Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>1096599
>Other?
Try to make a small hole in the wall to peak inside the room. then depending on what we find i'll suggest

>There are more undead in the room
-First attempt to mentally dominate them if we manage get them to aid in forcing the door open
-If mental domination fails, drop an explosive through the hole in the wall and swim the fuck away, let the over pressure do the rest (and maybe loosen the door)
Use our Molten nail gun to cut a hole if we must

>No undead in the room
Try to open that door or find a part of degraded wall to enter through, this is management so building regs could be looser (read: not solid metal walls)

>While we and some undead do that, someone go secure the elevator so it can't just drop on us, while your there rig a charge so we can blow the elevators cables ourselves if we wish for a trap, put a code activation on it as remote detonation is not an option.

>If we can't do the hole in the wall
>See if you can go around
Maybe theres a window?
>Ensue AMY keeps our map updated.

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>1096656
Supporting good ol rust

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>1096656
vote

>>1096833
Back in my day, we didn't call em Rust Anon's. We called em Smartanon.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>1096656
Yeah, that sounds good

>>1096599
Got it archived, but I fucked up the numbering somewhat.

>>1096921
I'd say RustAnon is a smart anon but we all know it's the same anon so we named them after their initial id colour. We already have consensus too!

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>1096921
I miss smartanon. Only one who was able to identify the underlying plots. Its not nearly as much fun if nobody can tell...at least i finally got another tactical anon.

I hadn't seen one of those since WAR Quest!

>>1096656
According to the hole in the wall. The management area is crawling with undead and corpses who might actually just be some lazy undead.

Your attempts to dominate them didn't work so well as you already have quite a few undead under you control. What those you didn't take control quickly turned hostile to the few who did. Plus they now knew you were nearby and overwhelmed the undead you took control. Before fanning out trying to find you. Its only a matter of time before they work their way to the elevator.

The explosive meanwhile well you didn't see what it did as you swam away. However you noticed there was now a large hole and undead came pouring through it.

Sadly the elevator was further down and hence not very useful at the moment...and actually served to block your way.

What do?
>Prepare to face them
>Charge at them
>Retreat
>Try to find another way around
>Other?

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>1097023
...oh dear...well that's inconvenient to say the least.

>Other?
Guess it's time for the old channel them down. Swim back to the elevator shaft we swam through and then hold up at the side we secured force them to climber through the elevator shaft, giving us nice clear firing lines and channel for them.

If things get hairy we drop some explosives down, slam shut the doors to protect ourselves which will mush everything in the shaft. Reopen door and repeat until the undead are dealt with. Once they are move into Management and loot what we can, or more to the point, keys, overrides and over such stuff.

>Try to find another way around
In the meantime I want our ghost like minions to scout around and help us map this place out, find me a way in. We know there is a loading Zone and a vague direction so we know that place will have nice big easy to get in doors.

Personally i want to get to the archives.

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>1097023
>Prepare to face them
Alright, try to take control of hostile undead even as they tear the ones already under our control apart.

>Charge at them
Our undead should do this.

>>1096983
>>1096656
Yes, but I would like to establish one thing: we need to be clear on why we are breaking up with Foxy. It is not because of our mission with the survivors. While we're on the subject, we are NOT gaining the survivor's trust so we can betray them to the bandits. We are gaining their trust so they will willingly do what we want.
No, we're taking a break from Foxy under Shrouded One's advisement. We are doing it to avoid the bitch war over us, but that /is/ for business. It will interfere with TSO's plans, and will /severely/ hamper our ability to do our job, especially if some bitches steal us and hold us prisoner.

>>1097116
One thing about our current situation, I really don't understand how you expect to slam shut elevator doors that we had to pry open.

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>1097148
Because elevator doors are on tracks and once we broke the lock by prying it open they are free rolling. The Doors closing aint to hold back the undead, its to take the shock wave traveling through the water.

>>1097125
>>1097116
ill support the trying to dominate them as they move on us and we take casualties. That way we both get a bit of what we want.

>>1097125
In regards to Foxy while I agree with the reason (our boss recommends it and lets be honest getting hitched after 2 months of memory is pretty fast). One the Survivor front we're doing it too manipulate them, but the TSo may not want them after awhile in which case we will betray them, but time will tell. Back to Foxy, our reasons in the end matter to an extent but how she'll react is another, thats our issue, how to explain it too her.

>>1097214
well...uhh. sorry about that....shit. Atleast it's a relatively solid plan...

Nice a 100 on dominating undead and rust's plan. It's a good day. Maybe our necromancy will rank up finally, we've been close for quite awhile

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>1097214
That works.
Okay, good thing to know about the elevator doors. i wouldn't trust them to roll after how long they've been sitting underwater, but still not as unfeasible as I thought.

But why betray the survivors? We aren't a bandit, and there are benefits to retaining what integrity we can. Even beyond our reputation, there are forces other than mortals who take notice of that sort of thing. Compared to getting fuckall if we backstab them, they're more useful to us alive and loving us.but I don't think this specific instance matters, because I think Shrouded One wants to make use of them for the long term

>>1097222
Hey, good plan and good roll. Thanks for being willing to compromise.

>>1097279
It's cool man.

Im not actually keen on betraying the survivors either i'm just not ruling out that TSO wont ask. I'd rather not but you know...

>>1097214
Nice 100

>>1097402
Ah, so only if we're under orders to. Good, that's basically my attitude.

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>1097214
You dominate the oncoming undead after taking losses. You actually ended up with even more then you started with!

Maybe this domination thing isn't so hard after all...

What do?
>See if there are any undead lying in wait
>Search through the management offices
>See if the undead had anything
>G somewhere else
>Other?

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>1097607
>Search through the management offices
We do this

>See if there are any undead lying in wait
Stalkers do this

>See if the undead had anything
Our other troops do this

Delegate command, thats how stuff gets done. Lets see what we find before we go anywhere.

Naaaw I was hoping for a nice long post about the shitstorm going down

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>1097645
A crit was rolled anon. There wasn't going to be a shit storm. Better luck next time.

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>1097645
Vote
Although our undead may not be the best at discerning whether there are objects of value present.
And send in the stalkers to check for undead before we enter the offices.

>>1097607
Did we just lose sanity due to using untrained psi techniques to control undead rather than necromancy? stupid synonyms with more precise and distinct in-setting meanings

Also how is our air supply doing? I imagine we'll have to go up for a fresh tank eventually.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>1097645
Supporting

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>1097645
In the offices due to water damage there was very little that could be had. You did find several different waterproofed safes. As for what they contain you do not know. Good news is the explosion seemed to have drawn all the undead out. As for what they had on them nothing but soaked rags and ingots for some reason. So they actually did have something on them that was of value.

What do?
>Find another route around
>See if you missed anything
>Go back
>Other?

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>1097752
>>Other?
Ok send a few undead we can spare back up top with asmany Ignots as they can carry, then have a few just go back and forth bringing as much as they can.
>AMY use our TT bike to Scan these ignots and find out what they are. Also Check our Air levels.

>Other?
Lets see if we can get into these safes....if they are movable just throw them onboard too. Lets see what we got here.

>Find another route around
Stalkers spread out but maintain LoS and take some other undead with you, recon this area I want to know what is where. Find me the entrance inot the loading bay in the meantime

>Find the Archives.

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>1097770
So we're not actually opening the safes underwater right? Just trying to extract any that we can?

If so then support.

If we have to, I think we might be able to do something about the elevator cab.

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>1097770
Support

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>1097770
The ingots were coated which is why they didn't rust and tarnish. Except for the gold ones anyway. According to Amy they are of processed minerals. All of which are quite valuable in the Pre Fall. Which is probably why the undead workers had some. It wasn't known for metals to get 'lost' during processing. So long as you didn't take too much it wouldn't likely be missed.

Unfortunately 2 safes were built in. The rest however were movable. So unless your willing to tear the wall and flooring out they weren't going anywhere.

Try to take them anyway or take the risk and crack them open underwater?

The stalkers outside some sometimes broken windows that peer out into the gloom of the lake. They found a stairwell and some other elevator shafts. They also found what appeared to have once been a landing pad on top.

Sadly they did not find the loading bay.

What do?
>Take the elevator shaft to the archives
>Try out another elevator shaft
>Take the stairs
>Go back
>Other?

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>1097822
The wall safes I suggest we leave alone for now, it would be safest to wait until we can return with specialized equipment. They probably have the most valuable contents, which is precisely why we need to take every precaution rather than get hasty in our greed.

>Take the elevator shaft to the archives
I'll just throw out my suggestion for continued exploration even though we may get a more detailed plan from a certain ferrous individual.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>1097832
naaawww, honestly it's more down to figuring other stuff out for now.

>>1097822
>Take the elevator shaft to the archives
While im aware it's been noted we've cleared out the local area of undead, I want Stalkers and undead posted around maintaining the perimeter and doing the normal stuff (maintain LoS, light up the paths we're taking etc).

>Other?
No touchy those wall safes until we can be use we can keep the contents secure and undamaged. We can report to TSO about them later. (Though I admit i'm tempted to try to crack open one i'll admit).


Ok the Gloom of the lake...thats ominous. ooohhh shit.

Genie what time of day is it because I want to be out the water and at our VTOL base by sundown....at night i'm betting the monsters come out to play.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>1097848
Its roughly midday.

Water is extremely good at blocking light. Which is a bad thing because it means once you go deep enough...the things down there don't have to worry about things like 'night' or 'day'.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>1097848
I concur this is Rusts quest now we are RUSTslate

>>1097869
Yup. I'm not sending us into the tunnels/excavation site genie, I know a monster den when I see one. Whatever creatures they are they come out at night and sweep the area for some reason, which in of itself strikes me as odd.

This place was nigh untouched, the undead were here but largely just waiting around, agitated, this suggests something more than simple animal/monster cunning. Pair that with the strange lights...who knows why these undead are animated.....I think we've stumbled upon something pretty dark.

I want us out the water and such and observe this place as best we can. I'm thinking of leaving numerous undead littered about to be eyes and ears for us in the night underwater, meanwhile us and the more important Undead sit tight on top of the VTOL building. and keep the TT Bike scanning.

Atm my plan is get what we can from the archives and then head back up taking what we can....IF we have time..may check out the Processing area....maybe

>>1097876
well now I feel like a dick

>>1097886
Don't worry it's a good thing. We all agree quicker

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>1097848
Vote

Hey Genie

For all those playing here in this quest, I wish you longevity and prosper until you reach a glorious finish. But I was wondering what your next quest would be or what options you were considering.

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>1097848
I'm okay with this

>>1097876
I wouldn't say it's rust's quest, he's just our tactical guy.

>>1098694
Rust is handling action writing, which is essential poorly writen actions lead to strange things like Gmwe

>Too be fair, i've done stuff that was dumb too.
Typos with the "Food Shark"/Food Shack and the god damn Ducks STRUM used....and thats just this quest.

I did bandit Radio for Maticico...I hate myself everyday.

In the Super Quest I kept coming up with starts for our Fights (especially the duel with Slasher), but the rolls just wanted us to get hammered...Wonder if she survived...actually I wonder if Detonator;s old organization made it in general? time will tell.

I'm either post from home on weekends or mobile in the week

>>1099182
True, but gmwe wasn't a terrible accident. He's our little bundle or rotting joy.

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>1097848
The archives was deep down in the facility. Where the light through the water didn't shine. Down there you saw no undead and a broken elevator blocking off the bottom floor. The door there however wasn't fully closed and it was partially open. It was however like the two quite stuck. It was also to dark to see what lurked beyond the door. As there were no lights down there...

What do?
>Go back up
>Open the door
>Find another way around
>Go through the elevator itself
>Other?

