>>5211973
>>5213826

"Well, now's your chance. I know biology isn't your strong suit, but we don't have an in-house doctor here. These things are pretty weird though, so i'm not sure it matters... Anyways, i want you to see what you can find out about them before we go turning them into equipment."

"Sure, sure. Wouldn't want to attract unwanted attention, now would we?" Sanig chuckles.

"Yeah, no kidding. These things have mind-control powers too, so who knows if turning their hides into a jacket would have some subtle influence on your brain? Ah, that reminds me, actually..."

Gildur wakes up just in time to see you lean down and grab one particular wraith by the throat and plunge your blade into it's skull. The sound of you digging through it's grey matter causes him to faint for a second time.

"Kid, i don't know if you understand how exploratory surgery works, but this isn't good for the process."

"Ah, got it!"

After a bit of digging, you pull a small, jet-black pearl out of the wraith's head. It almost looks like a piece of obsidian, but there's something weird about it.

"...What is that thing?" Sanig asks, leaning in to look more closely.

"I don't know. But i do know that if you stab them around this thing, they die almost instantly. It must be important."

"Good to know. But still, this is... worrying. Just be careful with that thing, will ya?"

You know exactly what he means. Light is actively bending around the little black pearl, giving it a sort of "black hole effect" that, honestly, makes you kind of nervous for some reason.
Before doing anything else, Sanig runs off to grab a plastic vial for you to store it in.

"Alright, kid. We got the bodies in the new cargo bay for now. When the janitor wakes up, we'll get him to clean out the medical bay and move those damned birds out so we can actually use it for it's intended purpose. But what about the girl?"

"Is she awake yet?"

"Not yet, but i don't see any obvious brain damage besides the concussion you gave her. If that was all, she should have been awake by now."

Cylia, who's been leaning against the wall and listening to the two of you speak so far, speaks up.

"Of course she isn't awake yet. She got possessed."

"Come on now, girl. You don't really believe in all those old fairy tales, do you?"

"Don't believe me? Fine. Ask Kyla if it's a fairy tale or not. The same thing happened to her when she was younger."

"Yeah, she told me the same thing." You add. "She said it caused a change in her personality."

"That's because these things... feed on you, i guess. The old stories say that those who survive are changed, because something was taken from them. They aren't the same person after being attacked."

Now you're kind of curious.

"What else do these old stories say?"

"...There are plenty of silly ghost stories, of course. But there are also stories of entire worlds going dark overnight. Ships going missing after a failed jump..."

>>5213828

"People disappearing without a trace after looking out the portholes during warp, and then reappearing out of nowhere some time later. Completely changed, like Kyla." Sanig adds. "Yes, we've all heard them... but it's still hard to believe."

"How hard can it be? You said you were attacked by them yourself, didn't you?"

"Sure. But that's all. They attacked, tore the crew limb from limb and disappeared. There was nothing strange about their behavior. Nothing like this."

You scratch your chin while you think for a moment.

"Hey, Sanig... was there any sort of power failure when they attacked? Radio interference, anything?"

Now it's Sanig's turn to think. It happened quite a long while ago after all.

"Might have been, come to think of it. Yes, i seem to remember the lights going out. Why do you ask?"

"That was them, too. Remember what i told you about what happened on the dodo planet?"

"The EMI? Kid, you were on a planet right next to a red dwarf. A little magnetic flux is nothing to be surprised about."

"Nah man, it's the fucking wraiths. Same thing happened on the ship back there. One or two isn't enough to do it, i think... but as soon as you get three or four in a room, they start blowing out lights and shutting down equipment, hard."

"Seriously? I've never heard of a living being generating EMI before. Interesting... very interesting! I'll definitely have to look into that."

"Guys?" Cylia interrupts. "What about Javan? Chances are, when she wakes up she's going to have a different personality. Who knows what's going to happen to her? And what are we supposed to tell Gron?"

>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.
>Just tell him she took a bad blow to the head during combat. That's all.
>We don't say anything. Just wait for her to wake up, and send her on her way.
>Write-In?

>>5213840
>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.

>>5213840
>>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.

>>5213840
>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.
Yo dawg, you crew member got possessed by ghosts and your one crew memeber you though was alive is dead.

Hey werent there other ships in this system? Can we go bully and collect then while we're at it

>>5213863
There are other ships, yes.
This is just the first one you went to.

One that was oddly distant from all the others for some reason.
Might have been a reason for that.

>>5213870
>"Whatever it is, it's worth a shot. The next problem is that there's a lot of them. We don't know how many exactly, but given reports from locals who have been hit by them, they have at least seven or eight fighter craft."
Right. So this was the carrier, but the other ships are still active. Time to go for those other ships then, right?

>>5213840
>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.
it wont be that bad of a personality change because we saved her quick right? like at least faster than kyla did

>>5213840
>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.
lets see how he reacts to this. his information on the ship was so wrong that it could easily be an assassination attempt

>>5213840
>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.
No real reason to lie to the homie Gron

>>5213826
Ahhh, love the new thread smell.
>>5213828
>Entire Worlds
Oh, what joy, that means its not just random backwaters like our Dodo pitstop.
>>5213840
>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.
>It was a big fucker too, looked like a demon from MY culture, crawled out of throat.
>Show the horn we broke off
>If she wasn't a snake, she'd probably be dead.

>The truth

Ah yes, thread ten, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Pet the Cat.

Oh boy, new thread Thursday!?

>>5213840
>>We don't say anything. Just wait for her to wake up, and send her on her way.
The joys of ignorance is way better than the weight of knowledge

>>5213929
>homie
>we've interacted at most 2 hours with him
>homie

>>5214114
Real homies always try to kill each other before becoming fast friends. It's how men do.

>>5214130
Not always. Sometimes its surviving together against an external enemy that forges those bonds.

>>5213840
>Just tell him she took a bad blow to the head during combat. That's all.
I wanna keep the wraith stuff on the down low

>>5213840
>>We tell him the truth. She got possessed, and she's lucky to be alive.

>>5213840

"What do you mean, what do we tell him?"

"I mean, if he finds out one of his crew got hurt while under our care..."

"That woman was responsible for her own safety. She chose to go out on a mission, knowing it was dangerous. Getting injured in the field happens sometimes. She was just unlucky."

"I don't think that's going to make him feel any better about it, David..."

"Regardless, i'm going to tell him exactly what happened, and if he's mad about it then he should do his job as their captain and make sure it doesn't happen again. How he does that is up to him."

Cylia looks like she's about to complain again, but Sanig stops her.

"Give it up, girl. He clearly doesn't give a shit."

You cross your arms in a huff.

"Making sure your crew is prepared is a captain's duty. Sure, there's no way anyone could have known there were wraiths on that ship, but we were prepared nonetheless, weren't we? After all, Cylia encountered one as well, and managed to kill it on her own."

If Sanig had any eyebrows, he would have raised one.

"Really? If it was the kid i wouldn't be surprised... Obviously."

He spreads his arms to make a point of the wraith corpses stacked around him.

"But you, girl? You took one of them out?"

Cylia blushes slightly and turns away, seeming embarrassed.

"Ah... well, y-yeah, i guess... although it nearly got me, first..."

"Hah. So even normal people can fight against them, if they're prepared enough. Interesting. Really interesting! I wonder if there's a market for this..."

"Hey, what do you mean by "normal" people? I don't like the implication." You chide.

"I'm not implying anything, kid. You're a straight up freak of nature. Everyone knows it, and don't try to pretend otherwise."

"Gee, thanks. No, really, i'm glad you think so highly of me."

"Don't get me wrong, kid. I don't dislike you or anything... but you're seriously scary. And that's coming from me."

