimer: I am completely outdated on this quest.

>"Could you maybe do it stealthily? It's not hard to assume that there's someone around to shoot down anyone after their heaviest artillery."
>"Heck, let it fall into a collapsed highway or something, you don't NEED to kill it. Not in your state."

>>42304426
we have any luck getting comms back up or are we still relaying on carrier pigeons and smoke signals for the time being? Or at least find out where the jamming signal is coming from? If it's along the way we might be able to make a quick pit stop to try and get comms back up.

Other then that any last minute advice?

Welcome back Hunter Command, I've missed you. Also Magnet Lobster if you're reading this you better have your stories ready by the end of this thread. You've been promising since Christmas of last year

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>>42304462
Need a quick rundown?

>>42304493
Comms are still compromised.
Thanks a ton, especially for the patience.
>Christmas of last year
So, like, three threads ago?

>>42304521
>quick rundown
>quick
HC, I have read thread 1, 30-something, that fight with the sun pheonix god thing, and something about sharks and bombs. There's no hope for me that isn't just sitting down and going on an archive binge.

>>42304521
>Need a quick rundown?
at least a weapons loadout. I can't remember if we got our lance back yet when we found Em and I have no idea if our special weapons like the blackout rockets have any charges left in them

>>42304551
You've got your lance--Em gave it back to you when you found him again. Also, a reminder that your Conduit Capacitor is gone.

As for VWES, you're currently equipped with full ammo and the loadout you had when you left for the 0 unit mission--Tumult Shell, Blackout Rockets, Highball Skippers, and Lockon Hunter. Your T. Coils are currently unequipped.

Fortunately, you're in the range, where they can swap out and top up your ammo counters before you depart.

>>42304426
Any means of quick transport to get to Frog fast? A ride chaser or any form of vehicle? We wil need all the help we can get to get there fast since we don't have our super dash.

Other then that, wish our friends luck and once things are done we can offer some drinks and our ears for everyone. Not much, but as it is, even a small offer could help.

After all, these guys have been our rock. Let's be theirs when the time comes.

Point out to Em that the 4th can't afford to lose another good officer today, but let him go if he really thinks he can deal with it. He's probably the only one around that knows enough about that thing to deal with it.

I think we wanted to swap out something for the zip lines last time.

>>42304661
We already did swap stuff. We got the lock on hunter, the coils, the shields, and black out rockets.

It's a good set up and the coil will allow us more mobility in getting from place to place. The other three can help with quickly dealing with threats as we move in.

>>42304693
well according to this>>42304593 we still have the highball skippers (grenades) and left the T coils behind. We can still switch now though before we leave

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>>42304713
Whoops, >>42304693 was correct.
>You get out of their hair in a hurry, switching over your grenades for the old standby coils. You go through an entire set of them cabling off the fortified points--helping secure the barricades in place and leaving low triplines for any potential aggressors to have to wade through. You top back up and run the cables through the bracket mounts you installed on your forearms, ready to zipline.

HC in charge of his own story!

>>42304426
I'll back this >>42304455

>>42304713
yeah, thats fine. Probably just the morning, but we did change them last thread and used the wires to fortify the shelter a bit. Either way we NEED mobility. Especially if frog is high up or in a tricky situation.

>>42304723
Woah there. Maybe we SHOULDN'T tell everyone else he just lost his bro? You know, let him grieve and tell them at his own pace? I am really against that.

>>42304426
Can we ask the lifesaver if he can reactivate Grach's weapons/dash?

>>42304745
Seconding not telling them about Diamond.

>>42304745
>>42304823
It's not like we'd shout it to everyone present.

>>42305090
HEY EM, IS YOUR BROTHER STILL DEAD?

>>42304756
Good point, see if we can't do that.

>>42305097
>>42305090

Time and place. When a guy is already having issues in a highly critical situation, you don't poke his problems. We can wait until we are nice and drunk with everyone so we can mourn and salute them properly.

And on my birthday too

Fuck yeah Maverick Hunter Quest

For Dodo, Diamond and Conda guys

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>>42304426
You already told India about Em's brother without really thinking about it, but you realize he might not exactly be ready to announce it to the world. Time enough for that later, you think grimly. If there is a later.

So instead, you pull him aside (Grach nodding and keeping a respectful distance--he can probably guess something's wrong) to talk to him.

"You sure about this?"

"Yeah," Em nods, eyes on the floor as he answers quietly. "Yeah. I can take it."

"All right, I trust you," you reply--you note he looks up a little at that. "But just--be careful, all right? We've lost too many good people already."

"Don't I know it," he says with a bitter, brittle laugh. "Thanks, Anode."

"Take care of yourself," you say, clapping an arm on his shoulder lightly.

"You too. You're heading into the shit, you know that, right? If it's this bad out here..."

You remember the swarming attack choppers, pouring fire down at the central towers. "Yeah. I will."

That done, you leave Em to take a moment to evaluate his weapons, and return to the Lifesaver.

"Yes?" he asks, without looking.

"When you get done with her, do you think you could re-engage Grach's systems?"

He pauses--only for a moment, a brief little thing before he returns to work with his one good hand. "...Yes," he replies.

"Thank you. And--"

"And after that, I'll be repairing my arm more completely, yes," he interrupts, sensing your thought. "Go, Lieutenant."

You nod once more, check your weapons, and make ready to head out.

India calls you one last time. "Anode--go 'round the other side of the building, near the labs." Her speech is a bit labored--putting aside that she's being worked on while active with limited tools, being cut in half probably hurts like hell. "I keep a chaser stashed there. Unlock code's 5-0-0-4."

>>42305249
Happy birthday!

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>>42305251
It's easy enough to get there, you note with a cynical chuckle--you can just climb the wall of rubble and hop out to the other side of the wall.

You ease into the seat and warm the engine, slowly building up speed, letting the darkened skies wash over you as you take in a horizon filled with maverick contacts.

And, more than anything, the desolation around you disquiets you not for the damage done, or the obstacles in your way, but because of the complete and utter silence in the area immediately surrounding the Fourth's grounds. It's not like they were driven off or repelled.

It's like they're done with you.

However, the closer you get to central, the more things heat up. Driving around a piece of highway--a giant chunk dropped from the overpass to bar the way--you suddenly find yourself entirely too close to the sound of small arms fire.