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>1100319
>Other?
For now we explore and loot all area's that are not in the "Sun Don't Shine" area. Be back and out notably before sun down. If it's above the darkness clear it section by section.

Keep looting everything and such while we're doing so.

While we are at it, if possible set up camera's and scanners of we have any and litter them around. I want to see what these monsters of the deep look like. I Also want us to post some Undead about to observe also.

>Other
Once our loot spress is done and the sun is on it's final decent we get the fuck out the water, leave not tracks if we can and get back to our base camp. We've been noisy and quite pushy so the monsters may come early. Once we are back at the VTOL get the TTBike scanning, I want Undead fire teams on the roofs of the buildings surrounding ours and barricade the entrances. The Stalkers stay with us and the VTOL. Keep that stealth field running.

If we have Spot lights or any powerful lighting equipment I want them set up to possibly use as deterrents and force possible monsters into choke points.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>1100365
Vote

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>1100365
Sounds good to me.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>1100365
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNkQMtZAMAw

You decide to order your undead to fan out looting and exploring as they go. As the doors were forced open and as your undead went into the darkness. The darkness didn't seem to phase them much.

Sadly your forces didn't have time to set up any cameras and scanners before you suddenly felt connections shorting out. You only realized what it was when a tendril with a beak at the end shot out of the darkness impaling a zombie pirate before dragging back into the darkness through the water despite its struggles.

That was when explosions underwater started to ring out as well as waterproofed gunfire. You did your best swim away from the shockwaves back towards the surface.

Problem was this was their home and you weren't a natural swimmer like they were. Whatever you stumbled upon you could feel the undead connections winking out with disturbing speed and in great number. You also looked backed and coming up at you was inky darkness that actively floated its way towards you.

You find yourself deep regretting going too far down...as it was quite difficult to get back to the surface in time. Especially as you could hear the rumbling walls. With undead and monsters forcing the different doors open and grasping at you.

What do?
>Keep swimming up as quickly as possible
>Attempt to rally your forces
>Fight your way through one of the doors
>Start fighting maybe you can win
>Other?

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>1100674
That reminds me you also need to make a sanity roll.

Rolled 96, 77 = 173 (2d100)

>>1100674
>Keep swimming up as quickly as possible
We Keep Fucking swimming darn it. We are getting the fuck out of here god darn it I know Cthulhu was slumbering down here. Stalkers with us, the valuable undead gotta be saved.

>Other?
Focus on our undead winking out, is there a pattern to this? Is it random? sweeping motions? Stabs? AMY talk to me girl do you read anything? anything?

>Lights
Turn them the fuck on lets look at this fuckers (not use personally, our undead).


>Attempt to rally your forces
While i'm not exactly sure what to do int he face of Outsider insanity....
Rally the majority of our...not so special undead and have them form a firing line/group they are the speed bump. Us and the stalkers are high tailing out out of here.

1st Dice is sanity
Second is action

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>1100687
Sanity roll
called 2

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>1100674
You bastards finally got sloppy. I been waiting for this opening for awhile now...sloppy gets you killed in the post apocalypse because its not a nice place.

If it makes you feel any better should you survive it would ensure a Bad Ass upgrade.

>>1098694
There used to be an entire group of tactical anons...once upon a time.

>>1098359
As per tradition the next quest is decided by popular vote. I only give a list of options as per usual.

>>1100141
Bandits have their own radio. They are just smart enough to not openly broadcast the crazies because it would literally piss off everyone.

Now this doesn't mean they don't use it. They only use it on short ranged stuff as a weapon. You ever thought how scary it would be facing a bandit army that is blasting the cries of MADNESS with big loud speakers?

>>1100267
It wouldn't be fair if I only used typos for negative consequences.

>>1100876
Your lucky anon beat you to it.

>>1100674
Also thanks for the music Genie I got all the hype.

Hang on.....the sunken place we saw before...is this Detonators...admirer

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>1100866
Support. Come on rust, get us out of this

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>1100866
Supporting this action, time to get out of dodge.

>>1100884
So how was it Rust fucked up? Was it the clear Section by section bit? Was he close with his worries?

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>1100942
Now now he was the one who got you into this mess...you any idea how long i been waiting for that bastard to show me an opening?

Its fortunate the Genie is so patient.

>>1100866
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6BbvCC0VI0

Your stalkers are scattered along with the rest of the undead due to your orders. They were the only ones who haven't yet suffered any casualties...

The undead are getting wiped out as one. You can't tell what the pattern is exactly but its something between a sweep and stabs.

The lights don't help much...except near the top. There suddenly appeared a waiting group of undead and monsters closing off your only exit...

The rest of the lights meanwhile only throw a few shadows or get absorbed by that inky cloud. Even worse the undead and monsters have successfully managed to jam the doors open. They are thus pouring into the elevator shaft from all over the place.

Due to your previous orders your undead were scattered while they looked around and looted. Plus they are on the bottom...beyond that inky cloud of darkness. They appear to be almost wiped completely wiped out by now.

Not to mention you are finally starting to run out of air...

What do?
>Try to dodge passed the blockers
>Charge towards the inky cloud of darkness
>Fight through one of the now opened doorways
>Hold your ground and fight
>Other?

>>1101071
Reread the action plan where it all went so very wrong.

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>1101108
I have an idea lads.

Try to contact the VTOL. If we get jammed have Amy to to message them on and off like Morse code, it's a bot so maybe it will understand us.

Get it to come above us and provide fire support and spot lights. It can have shields now to because it's shield is not on

>>1101071
>>1101108
What i fucked up was sending our forces into pretty much unknown territory and forgot to reinforce the security methods. I should have had them move as a unit step by step not forcing anything open and covering one another as they moved stuff. But alas twas not to be. I gave the Genie an opening and now i'll pay for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1HsCvrMh4M

>>1101108
>Try to dodge passed the blockers
>Other?
Ok lets build on what we did before..Dominate those Undead since we are loosing ours and have them engage the monsters opening a way for us.

>Other?
The Stalkers seem to be surviving...mind question them how? Stay hidden? what counter measures are they taking and are working? Us load any UV rounds we have left from fighting the Vamp and fire a test shot into the Darkness....

Order our forces to escape however they can order of priority is
1) Us
2) Stalkers
3) Any other undead

>>1101217
Any get on what this anon said and guide us out of here. Find us a choke point we can turn this around. Either by...
A) Dropping grenades down it and clogging it with their bodies which we can then animate
or
B) If we get the VTOL on station drop a light marker into the target are and give it a firing point to work towards and the direction of friendlies.

Once out and any forces able to join us on dry land form up and
>Hold your ground and fight


Well its all gone tits up ain't it

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>1101477
>>1101108
And theres the dice.

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>1101477
Your stalkers were Spec Op tier paramilitary soldiers. Which just means they maxed out the Soldier tree. Not only that they were ALSO specialized for aquatics. Underwater action is practically their backyard.

You got very lucky when you were able to bring them back as a variant undead which was the Stalker.

They are now considered a Hybrid Elite Paramilitary Soldier specialized Aquatics and Undead Stalker.

The entire time you previously used them they were used on the ground and were actually eating penalties the entire time because of it.

There is a reason why they are the only undead who haven't take any losses.

If you thought they were kick ass you should of seen what they could do in the water...

Your Stalkers would be considered valuable undead even to your Master. Keep in mind your master let the naughty witch use unusual undead like the Knights and Spectres as if they were nothing at all.

>>1101574
Fuck

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>1101477
Support this.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>1101477
>>1101489
Actually I would advise against firing anything into the Darkness, we don't want to rile it up any more than we already have.
Aide from that support.
Yay you remembered the seizing control of replacements tactic

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>1101797
Also while it generally is good to have as much information as possible, we actually don't want to see what's down there. We already had to make a sanity check from the glimpse we got.
please no 1

>>1101797
I'm suggestion a test shot to see if it responds to the UV round

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>1101877
That's kind of my point. It may seem pissed off now, but I have a feeling it can get a lot more pissed off.

But alright. I'll just be satisified that we may not even have UV rounds. I believe it was actually something else we used against the vampire, although it could have had a UV component.

Complaint withdrawn, carry on.

>>1101927
Cheers man, i'm kinda hoping that this will be the first time it's been struck by such a thing in a long time and may buy us a few precious moments. I got us into this mess so i'm trying my best to get us out.

Please if anyone has any other ideas voice them, don't hold them in any input is better than no input. More points of view, ideas and minds may give rise to better solutions

>>1101108
It does give me the warm fuzzies that Genie called me a Bastard and i've been annoying enough to make stuff difficult though

Does it feel like one of those times you finally get that annoying person back and say "haha, suck it"?

Im having fun

>>1102071
Well if all else fails, we could just whip out the ol' bone rod.

did anyone record what spells it has? I may have to find where Genie told us again

>>1102199
Ah, I found it.

"The rod for instance is capable of launching bone spikes, a bone wall, bone shield, bone spike wave, bone spike storm, skeletal reanimation, nimble bones, bone repair, bone toughness, bone strengthening, and turning itself into a spiky bony mace."

I wonder if the bones from it are lighter than waterr? Either way a bone wall might be useful somehow.

>>1102395
I mean if they are hollow maybe? We could try a bone shield I guess? I would say storm but projectiles dont do much under water...

>>1102445
>>1102395
Probably too far up to try using a hone wall to push ourself out of the water too..

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>1102127
I wouldn't have minded it so much but damn it this isn't a war quest. There isn't combat out the ass. So I really get stuck having to wait awhile before I can getchu you fuckers.

At least it wasn't the thing for evil women all over again. Goddamn it your not suppose to fucking seduce the goddamn villain every fucking time. I mean join their side for a nice twist sure but come on with the scary pussy already. Fucking fear boners never seen a quest that wasn't a Genie one that actually had that sort of problem.

You ever wonder why I stopped using nearly as many female villains?

Thank god my male villains aren't nearly as seductive apparently...mostly. Gay anons did nearly won a couple times.

You know wat fuck all you anons. Trying to turn this into a goddamned anonkun quest except much better written villains. One of these days those gayfags are gonna pull it off just you wait.

Worst part is I cannot cockblock properly because its only then anons suddenly grow a brain.

What the FUCK is with THAT?

WHO EVER HEARD OF PEOPLE GROWING BRAINS WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING LAID?

IT SHOULD BE THE OPPOSITE GODDAMN IT!

I swear at times i don't even feel like i am on 4chan but somehow ended up on anonkun instead.

Apparently those erotica laden assholes can't write proper female villains if their lives depended on it or else I wouldn't have these kind of difficulties.

>>1102709
hahaha. Relax Genie. Though I do find it quite funny, for the first time we're a boy toy, for the first time there are plenty of bad bitches to love. But for the first time thinking with their dick/brain combo will only make things worse.

I do indeed like how you write the ladies.

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>1101477
Your attempts to dominate some undead work rather well. Not as much as you would of liked but it did at least delay the monsters a bit.

The stalkers meanwhile some how appear to still be alive you feel before shooting at the dark cloud. Only to piss it off as it suddenly starts to advance more quickly.

You already used up your grenades you brought with. Should of brought more grenades. Good news is the VTOL is now inbound. Bad news is you aren't sure you can make it. As the monsters have really started to crawl all over the building as you push out of the elevator shaft. Only to see a lot of waiting monsters...and you have to get passed them before you can breach the surface.

What do?
>Charge
>Try to find another way around
>Call down a missile strike...damn shame they aren't proper torpedoes
>Use up the last of your grenades
>Other?
>

>>1102709
Could you imagine how popular I would be on anonkun? Only reason I haven't bothered is a mixture of stubbornness and not having to write erotica to survive. Even so I barely squeak by here as is.