"What do you mean, coming from you? There's nothing scary about an old man like you."

"See? That right there, that's part of it. No sense of self preservation, no a glint of fear behind those eyes. Even though you see us as people, even though you've never treated us badly... it's still like you're looking down at your prey. It's unsettling."

"...The fuck is he talking about? Cyl?"

Cylia scratches the side of her head, and doesn't immediately answer.

"Cylia?"

"Mmm... he's... not really wrong, i think."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we've all seen it. Whenever you get that look in your eye... you know, during training, or..."

Her voice trails off as she remembers something.

"Was i looking at you funny?"

"No, it's just..."

"There's a pressure, kid. Looking into your eyes when get like that, it's like we're staring down a slyvern's maw. And i can't even imagine what your actual enemies must feel when you face them down."

"Ah, that again? Man, don't get me all worried like that. Look, i'm not seeing you as prey, i'm just looking at you as an opponent."

>>5214595

"That's exactly what it is, kid. You've got an apex predator's mindset, more than anyone i've ever seen."

You shake your head at him.

"Wrong. It's a warrior's mindset. They're similar, for sure, but not the same. I'm not just some wild beast, you know."

"Oh, i know. You've refined the act of ripping your opponent apart with your bare hands into a fine art."

"Yeah, that's exactly right. I am a predator, but i'm also a man, and a warrior. There's more to me than mere violence, that separates me from the wild beasts. I use my instinct to fight, but i don't fight using only my instincts."

"I'll be honest, kid. After seeing some of your combat footage, it's real hard to tell the difference. Seems to me like it doesn't matter whether you're fighting prey or predator, they're all the same in your eyes."

"Yeah, you're probably right about that." You admit. "But that's not the real problem, is it?"

"How do you figure?"

"The real problem isn't my strength, or my mindset. It's yours."

"...Oh really?"

"Yes, really. The only reason you feel that pressure is because you're acknowledging your own weakness. You know you'll lose, so you're afraid. You've got a loser's mindset."

Cylia and Sanig both fall silent for a moment as they contemplate what you said.

"...We're not like you, kid. We can't just rush ahead and plow through everything in our way. As nice as that would be..."

"Sure you can." You reply.

"Kid..."

"Don't "Kid" me. Who said you can't do it? That's not just a loser's mindset. It's defeatist!"

"Alright then, genius. How do you expect an old man like me to match up against someone like you?"

"Heh."

You can't help but chuckle heartily. So much so that it seems to get to the old man a bit.

"What's so funny?! You're the one who started talking all this good shit, so go ahead and explain yourself!"

"Old man, you built it yourself, didn't you?"

"What...?"

"The power armor. Who says it has to be piloted by a human? Who said it needs to be that size, or even that it needs to be human-shaped at all?"

"What are you on about, kid? We're not talking about war machines, are we?"

"Aren't we, though? Whether it's your body, your mind, or some tool... they can all be used as a weapon, can't they?
Sure, i might be one of the sharper crayons in the box, but most of my strength comes from diligent training, and nothing else. What about you, though?"

"Me? Where does my strength come from, huh...?"

"Think about it, Sanig."

"Heh. Hehaha!"

Now Sanig is the one laughing.

"Yeah, i get you, kid! I'm weak! Weak as hell, that's for sure! And i'll never match up in terms of strength! I never should have thought about it in those terms to begin with!"

"S-Sanig?"

Cylia seems concerned at his sudden outburst.

"Ah, i'm fine, girl. The kid just reaffirmed something for me, that's all."

Leaning down, you put your fist out for a bump, which Sanig returns.

"I don't get it..." Cylia mutters. "Is this a guy thing...?"

There won't be an update tomorrow, as i'm going to be a bit busy.
So here's two updates for the time being.

>>5214595
Give Cylia the horny eyes!

>>5214607
punch those horses for me

Old man in a warborg let's GOOOOO

>>5214605
Poor Cylia, I have a feeling Kyla might get it too. The DRIVE, to make anything a weapon to win. Not being the one that goes out at the end.
>>5214607
This>>5214609
and this>>5214667
>>5214667
I wanna help Gramps on his path to Mecha Mastery.

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>>5214667
MECHTOID SANIG

>>5214595
So that stuff we absorb when we kill wraiths is definitely the reason David is exceeding human limits (ie being able to do acrobatic martial arts in 3x gravity) right?

>>5214918
You want a spoiler?
Nope. Nanomachines, son.
That's not to say it isn't doing something else to him.

>>5214925
I wonder what will happen to Davide after a kills a hundred more demons. We gotta EMI/EMP shield all his gear so he has some light to work with.

>>5214607
Thanks QM, take care.

That's some hype stuff.
I can already see it, Sanig, atop a weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

>>5215037
this is giving me doom 2016 vibes. david can extract the wraiths' essence and that will make him more powerful....maybe with enough kills he'll be able to 1v1 a wraith with his own hands

What the hell is the Pepe Frog at the end?

>>5215348
Hiromoot's gift to us for april fools.

>>5215348
😙

>>5215346
>maybe with enough kills he'll be able to 1v1 a wraith with his own hands
Anon he literally did that already when he was brutalizing the first one, then he used it's fingers to kill that other group of wraiths +1 demon.

>>5215367
Hey it's alright man, he's just got short term memory loss.

What were we talking about?

>>5215367
yeah, but that was because we have the warp gloves on. what i meant is for david to tenderize a wraith using only his hands; no warp metal, or anything like that

>>5215395
That's just stupid. Therea no reason for hin to take of the warp stone bruisers.

Anons, we might have to take care at the time of kill the Wraiths... Maybe we should have in mind making different exams, I don't want us to actually turn in a mindless Wraiths by killing them

>>5215427
>not wanting to see if david can kill the wraiths barehanded

>>5215448
>*bareback
FTFY

>>5214609
+1

>>5215348

happy april fools anon

>>5214918
David has grey nanomachines. The one confirmed adjustment is oxygen absorption efficiency. There's others, but I don't think we've properly investigated it.

>>5215778
The only other thing it does is make his toenails grow more evenly.

Source: I know from experience my dude

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>>5214605
>>"Heh. Hehaha!"
https://youtu.be/ztzq05IzYds
When I grow up I want to be pic related tho

>>5215778
it's not nanomachines, tis' but a retrovirus that helps with oxygen

>>5215816
Technically those are nanomachines kek just made of proteins and lipids and stuff

>>5216058
>m-muh body is a machine haha
CRINGE

>>5216486
It’s just a vehicle for your CNS I don’t know why you’re making a big deal out of it

>>5216486
of course it is. the body is just a mecha for the brain :EZY:

>>5216486
Yeah? u dum?

Rolled 54 (1d100)

test

>>5214605

After a few firm slaps from Sanig, Gildur wakes up and is immediately dragged into the medbay to begin moving the dodos out and into cages in the new cargo bay.
After that, they'll begin sterilizing the medbay so it can be used for exploratory surgery.

You, meanwhile, decide to take a look at Javan's condition.
She's fast asleep on a mat of blankets in the old cargo bay, which will probably get turned into a proper workshop soon.

Although her body is covered by an electric blanket, she's shivering in her sleep. Tossing, turning and writhing as if she's having a bad dream.
You gently stroke the soft, smooth scales along her head to calm her down, and she seems to relax somewhat. She even hisses slightly as if sighing in relief while her muscles unclench. But her condition still isn't great.

"Damn. Well, i guess we should let Gron know. Alright... SHODAN, mark the location of this ship. It's still in useable condition, so i'm coming back for it later."

"Affirmative, Captain... but i should inform you, the stellar lightning that had been avoiding this area previously appears to be closing in. At the current rate, it will take two days to reach the ship's center."

"Well, shit. Will it be destroyed?"