Up ahead, two groups shelter among the wreckage of the highway struts and downed mechaniloids, trading plasma fire between the two positions.

After a moment, one of the two camps sees you, and the fire turns your way. Comms are still out--and FoF identifiers have never been more useless.

>Steer toward the ones attacking you.
>Steer toward the ones not opening fire on you.
>Accelerate and run right between them.
>Other?

My work day is actually good now that MHQ is back.

>>42305249
Congratulations!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Youp9r30hjs

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>>42305249
Happy birthday!

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.

GOTTA GO FAST

>>42305261
>>42305274
>>42305283
Aw... you guys are awesome!

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.
Might cue the hunters in on us being a good guy

>>42305265
derp, forgot vote
>Steer toward the ones not opening fire on you

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.
do we have any special weapons to fire that would immediately be recognizable as coming from us? Including VWEPS that only we have access to.

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.

Get the tumult shell ready just in case. We do not have time and if we pick the wrong group we risk hurting out friends and allies. Remember, our objective is to meet up with frog to try and get things under control.

>>42305249
Happy birthday Anon

>>42305265
>other
Announce that you're the most badass this side of the Fourth and they better recognize
Sup HC

Maybe pretending to be a Maverick would let us know who's who?

>Accelerate and run right between them.

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.
Sanic the reploid, and knuckles.

>>42305320
They're probably paranoid as all fuck right now and half-expecting mavericks pretending to be hunters pretending to be mavericks.

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.
we don't really have time to figure out who's a friend and who's a foe right now. Hell for all we know both sides are hunters who think the other side are mavericks. Let's blow through this crap and get to central. We're probably going to need all our VWEPS fully charged for the shit show we're about to ride into anyways.

>>42305364
Let's pretend to be a human instead, they'll never suspect that.

>>42305320
won't work. It'd take too long and they might not even notice or recognize. Pretty sure those who are mav already know who's mav. There is no need to draw their attention either since the more damage we take, the less we have when doing the rescue proper.

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.

>>42305360
I knew we were blue and spiky for a reason!

It's always a good day when MHQ is running.

>>42305391
Someone with photoshop needs to get on this.

>>42305265
>Accelerate and run right between them.


we don't know whose side they're on, they don't know whose side were on, and frankly this particular engagement doesn't look important enough to spend the time to puzzle out while frog is still MIA.

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>>42305291
>>42305302
>>42305306
>>42305309
>>42305320
>>42305360
>>42305365
>>42305391
>>42305664
You decide you don't have time to figure out who's who. Gunning it, you lean forward under the visor, putting on a burst of speed.

By now the fire is pouring in--you snap-fire a tumult shell back along the return trajectory, plasma splashing across it and blooming midair. Unfortunately, while you buy yourself a few seconds, your speed takes you out of your safe zone, and a few stray shots rake your chaser. A moment later, it lurches and coughs as you blast through the crossfire, taking hits from both sides. The handlebars wobble and buck, the frame shuddering as some unhealthy blue-tinged smoke sputters out of one of the damaged thrusters. A few stray shots chase you, but before long you're through the firestorm and they return their attention to fucking butchering each other.

Jesus Christ, this shit.

You're past one hurdle, but you've managed to attract the attention of another. Three of those attack drones swoop low and head straight for you. You juke left and right as fire kicks up clouts of half-molten metal and plumes of wreckage in your path. Their fire's homing in fast, and your bike can't take a whole hell of a lot more of this. And you really, really don't want to get caught on open ground with those things in the air.

>Fire back. Big, strong mechaniloids are still mechaniloids.
>Full speed--make a straight shot for HQ.
>Go evasive-they can't chase you inside...if you can make it inside.
>Other?

>>42304593
Wait what happened to our capacitor?

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>>42305722
Doctor Doppler politely asked to borrow it via sternum extraction.

>>42305722
Doppler ripped it the fuck out, back on the last mission. We can't use our electricity.

>>42305713
>Go evasive-they can't chase you inside...if you can make it inside.

>>42305713
>Fire back. Big, strong mechaniloids are still mechaniloids.

>>42305713
>Go evasive-they can't chase you inside...if you can make it inside.
Can't waste our ammo.

>>42305713
>Full speed--make a straight shot for HQ.
We're going full sanic

>>42305713
>Go evasive-they can't chase you inside...if you can make it inside.

It wouldn't be MHQ without jumping from fire to fire.

>>42305713
use the black out rockets. Those things ARE our anti air weapons and they will likely be the least useful at HC. They will chase us either way so we want to make sure they can't get any shots off. Losing our ride chaser will make getting there a lot harder.

Good day, everyone. It's so very good to be bac.

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>>42305788
And now we're fucked.

Hello, Satan. ... And did you just break my captcha?

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>>42305830
Oh come now. That doesn't sound like a thing I wouldn't do.

>>42305788
Welcome back!

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Texture editing Command Mission is a magical experience.

http://pastebin.com/6YVfZRVP

Using puush because the audio is needed for the best experience, and link is in pastebin because otherwise I trip the spam filters.

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>>42305741
>>42305754
>>42305779
>>42305784
You veer off sharply, another bolt hitting close enough that you feel slagged metal burn against your leg. Up ahead is another section of destroyed highway, the front legs buckled and collapsed when a downed flyer crashed into it.

You bank left, cycling over to your blackout rockets. You twist in the seat and fire behind you as they come in on your six--the first drifts aside, but the second hits it full on, leaving the third to pass through the blooming cloud of chaff. The effects are immediate and gratifying--the first actually loses prop control, nosediving into the ground and carving a long trench, digging its own grave (you hope), while the second, blinded and disoriented, has to stop firing and focus on righting itself, the baffled sensors leaving it swaying ungainly in the air.

The front-runner circles around to your front as you push your damaged chaser up the length of road and onto the highway proper. You get a blissful moment of safety before the first attack chopper rises up over the guardrail, blasters rending them apart as its fire scythes through the air at you.

In that instant, with the second copter coming back up on you from behind, your maneuvering options dwindling sharply, suddenly everything is made a whole lot easier.

