>>3185089
>What do? (Dusk)
MORE CRABS
MORE BOATS
ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR. CRABS

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>>3185113
gonna give it 15 min, if we have no more votes.... if not

CRABS FOR THE CRAB GOD, BOATS FOR THE BOAT THRONE

>Merchant Management (working crews, training, recruitment.)
>Social (Talk to someone, look for work someone needs done, etc)

We should plan out our defensive positions in depth for when the Empire inevitably retaliates. Drilling can begin tomorrow but having a clear idea of everyone's role during a siege will go a long way towards ensuring our survival especially with the disorganization of the Merchants.

We should also go check in on Squealer briefly. Her project should be done by now.

>>3185089
>What do? (Dusk)
>Aggression (Explore the city, look for trouble, etc)
All the way I want to fuck with the PRT

>>3185089
>Merchant Management (working crews, training, recruitment.)
>Social (Talk to someone, look for work someone needs done, etc)

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>>3185242
>>3185248
Care to elaborate on what you would like to do?

>>3185276
recruitment
look for work someone needs done

>>3185089
>what do
Recruitment

and have some of our boys keep building up the crab job/boats. Never know what you could do with more boats, plus if we start catching enough we can sell the surplus for a nice new side profit

>>3185276
>no crabs tonight
Aaaawwwe. Well let's do recruitment in the general docks area. Does someone have a nokia we can borrow for calls, or could Steve lend a ghost? In case of calls?

>>3185193
you give me a 1d100 mate
>>3185297
>>3185281
you two give me 1d20s
>>3185305
Red generally follows you around for the most part. He can handle calls for you. I'm gonna say that Squealer fishes out a junkie nokia from mush's pile and beefs it up.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>3185308

>>3185308
Beefed up nokia? It's practically indestructable now. More so than ever. We might even be able to dial something someone within a minute!
Bro Red and Famine prowling the steets looking to help our wayward bros and gals with that 15 roll.

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>3185308

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>3185308

>>3185327
Looks like we got a fight on our hands. Or maybe crits are nonapplicable as this is a numbers roll.
Hmmm.

>>3185327
this is embarrassing

Oofs, writing.

>>3185358
did my roll hurt us?

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>>3185323
Before you decide to prowl the city, you begin to lay the plans of what should be done if the unthinkable, yet highly probably, happen. You have Red begin to plan evacuation routes, gun towers, and marking the areas for kill boxes.

You make the mistake of going to see the finished work of Squealer.

"WATCH OUT!" You hear the blonde Tinker scream as a high pitched whining grows in intensity. You hit the deck as fast as you can, and not a moment too late. Above the world flashes a bright blue.

You blink away the pain as you try to recover your vision, and the smell of ozone fills your nostrils. You can barely hear the sound of Squealer giggling to herself, dancing around in the afterglow of her success.

"Did you see that, Holy Shit! That was fucking killer, man!" Looking at the car sized hole in the door you just walked through, you make the tactical choice to do a 360 turn and walk out.
>>3185314
You walk around the Docks with Red, looking for any drifters while he gives you the history of the area.

"See that is the old run down Grayson Dock, it was built when I was a lil fucker man. Used to sneak out of school and smoke reefer out here." You make casual conversation as you two walk along. Checking through some alleys in the setting sun you find about 30 assorted men and women scrounging around. Red approaches them

"Hey gents, my name's Red. We got some warm food back in the Boat Graveyard, nice beds and whatnot. Would y'all like to come with?" The acceptance from the group takes some time, but eventually they all come around. Red takes his leave to escort them back to the base.

You begin to stroll through the Market, whistling an eerie tune. Just because no one would believe whoever saw it.

>>3185327

You hear a roar of an engine in the distance. It's near deafening, but you can tell its about 3 blocks down. It's almost like someone fed steroids to a motorcycle.

>>3185403
>Wait
>RUN
>Write in?

>>3185405
>Tell the Guys to GTFO and We'll hold off AssMaster

>>3185403
It's Armsmaster.
>TAKE HIS ARM

>>3185405
>RUN

Let's not be foolhardy guys.

>>3185424
CONTINUE THE TRADITION
ARMS FOR THE ARM GOD
HANDS FOR THE HAND THRONE

>>3185405
>Wait
Ha ha fuck me but I kind of wantvto talk to him.

>>3185405
So my vote is pretty much in like with talk and/or fighting.

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>>3185430

>>3185405
>Wait

>>3185405
>Meld into the shadows, and lie in wait for our uninvited guest.

>>3185437
>>3185440
I will NOT Be CAGED because that is what they will Do if they catch us they will attempt to chain us with such things as "PR" and "Bureaucracy" And for all we know they won't Feed us so i want to take that Halberd and shove it up his ass
After all Beasts will NEVER be Tamed

>>3185462
....wat

>>3185467
I Just REALLY Hate Bureaucracy and PR
Don't worry about it

>>3185467
Armsdick is an autistic faggot who will almost certainly lock us up for brownie points with the PRT and the public.
>>3185471
t. Hebert

Aight so what I'm getting is to hide in shadow mode, and wait for him to pass, or initiate from shadow mode?

>>3185507
Yey?

>>3185507
for me its initiate from shadow mode this is for talking first right?

>>3185516
Is that what you want?

What if we stole his bike and halberd?
WHAT IF WE BEAT HIM UP AND STEAL ALL HIS STUFF?

>>3185522
Also what do you want to say?

>>3185522
I'm having second thoughts now. I want to fucking book it like the anons suggested.

>>3185507
Initiate from shadow mode.

