Shared docs:
You, your men and your allies:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_NoldE7zglICEuon-YZNhxjXcqvjszveOsz4u8jz-is/edit?usp=sharing
List of scientists and subjects, along with some minor details:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Z64W31Eszz9CNi-ZWe-t38yqg6riZ9oUvinfd2-F9A/edit?usp=sharing
The monster girls sheets as provided by the government tablet:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sIrSAkYFN57njvPYKcWzpjnme2nMD6Bzgkl-j4wU3LE/edit?usp=sharing

Previous threads:
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=Monster+Girl+Facility

Artist I commissioned for this thread's thumbnail: art_work_collection on artistsnclients.

>Recap from the previous thread.
After questioning some of the guardsmen who hid in the green section, you continued your search and discovered Anofelis, a mosquito subject. She proved harmless, you leaving her alone before exploring the place further. After a night of rest in a green chamber, you were awoken by an odd song from a subject not too far away from you. Whilst chasing her, you encountered a group of guardsmen and two scientists: Nora and Wilhelm. You took Wilhelm along, trying to use him for intel. However, after he caused a firefight between you and some guardsmen at their camp, you and your men executed him. Finally, you headed downwards to assist the guardsmen who were hunting a murderous rabbit subject. You managed to hit a few shots on her and even harshly burnt her, but not without a steep price. Many men were gravely wounded, including three men from your group: Evander, Lars and Alan. But it seems the battle is almost over..

Continuing from the previous thread...

>Go for an ambush from above. Quietly follow her, before shooting down at her in her weakened state.
With the rabbit girl being gravely injured and having not yet noticed you, you decided it was for the best to just go for a simple ambush. You weren’t gonna down to her level, you weren’t gonna try and reason with her or get her to admit defeat. No, you were going to exterminate her. You told your men and the guardsmen to stay close together, and to overwhelm her with gunfire once you were close enough. You’d also state that any major injury would likely lead her to becoming blindly enraged, which was when melting her with base or roasting her with the flamethrower was most easy.

“Anger her with gunfire, then melt her. Sounds simple enough.” Anon said, as you’d soon lead the way again. The rabbit girl didn’t seem to notice you, continuing to quietly walk forward. She soon would look to her side, walking up to a glass wall before punching it several times. Her punches didn’t seem as strong as before. Though really, the fact she still was able to show any force with how burnt and broken she was, was quite impressive. Then again, she had proven herself quite the juggernaut so far.

Regardless, you’d watch her enter the chamber, you unable to really see what was going on inside. You waited for some time, not wanting to split up still. Though after a few minutes of waiting, you saw the rabbit leave the chamber with what looked to be some vegetables in her hands. She was chewing them down, looking around wearily and visibly paranoid. And after she got out of cover enough for all of you to look down and get a good shot on her, you’d tell everyone to fire. The rabbit subject was instantly hit by several bullets, her not even looking at you as she started running. Though by then, she was already starting to falter, her slower speed and the toll on her body clearly being too much by then.

Even then, she still was able to tank and dodge quite a bit. Though it wasn’t helped by the guardsman with Alan’s flamethrower missing her somewhat. She really seemed focused on dodging his torrent of fire particularly, only able to evade it because the guy wielding it didn’t seem too good with it. Though before the subject could get much further and potentially create some distance, Mike finally came in clutch with the acid gun. His aim was spot on, the concentrated stream of alkaline fluid hitting the rabbit straight in the back. Immediately, there was a sizzling noise coming from her, as you saw her dashing to the side to try and avoid the liquid which coated her. Unfortunately for her, it was already too late by then, as what of the base had coated her was seemingly eating away at her already damaged and burnt flesh. You kept on firing at her though, filling her with as much lead as you could. Though after some more time, it was clear the rabbit was done for.

Even the rabbit subject herself seemed to know, as she soon stumbled during her attempt to flee. She fell down into the layer of water which covered the floor, remaining still for a second before slowly trying to get up again. But with you continuing to fire at her and the intense damage she had taken, it wouldn’t take long for her to collapse again. Some of your men stopped firing at her, keeping their guns up in case she did try anything. She soon looked over her shoulder at you and your men, you able to see her face again. Or rather, what was left of it. Her face was completely black, even her eyes being completely charred and gone. You didn’t even know if she could still see you and your men. Either way, she’d face you for a bit, before quietly looking into the distance. And after watching her for a minute, you heard a soft splash as she dropped her head onto the floor. She’d not move anymore, going completely limp.

“Is… is she dead?” One of the guardsman asked, Anon speaking quietly. “She… she must be. But then again, given how much she took before this, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was another trap of hers.” You and the rest of your men kept looking at the rabbit subject, the guardsmen in particular being a bit anxious about what to do next. Had you really done it? Had you really slain this rabbit subject after all this time and bloodshed?

>What do you do next?

Suggestions:
>Take the nearby stairs downwards and move over to the rabbit. If she was still alive and jumped you, you could strike her down with a quick blast.
>Have Anon use his grenade launcher to blow up the rabbit. She might still be alive now, but a single grenade from up close would definitely kill her now.
>Wait and see if she does anything. If enough time had passed, you could safely say that she had been killed and that you were free to move on.

(Ah, a fresh new thread, and a fresh new chance for me to make errors and mistakes. Do let me know if I screwed up anywhere or made some major error whilst writing.)

uh is this some kind of fetish thing

uuuh

cool quest bro

>Take the nearby stairs downwards and move over to the rabbit. If she was still alive and jumped you, you could strike her down with a quick blast.

>>5950624
Baka bug.
>Take the nearby stairs downwards and move over to the rabbit. If she was still alive and jumped you, you could strike her down with a quick blast.
Let's get this over with, regroup and go to the surface.

>>5950624
I wonder if you'll commission art of subjects or important guards/squadmembers in the future. Since you seem fond of getting meme art.

>>5950629
>Take the nearby stairs downwards and move over to the rabbit. If she was still alive and jumped you, you could strike her down with a quick blast.
>If she is still alive, restrain her and try and interrogate her.

I thought about it, and I have a bad feeling that her 'mission' she was mentioning earlier was actually from the government. After all, she didn't seem to care about us and mostly fucked up the staff until we joined in to help them like the devious dissidents we are. Besides, if that giant subject that everyone knows and isn't listed is in that massive box, who's to say there's a few other subjects that aren't listed because the government doesn't want to purge them.

>>5950632
Not really? No one has done anything lewd, unless you count the non lagomorph much more massive murder subject that has a thing for crushing people like grapes. Though, we haven't met any of Elbrus' subjects yet and he's labeled as 'service' subject expert, AKA sick fuck so take that as you will.

>>5950629
>Take the nearby stairs downwards and move over to the rabbit. If she was still alive and jumped you, you could strike her down with a quick blast.
Anyone got a really long pole?

>>5950629
>Take the stairs
If she died she died
Otherwise we may finally get to hear about her mission

>>5950632
The monster girls in this facility are for lead not bed. Except the nice ones, they're for hug not fug.
And the Elbrus subjects are for termination with extreme prejudice

>>5950629
>What do you do next?
Take a picture now to send to the government (before the body is unrecognizable)
and then toss a nade, before taking the stairs to put a bullet in her head a few times to make sure of it.

>>5950693
I'd bet it it being more likely her mission is from erebus or preprogrammed then being from the gov.

>>5950712
I doubt she'd talk, she'd rather try to kill all of us, she knows she's dead, so what reason does she have to tell us about any of it?
I'd rather not risk her getting one more lucky hit in.

Let's make sure she's dead, get our death toll counted, and get back to the surface for rest and resupply (+medical aid)

>>5950744
Depending on how devoted to her mission she is, she may try to pass it on to us

>>5950629
>Take the nearby stairs downwards and move over to the rabbit. If she was still alive and jumped you, you could strike her down with a quick blast.

Take a photo before blasting her a couple of times just in case

>Take the nearby stairs downwards and move over to the rabbit. If she was still alive and jumped you, you could strike her down with a quick blast.
Given the amount of damage she had taken and the fact she was no longer moving, you thought it was pretty safe to say that she was dead. Of course, you wanted to be safe rather than sorry, so you told Artyom to take a picture. He had taken the tablet from Lars, and would quickly do as told. "Shouldn't you take a picture from up-close rather than from here?" Mike would ask calmly, you explaining that you were planning on doing such. You just first wanted a picture of her from a safe distance, before attempting to get close-ups. Mike nodded, whilst the guardsmen seemed quite curious. "You guys going to report her death to your superiors or something?" One asked, to which Anon gave a calm nod. "This is the first subject we've killed so far. And given the damage she did, I feel like we're going to get paid well."

Afterwards, Artyom would give a nod. "Alright, let's take a closer look." And with that, you'd lead the two guardsmen, head guardsman, Artyom, Anon and Mike over to the corpse. You decided to take the risk of entering the waters, it being highly unlikely any sort of subject could now pop up and attack you. Though before approaching, you told Anon to shoot her to make sure she was dead. "From here? Um, very well." He remarked, before you heard a shotgun blast and watched some chunks of burnt flesh blasting from her chest and neck area. She remained still, Mike confidently saying: "Looks like the acid gun really did its job, huh? Good thing you guys called me over to help!" Artyom would scoff, before smugly remarking: "Yeah, you really did all the work here, pal. Couldn't have done it without you." Anon and the guardsmen ignored their remarks, carefully approaching the corpse to get a closer look. They were still ever-so careful, given you couldn't be too safe with this psychotic rabbit subject.

Anon was the first to approach, poking her with his shotgun before looking up at you and the others. "Unless if she's faking it very well, I think it's safe to say she's dead." You and the rest also approached, finally able to get a good look at the rabbit. She was quite massive now that you were looking at her, her easily being about 7 and a half foot. Most of her body had been utterly burnt, but her legs still were undamaged from the fire and acid. You told Artyom to take more pictures and to send them over to the government, which he immediately did. "So, what are you guys gonna do with her? Just... leave her here? Or will you take her along to the people upstairs or something?" The head guardsman asked, Mike speaking quite eagerly. "Well yeah, we gotta get paid! If we bring in this mystery subject upstairs, we're bound to make a lot of profit!" The guardsmen nodded understandingly, before looking around a little. "Well, so long as you don't tell the government about our involvement here."

"Don't worry. We weren't planning on it." Mike said casually, whilst Artyom and Anon kept looking at the body. Artyom seemed focused on looking through her burnt clothes, one of the guardsman asking: "What are you doing?" Artyom calmly kept going, responding with: "Checking to see if she was holding anything of interest. Some big, murderous rabbit subject like her is bound to have something of interest on her." It didn't seem likely that the rabbit would have anything of value on her. Or at least, it seemed unlikely now that she had been burnt to a crisp. Despite that though, Artyom would soon defy all odds and would find something.

"Ow!" He pulled his hand back from her thigh, as the others immediately stepped back and were about to grab their weapons. "What happened?!" Anon asked, Artyom seeming amused by the reaction. "Just... burnt my finger on something." He'd pull her skirt to the side, before revealing what looked to be an old metal key which had burnt into her skin. He'd look around, before grabbing a large piece of concrete to try and chip the thing free from the rabbit. And after a few attempts, the key fell into the water and sizzled for a second. Artyom would quickly grab it and show it to you and the others. It seemed like a rather basic and ordinary key, which was a bit odd in a place where most of the rooms were locked with keycards. Then again, maybe this was for something else?

"Do you guys know any place where this key may have fit?" Artyom immediately asked the guardsmen, who seemed rather stumped. "Maybe a locker or office space somewhere? I myself really don't know for sure." The head guardsmen said, the other guardsmen also nodding along. "Let's hold onto this for a while longer." He said calmly. While all of this was going on, Anon had continued looking at the body as well, even lifting the subjects legs and arms up a little. "So, are we gonna carry her back upwards now, Mikhail? Because, I don't think doing so is gonna be easy. She seems quite heavy." The main issue with the subject was that, despite being burnt and damaged, she was still quite massive. Not to mention, all the nanites and other subject internals probably added to her weight.

Then again, you didn't have to take her along now, right?

>Get everyone who were with you now to help out with carrying the body. You could carry her back to the rest of your men in the one green space, and then decide what to do next.
>Call for help from the government with the tablet, using the pictures and details about your battle to really get the government's attention.
>Leave the body here for the time being and head to the rest of your men first. Maybe hide her under some rubble so she doesn't get eaten by scavenger subjects.
>Try and call for Anofelis to come over and help. It was more than likely that she was strong enough to carry the rabbit along for the time being.
>Discuss with your men...
>Something else...

>>5950632
>uh is this some kind of fetish thing
Yes.

>>5950693
I definitely will continue comm'ing art of this story. I'm not sure what to get of the various guards rn, but I got plenty of ideas of the subjects (including the ones you are yet to meet). Though if you guys got any fun ideas for memes, do let me know.

>>5950844
>>Try and call for Anofelis to come over and help. It was more than likely that she was strong enough to carry the rabbit along for the time being.

Help us move body until we find a place where we can call the government. From there we can call them and get our injured and make our way to the surface.

also
>Something else...
Pictures of the dead guards.

we can send anofelis away to her lair and get the fuck out of here.

>>5950843
>>Try and call for Anofelis to come over and help. It was more than likely that she was strong enough to carry the rabbit along for the time being.

>>5950844
Memes ideas huh? How about one based around Cirno classroom were other subjects are calling Anopheles idiot/baka.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V_bQNPG2OyE&pp=ygVJ44CQ5p2x5pa5TVbjgJHjg4Hjg6vjg47jga7jg5Hjg7zjg5Xjgqfjgq_jg4jjgZXjgpPjgZnjgYbmlZnlrqTjgJBJT1NZU-OAkQ%3D%3D

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>>5950844
>qm happily spends money to have cute artwork for his quest

>>5950898
wtf is that long url

>>5950843
We're in a working lab and office. Surely there's something around that would make carrying a heavy load easier - a sufficiently sturdy wheeled desk or chair or a dolly cart.

>>5950844
I've always pictured the guards like slightly up-armed Black Mesa security staff. The plot in general does remind me very strongly of Half-Life 1 which, if HL:OF is anything to go by, doesn't bode well for all of our fates. I wonder what the cast would look like as HL redraws.

>>5950931
>>5950843
>Get everyone who were with you now to help out with carrying the body. You could carry her back to the rest of your men in the one green space, and then decide what to do next.

Look for something that can help us carry the wabbit

>Get everyone who were with you now to help out with carrying the body. You could carry her back to the rest of your men in the one green space, and then decide what to do next.
After Anon stated his concern regarding the fact you had to carry the heavy subject, you decided there was one potential solution. You wanted everyone to carry her. But not for a long period of time. No, you were going to look for something to carry her on. This place was quite large, so surely the lower floors had something. You told your men to look around, which they quickly did. After a minute of checking nearby chambers, Artyom would spot something. "I think this ought to do the job." He'd point into a small research room, which had a decently sized trolley platform in it. And after breaking open the glass, you were able to grab it and brought it over to the rabbit.

"Alright, so we just lift her on there and then take her along?" The head guardsman asked, after which Anon brought up a bit of an issue with the plan. "Actually, how are we going to get her up the stairs with this? Can't really use any of the elevators which are around here now, can we." You quickly stated that you could call Anofelis once you got there, and that the trolley could still be used whilst walking back to the main base. After all, Anofelis would probably remain here, meaning you'd have to carry the rabbit girl around without her help. "Good point. Well, let's get this over with then." Thus, you and your men would work together to lift up the rabbit. She indeed proved to be quite heavy, taking quite a bit of your manpower until she finally was placed onto the trolley safely. "Good thing we found this thing right away. Hopefully, Anofelis can also fly it up to where we have to be, and we can just keep carrying the rabbit back to base." Artyom said, after which Mike pointed out: "Hopefully, we won't encounter another monster on the way back."

>Try and call for Anofelis to come over and help. It was more than likely that she was strong enough to carry the rabbit along for the time being.
After walking back to right below where your men had been resting, you decided now was the time to call Anofelis. So, you contacted Thaddeus since he was with her. "Aye, what ya need her for? Did ya kill the rabbit?" Thaddeus would ask you over the helmet comms, you telling him that you had in fact succeeded with your mission. "Excellent! I'll let her know to come over to ya right away." Thaddeus would comment, after which you'd have to wait for a short minute. Anofelis soon would fly down to you, seeming a bit calmer than before when she saw Alan and his injuries. Though once she saw the burnt corpse, her calm expression turned more stunned and wide-eyed. "Is that the rabbit subject?" She'd ask quietly, you nodding calmly. Anofelis approached the corpse, before speaking in a rather anxious tone. "I-Is it safe to touch her?" To which you and your men gave a reassuring nod.

You told her that she just needed to lift the subject and the trolley up to the same level where the rest of your men were. She nodded understandingly, before approaching the corpse. She'd grab the trolley with four of her hands, before carefully lifting it up. "She's... heavy." Anofelis said softly, before starting to flap her wings. And with a bit of effort, Anofelis managed to lift the rabbit up along with the trolley. And whilst she flew upwards, you would head up the stairs to follow her. Soon enough, you'd reach the room where you had kept all your injured men, Anofelis having already dropped the rabbit and the trolley off right there. Right away, you saw Lars, Evander and Thaddeus approaching you, along with some of the other injured guardsmen.

"Looks like my flamethrower really did the job, huh?" One of the bandaged up soldiers would say, as you quickly realised that it was actually Alan. His entire face minus the eyes and mouth had been covered with bandages, though he didn't appear too bothered. "Sorry I had to miss some of the fight, lads. At least ya guys managed to take her down." Evander said in a tired tone, still coming down from the blow to the head he had endured. "So, suppose we're gonna take her back to the main base?" Thaddeus afterwards asked, followed with Lars responding: "I'd like that. My arm still fucking hurts like hell, and I'd like to get that fixed!" The guardsmen didn't say much else, simply looking at the subject and seemingly appreciating the fact you had dealt with her. Though, before you'd head back to the government, you wanted to do one last thing.

>Something else...
You turned to the head guardsman, before asking him if you could take some pictures of the guards who had died. He squinted his eyes, before softly asking: "What are you planning to do with them?" To which you explained that you could use those pictures for gaining further trust from the government (even though this was probably more about the extra pay than anything). The head guardsman scoffed, before looking to the others. "I mean, I'd not mind that. Not sure how the rest of my men feel." He'd look at the other guardsmen, who gave some meek nods. It probably wasn't the most respectful thing to do with the recently deceased, but it would mean that their deaths at least amounted to something positive.

Thus, you told Artyom and Thaddeus to go out and take pictures of all the dead guards, something they calmly accepted. "Aye, we'll be back as fast as possible!" Thaddeus said, before the two left. After they were gone to take pictures of all the bodies with the tablets, you turned your attention to Anofelis. You told her she could leave back to her little lair for the time being, and that you'd head back to the main base. Anofelis nodded, before quietly asking: "Can't I join you guys?" To this, Anon immediately explained the obvious. "You can't join us back to the main base, Anofelis. That would get you killed." Anofelis seemed a bit disappointed, yet understanding.

"But, you can join the other subjects with Lydia, Derek and Laura the scientist. We already gave you that offer before, did we not?" Anon would then remark, to which Anofelis nodded a bit more eagerly. "Yes, I'll join them then. I wanna keep helping you guys out!" You could tell that your men were smiling underneath their helmets (or in Alan's case, under all the bandages wrapped around his head). They were more than happy to continue having Anofelis around to help.

For the time being though, she'd probably have to stay at her lair or with Laura and the others. Especially since you'd finally head back up again now. Or well, once Artyom and Thaddeus returned with all the pictures of injured guardsmen, which would hopefully not take all too long.

>Check up on your injured men: Alan, Evander and Lars. See if they're doing fine and what they might need.
>Talk with the head guardsman or any of the other guardsmen. Perhaps there was still something you wanted to ask them? (write in...)
>Talk some more with Anofelis. Maybe you wanted to discuss something with her? (write in...)
>Just wait patiently for Artyom and Thaddeus to finish, before heading back to the main base with the rabbit subject's corpse.
>Something else...

(Note to self. No more postponing updates until fucking four in the morning. If there are any errors or weird things in this update, you now know why lmao.)