It feels like autopilot as you turn sharply towards the side of the overpass, the ride chaser's front-mount blaster firing on the already-weakened guardrails, the reinforced metal buckling and twisting down under the unyielding force of gravity, damage and heat taking its strength away. You lean forward on the bike, leaving the seat as you crouch and prepare to jump. You ride up the new ramp you just made, feel the lurch of air, see the mechaniloid try to alter its trajectory.

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>>42306122
Bike strikes chopper in a giant explosion, and you latch on a moment later with a T. Coil, already snapping your lance out and ramming it upwards at the whirling rotor. It wrenches and bites, feeling like you're tearing your arm out of socket, but before long the immense speed and the heat of your lance blade overcome the metal, and the rotor blades shear off, sending the chopper spiraling downward and out of control, firing every which way.

It deposits you on the fourth floor, tearing through the wall as it noses in, tumbling end over end as it skitters across and through the building.

Back at the "entrance" you just made, you stow your lance, and ready your weapons to move in.

>You're not far from the ground floor main entrance.
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

>>42306122
>image
It's just like I always imagined him.

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>>42306111
>Chapter 1
W-what's the final boss of the game?

>>42306128
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

>>42306111
aww yissss

>>42306128
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

>>42306128
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

>>42306128
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

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>You're not far from the ground floor main entrance.

>>42306147
Cain Labs, obviously.

>>42306147
Full Metool.

>>42306111
Pretty cool

>>42306128
>>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

>>42306122
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

>>42304407

Glad to see this story is still on-goinging.

I'm gonna try and catch up with the older threads before joining with this one. Anybody got a pastebin of our equipment and upgrades?

>>42306128
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

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>>42306210
Near the top posts of http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/38726758/ except we have no capacitor, so no electrical attacks, our flambard and knife are gone, and our Highball Skippers are unequipped.

Is anyone getting captchas like mine, or is this still CL's evil work?

>>42306270
dude I have never seen my captcha do that

>>42306270
I've never seen a captcha like that, but I have seen captchas with none of the things you are meant to find them.

>>42306299
This is twice now, and it only happened from when CL appeared. We may have to exorcise him.

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>>42306325

>>42306128
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside

(When in doubt, never go through the main entrance.)

>>42306299
Mine just keeps asking me if I'm a robot.
Dammit Sigma!

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>>42306128
You move past the sparking remains of the arachnoid attack chopper, still "alive" and trying to fire guns that no longer exist. It twitches its forelegs uselessly as you move past, examining the massive hole it's shored its body up against.

The base looks like a termite mound. There are holes everywhere, all floors, with sounds of combat here and there. For a moment, you get a sense of immense vertigo--how can you possibly expect to find Frog in this?

You hop across what looks to be a compromised elevator shaft, landing a floor down and a few security clearances away. On the side of a battle-scarred wall, you find a sign that apparently once indicated some of the places this elevator led. Unreadable now--it took a direct hit from a plasma shot, and now only a few letters on either side of the melted bronze plaque are all that's left.

You move forward through the hall, feeling increasingly lost, frustrated, and small--all the moreso when you finally come to a collapsed ceiling, blocking the way forward. At your feet, though, is another hole.

And down at the bottom of a deep, deep fall, is... web. Some kind of synthetic, fibrous polymer strands. You're momentarily panicked, but sigh in relief as you realize it hasn't tangled you up. You carefully clear the material and hop down to the floor below.

SIXTEENTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, a large wall-mount reads. SECURE LABS -- UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS FORBIDDEN.

>Look around in here.
>Get yon fuck out. Look for another exit from the area.

>>42306128
>There's extensive damage--maybe you can work your way further inside.

No point in using the front door now.

>>42306630
>Look around in here.
But quickly.

>>42306630
>>Look around in here.

>>42306630
>Look around in here.

>>42306630
>Look around in here.

Couldn't hurt to quickly look around, may be someone or something here you can find.

>>42306630
>Get yon fuck out. Look for another exit from the area.

>>42306630
>Look around in here.
What could possibly go wrong...

>>42306630
>Look around in here.
Hey, it might be that super friendly spider guy from our last mission! I bet he knows what's going on and will help us out!

Did HC get abducted?

>>42306630
>Look around in here.

>>42306630
>Look around in here.
Just...just dont touch anything.Cain probably trapped it with exploding badgers or something.
or they'll just sue us, whatever.

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>>42306647
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>>42306729
You decide to take a minute to get your bearings, looking around the lab.

Even with the battle damage, the facility looks clean, almost sterile--high-glare lights and reflective surfaces, long rows of blue cylinders against one wall, a few similar columns in the midst of the wide, squat rooms. All around, long tubes and pipes run through the walls, all parallel, often behind clear viewpanes.

You round a corner and hear a sound from behind. You whirl around--

Only to stare at yourself in a glassy, glaring red optic.

A massive arachnid looms as you jump backwards, dropping down from the side of a tube and advancing on you--

"Now, now, there's no need for that. Stand down." The spider, mandibles clicking, suddenly stops, scuttling backwards on thick metal legs. A moment later, a blue, flickering hologram appears beside it, bearing a voice you realize you've heard before.

"Ah, Lieutenant Anode. We spoke two days ago. I see you’ve met our security measure--" he gestures almost lazily back at the massive spider with one tentacle, his hands resting on a terminal in the hologram. "--simply following its ordained routines. It works nicely, don’t you think?"

You look back at your own dismayed face in that soulless red optic. "Um. Yeah. You're--Commander Nautiler."

"Ah, yes, you remember. Good. However, the situation does not warrant relaxing our security clearance protocols. I can assure you we're quite secure here now. Isn't that right, Thesis?"

You hear faint, strangled yelling through the communicator.

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>>42307437
Something in that makes your brain go a little numb and fuzzy--but then something clicks. "Wait, if you have comms--"

"16th's personal shortwave only, I'm afraid," Nautiler interrupts, just a touch of annoyance in his otherwise wholly lofty, unconcerned tone. "I've not heard any word since the attack commenced. I was contending with a pair of traitors of my own. One managed to self-destruct before he was subdued, the other--well, we're having a frank discussion about the maverick strategy here. Isn't that right, Thesis?"

More muffled screams (“Doppler is going to butcher y--”), before Nautiler turns back to you. "But really, Lieutenant, you must be going. Follow the spider, please."