>>3185525
ask what he is doing and maybe about his motorcycle just talking before the fight starts.

give me 1d20 mates then

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>3185545

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>3185545
LET THE BEAST OUT

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3185545

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>Everyone wants to fight Assblaster
>We take his arm
>Taskmaster swears he can hear faint laughter in the distance

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Rolled 17 (1d20)

You S̵̢̹̙̱͓͕͈͓̯̊͗̌̊ͅh̷̡̢̦̻̋́́́̽͆͠ȉ̺͍̩̜̘̻̮̳͓̔͑̉͑̃̓͛f̨̨̹̗̩̺̫̱̐̇́͛͛̿̈͂͢t̯̫͕̝̻͚͇͗̈́̽̉͐͋̓̈̃ into the shadows, molding against the darkened alley. The rumbling roar of the approaching engine grows louder. A massive motorcycle squeals to a stop in front of the alley. Its shiny blue chrome reflects radiantly in the streetlights glare. A armored figure wearing a blue helmet that has his mouth uncovered dismounts the monster of a bike, and clanks his metallic boots against the pavement.

>Do not fear, ARMSMASTER IS HERE.
>Cont

>>3185582
my lore on worm is not good how dangerous is ARMSMASTER?

>>3185592
It depends if this is post or pre Leviathan. Just hope he doesn't hit us when his staff in in thorn mode.

>>3185592
He's basically Robocop if he had a Beard Halberd and Motorcycle but instead of his body being machine it's his personality

>>3185592
He was one of the top heroes in Brockton Bay even before he made a bullshit nanothorn halberd, and had a habit of prepping custom loadouts and weapons to counter certain villains like Lung.

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>>3185588
He brandishes his Halberd with a flourish. He sweeps his gaze back and forth across the alley. Raising his hand to his temple, he speaks to the empty alleyway.

"Dispatch, this is Armsmaster. The report on Famine was likely a bust. No eyes on."

Then you e̡̛͇̭͙̤͙͕͛͛̆̄͂́̚͟m̴̗͉̬̬͓̭̪̫̜̥̎͊͗̀͝e̵̢͎̹̺̦͑͂͒͑̎͗r̭̰̥̤̓͋̚̚͜͜͝͡g̴̛̪͉̞̘̦͌̍͊̌̓͒͟͠ͅͅe̵̯͎̪͎̘͍̯͖͆̽̉̾̆͌̌̓̚͞ when his back is turned, bubbling from the darkness like a nightmare.

He jumps back and brandishes his weapon. A solid few seconds of silence stretch out as you both eye each-other down. You make the first move.

"So... nice bike."

>give me a 1d20 if you want to continue talking
>If not, 1d20 for the attack
>Write in

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3185605
>Attack
I think we should probably roll after we vote because if someone rolls bad then people will go for the other options.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3185605
Keep talking
>What's up, nerd?

>>3185611
ah true.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>3185605
>continue talking

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>3185605
>give me a 1d20 if you want to continue talking
Wanna talk about things?

Any attempt at conversation with Jewgasser is useless.
>Attack
He likes his halberd so much? Okay. Let's eat it. Holding off on the roll since vote then roll is better.

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>>3185619

>>3185619
Boy am I glad I was that last one. Best of three right?
Wew. Missed by a hairs thread.

>>3185611
You uh. You sure you want to attack? The dude is one of the top heroes in the world. We're strong, but not that strong yet.

Let's clear the air here. Who here has read about Armsmaster? Cuz I have.

So what I'm gathering, attempt to talk (let's be honest that's gonna not work), then eat that bastard's weapon. Wanna go for the bike? :}

>>3185622
He's a Tinker that's is basically incompetent corporate batman.

>>3185629
Eh fuck it. Alright. Let's do this shit. Apparently we might have to fight him.
If we fight him can we just break his weapon in half? And his bike. Can we steal that?

>>3185634
Ah never mind I'm being too greedy with wanting to steal his shit.

>>3185634
No Let's steal his halberd
AND BREAK HIS FUCKING LEGS

>>3185625
i have not and the talking was just a nice way to start i know this ends in fighting.

>>3185629
>>3185643
And steal his arm too!

dice+1d20

>>3185653
Anon, you gotta put it in the Options box

>>3185657
sorry bud its been quite a while since I did this

>>3185652
But think about how much his spear would go for on the market!

I CHANGED MY MIND! GUYS THINK ABOUT WHAT SQUEALER XOULD TO DO THE BIKE OFHEHDIDIDFNEHDIGJRNSJ.

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Rollin' for what is hopefully a satisfying meal.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>3185663
Fucking alcohol, man.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>3185663
Rolling for getting some satisfaction

>>3185663

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3185663
HYPE

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>>3185605
"Dispatch, initiate M/S protocols when I return to base. Famine has displayed an apparent Stranger skill set." He's doing that hand to the temple motion again.

"You know it's rude to ignore someone-" He interrupts you, double rude! Who raised this ingrate?

"Famine, you are being investigated for the several murders of Brockton Bay civilians, and the two cases of arson just last night. Surrender, and I will take you in for questioning. The courts will likely take it easy on you considering your Case 53 status and lack of memory." He shouts while twirling his butter knife on a stick. Is this what he calls negotiations?

"Listen, I'm gonna stop you right there mat-" He interrupts a second time!

"Are you resisting arrest?" He asks lowly as he tilts his heat.

"Possibly... Potentially... Maybe.... YES!" You shout as you surge forward, claws slicing through the air.

Armsmaster rolls backwards, and with a quick twist of his wrists, the blade of his halberd glows red.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQOGmdO63wc

>Attempt to rip his halberd out of his grasp
>Claw sweep
>Back hand into motorbike
>Write-in

>>3185669
>Grab his SHIT bike and throw it at him.

>Back hand into motorbike
there is nothing more cruel than destroying a man's bike

>>3185670
Seconding this

>>3185669
>Attempt to rip his halberd out of his grasp
Break it. It think it can teleport back to his grip. Fuck. I don't know which edition of Armsmaster has that yet.

dice1d20
practice roll

>>3185669
>Back hand into motorbike
>And then back hand the motorbike too

Good bye super souped up motor cycles with dozens a gadgets. Good bye all that money.

Why are we attacking him again?

>>3185670
Seconding, on one condition

Is his bike made of a durable enough mater thab he won’t be able to just cleave it in two his his halbaerd?