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>1102788
>Charge
Sometimes you just gotta make a desperate push. Whip out our bone rod and send a bone spike wave crashing into the monsters. Hopefully it'll mess them up enough for us to get past them.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>1102788

>Other?
Stalkers this is now an extraction mission, get me the fuck out of here. we have the VTOL incoming. You guys are the special operators and aquatic experts, what do you suggest? (if we don't know what to do ask someone who might).

>Other?
>Bone Rod time
Cast shield of bones to slow the tendrils of darkness.

>Other
These monsters like the dark LIGHT THEM THE FUCK UP and blast them when they are stunned

>Call down a missile strike...damn shame they aren't proper torpedoes
Do it from fucking high up too and shields up. Keep the guns warm incase a tendril of darkness tries to grab ya. (ONLY IF THE STALKERS ARE CLEAR). Or if something huge shows up

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>1102859
>>1102843
Just merge these and we're cool right? Use the Bone Rod twice?

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1102770
See that is the thing anon. I cannot even blame anons because the media is legitimately that god awful at producing good female villains and ass kickers.

Like fuck I can tell you where EXACTLY where to look if you wanna find a real life ass kicking woman. They aren't even hard to find if you know where to look.

Female villains on the other hand they don't have excuses for. You had power hungry cunts and evil chicks since humanity arose. So REALLY you can't find a SINGLE woman who existed in ALL of HISTORY to rip off of to make a female villain? You fucking incompetent lazy ass liars. I could write a female villain in my sleep unlike the ass kickers where I actually have to try.

Yet anons are reduced to a single faggot on 4chan to see a good female villains and realistic ass kickers. Goddamn it I can't even blame them. Which is the worst.

You think my female ass kickers are fake or shit? You can take that up with the real life counterparts i dare you and I can tell you where to look for em too so go ahead. You think the female villains are lacking? All based off women I knew irl and actual history. Do your fucking homework nothing special about them. Plenty of historic examples if you haven't ever had the displeasure to run into a evil bitch.

On the other hand I CAN blame you fuckers for wanting to seduce them all.

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>1102963
Oh, alright.

I'm tempted to argue about the risks of over-complication, the effectiveness of focusing our attention on one thing, the questionable wisdom of close air support, etc., but really it's better to agree. Meta-usage of my instinct to not overthink things when there's mortal peril.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>1102963
Supporting the combo action
Nat 1 Inc

>>1103034
I do get sad looking at what people clarify as a "female villein" these days and as dumb as it sounds I do get annoyed that just because its a woman the plan becomes lets shag them and waifu them. In a way its a perfect example of how someone can use gender to get what they want. A competent woman will let you think with your dick and play you like a fiddle.

I mean fuck the closest thing it'd come to on that would be get close and murder in sleep, these bitches are competent. If they were a bloke anons would move heaven and earth to kill them. But nope the boner is strong.

I admit i have a like for stronger women as it were....I blame a certain lady i met when my dad came back from tour in Germany...she changed my view on women forever at a young age.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>1103132
Every woman instinctively knows how to use her pussy as a weapon. Its a sad specimen of women kind indeed who can't. Like female equivalent of a man who has no drive.

They are both abhorred by both sexes.

Wait till you encounter a woman who has advanced beyond that. Now that is one dangerous fucking chick as they undergo a transformation during the process. What comes out the other side is a vastly different and stronger threat then what she was before.

Sex is only the beginning and is mediocre. Some men and women both understand that fact. While the rest drown themselves in said mediocrity.

Unsurprisingly the most dangerous women I have ever had the displeasure of knowing. All considered sex too cheap a tool. Unsurprisingly they were also capable of easily taking down even veteran players as if it were nothing at all.

Some of them never ever recovered and mind you these guys were very experienced and often previously had their hearts broken before. Yet a single one of those cunts would always blindside these bastards every time.

Really caused me to lose a LOT of respect for veteran players gotta admit. Truth is as much as they claim their superiority which is true.

Its only by the standards of the mediocre sea of sex. Once they encounter someone beyond such a stage its no surprise how they end up like that. Its like comparing a master and a novice. There is no surprise or suspense in them getting their fucking asses handed to them.

Because ultimately they are only masters of a single stage where others have far surpassed said stage. Even if most never do and never even master said stage. The few who have gone beyond...its no surprise how if they target someone beneath them it goes very very poorly for said target. Even if they are so called master of said stage.

Said mastery doesn't mean shit if your opponent has far surpassed said stage.

You got lucky you were exposed so young. I wasn't so lucky and nearly got me killed. That early exposure at least woken you up to those possibilities. Which offers a surprising amount of protection.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>1102963
You give some orders to the stalkers. You didn't really notice much at first when you used the bone rod twice to create a shield and some bone spikes. That was until you noticed the missile...was coming from the wrong direction. It should of come from the surface due to the VTOL oh fuck isn't actually a missile.

As the torpedo exploded among the monsters creating a large opening and shockwave. Yet somehow said shockwave weakened enough by the time it hit you it didn't do much.

It did however give you that precious opening and time to get to the surface as the VTOL showed up above. As the sun prepared to set you grabbed on and got out of the water.

In the water however you could see...something large moving underneath. As it slowly lifted itself up and the VTOL responded with lackluster missiles and later gatling fire which had much better effect as it pushed itself out of the water before getting shredded.

Your undead however...they never did make it to the surface again. As the huge monster came the VTOL withdrew before they could make it. Even though you knew the stalkers were still alive.

Mostly due to the fact you saw another torpedo slammed into the hulking monster from below, briefly lighting it up and making it wail in protest.

That was how you ended up back at camp...this time alone.

What do?
>Go fishing
>Time to lay low
>Investigate the ruins
>Go to the college
>Other?

>>1103347
The way I began to look at life pretty early is a guess a little...grim. I learned a few things from growing up exposed to various people.

Everything is Relative: You think your the best? that's because your in a little space looking inwards, turn around and see what you think is good is trivial to others.
Ambition and Will is everything: Drive makes a person who they are, no matter where you start if you know where you want to end up, the only thing bar shocking luck that can stop you is drive and loosing sight of the bigger picture
Life is a free for all: Everyone says it's not until they are pushed to it, count on yourself, if your in a place where only the strong survive. There are no allies
It's who you know and what you know: Know things and where to use it and on who

I admit that i'm still a young man but so far that has not steered me wrong. Sorry if I sound like an emo dick. Am working on my social skills again, civie street is weird to me at times...despite technically never serving

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>1103429
>Other
Hopefully we can instruct our stalkers to find their way back to base. If not...that should be the fall back if lacking tactical command.

>>Time to lay low
AMY if you were a special operative and lost contact with command and were fleeing a fuck off huge monster...what route would you take because land us there. Be it the collage town, part of the way to haunted base. Your choice

>Other?
Go through what we got out of that place before it hit the fan and review the footage from the VTOL's targeting. Lets see what we're dealing with under there...how big is this fucker.

>If we end up in coms range inform TSO of what is out there and provided it didn't already drive us mad send the footage.

[The Main Mission is over: that site is likely a no go to someone of our level and sanity]

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>1103592
Vote
I assume this means staying put?

I still insist that the College is the Main Mission. That industrial site was just a distraction.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>1103592
Supporting as always.

>>1103640
I'm kinda falling back on Protocol now.

-We may have passed the sanity check but we still have unknown damage as a possibility
-We are now alone
-Our VTOL has used a fair bit of it's payload and fuel
-The Outsiders that were once simple motes of light may now be much much more since our little trip
-We should not be alone while investigating such a possibility
-Our Stalkers need pick up and general military doctrine dictates if you loose contact with command and you have no other orders get back to base. So we're going to try to pick them up part of the way. Hopefully lend support and extraction if needs be.
-We do not want to tempt fate

I'm betting we may have a Stalker Breakthrough into Hero at this rate, they have the skills needed, they just got the bad ass trait i'd bet and they are already something special. Be careful of that.

Genie is there an chance we could get an up to date skill and trait list for Slate?

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>1103892
So not laying low so much as just leaving.

Actually the Stalkers became badass shortly after their creation. They're special alright, but apparently not quite in the way necessary to achieve reakthrough.

I'm somewhat pissed that we're never going to fucking college. We've already lost any chance we had of catching whatever's there off guard. Probably this whole fucking town is a bust because everyone just HAD to obsess over the fucking industrial site. /rant

>>1103951
Don't worry we'll be back. I'm working on a plan for that bit, i'm not letting a good looting site go untouched.

We'll return at a later date when we have back up. If we really, really, really want to be quick we can go on a salvage run with the survivors and bring them to aid us in looting the collage town in the day, hunker down at night.

We'll be building rep, getting loot and since we'll be coming back and forth we can systematically work our way around and find whats jamming us when we're there.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>1103516
Watch out for the ghosts who don't officially exist but do. You wont stink of spook just yet so one might accidentally bump into you. Which normally wont be a problem, but the thing is you might realize it. Which they wont like and they'll like even less your connections to spooks.

Yes those ghosts actually exist. They always got a creator who made them. Those who never came out of the rain. Will really not like getting spotted by someone who is connected to spooks. Especially if they were raised up secretly.

Most people wont be able to spot one or if they do they'll mistake them for a spook. Thing is though they aren't.

You know better though. You know they exist. Unlike with the spooks though...they are an independent bunch.

Those ghosts are the kinda things that even give spooks nightmares and for damn good reason. Not many things can give spooks nightmares but they are absolutely one of them.

Now the Genie knows what luck can do to someone. I learned that the hard way. For the most part you are right though. I lived an interesting life but true friends and allies do exist. Problem is they so very rare. Last one i knew is now very dead and I do miss that one. Only person I could truly count on no matter what.

Its best to assume they don't exist though. I got betrayed an awful lot over the years and only ever had one true friend. His death was ultimately the reason why I left all of that behind. Wasn't worth sticking in that kind of line of work anymore. Without someone to watch your back whom you can truly trust.

Just not fucking worth it.

Some would disagree and they are fools. In certain lines of work you gotta have someone to watch your back if you plan to last long. Comrades are just a poor compensation for even of them. The kind that can get you killed because you wont be expecting that knife in the back at that critical moment.

Oddly enough technically I knew another. Thing is though that one...well there are just some deals you just can't strike. So long as you have standards of any kind. I could of had another.

I chose not to though. I will admit that one was on me and not them. I just couldn't do it, because doing so meant I would of been forever lost with no coming back. I had the option. Of getting back what I had lost and then some.

The kinda option that people could only dream about...but it was no dream. It was a goddamned nightmare instead. So I turned it down.

But how many would be able to understand that kind of decision?

It was due to the price I had would have to pay.

A price too high for those dreams to become reality.

Chances are in the long run it could very well prove meaningless, because that other will find a replacement to take my place. Truthfully I pity that poor unlucky bastard instead of envy him.

I may be an evil bastard but goddamn it, even I have standards. In the end its that dignity it buys that's the only thing you have left no matter what. So long as you don't give it up.

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>1103951
>>1103592

It has the potential to just be leaving AMY is to anylize the routes the stalkers could take back to base...which could be in the town and we hunker down for awhile while we review what we have and maybe a light bit of salvaging. If we manage to pick them up great if not we'll be heading back to base soon anyways. We're going to find our boys.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>1103592
You aren't really able to contact them. Too far you see.

Amy meanwhile states she isn't a tactical or command AI cannot thus give a good answer.

According to the VTOL feeds its huge enough and that was only the part it could see near the surface. Feeds transmitted but it doesn't show enough to identify whatever it is.


What do?
>Go fishing
>Time to lay low
>Investigate the ruins
>Go to the college
>Other?

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>1103892
Everything is still the same for slate because you were lazy and had the undead do the work.

You haven't gotten any new traits or skills since you achieved the Trader.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>1104118
>Time to lay low
Fuck. I guess just spend the night in the parked VTOL, have AMY and the pilots keep watch and the pilots ready to bolt if necessary. But not if it's just the Stalkers returning.