His tone is clear--he’s not asking.
>Try to ask Nautiler some questions through spiderphone.
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

>>42307459
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

>>42307459
>>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

>>42307459
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

Do not annoy the reploid with a giant robot spider guard dog.

>>42307459
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

>>42307459
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.
We can't stop here this is Spider Country!

>>42307459
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

Off to see the spiders!

>>42307459
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

>>42306729
Hello, I'm Cain Labs.

>>42307574
I don't believe you.

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>>42307574
Then I offer you a Firm but suspicious Handshake

>>42307459
>Nope. Nope nope nope. Follow the spider.

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>>42307465
>>42307481
>>42307511
>>42307513
>>42307517
>>42307530
>>42307555
>>42307688
...Yeah, no, not today. "Lead the way," you manage with a shrug. Nautiler cuts the connection abruptly and lets the giant death mechaniloid escort you out.

It presents an elevator to you--whatever the destinations are, they're entirely unlabeled. It's undamaged, at least.

The spider waits expectantly for you to push a button, hovering just outside the doors and still within "menacing" range.

>Floors range from 20-1 and B1-B10.
>Pick a button.

>>42307774
>1
May as well start from the baseline.

>>42307774
>Floor 17.
Go big or go home.

>>42307774
>B10
Longest elevator ride

>>42307774
Is there a floor overview somewhere? If not there's probably one on the first floor.

>>42307774
we enter at the 4th and made our way down to there. I'd say around 9. Figure it out through hot and cold and try to narrow down his position.

>>42307459

>Nope

>>42307774
5

Floor-by-floor sweep.

>>42307774
>Floor 1

too many options with too little information.

>>42307774
What's our current floor?

>>42308080
Not listed. If by chance you happen to hit it, I'd just have Anode press the next most voted-for option. Looking like 1st floor will win, though.

>>42308150
I think I'll be contrary and vote floor three.

>>42307774
1st floor. Gotta start from somewhere.

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>>42307774

We're looking for Frog wouldn't his office be on a high floor considering his rank? I vote 18.

>>42308402
Frog's offices are in the Overland complex. Frog is currently getting stuck in repelling the Maverick attack. Presumably, he'll be where the action is.

>>42308423
Ah right sorry. I guess that 1st is as good as any then.

>>42308423
Which begs the question: Where would all the action be?

>>42307774

>20

We should have picked 4 for death.

>>42308699
And because that's our crew!

>>42308699
We were on the 4th floor. It where we landed when we rode a giant spider bee into the building. No frog.

>>42308794
So we did find death on 4th!

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>>42307809
>>42307986
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>>42308470
For lack of anything else to do, you simply opt for the ground floor, 1F. The ride up is quick but tense--the silence and solitude feels like a glass on a high shelf, waiting for the next loud bang to knock it down.

You emerge, as you expected, into ruin again. Ruins and silence. You turn back to examine the sign by the elevator, this one mercifully undamaged.

SECURE ELEVATOR -- PLEASE HAVE YOUR ID READY TO GAIN ADMITTANCE.

Beside that, though, is a floor listing.
NOTICE: Unless accompanied by base personnel and on officially endorsed business, no guests should attempt to gain access to any basement floor. If for whatever reason you need access, please see the front desk with your request and they will forward it to the relevant parties. Thank you.

B3: High Load Capacity Elevator Dock
B2: Office of Decommissioning
B1: Public Parking
1st: Transportation Lobby & Monorail to GVA
2nd: Main Lobb & Public Services Desk
3rd: Food Court, Shopping, Tour Guide, Information Bureau
4th: Public Arboretum & Viewing Concourse
5th: Site Security, Visitor Registration
6th: Office of the UNCLOS Liaison & International Admiralty
7th: Office of the UNICAO Liaison & MHHQ Legal Counsel, Requisitions
8th: Media Relations & Newsroom, Financial Office
9th: Unit Coordination, Disciplinary Office & International Standards Bureau
10th: Courtrooms
11th: Global Communications Office
14th: Art Gallery & Residential Level
15th: Office of the Paradigm for Peacekeeping Command & Production License Bureau
17th: Historical Gallery, Office of the 17th Elite Unit
18th: Office of Commander Rhodes
20th: Public Lookoff, Fine Dining, Off-Duty Space

On the other hand, you, as a hunter, should have access to the lower floors...
>?

>>42308987
Rhodes?

>>42308987
>11th: Global Communications Office

>>42308987
>11th: Global Communications Office

>>42308987
>5th: Site Security, Visitor Registration

>>42309013
The biggest of big cheeses in the Maverick Hunters. Sigma's replacement, basically. He can handle himself.

>>42308987
>9
Is there elevator music?

>>42308987
>11

Frog's probably with anyone else trying to get word out.

>>42308987
>11

He's probably going to be trying to get word out. If he's not there, we should try... 17 or 18. Feels like a place where VIPs would be stashed for protection, with the heavy hitters.

>>42308987
11th let's get those comms back up.

>>42308987
11th makes sense to start with. Even if it's already wrecked, communication would be a heavily contested zone. Rhodes and security are also possible choices, but I'll go coms first.

>>42309053

Would this work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om1bqYYBp84&index=10&list=PLF5CCE7DA6FA1FE99

>>42308987

>11th Floor: Global Communications Office

>>42308987
>11th for sure, but 5th, 8th, 9th, 17th and 20th all have valid points for later stops. (Mainly for Lack of security (5), what little zenny is left (8), 9 (coordination), 17 (maybe X has a nice computer we can get into) and 20th (to see how bad the rest of the world is)

>>42309120
No, we need shitty elevator muzak, while we just stand around awkwardly fiddling with our lance. And a little 'ding!' when we arrive at a floor, followed by a massive firefight.

>>42309138
>(to see how bad the rest of the world is)
It was mentioned in a previous thread that Vienna is untouched. Only Maverick HQ itself is under attack.

>>42309161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urXvUmhd05k

>>42309191
Well, Dopplertown is also under attack, possibly other Hunter bases or military facilities.

>>42309193
Perfect.

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>>42309120
...I am enjoying this so goddamn much right now.

I might even kill one less character, this is so great.

>>42309243
So we might even have one person alive by the end of this?! That's amazing!