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>3185670
Third
>>3185676
Put it in the options field. "dice+1d20"

>>3185681
Because Fuck The Police
>>3185669
>Grab his SHIT bike and throw it at him.

>>3185685
But why not steal his stuff and sell it? I'm daydream about what we could do with all that dough.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>3185684
sorry for being a moron
forgot to use the die

>>3185669
>Grab his SHIT bike and throw it at him.
>>3185681
he a cop we a gangster and we want too see this fight.

>>3185689
“Top Hero” of Brockton Bay or not, if we can fuck him.up enough then we can just scavenge stuff off him.

>>3185689
we can try that if we win this fight.

>>3185681
He wants to take you in for questioning, considering your Brute status, it will involve containment foam

Consensus seems to be slapping him into his bike, and then trashing the bike.

>1d20s now then.

>>3185701
Can we at least steal his stuff or what's left of it when we're done?
You also bring up a good point about the foam.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>3185702
Lets not kill or mangle him, he isn't exactly a nazi.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3185702
Grumble grumble.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3185701
We probably threw off his game by d
shadowmorphing. Didn't we?
>>3185702
Rollan

>>3185707
My fucking hero.

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>>3185706
Of course we shouldn't kill or mangle him. That would probably be very bad rep forvthe merchants, and we would have one less meat shield to fight the endbringers.

>>3185707
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!

>>3185707
Was there a motorbike there before?

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>>3185707
>Armsmaster's face when

>>3185702
i thought we were throwing the bike not just braking it
>>3185707
good roll

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>>3185707

>>3185717
cant wait to see our reputation after this!

>>3185681
Honestly? Fuck the PRT

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GUYS I'M SCARED DID WE KILL HIM HE NEEDS A HOSPITAL
BATMAN NOOOOOOOO

>>3185719
Maybe we get to throw him into it, and then proceed to smash it on top of him?

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>>3185707
Feels like an anime right now, with the spirit of Manic guiding to truly bully armsmaster. By god we'll make that crazy clown boy proud!

>>3185730
im sure he is not dead i hope.

>>3185734
I just realized we’ve upheld the tradition of completely fucking over Armsmaster on the first encounter. Absolutely beautiful.

>>3185746
Armsmaster gets no breaks in any quest. I can almost hear the laughter, it's beautiful

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>>3185734
he is truly cursed in 4chan quests

As he readies his halberd for an attack, the red-hot blade screams through the air. It hits your flesh and sizzles.
>-40 VITALITY
>-20 HUNGER
>+35 VITALITY
You look down at the blade embedded in your gut, and chuckle.

"Now you're just being a cunt." You say as you rear you elongated hand back, and smack him clear across the chest and face. He flies back through the air, and slams into his bike with the clash of metal on metal.

You pull out the still burning blade that was his supposed counter to you. With a flick of the wrist, you snap it like a twig. Just to add insult to injury, you open your maw, chew, and swallow.

>+1 RECLAMATION

T̶̬͇̪̣̻͈̽̃̐̇͜ͅḧ̨̬̜͚̝́͆̓̌͛͜͢͠ā̵̧̤͓̮͖͍͚͖̈́̑̀̔̎̀̌̃́ť̛̻͔͚̩͆͒̇̃͟'̴̬̬̣̳̻̥͖͕̋̊̓̈́͂s̢̺͖̗͖͔̱͇͗̐̽͋̇̆͊̆͝͡ d̷̝͇̳̘̜̻͕͉̑͑́̉͜͝͡ͅì̧̧͕̙̖̤́͐̉̆͗̕̕f̸͖̝͓̟͎̖̫̈̇̾͛͛̕͟͞f̼̰̣͓́̓̋̑̉̌̌̔͘͟͠ͅè͚̗͓̿͆̓̋͒͌͢͠ͅr͇͈̩̔͂͛͌̓͗͢͜ë̸͕̺̘̺̩́̔̌̾͘͝ņ̧̤̣̣̥̀͐̂̓̂̈́͐́͡t̵̛̥̗̠̰͕͓͓̾̋̾̎͊͑͢͡ͅ


Armsmaster is knocked out cold, and his bike is molded around his unconscious form. Steam comes from the metal beast as coolant leaks onto the hot engine. You hear chattering from his helmet.

>What do?
>Punish him (how)
>Eat the bike
>Leave
>Write in?

>>3185762
>eat the bike
Why not right?

>>3185746
As someone who read the entirety of One Bad Day, I can say with certainty that he always gets his ass kicked. Now take his arm.

>>3185762
LOOT. EEEEVVVEEERRRYYYTHHHIIIIINNNG. His bike. His armor too!

>>3185762
Wake him up first, then eat the bike in front of him

>>3185768
Isnt making him a cripple a little much?

>>3185762
>Take him Bike and all
Squealer would want the Bike

>>3185762
>spoiler
Let's make an Armsmaster quest.
>reclamation
So we can get that by eating tinkertech too? Nice.
>Write-in: Leave with his bike. Squealer will want this.
Best not to loot too much: he might have some traps on his shit.

>>3185772
In One Bad Day, there was a running joke where he would make prosthetic arms and we would end up hacking them off.

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>>3185769
>PRT arrives
>They find Armsmaster naked, all his stuff taken
>Both arms missing
>Merchant symbol scratched on nearby wall along with the words "I AM NOW BOSS"

>>3185779
.....well if his arm is already a prosthetic then I guess we should take it to keep the joke running.

>>3185762
>Leave with his bike. Squealer will want this.
do not eat his arm

>>3185762
>Eat the bike QUICKLY, but drag it out of sight of Armsmaster. He has got to have a camera somewhere, and showing that we consume to get stronger (he probably just assumed us eat the Halberd as a scare tactic) is a no-no.

>>3185774
Bad idea. There are most likely dozens of trackers on every smidgen of his equipment.