Could be important to see if things are different than the previous night we spent here.

>>1104163
I'll support you this time

I'm actually sorting myself out for work now and so will be phone posting for the next week, so my long posts will be less frequent

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>1104190
>>1104163
forgot the dice again

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>1104163
I'll go with this because I have no better ideas

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>1104163
Nothing happened all night long so long as you don't count those strange floating lights. The undead however failed to arrive during the seemingly long night. Then morning finally arrived.

What do?
>Go fishing
>Time to lay low
>Investigate the ruins
>Go to the college
>Other?

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>1104250
Yeah, I'm not too keen on going to the college alone. I'm not sure what our options are as far as that's concerned though.
For now:
>Investigate the ruins
Let's check out the town.
Previously we were just doing a bit of scavenging, perhaps this time we should look for buildings of interest. See if there's a city hall for starters, but if we can't find one just check out whatever catches our eye.

Oh, and was there bot chatter like the last time we were here?

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>1104250
>Go to the college
>salvage and loot
Rust said go back if we are not alone we have our stalkers now

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>1104297
Oh I miss read supporting you instead

>>1104305
It is somewhat ambiguously worded, but I thought it was morning that finally arrived, not our undead finally arriving at morning.

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>1104297
Hello i'll support this
Goodbye and goodnight all

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>1103034
I just remembered a show that just so happened to be have someone who actually knew what they were talking about involved. Its somewhat off topic but only somewhat about but it has details that only someone who was actually a participant would know about.

The show is The Americans. There is a scene involving the female lead where during a seduction mission she has to take the back seat. If you were paying attention it isn't due to her age as even teenage boys know. Cougars are not to be underestimated.

Rather it was due to the target and more importantly due to her scars. You see someone in that line of work acquires some scars. Too many scars when your showing too much skin is a dead giveaway. Even someone who barely knows what to look for will realize something is up.

So they replaced her with someone younger...prettier but mostly importantly with fewer scars.

Now not anybody would know that sorta thing or even detail. Yet its a very important one. Never trust a lady with too many scars. So contrary to popular belief it isn't so much to to age as it is has to deal with the buildup of too many scars over a woman's career.

As much as they would love to have veteran female agent with no scars. In order to actually become a veteran your going to pick up some scars on the way. Someone who knows anything at all will know that is a dead giveaway.

There is just one problem with that...well you sorta have to see them with less clothing the better.

Now normally I would never recommend something like that ever, but the details got me. Most people wont be able to easily appreciate that kinda detail but its actually very important and something not just anyone would know.

Its also something even an amateur would be able to notice if your paying even the smallest bit of attention.

Now anons haven't really gotten too deep into subterfuge but given the plotting of the Genie and how its somewhat on topic to do with my female writings. It could be useful and entertaining to anons.

If you watch it try to see how many of those details you can pick up. Which is very useful thing to know and can notice. Trust me on this it really can save your ass if you can spot things like that. Even if your not involved in that kinda line of work.

You'll be amazed at how often that sorta stuff can come up in life. No small part of why I am still alive despite my terrible luck. Is the ability to notice those kind of things and act accordingly(which typically involves playing stupid with a nice poker face...and wandering in the opposite direction many blocks away). Which usually works...so long as your not a target of interest.

If you are...well at least maybe now you'll know.

>>1104402
Thats a reason mu old man never led me due wierd shit when i was young, short hair, no piercings, no ink, nothing notable, wear a shirt slightly to big, change shoes often, when out and about sunnies or a hat. Never wear a hoodie because i screams "don't look at me". He always told me the best way to just be a face in the crowd

Same reason he never let me use social media, always said if it's being pushed the way it is, it's not about you and your friends being social, its the great infonet in the world because everyone gives it up freely

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>1104422
That line of thinking requires one to be blessed with a plain face. Though training and adjusting looks can help. Problem is human minds are evolved to notice faces. If your face is ordinary it blurs even to people who know you well. Even face identifying software aren't safe from this fact.

I ain't that lucky. God I wished i was but i was always very notable despite my trying. I tried hard due to my life experiences.

Then there are the lucky cunts who you have to actively try to keep attention of they are such natural ghosts. Even when not possessing average face and height.

I knew one guy who could vanish while in a hot tub full of hot chicks as the only guy mind you. Dude was THIS close to managing it while they were naked. He was really tall and easy to recognize face. Guy could just into incognito like you would not believe.

I learned to play stupid, pay notice things, and getting good at wandering in the opposite direction without drawing their attention. If you can't go poof in the crowd. The next best thing is to know when something is up and to leave without letting them realizing you know.

Most of the time it works so long as your not important enough to be noted. Even if you're easy to notice. They are more interested in people of interest and those who threaten to blow their cover. So long as one doesn't decide to take personal note of you your fine. As they wont otherwise notice you since you didn't mess with their job. Even if your not a plain face in the crowd as their business is concerned you are.

Problem is when it gets personal. So long as you don't fuck with their job they wont note you down but that doesn't mean you cannot end up their private list. Everyone has one the one for business and the personal one. The business one gets officially noted.

Then there is the private one. If they know you know even if you didn't mess with their job you just ended up their private list for the sheer fact you actually noticed. Which makes them curious and if they cannot find a reason why you pulled it off. Well congrats you just ended up their shit list they only reserve for enemies and assholes who can tell for seemingly no reason.

It's like being on the espionage laden version of a cop's or lawyer's private shit list in terms of how miserable they can make your life. Thankfully they wont ever admit to their people due to mixture of embarrassment and compromising their career. Which means you are...maybe fine. Maybe, but god help you if they develop feelings. Turns out there is their version of a unicorn.

oh the fun that is close calls. Wasn't even in that line of work goddamn it. I even stayed far away as possible.

Not a chance in hell I am ever getting involved in the subterfuge business. Know way too much as is due to my questionably legal work history and learning to notice things. Plus a truly unbelievable amount of bad luck.

>>1104538
afor anons who like to read fluff you can either make your own. your own fluff. Even during the civs I never discouraged but rather encourged it So you can make your own private factions that slate. could encounter. You could fluffling the tech hitself or magics. Really all of it could a good doing over. Including the undead one.. So i really meant this trip didn't have to be so easy or hard. You can even makeup facilities or even entire peoples. Its okay if I give the go ahead.

Just noticed how anons were n't thrilled about that sorta stuff...I ain't the only one who an produce fluff. Anons can too no matter what can. So long as I allow it can come to be.

That is how we used to roll but ended up getting stuck due to greed on genieverse. Just saying anons should feel encouraged. As the art, lfluffflng and stuff shows you mean a lot. So its all good.

>>1104623
I'll write a few factions or other stuff up while im at work. I love lore making I just feel like a tool when i flood threads with them

Soooo many faction ideas along with relevant Heroes and so on

>>1104190
Dang. I wanted to revisit my reservations about Operator training, but now I'll feel like an asshole for doing it when you're less able to engage in debate. Ah well, at the pace we move you'll be back before we need to make a decision about it.

I'm thinking that if anyone is getting Operator training, it should be our Stalkers (really hope we get them back). If I understand correctly, they actually qualify for it, and I think we're more suited to a command role.

>>1104643
looking forward to it

>>1104623
As much as I like the setting, all I've been coming up with is some half-baked ideas for think tank specialties and other faction gimmicks. Haven't even bothered typing them down.

Like this one tek bandit (think tank/bandit hybrid) faction that I have nothing but a name for: The Kriegers. Based on a cartoon character, but it works on multiple levels.

Another idea was to start a postapoc civ as, essentially, vikings. I was thinking tribal or bandit/tribal hybrid. One possible course for us to take would be to tame monsters, and then it would basically become grimdark How to Train Your Dragon.

>mfw I'm going to work for the week too
>rust must be an ozzy like me

Adleast he gets to phone post, stupid mines.

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>1105247
They already are operators. They don't need the training. Its just they are specialized towards aquatic action. It would be a waste of time.

Plus your not about to produce operators no matter how hard you train. They can only be achieved by level up and are the maxed out end of the Soldier tree.

I suppose you could try to remove the specialization but that would be easier said then done given how they are now undead.

>>1104297
You are not picking up anymore bot chatter. The ruins in the town with not considering their remarkable untouched condition. There really isn't anything else that appears to be wrong. Except for the lack of bodies you realize and the untouched vehicles still fueled up. Even in the city hall there wasn't anything. You did find a library, hotels, and some stores. As well as other businesses. Including a small armory surrounded by a wall located in a nondescript district of the town.

What do?
>Go fishing
>Time to lay low
>Investigate the ruins
>Go to the college
>Other?

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>1106240
>Other?
Loot and salvage. Priorities are food, machine parts, meds and maybe some entertainment stuff. Cram the ship full

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1106240
>Vehicles still fueled up
Wonder if undead can drive... if so we got a convoy.. if not siphon that shit
>small armory
In the vtol it goes
>Everything else
Leave the town as intact as possible while takeing any ostentatious valuables that stand out. No tearing up copper pipes, no scrapping potentially useful infrastructure, just take the easy stuff and go.
>also
Look for hidden rooms, there are always hidden rooms.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>1106336
>>1106409
Remember we just lost our squad of undead. I think we should lay low and continue to observe the area.
Set up some string traps around our perimeter

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>1106336
Yeah, let's do this.

Also, look for information about the college and town themselves. Like a town guidebook or any clues about the college.

>>1106622
String traps? Uh...okay, I guess there's no harm in doing that, despite it seeming extremely unlikely that traps would be useful in this peculiar situation. You mean alarm traps right?

Anyone else wondering about the "go fishing" option?
I'm seriously considering going to the college. I'm starting to consider the possibility that whatever danger may be there, it's not the sort that would be less dangerous with any backup short of a hero.

>>1106240
What about the bot tracks near the university? Are they still there?

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>1107626
Also, have there been any signs of activity from the industrial site?

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>1106336
Rustanon here and supporting

>>1108054
I wonder how long this ID will last.

>>1103892
I wonder if undead can utilize the typical hero factory technique. For the benefit of newer players Usually elite/badass squads generate hero's often because all they then need is an "ability" or a "trait" as far as their stat sheet req's to break through, this "something special" thing is a deviation from normal protocol, though genie said so him/her self. Simply put I don't think undead counts as an "ability" or a "trait" as much as a "class" in which they would have to become "elite", then the undead group would also have to be "bad ass", and after all of that would have to acquire an "ability or trait" which in our previous experience is the hardest part.

Slate on the other hand has none of these things but is well on his way to become an elite something. But didn't genie promise he would go bad ass if we survived the horror thing? So we got that, but badass alone is only like minor plot armor, though nice hero's/other powerful shit should tear through that like tissue paper. Badasses often do their best work offscreen where they seeming just won't die, but when they eye of anon is on them the plot armor seems to fade a bit.

/rant

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>1106336
Most the food has obviously gone bad with the lack of power and sheer weight of time. Machinery parts outside some garages there really wasn't much except some artisan locations. You did however find a reference to some places referred to as a foundry, mines, and lumber mill. That are supposedly located nearby. Sadly not within the city limits.

The pharmacy much to your amazement was nearly full stocked. Which made it worth a fortune and you hadn't even gone to the hospital yet. Mostly due to lack of space.

Entertainment options meanwhile were surprisingly lacking outside of tech and shops. Though it didn't help you were rather out of room by that point.

When you got back to base you saw some very ragged looking stalkers. Some of which were lacking full blown body parts. One stalker was actually stuck carrying all of said lost body parts. That were usually rather mangled including at least one head. They appeared to have gotten back not too long ago and tried their best to patch themselves up but even a novice necromancer like you can tell that they need a pro.

