>>3699759
>You might as well take the opportunity to get in close and personal. Would prevent them from getting comfortable at range, although it won’t be fun to try to explain the results away…

>>3699759
Also, hey, boss! How’s your weekend treating you?

>>3699759
>>You might as well take the opportunity to get in close and personal. Would prevent them from getting comfortable at range, although it won’t be fun to try to explain the results away…

>>3699768
Pretty well. As stated in my Twitter, there's a few interesting things going on this weekend. Just came from one, will be going to another in about an hour or so, and tomorrow I'm going to a ballgame.

>>3699759
>You might as well take the opportunity to get in close and personal. Would prevent them from getting comfortable at range, although it won’t be fun to try to explain the results away…

Basically our way to explain it will be "Shut up, i saved your life."

Heya Handler!

>>3699759
>You might as well take the opportunity to get in close and personal. Would prevent them from getting comfortable at range, although it won’t be fun to try to explain the results away…
We're invisible, so we should hurry up and beat the shit out of them.

>>3699759
>You might as well take the opportunity to get in close and personal. Would prevent them from getting comfortable at range, although it won’t be fun to try to explain the results away…

>>3699779
Could just say that we are that good at sneaking/stealth kill.

>>3699796
except that we're gonna smash everyone's head at superhuman speeds.

>>3699759
>Everyone’s blinded, or too far away to see precisely… a bit of magic should clean this all up very fast and very neatly. Provided no one asks many questions, that is.

Grabby hands.

Writing.

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>>3699808
I though we would use a knife or something else. Not that i don't mind snapping some necks with our stupid strength

>>3699875
I love how it looks like the guy suddenly grows hair from having his neck snapped.

Should we get some knives? It's not like we really need them, given our strength, but maybe it would be useful?

>>3699896
We have the knives from the mafia job, the switchblade and the survival knife, we just forgot to bring them out of the bag.

>>3699889
Eh funny.

>>3699896
Always good to have something we can throw at someone. But i don't think Randa has some knifes with her person. Could always loot something from the idiots attacking our group.

>>3699875
eeeh. the result is the same. Actually, we could try to use the mana blades we developed on the las world.

>>3699904
Oh look at that we do have knifes with us. Well that makes things easier.

>>3699896
>>3699904
>>3699905

We could just throw pebbles. I'm sure Miranda is strong enough to kill a man with a pebble to the head.

>>3699759
>>3699764
>>3699772
>>3699779
>>3699781
>>3699790
You’re not really keen on letting them take potshots at you. With one leap you hit an outcropping to the right of where they are, avoiding the bullets coming in at the other clan, and the second takes you up and over, where they’re mostly still trying to rub the spots out of their eyes. There’s five of them behind the lip- you hadn’t even seen two, and that’s not counting the ones on the far end. Speaking of, actually.

“AUG-” the one closest to you quickly perishes as leap, grab at his neck, and swung behind him all in midair, sending his cranium twisting a full 180 before he drops to the ground. You keep hold of the body as you land, dragging it up for an overhand toss into the crony nearest him, sending the living one sprawling to the ground as a couple hundred pounders of dead outlander collides into him. A sudden gunshot rings out, and you flinch as you feel something pinch at your side- you don’t think anything broke skin, but you’ll have to check that later as you aim for the guy that pulled off the wild shot with his pistol.

He seems to hear you still walking, and he fires again- only to hit dirt, first with his gun, then once that’s taken away from him, his masked mouth as you sling him to the ground, cracking his mask, and then giving a solid stomp just to be certain.

“Hey!” You barely hear it before you draw your own pistol and let fire a trio of shots in the direction of the aiming bandit, cracking his armor and then slicing his neck horribly as he slumps to the ground. Phew. That’s four, at least, now for number five- oh.

(cont.)

>>3699957
Seems like number five- the negotiator, natch- finally managed to clear his eyes. The pistol he has leveled at you doesn’t look like your own- it’s slimmer, but has a large attachment at the back of it- resembles a canister of some sort, or a small liquid tank. You’re not sure what’s in it. “That’s...that’s gonna stop right there,” he says a bit shakily, bombast lost, clearly. Another gunshot rings out, and you hear yelling as people get closer. “Now, kid, I-I don’t know what you did, but you, you’re gonna calm down and you’re gonna sit still unless you want to die slowly and painfully.” Another gunshot sounds, this bullet pinging off the stone near him, and quickly raising his voice, he yells out. “I GOT A HOSTAGE! I SEE ANYONE OR HEAR ANY MORE GUNFIRE, OR ANYONE TRYING TO BE A HERO, AND THE KID’S AS GOOD AS DEAD!” He doesn’t seem to register that YOUR gun is on him, too. It’s really more of a standoff than a hostage situation...

Hm. The lip is too high for them to see you over, and he’s low enough that it would likely be hard to get a bead on him- not that you think there are any sharpshooters on your side anyway…

“YOU ASSHOLE!” Crash yells. “YOU SHOULDA JUST GIVEN US THE GOODS!”

“HEY, FUCK YOU! SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!” Yeah, so much for that easy attitude. “Times change, dumbass,” he mutters to himself as he keeps an eye on you. “New day, new deals, new drama…”

> A new deal? New drama? Maybe you could try and get him to explain himself…see what caused this in the first place.
> You need to try and drag his attention off you- if only for a second. Just enough to plug him and end this. (How?)
> Stay quiet. Chances are the rest will do something themselves...although how, you’re unsure.
> Other

(Yeah, I'm off for now. Will continue tomorrow in intervals.)

>>3699961
>Other
>Get all of his attention, tell him that we're dropping our gun, and when we do it, we magiblast his head off.

>>3699961
> A new deal? New drama? Maybe you could try and get him to explain himself…see what caused this in the first place.

This is somehow our fault i just know it.

>>3699961
> Stay quiet. Chances are the rest will do something themselves...although how, you’re unsure.

>>3699961
>> A new deal? New drama? Maybe you could try and get him to explain himself…see what caused this in the first place.

>>3699957
>you flinch as you feel something pinch at your side- you don’t think anything broke skin, but you’ll have to check that later
So, did the Shield Shard help at all or not?

>Current Mana: 13000/12500 (Draining) - after changing Seither Filters
>Current Mana: 12500/12500 - after Sun Flare
Sorry for being a stingy penny pincher, but wasn't there a 20% manacost discout for using the Meditation Room?

>>3699961
>> A new deal? New drama? Maybe you could try and get him to explain himself…see what caused this in the first place.
Thanks for running!

>>3699961
>Other
Shoot him. We're faster.

>>3700029
Or does the Shield Shard need an influx of mana to work?

>>3700029
I don't think we activated the shard?Does it even required being activated actually?

>>3699961
Okay, changing >>3700029
>Other
>Activate the shield shard and cast body armor for a few seconds to tank his shots
>Shoot him

>>3700100
Do you really want to risk taking a shot of whatever it's the thing he has on his back? It's probably those seither powered weapons.

>>3700113
It's pistol sized, I don't think it can pierce two shields and our power armor.

>>3700123
It might be a seither-thrower; at which point, all it would do is give us a rush of energy, and we shouldn't shoot him for that.
We should punch into his chest and crush his heart.

>>3699961
> You need to try and drag his attention off you- if only for a second. Just enough to plug him and end this. (How? Throw the knife in our other hand against the hand rail that should cause enough noise and since he is so jittery thay will distract him from us. Then we shoot him.)

>>3700145
Our knives are in our bag of holding right now.

>>3699961
> A new deal? New drama? Maybe you could try and get him to explain himself…see what caused this in the first place.
All this guy has of value is information, let's try and bilk some.
Also, aren't we still invisible from the vanishing plate?

>>3699961
>A new deal? New drama? Maybe you could try and get him to explain himself…see what caused this in the first place.
Maybe we can ask what the gun is too.

>>3700191
why would he tell us? this is a high stress situation where that is an answer where it won't be answered.

>>3700150
We still have something with us that is capable os slicing someones neck. At least one of our actions shows we were capable of doing that.

>>3700496
we have the mana blades. in theory we could instantly make one long enough to pierce his head/hand/arm/whatever we want.

>>3699961
>> Stay quiet. Chances are the rest will do something themselves...although how, you’re unsure.

>>3700521
Shooting is way faster, he's in our ironsights atm.