>>5951124
>>Check up on your injured men: Alan, Evander and Lars. See if they're doing fine and what they might need.
>>Talk some more with Anofelis. Maybe you wanted to discuss something with her? (write in...)
Talk with our man a bit, we should check how they are and call it a day after this, let's get our other people and celebrate once were outta here, we bagged a big one, a unregistered subject, this not only gonna make the bureaucrats stop breating over our necks but we gonna get a big paycheck as well also we get to brag the newcomers bagged an unknown subject. And talk a bit with Anofelis, she looks pretty shaken, perhamps now we can convince her to wait with the others, things are only gonna get worse, she could get a run in with other bad subjects like this rabbit or another death squad.

>>5951139
Oops, nevermind, she agreed to go stay with them. Oh well, still have a talk with her, poor thing looks shaken and she seems to be getting attached to us, might as well confort her a bit.

>>5951139
>>5951143
Supporting. The mosquito cinnamon roll should be comforted. She deserves that much at least given how much of a help she's been, even if not in the fight.

>>5951139
Support. Have a talk around the group, get some sitreps and just see how everyone's holding up.

>>5951124
>subject, scientist, and a few guards. We gotta be one of the better performing squads now. Especially since we brougtht back the corpse for study.


>>5951139
Also grab the helmet eliot had. the only helmet they need is the one in base camp.
After we do a quick gather round we can get the hell out.

>>5951124
>Check up on your injured men: Alan, Evander and Lars. See if they're doing fine and what they might need.
Alan got defaced (ha), Lars got a chunk bitten out of his arm and Evander got KOed, check him for like a concussion and the rest for how they're holding up.

Also the OP pic has convinced me we need to give Anofelis a grenade for self defense. What could possiby go wrong.

>>5951124
>>5951139
>supporting
hug the cinnamon bug. She deserves it

>Something else...
Before checking up on your men or heading back to the main base, you remembered that Elliot, may he rest in peace, had been given your helmet. So, to make sure that it wasn't forgotten, you would get in contact with Artyom and Thaddeus. You reminded them to get the helmet, to which they gave a quick "Roger.". It was probably a good idea to get back all of your equipment which you had given to the guardsmen, aside from the one helmet at their main base. They could keep that one.

>Check up on your injured men: Alan, Evander and Lars. See if they're doing fine and what they might need.
With that out of the way, you would decide to finally check up on the rest of your men. They were at least all on their feet now, having been patched up a bit. Though, they were all clearly in need of some more serious help. You first went over to Alan, asking him how he was doing. "Well, according to Thaddeus and Anofelis, I lost my nose and parts of my cheek. I don't really feel it though, so I don't think it's a problem." He said casually, after which Lars would speak his mind. "It is actually a problem. That shit can get infected really fast, especially in this place. Not to mention, whatever things the rabbit had that could make us sick." Most of the guardsmen and the rest of your men who were there nodded in agreement, Alan seeming quite casual still. "Hey, I'm not saying I don't need help. It's just that it really doesn't feel that bad!" Given that his head had been wrapped with bandages, yeah it probably was genuinely quite bad. Still, at least he was doing quite unbothered by his situation.

Speaking of which, you next up asked Lars how he felt. He seemed a bit more irritated and pained to you, which was quickly reflected by what he had to say. "I'm... well, my arm fucking hurts still, even after taking plenty of pills and disinfecting the wound. I can't move my hand which is just great. Still, could be worse, I suppose."

As he said this, he looked over at Evander who was lying down on the ground with both hands against hs head. You asked him how he felt, to which he softly responded. "My head hurts like hell. It feels like I've had a jackhammer poundin' away on my skull." Yeah, the hit he took to the head was probably quite severe. At least he was still able to talk, but the fact he seemed so tired and worn-down was indicative that the blow to the head had done far more than just knock him out. You asked a bit further about how he was feeling and his injury. He let out a deep breathe before responding a bit softly. "I dunno. I just feel like crap right now. I can barely stand on my two feet." He'd let out a groan before letting his hands rest on his face. "Hopefully, there'll be some remedies or pills I can take back at base. I don't think I'll be able to join ya lads if this persists."

At least Evander was still alive and relatively unscathed, compared to some of the other folk who helped you take down the rabbit. Though if he couldn't join you, that would be quite the loss. After all, without him, you probably wouldn't have been able to get to this place to begin with. But hey, he could probably recover with medical help. And if that wasn't able to do the job, then time would likely help him out quite a bit.

>Talk some more with Anofelis. Maybe you wanted to discuss something with her?
Given that Anon, Mike and the other guardsmen all seemed 'fine', there was still one person you wanted to check up on: Anofelis. She was currently still in the chamber with you guys, seemingly focusing on your injured men. Given how shocked and anxious she was, and the fact she really wanted to stay with you, you decided to also ask her how she was doing. Anofelis seemed surprised, before giving a quiet nod. "I'm okay, I think. I'm glad I can join the other subjects you're looking after and can continue helping you out. I really appreciate that you wanna keep me around."Afterwards, Alan would happily state: "Hey, you've helped us out a lot, y'know. Maybe not in combat, but definitely in other ways. Carrying me down here, looking out for threats and such. You're a good subject!"

Anofelis would blush and smile a bit, after which you asked her if anything was on her mind. She took a moment to think, before speaking a bit more sombrely. "I'm... I'm still thinking about what Wilhelm said." To think that she was still so deadset on that crook's remarks. You saw how your men all looked a bit disappointed and concerned. Though, you were quick to comfort her, once again telling her that Wilhelm was wrong and would always be wrong. After all, she had done so much for you, even if she wasn't obligated to help out. "I... I guess... I still worry that I'm not doing a good job sometimes, or that I will fail and make you guys angry or disappointed." Given her desire to really help you out to the best of her abilities, you decided there was one good way to comfort her...

You'd approach her and gave her a gentle hug, telling her that she didn't have to be so harsh on herself. She was quite shocked, before slowly moving two of her arms around you as well. Her body felt a bit odd to hug, especially due to the major size difference and her strange proportions. But even then, it seemed to comfort her a lot. In fact, after some time of you comforting her, you heard her starting to sniffle. "Ano, you... you alright?" After this, Anofelis nodded before softly mumbling. "You guys are j-just so kind. You're way kinder than the scientists a-and caretakers I used to have. I-I... thank you." She tightened her hug a little, after which you soon felt Alan joining you. Clearly, he also cared for the cinnamon bug just as much as you did.

Some time later after you comforted Anofelis, Thaddeus and Artyom returned with pictures of every injured soldier and the helmet you had given Elliot. And with that, you decided it was likely time to call it a day and to finally head back up...

The guardsmen would give you a salute, thanking you for the help and stating they'd keep in contact through the helmet if possible. And after all was said and done, you'd start making the trek back to the entrance of the green section. Thaddeus and Mike would cart the rabbit subject, both seeming quite proud about the catch. In fact, everyone aside from Thaddeus, Lars and Anofelis seemed most pleased with the catch. And really, this was something to be proud of. You already mentioned this was a big one you had caught, and that this would get you the paycheck you had been waiting for. "You think we can maybe ask for some benefits from the government with this catch?" Mike would ask, you stating your doubts that the government would stop breathing down your neck, but that you'd at least get some good out of it. And hey, you could also brag to the other death squads that you had taken down an unknown subject, which made your men laugh softly.

"I still wonder what her mission was all about and why she was here to begin with." Artyom would say, your men all seeming a bit unsure about what to really say. Artyom would even look at the key he had gotten from the rabbit subject, before putting it in his pocket and simply going quiet. For the next while, you'd discuss how you'd get paid, some of your men even making bets about what you'd get. Some said it'd be at least half a year's salary from your average mercenary job, a few estimating it to be way higher. Some, specifically Mike, were a bit concerned that the payment would be withheld for arbitrary reasons, citing that the government wouldn't want death squads leaving after getting paid what they wanted to get paid. Of course, you'd not leave this place now that you'd get paid, but he didn't see the government above doing something like what he described.

Regardless, you'd walk for a bit more time, eventually leaving the green section. Anofelis would join you this time along, curious to join Laura, Chrysidus, Oreas and Kamara. Though as you got closer, she'd softly ask you: "What are they like? Do you think they'll want me around?" To which you reassured her that they'd probably be quite welcoming to her. Still, Anofelis was getting a bit more worried as you got closer. And finally, you would reach the collapse which Evander had blown up. And here, you'd find yourself with a mild issue, as the trolley couldn't really drive through the tight squeeze through the rubble. Fortunately, you had enough manpower to carry her through the gap.

Though before doing such, perhaps you wanted to plan ahead a bit. Not just plan ahead on what you'd do once you reached Lydia, Derek and the others, but also for what you'd do when you got back to base.

>Write in what your plan would be for now, if anything...

Suggestions:
>Suggest splitting up after reaching the base. Some of you could get staff to help with the rabbit subject, whilst others could bring the injured to the medical bay.
>Just call for help now that you were close enough to the main base. It'd save a lot of time and energy.

(A decently sized update, with a bit of a sweet moment with Anofelis. I do hope that the prompt will get some interesting responses, since I kinda wanna see what you'll do once you reach Lydia and Derek and show them the subject you took down. Honestly, if nobody has anything fun in mind for that, I'll just skim over the details rather than taking the time to describe their reaction to what you had done and who you had encountered.)

(Anyway, aside from that, let me know if I made any mistakes anywhere, per the usual.)

>>5951556
>>Write in what your plan would be for now, if anything...
Deliver Anophelis to the others, talk to the girls about Big Chunggus, see if they know more details about her, what could be her mission and about her key, try to plan an alternative place for them since with Anophelis and Kamara that place might be getting more crowded by now. After that discuss with the rest of our team the events of today,the three subjects we meet, our encounter with the other death squad, the discovery than we have no privacy and Subject Annie knows what we're up to and the battle with the rabbit subject. After that separate our team, half go deliver the rabbit, half take our wounded to help and after that let's check if the copy of our contract is made.

>>5951573
Given her mission and the key, I think we should go back to the green area once we head out again. Work backwards from her last position to try and find where she ended up. Maybe ask the guards there if they know where she came from.

Also supporting.

>>5951556
>>5951573
I'd rather just drop Ano off and hustle over to the base to get our boys (and maybe us) medical care asap. Also someone should check on Zaria while we're there.

>>5951592
This,
we can discuss tommorow when we re-enter.
right now our guys are currently missing aprts of their face, not exactly the time to shit and chat.

Maybe have a little chat with them, ask if they need anything then we drop Anofelis and go back to base.

>Write in what your plan would be for now, if anything...
You and your men would easily carry the rabbit's burnt and now somewhat hardened corpse through the small gap. You had to be careful not to have her body get damaged too much, whilst Anofelis would get the trolley and took it through the gap. And after a bit of struggling from both you and Anofelis, you were on the other side. Once again, you placed the rabbit on the cart, before casually bringing her over to the room Derek and Lydia were staying at. In the meantime, you thought about what you'd do once you get there. On the one hand, you wanted to get back to base as quickly as possible, given the injuries to your men. On the other hand, you at least wanted to discuss some things with the other subjects and Laura. Perhaps keeping things short now would be for the best, especially since it was likely you'd come back here the next morning anyway.

Eventually, you'd reach the room, Alan telling Anofelis to get a bit beind them as to not shock the others. And after knocking on the door, it'd carefully slide open enough for Derek to peek out. "Oh, Mikhail! You're back! We weren't expecting really expecting this, to be quite honest!" He'd open the door, as you saw Oreas, Chrysidus, Kamara, Laura and Lydia all look outside. And quickly, their calm smiles turned to shock and awe as they got to see what you had done. "Good grief, I take it she was a hostile subject?" Lydia asked right away, to which Thaddeus responded. "Aye, quite hostile. In fact, she... did a bit of damage." He'd point over his shoulder at Lars, Evander and Alan, Lydia gasping as Derek let out an: "Oh shit..." Ala gave a bit of a smile, whilst Evander and Lars just greeted them quietly. "You guys alright? We probably should-" Derek said, before his eyes fell on Anofelis as well. The others also quickly took notice. Chrysidus immediately seemed to glow up, eagerly walking up to Anofelis. "Anofelis! You're here as well!"

Clearly, Anofelis was surprised by how excited Chrys was. Though she would soon be hugged by Chrys, which she quietly accepted. "So, uhhh, you befriended another subject..." Derek said, Lydia speaking proudly. "Quite a large one too. I take it you helped out in taking down this rabbit?" Though to this, Anofelis didn't really respond, just shaking her head before looking around a little awkwardly. She found it a bit awkward to be the centre of attention. Though, not everyone was focused on her for long, as everyone's attention quickly went back to the rabbit subject.

"It's good that you befriended another subject. But, what about this one? This... isn't Dee, right? Y'know, SR-36?" Laura asked right away, to which Lars shook his head. "You mentioned her being fast, a troublemaker and harmless. This one was none of those things. She was murderous, psychotic and didn't really go for reason. In fact, the only thing she said was about this mission, which she didn't exactly elaborate on."

Laura still seemed a little concerned, though would be reassured a bit by Anofelis. "She was no nice subject. She was an evil subject. Definitely not SR-36." Even then, Laura still seemed unsure and sceptical. Though she didn't question it, sighing as she looked at the corpse. "I hope you were right." Afterwards, Kamara would finally speak up, doing so anxiously. "S-So, uhhh, wh-what will you guys do n-next?" To this, you simply explained that you wanted to head back to base to help your injured men, and that you now just wanted to discuss two more things: Whatever they knew about the rabbit, and where Laura and all the other subjects would head to.

When you mentioned that last point, Lydia and Derek looked quite proudly at each other, before Lydia stepped forward. "Well, maybe we should let them find a hiding spot of their own! After all..." It was then that she raised a metal band, speaking proudly. "We'll be able to track them!" It seemed that the two of them had succeeded in making a tracker, the rest of your men seeming quite pleased. This would certainly help in knowing where everyone would be, giving a bit more security from now. Whilst you were pleased that they had succeeded, you told them that figuring out a hiding spot for them still was somewhat necessary. Given how crowded their group now had become, they probably wanted something better than the tiny room.

"Yeah, I agree. This space is getting way too cramped for all of us. And if Anofelis is also gonna join us, I feel like we'll need a lot more space. Also, food. Those rations you gave us aren't enough just yet, I'm afraid." Laura explained, after which Anofelis eagerly said: "We can head back to the green section and go to my chamber. That would be nice, I think!" Kamara would quickly join in, responding: "Y-Yeah, the green section is b-big and has tons of food. Uhhh, w-we can go there safely, I think." Oreas and Chrysidus didn't seem to mind the suggestion, Laura soon after giving a calm nod. "Well, guess we can try going there then. Regardless, you still wanted to know about this rabbit subject, right?"

Laura would look to the other subjects there. Though none of them seemed sure what to say. Oreas calmly said: "The only rabbit subject I know of is Dee. But like I said, I know little about her." It seemed the others also had limited knowledge about this subject. Unfortunately, your tablet wasn't the only thing which knew little about who this rabbit was, or what her mission was. And with you quickly hitting a dead-end, you decided to ask Laura, Chrys, Oreas, Kamara and Anofelis if they wanted anything before you headed back with the rabbit. Though given that they knew where they were going next, and the fact that they'd be able to get food and safety there, it seemed like there wasn't much they needed. "Oh, maybe one of us can have that tracker?" Oreas asked calmly, clearly not minding the idea of wearing it and giving your location to you.

>Suggest splitting up after reaching the base. Some of you could get staff to help with the rabbit subject, whilst others could bring the injured to the medical bay.
With everything settled as quickly as possible, you told Laura and the other subjects that you'd tell them in depth about everything that happened tomorrow. They didn't seem to mind, with Laura soon even saying: "Whatever it is, you guys need to get some medical care first and foremost. We can wait." The subjects all nodded, at which point you thanked them and promised you'd get back to them as soon as possible. And as quickly as you reached this location, you'd leave. Anofelis did seem a little nervous to split away from you and to head back to the green section without you. Though she'd probably get used to being surrounded with the others soon enough.

With that, you'd finally start heading back to the main base. Immediately, you started discussing how you'd split up once you got to the base. Half of you would deliver the rabbit, the other half would head to the medical bay for help. Quickly, it was agreed that you would accompany Mike, Artyom and Anon with delivering the rabbit, whilst Thaddeus, Derek and Lydia would bring Lars, Evander and Alan to the medical bay. Shortly afterwards, you'd also update Lydia and Derek about everything that had happened. The encounter with the other death squad seemed to mostly just elicit derision and disgust from the two of them, with Derek even saying: "Well, best to report that right away then. Especially since we can now use this subject as leverage for our solid performance over their failure."

You also elaborated on the fact you learnt that Annie was watching you closely, which seemed to both amaze and disturb Lydia and Derek. "Maybe we can try and work even closer together with her? If she is watching us, then she knows we're helping subjects and scientists out." Lydia said, which wasn't something your men were all too eager with. For now, they'd just let it be and think on it for some time. In the meantime, you'd tell them about the battle with the rabbit, what led up to it and how Lars, Evander and Alan got injured. After explaining everything, Derek smugly said: "May wanna practice telling that to the government officials without mentioning the fact you got help from those guardsmen and Anofelis." Which honestly wasn't too bad of an idea. The last thing you wanted, was for the government to figure out what you had done, and turn a profitable kill into your own execution for treason...

After quite a bit more time though, you'd finally reach the entrance to the main hallway. It was currently sometime in the afternoon, the main base not appearing too busy. Though as you started heading over to the main base with the subject on the trolley, it wouldn't take long before you'd create quite a stir with what you were carrying. The government officials probably saw what you were carrying around, and were most eager to get a closer look.

Immediately, you saw government workers and soldiers rushing towards you and your men. They were all focused on the subject you were carrying around. "Guess they're really eager to welcome us back, now that we killed something, huh?" Artyom mumbled, as you watched some soldiers rapidly approach. "Group consists of 10 death squad soldiers. Two look to be quite injured." One of the nearest government soldier said as he got into earshot distance of you. With him were a small number of troops and government workers.

"They have what looks to be a dead, burnt subject with them. We're approaching them now for questioning and inspection." The same soldier would ask, before what looked to be a government worker would walk up to you. "Halt! Give the name of you and your men first, as well as the death squad group you belong to." It seemed they were taking this all very seriously. They didn't even give you a chance to speak up, immediately throwing demands at you. "Send in a transport vehicle right away." The government worker would say over a small portable radio, before turning to you again. "Alright, tell us what happened right away. What subject is this, where did you find her, how did you kill her, everything." One of the other government workers would grab a small recorder, as the soldiers surrounded the dead subject to check up on it.

>What do you tell the government worker?
(Given the fact two of you wanted to have a bit of a chat, two of you wanted to head back to base right away, and one of you was fine with something inbetween, I decided to go with the inbetween option. Hope it makes sense and that it at least satisfies some of the things you wanted to discuss with Laura, Lydia, Derek and the other subjects. Aside from that, it's now time to suffer under the greatest weapon the government has in its arsenal... bureaucracy. Let's see how you lie your way through it all.)

>>5951860
>"You mentioned her being fast, a troublemaker and harmless. This one was none of those things.
Uh she was pretty fast Lars
She also made a lot of trouble

>>5951863
Probably best to stick closest to the truth
>We heard the sounds of combat and ran over to find this subject fighting a group of guardsmen. Naturally, we opened fire on both of them. The guardsmen were all eliminated with only a few return shots fired, but even with previous injuries this subject was fast enough to close with our group, injure a member, then flee several times before we were able to corner her and finish her off. Couldn't find any subject description matching her in the list. We sent pictures of the dead guards ahead already but figured you guys would want the body of a subject, so we brought it back, despite the heavy injuries some of us sustained.

Keeping the guardsmen in the story explains the bullet hole in our leg as well, so we can get treated for that.

>>5951863
>What do you tell the government worker?
Subject was not found to match with anything on the list, we don't know where she falls but we can go into detail on her strengths and weaknesses if they want us too. We can tell them who we are and what are squad is. We found her by the flooded section (lie) where we killed her (true, she did die by the flooded area). We killed her primarily using a mix of flame throwers and an acid gun refitted with a base compound , guns and grenades barely scratched her for most of the fight until after we scorched her. She dropped dead when we used the acid(base) gun. We can go into more detail if they ask.

>>5951932
Avoid mentioning guards together with this encounter I think, we wanna keep them apart, makes the story a lot more simple, and they don't care much for guards and scientists as they do for subjects.