>>3185784
>>3185786
>>3185774
>>3185771
>>3185769

And when the PRT comes knocking moments later, we'll know why.

>>3185762
Okay FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE
>Eat his fucking bike away from him and not in camera range

>>3185791
Good point? Maybe we should call up squealer to get her opinion first. Perhaps she can come on site and we find a hidden place so she can examine the bike?

Then again is our location still a secret?

>>3185768
Yeah but did you read the rest of the multiverse stuff too?

>>3185790
It's probably already being tracked now. They know our location already, and A to B is not difficult.

Unless OP can confirm whether we can get in contact with Squealer to get her ass to a secure location.

>>3185762
>>Eat his fucking bike away from him and not in camera range AND TAKE HIS FUCKING ARM AS A SNACK
Ok fine...

>>3185792
Should we eat the armor too?

>>3185797
I don't think we have the time. The bike, even if it's large, is kind of easy pickings because of the fact it's not a uniform bodysuit with (potentially?) dozens of interlocking parts on a person of all things.

We also risk killing him, because who knows if our hands might slip or not on such delicate work.

>>3185797
Nah. Leave it. As a Tinker he should be able to build back his Halberd and his Bike in a week or two. We'll be fine

>>3185792
>>3185796

Not trying to be a downer, guys. We just have to think critically about PRT stuff, because nobody wants to go to the fucking Bird Cage.

At least, not until we're stronger.

>>3185807
what does the Canary do when the Cat is in the cage?

So it seems to be, grabbing the bike and running a bit away, and then nomming that shit.

Writing

If his arms are prosthetics, why not eat those?

also whoopsies I forgot

Here is the collection of all previous threads

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Wendigo Worm Quest

>>3185807
I understand WHY you're doing it it doesn't mean I have to LIKE it

>>3185807
>>3185811
>We get caught, sent to Bird Cage
>Just as Keikaku
"I'M NOT TRAPPED IN HERE WITH YOU!"

>>3185812
They're not, yet

>>3185811
That's my interim goal for this quest, because what better way is there to gather Shards for Abbadad than the most cape concentrated place in the West?

>>3185813
It's
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Wendigo%20Worm%20Quest

>>3185827
Holy fuck. It’s the ultimate feeding frenzy.

PHO interlude of us one-shotting Armsy when?

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You approach the unconsciousness man, you can just barely hear someone screaming from inside his helm

"Armsmaster come in, come in right damn now! Send a fucking COA team to his last position right fucking now."

You thumb the small notch in his helmet where he touched. You rasp out "Hey... um, sorry. He's fine."

You peel him out of the crushed bike, and toss him to the side into a dumpster. You go to the brick wall above it, and scrawl the sign of your gang.

The Archer's Bridge Merchants ride again.

Then like a bad cartoon villain you hoist the bike over your head, and jog down the street, taking massive bites as you go. Oil, coolant, and fuel pour over you like the lifeblood of a dying beast.

>+1 RECLAMATION

Finishing your meal, you dropkick the carcass of the bike across the Bay.

>The ambush by Armsmaster took one action
>Day 4 has begun.

(Gonna try to get my sleep schedule back on track. See you guys tomorrow!)

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>>3185862
>You peel him out of the crushed bike, and toss him to the side into a dumpster.
WHERE HE BELONGS
>Then like a bad cartoon villain you hoist the bike over your head, and jog down the street, taking massive bites as you go.
I can imagine this happening complete with deer-skull head in a huge silly grin.
>Finishing your meal, you dropkick the carcass of the bike across the Bay.
We literally fucking toss it up in front of us, and dropkick it perfectly away so hard it skips like ten times on the water.

Pic related is this entire update.

4chan sure likes to take the piss out of the guy

>>3185996
It's one of the better ones

>>3186009
Traditions, that is

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>Bullying Armlessmaster with bait
>Eating his shit
>Reverse engineering his shit
>Arms fw

>>3185862
>Day 4 has begun.
A new day and a new set of tasks. Let's tell some people (Squealer, Mush, Steve, and Red) about the Armsmaster encounter unless they already heard about it over the news, then ask Squealer what's she gonna do now that's she's finished with her death laser. After that id want to know what happened to the guys that got injured in the safe house fight? They alright? Did Tommy Lee make it?

For the fence idea I'm not sure anymore. Would that obstruct our view if people were to try and and attack us- maybe not. We've got a good view from the top of the ship over most of the area. I'm thinking we should help recover more ships for crabbing and doing the fence I guess?

Oh and uh I guess tell am about the part we ate his stuff?

>>3185862
Backing >>3186320

>>3185862
Forgot to include this in my post but, is there a limit to how much we can eat? Where does our hunger cap at? Is there even a cap?

Can we convince someone to make the gloves from the welding area?

Is the crabbing boat too big for a trailer?

>>3186320
We need to arrange Merchant funerals for the lost ones who fought for our dream.
Then work on finding capes and ascertaining when exactly all this is happening. It's clear that we are running around post-Leviathan seeing as he caused our trigger, but in that case where's the Undersiders?
Then, we need to get intel on that new Empire Cape.
Also, we've really neglected the PRT, and we should fix that by thinking of strategies to fuck them over.
We should then look into the ABB, see if they have any new capes. Skidmark's Master Plan of Mercantilism might involve ABB attacks, so we should prepare for that (and learning more about our enemies doesn't hurt in any case).
We should try to get on Coil's ass after that. The guy's just way too slippery as far as we know and we haven't focused on him at all.
Finally, we should learn about the minor factions in Brockton Bay.