>>3700545
fair enough. i was under the idea that we were too far away to make a reliable "hip shot"

>>3699961
this
>>3699984
People have a tendency to track weapons, even once they're out of your hands. When he watches it fall, that's our chance to cap him. If he doesn't watch it for some reason, put up one of those smaller shields we recently figured out over our chest, then blast him with a magi-blast.

>The pistol he has leveled at you doesn’t look like your own- it’s slimmer, but has a large attachment at the back of it- resembles a canister of some sort, or a small liquid tank.
That's either a small flamethrower, some kinda bioweapon, or bottled Seither. In any case, after the fight we should take a look at it.

Welcome back.

Back.

Also you have to keep hold of the plate for it to be active, which I completely neglected to mention, so apologies for that. I've been forgetful lately...

>>3703052
In hand, or just skin contact?

Good to see you.

>>3703052
Hey, boss. Good to see you.

Did we see if any of the other mooks carried anything besides pistols?

>>3703052
Hey handler!

Then i still believe that our best option would be: >>3699984 or >>3700032 depending on how dramatic we want to be.

>>3703089
Presumably they had rifles, shotguns, or other long guns, or failing that at least stocked pistols. They knew this was going to be firefight, and had the terrain advantage for concealing them. No reason for them to not bring more powerful weapons

Speaking of, did we figure out which gun blew out our guy? That thing would be worth looking at. I doubt we'd want to keep it, but maybe we could trade it to these scrappers for something more valuable to us.

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>>3700820
>That's either a small flamethrower, some kinda bioweapon, or bottled Seither.

Why not both?

>>3699961
“New deal?” you repeat softly. His eyes jerk to yours, off your hands, but all you get for the first few seconds is silence. “New drama? Something happen?”

“None of your business, kid,” he spits. “You just got unlucky, coming with them today. Might have to keep you around. Leverage, y’see.”

Yeeaaah, that probably wasn’t happening. “Just saying, if something’s got you over a barrel, then there’s no reason to just keep it to yourself, I think.”

He just stares, and then lets out something close to a laugh. “Kid, are you new? Did your folks die recently? Well, maybe you’ll figure it out during your little stay.” Wait a minute. You blink once, hearing a familiar rumbling. Turning your attention sideways just a bit, you’re surprised to see a few trucks of the massive convoy come rumbling up, several gunners out in the windows… “Hey, HEY! THE FUCK? YOU WANT HER TO DIE?”

“Do it if ya wanna!” Crash says all too quickly. “Kill ‘er and you lose the only damn thing you got on us now!” How loyal.

“Fuck you!” He yells back red-faced. “I’ll get everyone in the clan to come an’ stomp you ALL into the dirt! We have a walker, asshole! We’ll tear you to pieces!”

“You can try,” Crash says. “But you won’t. We got an anti-aircraft cannon what can zap you outta the sky! Not to mention we got a walker, too! Just snatched it!”

His eyes (what you can see of them) bulge. “Bullshit!”

You have to agree quite vehemently.

“Try me!” Crash says. “Better than anythin’ you got, for certain! Wouldn’t take but a couple minutes to wipe out the clan with it!” The convoy is closer, and you’re left wondering what the fuck as his eyes flitter between Crash, the convoy, you, and off into the distance.

>Roll 1d20, best of three.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3703167
Oh boy...

>>3703125
>we never got to see those ratlings in the last job with Izumi.
God damnit skaven shitposting would have been great but whatever

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3703167

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>>3703167
There is some major bluffing going on here.

Kinda hope we fail this roll, honestly.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3703167

>>3703177
Thank you great horned rat yes-yes!

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>3703167
Well good thing Crash came with the distraction.

...Huh. hokay then.

>>3703178
>>3703177
He dead son...fucking hell

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>>3703177
>>3703178

>>3703177
There will more than likely be a future job with rat/mousepeople in it. I rather enjoy that race in my fiction, along with goblins.

>>3703178
>>3703177
Well then.

But . . . "Spirit of Motherwill intensifies" I really kinda want to fight another walker.

>>3703200
Yeah, I as kinda hoping we'd have to fight one with us on foot. Ah well, maybe next time.

>>3703194
I liked how the ratkin is represented in GW2. They are basically a hivemind that gets smarter when they have more members.

>>3703222
> Not WHFB

Oh how did I not forsee this inevitable betrayal!

>>3703229
i got a worse thing to tell you. what is that? warhammer something-something?

>>3703207
>>3703200
Maybe one of our guys brought a anti-vehicle/walker rocket launcher?

>>3703167
>Not to mention we got a walker, too! Just snatched it!”
thx for confirming what I and others have suspected all along about the Scrappers.

>>3703177
>>3703178
this though is Nice! Although I wouldn't have minded a fight...

>>3703252
I just hope Chrash is bluffing and that Prima is okay. We did leave her inside of it.

>>3703252
>thx for confirming what I and others have suspected all along about the Scrappers.
I'm still suspecting them, but i'm pretty sure its a burst of the moment bluff.

>>3703261
Prima can defend herself. She'll be fine

That's a lot of green IDs.

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>>3703281
The warstone has blessed this thread

>>3703238
Warhammer Fantasy Battle. The OG.

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>>3703177
>>3703178

>>3703167
>>3703177
>>3703178
>>3703179
You’re not one to ignore an opening for an attack if you can help it. After all this time where you haven’t budged, he makes the fatal mistake of taking his eyes off you via moving his entire head to try and see just what’s going on underneath him better.

All you need. You flick your wrist and squeeze the trigger, moving down and to the right almost simultaneously as he turns back to you a half second too late. His neck blossoms out in rich blood, teetering backwards as a small pellet impacts the ground next to your feet. There’s a small puff of red gas- Seither pellet gun, then? Well, that’s neat to know. Makes sense. But, now for more important things- wait, what’s the yelling for?

More gunshots ring out, and you’re unsurprised to see a pair of large off-roaders careening away from the sight as fast as possible in the opposite direction. Right, likely backup, and probably didn’t like how things were turning out. Before you can think about what to say, suddenly a gunshot, and one of them blows a tire, sending them skidding as they lose traction- and careening right into the other vehicle, a shower of metal heralding them BOTH going tumbling as they unwillingly, entwined together, start to resemble art deco more than vehicles.

Well, that was thankfully solved...to a certain extent. Now, as for that ‘swiped a Walker’ crack from Crash…

Finding your way down that won’t ask people questioning how you survived a two floor jump with no concerns, you reach down to where Crash is monitoring the gathering of the supplies they’ve got. He looks at you with something approaching...frustration, you think, but just nods his hello, not saying anything about the recent situation. You spare a glance backwards, out of the cavern hole. Sloan’s body is still just lying there.

Fantastic. That means you’re going to have to broach the topic, if you’re going to talk about it.

>Might as well be conciliatory. “Impressive to call his bluff like that.” Might at least curry a bit of favor just in case.
>You’re damn suspicious of him, now. You don’t trust him to be honest about that Walker line. Just stay quiet.
>You’re not going to take that and settle. “That’s not your damn Walker and you know it. Assuming things can backfire.”
>Other

>>3703374

>You’re damn suspicious of him, now. You don’t trust him to be honest about that Walker line. Just stay quiet.

>Other: Loot what we can from the coprses they won't be needing their guns or ammo anyway.

>>3703374
>Might as well be conciliatory. “Impressive to call his bluff like that.” Might at least curry a bit of favor just in case.
>Other: Loot what we can from the coprses they won't be needing their guns or ammo anyway.

>>3703374
>>3703387
I agree.

>>3703374
>>You’re damn suspicious of him, now. You don’t trust him to be honest about that Walker line. Just stay quiet.

While asking him about what he said is a reactionary response, I'd say that would accomplish little to nothing, or even put him on hostile stance, which can result in even more troubles and delays. So instead let's just quietly go back to the mech after this job and get whatever repairs are needed done to leave ASAP already. If there are anymore attempts at theft though... Well, the world doesn't need these Scrappers anyways.

>>3703374
>Other
>Get the seither gun. Might prove useful in the future or for owlia as a ranged way to refill mana
>Approach Crash
>So, "Swipe a walker, right? Nice. Bluff."

I don't think he'll try to do something stupid, specially after saving his ass.