>>5951932
also to address that last point, if they care about the bullet injury we can say we got in a fire fight due to a scientist with some guards who we killed and sent the proof to you guys (true bc of fucking wilhelm).

>>5951944
That just sounds more suspicious though, got into a fight with guards because of a scientist? They expect us to get in fights with guards because they told us to kill them all.

>>5951944
If we're not mentioning the guards in the same space as Ms. Caerbannog, do we really have to complicate it beyond "we also eliminated a group of facility personnel, one team member sustained a gunfire injury"?

Come think of it, the personnel here seem to consist of mostly guards with a smattering of researchers. Where is everyone else? The cleaners, the technicians, the administrators, the couriers, the lab assistants? All the other people you'd expect to find in a busy scientific facility are completely absent. And why are there so many guards? Weird.

>>5951971
>>5951978
I should have fixed my phrasing
You are both correct, that is what I meant.
As in the fire fight was because we found a scientist with some guards, not bc of A scientist . etc.

>>5951942
+1
Absolute no mention of staff members. Any suspicion that we are cooperating with subjects or guardsmen should be prevented.
>>5951944
I would say friendly fire is a safe enough excuse.

>>5952225
friendly fire is too much of a stretch. I doubt they will ask about the wound, more so the subject. We already are going to submit the photos of the guards anyway along with the scientist so they make more sense.

>>5952223
>>5952225
The other reason I wanted to mention the guards is ms monty python final boss was hella strong. Saying we took her down without the advantage of ambushing her while she was tearing through another squad could also make them suspicious, especially if they are withholding info and like Titania didn't put her on the list but did have her info.

>>5952294
its entierly possible.
They don't know how it went down.
If we mention we were stay close to each other covering each other each time she attacked, before ambushing her with fire (then we get heavy injuries) and then hunting her down to finish her off, its entirely possible. we just leave out the part where we fucked up with luring her the first time and make our selves sound good at our job (pay us more) then other squads (we did our job they didn't lmao) + brought her back (give extra money). Push the money grubbing angle and they will eat it up.

>What do you tell the government worker?
Your men all looked to you and waited to hear what you'd tell the government worker. You couldn't tell the full truth obviously, but you also had to think of some explanations. Thus, you confidently started to talk about everything that had happened, starting with the subject. You explained that the subject didn't match any which were on the tablet, which visibly stunned and intrigued the government workers. Soon after explaining such, one of the nearby soldiers would calmly state. "Looks to be some sort of rabbit subject. We don't have any of those on the tablet." Immediately, the government workers would signal you to keep talking, clearly interested in what you had provided them. You thus immediately went on to explain how powerful and dangerous she was. You described her speed, her ferocious bite, the fact she took quite some fire before even getting mildly injured. As you explained how much she took, a transport vehicle would land close-by, more soldiers stepping out and immediately walking over. "Take the the subject back to the lab for analysis." One of the government workers said, whilst the one who questioned you would continue listening.

You'd explain which death squad you belonged to, how you found her in the flooded section and that she was killed there after quite the battle and a lot of chasing. You mentioned how flamethrowers and the acid gun with base seemed to have done the job in killing her, the government workers nodding along. "I see. And I presume the injuries were caused by her, correct?" To this, you nodded, before also mentioning that you had had a separate encounter with guardsmen and a scientist who you killed. You even pointed out how you had sent some pictures of their bodies over to confirm said kills. The government workers kept listening calmly, before looking over to some of the soldiers. "You guys, escort the injured death squad men over to the medical bay. Give them immediate medical attention."

With that, a few soldiers would approach and offer a hand to Lars and Alan, Evander also stepping forward. "Aye, I also need to go there. That monstrous rabbit gave me a real good punch in the head." The soldiers didn't hesitate to help him out as well, as the three of them would soon head away. Meanwhile, the rabbit was loaded onto the transport vehicle, some government workers and soldiers coming along on the carrier craft. "Anyone else in need of desperate medical attention? We'd like to take you back to the main base for some further questioning." The term questioning seemed to not really be all too pleasant to your men, as it almost sounded like you had done something bad here. Mike even stepped forward, sceptically asking: "Questioning? What do you mean questioning?" Fortunately, the government worker would give a response which was far more reassuring to you and your men. "Well, we need to know what happened to decide your payment, don't you agree?"

"It'll be a quick hearing. Just a few basic questions and some small processes. That way, we can use the analysis on the subject to decide how we should pay you." Another government worker said. And hearing that you'd finally get paid for this, your men seemed quite happy to say the least. "Nevermind, lead the way!" Mike said eagerly, eliciting some nods from your men. However, this was followed by Thaddeus mentioning just one slight detail. "Well, Mikhail did also got shot durin' our fight with the guardsmen, but he doesn't seem too bothered by it. He managed to continue the mission after we patched him up. Still, he might need to be checked up on." The government worker nodded understandingly, before signalling to the soldiers who were escorting Lars, Evander and Alan. "Well, you can certainly join them, if you think you need it, Mikhail." The government worker said.

Though, having you not join the conversation about payment would be a bit of an issue, given that you led this group and were the main person responsible for your group's actions. Anon even brought this up, calmly stating: "To be honest, if Mikhail can't come along for these chats, maybe we should postpone it for a short while. Just so that he can recover from his injuries, if he wants that." So far, your men really were keen on having you getting some help. Even though you were quite fine and had done quite well during the mission, it seemed they still were concerned for you. And honestly, maybe they were in the right to be concerned. The bleeding and tiredness may have stopped, but you still were at risk of an infection or something worse...

>Tell your men you'll join them to these chats regardless of your injury. You were doing just fine and didn't need the medical aide right away anyway.
>Tell your men to go ahead without you and to have those chats. You probably weren't really needed for these conversations anyway.
>Tell your men to wait until you had recovered. Once you were better, you could inform the government all about what had happened with all of your men.
>Something else...

(Apologies to >>5952323. As you can see, I won't really be able to incorporate your thoughts into the update, given that I very much finished it right as you gave your thoughts. At least you'll get to eagerly sell your money-grubbing angle over to the proper officials once they will question you for further details.)

(Anyway, hope that this update suffices. It's short, has a small choice and is mostly just an inbetween of the minor recount to the first government workers, and you giving a proper explanation to the folks in power.)

>>5952331
>Tell your men you'll join them to these chats regardless of your injury. You were doing just fine and didn't need the medical aide right away anyway.

It takes more than a small bullet like that to kill, let alone stop a bull moose.

>>5952331
>Tell your men to wait until you had recovered. Once you were better, you could inform the government all about what had happened with all of your men.
Health first

>>5952331
>Tell your men to wait until you had recovered. Once you were better, you could inform the government all about what had happened with all of your men.
We're not in a rush, are we? As much of a tough guy as we are, I'd prefer to focus on the fact that we still have a gunshot wound.

>>5952331
>Tell your men to wait until you had recovered. Once you were better, you could inform the government all about what had happened with all of your men.

Also its fine op, I can bring it up later as you mentioned.
Health first, we've lost blood for a while now.
Also make sure to mention we will discuss the subject AND the pay, AND the contract we asked fro from before that should READY by now.
All the birds with one stone.

Also thank the guy for letting us come back after Rest and recuperation

>>5952422
>>5952380
>>5952369

Come on guys. We're fine and going ahead despite our injury will inspire our squad. Besides, even if it suddenly gets worse, we have sci-fi healing tech and aren't that far from a field hospital so we'll still be fine.

>>5952425
>going ahead despite our injury will inspire our squad.
Or maybe it will worry them and make them question our judgement, that we're willing to ignore a bullet wound for a non urgent discussion.

>>5952425
Refusing treatment for a serious injury because we want to get paid that bit sooner is foolish. It's not going anywhere and we have no reason to do that.

>Tell your men to wait until you had recovered. Once you were better, you could inform the government all about what had happened with all of your men.
No need to rush, we aren't on a timer.

>Tell your men to wait until you had recovered. Once you were better, you could inform the government all about what had happened with you and the rest of your men.
Given the fact your men seemed more than willing to have you get help, you decided to just head over to the medical bay first. You thus told the government worker you indeed first wanted a check-up and maybe some rest. "Very well then." He'd signal you to the soldiers who were taking Alan, Evander and Lars along. Though before joining them, you'd have a few more things you wanted to say. You told the government worker you wanted to discuss the subject you killed, the pay and the contract which you asked for. The government worker scoffed a little, before grabbing a tablet. "I take it you had an inquiry about the contract or something along those lines beforehand? If that is the case, I can get someone to hand it over to you in the medical bay, if you'd want that." That certainly wasn't a terrible idea, as it'd mean one less thing you'd have to harass the government for.

With that out of the way though, the government worker would speak once again. "Anyway, do join those men now. I'll let the higher-ups know that you will be coming a bit later due to your injuries." Afterwards, the government worker looked to everyone else who had come over to you after you returned. "Everyone else, back to work now." He'd say calmly, as you watched most soldiers and government workers head back to the main base again. The subject was soon flown away to god knows where, whilst the soldiers would signal you to follow. "Come along now, sir." One soldier said, as he was ready to escort you and the other injured to the medical sector. "Let us know when ya guys get discharged from the hospital!" Thaddeus would say optimistically, Derek more casually saying: "Yeah, don't rush it too much! You guys don't wanna overstress yourself with your injuries!" And with that, you'd part ways with the rest of your men.

You thanked your man, as well as thanking the government worker. Though, he didn't reciprocate it with much aside from a quick smile before heading back to presumably do his job. And with that, you'd be brought to the medical bay. For some time, you'd just quietly be escorted by the soldiers, Evander and Lars keeping quiet, whilst Alan was eager to chat with the soldiers. And ironically enough, the soldiers were also quite eager to chat back with you, asking about the subject and how you managed to deal with her. Some seemed impressed, a few even giving genuine compliments. Though you could tell that a couple of the soldiers were not really that interested in you and your men's stories. Either way, you'd eventually return to the main base at the centre of the crater, you quickly being brought to the medical bay. Once there, the soldiers would salute you, before leaving you be. Fortunately, the government medical experts were quick to take you inside, giving you the much needed rest and check-up.

The four of you would be able to lie on some of the beds they had, each of you being tended to by a doctor. Each and every one of you would be checked up on and analysed, you being asked what caused the injury. And as the check-up continued, each injury became clear to you and your men. Lars had it the least bad out of all of you, just needing some repair nanomachines and a day to let the flesh heal and settle. Unfortunately, you'd have it a bit worse, as the check-up revealed that... yeah, heading to this place first was a good idea. "Did you really continue working after getting shot?" One of the doctors asked you as they were checking up on you. And after explaining how it didn't really hurt too much, one of the doctors responded quite sternly. "Just because it didn't hurt, doesn't mean you were fine. You're lucky you got here on time. Any longer, and things could've gone very wrong. You've got a particularly bad infection here which you probably didn't notice due to your armour." Fortunately, the doctors were able to get you some antibiotics, as well as now getting a chance to clean the wound up a bit.

For Evander and Alan though, things were a bit worse. Especially as a pretty major concern for Evander was confirmed. "Yeah, it seems to me like you have a mild concussion. That subject must've punched you quite hard." One doctor said, Evander scoffing and softly commenting: "No kiddin'." The doctor would continue talking, bringing some rather unfortunate news: "You're going to have to rest for the next two days at least. Afterwards, we'll test and see how you're improving." One doctor said, Evander speaking a bit disappointedly. "And after that? Can I join my men again?" The doctors looked at each other, before one shook his head. "I'm afraid you'll have to stay here a bit longer. If you're lucky, it may only be 4-5 days total with the best medical equipment we have. If that doesn't work, it may take a few weeks." Evander groaned before looking at you with a bit of a defeated expression. "Well, s'pose yer gonna have to continue without me for a while. Sorry lad."

The bad news didn't stop coming, as Alan soon asked: "What about me? You just gonna give me some of those nanomachines and let me go, right?" The doctor looking after him would look at his colleagues, before calmly giving his thoughts. "It's a bit more complicated than that. The nanomachines are good for repairing deep wounds and large gashes. However, replacing entire extremities, especially ones used for sensory organs... may take a bit longer to fix. In fact, your nose may not be able to get fixed at all." Despite the bad news, Alan didn't seem too bothered, shrugging a little as he casually remarked. "Well, that's a shame. Can I leave now?" The doctor who was checking his wounds spoke up mildly furiously. "Absolutely not. Your wounds can become extremely infected if we just let you go now. I suggest some form of facial prosthetics as a solution."

"Alright, get to work then." Alan said calmly, which made the doctor sigh. "I'm afraid we can't just 'get to work' with this. It will take time and a surgeon specialized in this field to do such a thing. And even then, we'll have to keep you here to monitor the prosthetics for a while. If it becomes infected again, it may be even more detrimental." Alan would groan a little, the doctor shaking his head and mumbling in disbelief. "How you seem so unfazed by this is beyond me. I get that you death squads are used to blood, gore and death... but I never expected you to have such an injury, and to treat it like a papercut!" This made Alan chuckle a little, looking at you before giving a mildly smug remark. "Because unlike the people working for the government, we're not sensitive crybabies. We got actual balls." The remark was clearly not taken well by the doctors, though they did not comment on it. Instead, they just groaned and grumbled before continuing to fix you and the others up.

You and Lars would quickly get all the medications you needed, afterwards being told to get some rest. Though after lying down for a bit, you heard a familiar voice. "Lucky me. I was wondering when I'd finally see some familiar faces here." Looking up, you saw that Zaria had entered the area you were stationed at. She seemed to still have some bandages wrapped around her torso, covering her injuries. "Looks like I missed out on some action. What the hell happened to you guys?" She seemed more curious than concerned, soon walking up to you and getting seated nearby. You could tell that the doctors working on Alan were not all too happy to have Zaria around, for some reason. Probably because they were still working on at least cleaning all of his injuries and preferred some quiet. Regardless, it was the perfect chance to catch up with Zaria again. Or rather, to catch her up on what you guys had been up to.

>Ask Zaria how she's doing. Let her talk about how she was doing and check to see if she could join you and your men again in the near future.
>Tell Zaria something about your mission. Given that she needed a lot of information which you couldn't exactly mention in the presence of government workers, you probably had to be a bit careful what you'd say. (Write in what you'll tell her.)
>Ask Zaria something else. Perhaps she had something fun to tell you about her time spent in this place? (Write in...)
>Tell Zaria you'll talk with her later. You first needed rest. The faster you and your men got rest, the quicker you'd be able to get to work.
>Ask the doctors here some things. Given that they were dealing with plenty of injured death squad soldiers, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them? (Write in...)
>Something else...

>>5952577
>Tell Zaria something about your mission. Given that she needed a lot of information which you couldn't exactly mention in the presence of government workers, you probably had to be a bit careful what you'd say. (Write in what you'll tell her.)
We killed a murderous rabbit subject who was also bulletproof and able to take out Evander for weeks with a single punch.
>Ask Zaria how she's doing. Let her talk about how she was doing and check to see if she could join you and your men again in the near future.
>Ask the doctors here some things. Given that they were dealing with plenty of injured death squad soldiers, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them? (Write in...)
They got any idea what the casualty count is down here? How many mercs have been killed in action? Any group have it particularly bad?

>>5952577
>Ask Zaria how she's doing. Let her talk about how she was doing and check to see if she could join you and your men again in the near future.
>Tell Zaria something about your mission. Given that she needed a lot of information which you couldn't exactly mention in the presence of government workers, you probably had to be a bit careful what you'd say.
Nothing too adventurous to say, if anyone has anything they'd ask her do say. But otherwise, just the cliffnotes of what we've been getting up to, the same things we told the gubbermint with a caveat that we'll tell her more later after some chitchat.

Say, can you update the allies document for who's present and who's injured and for how long? I wonder if we have enough people to scrape together a small squad to send back out under the acting command of Thaddeus while we're in the medbay. Just to keep exploring the facility and see who or what they can find while avoiding significant danger if possible.

>>5952577
>Ask Zaria how she's doing. Let her talk about how she was doing and check to see if she could join you and your men again in the near future.
>Tell Zaria something about your mission. Given that she needed a lot of information which you couldn't exactly mention in the presence of government workers, you probably had to be a bit careful what you'd say. (Write in what you'll tell her.)
what >>5952589
and >>5952594
said is sufficent.
>Ask Zaria something else. Perhaps she had something fun to tell you about her time spent in this place? (Write in...)
Anything interesting she's seen or heard while she is here? Any interactions of note?
>Ask the doctors here some things. Given that they were dealing with plenty of injured death squad soldiers, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them? (Write in...)
same as the last time we asked them questions.
What type of injuries are coming in/have been dangerous, what they'd suggest we bring with us, as well as what the other anon >>5952589
mentioned.

>>5952594
We have our two more techies who were working on the collar now free, so our manpower is +2, we got lars and us back in soon (probably zaria as well??)
Evander and Alan are out, but overall we should be at the same manpower we were at before we lost Zaria or just after.

>>5952594
Good idea. I'll do that tomorrow once I've woken up. Anything else I should update in any of the docs once I'm awake?

>>5952600
Add Anofelis to the squad list too (she basically is at this point). Also add some annotations to the Official(tm) Government Subject List (perhaps in different formatting to differentiate them) to update it as we get off-the-books intel - IB-79's name, Oreas and Anofelis' entries, any info about Ms. Caerbannog if we get it later etc.

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>>5952599
Supporting

296 hours in paint

>>5952735
Keked good shit anon,
rip ms. bunny you won't be missed.
>>5952589
>>5952594
>supporting

>>5952735
Top kek, anon. Is that this quest's first fanart?

>>5952605
Adding Anofelis to the squad list sounds good. Not sure how I should format the government subject list, or what annotations would really fit. Maybe I should add 'last seen locations' to the sheets, but not sure what else.

>>5952735
holy fucking shit Anon, I love this. Would it be okay if I save this for the next thread's thumbnail? It's really good and a perfect image to start a thread with.

>>5952768
It is the first, yes. I am honestly surprised someone put the effort in, as I didn't really think anyone would draw fanart of the quest. Either way, I fucking love it.

>Tell Zaria something about your mission. Given that she needed a lot of information which you couldn't exactly mention in the presence of government workers, you probably had to be a bit careful what you'd say.
You wanted to tell Zaria everything that had happened after she was injured by Kamara. How you heard that musical subject, the encounter with Wilhelm and Nora, the fact you worked with Anofelis and the guardsmen. Though of course, you knew you had to hold back a lot of information. So, you mostly covered the most important basics, namely the rabbit and how she got plenty of injuries in. "Is this some kind of joke? A rabbit did all of this? Not some creep giant bug girl who can spit acid, or some gargantuan dragon girl. Just a rabbit with big teeth? Heh, maybe if I was there, we would've been having rabbit stew whilst being out there looking for another kill, instead of spending our time here." You couldn't tell if Zaria was joking, or if she was dead serious in her bewilderment, though it was probably leaning more towards the former than the latter.

Alan would laugh a little, whilst Lars would casually tell her: "Didn't you get your ass handed to you by a lizard girl who was mostly just trying to run from us?" To this, Zaria shrugged before continuing in a more direct and serious tone. "Yeah, I know I got slashed. But there's a difference when you think something's harmless and when you know something is actively trying to kill you. Then again, maybe I'm just over-confident because I've been stuck here for hours on end with nothing to chase, shoot or punch. I've got tons of pent-up energy!" You were quick to explain that the rabbit was incredibly fast and bulletproof. Not to mention, that her punch was the reason Evander was probably out for weeks. "And I thought my stay here was bad." Zaria said, after which Evander spoke up in mild pain. "I hope it won't actually take weeks to recover." Though the doctors quickly would tell him to keep down and quiet.

You continued and told her the same things which you told the government. You mentioned how you got shot by guardsmen, before telling her that you'd probably tell her more later. Zaria seemed to realise that you were leaving out details for safety reasons, making her nod quickly. "Gotcha. We'll have plenty of time to chat here anyway. You guys can catch me up on everything once you've been patched up." She'd get seated on a chair, before letting out a sigh. "Finally means some entertainment for me as well. Trust me, spending my time here was far from a blessing. It got boring real quick here."

>Ask Zaria how she's doing. Let her talk about how she was doing and check to see if she could join you and your men again in the near future.
With her mentioning how boring it had been here, you decided to ask her how she was doing anyway. You wanted to know if she had recovered enough to go back into the field, and how her time was spent here.