"Most likely, Captain. The electronics will be fried first, but continual strikes will eventually shred the ship and melt the pieces into slag."

"Great. Do you think we can finish this job in under two days?"

"It is possible, but nothing is certain. However, there is another option."

"Kyla?"

"If we leave the nanofab with her, she should be able to get the ship into working condition on her own."

"So the ship could move, and it would have shields... but she's not a pilot, is she? I don't even know if that thing has an onboard AI."

"Even if it doesn't, her personal AI should be able to handle it."

"Ah, right... that backpack of hers. Yeah, that could work... but i'm still worried. What if that big bastard ends up coming back?"

"That is a potential issue. Perhaps Sanig could loan her his revolver, just in case."

"Maybe. They've already gotten her once before, but i don't know if that makes her more or less susceptible to their influence. It could be dangerous."

>Have Kyla stay behind and fix up the ship, so it's ready to go by the time you leave
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.
>She's a big girl. Leave the choice up to her.
>Write-In?

>>5217089
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.
we also don't know if this piece of shit is even worthy of being repaired or 100% clear of wraiths. we have better chances of jury rigging something better on the local ship graveyard

>>5217089
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.
>Kyla, this demon fucked me up, if you got hurt there is not enough of them around for me to mutilate out of hate, and I don't want to hurt everyone by accident.

>>5217089
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.

>>5217089
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.
We did check it for anything useful or valuable, right?

>>5217267
Yep. There's not much in there that isn't covered in rust, blood or dust.
Most of the equipment seems functional, though.

>>5217089
>She's a big girl. Leave the choice up to her.
We are paranoid but we got to let people make their own choices with the risks being known.

>>5217273
What kind of ship is this? If it's a rare find that suits our intended purpose perfectly, let's see if Kyla wants to take the risk. If it's a dime a dozen scrap heap, leave it for the space lightning.

>>5217319
It's a very old, outdated ship. Maybe twice the size of the Metal Gear, but with nothing special to offer.
As far as you can tell, it's been sitting around for at least a hundred years.

>>5217463
Whoop, dropped my trip.

>>5217089
>>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.

>>5217463
So you're saying it's vintage?

>>5217089
>She's a big girl. Leave the choice up to her.
>Write-In?
Ask Sanig if he can make a jury rigged Voild shield Kyla can push around on a hover cart. It should protect her if shit it's the fan, and she could pepper any wraiths or demons with her revolver.
Also let's get her some warp dust knuckle nubs. I recalled the QM saying that despite her being short, she's still strong and will fuck you up.
>>5217463
>>5217465
>>5217481
Nice. If we clean it up a bit, we can probably sell it off to some collector, or use it as intended as a carrier. Cochrane when you said carrier, did you mean for fighter ships or carrying cargo?

>>5217089
>She's a big girl. Leave the choice up to her.
hey kyla do you want to be left alone on a spooky ghost ship for several days?

>>5217551
There is a carrier out here somewhere, but this isn't it.
It's big enough to carry a bit of cargo, though.

However, with the oldschool engines and equipment on it, the gas mileage would be terrible.

>>5217551
do you realize how terrible that sounds?
>good luck being stranded on the space hulk!
>now you got a few days to get that piece of shit running before the warp- lightning storm consumes it, or the wraiths return to fuck you up

>>5217481
just because its old it doesn't mean its valuable. cochrane already said that the only good thing about the ship is that is big, otherwise its very old and outdated. that only means problems

>>5217558
>However, with the oldschool engines and equipment on it, the gas mileage would be terrible.
That's fine, the idea is to sell it. Actually, could SHODAN do a quick search to determine if anyone would be interested in buying this vintage if we can give it a good decal?
If not, how expensive would it be to replace to engines and equipment with more modern and efficent stuff? Would it not be worth the effort to restore it for use or selling it off?

>>5217560
It does sound terrible, but shes smart as fuck so if she's not able to get it up and running at the 36 hour mark we'll extract her and ditch the hulk. Still, might as well google search its worth if we spruce it up.

Hmmm, you make a good point about the only good thing about it is being big. Perhaps it could be used as another storage unit back at Xebric. Like we restore it, dock it, but only use it as free storage we dont have to pay for.

>>5217569
>but shes smart as fuck
the issue isn't that she's smart, the issue is that we're leaving her in the ship with an unknown number of hostiles where she runs the risk of being possessed, killed and turned into a zombie. probably in that order as well. this isn't worth it, specially when we have captured way better ships by just taking pirate bounties

>Perhaps it could be used as another storage unit back at Xebric.
that's silly. once we're back at xebric we are going to take over the station, which means that we can have an actual warehouse to store our stuff, and no one will tell us anything because we helped in the invasion.
plus we know the location of the pirate base near xebric; i'd rather take control of that than the (probably no longer) wraith infested ship in front of us

>>5217576
Still, I wish there was something we could do about this shipment hmmmm...
Oh! Fuck man, what if we just went old school and strapped rockets on this bitch? Just nanofab a few rockets, attach em somewhere, and hurry rig that bitch to fly out of the Thunder Zone so we can salvage it later? We're repair it, store it some place, then sell it off. That sound fair?

>>5217560
Value is a funny thing. It's only limit is how much someone is willing to pay for it. I mean, little paper cards aren't worth a fucking thing, less than a cent per even, and yet people will pay thousands of dollars for them. Even more if they have someone's scribble on them.

Fuck value.

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>>5217608
>Fuck value.
How? Doggy style or missionary?
Not gonna lie I'm a stupid motherfucker sometimes, but I'm a loot gremlin by nature. If it has value, it's worth lootin. That's my moto. Do you mean fuck this ship it's probably not worth the effort? That we might not get anything from trying to sell it? You might be right. BUT if we don't want to use the ship for anything, why not harvest the whole damn thing? Take it's navigational logs for research, stripe out the expensive tech that still might be useful, take the thrusters, pull out the shielding emitters, take all the dark matter fuel bottles plus fuel that's left. OH if it still has lasers maybe we could do something silly with them, like make man portable las cannons or heavy laser rifles.

>>5217621
>How? Doggy style or missionary?
Reverse cowgirl, duh. Make that shit work for you, not the other way around.

But what I'm really saying is money shouldn't be the driving factor of your choices. If you want the ship, take it. Simple as.

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>>5217636
I don't know man, I do but I also don't.
>However, with the oldschool engines and equipment on it, the gas mileage would be terrible.
Like, it's old and we probably don't want to use it "as it is," so the next solution would be to renovate it. Change out the old with the new, give it heavier equipment to make it a real heavy hitter in a dog fight, or just carry cargo for us. Of course there's the problem of considering how many man hours and credits it will cost to modernize the entire ship. I'd image that the cost of renovating the carrier would be significantly cheaper than buying a small 1-3 crew sized ship at 100-120k like Cylia's old one, which I think is slightly smaller than the Metal Gear?

At least if we renovate the carrier it would still be cheaper than pulling a ship out from a graveyard and attempting to fix the entire thing.

>>5217089
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.

>>5217638
If you're having second thoughts then you don't want it. ez

>>5217089
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.

>>5217638
Have you ever tried renovating an old car? I have, and let me tell you, that aint worth it unless the car itself has a special meaning for you, because you'll end up paying the same, or double the price of the car itself and at the end you'll only get a pretty old car that gets beqt by a cheap modern car in every aspect except maybe looks.

You may argue that a spaceship is different, but it wouldnt be too crazy to assume that the same rules apply, and we just dont have that kind of money to invest into a project like this

>>5217089
>Have Kyla stay behind and fix up the ship, so it's ready to go by the time you leave

>>5217785
The thing is that we have nanofabs. That means we can make almost any of the part we need, so the bullshit you had to deal with would be.....well maybe more or less difficult than this since this is bigger than a car, so the difficulty curve is just about the same.