...with the only pros you know is being Foxy and Master. Not even the witch would be good enough to fix their very sorry asses. Their equipment also appears rather damaged and their ammo is low. Making the already sad looking stalkers even sadder. When they realize they not only can't hunt properly but neither can they kill properly too.

You swear zombies are last sad about the lack of brains and flesh when kept in a cage just beyond said joys...probably because the stalkers are actually intelligent enough to express themselves properly. Even with being rotting corpses.

What do?
>Make a trip back
>Go fishing
>Go to the college
>Meet up with N he should know where Foxy is
>Time to see your teacher at her place
>Try ind those other salvage sites
>Lay low and see what you can learn
>Other?


>>1107626
The tracks are still there.

There was a map at the town hall, but it didn't really say much besides giving the location of businesses, historic sites, and whatever tourist locations are suppose to be.

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>1108262
Slate has Bad Ass and something Special in being a psi mage. He is only lacking an Elite Class which will require a lot of training and dangerous trips to reach i wont lie.

Even units who grind themselves up to Elite suffer casualties along the way. The fact your alone makes that much tougher, because if you fuck up bad enough your dead and instead having others die hopefully in your stead.

I will admit that only veteran players know the hero factory trick for a long time...but how rarely did they succeed in pulling it off? Knowing about is one thing but the making of it is whole other.

Bad Asses do enjoy plot armor so why they are ultimately harder to kill. They tend to die more on screen because anons don't make the best decisions. Also off screen there is recruitment to bring units back up to full strength and that includes recovery time. So really its not that big a difference if you don't count the player stupidity for on screen stuff. Which can even get Heroes killed mind you. Not just a Bad Ass.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>1108272
>Time to see your teacher at her place
Our guys may be murderous undead monsters, but we still owe them good care, and making that a high priority.

>>1108305
So what exactly would a badass, psimage, elite scavenger, lost, become when they broke through?

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>1108305
Todays run will be a short one becasue i got stuff to do tomorrow early.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>1108321
Vote

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>1108512
You have to get him there to find out. With the first class that maxes out is the most important. Having breakthroughs with a bunch of elite classes is also really important.

>ASCALON
Ascalon also known as Ascalon Interstellar Industries began as a small Think Tank known as “TELTEK” funded to advance the development of Teleporter technology. For a time they struggled among countless rival Think Tanks to produce small and effective technology for the open market. That was until a new lead research, a Professor Alexander Garrit proposed a radical change of pace, rather than miniaturising the technology why not focus instead upon larger scale mass teleportation and stability? Pin point accuracy?

Over the next decade TELTEK built numerous prototypes for mass teleportation platforms and portals. Until finally a breakthrough, through careful investment the Think Tank had procured a small Deep Space Research Station which they named “Ascalon”. Upon this research vessel they were able to harness large solar arrays to power one of their Portals they built upon the vessel to their main research base. Using the now open portal they were able to join the two labs together through a large yet highly stable portal, better still they were able to use the residual power to charge Power Cells which they then used to create more Portals linking to their smaller sites. A massive web work began to take form as investors began to devote funding, the economic and military application of such technology clear to all.

Finally after a security breach by an unknown mega corp agent, TELTEK were forced to begin hiring and training a professional security force. This combined with their new investments led to a great expatiation into the distribution market as their Industrial Teleporter Pads meant whole work sites could be teleported into position by simply constructing a Teleport Base on the site! The ASCALON Corp was born. They began to build interchangeable platforms so industrial sites and other industries could set up with prefab sites and such. By this point the Ascalon research station was outdated and nigh obsolete as three more satellite stations had been purchased and now powered the newly dubbed “Ascalon Mega Complex” with massive Fission Reactors which while illegal on the surface of any world by the Corporate Council were perfectly legal in space. When Alexander Garrit passed a new project was proposed in his honour, the grandest project ever dared by the Corp massive Space Gates, while they did indeed receive funding and begin the design phase, the Fall occurred and everything came crashing down. ASCALON found it's bases under attack from anarchist groups, RAMPENT AI and more, until finally an AI known as REGENT managed to use it's bot forces and enter the ASCALON...the control room of the Mega Complex and shut it down. Now all the previously connected sites were isolated and having become so dependent one one another the Fall claimed them one by one.

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Rust here just dumping a faction I thought up awhile back when we were choosing Civs

>>1109817
>The Ascalon Mega Complex
A massive sprawling series of labs, barracks, employee towns, bunkers, vaults and other darker secrets all joined together seamlessly by ASCALON Teleporter gate technology, so great and stable were the connections you would never know you were infact being teleported as you entered the various sites. However with the Fall these gates failed, some areas had no exits, some could not produce their own air, some needed power from one site to power shields in their own. Needless to say it proved their undoing, now the web is in tatters...but can it be rebuilt?

>HEROS (not updated by the events of the Fall) (randomly choose them or something)

>Security Director Darik “Black Jaw” Paris
Head of Security of ASCALON, was once shot on the jaw and had to receive a prosthetic one to return to duty, a shrewd and untrusting man with a habit having his suspects disappearing...before the fall was being investigate for torture and murder charges of over two dozen “suspects”. As such while kept on site was effectually relieved of duty pay.


>Research AI “RICHY”
A jovial AI developed and built to Aid in the management of ASCALON and aid in the research of high priority projects, personally specialising in Matter Transmission and Energy Transference

>Administrator AI “GRACE”
An AI charged with monitoring the mental health and stability of ASCALON employees, slightly patronising with the attitude of a big sister, her secondary priorities were to ensue no one revealed anything they were not meant to...she was Black Jaws eyes and ears

>Cyber Security AI “Fawkes”
An AI commissioned with the protection of ASCALON from digital threats. Was decommissioned shortly before the Fall due to fears of developing Rampancy.

>Senior Researcher Uri Palkov
A leader in the field of advanced Particle physics and engineering. Uri has a bad hibbit is smoking the the Quantum Particle Constructor room

>Senior Researcher Jess Hallbee
Lead biologist and at the forefront of prosthetic limb technology

>Senior Researcher Michael Derek
A savant in robotic engineering and AI development, while a little unsocial it seems not to interfere with is work...he just don't like people.

>Corp Oprative “Helix”
[NO DATA AVALIBLE]

>Corp Oprative “Hyde”
[RECORDS EXPLUNGED]

>CEO Rachel Hailbrooke
Had only been the CEO for three months before the fall hit, ambitious and driven, she wants to expand ASCALON's influence into the robotics industry and had recently recruited Michael Derek...then the Fall kinda slowed things down.

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>>1109823
Ascalon, transporting your to a brighter place today, for a brighter tommrow

Rolled 84 (1d100)

Meanwhile in a certain bandit camp N was enjoying a nice hot bath...best of all without company.

"N YOU SON OF A BITCH I KNEW YOU ARE BEHIND THAT DAMNED SHE DEVIL BEATRICE. YOU MOTHERFUCKER I THINK THAT CAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED LITERAL."

"Ahh," sighs N. "Man I can't ever catch a fucking break. Foxy I have no idea what the fuck your talking about. You think I can just make Beatrice do whatever I want?"

"Your the only one with a penis she listens so nice try N."

"...So what is this about?"

"You mine getting dressed first?"

"Excuse me. Who barged in on my me time? Like you would get dressed if this situation was reversed."

"If this was reversed I would never have gotten through the door alive. You really need better guards N."

"Tis a shame that the better guards are quite the effective cockblockers and hence they don't survive long under my employment."

"...So how about you call back that Beatrice?"

"I don't even know what the fuck your going on about. Leave me out of your pussy fight. I rather not get gang raped."

"oh N what are you gonna do when that witch shows up?"

"...Witch?"

"Yes a witch...a very very nasty and naughty witch. I am just the beginning N. You'll beg for it just being me."

"...So what is this problem that somehow involves you, a witch, and Beatrice?"

"My boyfriend you moron."

"So the poor bastard you beat into submission, repeatedly and happens to be suffering from chronic amnesia?"

"...When you put it like that it makes me sound like the bad guy."

"Oh Foxy that ship sailed even before you slipped out of your mother's vagina."

"Its times like these I really wonder how you're a diplomat."

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>1111197
*Repeatedly raped, and happens to be suffering from chronic amnesia."

-----
"What can I say. I am a huge manwhore."

"Have you ever fucked another man?"

"Oh how you would love to fantasize. Anyway I have nothing to do with this...fucked up situation involving your boyfriend. Seriously fucked up to date a guy who has no memory Foxy."

"See that is how you know I am my mother's daughter."

"...Touche touche Foxy. Explains so much really."

"Oh fuck you too N."

"You wish Foxy."

"I rather not get infected with gods only know how many STDs."

"Just leave us both out of this pussy fight Foxy. Both him and me possess penises we don't belong in it."

"See N your wrong because you got involved through proxy by Beatrice and my boyfriend is involved through proxy by me. So you wanna do this the hard way or the easy way?"

"Aren't you forgetting something Foxy?"

"...What now N? I wont be taking any excuses."

"This is just the beginning eventually all those other bitches are gonna find out about your precious boy toy...ahem boyfriend. Then what Foxy? Can you fight and win against all of them?"

"..."

"Hm I see so i'll take that as a no. Cut him lose cut your losses. Maybe date a guy who can actually remember if he even has kids or your birthday."

"Where would the fun in that be N? Who doesn't love a mysterious man who doesn't have any history thus thinks he can do better?"

"Oh for the love of...just let him get mind broken by your sister. Might as well at that point."

"Where would the fun in that be?"

"...Yeah you got me there Foxy. So when do you start raping your own family for fun and make fucked up incest babies?"

"Oh you son of a...did you ACTUALLY go there?"

"Why yes. Why yes I did. You ran away from your hated mother yet you are ending up more like her by the day. You would do her proud Foxy. How many broken boys did she enjoy hm?"

"If you were anyone else right now you would be wishing you were so dead."

"All I am saying Foxy is look in a mirror. Slate ain't worth it. Guy is gonna end up like many psi magi do. Consumed by the madness."

"...He never gave that feeling but you of all people would know."

"And yet you claim to be his girlfriend Foxy. Do yourself a favor. Leave that time bomb alone and let the other bitches die on it instead of it being you."

"...is there really no chance," whispers Foxy.

"There are two kinds of Madness foxy the kind that comes hard, fast, and obvious. Then there is the second kind that sneaks up on you nice and slow like. His employer and them may not notice it yet, but I can."

"I am tempted to blame you for this. As you were suppose to teach him."

"Ha. Foxy not even I can stop the crazy and prevent the temptation. In the end its all up to you to resist. You of all people should know that."

"So your saying I am the same?"

"Its quite sneaky isn't it? So tempting. So easy. Everyone likes to think its big and obvious, but madness is anything but predictable so how could it be such?"

End.

Naaaw. That's so sad, touching even. What's worse than something you like leaving? Having to give it up yourself, to say good bye

>>1111258
Mr n just got foxy to end it with us?
>bro fist
Now we can play the star crossed lover role. If she ever appears again she would likely be favorable to us.

>>1111466
More like sad and melancholy, we're the thing she wanted but had to let go of, the thing she loved and now may have to watch slowly fall into madness. Watching the one you love from afar falling apart piece by piece.

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>1111258
Still no consensus?

>>1111466
Probably.

Mister N is a strange sort. Despite not being very diplomatic in speech he is astoundingly good at diplomacy specially bandit style.

Many would argue its actually because he is a huge manwhore and would fuck anything if it profited him enough. Which is more or less true but not the entire truth for why he is such a good diplomat.

Mostly though how much experience you wanna bet Mister N has had with dealing with women like Foxy?

>>1111746
What did you think of ASCALON?