"Well, like I said, I've been bored as hell here. Constantly being told I can't do a damn thing due to my injuries, not even being allowed to leave this place for a simple five minute walk. Not to mention, the doctors here somehow being less conversational than a brick wall and having nothing to keep me entertained." The nearby doctors clearly did not appreciate Zaria's remarks, many glaring at her and one even stating: "You were badly wounded. We couldn't let you go out, lest your wounds get even worse. Would you rather we've just let you do as you like and worsen the recovery process?!" To this, Zaria scoffed before continuing her barrage of complaints.

"Well, you could've let me do more than... well, let's see, what did you allow me to do here? Ah yes, you let me 'sit' here, and that was about it! Yeah, that is totally not going to make me lose my goddamn mind! The only time I wasn't bored here, was when other folk showed up." Zaria groaned, before calming her tone a little. "I get I need to stay here for my wounds. That's fine. What isn't is not being allowed to do anything. Sure, doing nothing and just relaxing helps me recover. But it tends to get kinda tiresome after a while! Especially with me and the fact I'm restless practically all the time. Just imagine what it's like when I'm sitting here with nothing to do other than talk to myself for hours on end!" Zaria took a deep breath, before turning to you and the others. "But hey, now that you are stuck here with me, I no longer have to worry about going insane."

>Ask Zaria something else. Perhaps she had something fun to tell you about her time spent in this place?
Given that Zaria was clearly eager to talk and do things, you decided to ask her if anything interested had happened here, or if she heard of anything interesting happening elsewhere. Zaria would shrug a little. "Hmmm, well... sometimes, some injured soldiers come in and tell me about what they've been up to. Most have gotten injured due to the environment, but a few have gotten in far more dangerous situations. Gunfights with guardsmen, subject attacks, the usual really. Nothing I can call noteworthy though. It isn't helped by the fact the doctors are not eager to talk or let me interact with people. Nothing but angry looks from them whenever I try and hit up a conversation. Or tried, rather."

Zaria scoffed and shook her head a little whilst looking at the doctors. "I swear with the way they were looking at me, I half expected them to jab a syringe full of potassium into my neck to get me to shut up for good." To this, one of the doctors spoke in mild irritation. "You did make it very tempting. Unfortunately, we don't have those materials lying around here. Besides, executions are the government's job, not ours."

Lars and Alan both seemed a bit bewildered by the doctor who said it. Though clearly, there had been a bit of bad blood between Zaria and the people looking after her. Now you just had to hope they wouldn't be this aggressive towards you and your men as well.

>Ask the doctors here some things. Given that they were dealing with plenty of injured death squad soldiers, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them?
Given that the doctors would know plenty of statistics about this place, you decided to take a risk and do the very thing which Zaria said the doctors didn't want: Talk with them. You would calmly ask the doctors here if they got any idea what the number of casualties here were. "I presume you mean death squad casualties, right? Because if you're talking about subject and facility staff casualties, that is kept classified by the government." One of the doctors would say, seeming at least a bit more calm to talk with you. To this, Zaria even seemed a bit bewildered. "Oh, and now you're suddenly willing to chat a bunch with my friends, huh?!" The doctor who had spoken to you groaned before tiredly stating: "Your friend doesn't have severe damage to their chest. Not to mention, the fact they haven't constantly been hounding us for 'entertainment' as you put."

Zaria seemed quite irritated, the doctor talking a bit more calmly and positively. "Besides, you got injured by a subject. Your friends here killed a subject. Therefore, I am a bit more willing to have a talk and maybe tell them a bit more. Y'know, so they can maybe continue doing a proper job." Zaria crossed her arms and went quiet, as you decided to ask the doctors some more questions. You asked how many mercs have been killed in action, and if any group was particularly hurt. "I don't know the exact number of deaths. I believe it to be a decent number considering how short we've been on this planet: Probably somewhere in the one hundred to two hundred range. As for which groups? Well, Diamond Dogs and Blackstar tends to have quite a lot of injuries. Especially Diamond Dogs."

With them knowing the numbers and injuries, you asked which injuries had been most common and which were the most dangerous. "I mean, I presume you're talking about subject related injuries, correct? If such, then I have no clue because there are a ton of subjects which have negative effects. I've seen puncture wounds, bite wounds, chemical burns, regular burns, lacerations, blunt force damage, envenomation, poisoning, allergic reactions, l-look I can keep going, okay? There are just too many types of injuries you can get here, because the people who made these subjects made them with the intent to do a butt load of things. Some have been mild, whilst others have been like what your friend over there has." The doctor pointed over at Alan, who seemed to just be casually listening along to this conversation so far.

Given the bevy of injuries though, you'd ask what should be taken along for such injuries. "Depends on where you're heading and what you're intending to fight. If you're going after some chemical subject, getting hazmat suits. If you're fighting a real tank, take armour along. I don't think I need to explain these sorts of things to you, right?"

It was sadly not the type of answer you were looking for. But, maybe you could ask for some more specific examples later. Regardless, the doctors who worked on Alan and Evander would seem to be done for the time being. Both had been given medications and were told to rest, at which point some of the doctors would leave. A few did stay back, including the one you really asked questions towards.

>Get some rest in. The faster you got rested and slept, the faster you'd get out of here.
>Ask Zaria something else again. Maybe you could learn more about her stay in this place, or ask her if she wanted to do something once you were out of here? (Write in...)
>Ask the doctors something. They stated their willingness to chat. And even though they didn't know everything, some specific questions could maybe get you some useful intel on this place. (Write in...)
>Ask the doctors if you can maybe get something you could use to communicate with the rest of your men. You could tell them how things were going, or ask them to do some specific tasks. (Write in...)
>Something else...

(A big update, mostly just with fun conversations and a little bit of information. I suppose you've got enough time now to maybe plan ahead and maybe gather some further intel.)

(Also, I'll fix up the shared doc with the squad mates soon, adding some further sheets on there for the few folk who have essentially joined the party. I do also still wanna know what else I should add to the government tablet sheets, like I mentioned here >>5952792)

>>5952908
So one of our squad mates has ADHD. Fun.

>Ask Zaria something else again. Specifically why she and the doctors seem to have a mutual hatred for other.

The fact that one of the doctors agreed with actually wanting to kill her makes me wonder what the fuck she did to piss them off that much.

With the government tablet sheets, just add something in brackets stating that we discovered it and it isn't widely known. Alternatively, make an intel sheet for what we found out separate from it.

>>5952792
>Would it be okay if I save this for the next thread's thumbnail?
Yeah go ahead.

>>5952908
>Ask the doctors if you can maybe get something you could use to communicate with the rest of your men. You could tell them how things were going, or ask them to do some specific tasks. (Write in...)
Tell em to grab a few things if they can from the supply area that we need (shopping time)

>>5952905
wow damn they don't even have a tv in the hospital? brutal

>>5952908
>Get some rest in. The faster you got rested and slept, the faster you'd get out of here.
If this is where we restock our medical supplies as well then I'll back >>5953000

>Ask Zaria something else again. Specifically why she and the doctors seem to have a mutual hatred for other.
As the doctors finished up with assisting Alan and Evander, you turned to Zaria again before asking her about the doctors. So far, they had seem quite reasonable to you, not at all being rude or unreasonable. If anything, they seemed quite respectful and eager to help you out. So you wanted to know why the hell she and the doctors hated each other. Hell, she had been here for only a day or so, so the fact some of them were fine to kill her was quite the indication. Though after bringing it up, one of the doctors would respond first. "I don't hate your squad mate. I also don't really think what my colleague said was appropriate. But, I do understand his irritation towards her. She really kept on asking for entertainment or some way to keep her busy, when we insisted that she had to lie down and remain quiet." To this, Zaria would groan and say. "A TV would've been nice. Or something else I could watch with minimal movement on my part. Seriously, you forced me to stay here and do nothing for hours on end, even though I mentioned how I barely need any sleep."

In turn, the doctor shook his head and sighed. "Like I said before, we can't give you a screen. The government doesn't want it because, according to them, it's not worth the resources to set-up in this location and it's a potential security risk." The latter really made Zaria angry, as she gave a most bewildered look. "A security risk?! Literally every tablet has a fucking subject watching through it! I don't know where the government's priorities lie, but clearly they need to rethink them a bit if they think this is the right thing to do!" The doctor let out a tired groan, before speaking in soft defeat. "Look, I'm sorry we couldn't help you out. But, we can't help it that you need 24/7 amusement. We're a hospital for combat injuries, not a small GP's office."

Zaria remained dissatisfied. But at least you got some reasons now as to why she was treated this way. Perhaps Zaria did overreact. Then again, it was clear that the government's policies also were mildly questionable. No television due to security reasons seemed a bit silly. Then again, maybe they really didn't want to spend the materials setting up entertainment.

>Ask the doctors if you can maybe get something you could use to communicate with the rest of your men. You could tell them how things were going, or ask them to do some specific tasks.
If entertainment wasn't something the doctors could provide, you at least thought that they would be able to maybe get you some way to contact the rest of your men. Thus, you asked them for something to communicate with your squad. The doctor who you talked to seemed surprised, before giving a nod. "We'll try and get you a tablet. Hopefully, it'll do the job for you. If it doesn't, we'll look for something else."

The doctor would leave for a little while. In the meantime, you would watch over your men for a while. Lars would simply relax and seemed to enjoy the calmness which the hospital wing you were in provided. Evander was also enjoying the quiet, lying on his bed and trying to fall asleep. Alan was calmly chatting with Zaria, the two discussing their injuries and their hopes of getting out of here as soon as possible. Both clearly wanted to get back to combat right away. After some time though, the doctor returned with a tablet similar to the one you had been given before by the government. "Here you go. If you need some help with it, just let me know. I can maybe get some IT guys over." Obviously, that wouldn't be really necessary. You could always ask Lars for some help if it ended up being a bit of a slog.

For now, you'd start fiddling with the tablet, finding a way to send messages to your squad. And a few minutes after sending a message, you'd get a response back from what looked to be Derek. He asked right away how things were, if you and the others were doing fine and if there was anything you wanted them to do. You immediately messaged them that you wanted him and the rest of your men to grab a few thingsfrom the supply area which you'd need. Though, this was met with the obvious question of what you'd exactly need? They already made some suggestions, such as refilling up on ammo, maybe getting more fortifications for your makeshift bases, and medical equipment. Though there probably was more to be added to that list.

>Write in what you want your men to go out and collect specifically. (If there are no specific items you want, then simply confirm what Derek suggested.)

After telling Derek what you'd want your men to get:
>Get some rest in right away. Lars and Evander seemed to have the good idea by already trying to get to sleep. You and the others probably should try the same.
>Something else. Clearly, there was still something you had to do or discuss with your men or the doctors or with Derek through the tablet...

(Bit of a shorter update, but there'll likely be a timeskip soon enough after which the fun can resume. Oh, and on that note, I'll only make one update tomorrow. I plan to spend the rest of the time maybe fixing up the government sheets as well as your men's sheets...)

(Not to mention, maybe making a few more sheets for some of the new subjects I had in mind...)

>>5953436
Maybe I'll be able to recall in the morning, but I can't think of anything specific we wanted right now that wasn't already mentioned by the squad.

>Get some rest in right away. Lars and Evander seemed to have the good idea by already trying to get to sleep. You and the others probably should try the same.

>>5953436
If she has been stuck doing absolutely nothing for an entire day with minimal sleep maybe she doesn't have ADHD.

>Request Lydia and Derek get various tools they think would be useful for getting into area's of the facility that might be locked or blocked off that require a very high clearance we don't have a card for. Evander's suggestions for more destructive methods that won't bring the facility on our head also would be good. If he doesn't have any then just get thermite. Get a few more camera's and/or sensors for Artyom to set up. Lastly, get a lockpicking set if one is available. The key that subject has means there might be some physical locks and we'll only have so much thermite. If they don't have that then surely they can provide a coat hanger so we can make a makeshift snapgun. Zaria probably has experience with them too given she was a thief before joining Lodger.

After, state we are eepy and go the fuck to sleep.

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>>5953522
I remember some anon in the previous thread mentioning that we should get an anti-material rifle to deal with beefier subjects.

>>5953648
Supporting

>>5953735
My god, that is truly adorable, anon.

>>5953735
Anti material rifle and/or Heavy Machine Gun. I was the anon to suggest that. I think it's best we hold off on getting the big guns until most of us are back in action and can have everyone discuss who wants what weapon. It can be the last thing we do before heading out again.

Guess we have a drawfag for the quest now too. Nice.

>>5953436
>Write in what you want your men to go out and collect specifically. (If there are no specific items you want, then simply confirm what Derek suggested.)

I remember one of the powerful weapons was like this really strong railgun/plasma gun one or the other. We should grab that.
I would like 1 small drone (preferably quiet)
and I would like 2 smol RC cars (remote controlled + camera)
and the plasma railgun
>>5953749
The one im thinking about is the one I asked about when they had energy weapons.
This is the one in particular I was thinking about
""This big boy... is a plasma railgun. Pretty nasty thing and... is basically a jacked up plasma rifle. Projectiles go at insane speeds, so is really hard to miss with, it can pierce walls with ease, melt through almost anything and most nearby electronics are fried if the projectile so much as grazes it. If you intend to go after huge subjects with huge amounts of armour or behind strong cover, this might be a solid option. Though, it will be expensive, even more so than the plasma rifle. I also can't imagine it being exactly easy for one person to carry around. Still, it's something we have and... it might be what you need, depending on what you want."

This would have fucking one tapped the rabbit.

other then that, restock on what we used (ammo/gear/ helmets etc) and then
>Get some rest in right away. Lars and Evander seemed to have the good idea by already trying to get to sleep. You and the others probably should try the same.

>>5953735
poggers art bro

>>5953774
yeah that plasma railgun sounds like Heroes tier weaponry

if only we had known we'd run into bunny

from the description it's a pain to lug around but after that encounter I'm sure one of the squad strongmen will be willing

Alan is the strong one, right? He'll have to be patched up and trade his flamethrower

>>5953777
We might have someone else, Alan I believe is still healing up, his nose will def take a while. Im sure someone else can do it tho.

>Write in what you want your men to go out and collect specifically.
You had quite the list of items you wanted Thaddeus and the rest of your men to gather. You would type it away, request Lydia and Derek get some tools for getting into blocked-off areas. Stuff like specialized lock-picking tools, or any key cards which the government had lying about. Though as you wrote the list, you turned to Evander and asked him if he knew any better explosives to work with. After all, he did at one point request some good explosives. Unfortunately, looking over at him, he had seemingly already fallen asleep. Clearly, he was enjoying a chance to get some rest in. Thus, you'd simply suggest getting some thermite. That would probably do the job and would be easy enough to transport and use for you and your men.

Another suggestion you made would be some more cameras and sensors for Artyom to work with. You had left a few still in the green section, but having more of them for wherever you went to next would be quite useful. This also got you the idea of requesting some drones and RC vehicles for looking around the place. They'd probably require a bit of effort to operate, but at least it'd be useful in case you had to explore an area which you couldn't exactly go to yourself. And on the topic of exploring difficult to get to areas, you'd suggest getting some kind of lockpicking set. You even wrote down that your men should try and get a snapgun, since you felt that would probably come in quite useful.

Finally, you had one last request for a weapon. You wanted to see if maybe you could get that plasma rail gun which you had heard of not too long ago. Given that the rabbit had sustained a ton of bullet damage and only went down after a flamethrower, you felt that getting some bigger guns was apt now. There would obviously be some logitistical issues to using the gun, but you could always discuss those issues with your men once you got out of the hospital.

>Get some rest in right away. Lars and Evander seemed to have the good idea by already trying to get to sleep. You and the others probably should try the same.
After sending all the requests over to Thaddeus, he'd simply respond: "We'll try and get everything." After which you told him you'd let him know when you were out of the hospital. It didn't seem like it'd take that long, so you told them to wait at the base and await further orders if anything came to mind. Thus, you'd turn off the tablet and lie down to get some rest. You had had quite the intense day, and you needed to recuperate somewhat. Hopefully, once you awoke, you'd feel good enough to get back into the fray.

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Day 4
You'd wake up somewhat early the next morning, feeling a bit better and a lot more relaxed than the day before. All the shock and tiredness from before had somewhat waned, as you felt quite ready to take on the world. Looking around, you saw that most of your men were unfortunately still asleep though.

Fortunately, there was one person who wasn't asleep just yet. "Finally, someone else is awake." It was Zaria, who was currently seated on a nearby bed. It wasn't a surprise she was awake. Zaria somehow needed little sleep, if any. And even when she was asleep, it was easy for her to snap out of her sleep and to get up right away. Regardless, she probably must've been awake for quite some time now, waiting for you and the others to awake.

It was the perfect chance to catch her up on everything that had happened, telling her about how you met Anofelis, the encounter with Wilhelm and the guardsmen, as well as your cooperation with the guardsmen to deal with the rabbit. The timing had honestly been perfect, as no-one else aside from you and your men were in this section of the medical bay right now, meaning nobody could listen in. By the end of it, you had caught up Zaria with everything.
"Glad to know you executed some lowly scientist and a secret subject. Even if we keep on befriending guardsmen and subjects, I think we'll at least get paid for this kill." Zaria would eventually say. For the time being though, you didn't have much to do aside from chatting with Zaria. Maybe you could look around the medical bay, now that everyone was still asleep. That way, you could see if there were any injuries which were highly common amongst the men who came here. Though waiting for the doctors to arrive and do their check-up was also probably a good idea.

>Chat with Zaria. Now that she was caught up with everything you had been up to, you could maybe ask her for some suggestions or inputs. (Write in what you wanna discuss.)
>Sneak around the place and try and see if there was anything of interest you could find. That way, you could maybe determine if there was one specific type of injury which was really common. Optionally, take Zaria along with this.
>Just wait until the doctors arrive. You could maybe get some more shut-eye until they did, or just entertain yourself in some other way.
>Something else...

(Starting from now, I'll try and note down how many days have passed whilst you were down in the facility. I think it's kinda helpful to have it noted down so the days can be tracked more easily. Also, if I made a mistake with the number of days, do let me know. I am worried I messed up and forgot/added a day to the current number.)

(Aside from that, this will be the only update for today. I'll work on updating some of the government sheets for the rest of today, so if there's any suggestions or requests, do let me know.)

>>5953879
>Just wait until the doctors arrive. You could maybe get some more shut-eye until they did, or just entertain yourself in some other way.
If we get a chessboard or something we could play with Zaria, otherwise I think we've peeked around medbays before only to find a wide variety of injury types

>>5953879
I dislike discussing anything above ground that should be confidential but as long as it doesn't come back to bite us we chillin.

>Just wait until the doctors arrive. You could maybe get some more shut-eye until they did, or just entertain yourself in some other way.
We earned a little R&R after all that shit, we also have a government meeting before having to go back in.

>>5953879
>Just wait until the doctors arrive. You could maybe get some more shut-eye until they did, or just entertain yourself in some other way.

Unless we want to ask Zaria about her lockpicking skills, we probably don't have much to say or do with her.

>>5953879
>Just wait until the doctors arrive. You could maybe get some more shut-eye until they did, or just entertain yourself in some other way.
Don't have any special requests right now

also damn I missed the equipment vote, I wanted to suggest some anti-tank rockets for heavy firepower, I guess we could use them if the plasma gun doesn't go through. I'm sure that in the grim darkness of the far future, the RPG-7 is still in production.

>>5953879
>Just wait until the doctors arrive. You could maybe get some more shut-eye until they did, or just entertain yourself in some other way.
"I was really worried about you, ya know? Try not to get nearly cut in half again."

>>5954026
Anon you won't believe this,
but we are still at the base so we can still grab that.
Also I don't see anything survive the plasma railgun not being able to survive a rocket blast. As far as pecking order goes its at the top if it hits. So idk if im for it over other options.

>>5954162
I guess it does rather lose out to a plasma cannon in most respects as something I thought of a few days ago, as much as I would like to fire rockets at monster girls. I do sometimes forget that this is actually scifi.