>and we just dont have that kind of money to invest into a project like this
Are you sure about that? We were inside so maybe we should make an estimate of renovation costs before we give this thing up.

>>5217878
ok, but even if its easy to repair the ship, the main problem remains the same, we have to leave kyla *alone* in a ship that might or might not have wraiths and a demon. that's just way too much risk for way too little reward

>>5217887
We just gotta re attach the wire we cut outside, give it a little fuel, then make it jump out of the Nebula. We can stick around with Kyla in case something happens. Would that work?

>>5217896
except shodan already told us that the patches to get the ship up and moving would take around 2 days, which returns us to the same original problem. its just too risky with way too little rewards

>>5217907
She didnt say that it would take two days to repair the ship, only two days for the seller lightning to reach the ship which would destroy it. If Kyla is capable of fixing the ship within two days, then it stand to reason that it would take even less time if we all pitched in the help move this piece of shit.

But I'd still want to get some estimates from the crew to know if it's possible to modernize this junk of junk, and roughly how much it might cost considering its 100 years out of date. The sensitive equipment might not be up to snuff, but the skeletal structure is still there.

>>5217921
>If Kyla is capable of fixing the ship within two days, then it stand to reason that it would take even less time if we all pitched in the help move this piece of shit.
nonono, it was 2 days if we all stay and repair the ship OR leave kyla with the nanofab

>"Great. Do you think we can finish this job in under two days?"
>"It is possible, but nothing is certain. However, there is another option."
>"Kyla?"
>"If we leave the nanofab with her, she should be able to get the ship into working condition on her own."

>>5217089
>Nope. You're too worried about whether or not that big demon is really gone.

>>5217638
>space ship
>tail rudder

BAKA

>>5217089
>>Write-In?
>just park the metal gear right next to the ship and let's have a reparing-old-ship-montage. The tit-sneak can wait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEVVfGudNfw

>>5218086
It doesn't just fly in space. Still ugly tho

>>5217194
+1

>>5218162
the symmetry pisses me off

>>5217089

"...Nah, it's not worth it. It's just an old junker, after all."

"You're giving up on it?"

"Woah, now! I didn't say that! It's just not worth putting Kyla at risk for. If we make it back in time, we make it. If we don't, we don't. Now, that said..."

You make a quick trip down to the junker's mechanical room and carefully remove it's dark matter and dark energy bottles, causing the ship to power down entirely.
Interestingly, despite the age of the ship, the design of the bottles and the mechanical room is practically identical to every other ship you've seen.

"Can't leave these babies behind. Two to a ship, and nowhere to buy them."

["Ever the pragmatist, Captain."]

The trip back to Gron's ship doesn't take long, although you do have to dodge quite a few lightning bolts along the way. Seems that pocket disappearing has disturbed the nebula somewhat.
Gron's position has drifted slightly since you were gone, but fortunately the radar picks him up in no time at all, and you're able to make contact via laser.

"This is Captain Rockefeller of the Metal Gear, come in Captain."

Gron responds almost immediately.

["This is Captain Kordunn of the vessel "Star-Fall". You've been gone a while, Captain. Did something happen?"]

"Yeah, you could say that. Javan was injured, but she's alive."

"That is unfortunate. Were the injuries severe?"

"Eh, it depends on how you look at it, i guess. Maybe it's best if we talk in person."

It takes a few minutes to dock with the Star-Fall, and when you do, both Gron and Asta come over. In fact, Asta pushes his way past Gron, demanding to see Javan.

"Where is she?!"

"Calm down, kid. She's not dead."

"I can't believe you let her get hurt right away! I knew this was a bad idea!"

You rub your eyebrows and sigh out in annoyance, and Gron places his hand on Asta's shoulder.

"That's enough, Child. Javan knew the risks, and agreed to participate."

Surprisingly, Asta actually at least attempts to hold it in after Gron chides him a bit.

"Yeah, that's the thing. None of us really knew the risk, or i don't think we would have gone in like that."

"...Yes, i see that you're injured, Captain. What happened?"

"Wraiths." You admit.

"...Wraiths? Here?"

Gron doesn't seem disbelieving, just a bit shocked.

"Six total, plus one other. Something bigger, or different at least. I'm no expert on the matter. That's the one that got Javan."

"Damn it. Was she possessed?"

This is the first time you've seen Gron genuinely look upset about something.

"Afraid so. I managed to knock it out of her, but... well, who knows."

"How long did the possession last? It's possible she may still be alright."

You have to think on that for a minute. Your sense of time was really screwed up by the fight, so you're not really certain.

"Let's see... Hmm. Anywhere from five to eight minutes, i guess? The big guy was busy with me for some of that though, if it makes a difference."

>>5218941
>"I can't believe you let her get hurt right away! I knew this was a bad idea!"
This kid is making it, very hard to not best his ass.
Hey can we make a bet with him? See if he takes the bait with his smooth brain? If he can beat us in a fight, we'll give him 10k, but if we beat him we'll get 5k. First one to lose consciousness wins.

>>5218957
*first to lose consciousness loses
Woops

>>5218957
He already knows he can't beat you.
Now he's just malding.

>>5218976
What if we call him a pussy?

>>5218941
Gron seems to be in the know about the spoopy bois.
Interesting.
I guess with him being well traveled and living for centuries he would have come across some of that lore if nkt first or second hand experience.
>4TNYG
What does capcha mean?

>>5218957
Quoting what I read in a fallout greentext once,
"He's like that younger brother you have to beat the faggot out of"

>>5218957
he has the energy of an anime MC, but without any of the plot powers. its pretty funny actually

>>5219098
that it has IBS?

>>5218976
NEED CAT PUSSY!
NEET TO PUT ASTA IN HIS PLACE AND FUCK HIM BUSSI INTO SUBMISSION!
FILL HOLE!

>>5218941

"Not long, then... that's good."

You guide Gron to the workshop where Javan is sleeping. Gron looks over Javan's sleeping form, and seems amused.

"What is this blanket you've got over her? I can feel the heat radiating from it."

"Ah, that's an electric blanket. It's got a wire running through it. Short some power through it and it heats up, simple and easy."

"It's a fire hazard!" Asta bellows. "What if it shorts out or something?!"

"It's already shorted out." You inform him. "Were you not listening, kid? That's literally how it works."

Gron smirks.

"I'm sure she'll like it. How did you know that she can't produce her own body heat, though?"

"Well, she's a snake, ain't she? We have animals just like that on earth, so i figured she might get cold in here."

"He treats me the same way, like i'm a cat. The worst part is, half the time he's right..." Cylia adds, having entered the room just a moment ago.

Asta takes notice of her, and immediately walks over.
He gets way too deep into her personal space, eyeing her up and down like an idiot. Cylia visibly recoils at this.

And then he opens his big, stupid mouth.

"Hey, little sis. What are you doing on this ship?"

Cylia almost immediately bloodies his nose, which knocks him onto the floor.
And then she starts kicking him in the ribs while he tries to defend himself.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT, YOU FRIGGIN' MIDGET?! YOU'RE LIKE A INCH TALLER THAN ME, AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE A MALE?!"

"GODS, MY NOSE! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, LADY!?"

You and Gron both watch on in shock as Cylia hoists the kid into the air by his collar and slams him against the wall. She's giving him quite the talking-to.
Honestly, this is the first time you've seen her act like this... that you can remember, anyways.

"So uh... should we... should we do anything about this?" You wonder.

Gron's shock quickly wears off, and a smile forms on his face.

"Nah. His mouth was bound to get him in trouble eventually. Well, more trouble."