Now a better question is...what does N get out of this... And who's going fix our stalkers darn it. Did they get the bad as trait genie? If so now all we need is for something special and a breakthrough

Last question Genie...can you get bad as multiple times? If you keep doing bad as stuff does your plot armour grow? Is that how these epic none heroes thrive and survive...like what slate may have been?

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>1108321
Vote

Sorta bummed were going mad, hopefully we can fix it or it isn't to bad of a problem

>>1111496
I'm actually sort of sad after reading that. Sort of.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>1112033
Going MAD isn't a small problem. Soon you will reach the point where your gonna have to make composure rolls every goddamn time for every little thing. You don't wanna know what happens should you fail it and it only gets worse from there.

Going MAD is a pretty shitty deal yeah you become a lot stronger and know special knowledge but your mind is gonna start breaking beneath the strain.

>>1111980
Good stuff. Only problem was with the Corporate Council law bringing against fission on worlds. Technically the fucks the corporate council gives is very few. Why else can the megacorps getaway with so much bullshit? Yet suffer oddly strange and often inconstant at one time but get their asses torn a new one when it comes to others?

Corporate Council actually follows a very strict creed and they only give face to governments and religions, because they don't like to have unrestrained corporations. In which if they were allowed to restrict them would be bad for the corps. Not to mention easy to dodge which in the end would piss off both parties.

The Corporate Council exists so as to provide a body that 'restricts' the corporations and make it so the other powers through the corporate council can restrict the megacorps. For obvious reasons all parties are willing to play game with this set up but there are obviously problems.

Its actually a pretty complicated subject that is the Corporate Council politics.

Another thing is research is expensive as hell. There is a reason why so many super geniuses go super villain as it means they actually afford their projects now. Seriously the cost of the lab equipment, custom materials, and skilled manpower cost a fuck ton of money.

Research institutes always have to suck up to at least one of the three Corps, Government, and the Faiths. Often times there is quite a bit of lawbreaking even without getting one of those three involved because crime pays very well. Well enough that even seemingly legit researchers can take legally questionable side jobs so as to pay the bills. You don't even have to be a super genius to make good amount of money by doing that sorta stuff.

You ever wonder why there is such amazingly high quality drugs and other illegal techs? Especially ones that don't conform to the big three? Its most obvious in a non post apoc game admittedly but the bandits heavily inherited what was left of the illegal stuff.

The corps for instance obviously wouldn't be a fan of hack and freeware that can do terrible things. Neither the governments because its outside their area of control and the faiths often don't like their creeds being broken which is frankly common in criminals.

>>1112257
I really hope we fix it then. I don't want to see Slate Stone wither and crumble from mad erosion.
unless that's what the other anons want.

>>1112257
Yet you have thriving illegal technologies market not all of which would be the corps due to things like said freeware which they would obviously hate.

You throw in shady activities of the big three and there you go.

I mean just look at Detonators crew. They weren't exactly low tech and tey weren't unusual.

The stalkers already had the bad ass trait.

No can't earn it multiple times technically its possible to rank it up again otherwise the Bad Ass trait that some heroes possess wouldn't be there. In which case they are considered bad asses even by heroic standards.

Slate was never seemed meant for herohood given the choices of players(particularly lack of choosing).

>>1112296
So considering we had it before and what you mentioned about getting it. Did you mean our badass ranked up?

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>1108321
You decide to head over to your teacher's place. So it turned out her place was a surprisingly nondescript locale bordering the megacity. The only reason you knew you were getting there was the sheer number of undead. Her place was located overlooking the sea and cityscape. Except crawling with undead and the waters were trawled by eerie looking ghost ships that seemed to be constantly nearby.

Her place according to the map was located on an outlook located between a massive junkyard and graveyard. With a docks located nearby. There her home was...radiating necromantic energies and eerie glows. It was as if the place was a goddamned nexus with how heavy and powerful those energies were. Which as it turned out was true...and was manufactured by your master on purpose.

There fortunately was a landing field where you were able to land successfully...but found yourself surrounded by a massive horde of undead that nearly formed into twisted structures to tear you out of the sky if it weren't for some broadcasted code that identified your craft as a friendly. Hence why the undead horde was hovering right over there instead of trying to kill you.

After exiting you were then escorted by some intelligent undead to the actual residence itself. As the undead horde formed a channel for you to pass through. Albeit with much threatening and moaning, but they did not take a single step forward. Instead they seemingly tried to scare you into their embrace...or death.

Gotta give them credit for trying. That was how you find yourself beyond the walls of the nexus...and to a place whose unholy energies left even you gasping for breath as death's chill sunk deep into your very bones. With every breath you breathed out you could feel your life vanishing with it with each puff. Beyond the strange structures you finally found yourself at a Villa which apparently your master resides in. Inside you saw that strange butler waiting. The butler upon seeing you and the condition of your undead. Informs you that your minions best go to the fleshworks and bonecrafters to get themselves fixed up properly. You meanwhile were escorted to a room fashioned in seemingly ancient design and with a working fireplace! Which sadly failed to remove that unholy chill in the air or warm you much for that matter for some strange reason that is against logic.

There you were told to wait as your Master was tad bit occupied.

What do?
>Wait
>Explore
>Go with your undead
>Other?

>>1112450
Technically no as the plot armor effect actually backfires on you in terms of difficulty in achieving level up. There is a reason why during civs I had so few heroes with the Bad Ass trait upgrade instead of it just being in the background. The difficulty is incredible.

You thankfully are not a hero so technically because of that you actually will have an easier time to achieve it due to the difficulty threshold actually working in your favor...assuming you can survive it that is.

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>1112682
>Go with your undead
Let's make sure they get the treatment they need. Find out where the fleshworks and bonecrafters are too, it would be wise to add those crafts to our topics of study.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1112257
Those were my only two complaint which really weren't technically complaints but more oversight. Someone who isn't part of the research field wouldn't likely know about the how very costly it is.

As for the corporate council it was uh...well its kinda hard to describe the corporate council but here it is.

The corporate council unlike the megacorps are ultimately motivated by Power instead of Greed. They must however abide by a certain Creed in order to get both the megacorps and other groups to actually listen to them.

The megas listen to the Corporate Council because if they don't the corporate council will destroy them without a doubt. For non megacorps factions they must pay the Corporate Council heed because they both represent the megas as a whole and are the only ones who can actually force them to abide by the different agreements.

Hence the Corporate Council serves as an intermediary and powerhouse to all of said factions. IF however the Corporate Council somehow gets the megacorps to turn on them as a whole they are toast. It is also true that if they fail to abide by enough agreements that are input by non corporate factions they too will fall because at that point they fail in their purpose. Which is both to intermediate as necessary and restrict the corps.

Once you get passed this point it becomes a lot more complicated, but know that the Council oddly enough is surprisingly trustworthy. Its just they are difficult to deal with. The Council knows ultimately without Trust they are utterly FUCKED. Hence why they tend to appear so wish washy at times is due to the very different objectives of the different parties which use them. Makes it quite difficult to balance properly.

Everything else besides that is superb.

Corporate Council is a pain in the ass to deal with even for the Genie. Literally only reason they exist is because the megas ultimately know at times it serves them best to work together and the other factions aren't wanna deal with the megas in such a limited capacity. Hence the formation of the Corporate Council.

So sorta got stuck with them truth be told. Not fun as they add a very complicated dynamic to SOO fucking much. Put the Genie in a lot of pain and gave quite the headache.

Not like i could bullshit them out of existence. I tried. Does not worky.

So sorry about the ramble but they are even a thing in the Post Fall world.

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>1112682
>Go with your undead
Maybe ask if they can get upgraded? Give them some implants? Jaw missing? Why not have a bear muzzle stitched on? Man your feet got fucked up, why not replace them with blades!

>Other/train
Train in this art while our lads get fixed up? This way we can flesh mend in future, maybe even effectively bond undead with machines?

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>1112869
Is this really the time? Sure we should show some initiative, but Master could call for us at any moment. She can keep us waiting, but not the other way around. Best not to get too "into it" until after we speak with her, I think. For that matter, it'd probably be best to speak with her personally about potential upgrades for the Stalkers. As for your examples they are, how should I say, perhaps not the most appropriate for our Stalkers, although some fins or something might not be amiss.

Guess we could have a "first day of class" where they go over what goes on and the tools and such, but we don't really do anything,

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>1112903
I like this
>visit master and do our apprenticely duties
>>1112767

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>1112962
Technically our apprenticely duty is to wait like we were told.

Which, actually, is probably the wisest course of action. I thought it might be okay to stick with our undead, but we were explicitly told to wait.
So yeah, switching to
>Wait

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>1112682
Ok switching too wait
While sat there let's try practising PSI meditation and,feel around, let's she who is here.

Genie.. I'm writing up some factions and such, I've even got a zone like area idea for them. Once I'm home and I've wrote it up would you be keen too see?

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>1109817
>>1113027
This are also both canon so sure thing.
>>1109823

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>1113027
Zones are organized into parts of a region technically. A region is a simple three by three grid. Each grid is an area. All those areas combined equal a region.

For details look at the starter civs if you wanna see some ideas of how its done. Though I don't really know what you mean by zone, but hopefully those ideas will help you out.

Its how I organize the maps.

So sure thing i would love to see it.

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>1113032
Cheers for burning that 1 genie your a peach. I love world building stuff.

Now I'm terrified ASCALON will appear some time in the far future

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1112903
I can get behind that

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>1112903
The fleshworks from what you saw reminded you an awful lot of a certain sewers. Except with more undead wearing medical outfits and possessing strange tools you aren't entirely sure were suppose to be medical in nature. There they in surprisingly literal fashion put back together your stalkers among other undead. Apparently this place was the closest equivalent to an undead hospital as you could get. Except with more butchery and wretched creations. So maybe a spookier version of a eerie megacorp hospital in the slums.

After that back at the villa your master finally arrived. That was how you were summoned before her as she took a closer look at you.

"So you finally decided to show up here then hm? Probably not even for training and rather your undead getting patched up. Surprised you didn't see your girlfriend about that. She is quite good at that sorta thing. Now for you meanwhile...you keep what you been doing and you really will go insane."

"What you think I didn't notice? Please you certainly didn't create or dominate those stalkers out of sheer prowess with your lack of training. Only answer is...you tapped into what you shouldn't have. You keep that up honey and you can kiss your sanity goodbye. Plus I would then have to kill you. Mad necromancers are so rare for a reason."

"So what you hear for the darling hm? Don't even ask for any crazy cures. I am a necromancer not a doctor."

What do?
>Training
>Crazy Lecture
>Leave
>Reinforcements
>Other?

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>1113982
>Training
We actually really do need this.

>Other?
I brought you some spirit liquid. Funny you should mention my girlfriend, my other master advised against me staying with her and is trying to figure out who it would be best to hook me up with. I'm not sure what to do about the latter, but after thinking about the former, yeah that relationship probably isn't good for either of us. Objectively speaking. My point is, I need to have a very serious talk with her so it's probably not the best time to be asking her for favors.
So anyway, I'll go get that spirit liquid from my craft.

>>1114105
Support, should really get that crazy lecture out the way while we're at it

Rolled 15 (1d100)

Here's my dice for >>1114255

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>1114105
>>1114255
Let's do both

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>1114255
>>1114411
I agree, I almost included it originally.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1114105
"Spirit fluid? Most difficult to manufacture even with my skills. Extremely useful when your using soul effecting magics and dealing with ghosts. I wouldn't be able to create so powerful ghostly undead if it weren't for my production of spirit fluid."

"I wouldn't trust your master in terms of matter of the heart. Else you find yourself with a lying evil bitch instead. Unless that one uses one of their more military minded allies to find one...in which case enjoy your slutty woman who can easily kick your ass."