>Just wait until the doctors arrive. You could maybe get some more shut-eye until they did, or just entertain yourself in some other way.
After being greeted by Zaria, you told her everything you knew, before considering how you'd spend this early morning. You did ask if there was a chessboard you could maybe use, which made Zaria sigh. "Yeah, no, they don't have that. If they had, I would've probably played with it for some time. Even if were on my own, at least it would've given me something to do." With that, you and Zaria went quiet, you soon after telling Zaria that you were worried about her. You even jokingly told her not to nearly get cut in half again once you went out there again. This made Zaria scoff. "Hey, I've gone through worse, remember?" She responded before pointing at the burn scar she had on her face. She had gotten that a long time ago, before she even became part of your group. Though compared to being attacked by a subject, it was quite a minor injury really.

For the next while, you'd just keep quiet, lying down and thinking about random things. The job at hand, the subjects you've met, your men, the payments you'd get. It wasn't enough to keep you completely distracted for the time being, but fortunately Zaria was there to discuss things. Mostly though, it was about various random topics, with no real cohesion or substance to it. Hell, it was really just mindless chit-chat to keep yourself from falling asleep through boredom.

Fortunately, a while after having woken up, the first doctors would start arriving again. They'd start doing some prep-work, getting you and the others food as well as preparing the equipment they'd need throughout the day. Soon after, the rest of your men would start waking up as well, as it seemed the day was starting properly. It wouldn't take long for the morning check-up to start, as doctors flocked around you and the rest of your men to see how you were all faring.

The doctor would check your bullet wound, treating it a bit further before telling you how you were doing. "So, looks like the wound is recovering very nicely. The infection has already subsided, and I don't think much else will need to be done for the recovery process." To this, Zaria would ask the obvious question: "So, that means he can leave, right?" Unfortunately, the doctor shook his head in response. "Not yet. He'll need to stay for one more day so we can make sure he'll remain fine. If by tomorrow we don't see any negative signs, we can safely let him go." It was unfortunate, but spending one more day in here wasn't the worst news, really. And hey, you weren't the only one, as Zaria's and Lars' check-up would give similar responses. "You three, just relax a bit longer. See this as... a little break from the action! A nice pause from your job." Lars didn't seem to mind it too much, though Zaria was quick to make a smarmy remark. "If only we could spend the break doing something fun."

Unfortunately, the situation with Alan and Evander turned out to be a bit less positive, as the two would be told that their stay here would be quite a bit longer. "Okay, the good news is that your wounds haven't gotten infected. Which means we can try to get you some facial prosthetics this afternoon or tomorrow, depending on how long it'll take to bring them over. Then, we'll have to monitor how your body reacts to the prosthetics. At minimum, you'll be out of here in about 3 days." The doctor inspecting Alan would say, which made Alan seem a bit disappointed. "Can't I just go into battle like this? I mean, do I really need a nose or a cheek when I got a helmet on anyway?" You couldn't tell if Alan was joking or if he was being serious. Either way, the doctor took it serious, shaking his head before signalling him to lie down. "I'm afraid letting you go now would be too much of a risk."

For Evander, is doctor ran some tests on him before coming to a pretty disappointing conclusion. "I'm afraid you're going to have to rest for the coming few days. Maybe you'll get better sooner than expected, but it will take a few days before we can make that decision. And even afterwards, you may wanna remain cautious and keep on using medications." To this, Evander groaned before looking away a little. "Great. Out of commission longer than anyone else. Even though I just got punched in the bloody head!" Evander would soon groan a little in pain, before resting back and trying to get some more shut-eye in. Regardless, it seemed that you'd be down a man or two for the coming few days. Not that that would be too big an issue, as Derek and Lydia could once again join you as well. Besides, you also had a ton of subjects to assist you!

For the time being though, you'd be told to just lie down and relax. At least now that everyone was awake, you could discuss all kinds of things with them. You could even ask the doctors if you could get the tablet again, so you could ask the rest of your men how they were doing. In fact, maybe you could send them down into the facility again to retrieve some of the equipment which was still in the green facility? Or maybe they could look into details for further subjects you'd wanna target. Though being in the hospital wing, you'd find that learning of new dangerous subjects wasn't all that difficult...

Some time later though, you'd hear a bit of a commotion in the hallway. "Stay back everyone! We don't know what this guy has, so stay back!" You heard a doctor in a hazmat suit respond. There would even be some soldiers in hazmat suits guarding the door leading to the section of the hospital you were in. Looking behind the soldiers, you saw a Heathen's soldier being dragged in on a trolley. He was completely surrounded by seethrough material, isolating him from his environment. He appeared to be mostly fine though. No major injury, no blood or anything. Hell, he just looked a little confused. "Get him to isolation, fast!"

You and your men seemed a little curious as to what was going on, with Lars asking the obvious. "So, guess some subjects can cause major disease or something?" Of course, you couldn't tell yet, unless if you had information. Though things got a bit more interesting as you watched another Heathen's soldier being brought in, looking the same as the previous. Albeit, a little more confused and shaky than the previous. It looked more like the guy was suffering from shell-shock or something...

The doctors in hazmat suits quickly disappeared along with the ill soldiers. The soldiers in hazmat suits remained though, seemingly making sure nobody left this space just yet. Not that you were going anywhere, but it did show that what was going on was quite serious.

>Ask the soldier who guarded the door what was going on. So far, they had been respectful to you and your men, so maybe they'd be willing to answer?
>Grab the tablet to contact your men to do some research on the outside. Maybe they'd find out what was going on, or if there was some sort of disease outbreak.
>Ignore what was going on now, and instead discuss some things with your men who were here. (Write in...)
>Grab the tablet and ask your men to retrieve some of the items you had left in the green section, such as cameras, tents and other equipment. Might as well give them the chance to do something without you.
>Something else...

(Hope this is a good update. I've also updated the facility tablet doc to state the last known location of subjects, which I think is a useful little detail. If there are any new details you guys wanna see added to the sheets, just let me know and I'll see what I can add further. Other than that, I also made a new document covering the subjects you've allied. I'll maybe update it to also include subjects youve killed, like the rabbit, for information sake. But that might be done some time later. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPSZp0MxftcNaUFSfBxzkRh7MfEiPnA7G6Wzfm9dkSQ/edit?usp=sharing )

(oh, and one final note... I've added two new subjects to the main document. Highly suggest that you check it out.)

>>5954640
>>Grab the tablet to contact your men to do some research on the outside. Maybe they'd find out what was going on, or if there was some sort of disease outbreak.
>>Something else...
>Ask one of our man to come here, pretend you ask him to get your shit from green zone and sneak an order to him and a few of our folks to check on the girls and tell them our team's gonna be out for a few days until our members are mostly ok and they need to be on their own for a while.
Considering how our encounter with an actual aggressive subject went I rather have more man ready for action.

>>5954640
Also our girls have some images now, pretty dope QM.

>>5954646
Supporting

>>5954647
They always did. They just were only posted when we first found them

>>5954640
New subjects are interesting. Rabies and what I presume is a mushroom subject. Both seem hostile, or at least one of them is dangerous while the other is hostile.

>>5954640
>Ask the soldier who guarded the door what was going on. So far, they had been respectful to you and your men, so maybe they'd be willing to answer?
As a team who actually took down a subject we have good chances of taking down more. Hopefully.

>>5954640
>>5954646
>supporting

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>>5954646
Back both. First port of call would be if we can find the rest of their team around somewhere, if we can't then a friendly other team might spill the beans. News travels fast.

I just went back to the start to check who the Heathens were and got reminded we're under quarantine enforced with an entire battlefleet in orbit. While the golden ending would be sipping mojitos on the beach in a deckchair somewhere with our crew and not-harem, I don't even know how we're going to protect the smiles of our MG collection long term. I don't really want to think about it.

>>5954723
Yeah that's why I keep asking everyone we capture if they know any secret escape routes, preferably ones that lead to spacecraft with stealth capabilities

Though they did say Titania was a subject designed for space travel....who knows? Maybe our great escape will be made on board Titania 2

>>5954723
>>5954731

We just have to wait until they think everyone's dead and lift the blockade. Then we can come back and go get them. That, or we can just hope they leave this place as an abandoned junkyard and we can give them the tools to make a comfortable home in the ruin.

>>5954731
There are many ways this could end with varying degrees of risk and drama, now I make myself think about it a bit. We find some means of stealth travel and quietly slip away. We come up with a means of circumventing the quarantine to smuggle everyone into orbit and away (how did we get here anyway - does Lodger have their own transports or did we get a ride from GalGov or someone else?). A blockbuster ending where GalGov openly turns on the death squads and we have to fight our way offworld together and hijack a warship or something before they can glass the whole place. We just get ourselves reported dead and hide out in the facility until the cleanup operation finishes and the military goes home. We get Annie Macaroni into the fleet's computer network and make our escape while they're running around in chaos or just after some transponder and sensor tampering (we should really look into finding Annie at some point, as a potential ally she could be a great help but I'm not willing to trust her only over a radio). We manage to get a line to the extranet and blackmail GalGov with the threat of some very incriminating leaks into letting us leave and disappear. There's something in the depths of the facility that will help us, either as an escape route or some more....kinetic.

But those are problems for Future Mikhail, for now we just continue rescuing or terminating monster girls and facility personnel as appropriate.

>>5954747
We'll have to find a way to fake the death of Chrys, Kamara, and any other girls on the list for that.

>>5954754
Getting Annie on side would be huge even now. I'd be shocked if she doesn't have access to the entire security system outside of maybe the camera's in the FOB's we set up. This, along with her having access to the computer systems, she probably has the files of tons of subjects and with the camera's she can probably tell us every good, bad and horrifically misunderstood subject out there. After all, I'd not be surprised if there's a few subjects who would try and kill or attack us because of what their creator did to them. Or what other death squads did to them. Speaking of Annie though, given she thanked us we probably could ask her to meet up.

Also, her sheet has seven additional times she's changed it now, along with the note having changed from 'recently edited' to a funny rant from the editor guy. It's a nice touch, but I worry that her little illegal broadcast might get shut down soon.

>>5954756
We can always check how the currently terminated subjects were verified. Cautiously of course. If we don't need the corpse we might have a chance there. Even if not, parts of this facility have collapsed. Given enough time they'd be presumed killed by the facility itself if not found.

>>5954760
I wanted to set up a communication with Annie earlier but there wasn't enough support. Perhaps the opinion on that has shifted?

>>5954640
>>5954640
>>Ask the soldier who guarded the door what was going on. So far, they had been respectful to you and your men, so maybe they'd be willing to answer?
What type of threat is it? Diease based?

If he is silent or we don't know much,
>Grab the tablet to contact your men to do some research on the outside. Maybe they'd find out what was going on, or if there was some sort of disease outbreak.
Or otherwise just warn em to be careful wary of possible cross contaimination on their side + see if they know anything about stuff going on outside.

>>5954723
My idea is find one of the subjects that dig tunnels, have them dig a tunnel to a nearby island where everyone we are friends with can camp out until after this shit is over, and then we can pick em up after everyone dips. That way the government thinks we did our job, we saved who we like, and its a win-win for all parties involved.

>>5954760
The concern that Annie might not be the only one listening in on our radios that meant we didn't talk further last time is still there, but by this point that ship's sailed already given our dealings with the other subjects and personnel. I'd definitely like to communicate with her more, though getting messages back might be hard over such public channels and she might not want to give her location away yet. I do wonder how she is listening in since our radios are presumably weak short-range stuff like walkie-talkies and how she runs her radio kit and has eyes on the facility with no electrical power (the power is out in the whole facility, right? I wonder if there's any way to get some lights back on downstairs - if only we had found some facility technical personnel down here, who seem to not exist in this place that seemingly only employed scientists and guards without any support staff whatsoever).

Other squads have attempted to find her before throughout previous threads and failed, so she clearly has some tricks up her sleeve to avoid having her door kicked in. I'm not particularly worried for her in the short term, though I'd rather find her sooner > later.

>>5954826
Since the government hasn't taken us behind the shed despite sparing plenty of guardsmen and even talking with them, I'd believe that communicating over our own coms won't tell the government what we are up to.

Further, thinking about it, we've mostly found guards, and the only non guard staff we found were four scientists. One of whom we killed, one who we let go and got lost who didn't find the guards she was with and might still be alive, Laura, and one whom died before we got to them and we just claimed credit for. Otherwise we've just found guards, guards and more guards. I'm starting to think this isn't a coincidence. What if there's a large number of the surviving staff who are organized, and the ones with combat experience are the ones being sent out to get supplies while those who don't build up some sort of shelter? It was mentioned that there was some sort of bunker shelter system in place. While guards would be out and about in a disaster, the staff would go to the bunkers. And even if that isn't the case, I'd not be surprised if the technicians or janitors took the armor and weapons guards had for self defense because something is better than nothing.

>>5954847
Hmm. The groups of guards we've encountered around have generally seemed pretty lost and aimless and didn't seem to be doing or equipped for anything other than wandering around, not to mention that the government should clearly know where the bunkers are given they have the maps of this place. I think it'd be more likely that the other staff evacuated to the bunkers while the security and ranking scientific staff tried to get a handle on whatever crisis was going down in the rest of the facility, failed, and found themselves locked out and now being hunted by subject and government alike.

Then again however, Annie did mention that a squad killed a janitor and technicians, assuming she was telling the truth (though of the stuff we can verify, I don't think we've heard her lie yet). This seems to be the only mention of their like - stragglers, perhaps?

>>5954826
OP has yet to fully explain the capabilities of the radio, but what you're describing are the comms units built into our helmets - those are the short ranged, 2 way walkie talkie like devices we have. The radio itself on the other hand seems capable of receiving messages no matter where in the facility we are. Any transmission abilities it may have are hypothetical until OP weighs in.

>some facility technical personnel down here
they uh
they use robots
it's the future
AI has progressed enough
you're welcome OP

>>5954866
>I don't think we've heard her lie yet
I remember her saying something about the government planning on wiping out the whole planets where our PMCs had their main bases. We can't verify that's a lie, but multiple planets over companies that only sent just under 3000 mercs to this planet? Seems astronomically unlikely.

>>5954866
Yeah, this seems reasonable as well. It's likely most of the non guard staff got in the bunkers and then either got fucked over by the collapse, stayed there locked tight hoping for the best, were found by death squads, or fucked off after they ran out of food or something. Meanwhile the guys who's job it was to get a handle on the situation were spread out everywhere and locked out or injured too badly to get to one of those bunkers. Speaking of, who wants to bet one of the high ranking scientists is in one of those bunkers?

>>5954870
As for Annie lying, she was blatantly with extreme exaggerations when she mentioned this, IIRC. I mean, she suggested they'd planet crack the capital. I don't think she's lying with who the death squads are killing though. At worst she paints the people they kill in a better light when they weren't as innocent as she says they are. As for robots? Probably not. It'd more likely be some subject or subjects doing it if not staff. Maybe Annie's one of them if that's the case. She has set up what is basically a radio station and can hack into things.

>Ask the soldier who guarded the door what was going on. So far, they had been respectful to you and your men, so maybe they'd be willing to answer?
Given your status as a team who actually took down a subject, you felt confident that the guardsmen were willing to talk. So, you would clear your throat before calling out the soldier. He immediately looked at you, keeping a stern expression on his face. You asked him what was going on, making him glance around a little before speaking: "I... can only tell you that a few death squad soldiers were recently contaminated in an unknown way after an encounter with a subject." In turn, you asked if the threat was disease based which made the soldier look a bit more unsure. "I cannot tell, I'm afraid." This actually got Lars curious as well, as he joined in with the questioning. "You can't tell because you're not allowed to, or because you don't know what's really going on?" The soldier hesitated again, before sighing softly. "It's a mixture of both. Details are sparse so far, but these men came back with some unknown contaminant from a subject. We're going to keep a close look at them and ensure nothing bad comes from it. Though for the time being, I suggest not asking too many questions." It seemed less like a threat, and more like a warning from the soldier. Perhaps he respected you enough to try and warn you from figuring out more about what was going on.

>Grab the tablet to contact your men to do some research on the outside. Maybe they'd find out what was going on, or if there was some sort of disease outbreak.
Hearing the warning from the soldier, you decided to grab the tablet to communicate with the rest of your men. You wanted to ask them for details, and warn them of contaminated subjects. After sending a message, it would take a little while for you to get a response. It came from Derek, who immediately asked for updates on your situation. You told him that you'd explain that to him in a moment, but that you first wanted to know something else. You asked him if there was any news about death squads being contaminated. After waiting for a few minutes, Derek started typing, giving a pretty short response: "Don't think there's anything major about it. I'll ask around though. What gives?" You thus decided to warn him and the rest of your men, explaining that there was some kind of contamination which had affected some soldiers, and that he and the rest of your men had to be very careful. Furthermore, you asked him to research the topic, and to maybe look at any explanation to this phenomenon. "I'll get our men to look into it. Anything else we have to do? How is everyone doing over there?"

>Something else...
Given the materials you needed to retrieve from the green section, and the fact you probably needed to update Laura and the subjects there, you opted to request something very specific to Derek. You told him to send someone over, Derek quickly telling you he was on it.

A short minute later, he said that Anon was heading your way, and that he'd be there in ten to twenty minutes. You thanked Derek, before waiting a bit longer. There was a bit of worry that Anon wouldn't be let in. For one, the government and doctors seemed a bit anal about a lot of things, and probably wouldn't be all too happy to let someone in at random. More importantly, there was this outbreak which definitely would make it difficult for folk to enter this place unaccompanied. All you could do was hope that Anon would be let in. And fortunately, after a while of waiting, Anon would arrive. He was closely followed by a soldier, who clearly was there to escort him. "This guy said he was here to check up on you guys." The soldier said, as your men all looked most pleased. "Anon! What's up?" Zaria immediately said, Lars and Alan also seeming quite pleased.

"Doing quite fine. There have been a couple of issues, such as the government hounding us for a talk and several other squads trying to ask us about our rabbit kill. But, that's beside the point. How are you guys doing? Everything okay here?" He asked, to which Lars calmly responded: "Well, it's rather quiet here, aside from the fact there is some sort of major virus spreading around now. But hey, that's not a problem to us really. We'll be back in action soon enough! Or well, some of us anyway." He'd look to Alan and Evander, the former seeming quite relaxed whilst the latter was trying to get more sleep in. "So, what brings you here?" Lars asked to Anon, who quickly turned to you. "Well, I came here because Derek told me that I was needed here. Mikhail wanted to tell me something. Lars gave an understanding nod, before speaking a bit more casually. "Well, go right ahead. It's probably something important."

Anon would approach and got seated in front of you, waiting to hear what you'd say. Given that there was a soldier nearby, you had to be a bit sneaky. You had a decent idea though, grabbing the tablet and typing out the main message as you gave a little coverup story. The coverup was a simple story, telling him to go back to the green section to bring back some of your equipment. In the meantime, you typed out the main message which you wanted to share: that you wanted him and the rest of your men to check on the girls in the green section. And more importantly, to tell tell them some of you would be out for a few days and that they would need to be on their own for a while. You carefully showed the text on the tablet to him, stating it was everything you had left there. Anon carefully inspected it, seemingly getting the message. "Understood. Head to the green section and get everything that's noted down here. I'll let everyone know and get started right away." You'd quickly get the tablet back, it appearing that the soldiers who had escorted Anon hadn't figured out what you had shared with him. "So, what is up with this infection you just mentioned?" Anon would suddenly ask afterwards.

>>5954870
I've read back a bit some more and I'm kinda confused on the difference between our walkie-talkies and any longer-range radios since there doesn't seem to have been a clear distinction drawn between them in the descriptions. OP, do we have separate communication sets like this?

That's a fair point, though I'm not sure how much of that was meant to be taken seriously. I could definitely see them doing something very drastic to the planet to cover it up, but not their capital. Then again, we can't 100% know for sure. Maybe they are planning something much bigger than this mess.

>>5954879
It's been a couple of weeks or so I think since the disaster (the longest definite timespan we have is an exterminator mentioning they'd been here a week and a half), beats me what everyone in here is eating by now if they can't get to the agri areas though the bunkers may be provisioned better. We know Big E at least has been out and about, since Wilhelm mentioned not seeing him "for days".

Perhaps we should ask Laura what the emergency protocol is for the facility's non-combat staff.

>>5954897

"Well, it seems like some subject is spreading a disease of some kind. We just watched two infected Heathens soldiers being carried in here by doctors with hazard suits." Lars would say quite casually. Zaria would also speak up quite amusedly, stating: "And the government once again isn't willing to share info about it with us. So, that probably means it's quite a big issue." You could tell that the soldier in hazmat gear who guarded the room was a bit annoyed by the remark, though he didn't say anything. The soldier who escorted Anon seemed a bit unsure what to think, making you wonder if he was informed about this contamination as well before he came in here. Surely, he would be given some details what was going on around here? Or was the government really that paranoid about keeping secrets again?