>>3703374
>You’re not going to take that and settle. “That’s not your damn Walker and you know it. Assuming things can backfire.”
See if there's an SMG or shotgun on these dead guys.

>>3703374
>Might as well be conciliatory. “Impressive to call his bluff like that.” Might at least curry a bit of favor just in case.
I hope that's a bluff otherwise that scrapper clan is going to be wiped off this world immediately.

>>3703374
>You’re damn suspicious of him, now. You don’t trust him to be honest about that Walker line. Just stay quiet.

>>3703400
That better be. Otherwise we are gonna do with the entire clan what we did with the five people inside the place and get all their guns and loot for ourselfs.

>>3703398
Actually, gonna switch to
>Might as well be conciliatory. “Impressive to call his bluff like that.” Might at least curry a bit of favor just in case.

And if Crush comes saying we can't keep the guns just stare at him and say we killed these people so the guns are ours now.

>>3703374
>>Might as well be conciliatory. “Impressive to call his bluff like that.” Might at least curry a bit of favor just in case.
Don't like his "swiped a walker line, but eh
>Other
>See if the sniper whatever that took out Sloan and the seither pellet gun are worth taking.
The pellet gun at least we should be able to find a use for. We can poke around the other gear, but these were scrappers desperate enough to try and screw another clan over; I doubt their guns are going to be in great shape.

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>>3703420
I can easily see our resident nerd or the Em guy turning the pellet gun into a seither Flamethrowe or a seither powered gattling gun

We'll be...polite. Ish.

Writing.

>>3703444
Hey handler what would happen if some nerd ended up developing a gatling gun able to fire Seither crytals? Would the seither crystal explode on contact kill the person? That would be fun to find out.

>>3703444
Nice trips

>>3703459
Assuming they can get their hands on the crystals themselves without dying horribly it's a possibility I think, but the only one who can remotely do that at the moment is us.

I'm pretty sure however that we'll be overdosed if we want to try, since just some huffs of the damn thing and air form was enough to sent our brain into 11.

>>3703482
I'm fairly certain that some clothes were developed to help reduce the effect of seither. Don't know how effective they would be. I would think that Em being a full android would be able to handle seither better but then i remember the effect the huge seither cannon had in our walker so i'm not sure.

>>3703459
>Seither gatling gun
That's... a very convoluted way to kill someone. I think it'll kill them regardless of what kind of ammo it would use.

>>3703482
We could use mana as much as possible and as inefficiently as possible while doing it. Like keeping up multiple shields.

>>3703513
given our reluctance to use mana, i doubt that will ever happen.

>>3703527
We could have 99 Ethers and a reliable place to buy more for cheap, and anons would still refuse to use one.

>>3703544
>>3703527
Or in our case, a set of renewable mana crystals and a mana condensor, and still refuse to use one.

>>3703374
“Impressive to...call his bluff like that,” you venture, only stressing the ‘bluff’ slightly. You’re not interested in trying to rock the boat too much right now, but him saying that still doesn’t sit well with you.

He doesn’t say anything towards that, either, simply nods. You’re not actually impressed. “I don’t know what you did or how you got up there so fast. We’re going to have questions later. For now, just help everyone load up.”

“Are we going to scavenge the dead?” you ask.

“Hmmm…” he growls a bit, but nods. “Fine. Should be put to use anyway. I’ll send someone to collect from the fallen; it’ll be divvied up later.”

“I’m taking the guns.” you say quickly. “Or at least a couple of them.”

“You don’t need all those,” he quickly counters. “You wouldn’t be able to use most of them and they’re better off being given to those who need them instead of being trophies. No.”

Freakin’ really? “I’m the one who killed them, you know.”

“You say that like it matters. You can have one, and that’s it. And we’ll decide what one that is.” He turns away, considering it to be the end of the conversation. Fucking fantastic.

The loading is fairly quick; with the trucks being closer now, the back and forth is much shorter, and it’s not exceptionally long before everything’s packed up and ready to go. Sloan was given a quick burial. The guns were, indeed, taken, and you at least got a good look at the crate they were in; not on your flatbed, but one of the ones next to you. You’ll have to remember that later.

The drive back is equally quiet, fortunately. When you get back to the hangar and everyone begins the process of unloading, however, Crash turns back to you. “Help everyone unload, and STAY HERE until you’re sent for. Got it?” He doesn’t wait for an answer, marching off back into the main complex. Curious...but at least you’ve got a chance at that gun, now.

It’s as you approach the three fellows unloading the boxes that you ID the specific crate by placement. Now, how to get it…

>Try to convince them that you earned it fairly, considering they were trying to kill you. It’s only just, isn’t it?
>Ask them to take a look at it and see if you can’t scan it quickly. You might not be able to take the gun, but a 3D blueprint should work well enough…
>You doubt they really noticed it. Ask to help, and see if you can’t pocket it once everyone’s back is turned.
>Other

>>3703636
>Ask them to take a look at it and see if you can’t scan it quickly. You might not be able to take the gun, but a 3D blueprint should work well enough…

>>3703636
>>You doubt they really noticed it. Ask to help, and see if you can’t pocket it once everyone’s back is turned.
Yeah no, I honestly don't see why people even care to try to be nice anymore. The guy can't be more obvious in how he and whoever else is in on it (hint: every other Scrapper) plans to just kill her and take her shit later. It's time to start taking everything we want from here and get ready to leave.

>>3703636
>>Try to convince them that you earned it fairly, considering they were trying to kill you. It’s only just, isn’t it?

Done for the night. Work in the morning, so yeah.

>>3703640
I think he just ran off to report about the guys that swindled, their threat to raid this base and that they have a Walker. Curb your fearmongering.

>>3703649
Night, boss. Hope to see you soon!

>>3703636
>You doubt they really noticed it. Ask to help, and see if you can’t pocket it once everyone’s back is turned.

>>3703636
>Try to convince them that you earned it fairly, considering they were trying to kill you. It’s only just, isn’t it?

>>3703640
>I honestly don't see why people even care to try to be nice anymore.

The constant freaking out over every minor slight or person who doesn't immediately treat us with fear/respect since we got to this hideout isn't helping, you know. Hell, since we started this mission, even.

>>3703640
By the way, I think our low Intimidation and high Plainness made him think that a little girl like us shouldn't be trusted with guns.
Should've gone with the Warlord set instead of Balanced one for this job.

It's not like they have any reason to trust us anyway. Besides if they do try to kill us we will just kill everyone else in our way. Saying that we lose a lot of trust by trying to grab the guns without asking.

We might not trust then but i say they have treated us fairly well so far. Not to mention the scrappers life style itself isn't so surprising that they would snatch the walker if we were dead.

Point is we lose nothing by being polite and they lose every respect and mercy we may have for then if they don't follow what we say. Big example is Pattycake she is the only one of these guys i would be slightly upset about killing.

>>3703636
>>3703638
Switching to
>Try to convince them that you earned it fairly, considering they were trying to kill you. It’s only just, isn’t it?

>>3703640
>I honestly don't see why people even care to try to be nice anymore.
Being nice opens you extra windows of action that doesn't resort to "kill everyone". It's not helping us right now due to how this specific people work, but we'll get rid of them soon enough. And we have to because i'm sure that aegis is stating to wonder where the hell we are.

>>3703671
to be fair, we weren't supposed to be here, doing this kind of convoy job in the first place.

>>3703682
Eh, the pilots of our client don't think much of us either, since we look like a Scrapper with freaky eyes anyway.

>>3703671
This too. Now we know why Miranda set is mostly focus on intimidation. Makes everyone respect us and not trying to upset us, most of the time.

>>3703663
I never cared for their respect or fear. The only things I wanted was fairness in dealing with trade and loot, and them not showing signs of trying to steal the mech. So far they've failed.

>>3703671
I still say the power armor set would've been best. Completely fitting with the world setting, and totally intimidating. I don't get the appeal to look different just to have a more interesting appearance when the most optimized set for the mission should take precedence.

>>3703685
The pilots opinions might change. I mean the ace pilot guy i forget his name seems to have taken a interest to us.

>>3703685
Remember that sal sold us as a scrapper, and given how everyone else saw us, going how we went ende up being the wisest choice. going full warlord would have set everyone on the edge to the point that they would try to sabotage us.

>>3703687
Good thing that Crash isn't the leader and since their leader gave us a pass and security to stay then everything should be fine for a while.