Good to see you back, HC! If you need to head out for any long period of time, I will share what stories I have from running a game. Trying to run a (admittedly pbp) game in the other divisions, and while it's rocky at the moment, I'm doing what I can.

>11th, then 17th, then 18th

Comms, traitor-killing specialists, Big Boss.

>>42309193
...I am also enjoying this tremendously. How are you people doing this to me???

>>42309464
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5PvBzDlZGs
Go wild.

>>42309498
Swing and a miss. The darkness returns to trouble you.

>>42309623
Then may I ask how to best trouble my players? I mostly have to build my bosses solo, and while I threw a giant kraken bot at one (to be fair, he was a big guy too) that got a shut down death, and another is chasing an exploding duck, a third has a mirage making sniper, and more, I could use advice for some future hunts.
Although my favorite of the batch of "test bosses" is likely going to be Razor Linnorm.

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>>42309039
>>42309042
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>>42309106
>>42309138
>>42309442
You're never gonna find Frog like this--you need comms back. You take the elevator again, and head for the 11th floor.

Mid-way up, the entire building, ceiling to floor, rumbles. The elevator continues on as you catch your balance, the doors opening onto a gun fight.

"--said, keep your head down!"

Ahead is a large, unoccupied desk, the wall over it riddled with plasma scoring. Behind it is a half-destroyed glass wall, hung in several large sheets, the ones immediately in front having been shattered to pieces across the floor. Behind it is the remains of what was once probably a very nice office. Sheltering with their backs to you, a gun-line of Reploids sends shots downrange at an increasingly-battered chunk of the ceiling.

There's a break in the fire, and in the lull a single figure cut in a dashing red coat pops up, a buster pistol in his hand,

Another familiar face--this time, it's your navigator. Wellington snap-fires a trio of hastily-fired shots, one actually scoring a hit on the last attacker in the line, who goes down alongside two more of his fellows, a sizzling hole in his chest.

Right beside a maverick emblem.

>

>>42309862
Shoot the Mavs in the back, obviously.

>>42309862
>Nice shot Wells! Need a hand?

>>42309862
>Assess your surroundings and get to cover while inquiring what you need to do to help get communications online again.

>>42309862
>Shoot the fuckers

>>42309862

To clarify: The maverick emblem is on the guy Wellington was shooting at right?

>Decommission anyone that Wellington is shooting at, say hello.

>>42309862
>Shoot first, quip later.

>>42309862
No speech, but shoot any who are occupied with the lock on. Make them get distracted, THEN clean up with the lance and it's anti-lemon goodness.

Once they are dead or dealt with, THEN we can say "What's their beef?"

>Free retirement plans for mavericks!

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>>42309819
I found the best way is to make them annoyingly mobile or annoyingly DR stuffed. The first boss the group I DM for fought got pasted. RIP Carborane Circellaris.

I wonder what the other Navigators think of us. What horrible stories has Wellington told them about us?

>>42310039
They won't recognize Anode, he's mostly in one piece.

>>42309862
>Dispatch hostiles, greet navigator

>>42309990
Yeah, my guys had that problem too. Posted the stories of one side's first fight with a squad in the Neo Arcadia games. Also a link to the games, though I am using one to bring in a person who isn't too familiar with conventions of character design for these games, ending with a B-17 pugilist. Still need to enact my plan to get more guys running alongside me to make a massive fame of it.
Oh, and if anyone was reading them live, Hammer's player went back to college and had trouble getting time to play.

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>>42309862

>Assist Wellington
>"I figure it's about time I returned the favor."

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>>42310071
On any other day, under any other circumstances, you might have met this with a grin and a quip, feeling right at home stepping out of that elevator and into a scene from an action movie.

Today, people you know are dead. Dead because of people like that row of mavericks, just hammering away at Wellington's position.

Fuck these people.

You don't even charge up, simply turning your cyclers on the line and sweeping them across them in a left-right scissor. Even with the reduced fire rate from the part swap you made, the high refire rate has blown them full of holes before they've even turned around. One poor bastard in the middle has enough time to turn and catch a quarter of rounds, plasma splashing across his chest as he staggers and explodes against his cover.

Schwarz would have been proud.

Silence falls across the room, and after a moment, Wellington's head slowly peeks around the corner.

"Hell's bells. Anode?"

"Heya," you offer, shaking the smoke from your buster lenses. "So what was their beef?"

He grins--a tired, shaky grin, the kind you see on people who were sure they were dead not a minute ago. "I'll overlook that one, Lieutenant. Damn good to see you. Go on, get up, we're clear."

After a moment, another pair of heads surface from behind the desk--two humans. One wears a hunter uniform--the other looks like some kind of press analyst, in a pantsuit. Both humans.

"God, it's good to see you," Wellington repeats, tucking away that buster pistol. "They just kept coming. What are you doing here?"

"I need to find my CO," you reply. "I figured if I could get comms back up..."

He nods. "Same thought. I had just managed to get a line to Rho open in one of the navigation rooms when they attacked. While I was stuck, they seem to have destroyed..." he casts a rueful glance around at his workplace. "...erm, everything."

>Let's go talk to Rho.
>I'll leave it to you.

>>42310119
Three of the four had never played a Megaman game before. The one who had made Tar Harlequin, a smart supportish set up based fighter who coats someone in tar and lights them on fire with a flamethrower. There was Canada, who is basically an XCOM heavy, wielding a 20mm cannon and a recoilless rifle for the heavy fire power of the group. Hunter Pogona, the railgun and shotgun armed lizard. Also comes with a visual distortion field and stun net. BWQ, the bee with a solid slug round stinger, hella speed, a jetpack, and a saber. Its an interesting party crammed into the 1st Advance. All B rank.

> Toss a corpse into the elevator door so it doesn't close.
>Talk to Rho

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.
We can find out where we're needed.

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.
>You think we can at least get some short-range coms while you work on getting the big ones back online?

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.

>>42310259
LEt's talk to Rho. At the very least she is likely the best person when it comes to finding Frog's location and comms are still bad.

Also, MORE press!

>>42309819
Best to find me on the IRC channel if possible, I'm always happy to discuss how best to terrorize players.

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.

>>42310259
Already voted, but seconding the corpse in the door idea.

B-b-bump.