Regardless, Anon would seem mildly curious and concerned about this revelation, before looking at you and the others and asking how your injuries were. You told him that you'd be out of the fight for a short while, but that you'd definitely be able to get back into the fight soon enough. "That's good to hear. I was kinda worried we'd have to wait at the base camp outside the crater for... god knows how long it'd take for you to recover." Anon said relieved, before you reminded him that you had at least given him and the rest of your men a job to do now. "True. Let's just hope we don't encounter another rabbit-level threat whilst we're out there to retrieve everything." He said amusedly, before going a bit quiet.

>Ask Anon some questions. He mentioned that the government was hounding him and the rest of your men, as well as the fact the other death squads were interested in what you had done. (Write in...)
>Ask the soldier who escorted Anon a question. He seemed a bit concerned about the mention of this contaminant, so maybe he wanted to share some details about this as well? (Write in...)
>Ask your men some things. Maybe they also wanted to bring something up to Anon and the rest of your men who would be going towards the green section? (Write in...)
>Dismiss Anon. You needed more rest right now, and he had to return to the green section to get your stuff and tell Laura and the subjects about your current situation.
>Something else...

(Seeing some of the discussions going on, I probably should spend some time tomorrow maybe answering some of the questions you guys got. So long as they don't give things about the story away, of course... Aside from that, I'll only make one update tomorrow. I'll need to go to sleep way earlier tomorrow so that will bite into my time, I'm afraid. I'll be back to two updates a day on Wednesday though.)

>>5954895
>I suggest not asking too many questions.
how dare we try to find out what threats we'll be facing
"don't ask questions about what we want you risk your lives to kill"
the gov is so unreasonable

>>5954899
>Ask Anon some questions. He mentioned that the government was hounding him and the rest of your men, as well as the fact the other death squads were interested in what you had done.
Not a question, just tell them to come to us in the medbay if they have things to ask. We passed the danger point according to the doctors, and they don't have any entertainment in here. Could be a good way to stay busy and network.

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>>5954899
We could contact Leonard and maybe ask him if he knows anything about the infected soldiers. if he's on the surface...

Supporting >>5954928

>>5955156
Another amazing artwork. I should make a small fairy subject who is a bitch to find due to her small size and a major nuisance to your party. Question is, how should I make her as annoying as possible to deal with without making her detrimental to encounter?

>>5954899

"I'm sure the soldier is just following his orders, not like he has any say in what gets told or not."
the less we antagonize them the more we can get from them.


>Ask Anon some questions. He mentioned that the government was hounding him and the rest of your men, as well as the fact the other death squads were interested in what you had done. (Write in...)
What squads and what were they trying to find out?
I'm sure the gov knows we'll be speaking after we are healed up and ready.

>>5955156
our helmet is looking pretty sus there

>>5955179
tough question, usually things are annoying because they're detrimental

perhaps some kind of sleep inducing ability?

>>5955270
Sleep inducing could be interesting, but that is also kind of Chrys' ability. Though as it stands, Chrys hasn't really been able to use that ability on you, so maybe it could be done 'better' by this subject (perhaps even designed to be an improvement over Anderson's designs for Chrys).

>>5955302
My other idea was that she could teleport us back to base, but that would be agony

>>5955179
>>5955302
If you must, then just use PF-4. You already made her, she looks like a fairy and acording to our buddys at Heathen she loves to go mesgugaki when she messes with the squads even if it's a more harmless variant.

>>5955302
Give it abilities capable of separating the group forcefully or to isolate a single person then make her a lil yandere for mikhail. Boom ez pz

>>5955455
I do like the idea of a tiny yandere fairy who for some reason simps for Mikhail. It'd be even more hilarious if she's for some reason impossible to kill, and also tries to separate him from the rest of the group.

Then again, this does sort of intrude upon a more terrifying yandere subject I've already created.

>>5955459
>Then again, this does sort of intrude upon a more terrifying yandere subject I've already created.
>yandere subject I've already created.
>There's nothing about a yandere subject in the subject list

Oh no. Oh no no no no no... There's a fucking Vinella tier threat Yandere subject out there, isn't there?

>>5955489
Its okay anon, we have the god rifle now, we can win! (it is entirely possible the quest ends with us dead)

>Ask Anon some questions. He mentioned that the government was hounding him and the rest of your men, as well as the fact the other death squads were interested in what you had done.
After Anon finished talking about the job you had given him, you grew curious about the death squads he had brought up. You asked him what squads were really interested in your kill, and what were they trying to find out. Anon seemed a bit unsure, yet responded quite casually. "Well, we got plenty of Lodgerites who were interested. They seemed quite chill though, congratulating us and telling us they'd try and keep up. We got some Blackstar soldiers who were quite pleased with our exploration of the green section, and stated they'd try and check the regions surrounding the green section." It was good that the other squads so far didn't seem to wanna intrude upon your area. That was, if they didn't end up wandering into the green section itself. "We also had some Heroes' soldiers coming over. They gave us some backhanded praise." Anon soon after revealed, which made Zaria speak up a bit curiously. "Oh boy, what did they have to say?"

Anon would give a bit of a befuddled smile, shaking his head before speaking up. "They said, and I quote, 'Next time, just leave such a serious threat to a more well-equipped group like us'." Your men all seemed quite bemused by the remark, with Lars casually asking: "How did you guys respond? I presume you had some choice words for them?" To this, Anon would smirk a little as he spoke up. "Thaddeus promptly told them that they have so far not killed anything yet. That made them shut up real fast." Your men chuckled a little in response, after which Anon continued further. "At least they took the news better than the Diamond Dogs, who immediately asked where we killed her and if there were more subjects near that area worth hunting. Obviously, we told them to piss off." There were some chuckles, after which Anon took a more serious tone.

"Though, the worst was that there were a few Diamond Dogs accusing us of faking our injuries to make the subject attack appear more dangerous. Their proof? 'They were injured by a silly little rabbit'." This was met with a bit more derision and scorn from your men. After all, their injuries were proof to the contrary. Not to mention, the mental gymnastics they'd have to perform to claim you hadn't dealt with a serious threat. Literally everyone seemed to know you had killed a serious threat. "We ought to send more of those Diamond twats to the flooded facility, if they're so eager to deal with serious threats. Especially given what their other buddies ran into there." Lars would say angrily, to which Alan nodded. "The good news is that most death squads seem supportive of our actions and have congratulated us. Though, I do worry that our success will mean more people going to our direction. Especially now that it's common knowledge that the green section can be accessed..."

It was an unfortunate issue you would definitely be dealing with in the future, given that your efforts basically now made you 'those guys that killed an unknown subject'. Hopefully, you could make sure that nobody went to the green section and met any of the guardsmen there. Or worse, the subjects you were looking after. Regardless, you'd soon tell Anon that he and the rest of your men could come here in case anything needed to be discussed. You were clearly fine now according to the doctors, and you had plenty of time to kill to answer questions and discuss important matters. Anon gave an understanding nod, before looking around and calmly responding. "Well, we'll try and meet up with you once we've gotten everything back from the green section. That may take a while, especially since we left everything quite spread out." Given the travel time and the amount of equipment, it would definitely take a while for them to be finished. At least you didn't need to wait much longer.

With that, Anon would get up and looked around. "Suppose I should head back and get everyone going. Might as well use the opportunity to maybe look for anything else in the green section. Y'know, other subjects or the place the rabbit came from." He'd look around, waiting to hear if there was anything else you wanted to discuss.

>Let Anon go. He had a mission to do with the rest of your men, and you had time to kill here.
>Tell/ask Anon one last thing before he left. Maybe along with some of the other men who were here now. (Write in...)
>Chat with one of your men about something. Perhaps you wanted to double-check something or plan ahead for the future. (Write in...)
>Get some more rest. Or kill the time in some other way, such as casually chatting with your men. (Skips to next day.)
>Something else...

(A bit of a smaller update. There isn't too much content in there, but that was mostly because I kinda didn't have a lot of time. I have to be at uni early tomorrow unfortunately. Regardless, I hope it isn't anything too bad.)

(Also, forgot to answer some of the questions brought up yesterday. Whoops. I'll do that tomorrow if there are any particularly burning questions you guys want answers to.)

>>5955610
>Tell/ask Anon one last thing before he left. Maybe along with some of the other men who were here now. (Write in...)
We should emphasize that the subject was killed in a FLOODED location, we may have entered into the green area, but the subject was killed in the flooded location (which is all they need to know. The more we funnel into the area we dont want to go to the less problems there will be when we might have too)

>>5955662
Supporting. After we can just pass out and ideally time skip to being back in action.

>>5955610
>Let Anon go. He had a mission to do with the rest of your men, and you had time to kill here.
Not actually a vote, but what does this option actually do as opposed to voting to do anything other than talk to him some more?

>>5955700
If we wanna do anything alongside our men besides talk
First two options are one in the same in a way,
the others are all variations
Do remember its just a suggestions box of choices, OP is just throwing us a few examples, they previously suggested write-ins only so its mostly just examples.
So some overlap can be possible.

>>5955610
>>Let Anon go. He had a mission to do with the rest of your men, and you had time to kill here.
>>Get some more rest. Or kill the time in some other way, such as casually chatting with your men. (Skips to next day.)
C
Hey QM, since we're staying in bed, rather than skip can we get a perspective shift? Like switch from Mikhail to Anon's team while they do their mission?

>>5955610
>Get some more rest. Or kill the time in some other way, such as casually chatting with your men. (Skips to next day.)
I think I'm done with the hospital now, I yearn for the tunnels. Brief PoV jump with Thaddeus & Co.?

>>5955459
Oh qm, in a place full of killer subjects with their own strange tendencies that make up their goals and ideals, having many yanderes is where the fun really amps up. Please consider ;)

>>5955610
Also my vote:
>Get some more rest. Or kill the time in some other way, such as casually chatting with your men. (Skips to next day.)

>>5955820
A perspective shift could work for a little while. You guys down with doing that? We can do a short thing from Thaddeus' or Anon's perspective, or we can do something more akin to the Diamond Dogs with Vinella from two threads ago.

>>5956099
I dont mind, for our guy's perspective or a different death squad's either, in fact I'd say why not pick a completely new perspective? But only if everyone's ok with that, dont wanna seem too pushy, I just enjoy the perspective shifts.

>>5956099
>>5956134
Won't mind a completely different PoV, just do what you think might be more fun QM.

>>5955610
>Get some more rest. Or kill the time in some other way, such as casually chatting with your men. (Skips to next day.)
>>5956099
yes, I want the internal monologue of Anon
I must know what makes him tick

>>5956099
Yeah, I want to get into the heads of the rest of our squad a bit.

And is the quest going to slow down when your exams are? Should be coming up soon for us britfag students. Glad mine was much more coursework focused than exams.

>>5956298
Ah yes, nothing like listening to the intricate analyses of fortifications set up by the government, choke points and maintaining safe logistics.

>>5956307
The updates are going to slow down when my exam weeks start, I think? But my next exams will come in about 6 weeks from now since I'm not a britfag, so I doubt those will be an issue. And given how relaxed my schedule is throughout the coming weeks, I can absolutely keep up the usual 2 updates a day (so long as there aren't hiccups like yesterday).

I think the main slow downs with updates will come around early may. But I'm not all too sure. For all I know, my schedule will remain quite relaxed and make it easy enough to keep on writing. Only thing I worry about is the start of next year, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Anyway, I'll get to work on an update in a short bit. I'll give a bit of a perspective from Anon, where we get to see what he and the rest of your men are up to, followed by a short change in perspective to a different death squad group who end up meeting a 'fun' subject. Perhaps an Elbrus subject...

>>5956314
Coulda sworn, since Americans don't say "uni" or spell realise with an S. Oz?

>>5956334
american present, we use uni a lot as well.

>Tell/ask Anon one last thing before he left. Maybe along with some of the other men who were here now.
>Get some more rest. Or kill the time in some other way, such as casually chatting with your men.
Given that there were plenty of death squads who seemed to want to get a piece of your victory, you would tell Anon one final thing. You reminded him that everyone needed to know that the subject was killed in a place that was flooded. It was vague enough and technically true, and it'd also hopefully divert people away from the green section. "Very well then. We'll make sure to let anyone who asks know." Anon would say, before looking around again and giving a calm nod. "Anyway, uhhhh, hope you'll all get better soon enough." The rest of your men seemed quite content with his response, after which he'd give a final wave and left. Thus, you were on your own again. You'd have a few more chats with Alan, Lars and Zaria. Evander would not really participate in your chats, continuing to rest for a while.

Soon after though, you'd also decide to take some more rest. The quicker you fell asleep and recovered, the quicker you'd get back into action. All that was left tomorrow was one single chat with the government, and you'd be good to go back to the comforting, dark tunnels of this place...

>A little change of perspective... Anon and the rest of your men...
Anon would leave the med bay with a bit of concern and curiosity. He was definitely wondering about this disease outbreak, even being tempted to look into the place where the death squads had been isolated. Though given that he needed to get Mikhail's message out to the subjects in the green section, he would obviously move on. Thus, he'd grab the government tablet your group was given, contacting Derek and telling him and the others to get down to the crater. And after Derek asked him if he was sure, Anon was quick to explain that it was because of a specific mission Mikhail wanted them to follow.

After Derek stated that he and the rest of the men would be there soon, Anon would head to the landing zone for the carrier craft to wait for them there. However, as he waited there, he'd soon get approached by some men. "Are you Anon McAnonymous, codename Clover-1?" It seemed to be a government official, Anon already being a bit concerned by the fact he was approached by these folk. "Yes, that is me. Can I help you?" The government official would immediately get to the point, speaking quite sternly. "I have been informed you just visited your squad leader Mikhail, correct?" Anon nodded, squinting his eyes as he wasn't entirely sure what to expect.

"Um, yes? What about it?" He'd lower his tone a little, not wanting to come over as aggressive or confrontative. "Is this about that request for a meeting?" The government worker nodded slowly, before speaking a bit more demandingly. "It is indeed. We were wondering if there is any update on when that meeting can actually take place?"

Anon let out a frustrated sigh, before responding as calmly as possible. "Look, Mikhail needs to recover from his injuries, and we believe he should be there for such a meeting. So, we're just taking our time. Besides, he'll probably be out of the hospital tomorrow, so-" Before Anon could continue though, the government worker would grab his tablet and spoke up. "Yes, we understand Mikhail is injured. However, given that you visited him at the hospital, presumably at his own request, we do wonder if perhaps we could meet earlier." Anon looked quite agitated, before speaking his mind. "Excuse me, but he literally got injured doing the job you hired him to do. What more do you want from him?! Besides, if you want to talk to him, can't you just... visit him yourself?! The fact that you're here proves to me that you're more than capable of just walking to the medical bay to ask him questions yourself."

Hearing the tone which Anon took, the government worker nodded a bit more understandingly and took a calmer tone. "I... apologise for the accusatory tone. My colleagues and I were under the assumption that he was gravely injured and really did need some time to rest. So, when we were told that you were visiting him, we believed he was available or at least in a position to speak." This remark made Anon scoff, as it clearly was just a bit of a backtrack from the government worker's part. "You guys literally saw him yesterday, and saw that he was fine enough to talk. He just had that bullet wound which needed treatment." Anon was quite sceptical of the government worker, and was tempted to ask more questions. However, he held himself back as he knew that the government worker wasn't going to push his chances that much. Besides, Anon got a feeling he was confronted for a reason.

"Yes, we did. I suppose I should be clear and state that we are simply quite eager to meet up with Mikhail, and to ask him some questions about the subject you took down yesterday." The government worker asked calmly, making Anon scoff again. "Yeah, real eager..." He said in a bit of a derisive tone. The government worker kept his calm though. "Since you talked to him not too long ago, may I ask what it was you discussed? I presume it was about the subject?" To this, Anon shook his head. "Not really, no. It was just about how we need to get our materials from the green section. We left quite some stuff there, and it'd be a waste to keep it all there." The government worker nodded understandably, before leaning a little closer. "So nothing about the subject at all? Nothing about her location or her creator or anything explaining her origin?"

Anon raised an eyebrow, before quietly saying: "I mean, her creator is a mystery, right? She wasn't noted down on the tablet, last thing I recall. We have no clue who her creator is either." The government worker once again nodded, before speaking a bit softer. "I see. And I presume you found no hints on her towards who her creator was?"

The question seemed a little bit more specific. And given the key the rabbit had on her, Anon immediately wondered if the government knew something about this. "We found nothing on her. We just killed her and brought her back. Anyway, are you going to keep bothering me, or will you let me wait for my men in peace and quiet now?" The government worker went quiet, before stepping back and giving a nod. "Of course. I wish you and your men... good luck in your future missions." And with that, the government worker left quietly, Anon finding the entire interaction suspicious. He knew he had to bring it up to the rest of his men, especially Mikhail. Though, that'd have to come later. For now, he just waited a bit longer. The minor commotion and the fact the government worker spoke to him didn't go unnoticed by the people who were just walking by. And soon, a few other death squad men who had seemingly watched the conversation between Anon and the government worker would approach him for questions. Thankfully, Anon was far more prepared to answer these folk with some tiny lies about what was going on. Soon, these nosey and arrogant bastards would find themselves struggling through the flooded section...

Not much later, Thaddeus and the other men arrived, Anon telling them about how Mikhail and the others were doing. He'd also bring up the whole conversation with the government worker, which did ring some alarms for everyone. Though given that the government worker didn't appear to ask anything too malicious or said anything too accusatory, perhaps they'd find out in the morning once they went to the government officials for the questioning. One thing was for sure though, Anon was going to be quite eager to point out how the government workers was so desperate for details about the subject, even though it took said government workers days to get a single copy of an already written file back to them.

And with that, Anon would follow Thaddeus along with the rest of the men, heading to the green section. Unfortunately, they'd quickly realise that they were not the only ones heading there, as a few Diamond Dog stragglers seemed to be eagerly following them along. Though with a little bit of manipulation and deceit, it wouldn't take long for them to be send to a watery grave in the flooded section.

>A little change of perspective... Blackstar, led by commander Ravel Morvivan
“Sir, the map states that we’ll reach a large laboratory and testing sight in approximately 500 metres.” Kayden would say as he looked at the tablet. “There is supposedly an elevator shaft there which can hopefully finally lead us to the main scrap collection depot for this sector.” He’d continue, after which another one of your men, Oleander, would scoff softly. “Let’s hope that this one hasn’t collapsed, unlike the last few!” There were some chuckles from your men. You were currently on a mission to explore a new section of the facility with 7 of your men.

It had been quite a walk to get here, so you hoped that it would be worth it. Obviously, it was your job to explore places like these, but there was always the concern that you’d find something you didn’t really wanna see. At least you were well equipped to deal with any small threat which could attack you. You had already dealt with a few guardsmen who tried shooting you, your heavy armour shielding you from their gunfire. Though you knew that any larger subject could end up taking you out of the fight, especially if rumours about that 38-VG subject were true. And given the fact you were equipped with rather average light machine guns and simple pistols, you’d have little options if you were to encounter something truly built like a tank.

Regardless, the heavy sound of your footsteps filled the dark halls of this place, as you’d slowly but surely approach the research space. It seemed like the research space was just like any other which came before once you reached it, despite the fact that this was extremely deep into the facility. The place was obviously a lot more untouched than other spaces deep down here. Not to mention, the heavy transport equipment and large machinery which littered the place. You even saw what looked like some transport hovertrucks which seemed to be carrying scrap metal, indicating that this place was close to where you needed to be. Most concerningly though, was the fact that this place did seem to have plenty of large chambers for subjects, meaning that something could’ve stayed here.

“Alright Kayden, where to next?” One of your men asked, Kayden checking the tablet and softly responding: “Let’s see…” Though as he checked for directions, one of your men would notice something in the distance with his night-vision. “Lance? What are you looking at?” One of your other men would ask, Lance not responding as he would walk towards some of the vehicles. And as he got to the other side of the vehicle, he’d freeze up. “Guys…” He said in visceral disgust, as you and your men would immediately walk up to him. And once you reached him, you’d see why he was so disgusted and sickened: Lying on the floor, just barely hidden from view, was a guy. A horribly disfigured and naked guy. He was looking right up with widened, bloodshot red eyes. He had clear strangulation marks around his neck, his arms being bent in a horrific way behind his back. His legs had been splayed to a horrific, impossible degree, and his clothes had visibly been ripped off from his body. And given some other rather nasty and vile signs, you could tell that this wasn’t just a murder victim. No, something had finished this man whilst ‘enjoying’ his body.