But i can see then trying to get the walker since this other clan wants to fuck with their stuff. If that is the problem we can just deal with Prometheus that we will support then and destroy the other clan. They can keep the scraps from the other scrapper clan and their other walker.

>>3703636
>>You doubt they really noticed it. Ask to help, and see if you can’t pocket it once everyone’s back is turned.
He's acting like we're a lackey of his. This is way too much for someone on a brief stopover. He's not our client. Enough is enough.

>>3703687
The thing is, we were never going to get that. We jump in their territory with a corp made mech, with other corp mechs chasing us, we don't tell them which scrapper clan we belong to, we look like a high schooler, and nobody has even seen our eyes.

Of course they'd be worried about our motives for a while. Wouldn't you?

>>3703705
What? being fair? You mean that their unfair distribution of loot and plots to steal mech can be excused by the suspicions? what?

Look, if you still mean useless things like respect than lemme tell you this: I, don't, care. The only thing that Does matter to me, is the loot and money. People can treat Miranda however they like so long as they don't get in the way too much, but threatening to touch her loot and stuff that belongs to her is crossing a line. That can't be excused at all by suspicions.

>>3703687
>totally intimidating
that would have booted us out of the outpost from the get go or would have forced us to take it out.

>>3703723
The Warlord set had Intimidation A, the Full Power Armor one had B.
>>3703722
Speaking like a murderhobo here, anon. We're an Outgoer, we HAVE to play a role. What are few guns compared to a handful of Lotes? Though, these guys aren't the one who's paying, but we still need to stick to it.

>>3703730
the full warlord armor would have covered our face(and probably modulated our voice), and there is a vast difference from intimidation B and intimidation A. Having the whole world scared of us isn't the answer for all the problems.

>>3703737
Fair enough, but I'm still salty about our loadout.

I still don't get why everyone is upset about the loot from a bunch of raiders. But i do admit to be interested in the seither pellet gun

>>3703722
I'm not talking about respect, anon. I'm talking about not freaking out over every single little setback like it's proof that they're going to try to steal from us, murder us and leave our body in a shallow ditch. Like, holy shit, people have been screeching about this since we've arrived. Can we please have one betrayal in this quest that hasn't been overplanned for so we can sort of enjoy it from a story perspective when it happens? Because that would be great.

>>3703761
I think it's just one anon being upset and the rest of us are trying to compromise or convince him to stop freaking out.
Well, on the other note - the Item List looks overbloated. Does anyone have tips for formatting documents?

>>3703722
>The only thing that Does matter to me, is the loot and money.
That is a bad way to play anon. Not only will that kick miranda in the teeth one day, but it limits every interaction to "loot" and "kill for loot". That ain't fun.

>>3703761
Looks like its just one person, but since the board decided to make most anons light green, it creates confusion.

>>3703785
i'll give it a quick look to see if i can help.

>>3703785
I'm more annoyed that this guy is treating us like we work for him, but I already said my piece a while ago. We need to get back to our actual employer.

>>3703820
Good thing that the convoy was the last favor we were doing to these people. Now we just need to do the repairs we need and get the fuck out of here.

>>3703837
Are we doing a job interview for that Em android or not?

>>3703840
Maybe we should, you know, talk to him, see if he's intelligent, and so on, before talking about hiring him? And didn't we pick up two? It's not like we're on a time limit anyway.

>>3703820
i'll play devil's advocate and say that he's still in shock. After all one of his crew unexpectedly died in front of him
>>3703840
nope. we have two in the bag right now and if for some reason they are empty husks, we ca give loan then to prima and jago for missions that don't need robots.

>>3703840
We don’t even know if he’s an android.

>>3703849
The other androids are empty i think. So people were thinking in using those as extra chassis for Prima and Jago.

>>3703868
He has enough augs to look like one. Or at least like someone that is heavily modded. His weird behaviour and Seither knowledge which some of the scappres commented make it look like he has previous knowledge of it and some of the androids were built with the ability to use seither.

>>3703840
I would like to but i don't think we have a oportunity to do so. Maybe when we go to repair the walker we can ask him since they will probably put someone to keep a eye on us.

>>3703868
Has blue eyes, just like the androids we have, doesn't know anything about his past and doesn't like to talk to anybody. If he's not the android, then it was a very clever ruse by Handler.

>>3703868
>Turning around, the mystery individual is pale, astonishingly so. His eyes are a rich, deep blue, and the hair on his head is scattered, like it just grew in not long ago. His clothes are so loose as though they’re hanging off of him, and he lacks defensive plates, you notice, unlike most of the others you’ve seen down here.
I think he's that '14-5' runaway.

>>3703895
Oh, that missing android from the facility. Yeah, if we get the chance it might be neat to talk to him and see if he is who we think he is.
Conservation of detail suggests he is, but real life suggests pretty slim odds with us having so little to go on.

>>3704098
>but real life suggests pretty slim odds with us having so little to go on.
Except, you know, this isn't real life. We know this is mainly a story which follows certain points (I mean, we already joked who was the MC of this world) and as it concerns to miranda it ain't real life for her as well. Her 80+ years of working in these environments give her an unfair advantage against everyone that is in a new universe, thus we and miranda can assume with a big degree of certainty that the blue eyed dude that is working with these scrappers is the android that broke from the basement.

>>3704098
>Except, you know, this isn't real life.
>Conservation of detail
Addressed in the first line. Conservation of detail isn't a thing in real life.

>>3703636
>Try to convince them that you earned it fairly, considering they were trying to kill you. It’s only just, isn’t it?

> Other

Challenge them to fight you in the ring for it. We saved their asses, killed the enemy, and then they were willing to let us get shot.

If they want to find out what kind of damage we can REALLY do, they just have to keep pushing. We've been playing nice so far, but we're running out of smiles.

This >>3703344 is me.

Well, let's throw some ideas in the downtime. Should we take off some of our Clothes and adjust our stats? Currently, they are:
Intimidation C
Humor D+
Otherworldly C
Hothead C
Plainness B-
If we take off our Big n' Proper Bowtie (Plainness +2 / Humor +1 / Intimidation -3), then we'll have Plainnes C and Intimidation B. Still plain enough, but at least people would take us more seriously (with all pros and cons).

>>3706401
That actually sounds like a pretty useful idea if we ever end up in a situation where we want to suddenly look much more serious. In fact, loosening up or taking off ties is usually a sign of when a character is readying for a serious fight.

>>3706401
That's a nice idea, BUT given how the clothing system works(i think that if we take away a piece of clothing the bonus is taken away for the rest of the mission), i think we would be better by taking out glasses off first and scaring them into thinking we have a seither overload.

>>3703636
You’re getting kinda annoyed by how Crash is talking at you, but you tamp down the frustration and try to dig into your more logical side as you approach the working trio. “He said for me to help unload, so…”

“Yeah, yeah,” one of them waves off. “Plenty to go around. Not as much as we WANTED, but…”

“Problem solved itself,” the second grunts as he prepares to unload another box. You notice that there are large crates going around with labels on them- seems like everything is indeed split apart right here and taken to where it’s needed. “Don’t worry about it.”

The first shrugs. “I’m not! Just sayin’...if the Deadlanders decided to fuck us over, we’re gonna start hurtin’ in not too long.”

“No shit. Would’ve been hurtin’ now if half those asshole had gotten luckier than they did.” Wait, did they not see you? “Sloan was one of the good ones. He’ll be missed.”

“Yeah,” the third pipes up, his voice noticeably younger. “He was kinda a jerk, but he meant well. Gonna miss ‘im. Say, though.” And here he turns to you. “You were right there, and then you threw that flashbang. Where’d you go afterwards?”

“Wasn’t she up near all the fightin’?” the second asks.

You frown. Okay, well, you WERE invisible for a bit, fair enough. “I managed to climb up there and take them by surprise. You didn’t see?”

The three of them look at each other briefly...before breaking out into snickering laughter. “Hell no. Are you kiddin’ me?” The first asks. “The hell would you do that for?”

“I mean, yeah, the flash likely helped, but that isn’t exactly the same as wasting a group of Outlanders,” the second says. “If you’re tryin’ to build up cred, then you might wanna stick to something a bit more believable.”