"Problem is your forgetting something very important. Only a bandit bitch will be willing to deal with your increasingly crazy ass. Which i doubt your employer knows about else the other suggestion in women would never have been brought up and you would of been told to suck it up and stick with Foxy."

"You could do worse then Foxy. Higher libido, more rape, and less caring. That is if your lucky. Now if you could deal with your sanity problem then you would have much better options then bandit bitches."

"As for relationship difficulties...well your amnesia doesn't help matters. Your the one profiting more then she is though. Plus your sanity problems and mysterious past. A wonder she never dumped you truth be told."

"You think she is out of my league don't you?"

"Very. If it weren't for who her siblings are, how cunning she is, and her necromancy prowess. Foxy would of had a lot more suitors. Very few make it passed her siblings and all the undead though. There was a reason why there were a lot of rumors about her being a lesbian. You took care of that."

"Well does my case still stand about it not being good for the two of us?"

"Hey that is your choice not mine apprentice. I am not about to play matchmaker like some Masters do for their apprentices. Truth be told so wouldn't be worth the trouble as a bunch of necromancers. Talk about a bunch of frigid fish in the sack. Who wants to date that?"

"So...did you fool your boyfriend into it?"

"In a matter of speaking. It helps a lot he has a very low libido. Plus you know alliance purposes we have a lot to offer each other."

"No love?"

"As if you could talk.If you weren't good looking psi magi with a mysterious past Foxy never would of bothered."

"...Your clearly biased aren't you?"

"Everyone is biased. Discover your inner boy toy and develop a rape fetish. You'll be fine...actually you should do that anyway even if you break up with Foxy. Crazy isn't about to dissuade a bunch of bandit bitches. You will need it."

"It can't be that bad can it?"

"Foxy is a necromancer. Why do you think she lets you roam as she does? She treats you extremely well in terms of banditry."

"Oh fuck it can't really be that bad..."

"It is. She is like in the top 1 percent. Don't expect me to protect you from a bunch of bandit bitches. I know them as a fellow woman and I don't wanna endanger my reputation. Last thing I need is other magi sniffing around for misconduct."

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>1115223
"So go deal with your lady troubles and sanity problems. Leave me out of it. If I am not available for teaching use the skull i gifted you. It can even teach about non necromantic subjects. Albeit with less expertise as I obviously specialize in necromancers and stuff them more then anything else into that skull."

After that you trained a bit with your teacher and had quite a few mistakes pointed out. As well as having your previous experiences explained in detail. As well as having some of the basics hammered into your skull by your teacher.

What do?
>Training
>Crazy Lecture
>Leave
>Reinforcements
>Other?

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>1115236
>Training
We've got a damn good Master, let's get schooled while we have the chance.

As for what she said...I wonder if Dok Chills offers couples therapy?

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>1115275
Support the training. Ask if she knows anyone who can fix crazy?

>>1115275
Ahhh yeah 88 on magic training

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>1115326
Mr. N actually mentioned an outcast who might be able to help us back in thread 4. It was in reference to helping with our amnesia, but the guy actually spends most of his time helping the insane, and has even had success at curing MADMEN. HIs name is Dok Chills, and he's in the Nuthouse of Otoros Peak.

>>1115328
Yeah, I was pretty happy to see that

>>1115340
I'm curious as to when we'll unlock another ability or something. Secondly do we know what genie meant a few threads ago when he said master is so knowledgeable that we get a point up each time? I'm really confused.

Secondly after this training montage, I suggest 1 more round after this...I suggest we go back to the survivors. We can bring them to the collage town in the VTOL...they may not be keen on bots but they like us. We can sell some of the medical supplies...and five some to N for our bandit allies.

I wonder is the VTOL AI has a name?

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>1115275
Foxy is actually one of the most complex female characters I ever wrote. Which I regret a lot. Thankfully you don't interact with her too much and the break up is gonna make things even easier for me...not necessarily for you at least but for me!

Your master is right about Foxy being one of the best female bandits you could date. She is really laidback and nice by bandit standards. While being a necromancer makes her chill out and not care even more.

Unexpectedly top tier by bandit women standards. Did not actually realize that until much later.

>>1115326
Unlikely to know anyone really not her area.

>>1115400
Your Master is an Elite Necromancer.

And the pilot VTOL AI is called Phil.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>1115275
supporting training

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>1115275
lucky 88 you get to choose two of the following necromancy upgrades to your magic.

As it turned out learning from a master was an amazing experience. You learned so much including what and what not to do. Not to mention tricks to amplify and otherwise enhance your magic.

Choose TWO of the following

>Bone
>Flesh
>Soul
>Domination
>Necrotic
>Animation

After that What do?
>Training
>Crazy Lecture
>Leave
>Reinforcements
>Other?

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>1115516
Nice
I propose
>Bone
to go with our bone rod
>Soul
because I remember others really want to do ghosts


>Training
One more session

Actually, how long can we keep training with Master? Until she tells us she has other shit to do?

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>1115575
Agreed due to roll. Domination is appealing to me but I can live with this.

>>1115575
supporting the action

but shouldn't we maybe take domination (to control more undead) and animation (so we can actually animate some better stuff) because so far we were just very lucky with our animations and our contolling skills are pretty lacking too

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>1115575
Ok supporting. Last one.

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>1115701
here's my dice

>>1115710
You legend

I suggest we head to the survivors next. As TSO said we keep putting it off. We have work to do.

I say next action we go to the survivors and salvage/build rep. I also suggest we start sleeping around for sexp

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>1115575
Depending on how good you are. She will take you with her while she works on stuff. While doing so while its no longer hands on lessons you can still learn stuff while you work. Magi are oddly chill in terms of how much work they put apprentices through. Mostly due to having other sources of better cheap labor and to encourage young magi to handle themselves which is critical with magic.

The learning magi which you fall under are the most strict in terms of lessons and making you learn how to handle yourself because you literally have the fewest safeguards of ALL magi. If you can't learn how to handle yourself your toast even if your using the friendliest and easiest of magics. And your learning necromancy which has some serious side effects so you don't have it at all easy.

Its important to learn how to handle yourself because if you can't it will all go very wrong for you. Hence why many apprentices die due to 'unfortunate accidents'. Its less accident and more their own incompetence that gets them killed. Naturally said handling includes many things including the temptation that is MADNESS.

Even many Magi who aren't the Learned Magi aren't uncommon to fail in learning how to handle themselves despite the safeguards they enjoy. Its just compared to the learned Magi they have it fucking easy, because technically they really do.

If anons fail to learn how to handle the magic it means Slate is doomed. Its partly why the MADNESS has been building up.

>>1115400
The previous selection you get to choose from? Basically if you get a lesson from your master not only do get a boost to your necromancy training but you can ALSO have special boost included. Which is something like that list. Problem is unless you specifically ask for type of lessons it the choice selection will be random, but if you get lucky you can choose more then a single option.

Your Master is actually quite the kick ass necromancer. Just one who likes to a keep a low profile and who ironicly is such a kick ass necromancer. It is actually getting in her way to breaking through into Herohood because it keeps fucking up her ability to earn to the Bad Ass trait because she is literally just that good at necromancy.

Oh the irony.

Your boss meanwhile had difficulties breaking through due to all the multi classing and thus eating a lot penalties. If your unlucky like your boss you wont even be able to breakthrough right away.

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>1115575
You have acquired Necromantic Bone Mastery.
You have acquired Necromantic Soul Mastery.

As it turns out your master first brought up soul magics due to it apparently being one of the most difficult of magics and said early introduction is critical given how complicated it is. Bone Mastery meanwhile was just something you picked up on the side. Figuring since you already had that strange fleshy tome it may be useful it finding more about.

After that you attended to yet another series of lessons. Except this time she hammered you down based upon your previous experiences and attempts. Making it clear why you failed, why it was a bad idea, and how you should of done it or simply not do it at all because it lets MADNESS sink itself deeper due to falling for it. Sure the stuff it offers now is quite sane...but there is a reason why it was impossible to you before you fell for its tempting solution. It also cleared up a lot of problems you were having with advancing your necromancy despite your experiences. Frankly you didn't exactly study much about it or really knew what the hell you were doing.

According to your Master that is both very stupid and excellent way to go MAD due to sheer laziness. As its not like MADNESS is offering to you an impossible. No its letting you do something that you COULD of done without the MADNESS because you were quite literally too lazy to find out how do it in the first place. Hence you fell for the MADNESS which offered you a solution...to do the impossible. Which wasn't actually impossible if you had merely looked into how to do so before hand.

MADNESS your master claims the Magi have long learned about eons ago and how to resist its temptation of doing the impossible. Problem is usually it sometimes it starts off small...you don't realize the path it is trying to lead you down. As when you look at it doesn't seem to be insane...at first. This is obviously just some shitty bait but one that far too many start to fall for. Soon it becomes quite addicting and it eventually starts to reveal its true colors.

>It is quite addicting isn't it?

The smallest taste can prove just so...tantalizing and oh the wonders it beholds! The truths it could reveal...the power...the secrets. The knowledge that should not be known? Even the ability to do the IMPOSSIBLE!

So what your mind can't take it?

Would it not be just so worth it?

Reality is just a dream...and dreams can be manipulated.

Magic you say?

Effort?

Why try when you can just DO!

So come along now...just hop onto the train.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMR5zf1J1Hs

Alright I need 1 composure roll.

Also What do?
>Training
>Crazy Lecture
>Leave
>Reinforcements
>Other?

Don't forget to roll for this too!

Rolled 39, 54 = 93 (2d100)

>>1115755
>other
Fly VTOL to the survivors...if we don't go mad.

>other
Lesson time if we do

1St roll is composure

Rolled 36 (1d100)

Oh no...oh God is this going to tip us over the edge...

Rolled 70, 83 = 153 (2d100)

>>1115759
Supporting, first roll is composure

>>1115803
Thank you for aiding us. If we are risking madness I say we burn a FP to pull ourselves back from the brink.

Rolled 88, 100 = 188 (2d100)

>>1115759
supporting, let's hope it's not too late now

>>1115811
YES YES YES SAVED BY THE 100 AND 88 HOLY SHIT YOU LEGEND YOU.

>>1115838
looks like a one in a lifetime roll

>>1115811
Awesome anon!

>>1115811
That is amazing

>>1115725
>>1115759
But I have to say, TSO also noted that we've been ignoring training, but did not notice that we're going insane. If they did, they surely would not want us doing anything else until we learned how to not go crazy from not knowing how to do things without listening to those little voices.

>>1115995
I'm also not sure how the survivors will react to the bot pilot. They'd probably be fine with it if we just had a couple bots with us, bot riding in a vtol piloted by bots who explicitly fly like crazy may be a different matter.

There's also the matter of sorting out the spookiness of the town so we can have the survivors actually move there (and not worry about them just disappearing or something). If there are answers to be found I'm sure they'll be at the college. I'm wondering if it would be worth the risk to explore it with the survivors? The risk of losing everyone who comes with us, I mean. If that happens it would be a critical setback, but it would be a huge leap forward if we can solve the mystery together.
Maybe we need to make sure and get some survivors who really know what they're doing?

>>1116028
i guess first we should train here for as long as we can and then with our new skills and probably also new undeads we try to get that college town under controll, if we try so with the help of some survivors or not, we have to figure out, but i don't think they will be that keen to go on such a dangerous adventure

>>1116051
I agree

>>1115811
Fuck yeah, 100

>>1115810
Hell it might take more but I'd be willing to do it
>>1115811
My boy!

>>1116736
That 88 may just make us a NoMad. We accept that madness is a thing, kind of use it from time to time, but as a lost we understand anything can happen or exist anywhere at any time, so we just don't think about it. We don't obsess over madness we are just so driven to do what we want we won't let reality get in the way. Seen too much since we awoke from amnisia and just accept this is our world and nothing surprises us.