“Fucking hell.” One of your men mumbled, another speaking softly. “I’m used to seeing corpses, but not… fucking rape victims. Oh god…” One of your men would crouch down and look at the body, soon feeling his neck and arms. “The body is… it has cooled off, but it’s not completely cold. Rigor mortis has already set in though.”
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Your men immediately turned to you, as it was clear that this had happened somewhat recently. In other words, whatever sick fuck was responsible for this couldn’t have gone far, potentially still being somewhere around here.

>What do you do right away?

Suggestions:
>Try and report back to base with the tablet that you found a particularly poorly shaped body.
>Go further into this place to try and find who was responsible. Whoever did this was likely on their own, and could be taken down by your men and your equipment. Besides, you had armour, this poor guy had had nothing to protect himself with.
>Ask Kayden to check the tablet for subjects which could be responsible.
>Analyse the area for any signs of what had happened here. Maybe you’d find something which could help explain things?

(At long last, a big fucking update. Hope it's a good one given the sheer girth of it. And hey, this little change to these guys is definitely going to be quite... fun.)

(Also, I'mma quickly answer some of the questions some of you guys have had in the past few days after posting this. I've kinda neglected to answer them.)

>>5956521
>Try and report back to base with the tablet that you found a particularly poorly shaped body.
>Ask Kayden to check the tablet for subjects which could be responsible.
>Analyse the area for any signs of what had happened here. Maybe you’d find something which could help explain things?
These 3 things, after which we can consider if we pursue or not.

>>5956521
>His legs had been splayed to a horrific, impossible degree
Jesus fuck. I knew Elbrus' subject's would be bad but fuck. I was not expecting them to be this far /d/ tier. That, or we have monster guys here too. Whoever we encounter here is getting a bullet. If not by these poor bastards who are likely to get the Vinella treatment, then by our hand.

>Ask Kayden to check the tablet for subjects which could be responsible.
>Stop moving and ready all weapons, be cautious while moving further. If anything comes into sight, unload everything at it. We all are equipped with LMG's. Unless the thing we are facing is insane with it's agility, or capable of shrugging off tons of rifle rounds, it'll be cut down.

>>5956537
Elbrus is like the people you'd find on /d/, but with the knowledge, talent and position to make a ton of those fucked up fetishes a reality. And since you brought it up, no he did not make any monster guys. He, uhhhhh, he doesn't mind monster girls being a bit more male down there...

>>5954898
So, regarding the comms devices in the helmets and the radios, >>5954870 pretty much explained it perfectly. Comms devices in the helmets are two way walkie talkies with relatively short range. They solely work for you and your men, unless if Macaroni somehow got real close to it.

As for the radios which the government and death squads provided, they are far more powerful. They are aloso mostly just used for announcements over various channels and what not. They could technically work two-way, but I doubt it's often used for that.

Anyway, I looked over everything else that was written over the past week or so, and I think most of the questions have already been sorta answered and explained. If I missed anything in regards to questions though, please let me know and I'll try and answer them for once.

>>5956521
>Ask Kayden to check the tablet for subjects which could be responsible.
>Analyse the area for any signs of what had happened here. Maybe you’d find something which could help explain things?


>>5956559
>no he did not make any monster guys
Phew

>He, uhhhhh, he doesn't mind monster girls being a bit more male down there...
Augh
His /d/ tendencies were fine until they became /d/ tendencies I didn't like
Now he must die

>I doubt it's often used for that.
How can you doubt
You're the QM
If you say they aren't often used for that, then they aren't
That they have the capability is concerning though, we'd better get one of our techies to open it up and remove the mic. I thought they were purely receivers for a main transmitter unit back at the base.

>>5956521
>Ask Kayden to check the tablet for subjects which could be responsible.
>Search his things. Who is this guy?

>>5956559
I have a colander memory and didn't follow threads 2/3 very closely so I'm unsure what has been talked about before and I just can't remember or didn't notice or what's being withheld because spoilers.

If our helmet walkie talkies just don't have the range, that leaves our radios as the only plausible means by which Annie could be listening in, unless she has listening devices all over the facility or something.

And uh oh, it's one of /d/'s worst yet inexplicably popular fetishes. His life is forfeit.

>>5956559
>He, uhhhhh, he doesn't mind monster girls being a bit more male down there...
How many... How many subjects are like this? It's just Elbrus making these kinds of subjects, right?

>>5956592
Given she knows the details of what other death squads are up to and our own movements, I'd presume she's got us on camera as well.

>>5956602
>How many subjects are like this?
A couple of them. Mostly limited to Elbrus' subjects thankfully.

>>5956602
How would she? The facility has no power (at least I think, QM didn't say anything about the power comments), so the CCTV won't be operating.

>>5956613
>Mostly limited to Elbrus' subjects
>Mostly
Well, looks like Elbrus wasn't the only /d/eviant.

>>5956615
It has. Some do anyway, I think. Wasn't there working lights mentioned in the green section? Maybe the QM can clear this up.

>>5956615
>>5956633
So, in terms of the power, a lot of the larger spaces have emergency power from local energy sources. This was most visible in the green section where a lot of the chambers did still have extra energy because they needed to be kept alive in case of emergencies. Though those energy sources will go down sooner rather than later because there isn't anybody to fix the main energy generator.

>>5956635
Well, that's going on the todo list if we ever manage to find any of those mythical facility technical personnel

I'm gonna skip on the 2nd update today as well, sadly. I've tried working on the update, but I've felt pretty exhausted for some reason. Hope you guys aren't too bothered with that. I'll try and get 2 in tomorrow.

>Stop moving and ready all weapons, be cautious while moving further. If anything comes into sight, unload everything at it. We all are equipped with LMG's. Unless the thing we are facing is insane with it's agility, or capable of shrugging off tons of rifle rounds, it'll be cut down.
Given the gruesome sight, there were a few things you immediately wanted your men to do. The first was for your men to get their weapons at the ready. You told your men to shoot at whatever popped its ugly head out of hiding. "Yeah, you... you don't have to tell us that." One of your men would say quite worriedly, the others also getting their weapons at the ready. Even with all the armour you had, whoever did this was clearly not someone you wanted to meet at all. But if previous altercations with facility staff and subjects were anything to go off, you'd probably fine, right?

>Ask Kayden to check the tablet for subjects which could be responsible.
>Search his things. Who is this guy?
Not knowing who was responsible, you would ask Kayden to check the tablet for further information. He'd mumble as he opened it up. "Uhhh, who was that scientist who made 'disturbing' and physical subjects?" He'd ask softly, to which one of your other men quickly filled him in. "Elbrus. He was the sick fuck who helped design Vinella." Another one of your men would look over the poor victim, before mumbling concernedly. "Let me guess, you guys think this is one of his subjects? That's... reassuring." Afterwards though, you'd tell one of your men to check the body. There was a bit of awkwardness, followed by one of your gutsier and less squeamish men to step forward. "Alright, I'll do it." Roland said before walking up to the corpse. He'd immediately start looking over the poor guy's body, as well as checking his torn uniform for any further hints about who or what had caused this. All the while, the rest of your men anxiously looked around, anticipating an attack or ambush.

>Analyse the area for any signs of what had happened here. Maybe you’d find something which could help explain things?
You told the rest of your men to just look around a bit. Any and all clues as to what had happened would be useful right now. Besides, your men needed something to distract themselves with right now, considering the gruesome sight. Thus, the rest of your men would look around, continuing to stick close and not enter any nearby room in case it was trapped... or worse, the subject responsible had made it her home for the time being.

Meanwhile, Roland would look all over the body, trying to move it around just a bit to access the poor man's uniform. "Be careful with him. If we bring the body along with us, any material on him can be seen as incriminating evidence." One of your men suggested, making Roland scoff. "I've got gloves on. Besides, I think there's far more incriminating evidence on this guy's body." It was a good thing Ronald had gloves on, given what you saw the body was coated with.

Roland would soon grab something from the guy's coat, finding what looked like a wallet which contained a worker ID. "Seems like he was a subject containment chamber engineer not too far from here. Wonder why he'd be here when every other staff member has so far been found near the bunkers. Unless if there's a bunker around here which isn't noted down on the map." Ronald would remark, followed by looking more closely at the injuries. "Obviously he was strangled. Though, I am heavily concerned by the fact that... he is covered in not just his own sexual fluids." One of your other men let out a disgusted shiver, as your men clearly weren't all too happy hearing these details. Even though it was sort of already an assumed fact given the poor engineer's state, it was not something anyone wanted to really hear.

Shortly after, Kayden would clear his throat. "Okay, looking at the list, I think it's either CS-58, which seems to be some sort of sheep subject, or 8103-BT, a cow subject called Hapi. I'm leaning towards it being 8103-BT, because CS-58 is noted down as actually being 'peaceful'. Still, given that she's also made by Elbrus, you can't really be all too sure." It was surprising that there were only two candidates, with one of your other men asking: "What about the other subjects? Any other ones which stick out?" To this, Kayden shook his head. "I was thinking CS-61, but that one seems more stealthy and less, uhhh, brutal?
Though, if we can find proof that the poor guy was stung in some way, we can actually say it's her." It seemed you knew which threat you had to expect. The question now was where she was in this place?

Your men would find only a few things of note sadly. The first big hint was that one of your men noticed a small trail of bits of clothing and blood leading away from here. The bits of clothes seemed to be part of the engineer's outfit, indicating that he had been undressed earlier and was dragged to this place. And the second would soon be found not too far away from the corpse: what looked to be a large wrench coated with a bit of white, sticky substance. "It doesn't look like, uhhh, the stuff that coated the guy. It looks a bit more... watery? I don't know what to say about it." The soldier who found the wrench would say. Whatever had been done with the wrench, it couldn't have been good.

"Should we maybe head to where the clothes lead? Maybe we'll find some more clues there?" One of your men asked, to which another shook his head. "We're here to find a route to get deeper, not to chase one of Elbrus' mentally insane sex subjects. I'd prefer we head forward and just... do our job." To this, another one of your men responded quite amusedly. "Part of our job is killing subjects though. Let's just look around and see what we find! Besides, it is possible that she has already left this place already." To which, another soldier would softly say: "I'd rather not figure out if she has or hasn't..."

Lance soon after gave his thought on the matter, giving a rather safe suggestion: "Let's just report the body, move on and only fight the subject IF we find her." To this, another soldier would speak up a bit more sceptically. "Report the body? And then what? Have the government wish us good luck with whatever psychotic subject we encounter? Nah man, I suggest we maybe take the body back either now or after this. That way, maybe we'll at least get something from the government." Though, this was met from scepticism from Roland. "What will they be able to find out from this corpse what we haven't found out ourselves? Honestly, I am tempted to just suggest shooting it in the head and sending that information to the government. That way, we can at least guarantee a bit of payment."

With uncertainty brewing and your men wanting a plan, some of them would start looking at you. They expected an answer from you, or a final suggestion on the matter before you made your next move.

>What do you do next?

Suggestions:
>Follow the trail of clothes back to where this started. Maybe you'd find out more about what had happened here?
>Just follow the plan you had stuck to before, and head towards the elevator shaft which led downwards. Heroes, Diamond Dogs or Lodger could deal with this subject.
>Shoot the body and send in the pictures to get at least a bit of payment. Better than leaving the body here to decompose and be useless.
>Leave the body here so you could take it along once you headed back to the main base. The government might be able to get something out of it. Besides, you'd also get paid for retrieving it, right?
>Head back to the main base right now, with or without the body. Better to just leave this place before you found yourself into a fight with a true sick fuck.

>>5957333
>Follow the trail of clothes back to where this started. Maybe you'd find out more about what had happened here?
It took down one unarmed scientist
We're a squad of battle hardened veterans
We got this
Time to make a steak of out this cow

>Follow the trail of clothes back to where this started. Maybe you'd find out more about what had happened here?

Here's the thing, we either go ahead and run into an ambush by them, or we hunt them directly and ideally get to fight them on our own terms. Checking the subject list, it has high durability, so I expect it to be maybe as tanky as the rabbit given what we know about other subjects. Them only having medium agility means we can kill them via saturation, or at least force them to run. After all, 10 light machine guns firing even only 500 rounds per minute down a narrow hallway will make short work of anything that isn't completely bullet proof.

>>5957340
Technically, it took down one of the rare and mythical technicians. But yeah. Surely, this won't be as bad as Vinella.

>>5957333
>Follow the trail of clothes back to where this started. Maybe you'd find out more about what had happened here?

>>5957363
Don't bait Murphy, you tard!

>>5957333
>>Try and report back to base with the tablet that you found a particularly poorly shaped body.
Once again going to push this to see what feedback we get.
>Just follow the plan you had stuck to before, and head towards the elevator shaft which led downwards. Heroes, Diamond Dogs or Lodger could deal with this subject.
We have our focus, other squads have theirs. They can deal with this.

We are simply not equiped to deal with any subject that has armor or capabilities anywhere near vinella,
Blackstar is more recon focused, they aren't as gungho as Diamon dogs. Slow and steady, chip bit by bit, and explore into parts of the facility yet unseen.
This also means they are one of the better squads to explore the facility with.
No reason to cut our change of view so short.

>>5957333
>>Just follow the plan you had stuck to before, and head towards the elevator shaft which led downwards. Heroes, Diamond Dogs or Lodger could deal with this subject.

>Try and report back to base with the tablet that you found a particularly poorly shaped body.
The first course of action was to report your finding back to the base. You wanted to know what sort of feedback or information the government would provide with such a harsh find. Thus, you told Kayden to take a picture and send it to the government. He'd give a nod, before quickly doing as told. "Are we going to report the body?" One of your other men asked, you giving confirmation and stating your hopes that you'd get at least something. And after Kayden had taken a picture and sent it away, he'd softly speak up: "Sent it. Let's hope for something fast." The rest of your men nodded along, also wanting to get updated right away. Though you didn't want to just wait here for an update on how to proceed. Your men also wanted to move forward, if their last few suggestions were anything to go off. So, you decided to do the next most logical thing.

>Follow the trail of clothes back to where this started. Maybe you'd find out more about what had happened here?
You'd tell your men to leave the body be, and to instead head forward. "Great. Where we heading to?" One of your men quickly asked, as you stated you wanted to see where the trail of fabric led to. "God, I hope it won't lead to something worse than this..." One of your men mumbled, after which Roland scoffed a little. "I highly doubt it can get worse than this. Unless if the subject who's responsible for this found even more stragglers to enjoy herself with." The thought made your men audibly cringe a little. Though nobody would stop you or tell you to wait, as you would walk down the laboratory along the path of tattered cloth. You'd pass several chambers and research spaces, which was to be expected by now. There were some more unique sights though, such as what looked to be some kind of space with large sandbags likely not designed for humans to punch, as well as test dummies and other strength training equipment.

After walking a rather short distance, you'd quickly spot where the trail of clothes came from. It was a small corner office like space, which looked out into some sort of physical training space. You carefully entered the room, looking around in case anything was hiding around. Fortunately, the room was small enough that you'd quickly discover nobody was there. Or well, nobody was there anymore. Despite the surprisingly pristine condition of the rest of this research space, this room had been trashed quite thoroughly. For one, all of the larger furniture had been shoved to the side. Desks, chairs, some bookcases, even laboratory equipment and physical training equipment had all been brushed aside haphazardly. All to make space for what was in the centre of the room: A bunch of gym mats and some towels, all positioned to make a makeshift bed. "Well, guess we found out where that engineer was staying." One of your men said, as another rummaged around a bit.

Not much later, he'd find some food items as well, likely being taken from a nearby food court or snack machine. "Still seems fresh." He'd respond, after which Lance spoke up. "Well, now we know where he stayed and how he survived. I suggest we move on now, lest we push our luck even further." Before you could say anything, Kayden spoke up quite excitedly. "Wait, I just got a message back from the government!" Immediately, all attention turned to him, as he read out what he was sent. "We would like it if you could take the body back to the main base for further research." There was a pause, as you and the rest of your men expected more. "That's it..." Kayden then said softly, making some of your men groan and shake their head a little. "Not even a warning or advice. How useful!" One of your men said.

Though your feelings of disappointment and annoyance would be short lived. Especially as you heard a thud close by. "What was that?" One of your men asked, followed by you hearing a bunch of loud stomps which were rapidly approaching you. Realising something was charging you, your men quickly grabbed their guns to be ready for whatever ran through the door at you. However, the thing which attacked you wouldn't do the logical thing and go through the door. Instead, you'd hear the sound of something hard crashing against the steel and concrete wall beside you. The room shook, as you felt bits of rubble flying past you. Dust filled the room, as you and your men lost your footing caused by the huge impact of whatever crashed into your room. It was like a wrecking ball had crashed into the room you were in!

"SUBJECT!" Lance yelled, followed by you hearing gunfire coming from some of your men. You could barely see through the cloud of dust, only seeing flashes from the gunfire and the shadowy silhouette of a particularly tall and powerful looking subject. Soon after though, you heard the gunfire stop and heard one of your guns being broken apart. "SHE BROKE ME GUN! SHE BROKE MY-" One of your men yelled, before you heard him yell as he was tossed around the room with incredible ease. You heard glass shattering, followed by hearing a loud and boisterous laugh coming from the dust cloud. "I was hopin' some of ya soldiers would come here! Now then, let's see if y'all put up a better fight than those worthless fuckin' scientists!" The voice immediately attracted more gunfight, the subject clearly not realising that keeping her mouth shut and just killing you was far more effective than... whatever the hell she was doing right now. "Now, why don't ya folks show yerself so I can enjoy myself some more!"

You couldn't see far through the dust cloud right now. And given her comments, she also probably couldn't see through the thick dust cloud either. Hell, chances were she could see less than what you could see right now. In other words, she had potentially disarmed and injured one of your men at the cost of putting herself in a rather unfortunate position.

>What will you do next?

Suggestions:
>Shoot the subject! In fact, command everyone to shoot at her right now! The dumbass had put herself in the centre of this relatively small chamber. And unless if she could resist 8 guns, she was going to get hurt.
>Keep quiet and try and sneak out. You knew where the door is, or potentially was, and could try and sneak out through there. Just have to quietly tell your men to do the same.
>Try and confuse her in some way. Maybe by throwing bits of rubble at her to distract her. You could test out how smart or perceptive she was like that.
>Pretend to be dead. The last thing you wanted was for her to get to you and to do to you what she presumably did to the engineer. Unless if Elbrus' deviancy went so far as to make her eager to do it with a corpse.

(It's nice that this isn't another Vinella sidestory, as it means you guys actually get a proper chance to fight back. I just hope that the options provided here are solid, or inspirational enough for you to maybe think of a plan based on her strengths and potential weaknesses.)

>>5957602
"it means you guys actually get a proper chance to fight back."
I can't believe OP would lie to us like this.

>What will you do next?
Back away from her, fan out jsut far enough to where she can't melee to of us at once, but keep each other in our line of sights. Concentrate fire on her, if she pushes to any given person we all provide covering fire to war her away from em.

>>5957602
>>Keep quiet and try and sneak out. You knew where the door is, or potentially was, and could try and sneak out through there. Just have to quietly tell your men to do the same.

>>5957602
>Rally the men. Back up while opening fire. Try to maintain distance and fill this monster full of lead. Given our equipment we should handle the machine guns decently and be able to make some distance.

>>5957617
>>5957626
We all have machine guns. AND THERE'S EIGHT OF US. I think we've got this. Now kill it!

>>5957602
>Shoot the subject! In fact, command everyone to shoot at her right now! The dumbass had put herself in the centre of this relatively small chamber. And unless if she could resist 8 guns, she was going to get hurt.