Damnit. “Well, you can believe me or not, but I DID do most of the work,” you insist. “I just want a reward for it. Like, there was a gun I saw in there,” you say, pointing to the specific crate. “Large pistol, thin barrel, strange canister on the back.”

Outlander Number 1 snorts briefly, and digs into the crate, rooting around for a moment; his large, sweaty arm and body makes you think of a metallic boar. After a few moments, he indeed pulls out the Seither pellet gun. “What, this? Whaddya want this for?”

(cont.)

>>3706525

“To use it. I killed those people, if nothing else I deserve at least some of the spoils.” You’re not going to just let your work go unacknowledged, actual clients or not! “I’ll repeat it until I’m blue in the face, but-”

“Ahp, ahp, ahp,” he’s quick to dismiss your claims, but takes off his mask- scarred a bit on the cheeks, he is. Pockmarked with bad acne that never quite went away. “You want this that bad? Whatcha gonna do for it? Them’s the rules around here. Gotta earn your keep. You kin either do that, or mebbe we can trade for it, eh, kiddo?”

“Those glasses ARE pretty slick...” Number three says, more to himself than you.

“Kid, just forget it,” Number two says. “You’ll get a chance when everyone’s got a chance to claim. Just be patient.”

You’re getting rather tired of that.

>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.
>Bah, let it go. You’re nearly out of here anyway; Aegis likely has better.
>What would he even WANT from a kid your ‘age’?
>Other

>>3706532
>>Bah, let it go. You’re nearly out of here anyway; Aegis likely has better.
Fuck this. I have zero interest in staying around any longer. let's just get this part finished up and go already. At least the comments about how these loot aren't worth caring about are true, so lets get back to getting the payment we DO care about by actually finishing this job ASAP, and doing side-jobs that people would actually pay for.

>>3706532
>>Challenge him to a match in the ring. Winner takes the weapon.

>>3706532
>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.

>>3706532
>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.

>>3706532
>Other: Challenge him to a fight in the ring.

>>3706532
>"What is mine is mine, regardless of your petty feelings. If you wish to take it from me, you're gonna have to fight for it."

>>3706525
>Other
>Take off the Bowtie
S-stop bullying!

>>3706532
>Bah, let it go. You’re nearly out of here anyway; Aegis likely has better.

>>3706532
>Bah, let it go. You’re nearly out of here anyway; Aegis likely has better.

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>>3706487
>(i think that if we take away a piece of clothing the bonus is taken away for the rest of the mission)
That's not how it works. We've done this during the Mafia job and Lori's solo mission - we can put the clothes back on, it's just that people who saw us before would be confused about the change of their perception of us when we take them off.
So, as fun it is to see Miranda get bullied and watch how upset some anons get about it, I think it'll for the best to take off the Big'n'Proper Bowtie, so that people would take us more seriously.>>3706629 We had our B-ranked Intimidation on 3 out of 5 missions and it did not cause much trouble, and high Plainness isn't very useful at the moment - it's not like we're supposed to sneak around or blend in with the others.
If we won't do something about our stats right now, then things like this will just keep happening:
>I'm not a little girl - I'm a stone cold killer! For real! Why won't you believe MEEEE!?

>>3707436
If this looks like gibberish, then I blame my insomnia.

When will we get a job where Miranda is a princess so we can be a little girl for real? I want to see her pampered.

>>3707454
What, like a body double for a noble?

>>3707454
Mono's first job was pretty close to that. While she kept running around the labyrinth Miranda just sat in their equivalent of VIP lounge and had people serving her.

>>3707461
Well, as an Eldritch Overlord but not as a little girl.
Sorry for talking about this, I just find that it would be amusing.

>>3707463
Now I wonder how that 'eternally 12y/o' girl that we saw at the Interdiction event is managing...

>>3707463
I don't understand why you're apologizing. People are constantly throwing out their ideas during the downtime between runs and nobody else is apologizing for voicing their opinions. I'm sure there isn't anybody here who would hate you for that.

>>3706532
>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.
But inform him that a fight in the pit is okay too if he doesn't want to arm wrestle

>>3706532
>>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.
This is getting real annoying, but we're almost done with these guys.

>>3706532
On one hand, we collect weapons off rando's all the time and we could probably do with not getting this one, on the other hand, what if it shoots seither, like, just a POOF of mana to the target, in this setting like a enraging agent/anti-alien gun.
Could you imagine Miranda bringing that back to the intersection and dramatically popping Lorelei in the FACE?
That'd be hilarious!
Although she can already do that with harmonized magiblasts, should do it more, it's comic gold.
On the other hand it could just be a seither POWERED slug-muncher, and that's BORING.
>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.

>>3706532
>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.

>>3703685
There was that dude we played pool with. And the bartender was cool.

>>3706532
>Challenge him to an arm wrestling match. Winner takes the weapon.

Point out, once again, that we did most of the work on *their* op that *they* fucked up.

Sounds like they're going to be having problems later with these Deadlanders, and for a hot second there we were thinking of working with them on that problem before we had to drag their ass out of a mess here.

>>3708543
So, I thought slug-muncher was slang for a projectile firearm, but apparently it's something else. In case anyone got confused I meant a gun, if it's just a gun it's boring.

>>3709567
Sounds like it's a air soft like gun. But instead of using gas the gun use Seither in gas form. If that has any effect on aliens i have no idea.

Honestly i would rather make a seither powered flamethrower with it.

>>3709583
Don't worry, seither kills ayys and humans indiscriminately.
>seither powered flamethrower with it.
That sounds interesting Although we already have a flamethrower spell

>>3709595
I know. What about a gattling gun powered by seither which fires bolts of mana? I know we are already able to fire magi blast from our hands but imagine a gun that is able to do that!!

>>3709619
What a bout a shotgun that has an array of mana-splitting crystals, so that when we channel mana through it, it splits our magi-beam into a shotgun blast of magic?

>>3709627
Something like this might work better with miranda. instead of having "weapons" we'd have external mods that help us modify our magibeams.

>>3706532
“Tell you what,” you decide, your scowl a clear indicator of your dislike. This whole place is rubbing you the wrong way, now... “How about we play for it? I’ll arm wrestle you. Winner takes the weapon. Sound fair?”

To your surprise, for a moment he gives you a side eye, as though taking your challenge seriously. He even rubs his chin for a minute, mulling it over. “Mmmm...heh.” And at last he breaks out into a small grin. “Must have some muscle under there for a tyke, eh? Ha.” Going over to one of the smaller crates, he places the gun down in the center, then sets his arm down, a near sneer on his face. “Fine. But I’mma warn you now, kid- this ain’t all fat! Gotta be strong to survive out here.”

“Fine with me.” You’re kind of hoping you can just take the weapon and skip town- maybe get a word in with that one guy, but otherwise you’re getting tired of this place and their lack of respect. You place your admittedly small hand inside his sweaty mitt as you both lock eyes, the other two unloaders looking on in surprise- and maybe a bit of pity. “If someone would count us off…?”

“Uh, right,” guy number 1 says. “On go, then. Three...two...one...go!”

You don’t waste any time, and while the guy DOES have more strength than you anticipated, you simply shove his hand down, the meaty THWACK of impact timing perfectly with his gobsmacked look.

You already have the gun, have slipped it into your bag, and have walked off by the time he gets up, shouting. “HEY!” The other two aren’t far behind.

“‘Hey’ yourself!” A familiar voice yells out. You turn to see Pattycake, frowning, arms folded, and she glares at him. “Get back to work!” And then she turns to you. “Prometheus wants to see you ASAP.”

“That was quick,” you can’t help but comment.

“They’re not far- maybe down the hall,” Pattycake admits, tilting her head in that direction. “See what they want.” Nodding, you head down that way...but as you move to pass her, she puts a hand on your shoulder, and when you look up, she’s not looking at you. “Watch your ass,” she mutters, then shoves you lightly along.

Hm.

Sure enough, Crash and Prometheus are at the end of the hall. They both look at you with similar, yet different expressions. Crash looks at you with suspicion, laced with annoyance. Prometheus, on the other hand, he seems...curious, but eager like he’s found something new to use.
He hasn’t, but if he thinks that…

“Lane,” he says, and his voice is firm, yet inquisitive. “Crash told me you claimed to kill a number of Deadland clan members after they didn’t honor our deal.” You nod. “That’s an...impressive statement, you have to understand. I’m curious as to how that managed to happen. Although I do have a suspicion or two, and I hope we’ll have plenty of time to determine how true it is.”