>>1116875
Now that could be awesome beyond belief and 88 we may do it...but it's quite a leap anon. Nomads have been mad and then clawed it back.

>>1116875
>>1116896
Right, I doubt that it will make us a nomad. Hell it'd be nice but it's a longshot.

>>1116896
Maybe not a real NoMad but somebody that completely disregards madness, a mix of stubbornness and and traumatazation will do that. We have been shot, raped, fucked outsiders, demons, bandits, necromancers, seen otherwordly horrors. At this point nothing that comes around should phase us.

>>1116919
That.. sortof goes along with what slate has done thus far, which is just not give a fuck.

>>1116896
>>1116911
If somebody came to slate and said "your whole world is just a game on 4chan" pulled out a smart phone and showed him this thread, he would probably just pull up the google maps and find somewhere to loot.

>>1116919
We also burned that boon when we went to the rape dungeon, does anyone remember what we burned it for? It was something of the mind to ensure we didn't break or something.

>>1116933
Slate doesn't know what a boon is. Ic he just had a good time as far as getting raped goes. I'm always down to use boons/fatepoints/wishes in the boudoir. A mans reputation can be made or broken by sexual performance. Lost my virginity at 17, girl said i was hung well, rumor spread and I banged my entire senior class by the end of the year. Girls talk.

You all know a total disconnect and not giving a tick about anything just carrying on is text book madness

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>1115755
haahah victory is mine. Finally got the computer replaced and set up. Hopefully this one actually keeps working this time.

>>1115811
Aww...stupid MAD dice rules I was looking forward to the failure.

>>1116875
NoMADs are immune to MADNESS which you aren't.

>>1116896
Technically they are just immune to MAD.

>>1116919
When you put it that way Slate has indeed been through a lot. You gotta love the Post Apocalypse at times.

>>1116933
You gained Boy Toy as well as a resistance to torture and rape. So you know the good stuff when your dealing with bandits.

>>1116958
A man who is good in the sack need not worry about ever not getting laid again. Its a one way ticket to pussy paradise like having a rape fetish or being a daddy dom.

Sadly its easier said then done because women are a bunch of lying cunts in terms of your actual sexual performance. Technically you can still get find out the truth of the matter. Just never from the woman you actually slept with.

Now on the other hand if you can take advantage of the rape fetishists and chicks with daddy issues you don't even actually have to be any good in the sack and still get that ticket to pussy paradise. Those lucky bastards.

Everybody else on the other hand as to actually work for it.

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>1115811
Composure roll passed.

After not getting on the train...you decided it was time to take a ride on the VTOL to the survivors. Now that you dealt with your undead problem. Technically you still got it full of scavenged goodies and the portion of spirit fluid that you intended to give to Foxy. But you should be able to trade most of it away when you get there.

Which turned out to be an amazingly pleasant and quick ride. You never knew your Master just so happened to be surprisingly close and such a safe stretch too at that. So you find yourself overlooking the city you somehow cannot seem to escape. Landing nearby on top of a building to a survivor settlement.

What do?
>Head to the bot base
>Go to the settlement
>Explore around
>Wander aimlessly
>Other?

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>1117326
>go to the settlement

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>1117326
>Go to the settlement
Eyes on the prize

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>1117457
>>1117478
I agree

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>1117478
You decide to stop by the survivor settlement. Not much has changed besides the survivors appearing to be better armed then before. Most naturally realize you are as you have developed a bit of a reputation. There it looks like the usual but there is more merchant traffic due to your and your boss's efforts.

What do?
>Look at the new job board
>Visit the bar
>Arrange a salvage trip
>Recruit
>Other?

>>1117299
Hey kudos on the pc replacement Genie!

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>1118175
>other
We start training. I mean hit the training hard, we research and study the tome given to us by our master and once we've got a good understanding and grasp we start to put what we've learned into field experience.if we've got more material on psi, magi,or psi-magi we do the same with those.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>1118175
>Look at the new job board
This is new

A quest board huh...wonder if we could put out our own call for adventurers?

>>1118201
We do really need training, but I'd rather not practice necromancy around normies.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>1118175
>Other
Sell 90% of our medical stuff.

>Arrange a salvage trip
>Recruit
To the collage town. Explain it may get a little weird. Treasure hunting time

What is our reputation here?

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>1118328
Eh, I can respect staying focused. I'll switch to this. I really hope this isn't a mistake.

Although when we're trading away the medicine, building our reputation is more important than making a profit. We can trade some of the other stuff we found too.

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>1118176
Yeah hopefully this one works properly and doesn't have problems like the last one. I have fucking terrible luck.

Same thing happened with the last computer i had except that time it wouldn't even turn on after only a few days of use.

>>1118201
In terms of training the Skull is actually amazing and best of it all it even works when your not trying to learn necromancy.

Basically it has a built in soul summoning focus and spirit library. Meaning so long as you have the skull you can call upon whatever kind of experts you want for learning.

>>1118328
Positive enough you unlocked the ability to directly recruit from them. So no more having to borrow forces or convince them to help out. It ain't easy to attain that level but once you do technically you can now directly recruit your own people.

If your diplomacy is high enough you can even have forces from differing hostile factions together, but that will require either some good diplomacy or heavy bribery.

Thanks to being a trader if your willing to pay a big enough bribes you can do it too.

Which allows you to do combinations that would otherwise be very difficult or rare.

Mutant and Paramilitary for instance would let you curb stomp just about anything in a fight. Now getting those two groups to be recruitable much less making them work together is a whole different story.

Forces are handy to have because they can also rank up and gain exp. Allowing them with a bit of work to become very useful indeed. Your stalkers for instance are just a taste of what you can potentially pull off.

Be aware though you can expect Xcom level casualties and inept noobs. As well as difficulty.

So the Fun stuff!

If you have the right equipment you can also rank up your forces into different classes and more importantly Hybrids!

>>1118211
I concur, no normies about for that. Only training here is leadership and salvageing.

Hmm ok one action I want to use the skull and see if there are some operator souls in there. They teach us and we train up the survivors. Soon we'll have a small lightning raid/loot team. Real tomb raiders. Or we build the Atlantis crew...go fight the giant mobster and find some awesome hidden faction.

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>1118408
The Genie has put an ungodly amount of effort into troop variety while maintaining a modicum amount of realism.

Heroes are nothing more then glorified units who maxed out and thus went heroic. That really is it. They are just on a different level now that is basically a more extreme version of the lower levels and their own thing altogether.

This dates back to the civs and the quests which I spent more work on it. Used to be while it was there I never completely focused on it due to the building up the civ system.

The quests meanwhile have forced me to spend a lot more time on such things. So they have been cleaned up and upgraded quite a bit.

Basically think troop trees that enable cross class, combos and hybrids. Which if the right combo is used can unlock a special hidden bonuses like a rare class.

So like those old school RPGs that made you upgrade fodder troops into not so shitty troops based upon equipment and their stats. Forming a complicated net of potential.

I just made it so that there are now Troop Trees included and less focus on required gear for evolution. The stats are still there and are important if your trying to pull something unusual off with them. But if you want them to gain new abilities which could qualify them for other things. You will need to get them the right gear. Same is true for increased performance.

Meaning you will have to consider what troops you wanna pure upgraded into better ass kickers or take the risk and see what changes you can make happen by trying to make them evolve into an entirely new class. Which will be dependent upon the gear provided to them and their stats.

Don't underestimate the power of a common and basic tree like the Soldier Tree. Maxed out they are considered Operator Tier ass kickers. During the civ games they were very enviable units that anons tried very hard to attain. Even in the WAR Sci Fi quest they were still targeted heavily.

This is because the end results really are just that fucking awesome. Not to mention they have a much better chance to spawn a hero.

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>1118462
Naturally things get complicated with the ability to hybridize and more importantly evolve into something else entirely.

A mage for instance can easily be upgraded into a wide variety of classes because they have that potential.

A person with psi potential can do the same even if they upgraded themselves into a common class already like Soldier. Due to their Psi potential with the right equipment and training. They can evolve into something else.

Otherwise you have the more common troop trees which can hybridize, promote themselves further along, and evolve into a different tree entirely potentially.

So while complicated it means you can do an awful lot with not only your personal character but also with your forces in general.

So you want undead robots. Well then a hybrid class between a necromancer and robotics engineer could pull it off for instance.

Naturally something somewhat similar exists for facilities or 'infrastructure' as it was called during the civ games. Some of them are critical if you don't wanna die like say food production and residences. While others let you do cool shit like having a lab specializing in robot development or crystal garden for psionics.

While expensive they would offer you special effects. Like the ability to mass produce certain units or things. Offer free upgrades and better bonus exp due to training facilities.

Sadly those types of things tend to belong to the Civs...but there are an awful lot of buildings out there and they don't all belong to them.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>1118462
>>1118486
What i am trying to say is there is a ton of player freedom and agency. The original reason why I ran quests was in addition to being a break I intended to use them to better development the warfare rules and stuff relating to the little guys. Instead of just the big huge overarching civs.


ALL of it is intended to be completely compatible with each other. Is its an actual game system I been developing since I first started to run stuff on 4chan.

So really I do mean really you can do all kinds of stuff. As I combined it with my worldbuilding that goes back to creation, mass extinctions, to fantasy land and finally even space sci fi opera as well as post apocalypse. All on the same world mind you and even universe.

So there is all kinds of bullshit you can mess with. You wont ever run out of stuff. Trust me on this. Especially as I better develop the smaller details relating to units and the people which make up those units.

Of course i have stuff to do after that but its a process so there are gonna be some changes off and on in the rules as I adjust them.

You don't really have to worry about the lore and choices though. At worst that is the sorta stuff I just modify a bit. Usually in the ways of expansion or perfection.

I noticed anons want to do different things with the character. I would like to bring up you can still do those things but why shove it all into a single character? Especially when you can spread it out by recruiting forces and turning them into those things? Hell you could do some matchmaking at the same time.

So feel free to come up with those kinda ideas or plans for other things. Experimenting with your forces or digging around for lore and loot. All sorts of stuff is there.

>>1118512
Have we passed "green" necromancer yet?
I'm thinking a necro psimage lost scavenger, will turn into something like a "soul hunter" "arcane archeologist" or "grave robber"... in fact the name "Gray Roberts" may be a dope code name For a necromancer, seeing as we are disguised we can change our look.

>>1118512
"Robert Gray at your service, pro scavenger, and not your ordinary scavenger mind you. I leave no stone unturned... for better or worse. I can scavenge for things you would never imagine, I can find opportunity. Hell if you lose your monogrammed panties in a wasteland I'll make it go away. I find things you can never imagine but expect your boys to not all make it back, no risk no reward right? I'm a trader also I suppose, lots of friends in that field but i prefer to deal in information. I'll take you out on a scavanging run, I take my cash upfront and first dibs on fun things, in return i provide transport and prime, scouted scavenging locations. I have a few rules, the corpses are mine, don't ask questions, and most importantly the non disclosure agreement, you MAY NOT talk about our mission after it is over. Leave your morals at the door and come along if you dare. Lastly don't question my methods or the factions I use to accomplish my goals. Ready to become a very wealth person?"

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>1118760
You have. With some more training you'll be able to then rank up again soon. As you were suffering penalties before. If you get taught by your teacher some more those penalties will be gone and thus it will be much easier to rank up.

>>1118853
I am afraid that speech isn't attached to an action plan. Or were you trying to introduce a new npc character?

>>1118935
Just random fluff. Possibly for a code name we could use but nothing serious

I want to know more about the skull, it's a spirit focus? What else do we know about it?
We should formally introduce ourselves to it and try to make friends.

We should just get really really good at animation and go full "Tell me survivor, do you fear death?", "do you fear the god's judgement?", "do you fear the darkness of the otherwise?"