You wince as Asta says something else he shouldn't have, and gets gut-checked. Looks like that one knocked the wind out of him.

"...I must say, though. Your crew seem quite strong for their species. That fellow you had mopping the floor back there, he was a Kelbhund wasn't he?"

"A what?"

"His race, Captain. He's a Kelbhund."

"Oh. I dunno, i never asked him. He's just the janitor."

"Yes, well... i assure you, he's quite muscular for his species. That Jek'na as well. I could be fooled to think she makes her living as a bodybuilder."

"Ah, yeah. That'd be the gravity. It's turned way down right now since there's a lot going on, but normally we keep it at 1G."

"Really? Isn't that a bit intense for... well, technically i suppose your crew consists of predators, but..."

"Heh, yeah. An old man, two women and a dog. They can handle it, though. As long as they take their blood thinners, apparently."

"I see. No mercy, is it? But the effects are inarguable."

>>5219988
so cylia doesn't like being mocked about her height. got it.

>>5219988
Kick his fucking ass Cylia? Kick him in the nutts!

>>5219988
We should talk to our janitor more.

Also they aren't suffering too much under the Gs. Guess there might be bone issues if the skin suits weren't supporting them.

Should look at their long term health

>>5220004
grab his dick and twist it!

>>5219988
Princes has. It been mentioned. That said she is probably in the medbay snifong wraith murder presents with Sanog and getting weird ideas even for a Slyvern. Or are they? Are Slyvern and wreiths like giant squids and humpback whales? Always kiing one another when they meet in derp space?
>0TAGT
Wrong capcha she did tag one. Or we'll she might not have had the flames needed to affect wraiths so probably still 0

>>5220153
What the fuck are you on right now anon? I need to know so I can stay far away from it.

derp space

>>5220153
Go to bed you're not making sense.

>>5220153
I'm upset I understood this

>>5220228
Could you translate, please? I'm not fluent in retard.

>>5220234
"Princess hasn't been mentioned, That said she is in the medbay sniffing wraith murder gifts with Ayylmao. Getting super funky ideas for her race, or are they actually weird for them? Maybe both are like Giant squids and whales aka natural enemies that square up deep under water but in this case in deep space.

Capha was wrong, But didn't she tag one? of did she not, because we don't know if her flames got it so her kill count might still be 0.


It just clicks better in retard, and translate may have error.

>>5220250
Ah, that makes much more sense. Thanks anon, doing God's work.

>>5220126
TWIST HIS DIIIIIIICK

>>5220114
No.

>>5220259
its suffering speaking retard

>>5220250
Princess can see wraiths, just like David can. Which is super weird, but then so is breathing fire, having acid for drool and being able to hibernate in a vacuum.
I will say this though. Slyverns fucking hate wraiths.

And for those wondering, princess is currently cuddled up on David's bed. That's usually where she stays when he's gone.

>>5220347
Asta's dick. It must to punished.

>>5220347
>mfw slyverns were genetically modified by greys to be wraith-hunting predators
Think about it. Heat interferes with electromagnetic interference. Their acid could probably dissolve wraith flesh without much trouble. Their scales afford them some level of protection against wraith claws and teeth. The flight allows them to pursue airborn ones.
Seed a wraithworld with a few hundred slyverns and watch the problem solve itself in a few years.

>>5220384
He has only seen the outline of David's dick in the suit and doesn't know that's just soft. Hard is Cylia's fist. He's also a teen space protagonist in someone else's story, chill.
>>5220347
I can't wait to make a big enough ship just so we can put Princess right next to us so she can come get hugs when she has night walks.

>>5220408
I'm eager to get back to earth and find Mutt so we can see how him and Princess get along.

>>5220347
I can imagine why the space dragons hate wraiths, I’ll bet they’re pretty popular possession targets. If I were a spooky energy vampire I’d try to possess slyverns all the time too.

>>5220468
>Mut: "Tiny snake friend?"
>Princess: Wags tail
>Mut: "Good, we shall talk about our silly human."

>>5220250
Thanks anon. Phone posting with a cracked screen while sleep deprived does indeed turn out in retard speak.

>>5219988

Asta continues to run his mouth, and Cylia continues to kick the shit out of him for it.
While you're watching that and perhaps enjoying it a bit too much, you notice Javan starting to stir due to the commotion.

"Hey, Gron. She's waking up."

"Good. Just give her a moment, she might be confu-"

"Hey, Javan! Wakey wakey, eggs for snakey!"

Javan sits up and stares at you with a blank look in her eyes, blinking several times before seeming to come to. Turns out, she has a nictitating membrane, just like other reptiles.

"...Eggsss?"

"You want some? We've got a few extra since we're moving the dodos around right now."

Javan looks between you and Gron, then shakes her head and rubs her face with her forearm.

"Sssure, i guesss?"

She looks down at the warm blanket covering her lower half and runs her hands across it, then looks up at Cylia, who's still giving Asta an earful.

"Uhm... doesss anyone remember... what happened, exxxactly? The lassst thing i remember, isss the power going out..."

Seeing that she's asking questions and talking, you give Gron a slap on the back.

"Hey, look at that! She's fine!"

"No, it might take a while still to determine if any damage was done to her personality..."

"My persssonality? What? What happened?!"

"You want to tell her, or should i?"

"...Hmmm. It's true that i'm her captain, but you were the one in charge of the operation. I suppose it matters little."

"Well, you can take care of that then. I'll get started on her eggs."

On your way back to the kitchen, you drag Cylia along with you by her collar. Asta is slumped over on the floor with a fat lip, but still has the energy to curse at her as you leave, causing her to flail around like a pissed off cat as she tries to kill him.
You have to admit, she's kinda cute when she gets all riled up like that. Her hair even stands up, making her look fluffy.

Cylia is still kicking and hissing even as the door closes, but she doesn't run back out after him.
Instead, she stomps her foot and growls in frustration.

"Gods, i can't believe that little prick! Who acts like that the second you meet someone?! Does he have a piece of his brain missing or something?!"

"Eh, he's a teenager. Teenagers are stupid like that, i wouldn't hold it against him too much."

"No, he's not! I don't expect you to notice, but his guard hairs have already come in. That means he's been an adult for at least two or three years already, but he's still acting like that!"

You snort as you crack open an oversized dodo egg with the back of a spoon.

"Oh yeah? I had fuzz on my nuts at ten years old. It didn't make me a man, even if i tried to act like one. In fact, i don't think i really grew up until i'd spent a few years in the marines."

"Well, a guy like that has no business out here at all. And definitely not on our ship!" She huffs.

"Alright, alright. I understand your feelings. I won't kick him off unless he gets really annoying, though."

>>5221104
>"No, it might take a while still to determine if any damage was done to her personality..."
hmmm....could this be a form of PTSD? like, the event is so traumatic that the brain rewires itself in an attempt to avoid the same thing happening again

>>5221104
Please let us kick his ass.
Okay how about this. What if we bet Cylia winning against him? Like they fight each other using no claws and teeth, and the loser needs to pay the winner 10k. Its gotta work.

>>5221175
>Please let us kick his ass.
we already did that. although letting cylia beat the crap out of him in a proper match would be pretty cool

>>5221179
That's what I meant, letting Cylia beat the ever loving shit out of him. It would make her feel better, plus she would win easy money.
It would be beyond easy to goad Asta into accepting. We could play into him being too much of a little bitch to hit a girl shorter than him, maybe say he fights like a little girl? Maybe make him insecure enough that his baby brain demands he fights.
Oh man it'd be great, Cylia would brutalize him after we taught her how to fight.

your name sounds like cockring qm

fuck you

>>5221186
>he helps keep your magnum dong fully engorged and strong
What a what lad that cockring qm chad.