(cont.)

>>3710383
You cock an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”

“Well, all things considered, being front row to that kind of happenstance, not to mention knowing what kind of supplies we have, where our bay is, all that sort...see, if’n that were to get out to other clans, particularly to the wrong ones, well...that could cause some issues down the line.”

“Not that we’re not grateful about your...combat acumen. But I think I’d be correct in presuming that you don’t have much elsewhere to go, do you?” Crash states cooly, but accusingly.

“So, we’ve decided that instead of just letting you go, we’re inclined to offer you a place to stay with us,” Prometheus says, and he has the brass balls to sound sincere and pitying. “Permanently, you see. Would be a far better fate than just dying out in the sands without food or water.” The implication is clear, and though outwardly you remain calm, inwardly you’re bristling. These...absolute fuckers.

“Not to mention, I’m sure you’ll find a friend in Em. I’ve little doubt you’ve some common ground,” Crash says idly. “Your AICA will be useful too, I’m sure. Can put down roots here and everything.

...well. You can’t exactly out yourself to these dildos, but...hm. Is there any way to get out of this that isn’t extremely violent?

>Mmm...nope. Might as well get started on that whole front. Going to need to get Jago and get the mech revved up…
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.
>Other

>>3710388
>>Mmm...nope. Might as well get started on that whole front. Going to need to get Jago and get the mech revved up…
These guys are parasites. Our employer certainly won't be sad we removed another scraper clan, and we can work our frustrations out on them. Plus, no risk of them leaking anything about our super secret mech, or it's pilot, both things our employer has been show to want us to conceal.

>>3710388
>Mmm...nope. Might as well get started on that whole front. Going to need to get Jago and get the mech revved up…
Give them a warning first, as our last gesture of good will. If they still intend on forcing us to stay, well ....

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.
I'm interested in seeing what the meditation option does, plus we don't need random scavver attacks AND merc attacks on the rest of the missions.

>>3710388
>Other
>"Oh, that sounds so nice, but..."
>Take off our glasses
>"I'll be very clear. By the end of this day i will get out of here and you'll never see me again. Now, you may disagree and you are in your right to do so, but if you try to do something stupid you'll find out what i did to the idiots on the cave."

>>3710426
>plus we don't need random scavver attacks AND merc attacks on the rest of the missions.
If we kill everyone here there won't be any scavver attack.

>>3710433
From these guys, yes. From other scavvers who knew them and dealt with them, no.

>>3710445
they won't know who killed them and i doubt that they would want to invoke the wrath of someone that can destroy a whole base. Doubt they have the people for that.

>>3710445
And who's going to tell them we did it?

>>3710459
The ones we missed, because we can't spend the entire night killing these dudes.

>>3710455
They can probably hazard that the weird girl who never showed her eyes that came to their doorstep with a corp mech did it.

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.

>>3710388
>>Mmm...nope. Might as well get started on that whole front. Going to need to get Jago and get the mech revved up…
I could tell people I told you so, but I won't waste the effort. Instead, let's just get out of here already.

Oh and to kill them all if we can while we're doing that. Who's up for experimenting with spells?

>>3710400
>>3710402
>>3710504
>Ignoring the 'Extra Dialogue' option from Meditation Room HQ to leave without a fuss.
Bruh. I feel like you just want to kill people just out of spite or for fun instead of staying PROFESSIONAL.

>>3710518
The time for professionalism is long gone, my friend. The extra dialogue wont save them now, unless they connect the dots and understand that they are dealing with someone very dangerous.

>>3710518
This IS being professional. We have wasted far too much time doing this instead of our actual job! Why are we still even here? just for some dialogue? because if yes, I'm disappointed about the choice of people that the voters wanted dialogue and interaction from. I have seen literally nothing I liked from them, and I'm quite ready to leave to get back to our actual job as opposed to this needless distraction. That sounds far more entertaining to me when it's what I voted for the job, not this scrapper side-story thing.

Hell, we don't even have to kill people if that was the concern. I just want to get back the the company already. At least their reasons for potential future backstabbing are actually interesting to see since it involves studying the method to find a way to make humans of this world better adapted to seither, and not just this plain and simple greed from the scrappers.

>>3710475
We do have a rather large AOE attack that would prevent such a need. I'd be willing to use it if it would guarantee they're not a problem anymore.

>>3710538
>>3710537
>...well. You can’t exactly out yourself to these dildos, but...hm. Is there any way to get out of this that isn’t extremely violent?
The first option IS the violent option, since Miranda is answering her own question. If we go with it then we'll have to risk Jago and mecha's safety. If we go with the (Meditation) and convince them to let us out then we can repair the mech in peace and maybe even have time to talk wit Em.
And showing red eyes is still a no-no.

>>3710549
True. If we wipe them all out, there wouldn't be any evidence left either, so nuking is a practical option.

In fact, it might be the better option since these scrappers just might tell others of us if they try to exchange info to survive other clans coming after them or something.

>>3710549
And spend that much mana? No thanks. We got a chance to leave without spending any, I'd rather take that then have to waste mana and ammo and risk damage to a teammate that can't naturally heal and our transport out of here.

>>3710554
>>3710558
Huys, if you want to blow some steam, then our next assignment from our client is bullying the aliens. So please, keep your murderhobo tendencies in check.

>>3710554
I would agree with you, but >>3710538 makes a damn good point. we are already a day behind schedule and Aegis probably is antsy because they might believe that we stole their tech. I also voted for the Other option to tell them that they are making a very stupid mistake.

>>3710561
dude, shut up that point is irrelevant. we literally gain mana from being in these canyons, we even won 1300 mana from being near the seither filters, we'll probably instantly refill from being near a crystal or such. We are also in this position because we didn't want to use the nebula buster before.

>>3710561
>If we go with it then we'll have to risk Jago and mecha's safety.
Who says we'd nuke right here and now as opposed to getting Jago and the mech out first, and THEN coming back to nuke them?

Besides, we don't intend to spend much mana on this job at most of the time due to not using spells when possible, and there are very fast ways to recharge anyways with the seither generators around.

>>3710572
I'm not trying to blow off steam. Hell I don't even care for these people enough to see the dead or alive. It's just that since they're a potential security leak, we might want to do this safely via extermination of all witnesses.

>>3710575
>we are already a day behind schedule
And how does going ballistic would help us with getting back faster? We'll have to spend even more time cleaning up the base, rescuing Jago, securing the mech and disabling the AA Seither cannon! When we can just go with Social Bonus option and walk out quietly without the risk of wasting resources and time.
I've already refuted that anon's point - if we go with the first option, then Miranda's line of thought goes:
"Is there any way to get out of this that isn’t extremely violent? - Mmm...nope."

>>3710590
In other words, going against them would mean that we'll have to spend more time here and we'll get to our client's base only around Monday.

>>3710575
Dude, we didn't, and we don't, and the crystals are too dangerous to try if we got jacked up on the gas in the reactor. I don't want to find out how bad the crystals will fuck us up.

Also, dude, the Buster would have been noticed by Aegis' sensors, and would cause them to basically try to kidnap us to figure out how we can bust.

It's like the other guy said, first choice is loud, second one is quiet, and I'm always going to go for the option that preserves the most of our resources and keeps us from being damaged or drained.

>>3710590
>When we can just go with Social Bonus option and walk out quietly without the risk of wasting resources and time.
>>3710595
What I don't see is how you think staying quiet and talking to them would result in LESS time compared to just getting out of here now.

In fact, with how many times the talking options has been tried, and failed, consecutively even, it's hard to believe more talking could possibly do anything useful as opposed to wasting more time.

>>3710580
>extermination of all witnesses.
...why? It's not like they have a huge network that'll inform everyone else that we were there - Scrapers are mistrustful and isolationistic, and if we start causing trouble for other Clans in our unique mech then they wouldn't want to associate with us and deny any acusations that we've ever visited them in order to keep their trade deals.

>>3710388
>>Mmm...nope. Might as well get started on that whole front. Going to need to get Jago and get the mech revved up…
They've given us nothing but grief while we've been civil, and more importantly they're a security risk.