So, our to-do list in order of decreasing priority is:
>Headcount and possible funeral services
>Find out what the date is (should have done this a lot earlier, tell me if we have already) so we can place ourselves somewhere within canon
>Look into new Empire cape
>Look into ABB
>Look into PRT, strategise against them
>Look into Coil
>Look into minor players like the Undersiders and the Mercenaries (Faultline's crew and the Travelers)

>>3186370
Leviathan attacks Brockton Bay on May 15, 2011 in the timeline. The one Levi attack that happened before BB attack that we know from Worm canon is Newfoundland, Canada on May 9, 2005 - 6 years before the BB attack. Wendigos and similar shit tend to be Canada-centric due to the wilderness, so who knows? It should be noted that Dragon originates from Newfoundland:

>When Leviathan attacked and sunk Newfoundland on May 9th, 2005, Richter died and Dragon transferred her data, the house program, and a half dozen other small programs to a backup server in Vancouver. She then repurposed herself as a superhero; managing and tracking information while serving as a hacker for the PRT in exchange for funding.

Hmmmmmm

>>3186370
And according to the PHO interlude from thread 1 in the archives, Famine's attack on Stormtiger and Rune was January 1, 2011 - although all the other posts on that PHO thing said January 1, 2000, so I guess it's HWM fucking up the dates without noticing?

>>3186370
>We need to arrange Merchant funerals for the lost ones who fought for our dream.
But we did that didn't we? Funeral by sea and celibration?
The current date in world is 1/9/2011. Pretty sure it is. I was keeping track of the date amoung other things. I'm not following why we need to find capes though.
We know that the new cape can punch lightning. We kind of had some insight into his powers last thread when he chased off one of the merchants groups sent to spy on the warehouse. No clue how you expect to get more details on his powers though. Lightning seems to be his thing.
Isn't the PRT the police or something? I'm all for attacking if they attack first. Then committing to sever more attacks.
Why would we go after Coil and does Famine know of him yet?

>>3186386
No clue about canon dates, but I could should go with some Phó and brisks. Some lemon juice and green onions.

>>3186382
>>3186386
The Endbringer attack before Leviathan going for Brockton Bay is Simurgh going for Canberra, Australia on February 24, 2011. Whatever the fuck happened, the Simurgh apparently "won" so they had to seal the whole place under a dome. Whatever it was, it involved samples being "retrieved" for investigation. Wildbow himself wrote a trigger event related to this, which might as well be canon:

> "It is the worst case scenario. You're the first this morning to enter the lab where you do all your biohazard work, testing bacteria, parasites, viruses and potential cures, when the lights go off, the emergency lighting and sirens kicking in. In your sprint to the end of the hall, you see the disaster, a cart tipped, containers broken. You stand there, your heart dropping into your stomach, knowing you've already died. The papers that were on the cart read, very simply, 'Canberra'. The Simurgh. The name is enough to push you to trigger."

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>>3186401
It's also apparently the reason why Canary got Birdcaged. And that's terrible.

>Wildbow:
>Think of it in terms of political context, the simurgh attack on Australia being recent & rather a loss for the good guys, her being a Simurgh-alike, news & public perception turning on her, and other factors playing in.
>For Canary's court case ending up an uphill battle.
>People are ~scared~ of mind/emotion control.

Come on guys, look at this hot chick. Who would be scared of her?
>inb4 "go fuck yourself"

>>3186401
What exactly is a Trigger? All i know avout triggers is SJW, safe spaces and DMC memes.

>>3186410
see http://worm.wikia.com/wiki/Trigger_event

Not sure why we're so paranoid about going to the birdcage. Who's gonna put us there? We're the strongest. The only canon characters who might beat us are Scion, Endbringers, and maaaaybe Eidolon.

>>3186654
You think we could fuck up Contessa too?

>>3186662
I have no doubt that our origin gives us the same immunity to her power that everyone else I listed has.

>>3186662
Eh maybe, In all honesty it's probably a 50/50 chance
kind of like everything in life

>>3186680
That was suppose to go to >>3186669

>>3186662
I’d place a decent amount of stock in it.

>>3186654
>Paranoid

No, not in the fucking least. As stated here >>3185827, I’m all for it.

But not NOW. We’re strong, yes, but for now we need to focus on consolidating power for the Merchants. Make sure all of our efforts for stability, manpower, and CRABS don’t just get fucking wiped out if the moment comes where we decide to take off and do our own thing.

And we’re not THAT fucking strong. We need to prepare, focus on reclaimation so when the moment comes where we face an enemy that we can’t naturally hard-counter (someone with time distortion, gravity manipulation, etc), we’d have a couple of tricks up our sleeves.

>>3186732
And don’t forget, we’re playing with the ultimate Wild Card. 4chan Dice. A random goon with an RPG was enough to take our agency away, leaving us feeling helpless no matter how strong we are.

>>3186738
In our defence, we turned that goon and all his pals into man-smoothies.

>>3186742
Although we do need more Cape snackpacks.

>>3186732
We kinda are that strong. We may go into feeding frenzy easily, but nothing is gonna kill us. Plus we're tougher than we were back then. Arms halberd can cut through steel like butter and we just laughed it off.

>>3186742
But it could have been worse, anon. A roll is also the only thing that prevented us from trying to paste Steve.

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>>3186751
If we fear every roll, we’ll start playing like eating some lunch is going to get The Wards hot on our heels. Ravioli Ravioli, don’t follow the Famine lorry.

>>3186751
But I do see where you’re coming from.

>>3186756
It’s not fear, per se. i just don’t think we should go around thinking we’rr the hottest shit on the block, because there are so many variables and options when it comes to the powers in Worm that being ‘strong’ is kind of arbitrary. We can knock shit in for sure, but when the boot comes down, there are so many ways for us to get stomped that we have to be careful.

My minds kind of a mess right now anyway, so I’m not disagreeing with you guys. I’m just under the impression that laying low, avoiding any unnecessary conflicts beyond our current goals with the Merchants, is advisable.

Squealer’s laser thing would have straight put us on our ass if we hadn’t gotten lucky. That could have been a mess of us slaughtering everyone there.

On that note though, we should try and figure a way to get a better handle on our self control.

>>3186680
>most things in life are 50/50
They really aren't

>>3186795
This isn't really a way to increase self control, but could eat a fuck ton of food before we expect to go into a fight, or we could train to increase our combat prowess to reduce the chances of suffering wounds that would regenerate which would in turn make us hongry.