>>5221186
Not if you read the name as coach-Rain

>>5221104
>Angry floof Cylia
Must, resist, eggssss to cook, but, sooooo tempting.

>>5221175
>>5221183
Chill simp, she literally did that for the last few updates. She's taller than him too. Read before Twittering in public.

>>5221301
>"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT, YOU FRIGGIN' MIDGET?! YOU'RE LIKE A INCH TALLER THAN ME, AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE A MALE?!"
>She's taller than him too.
>Read before Twittering in public.
Ha, okay bud sure I'll do that. That doesnt make it any more funny watching her best the stuffing at the cat dude, but I really wanna rub the salt in his wounds. It's one thing to get beaten up, it's another to get beaten up AND lose money on a bet for it.

>>5221307
He's a brat, he's dumb enough to take the bet, but why bother?

>>5221315
To humble him, humiliate him, and make a quick buck because we can. His parents apparently haven't beaten him enough, so it's our god given duty to make sure he gets all the beatings he needs to be an upstanding space citizen. Plus, I want to see Cylia put into practice all the moves David has been teaching her and build up her confidence a bit.

>>5221320
.....already done dumbass. Are you from Reddit?

>>5221329
Yes, I'm even a redditor. Regardless of my superior status, we should keep beating on him for that sweet cash. Cylia could use it for who knows what her character motives might be. Maybe she'll save it to upgrade her ship when she gets it back, or send some of the money back home.

>>5221337
....he's not a pinata he's a grunt with a name under Gron. I wouldn't be surprised he spends his checks on porn mags and space comics. We aren't going to get money from him.

YOU HAVE TO EAT ALL THE EGGS

>>5221342
on a tangential note, i wouldn't be surprised that's he's dating javan over here, specially due to how concerned he was with her.

>>5221346
All the eggs?

>>5221352
I think he wants too, but he's a dumbass.

>>5221356
ok, that makes way more sense

>>5221365
I want my, I want my, my snake senpai.

>>5221354
ALL OF 'EM

>>5221415
That's a lot of eggs.

>>5221342
Sure do use a lot of ellipses for someone accusing anons of being from reddit or twitter.

>>5221440
Those faggots stole it from 4chan newfag.

>>5221453
How dare you. I'm a newest fag you redditor. I want to fuck the demons.

>>5221104
Soooo would it be possible for David to convince Cylia to fight Asta, and whoever wins gets money? Would that be or not in character of David to do?

>>5221453
Sure thing "oldfag". And 4chan stole it from retards RPing on IRC and instant messenger services. Doesn't make you less of a dweeb.

>>5221473
Why do you want to make a bet on Asta getting beat up by Cylia again so damn badly? You an Asta, is that it?

>>5221104
How often did David used to fuck his sister?

>>5221656
Only between pregnancies so not super often

>>5221656
Well, you know what they say about the south.
Some men's sisters are slow on their feet, and some are virgins.

>>5222027
H-hot :TooLewd:

>>5221440
I thought only facebook boomers use unnecessary ellipses

>>5222045
...What does that say about me?

>>5222058
... that you're old?

I've been elipsing on the internet since I was 12. Now almost past my 20s.

>>5222045
Nah everyone does at some point or another. Some of us just know better than to do it too frequently or in "public".

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I've got massive brain block today. I've been sitting here for hours, and it just ain't coming out.
Sorry lads. Have a red oni.

>>5222406
>Red oni
Objectively the worst kind. Shit taste, QM. Dropped.

>>5222406
Damn, that sucks
>>5222416
Shit taste, go gargle a tranny.

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>>5222418
>Not even very tig bitties on that red oni
And I'M the one that has shit taste?

>>5222421
Her booty is perfect for baby making, breast fill with breeding. Ergo, your double faggotry has been exposed.

>>5222426
>Booty isn't even in frame
Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I should've known since this is 4chan but I didn't realize I was talking to an actual blithering retard. Of course, anon, whatever you say. I'm not one of those to pick on the disabled.

>niggas arguing about how busty a bitch is when everyone knows a tight toned body with medium a.k.a. premium tits is an instant 8/10
Ignoramuses on all sides means I can shitpost in any direction.

>>5222426
>>5222437
Both of you are fags, and not the cool Gandolf kind of fag. There's three main things that matter most regarding the body shapes of oni girls.

>Muscles (can replace with weight and/or height, if you're more for for milf)
>Tummy (six-pack or pooch, both are good)
>Horns (NON-NEGOTIABLE)

>>5222452
Gandolf isn't even a fag you dumbass, are you talking about Dumbledore being retconned as a queer?
>>5222437
>>5222448
>Thicc thighs make lives

>>5222462
Pretty sure he was referring to the actor himself being a homo.

its weirdo o'çlock, i see

>>5222406
That oni looks heated.

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>>5221499
>>5221453
Now kiss

>>5222645
Not before marriage dude, gross.

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>>5222406
Bring an oni take an oni. Let portraits of the goddesses inspire art.

>>5222645
Not before getting caught going to the same sex shop.

>>5222652
Nah.
Shodan is our love interest.

>>5222652
>nothing coating the spoon
Gotta keep that air stirred.

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I want to bang the cat girl and the oni's and the ai. Big booty gobbo and snek are ok too I guess.

>>5222719
This was too stupid, I'm busting my sides over this.
Thanks for the keks.

>>5221104

The smell of frying eggs eventually draws Princess into the kitchen, and you can't help but give her a few platefulls as well before you're done cooking.
It's the eyes, man. She knows how to beg with those big, puppydog eyes of hers. What's worse is, she's smart enough to know exactly what she's doing.

As usual, she drapes herself around your neck like a scarf. Sadly, she's getting a bit too big for that already and it feels like there's a toddler hanging off of you.
You wonder how big she'll actually get. There's no solid information available on the web, just hyperbolic stories that sound more like dragons than an actual animal.

Kind of weird, you feel, since everyone seems to know about them. Surely someone has actually seen one, or run some medical scans on one? But no, nothing.

"Ah, well." You sigh, giving her chin a scritch. "It doesn't matter how big you get, you're still my little Princess."

Cylia looks over at you from the table, confused.

"Are you talking to yourself over there, David?"

Princess blows a raspberry at her with that cute little forked tongue.

By the time you bring the food out, it looks like Gron has already more or less explained the situation to Javan.

"It'sss fine. Honessstly, i don't even remember what happened."

Gron takes a stern tone with her.

"Even so, Javan. You'll need a full psych evaluation after the mission's over. That's an order."

"Yesss, captain. I underssstand."

"Hey, Javan!" You announce. "I made you something to eat. You're a carnivore, right?"

As you hold the plate out for her, she flicks her tongue in and out of her mouth several times, tasting the air around it.

"Oh! Thank you, captain. It sssmellsss deliciousss..."

Before she can accept however, Asta sticks his arm out between you two and gets in the way.

"Hold on, now! How do we know it's not poisoned?!" He interjects.

"That's retarded. You're an honest to god retard, kid."

"Hey, fuck you old man! Javan got hurt on your watch! Who's to say it was really an accident, huh?! Maybe you're just trying to... trying to..."

Seems like he finally noticed the smell of the fried eggs and vegetables, because his focus shifts down to the plate and you can see a strand of drool form almost instantly in the corner of his mouth.
He wipes the drool from his mouth and shakes it off.

"Trying... to finish the job! Huh?! I bet you won't eat any of it yourself!"

In response to that, you immediately cut off a piece of egg with your fork, chew it up and swallow it.

"W-Well, maybe it's just something you're immune to! Maybe i should take a little bite next... just a little~!"

Asta reaches out to try and grab the food, but you lift it over your head and he's completely unable to reach it.
He tries to jump for it, but you mush him down with your free hand.