>>3710595
>>3710590
not really. we just make a straight line to the AA gun, kill whoever tries to stop us, destoy the AA gun, get on the mech and nuke them with a nebula buster.
Its really easy and shouldn't take that much.
Also so far, choosing the non magical solutions(in general not just this mission) have sidetracked us in bad ways. I have no reason to believe this will be any different.

>>3710608
>I'm always going to go for the option that preserves the most of our resources and keeps us from being damaged or drained.
ok, here is the problem with that: we can heal ourselves in different ways and although the world's mana output is low, there are pockets like this very canyon where the mana regeneration is absurdly high. Its foolish to say that we will be drained, when in the other thread was demonstrated that that isn't the case.
>Also, dude, the Buster would have been noticed by Aegis' sensors, and would cause them to basically try to kidnap us to figure out how we can bust.
They have no idea that it could have been us.

>>3710609
>What I don't see is how you think staying quiet and talking to them would result in LESS time compared to just getting out of here now.
No, the 'get out now' option is to force their hand and then we'll have to spend time on:
-killing everyone we see
-rescuing Jago
-seciring the mech
-dealing with the Seither cannon
-fighting the chasers
And our mech is STILL damaged and has no missiles in case we encounter anyone else on our way back.
The quiet option goes:
-talk them down
-repair mech
-talk with Em (optional)
-wave goodbye and skedaddle
This is MUCH less riskier and more professional in my opinion.

>>3710613
They are not a security risk, see >>3710612

>>3710624
Either option leaves us without missiles and you are assuming that they will let us go with the meditate option. Once you begin to plead like that, it becomes very clear to the other faction that you don't really have any way to defend yourself.

>>3710622
You're still not convincing me that being diplomatic for about ten seconds is worse then wasting mana, risking damage to the mech and injury to us and our partners, and causing people to wonder about that big sparkly mushroom cloud over where the seither cannon guys are. Fact is, you probably won't.

Dude.

>>3710640
They know that we're good at combat, and the meditation option is not pleading. If there was no chance of them letting us go, then Handler wouldn't have highlighted the second option in the first place. Otherwise, I would've supported your >Other option.

>>3710624
the "quiet" option will at best leave us in an extended tense situation while the mech is repaired. I wouldn't put it past them to cause more delays to encourage us to stay, or to get more work out of us. Words have not worked with them so far.

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.
Could we just leave without spending the next two IRL days fighting these assholes, guys? Jesus.

>>3710655
And would the outvome of your >Other option be any different? You don't even give my arguments a benefit of the doubt and instantly assuming that they can't be convinced at all when OP highlights the option.

>>3710647
if you bother to look at my vote, i went for a diplomatic option. The only difference is that i'm making them see that we are not one to be messed with. And i'm arguing in favor of killing the clan because i'm 90% sure that it will be the way this will end. Look at it from the clan's perspective: We are only one, and even if we are a good fighter, the clan are many more, and one will eventually kill us, and when they manage to kill us, they'll get a mech that they desperately need to defend themselves better and an AICA that they can reprogram to fit their needs. No one in their right of mind would let that opportunity pass away.Dude.

>>3710653
the meditation option IS pleading to their morals, which i don't think they have since they really want us to stay.
>If there was no chance of them letting us go, then Handler wouldn't have highlighted the second option in the first place.
If i were handler i'd put that option because it makes sense, not because it would have the desired results. Maybe it does let us go, but like i said before, the non magical options have had sidetracked us before(and are the reason why we are here in the first place) and i doubt these assholes will let us go. They just simply lose too much to be worth it.

>>3710664
>your >Other option
I know we're all green in here, but try again anon.
>You don't even give my arguments a benefit of the doubt
Can you claim any better? Of course you can. anyone that disagrees is just ignorant and stupid.

>>3710669
Dude, if they had no morals, they would've tried to kill us on the first day. Yet that did not happen. They are trying to negotiate with us, albeit in their own crooked way. We can work this out with words, no need to jump the gun first.

>>3710672
I mean, we can leave guns blazing, but I don't want to risk the damage if we have the option to talk it out.

>>3710682
morals =/= pragmatism. They didn't kill us because it was easier to work with us, and if they played their cards right (like they're trying right now) they might get all our stuff without having to fight an unknown.


>>3710689
I'd rather have it out now, rather than have to deal with the stress of waiting to be jumped for the remainder of our time here. It's not like we can't heal, and we're not paying for mech repairs.

>>3710682
Except that this is no negotiation because they are very unwilling to keep their part of the deal since the moment they threw us in this caravan mission.

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.
Might as well give it a try? We could always blast our way past if this doesn't work out.

>>3710388
>>Mmm...nope. Might as well get started on that whole front. Going to need to get Jago and get the mech revved up…
Tired of dealing with these guys.

>>3710388
>Mmm...nope. Might as well get started on that whole front. Going to need to get Jago and get the mech revved up…

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.

>>3710402
Changing my vote to Meditation.

BUT after this if they still want to do otherwise, they're dead.

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.
We have high plainness if we bring too much attention on to us we could end up with another mafia war. We must stay under everyone's radar.

>>3711063
The Mafia War didn't have anything to do with our plainness.

>>3710388
>Other

> Remove glasses

> Power up a visible aura

> "Gentlemen. I am here, briefly, on a very specific contract. One which I am bound by extremely powerful conditioning to complete. I WILL be leaving to complete it, whether with your good wishes or over your dead bodies. However, I am more than amneable to signing a contract with you regarding the confidentiality of your situation, for a fair standard fee."

"Stranger things in heaven and earth, stranger things indeed. If it makes it easier, just think of me as a Djin, or an alien, or some secret project android built to handle seither that must obey contracts to the letter ".

Let's lay some bait for the escaped android to follow us.

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.

>>3710388
>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.
If they insist on it, then we threaten them while we take off our glasses and bowtie.
If that doesn't work, we'll go full murderhobo.

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>(Meditation) You have to insist on being let out. Forcing you to stay would make you little better than the megacorporations and cities they hate. You're just a young girl- not like anyone would believe you anyway.

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>>3712671
>pic related Miranda right now.

>>3710388
Regardless of which option wins can we do a danger sniff Handler?

I just realize all this time we are thinking Em is the escaped android when Prometheus could easily be it too. Depending how long it has being since the scientist died in the facility and taking in consideration Prometheu's group dislike of Orion.

>>3714541
Any evidence to back up your claim?

>>3710388
Supporting these two:
>>3712671
>>3714508

>1 post (2 after this post) by my ID
Wew

>>3714280
Now I understand the pain of waiting, not knowing what is going to happen. But being apart of it is going to be fun. I just hope our walker can at least step of a few ants before we finish the job.

>>3714729
I'm betting that even though meditation won, we will still have to kill everyone because surprise surprise, a mech is too valuable to let go just because a girl says so.

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>>3714805
Stay salty, you paranoid murderhobo. What kind of QM creates two different options with the same intended outcome? Oh, and I can hide behind a different id too!

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>>3714825
>Oh, and I can hide behind a different id too!

>>3714825
I swear anons in this quest are much less friendly than they used to be. Every vote seems to set off a minor shitstorm.

>>3714825
i'm on my job waiting for some feedback, something you obviously don't have.

>What kind of QM creates two different options with the same intended outcome?
That's irrelevant and metagaming. Sometimes there is no option other than to fight your way out of a problem.

>>3714805
If they wanted the mech they would just shoot us when we came out of the mech. Right now I think they know something is wrong about us and are trying to use the diplomatic approach to recruit us. Think about it, a random girl came out of nowhere with a great mech, survived an ambush, and has a fully functioning AI bot. We have so much equipment that they could realize we are part of a corp and back off from a fight that is above them.

>>3714845
I think it might have something to do with this particular mission, honestly. Our high plainness is kinda screwing with how seriously our employers and NPCs are taking us, so people want to make certain that they don’t do the expected megacorp/cyberpunk plan of betraying the hired help by overcompensating with aggressiveness. It’ll hopefully cool down on the next mission when we remember how high plainness worked against us the next time we get equipped.

>>3714869
That's a good point, although i believe they haven't done any of the stuff that you wrote because they see us as an easy to manipulate kid and even though they are scrappers, they still have some sort of heart under all the dirt they have.

>>3714869
I figure they are smart enough to realize there's more to this little girl than appears, as she's got some serious hardware. They didn't attack us initially due to wariness, with the plan to feel us out and see if we were a soft enough target to take.