Beyond the general desire to gather more reclamation, what are we going to do today beyond crabs, Merchant training and reinforcing the Boatyard? We get 5 actions to do a day.

>talk to Squealer, Mush, Steve, and Red about how we kicked Armsmaster's ass
>Squealer what do now
>build fence (maybe or maybe not)
>ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR. CRABS
>Train Merchants

>>3187517
ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR.CRABS!?!?!

>>3187517
>build fence
Gotta keep pests out

>>3185862
Are trained merchants Mediocre, Moderate or Skilled level? asking because of....

>Before safe-house raids
>40 Uninitiated Merchants | >30 Mediocre Merchants | >30 Moderate Merchants | >20 Skilled Merchants | >30 Veteran Merchants | >Mush, Squealer, Corrosion

>after safe-house raids
>All Merchants in the Gang are the minimum of Mediocre, all Mediocre have become Trained (battle-tested)
>NEGATIVES: >5 Trained Merchants dead

What are the ratings for the 30 so people who joined us? I mean, if some of the 30 stayed around for food but needed to go that is...

>>3187567
We'll make the PRT build it

>>3187569
>We'll make the PRT build it
>as oppose to using E88 and ABB slave labor

>>3187517
We really should build the fence at the very least.

We should also construct some watch-towers in the tallest ship wrecks with some snipers on standby. Probably set up a couple of heavy gun emplacements if possible. All of that with additional training should make our home into a fortress. Talking with Squealer and getting on crab duty is also advisable.

>>3187581
we have...
>50 units worth of standard arms (pistols, bolt-action rifles.
>35 units of advanced arms (machine guns, grenades, sniper rifles.)
We could probably do that.
On another note, I think I mentioned training at some point. What about doing some training?

Skills:
>Stealth Level 1- All Stealth checks DC's are reduced by 1
>???
>Finger Blades Level 1- Your fingers have been remolded into long, bone like blades that can tear through metal with ease.
>Bestial Strength Level 1- You can easily lift beyond the human limit.
>???
>Cloak of Shadows (Stranger- Allows to take form of a black gas, melds into darkness.)

>>3185862
How much explosives did the merchants use back at the apartment? 1? 2?

>>3187600
Stealth and strength, I get. (Mostly. Would we do some Incredibles epilogue shit and bench press shipping containers or something?)
But how exactly do we improve our finger blades or cloak of shadows? It's not like we can just spam either of them on dummy targets and get xp. Could we sharpen our fingers? And with what, a grindstone? Can we only level up cloak of shadows by actually increasing its limits, or just by using it smarter?

So. Anyone know anything interesting about Wendigo folklore? can't they possess people or disguise themselves as human?

>>3186654
That sounds less like they're being paranoid and more just you're getting cocky, no ome is invincible man

>>3188172
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo
discuss?

Alright mates I'm back, good discussions... I love it.

>>3186410
Are you retarded? You could've Googled "worm trigger" and understood in 2 seconds.

>>3187569
Trained is higher than skilled, lower than Veteran.

The 30 new members would be mediocre, and staying.
>>3186366
Hunger can go up to 100 as of right now, but the higher it goes the faster it decays. You can drop to -50 Hunger to heal vitality, if it drops further and you are injured you will enter a frenzy, prioritizing killing and feeding.

To be honest, the gloves are redundant, but if it'll make you happy to have your eldritch monster in metal mittens, okeydokkie.

The boat can be hitched on one of the flatbed trailers you have.
>>3186370
Leviathan has not hit Brockton Bay.
>>3186386
Yeah that was a fuckup, the pho generator was wack
>>3186393
Skidmark knows, you don't

>>3186738
That was they're nat 20, while you ate that nat 1.
>>3187517
The consensus I'm getting is

>talk to Squealer, Mush, Steve, and Red about how we kicked Armsmaster's ass
>Squealer what do now
>build fence (maybe or maybe not)
>ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR. CRABS
>Train Merchants

Any opposed?

>>3188229
Nope, sounds good dude.

>>3188229
More emphasis on
>ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR. CRABS
But other than that Yeah

>>3188229
i support.

>>3188256
If i wasn't being clear i did mean support

>>3186393
>date is 09/01/2011
That means Bakuda hasn't joined the ABB yet.
Of course, who knows how much we changed canon.

>>3188303
Fuck maybe we can Recruit her Before the ABB get to her

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>>3188229
The sun rises in on the Horizon as you walk back to the Freighter. The early risers of the gang wave to you as you walk by, a skeletal grin upon your face. You spot Red leaning against a wall of one of the small scrap structure that have sprawled out of the ship. He's smoking as he talks on the phone.

"You saw it too, yeah... wait hold on he's here." He closes the phone with a snap.

"Holy shit man, we thought we lost you when you didn't make it back all that early last night."

"Could you call Mush, Corrosion, and come along to the bridge with Squealer, I want to explain it only once." At you saying that he has a worried look grow upon his weathered face, and walks back into the ship.

You climb the stairs slowly, like a child being sent to the principal's office. You knock on the door, and get a curt "Come in." from Squealer.

Best to exercise caution, since last time you entered unannounced you almost were lasered.

She is sitting at a metal table, counting stacks of money while filling out an accounting book.

"What's up Famine, you need something?"

"Just waiting for everyone." Within the next five minutes, all the power-players of the smallest gang present arrive. Mush, in his dingy wife beater and cargo shorts, Corrosion contrasted in his faded suit and skimask, and lastly Red (hobo extraordinaire)

"So what's up?" Steve asks as he sips a cup of coffee.

"Well... I ran into Armsmaster last night."

Squealer quickly jumps to cleaning off the coffee coated bills and cursing out Corrosion.

"... I knocked him out... ate his halberd and bike."

Silence...

And then laughter... from the most unlikely sources. Squealer.