>>42310259
>Let's go talk to Rho.
(also keep the elevator door open)

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>>42310388
After a moment's consideration, you grab one of the bodies by the scruff (you give it one last unhappy double tap, taking the head clean off), and drag it behind you, tossing it into the doors to keep it on your floor.

"Let's go see the wizard," you tell Wellington lightly, dusting off your hands.

He leads you off to a darkened room, lined with screens, numerous communication devices, and a single chair. The humans follow along nervously, near the back.

"Rho," Wellington starts, easing back into the chair. "You still with us?"

"I am well," a cold, neutral voice replies. "You are undamaged?"

"We caught some good luck, for a change," Wellsey says. "Though the floor is well and truly wrecked by now."

"Most of the building has suffered severe structural compromise."

"Too true," he says grimly. "What's left to do to get comms back up?"

"I am working to restore them as we speak. Unfortunately, all but hard lines such as this one are under heavy interference."

"What were we talking before? A relay?"

"I believe that remains our most expedient option. However, the prior problem remains."

"Mm. No one will know what frequency we're broadcasting on," he explains to you. "Our other option is clearing the standard operating lines, but thus far all we've been able to do is create mute breaks on the static."

You frown. "Reliably?"

"Yes," Rho directs at you, a disembodied voice coming from the screens, the speakers, and the ceiling. "Why?"

Can't be the best without this, you think to yourself dryly. "Until you can switch over, could you broadcast the new comm channel in Morse?"

"I...suppose we could. The hunters would likely need to look up the code, but..."

“It’s a plan, then. Three steps--morse and a substitute channel, then a relay on the standard channels to the substitute, and then full repair. We’ll be counting on you to guide the traffic, Rho.”

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>>42311156
“Understood. I will parcel out duties to the navigators as required.”

Wellington nods. “Roger. You know how best to use us. We’ll be ready.”

“I need to find Frog," you add.

“Hammer Frog, Commanding Officer, Fourth Overland,” Rho replies. “My last contact with him was fourteen minutes ago, in the first basement floor and heading down to the hangars.”

“Did he say what his plan was?”

“He had none.”

“Oh.”

“I believe he may have been attempting to return to the Fourth campus when he was waylaid. I do not see him on either floor, but the camera coverage is intermittent.“

>Where now?

Keep the door open!

>>42311184
>Where now?
To the basement, then. Start at B1 and work our way down.

>>42311184
Head down to the first basement floor and the hangars, try and track him.

>>42311184
The Hangar

Straight to the bottom. Let's drive a giant bee or some shit.

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>>42311184
>Basement
Let's get down to the hangars, stat.

Also, this is getting fucking stupid.

>>42311184
Hanger.

>>42311184
If he's on neither the 1st or 3rd basement, he might be in the second. Thats the decomission area.. which would likely be dangerous depending on what they mean. Thats also the only one without any camera knowledge so we'd want to make sure.

>Straight to the bottom. Let's drive a giant bee or some shit.

>>42311184
>Head down to the first basement floor and the hangars, try and track him.

>>42311184
>Find us some clearance and get to the basement floors.

>>42311184
>Hightail it to the basement

>>42311184

>Where now?
Head straight to the hangers.

>Captcha
But we are robots.

>>42311184
Hangars. Also inquire about Schwartz. Any info would be beneficial at this point,

>>42311697
Oh, yeah. If we can find out anything about Schwarz, that'd be good.

Maybe we should also note Seven and Tanker have gone mav? Best to mark what mavs we know so they don't get more cheap kills like Conda, the bastards.

>>42312106
That too. And that Seven got away with that information.

>>42312134
Seven got away with weapon data, not personnel data iirc?

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"I'm heading down there. Rho, can you tell me the floors?"

"One moment."

B1: Public parking, maintenance
B2: 1st Unit's Liaison Office, decommissioning office
B3: Heavy duty elevators, hangar, 3rd Deploy logistics office
B4: 16th Unit Headquarters
B5: Research and development laboratories
B6: Classified
B7: Classified
B8: Maverick detention. Lockdown in place.
B9: Lifesaver bay
B10: Classified

"And..." you pause. "Has there been any word about Major Schwarzhund?"

"The Major has not returned from his last mission. It has been well over 72 hours, and at this point he is officially declared missing in action. Given the timing of this maverick attack, it is likely there is a correlation to his disappearance. He will be presumed killed in action if no word arrives within twenty-four hours."

"...Oh," you manage.

"For whatever it's worth, I'm sorry, Anode," Wellington offers. "A lot of good people are gone today, and we're not done yet."

"Yeah. I need to go see if I can find one of them. Can you give me basement clearance, Rho?"

"Your current credentials should be sufficient, but in light of the attack, I will attempt to provide assistance where necessary with bypassing security."

"Thanks."

You kick the body out of the elevator and head to the hangars. When you saw Schwarz listed as missing, you tried to quash it, pass it off, it's Schwarz. He'll be back, he'll always be back.

You tried not to think about it. You try not to think about it now.

You're thinking about it.

God damn it, Schwarz...

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>>42312293
The doors to the hangars open, and you emerge down deep. The sudden stillness is disquieting--you hadn't realized it, but the entire building was rumbling now and then, and you had gotten used to feeling it shudder.

Now, though, beneath the ground floor, there's nothing. Overhead lamps hang high above, casting neutral, even, artificial light down on rows and rows of massive hunter transports. Your access elevator comes out between two of them. You cross forward slowly, hand brushing a small rail next to a large loading zone. A sign on the wall indicates that you're actually near the exit point of the hangars, where a roof is built over the otherwise-open top.

And up ahead, you see a small, blue, familiar figure.

You peek around the edge of one of the transports to see him talking to another Reploid, this one clad in purple armor.

"Mac, where have you been?" Commander X asks. His eyes flit and he turns away from you, looking out the other direction.

In that moment, with an arm hidden from view, you see Mac engage his buster.
>

>>42312334
AY YO POPS

>>42312334
[x] GET DOWN, MR PRESIDENT!

>>42312334
Shout "LOOK OUT", engage the Mav.

>>42312334
Zero incoming

>>42312334
am I misreading this or is Mac pulling a buster on X?
If so yell "LOOK OUT!"
Or is Mac just suspicious of us?
if so be a witty smart ass.