"Nice try, kid."

>>5222821

>Sorry, I only feed people who aren't unrepentantly obnoxious
>Only people who work get to eat. Go help Gildur clean out the dodo nest.
>Fine, you little idiot. If you want it that bad, i'll make you up a plate. But this one is Javan's.
>Write-In?

>>5222821
>Princess blows a raspberry at her with that cute little forked tongue.
You tell her sweetie.
>>5222822
>"You want eggs you annoying twerp, drop and give 50. At 1G."

>That's retarded. You're an honest to god retard, kid.

Why did I laugh so hard

Just fool with these silly heads some more. And then get around to hanky panky with our kitty already

>>5222822
>>Only people who work get to eat. Go help Gildur clean out the dodo nest.

>>5222822
>Sorry, I only feed people who aren't unrepentantly retarded

>>5222821
I am suprised people arent questioning Princess around David's neck. I dont think they've seen her yet.

>>5222822
>"You want eggs you annoying twerp, drop and give 50. At 1G. 50 push-up, not credits you numb nutts."
>channel your inner drill seargent and shit talk him. Keep your back straight, I want to see you go all the way down you little faggot!
Then after that.
>Only people who work get to eat. Go help Gildur clean out the dodo nest.

>>5223014
>I am suprised people arent questioning Princess around David's neck

They will.

>>5223047
Can we make Asta do push-up with Princess sitting on his back?

>>5223055
the thought of humiliating the catboy just gives you a boner, right?

>>5222822
>>5223014
+1 to this guy.

Have Cylia do it first to show it's possible (because at this point, that should be normal for her)

When he complains she has some crazy advantage, then have Sanig do it (because they don't know he has a skin suit)

Then have him do it.

>>5222824
+1 lol

>tfw he's genuinely so smoothbrained with his straw grasping that he can't even comprehend that we had her unconscious for an undetermined amount of time and could have killed her with zero effort throughout all of it and she's still alive
Met kids with down's syndrome with better cogitative function than this rat.

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>>5222824
+1, dis gun b gud

>>5223123
its gonna be funny if he just flips us off and goes back to his ship

>>5222822
>>Only people who work get to eat. Go help Gildur clean out the dodo nest.

>>5222822
You think you're cleaver shit lips? SHODAN, increase the gravity to 1G. DROP AND GIVE ME FIFTY!

>>5223107
He just wants eggs now, unfortunately for him we are going too give it too him.

>>5222821
>Only people who work get to eat. Go help Gildur clean out the dodo nest.
If he wasn't obnoxious I would vote for just giving it to him. Now that he has to work for the meal he wants.

>>5222824
>support

>>5222822
Give him a choice between helping Gildur clean up the nest or coming with us next time we try to board a pirate ship.

>>5223322
Rather not invite him to fuck up any of our ops, thanks.

>>5223395
Gron doesn't think he's too retarded to bring along, so he probably won't get us killed. Worst case scenario he gets his own ass shot and we drag him back afterwards to get a phaser wound treated.

>>5223411
He also probably listens to Gron more often than not. I'd wager he'd be genuinely insubordinate to David. Once.

And I ain't even worried if he bites it, just that whatever we'd be doing would end up getting harder or outright botched because of him. Imagine, we're in a ship and telling some pirates to stop being twats and we'll let them go and the exact second we say that Asta barges in and caps someone. Now there's a firefight and something valuable gets blasted. A total pain in the ass.

Rather just break his jaw by squeezing it and tell him to fuck off.

>>5223431
lets be fair with the kid right now. so far his only crime was to stand up to us when we assaulted the civvie ship, which was a move david would 100% do, including trying to break out of the handcuffs. him being overprotective of javan is a bit retarded, but its still in the acceptable zone; i mean, we did something pretty similar when we met grandpa gasbag, but unlike the kid we have actual retard level strength to back up our plans and not make too much of a fool of ourselves.

i just don't get why people want to antagonize him that much. yeah its funny, but we'll have to fight alongside him in the future when we raid xebric, so i'd rather have him begrudgingly trying to help us instead of finding a convenient way to kill us or our crew in the middle of the fight

>>5223438
I don't want to antagonize him. I just want him to stop being a complete douche. Even David who is probably the second most apex predator in space right now knows when to shut his mouth or chill out.

Honestly is he spent half the time he seems to waste on talking himself into an early grave on something productive like range time or exercising he'd probably be top 1% of his species in terms of prowess. Got too much energy and too little brainpower.

Personally he just reminds me of one of the many fast-talking sleazeballs I've met. Like a used-car salesman except just up his own ass.

>>5223441
>I just want him to stop being a complete douche.
>Honestly if he spent half the time he seems to waste on talking himself into an early grave on something productive like range time or exercising he'd probably be top 1% of his species in terms of prowess. Got too much energy and too little brainpower.

great, then lets tell him this. that's actual advise that he might take to heart instead of just trying to grind him into dust for no apparent reason (at least in his eyes)

>>5223444
He didn't listen to Cylia who was straight up schoolyard bullying him with no effort. You think he's going to actually give a shit about anything we have to say?

It ain't happening dog.

>>5223447
>He didn't listen to Cylia who was straight up schoolyard bullying him with no effort.
he tried to charm her like if he was johnny bravo and she refuted him in the same manner. that was to be expected

>You think he's going to actually give a shit about anything we have to say?
i guess he will, specially if we don't mock him like how we've done so far. if he decides to ignore us then we can humiliate him with no problem, but at least we should talk some sense into him beforehand

>>5223454
u dum

>>5222821
should've boiled the eggs for her to swallow them whole
cause she's snake right? Swallowing things her thing
dont quote me on that

>>5222719
Lmao

>>5223667
>inb4 she just smashes it into paste regardless because she's a constrictor type

>>5223667
Something tells me she wouldn't care if they were cooked or not.

>>5222821

You feel an evil little smile creeping it's way up your face.

"You want some eggs, you little twerp?"

"N-No! I was just gonna give them a taste test! You know, for poison."

"Yeah, yeah. Bullshit. Listen here, if you want some eggs i'll be happy to make you a plate. If you drop and give me fifty, at my home planet's gravity level."

The kid stops resisting and back off, puffing out his chest proudly.

"Hah, no problem! Katshee is a high-gravity world, you know? Our species evolved in 0.7G!"

"You've never been to your home planet before, boy. And you've never been in gravity higher than 0.5G before, either." Gron reminds him.

"Pssh, so? Doesn't mean i can't! You ever not done something you could have done, before? I bet you have!"

"Alright, tough guy. Go ahead and assume the position, then. When you're ready, i'll crank it up."

"Easy!"

The kid drops down into position, and you give SHODAN the order.

"Alright, SHODAN. Set it to one gee. Shipwide, if you don't mind."

"Very well, Captain."

The smirk doesn't even have time to leave his face before it impacts the floor, his arms giving out on him entirely as the ship's gravity rapidly ramps up from an alien-friendly 0.3G to full earth gravity.

He grunts and groans under the strain, but doesn't verbally complain as he slowly completes a single pushup.
You take a moment to look around and see that Javan seems fine even under high gravity, but Gron looks noticeably uncomfortable.

"You alright over there, Gron?" You ask. "Knees are lookin' a little shaky, there."

"I'm... fine, human. I will admit, your homeworld is rather heavy. Particularly... for one of my kind."

"Yeah, i'd probably be feeling it too if i had a gut full of rocks and was wearing platemail."

Asta sucks air in through his teeth and forces out another one.

"THREEEEEEEEEE!" He cries.

"....You think he'll actually finish?" You wonder.

"Oh, he'll finish. And then he won't be able to use his arms for a few days."