It started out low, like a small chuckle, then evolved to giggling, to full out belly laughter. She whips a tear to the side.

"You mean to tell me, you knocked the leader of the PRT Brockton Bay division, and ate his tinker gear?"

"...I threw him in a dumpster, and scratched our symbol above it."

Squealer reaches for a cabinet underneath the table and pulls out a glass of champagne and several glasses. She pours everyone an equal glass.

"Gentlemen... Skidmark is probably gonna nut in his pants. This is a double edged sword, we're gonna need to be ready for retaliation. I need you men to get shit ready for any storm comin."

Steve then pipes up "I was running some food to Rick yesterday, and he saw a girl jogging around and getting close to the Graveyard. We may want to get a fence set up or something."

Red chimes in "Sniper towers near the edge, establish a tight perimeter."

Squealer tips back her glass "Boys, this is why you're the top dogs."

>Give me 2d20, one for the fence building, one for the towers/killspots.

Rolled 1, 6 = 7 (2d20)

>>3188360
>girl jogging near the graveyard
That was probably Taylor.
Which means she's already triggered.

Rolled 15, 12 = 27 (2d20)

>>3188360
BRING THE BERSERKER RAGE

Rolled 12, 1 = 13 (2d20)

>>3188360

Rolled 17, 19 = 36 (2d20)

>>3188360

Rolled 14, 5 = 19 (2d20)

>>3188360

>>3188366
>>3188373
GOD FUCKING DAMNIT YOU TWO

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>>3188378
FUCK ME, WE CRITFAILED BOTH

>>3188375
isn't this good enough?

>>3188366
check the interlude with her, she mentions the bugs a bunch of times, this is a given with the chronology

>>3188383
I critfailed on the fence, then >>3188373 this faggot critfailed on the tower. We're going to get attacked by the Empire now or something, FUCK

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GUYS KEEP FUCKING ROLLING....there's a storm brewing. I can feel it. we're gonna have a siege of our lives. I get a felling it's either gonna be the E88's or the PRT.
bring it on you chuckle fucks! meat to the grinder!

>>3188391
I THINK its gonna be the PRT but i could be SUPER wrong

Rolled 18, 18 = 36 (2d20)

>>3188360
rollan anyway

Damn. Looks like we're gonna have to hold off on the tower and fences on another date.
>>3188404
double 18's. charming. if only we didn't critfailed though.

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>>3188370
15 (1), 12 (1)

I'm sorry anons, it was bound to happen. Be ready.

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>>3188413

>>3188413
no 1 died trying to make this did they?

>>3188439
No but we're getting Raided HARD in a bit

>>3188413
OH SHIT WAIT did we ask corrosion to change his cape name to pestilence yet?

>>3188413
Appropriate Battle Music for the coming Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVnZl5_TXpI

>>3188463
Not yet. I'd rather go with Death
>inb4 Taylor becomes Pestilence

>>3188471
OHHH that is better Lets go with your suggestion
That or we Give her the Title Conqest

>>3188463
I think we should save the name change suggestion until we find two others to join the merchants that fit the requirements to be death and war. At least that's what I think. Maybe Steve would like that.
dank music choice btw

>>3188485
Ok we'll put it on hold for now

>>3188485
>>3188481
>>3188487
So are we gonna go with 4 Horsemen or 5 including Conquest? And are all of them gonna be Abaddon shard triggers?

>>3188471
Corrosion seems like a better fit for Pestilence. I think >>3188481 has it right, since Conquest is likely to be a Master.

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You and Steve oversee the building of the fences around the perimeter of the Graveyard. In front of the roads, which are already blocked with shipping crates, you have piled cars and welded scrap palisades. for lengths in between you help drive in metal poles into the ground for support so crews can weld chain-link re-enforced with boat hull strips.

Meanwhile Red and Mush have small towers constructed on the cranes and bridges of the nearby ships. They're ugly, but they have plenty of room for enough food and ammo for 2 men to stay up there for a week at-least, but that's unnecessary as of right now, but you have the first watch shift start now.

As you stand on top of the shipping crate blocking the main road, you smile a faint smile. The act of people coming together, acting as a community for the betterment of each other.

It's heart warming.

That's when you see it.

The see of red and white marching on the Graveyard, two massive identical women standing to the sides, a shirtless hairy man in a wolf mask, and many others. At least 200 armed men marching at their sides.

At the forefront is a man wearing steel armor of blades.

>The Empire Strikes Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOr0na6mKJQ

On a different subject, Skidmark wanted us to raise our member count to 200. Assuming all the named NPC's fall into the merchants tier category, we're 189 strong. One of the two ship holds were originally estimated to hold 150-180 people, with the other being used for storage. We're gonna need to expand a bit.

>>3188494
what the fifth Horsemen?

>>3188500
We'll do a recruiting Drive after THE RAID

>>3188505
On ANOTHER note. We won't be going hungry for a while. If we live through this lets convince Squealer to mod a shipping container or two to be giant fridge units by scraping several freezers.

>>3188501
I thought there were only four. huh.

>>3188514
There are only four.

>>3188497
I want to Show them what we did to The Gibbering Mess That was Cricket

>>3188516
>>3188514
Pestilence is sometimes mistranslated as Conquest if i remember correctly so there are TECHNICALLY 4 but it's more like 5 in reality

>>3188497
Oh.

Oh SHIT.

(Good song choice)

>>3188524
Wait Mistranslated is a Bad word for it
It's more like they're interchangeable

>>3188497
200 armed ants are still ants.

>>3188497
>200 E88 goons
>Freja and Menja
>Hookwolf
>other capes
>KAISER HIMSELF
wew fucking lad
I think we might need to pull out the tard screech of depowering out on these fucks

>>3188497
What do you guys think about letting them meet their old friend Cricket to show them there are Fate much MUCH Worse than Death

>>3188538
not gonna lie. that would be interesting.

>>3188538
it cool do it.