>>42312334
Shoot a charged Lock-on at Mac.

>>42312334
>Just shoot him

>>42312334
Get the lock on hunter ready, dial it up, and tell X to look out. Time it before he launches his blaster and be ready to dodge yourself.

>>42312413
No, if we just open up without preamble, X will think /we've/ gone Maverick. And then we die.

>>42312388
Seconding

>>42312334
>Prime to shoot, warn X

>>42312443
This. Yell or dive in front.
>>42312388

>>42312439
The original blast in the game was a snapshot from Mac. This'll be too slow.

Throw a small mechaniloid at him. A met or a raybit or some shit.

>>42312334
Use the Tumult Shells! And shout LOOK OUT SIR!

>>42312388
Seconded.

>>42312388
Another vote in support of this.

>>42312407
X3 intro stage. Mac sucker blasts X and abducts him, but Zero kills Mac saving X. We can change the plot if we do this right.

>>42312570
Dialing it up is not the same as charging. Just uses more ammo. Besides, the yelling has another purpose than telling X to dodge or getting out of the way. If Max gets distracted, his aim will falter.

>>42312334
Do we have our Tumult Shells? We could use those to block any attacks, while yelling at X to look out, or better, duck, dodge, anything that would prompt an immediate response instead of 'who me?' and still getting shot because he didn't realize.

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Roll for gardening. Don't ask.

And screw CL.

>Shoot Little Mac

>>42312618
in that case my vote in
>>42312407
is yell look out Sir. also fire a Tumult Shell

>>42312660
This raises a decent point. We don't need X to hesitate and still get shot in the back. Fire a tumult shell and yell 'get down sir!' instead of look out.

>>42312334
>"Get down!" then shoot. Let's save the boss and grandstand a bit more later on.

So how is preventing X getting kidnapped going to change things long-term?

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQrZGWpkFjw

>>42312861
depends if it works and we don't mess up. If X is ok, Zero won't have to save him and both can help clear out the base. In short, it frees up BOTH hunters and thus makes things go faster.

>>42312861
Having 2 S class hunters sweeping the building instead of having one captured and the other on a rescue mission is a rather significant change, I'd say.

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>>42312884
MHQ is postponed on account of MY SIDES NEEDING EMERGENCY BEAMOUT.

That is amazing, how in the hell have I never seen it before?

>>42312861
One of the reasons everything went bad is our best Hunters were out of commission. X was captured and Zero was rescuing him.

Now, if X and Zero are instead working to save lives and defeat the enemy, instead of almost completely out of the equation...

>>42312941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF5M5neMyhk

>>42312991
Way to ruin it.

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>>42312775
The next few seconds are a slideshow.

You yelled something--movie reference. Mr. President.

X turned, jumping back cautiously--

The tumult shell sailing out far, far too slow to catch the attack--

Mac's aim spoiled by your shout, the instant he fired--

A second shot as you try to twist away, washing over you, crackling across your armor and running down your channels into the ground harmlessly--

--And then you snap back to your senses. Some sort of electrical stun weapon--no effect on you. Trailing curses, Mac flees, X leveling his buster on the traitor hunter.

"Lieutenant!" He exclaims. "Are you okay?"

"Fine," you reply. "I'm zap-proof. What about you?"

X nods. "I'm fine--thank you. I should have kept my guard up."

A moment later, a loud boom runs through the building--ceiling tiles shake loose and fall around you. A moment later, something else, a figure cut in red and gold, landing in a crouch not far from you.

X speaks first. "Zero?"

Landing on his feet, the Red Reploid looks from face to face. "X. Anode--glad you made it out of there, after all. What happened?"

"Mac--"

"Doppler--"

You and X trade a look, and he motions for you to go first.
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.
>Never mind, it's not important. What's going on up there?
>Who was that, X?
>Other?

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.

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>>42313352
>>I made super organ friends with the big bad.

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.
Still have no idea how I'm not Mav, if he's the one behind this.

>>42313352
>>I made super organ friends with the big bad.
Except we didn't trade

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.
We need to point out that Doppler seemed interested in it, rather than just grabbing a random part of us for shits and giggles. Be quick about it, though.

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.
Make sure to reinforce we've lost our big gimmick.

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.
>Who was that, X?

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.
Yeah, knowing what they're up against could give them leverage later down the road. Best to go this route and tell them exactly what happened.

>After Mac! I'll explain along the way

>Use whatever we talked to Em with in the Shiva fight to fill them in RE: Rho, Seven.

>>42313352
>>I made super organ friends with the big bad.

>>42313352
>I made super organ friends with the big bad.

>>42313352
>>I made super organ friends with the big bad.

"Hey, you know that part that I had that let me store electricity? Guess what Doppler tore right out of my fucking chest."

>>42313352
>Hey, Doppler kind of stole my capacitor system.

>>42313352
>I made super Organ friends with Doppler.

Keep it simple. He stole our zappy, we woke up in the 4th when things have gone nuts, 2 of our fellow 4ths have been killed, 2 have gone mad(tanker and Seven) and Seven took copies of the 4th's weapons data. Currently trying to meet up with Frog who is suppose to be heading to the 3rd Basement.

>Who was that, X?
Gimme some of that villainous backstory.

>>42313352
We're still calling X sir rather than his name, aren't we?

>>42313490
*zappy thing stolen
*several Hunter losses
*Seven, head of logistics for a long time, a traitor; took copies of 4th's weapons data

Good summary.

Also it occurs to me that the weapon data would probably include information and stuff on our zappy thing too, so they'll know how it works and stuff.

>>42313352
If we have the new comms code, give it to them.

I am voting the this vote: >>42313490

Weapons data is only the stuff taken from mavs.

>>42313352
Tell them how we'll be communicating in morse for the moment.

>>42313492
Well duh

we should probably let them know about the backup commlink rho got running as well.

>>42313729
We call X by his name in one of the options, I figured I should ask.

>>42313352
>>42313492 Yes Sir.
>>42313589 I vote this
and >>42313613 or >>42313643 as appropriate.

>>42313589

Oh right and we should also mention that our commander, Hammer Frog, was heading down to the hangars in the basement. That too.