While Asta is busy with that, you go ahead and give Javan her plate.
She enjoys her eggs quite a bit, particularly with the fried veggies mixed in.

You sit down on a folding chair next to her while she eats, and the both of you watch Asta grind them out.

"Hey uh, sorry about what happened. I wouldn't have brought you along if i knew."

"No, it'sss alright. None of usss could have known. Sssuch are the dangersss of living in unexxxplored territory."

"Is it any different in the core worlds? Less wraiths and pirates, i mean?"

"...The core worldsss are different. To find a wraith there, isss practically unheard of. Or at leassst, no reportsss make it to the public. Piratesss... there are sssome. Sssmall time, not like here. It'sss peaceful there."

"It comes at a cost though, doesn't it?"

"Ssso you know. Of courssse, everything isss ssstrictly controlled and monitored there. It'sss not a placcce where you can get away with anything."

"TWEEEEENTY! FIIIIIIVE!" Asta practically screams.

>>5223954
You think we werent counting you little shit? That was only four!

>>5223954
Somebody fucking put a shoe on him, For thinking he can just skip numbers.

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>>5223954
Now watch David do 100 pushups without breaking a sweat.

>>5224018
>100 push ups with Cylia using him as a chair to enjoy some eggs
Absolutely mogged.

>>5224018
>>5224022
50 on one arm, then finish the other 50 on the other? Maybe those push up claps too? Maybe not the claps, Cylia wouldnt be able to steadily eat her eats.

>>5224018
>>5224022
>>5224026
150 push ups.
50 on each arm, then the last 50 with both

>>5224045
>david just begins alternating one of each on every repetition

>>5224045
Lmao David just came back from fighting wraiths. Can he do it?

Hey remember how Cylia killed a wraith? Did she absorb any wraith juice like Dacid did? We should ask her.

>>5223954
Now let's crank up the gravity (only around us, to avoid harming others) to 2G and let's do the same!

>>5223954
At which rep do you lads think his shonen protagonist plot armor will kick in? I'm betting it will be at 49.

>>5224085
Whose shonen protag armor.

It's entirely possible he makes it to 50, just be rekt.

>>5224085
if by shonen plot armor you mean an aneurysm, then yes, 49 sounds about right

>>5224085
He can do all the push-ups he wants. It'll just make it funnier to see him fail to lift his arms to eat afterwards.

>>5223954
Oh he's that special kind of stubborn space anime brat. This is going to be FUN.
>>5224085
I'll bet 45.

>>5224085
I'd wager on 43.

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Rolled 33 (1d50)

>>5224085
is the number which I believe he will fold.

Rolled 25 (1d50)

>>5224384
ooh, lets see

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If he makes it all the way he's earned his eggs. Btw we'll prolly need to yell at him to clean his plate. Gotta make sure all that brotean turns into slick gains. Might be project worthy if he wasn't grons boi.

>>5224484
>"I'm a predator, I don't eat vegetables!"
>slap
Someone makes you free food you make sure that dish is spotless by the end of it. Should be a law.

>>5224484
Given how we're cultivating a working relationship with Gron, we might be able to get him a steady supply of Dodos and eggs.
Imagine it, gains across the sector will skyrocket.

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>>5224495
No you misunderstood. We need to go full HERE COMES THE SPACE PLANE BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR on him with a fork MENACINGLY. Will do the little shit some good.

>>5224512
Let's open space kfc and a food wholesalers along with a delivery service. If it becomes commonplace enough we could start moving *other* things in our shipments.

>>5224533
I already suggested this, but we do a combination fried chicken and combat sports joint.

>>5224547
like medieval times, but MMA?

>>5224547
You mean like some sort of dinner theater but the theater is arena combat? Because if so that sounds rad.

>>5224557
so wrestling with a nice dinner on the side. that sounds pretty great

>>5224516
wow I love this image. Let's make our charges butterfly shaped

>>5224560
>>5224557
>>5224554
>>5224547
All you can eat buffet but you have to fight the waiters

>>5224554
>>5224557
>>5224560
exactly

>>5224580
No, the waiters only give food to the winners.

>>5224603
>you pay to fight people
>the prize is a free meal

>>5224625
>you can pay more to fight weaker waiters

Rolled 35 (1d50)

>>5224364
Best of three?

>>5223954

To your great amusement, the kid actually gets pretty far. He conks out at forty-three pushups, which is better than a lot of out-of-shape humans you know.
But you can't help feeling a little bad for him, as he lay there hyperventilating and hypersalivating due to being overheated.

So, you pour a bottle of water on his head and give him a little encouragement.

"Come on kid, you got this. Just seven more. You did forty three, now you can't do seven? Bullshit, i know you've got it in you."

"My arms..!" He cries.

"Come on, man! Push past it! Force 'em out!"

Although he requires encouragement after every single pushup past number forty three, he actually does manage to make it to 50, eventually.
But you're not done with him quite yet.

"Come on, man! One more!"

"I'm... hah... already! DONE THOUGH!"

"That's right! You took it farther than you thought possible, and now you'll take it one more beyond that! Not for any reward, but just to prove to yourself that you can always do more if you put your mind to it! Now come on!"

"ALRIGHT! GODS DAMN IT, I CAN DO ANYTHING! I'M UNSTOPPABLE! HNNNNNGGGRGRGRRGRGGGGYAAAAAA!"

His eyes are totally bloodshot. He looks like he's about to pop a fuckin' blood vessel. His arms are shaking like a leaf in the wind and he's probably on the verge of passing out, but by god he manages to push himself up one last time.

"HAAAAAHAHAHA!" He laughs out, practically crying as he flops back down onto the ground, unable to hold himself up for even a moment longer.

"Hey, good set. We'll get you fed as soon as you wake up."

"Hah..?"

Asta looks at you, confused but too tired and in too much pain to think about it.

"SHODAN, give him a local gravity field. Zero G."

After a moment passes, Asta begins to float up off the ground.
And then the shift from intense exercise in high gravity to literally zero-g causes his blood pressure to drop dramatically all at once, knocking him unconscious instantly.

"There you go." You coo. "Sleep tight, little fella. Your arms are going to be on fire when you wake up."

"He passsed out? Isss he alright?"

"Oh, sure. I mean, his arms are definitely a mess, but i think we've got some medicine for that."

Gron looks over his charge and finds him sleeping peacefully. He'd have woken up by now, normally... but he's managed to exhaust himself entirely in just half an hour. Caithans really have zero stamina, huh?

"You... knocked him out by manipulating his blood pressure with a gravity field?" Gron realizes. "So casually, at that. Remind me never to piss you off, David."

"I'll bet he riled him up jussst so he could do it, too. Look at that grin on hisss faccce."

"Now though, i must admit that i'm interested to see what you can do, Captain."

"What, like just reps or max deadlift?"

"I'm not sure what you mean, but i'm sure your display would be impressive no matter what."

>>5225314

>Nah, sorry. I'm a little bit injured right now, and i need to go cook a few things anyways.
>Show off a little bit
>Show off a lot
>Write-In?

>>5225315
>Show off a lot

>>5225315
>Show-off a lot

>>5225315
>Show off a lot

>>5225315
>Show off a lot

>>5225315
>Show off a lot

>>5225315
>Show off a lot
Why are these non-fun options on the list?

>>5225315
>>Show off a lot
They'll be mirin'.

>>5225314
>Nah, sorry. I'm a little bit injured right now, and i need to go cook a few things anyways.

>>5225315
>2 finger handstand push-ups in 3G

>>5225315
>Call Cylia, have her sit on your back
>Go to 1.5Gs
>Show off a lot

>>5225315
>>5225338
Backing this too>>5225381
Have her pet Princess too.