>>3188540
Personally i think that's the Right Power-play here
it will show that we can break even the most hardened Warrior and if they do attack we can just SCREAM and kill em all

>>3188547
And while she's sitting there Gibbering we'll just be standing there Laughing our Harrowing Laugh at the Thing in human shape

>>3188551
You ever wonder why Abbadad took the wheels when we were interrogating Cricket?

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The man of iron steps forward, approximately 50 yards away from the palisade's gate. Silences reigns. Then he begins to speak.

"Hear me scum, we know your hole is here. We will march upon you and slaughter all... unless you surrender your dog of war Famine unto us for punishment for the crimes he has committed. If he steps out and faces us face to face, we will leave in peace. You have 25 minutes."

They have given their terms.

Your tinkerrigged phone from Squealer begins to ring.

>What do?
>Step out
>Answer the phone
>Run back to the freighter
>Write in?

>>3188554
i thought the scream forcibly opened a connection to Abbadad to take their Shards and that's what she saw and that's what she remembered when we asked her about the Nightmare

>>3188560
>Answer the phone
What do you guys thing about having some of Steve's ghosts hide in out shadow? We're quite big.

What's our hunger at?

>>3188560
>Answer the phone
>Tell someone to bring Cricket to the Gate

>>3188560
>Answer the phone
>Tell someone to bring Cricket to the Gate
>Order Merchants to their defensive positions

https://youtu.be/iyc62g7YQM0
Time to take out the trash. Let's get Squealer over here with her cannon to no-sell the fuck out of Kaiser's bitch ass.

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>>3188560
>Answer the phone
>Tell someone to bring Cricket to the Gate

Let's show off our handwork.

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>>3188561
that, and when you came to be, approximately 1/3 of capes across the eastern seaboard had vivid nightmares. The closer to the epicenter, the worse.

>>3188564


>STATS
VITALITY: 300/300
RECLAMATION: 3/MANY
NOTICE:4/20 (Worried) Father is watching, and he believes in you.
HUNGER: 40

>>3188560
>Answer the phone
>Tell someone to bring Cricket to the Gate
>Order Merchants to their defensive positions

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>>3188573
>Answer the phone.

You pickup the literal brick sized phone in your clawed grasp. Pecking at the buttons like a bird with the long calls, you accept the call. Immediately you are barraged by Squealer's voice.

"WHATEVER YOU FUCKING DO FAMINE, DON'T YOU DARE STEP OUT THAT GATE! WE NEED YOU FUCKER, I'M ON THE WAY WITH RIG, THE LASER, AND THE BOYS, JUST HOLD THEM!" You can hear mass yelling in the background through her screaming.

"I wasn't... can you bring Cricket too?"

"SURE DUMBASS!" Click.

Well shit. You shout to the men in the sniper towers to ready themselves. They give you the ancient thumbs up of confirmation.

(not gonna map this whole encounter, but just setting the scene.)

>>3188588
Let's go beach of Normandy on them.
Steve should be around to back us up.
Can we see the E88's clearly enough to see their faces? Do they seem confidant?

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>>3188588
Approximately 10 minutes later, you hear the roaring of the Rig tearing down the gravel road, followed by a war party of other Merchant's in their cars.

Squealer brought the cavalry.

>100 Merchants on scene, all in cars. Armed with whatever is on hand. Machine guns, pistols, you think you see Red holding an RPG and the tinker pistol.

Squealer stops behind the shipping container barricade, and you go to meet her.

She rolls down the bulletproof glass of the Rig, and immediately barks at you. Panic and determination apparent in her voice.

"What's the fucking plan Famine?

>I will give you 30 minutes to plan for the first phase of the combat, there will be three phases.

>Lift the Barricade, and charge out the gate, tear them asunder, try to catch as many capes as you can with a scream
>Begin with snipers taking shots
>Toss Cricket over the wall
>Write in?

(pic related is the Empire's new cape)

>>3188598
>Write in
We come out the gate by ourselves as if we're surrendering, get as close as we can, THEN give a big ol' "fuck you" to their powers. The cars can take care of the goons while we rip and tear the capes and the snipers take potshots to assist.

>>3188598
>Write in
I go out with Cricket as a Hostage and Example then when i get close enough i SCREAM Then you guys light em up then we Win

>>3188598
>Write In

I'm fine with going on the "Exit the gate with Cricket and prepare a scream" tactic.

>>3188610
i agree i hope she does something to freak them out like what did you do to her kind of thing

>>3188598
What are the red marks?
Have the snipers begin marking their lieutenants besides the capes, and see if their two vehicles (the squares right?) have any windows. They're most likely bullet proof.
Get a pair of snipers on the east side and find someplace high in case some try to make their way through the Car Lot.
Ask Steve if it's possible to hide two or three of his ghosts in our shadow, or do they not work like that?


>Toss Cricket over the wall
This will be last. Maybe they might get curious enough to question her to buy us some time.

>>3188618
i like this but if we Toss Cricket over the wall it be hard to hit all the capes with SCREAM

>>3188618
(Squares are the Fenja and Menja, arrows are soldiers, five pointed star is hookwolf one the left, right is Florian Geyer, the six pointed star is Kaiser)

He can three ghosts in your shadow.

>>3188610
Supporting.

Cricket just has to last long enough as a hostage for us to get in close. Make sure Cricket is gagged so she can't warn them.

>>3188598
Well actually I think a sniper should try to get a shot in the new cape when the fight begins. Dude seems to be the least likely to survive from a gun shot.

The thing about running up to them to do te scream attack is actually managing to make the distance. There is a lot of them- not to mention Kaiser's ability to sprout blades from any surface.

>>3188625
and at worst we can use her as a bodyshield
>>3188628
you make a point this is a bit of a gambol but it worth a try.

>>3188628
>>3188628
They have double our men and capes in a straight-up fight so we're gonna have to get daring. It's smart to have Corrosion stick 3 of his guys in our shadows to support our cape fight. Having the snipers go for the newest Empire Cape and their non-powered officers would also be smart.