>>42313613
>If we have the new comms code, give it to them.
Also this. At the least, give them a head's up about the morse code.

Yeah honestly the biggest immediate tactical step we can make is getting them back on comms.

Biggest strategic is telling them doppler wanted our capacitors.

>>42313404 here.

Adding >let them know about comms stuff to my vote.

>>42313434
+1 to telling them about comms. That's preeetty important.

>>42313805
That's my vote, dickwad

>>42313896
Oops. Well, it was somewhere around there.

>>42313896
oh god we just found your evil twin

>>42313896
Fight! Fight! Fight!

>>42313795

Uh this is a bit embarrassing -- but it HAS been a while -- but does anybody remember WHICH unit X was in? Was it the 16th? 17th? Something else?

Because if X is in the 16th, then according to Nautilier he should have personal comms available right?

We should clarify that.

>>42313956
17th. Commander of the 17th, if it helps. And don't worry, clarifying stuff is always good to do.

>>42313956
17th

>>42313956
17th, dude. Re-read the archives, he's their commander. 16th is R&D.

>>42313956

17th Unit, acting Commander as of this time. Same as in the games, actually.

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"I guess everyone knows by now, Doppler went mav," you begin, trying to keep it short and sweet. "My sister and I had just taken out some high-end guard together, we fried Limited's power systems, and then--" you look down at the off-color patch on your armor plate. "Doppler, um, 'took' a part from me. My electrical systems. I don't know what happened after that."

"You can piece the basics together, I'm sure," Zero notes grimly. "But right now, we don't have time."

"Yeah. Here's what I know. Seven and Tanker Tigershark went maverick. Schwarz is missing, almost all of us are wounded or dead. Rho is getting comms back up, she's using Morse code to transmit the frequency she's operating on."

"All the units are in like that," Zero replies. "X, you should get back to the 17th."

"But what about--"

"We both know Mac's not the best use of your time right now," he chides. X looks taken aback, but nods.

Another earthshaking rumble, and this time a few of the ceiling lights come down with it. "That's my problem," Zero says darkly. "They have a giant attack 'loid up there tearing the base apart."

"I need to find my CO," you say. "Last anyone saw, he was down here."

"All the ships are still grounded," Zero notes, looking around. "So he didn't leave that way. There's a backup command room here, with Rho restoring comms maybe you can try to get ahold of him there."

"There's still Mac," X insists.

Zero looks at you. "A-rank, right?"

"Uh--yeah, but--"

"I'm going to be blunt. Mac's a chump. If you run into him, you can handle him. If we find Frog, we'll appraise him of his unit's status and get in touch."

"I'd appreciate it," X adds as an afterthought. "But--Zero's right. I need to see to the 17th."
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.
>...Is this an order?
>Other?

>>42314391
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.

>>42314391
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.

>>42314391
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.
"Got to warn you though, I'm not nearly as much of a threat without my electrics."

>>42314391
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.
Let's go. And good job on us not explaining Doppler seemed weirdly interested in our systems, spewing a load of shit about 4th that isn't important and failing to mention Seven stole important data. Go us!

>>42314391

>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.

>>42314391
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.

>>42314391
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.

>>42314391
>...Okay. If I see him, he's mine.
So we've already broken canon pretty swiftly. Now that X wasn't captured by Mac and Zero has to divert to save him, both can be retasked to other matters.
>>42314452 has a point, though. Anode's not nearly as dangerous without his capacitors. We're going in with a major handicap.

>>42314465
Chaos now, damage report later.

>>42314391
>(edit)...Okay. If I see him, I'll take him out.
Also, we'll need to really play this right. We're down our trump card and fighting someone that in canon, took X out of the action for a bit. We really need to be careful.

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>>42314452
This is true, buuut... Mac really is a fuckin' chump. I think we can handle him easily.

>>42314481
Not really. Max's main gimmick is that teleport and the stun gun. We are grounded against the stun gun and aside from that, he's likely just A. We have our lance, wire, and lock on. All in all we are probably well capable to fight him. Might not be zero's one shot, but we are better off than you think.

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>>42314544
Why are you taunting Cain Labs like this? Now he'll have a Philosopher as backup.

>>42314561
EVERYONE WOULD FUCKING NOTICE if a Philosopher were on the grounds. Rhodes himself would be present.

>>42314544
I highly doubt Cain Labs is cheap enough to try and make *Mac* of all people dangerous. There's a limit.

>>42314588
There's these things called 'jokes'.

>>42314617
It still doesn't change that trying to pull a fast one with Mac is a bit of a stretch. He's already lost the element of surprise.

>>42314588
Rhodes has two currently trying to push his shit in.

>>42314597
Mac is as dangerous as any purpose built self-propelled war machine with plasma armaments and teleportation can be. Being reckless is being reckless.

>>42314690
Zero himself said as hunters go, Mac ain't shit. Then again, this is Zero saying this.

>>42314391
seconding >>42314452

>>42314726
Oh yeah, Mac is a chump among hunters.

It doesn't mean we shouldn't be smart about waxing the dude.

>>42314786
Would be nice if we could get some teleportation tech out of this, or at least something that allows us to mod our electrical discharges to disable targets like Mac's do.

>>42314597
I feel I'm being underestimated somehow.

>>42314878
Hardly. It's more that I have more respect for you, enough that I don't believe you'd make Mac a threat. He's *Mac*. Come on.

>>42314878
Not really, we just think you're not dumb enough to try and make Mac a credible threat.

>>42314895
Stop. Digging.

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>>42314878

>Mac turns out to bean unstoppable death-god on par with the Philosphers just to prove a point

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>>42314923
>all this handwringing and bullshit appeals to authority

>>42314967
>quest thread
>authority
Mmmhmm.

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>>42314939
The only point he'd be proving is that he's a petty dumbass.

>Oh, and BTW our logistics guy went mav and stole all the mav weapon data we collected, and I think doppler said he was going to be using my weapon, so don't bother with electric attacks when you kick his ass.

>>42314391
>I'm scared. Can I have a hug?

There's already going to be a philosopher around.

Remember what happened last time we worked with X ? BAM, skyscraper fulla philosopher.

And last time we worked with zero? BAM SHIVA!

And now we're working with both of them together? And there's a philosopher we haven't met? Put the pieces together man.