By the same token, that high end hardware indicates we are either powerful or have connections, so I doubt the recruitment offer is legit, as in either case we can obviously take care of ourselves.

>>3714805
Exactly this.

>>3714825
>What kind of QM creates two different options with the same intended outcome?

The kind that's told us in-quest what kind of people Scrappers were, showed us how they acted, gave us every hint to what they've aiming to do with us, and has thus far made every attempt to treat them with patience and negotiation failures in what the voters wanted.

Wake up people. How many times does Handler have to do this until you finally understand that the only way out of this place is to either using force and destroying whatever is in our way, or agreeing to stay and be their bitch for however long these people want us, and risking the actual job we were sent to this dimension for in the first place?

I mean sure, if people want their dialogues and roleplay as a submissive scrapper for god know how many more threads, I guess that's just the way that's going to be. But if not, then we should move the fuck on already and GTFO of this place ASAP.

>>3714885
So if they have a heart, that means they will have morals that they follow. Meaning that the meditation option will work and they will let us go on our way. As we leave we could pull a Lorelei and say "there is no home for us." while taking off our shades showing off our eyes.

>>3714882
We could go full vanilla and see how our base stats affect the next mission. We always ended up with a high trait that made problems with too much intimidation, otherworldly, or plainness. While the first mission with the flower girls I think went okay enough.

>>3714953
>So if they have a heart, that means they will have morals that they follow
On the other hand, a mech that can help your clan be better defended is worth the life of a girl you literally met yesterday and maybe one or two more that could possibly get injured if things get rough. Although, its better for everyone involved if she decides to stay on her own free will.

>While the first mission with the flower girls I think went okay enough.
the flower scouts was literally the tutorial and the quest started at the end of the mission. A more proper example would be the other mission with the lunar Illuminati or the one on the westworld. They went very well.

>>3714953
The only thing i'm against about going full vanilla is that we would leave our cool shoes behind. But maybe now that we have the flying crystal from Owlia we can abadong the wings and just uae the mana condencer.

>>3714882
>It’ll hopefully cool down on the next mission when we remember how high plainness worked against us the next time we get equipped.
Miranda doesn't like the way they're treating her but I'm personally enjoying it and the way she reacts to it. The only time I've felt it has worked against us was when we didn't get to fight somebody stronger in the ring.
But I don't like the idea of doing two missions in a row with the same stats so I'll probably be voting for some kind of high Hothead - low Plainness/Otherworldly getup next time.

>>3714978
>On the other hand, a mech that can help your clan be better defended is worth the life of a girl you literally met yesterday and maybe one or two more that could possibly get injured if things get rough.

I have something to say about that. Couldn't they just scrap the walkers we trashed on the canion? I recall two walkers got fried thanks to the anti-air gun powered by seither and a lot of others that got well scrapped. They should have enough parts to build at least ONE walker for themselfs.

>>3714911
Have you ever considered that by yelling about how these guys are going to screw us over ad nauseam, you’ve shot yourself in the foot by annoying people enough to not vote for what you’ve advocated for?

I mean, I wouldn’t go with your choice now, even if you were right, just because you kept typing “THEY GONNA BETRAY US, THEY GONNA BETRAY US” over and over again. It’s exhausting to read, annoying as hell, and all it did for me was make me vote for the opposite choice. And even if you were right and I was wrong, and we’re going to be ambushed, I’d still blame you, because you told us about it in the most obnoxious way possible as often as possible. So even if you guessed correctly about the scrappers being untrustworthy, that’s a fuck up on your part, because you failed to convince other people to go with what you wanted to do.

Maybe you should think about that next time we have a vote, and you want to convince people to agree with you. Or better yet, don’t complain about how everyone who didn’t choose what you voted for is going to ruin everything. Just a suggestion.

>>3715009
Both sides have been doing it plenty, but I do think we're past the point of changing anyone's mind by now.

>>3715009
oh, the mightier than thou asshole returned!
Shut up.

>>3715009
People like you will always exist, and aren't the ones I'm trying to convince with my posts to begin with. I'm not trying to get the ones that firmly believe in their own opinions like you, but the ones that are still undecided and perhaps uninformed if they forgot about what happened in the past several threads. So no, I'll keep on doing what I do, and I won't mind if people vote for sheer spite if they aren't able to logically consider my posts just because they don't like my tone.

>>3715019
make me.

>>3715019
Oh shit sorry about that. I thought it was my post you replied to. I'm truly sorry about this mistake and don't mean my reply at all when it's not me you replied to.

>>3714978
>its better for everyone involved if she decides to stay on her own free will.
Damn we will have to run. We sneak around at night to make sure the cannon is not pointing at our mech. Get prima online and destroy the cannon while running away. Another clan will wipe them out for us.

>lunar illuminati
So get an intimidation of B and not to allow any other trait to go above that. It sounds perfect.

>>3715039
no problem mate, shit happens.

>>3715043
the problem is that we're wasting another day and making aegis more nervous. The initial plan was planned for a quick hit and run mission and we'll end up being two days late. that speaks terrible things about us. I mean, at this point aegis has grounds for not paying us all the motes they are supposed tpo.

>>3715059
They don't know what we've been doing here so maybe telling them that we were imprisoned and it took some time to escape would convince them to overlook the delay.

>>3715059
>the problem is that we're wasting another day and making aegis more nervous. The initial plan was planned for a quick hit and run mission and we'll end up being two days late. that speaks terrible things about us. I mean, at this point aegis has grounds for not paying us all the motes they are supposed tpo.

All my Yes! I'm not sure why people think dragging out this side-quest for this long is acceptable when we're on a job already! I mean, if we were given free reign on time and were expected to be back a long time from now then I'd not be so worried. But the mission location wasn't that far, so our return should've been expected at least a day ago even if we were being very cautious about preparations or something. Every day that goes by here is another day that we're not just disappointing our clients, but giving them the suspicion that we're taking the mech for our pay prematurely, as Scrappers would seem to do in this world, and worse of all reducing their confidence in our use as an agent and look more use as a test subject.

>>3715077
that's worse, because Aegis won't know if we really escaped or we snitched something. if we were to tell them a lie it would be better to say that we hid on the canyon until it was safe and we were sure that the mech wouldn't break down on the way back. Basically we would omit the contact with the scrappers.

>>3715059
You are right we are late. Hopefully Handler posts soon, so we can start dropping bodies if the scrappers want a fight.

>>3715077
>>3715091
Doesn't Aegis had a locator or at least had some way to watch what we were doing during the alien attack last time?

But i guess the tracking and surveillance they have in the walker might have gotten damaged thanks to the seither anti-air cannon.

>>3715137
Yeah they can watch us its how they saw the alien attack. Plus the cannon might not have hit all the sensors. We have to say we got caught up with some scrappers and did not want to damage the mech further.

>>3715137
they do have ways to track us, but there hasn't been any clear indication of how they are doing it. It could be autonomous drones, satellite imagery, maybe aegis sent a scout team to check on us. We just don't know.

>>3715161
We showed them our eyes and were surprised at the red color. So they would use all the above to gather as much data about us as possible and study the siber(sleither?) stuff in a human.

Couldn’t we say that we didn’t want to endanger the Zeon any further with that Scrapper anti-air cannon, so we were trying to sabotage it to ensure that the Walker wouldn’t be damaged further?

...Oh dear.

Well. I'm back now. Apologies. Writing.

>>3715326
Evening boss.

Doing okay?

>>3715326
Our savior has returned! Sup.

>>3715326
its not your fault, its just us being idiots, as usual.

>>3715326
Now don't be like that. You should know by now that when lefted unchecked we start to behave like this.

>>3715161
fair point.

>>3715150
My personnal reason was to avoid people damaging the walker further and also to lose track of the Orion patrols that could still be in the area.

>>3715482
That is a valid reason for us to use. I just hope our paycheck does not get cut due to sensor damage on the mech, and being late to come back to the base.

>>3715509
If we do get a cut from being late, we should have a good enough portion given back to us if we show that doctor we talked to the data, not to mention how much we could receive for the androids, should we feel like turning them over.

>>3715509
> I just hope our paycheck does not get cut
Unless such things are stipulated in the contract, they better not try. They'll get themselves in real hot water if they attempt to short the Intersection.