>>5957602
>supporting these
>>5957617
>>5957628

>Shoot the subject! In fact, command everyone to shoot at her right now! The dumbass had put herself in the centre of this relatively small chamber. And unless if she could resist 8 guns, she was going to get hurt.
You didn't hesitate to exploit the position you were in. With the bovine presumably in the centre of the room, you told your men to back away towards the way out of this room whilst shooting at her. Your men didn't hesitate, as you heard gunfire rapidly fill the room. Given the dust cloud which had filled the room, along with the light of your own guns, it was hard to really say if you were hitting her. And worse, you could hear bullets zipping right past you, as your men were likely risking some friendly fire. You'd soon hear one of your men let out a soft gaps. "Careful guys! We need to shoot the cow, not each other!" "Yeah, man, someone hit me as well! I'm moving towards the exit now!" The good news was that your armour did give you some resistance to your own fire.

More importantly though, the cow was taking a lot of shots from the sound of things. Whilst one of your men had been flung out of the room, the seven of you who still were in the room were taking easy shots on her. She let out some annoyed grumbles. "Stop shootin' me with those goddamn things! They hardly do shit to me!" Though right after saying this, you heard her gasp in pain, followed by her sounding even more aggressive. "AIGHT, NOW I'M PISSED OFF!" Though her threat was met with another pained yell from her, as it seemed you were getting some shots in. More importantly, you actually seemed to be hurting her! Though at this point, you heard the sound of her stomping around again. You heard her yell, before hearing a loud bang as the ground shivered. "STOP HIDING IN THIS GODDAMN CLOUD SHIT, YOU COWARDS!" It seemed she hadn't hit you. And better yet, the dust cloud was starting to fade a little, allowing you to see where she was.

She had seemingly run into the wall facing north, soon easily grabbing what looked to be a heavy metal chair, before throwing it at your men with quite some fury. Unfortunately, it did hit one of your men, though only barely. Despite the shot, your men kept shooting at her, as she would try and block her face with her arms. As you guys spread out a bit more to avoid shooting each other, she'd once again grab something, this time a gym mat which she'd fling around. Though given that it was a gym mat, rather than something heavy, it'd simply flung to the side and didn't do much as a projectile. "Keep firing, guys! This cow's going to get killed today!" One of your men said quite confidently, the bovine girl continuing to block some of the gunfire with her arm. She had taken some damage, but was able to hold out quite well. Though after her current failure, she'd actually throw something quite dangerous at you: a large weight which would have been on a dumbbell. She'd fling it like a frisbee, it crashing into the wall and getting lodged in.

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Seeing the effectiveness, you watched her try and grab more of the weights with one hand whilst blocking her face with another. Clearly, she had figured out a way to fire back. And whilst a few stray bullets could be held back, having a weight which could break concrete and metal fly at you at high speed probably wasn't as easily survivable. In other words, you had to do something fast, or risk becoming target practice.

>What do you do next?

>Taunt her to piss her off further. You had already angered her by accident, which had so far caused her to make some pretty dumb mistakes. Perhaps enraging her further would make her even sloppier at fighting?
>Tell your men to lay low and to keep fighting. If you were lucky, you could get some more good shots in on her whilst she'd struggle to land some hits on you.
>Retreat out of the room so that she couldn't possibly hit you with one of those projectiles. The last thing you wanted was to have someone's head caved in by a weight.
>'Fix' Elbrus' mistake and shoot her in the groin. If there was one weak spot a subject like her had to have, it would be there.

>>5958196
>'Fix' Elbrus' mistake and shoot her in the groin. If there was one weak spot a subject like her had to have, it would be there.

Qm, you can't just give us an option like this and expect us not to pick it. You are busting our balls here. But not as literally as this thing is gonna get.

>>5958196
>'Fix' Elbrus' mistake and shoot her in the groin. If there was one weak spot a subject like her had to have, it would be there.
How can we not
Plus her aim has sucked so far, 2 misses and one glancing blow

Also
>Mad cow disease vector
Lmao

>>5958196
>>5958212
support and then

>Tell your men to lay low and to keep fighting. If you were lucky, you could get some more good shots in on her whilst she'd struggle to land some hits on you.
Every lucky shot we can hit with her not seeing shit is better, also once again
keep covering each other, keep distance away from her.

also yell back that there wouldnt be a cloud if she didn't make one.

>>5958196
>Supporting these
>>5958212
>>5958222

>Tell your men to lay low and to keep fighting. If you were lucky, you could get some more good shots in on her whilst she'd struggle to land some hits on you.
Given who you were dealing with and what they had done to that engineer, you decided there was only one logical option. And with the dust cloud starting to fade, you'd see more and more of the subject, including her groin region. You told your men to go low, given that you didn't want them getting struck by any more items thrown their way. Furthermore, you warned the closest of your men to retreat and create some distance, the few who were close immediately heading more towards the southern side of the room. She soon would grab another weight, before flinging it hard. And this time around, she did actually hit one of your men in the shoulder. Your soldier let out a scream as he stopped shooting. "Fuck! Hngh, hit! Ow." He said as he struggled staying up right.

The cow subject would hear the commotion, and spoke up confidently. "There's more where that came from! How bout y'all do the smart thing and get the fuck outta here before the dust clears?!" You yelled at her how she was the one who caused the dust cloud to appear by ramming into this place. Though as the dust settled further and you could see more and more of her, you decided to make a move which would hopefully make her regret her actions.

>'Fix' Elbrus' mistake and shoot her in the groin. If there was one weak spot a subject like her had to have, it would be there.
With you seeing more and more of her, you aimed your rifle at her crotch. And after pulling the trigger, you'd try and get rid of the 'defect' she had between her legs. She didn't seem to care much about the shots, only for you to seemingly get a single hit in. The weight she had picked up would immediately be dropped as you saw her freeze up. You saw a bullet hole in her groin, a bit of blood starting to leak out. It seemed that you had gotten a pretty good shot in on her.

Unfortunately, she'd not exactly respond happily to this. In fact, after she froze up for a second, she'd let out a monstrous yell. "HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU SHOOT ME THERE?!" She yelled in absolute rage, before starting to rush towards you. She'd not care about blocking herself or making herself less vulnerable to your gunfire. Instead, she started charging you with her head pointed right at you, giving you the horns. Seeing what she was going to do, you'd dash to the side to avoid the hit. Your men also would try and dash to the side, though two of your men sadly couldn't jump out of the way in time. One would be fully caught on the subject's head, them being smashed to the side as the cow swung her head at him like a hammer. Another would barely dodge out of the way, him fortunately avoiding the head but instead being given an accidental kick. And afterwards, she'd swing her head against the metal wall, you hearing a loud bang as she easily broke it open with a single swing.

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Another, smaller dust cloud would fill the room, as the cow subject managed to break free from the room, creating another hole. You couldn't see her because of that, as you had to guess where she'd head next. Though soon after, you heard a loud bang and some cracks. "I don't care who fuckin' shot me, o-or what yer all doin' here... I ain't lettin' any of you leave this place alive!" She yelled in rage, before letting out another scream as you heard another loud bang. The entire place shook, as you and your men realised what was going on. "She's trying to collapse the room from the outside!" One of your men yelled. You heard another bang, metal creaking all around you as it became clear this cow subject actually had more of a plan than just mindlessly rushing you and your men.

The good news was that it wasn't the best of plans. For one, you had not one, not two, not three, but four potential escape routes: There was the broken window, the two holes the subject had made into the walls, and the regular door through which you entered this place. And given how small the room was, escaping on your own was trivial. Issue was now knowing what the safest option was. Going down the broken window would mean jumping down several feet, which could be an issue given that three of your men had been injured. But going to any of the other three ways out could mean literally bumping into the cow subject as she was doing this.

Though, another question was if the subject could actually get the room to collapse. Surely, breaking the walls of a tiny space like this wouldn't make everything crash down? Especially in this place, where the structural damage to the facility hadn't been that bad.

Still, you had to make a decision, and fast. Lest you ended up getting crushed... or worse.

>Stay low inside of the room. Chances were she couldn't collapse it. Besides, it'd make it extremely hard for her to approach you and your men still.
>Leave through any of the three exits that didn't lead down. It was safer for you and your injured men, and if you ran into the cow, you could just shoot her further. (Write in if you have any specific choice.)
>Leave through the window down. Your injured men probably wouldn't mind jumping down what looked to be just a 9 foot drop. Besides, one of your men was already down there.
>Taunt the cow subject further. Get her to make a mistake which you could capitalize on. (Write in how you'll taunt her.)
>Something else...

(Fools, you shouldn't have shot her in the dick! Who came up with that suggestion?! and what compelled you to do something that FOOLISH?!)

>>5958592
worth it, in fact...
>'Fix' Elbrus' mistake and shoot her in the groin. If there was one weak spot a subject like her had to have, it would be there.
There is work to be done.
>Leave through any of the three exits that didn't lead down. It was safer for you and your injured men, and if you ran into the cow, you could just shoot her further. (Write in if you have any specific choice.)
The one furthest from her. and then commit to the above.

>>5958592
For one of Elbrus' subjects I expected her to be far less modestly dressed or proportioned. Also, given we managed to make her exceptionally angry, I doubt this is as bad as you say it is.

Where did she exit the room though? Depending on which direction, we might have time before we maybe need to move out of this room.

For now though
>>5958600
Supporting.

>>5958702
>For one of Elbrus' subjects I expected her to be far less modestly dressed or proportioned
She has (or potentially had) a massive schlong down there, trust me bro.

Anyway, in regards to where she exited the room, she essentially charged through the southern part of the room you were in if we go by this image >>5958196.

>>5958592
>Stay low inside of the room. Chances were she couldn't collapse it. Besides, it'd make it extremely hard for her to approach you and your men still.

Shoot her whenever she breaks through a wall

>>5958857
Even then I expected her attire to be far more revealing and her bust to be similarly absurdly proportioned. With the direction clarified, I'm still holding onto what I supported. We'll just have to shoot the second we exit the room.

>>5958600
Support.

>Leave through any of the three exits that didn't lead down. It was safer for you and your injured men, and if you ran into the cow, you could just shoot her further.
Given the uncertainty of staying in this room, you told your men that you'd all have to leave. "I need help getting up!" One of your men said, another also struggling to get up. Fortunately, there were soldiers nearby to help them out, you funnelling them towards the first entrance the cow broke into the room through. It was presumably the furthest option from her, thus hopefully giving you the space you needed to escape her wrath. You'd have all your men funnel towards the exit, as you heard more bangs against the walls. And worse, once the first of your men stepped out of the room to try and flee, there were more bangs which were moving towards him. "SHIT!" He yelled out as you heard more gunfire, only for the first one to leave to be punched insanely hard, him literally being knocked out of view.

The men who watched closely immediately opened fire, the cow starting to walk away towards the man she had launched with a single punch. You'd follow, along with the injured men who were being helped. It was getting a lot less safe for you. One man was down below and would have to walk around to reach you, two of your men had been heavily injured, and one just was launched into the distance. It left you with three other men who were completely unharmed so far. Though it seemed the cow subject had taken a different plan, as you stepped out of the dust filled room and watched her pick up the guy who she had punted away by his arms. She'd lift him up, before letting him face you. "I suggest ya stop shootin, fellas! Lest, yer buddy here gets real HURT!" It was then that you heard the armour of the squad mate she was holding starting to crack and break, as the soldier started panicking over comms. "Hngh, armour is taking lots of damage right now! Guys, i-it's getting critical! Do something!"

He became progressively more and more scared, as you and your men tried avoiding shooting your guy, aiming for the subject. Thankfully, her size did mean you could still try and aim for her whilst avoiding your own soldier. And once again, you decided there was one specific part of her you intended to blast.

>'Fix' Elbrus' mistake and shoot her in the groin... again. If there was one weak spot a subject like her had to have, it would be there.
You'd once again try to line up a shot on her groin. The only issue was that she was currently holding your man just a bit in front of her groin. Though you told your soldier to spread his legs to give you a good shot. "Hngh, I-I'll try!" He spread his legs just enough for you to see her groin, you telling your men to all fire at her groin. Though unfortunately, as you and your men tried aiming at her bleeding nether regions, you'd seemingly not get a lucky shot in this time, as the man she was holding soon started yelling.

"STOP HER! STOP HEEEEEER!" He yelled in a panic, as you heard more of his heavy armour crunching and cracking. And finally, you'd hear his pained yells over the comms system, followed by blood coming from huge cracks in the armour which covered his arms. "So much for that fancy armor of yers. I'll peel it off of this dummy after I'm done with all of ya!" She'd let go of one of his arms, it being entirely limp at this point. Shortly after, the cow subject would use his other arm to fling the poor guy against the nearby wall with quite some force. You heard more armour cracking and part of his helmet clearly breaking. There was no scream or yell, as he fell to the ground without a hint of movement. At best, he was out of the fight for some time. At worst, he was completely done for. Though seeing his state, the cow subject just seemed amused. She'd grab a nearby desk with equipment, easily lifting it up and positioning it in such a way that she could use it as a shield.

She covered her head, torso and lower half, only everything below her thighs being visible. You saw her stomp her feet on the ground a few times, before she started running towards you with the desk shield in hand. She was going to try and ram you again, using the desk to keep herself from getting shot again.

>What do you do next?

Suggestions:
>Spread out right away so she'd not be able to hit any of you. With her using that huge thing as a shield, she couldn't easily see you and your men. And more importantly, turning or correcting any errors would likely be difficult.
>Move to a different position together, one where she'd either struggle reaching you or where she couldn't just freely charge you due to the lack of space.
>Go back into the room you just came from and pop back out after she charged past. Unless if she somehow changed course and aimed for the room you were in, you'd be safe.
>Just have everyone aim for the legs. If you even got one lucky shot in, it could stop her charge and likely put her in a losing situation.

>>5959155
>>Go back into the room you just came from and pop back out after she charged past. Unless if she somehow changed course and aimed for the room you were in, you'd be safe.

>>5959155
Oh no, a desk. Whatever shall we do... Unless that thing is made out of steel and quite thick, that isn't going to do too much outside make it harder to aim. Still, she's clearly strong so my suggestion.

>Fire a snap shot, or rather burst, at the bovine bitch before diving into the room we just came from. Then, pop back out after she charged past and fill her back full of lead.

>>5959155
>Dodge roll under the desk and then shoot her in the back

>>5959155
Just cause it's a funny image to dark souls roll underneath the enemy I'm supporting this silly dude
>>5959333

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Supporting all of the above in order.

>>5959172
Support

>>5959652
Another banger from the resident drawfag I see.

>Go back into the room you just came from and pop back out after she charged past. Unless if she somehow changed course and aimed for the room you were in, you'd be safe.
With her charging you with a desk, you didn't feel too intimidated. After all, it was just a desk, something you and the rest of your men could easily shoot through. And if it didn't work, you still could hit her legs. Thus, you aimed at her and waited for her to be in the perfect position to shoot a burst at her. You told your men to also wait until the right time to shoot. Your men didn't question you or disobeyed you, though you could tell that the few of them who were still standing weren't sure if this was a good plan. Regardless, you'd wait for the right opportunity for her to get close, before finally giving your men the go to shoot. They'd try and shoot through the desk and at her legs, the desk actually taking a few hits before being properly destroyed. Unfortunately, none of the shots which landed seemed to do much. Even the ones aimed at her legs.

With her fast approaching and unable to be shot down, you told your men to drop and roll back into the room you came from. The plan was simply to pop back out and to then fill her back with lead. And as she was seconds away from stomping all over you, you'd give your men the signal. You'd all try to go low, rolling over the floor and underneath the desk. Unfortunately, one of your men would get caught as he tried to jump to the side, being kicked in the stomach and being flung forward from the sheer force. He'd fly a short distance before crashing ahead of the cow subject. And as you told your men to leave the room and to shoot at the cow, you were able to see how your injured soldier slowly tried to get up. Only for the cow subject to crash into him with her makeshift shield. He'd be carried along as you tried shooting her in the back, you unable to see him as he was carried further and further away until the subject hit a wall.

You heard a loud bang as the cow subject crashed into the wall, along with a loud crack over your comms device as it seemed you were down another man. One man gone, two men heavily injured if not dead, and two who were clearly also not in the best of states. Though given the fact you needed to do something, the latter two who were injured would seemingly also have joined in with fighting back. After all, you needed the manpower now more than ever.

The cow girl would turn around, throwing the desk to the side before laughing boisterously. "Looks like yer another man down! Hope he ain't dead though. I ain't a fan of fuckin' corpses!" She'd grab the body of your unconscious and heavily injured soldier, before just dropping it without a concern. "Besides, if he's dead, well... I've got plenty of other folks to choose from as my next plaything." She'd look around, before deciding to move elsewhere, rather than blindly charging you again. Perhaps she wanted to ambush you somewhere else.

Regardless, your men would be quite concerned and a bit unsure what to do next. "We've lost Robin..." Lance would say as he looked over the poor guy's body in the distance, after which Kayden suggested: "We gotta get him and the others and get out of here right now! That cow subject is just not fucking worth this!" Afterwards, Roland shook his head and looked to you. "We've made her bleed once! We just gotta hit her in the... you know, that spot, and then we can take her down." One of the injured men would shake his head. "It isn't our job to hunt these sick fucks down. That's Heroes' or Diamond Dogs' job. We should retreat now that we got the chance and only shoot her when she approaches us." Your men clearly weren't sure what to do. It wasn't helped by the fact that you had to probably hurry, lest the cow girl started charging you again.

Hunting down the cow subject seemed like a potentially good idea. After all, you had gotten some good shots in, and she clearly wasn't the brightest or most complex subject. She just charged and threw things at you whenever she could. She wasn't really tactical. Then again, the times where she hit had hit you hard. Perhaps it wasn't worth it to risk more of your men's lives and wellbeing. You had already lost two now, and one was still missing.

>What do you do now?

Suggestions:
>Find the last missing soldier and retreat together. The bodies of your other men could be retrieved later once you came here with more support.
>Go after the cow subject right now. You couldn't risk letting her escape. Or worse, let her go to where you came from and set up an ambush (if she was smart enough to do that anyway)
>Contact some people for help. Perhaps there were some forces nearby who could help in dealing with this threat?
>Get the bodies of your injured men and try and get them medical aide. You had some emergency medical supplies on you for situations just like these.

(>>5959652 Incredible art as always. It definitely captures that raw, psychotic energy Hapi has.)

(Anyway, don't know if I'll get another update in tonight, since I'll be quite busy spending time with family. I'll try and get an update in still, but I can't promise anything.)

>>5959730
>Contact some people for help. Perhaps there were some forces nearby who could help in dealing with this threat?
>Get the bodies of your injured men and try and get them medical aide. You had some emergency medical supplies on you for situations just like these.

>>5959652
solid art

>>5959739
Supporting, along with
>Find the last missing soldier, give him medical attention to, and then cut our losses and get outta here.

>>5959652
Lmao. Love this one. Now QM has an option for two pieces for future threads.

>>5959739
Support. Let's call support, pick our man and GTFO.

>>5959727
>Find the last missing soldier and retreat together. The bodies of your other men could be retrieved later once you came here with more support.
Cut losses, gtfo. Someone with heavy ordnance can handle this one.

I'm going to start calling these camswitch segments Horror Stories. Why's it always gotta be the real nasties?

>>5959730
>Contact some people for help. Perhaps there were some forces nearby who could help in dealing with this threat?
>Get the bodies of your injured men and try and get them medical aide. You had some emergency medical supplies on you for situations just like these.

>>5959827
>I'm going to start calling these camswitch segments Horror Stories. Why's it always gotta be the real nasties?
Combat wise I think she loses out in fear to the rabbit, who was scarier because she was faster and was biting clean through limbs. The fear of losing this fight but surviving is much higher though.

A true horror story would be running into a spider subject who cocoons her living prey, and either injects them with venom that dissolves them from the inside out into a nutrient slurry, or lays eggs inside them that eat their way out upon hatching.

>>5959827
They're fun but also so we don't let our guard down anon. Mik's team other than the rabbit, has only found either the "harmless" or the "losers" subjects. From what both those PoV changes and the bunny encounter shows, the government really needs the kill squads to handle the more aggressive/degenerate threats. Just hope Annie is on our side rather than the MGQ wannabe crew.

>>5959827
I wouldn't mind a perspective switch to someone or something that isn't a death squad in the future.

>>5959866
I think he already has something like that planned given the description of 8-EM. Though more so the former than the latter. I do agree that Hapi isn't as scary as the rabbit. Checking her sheet she lacks the agility the rabbit had given she's just medium when the rabbit was clearly high or greater. I think the biggest issue in taking down Hapi here is the fact she took down one of our guys immediately and we only seem to have managed to get one good round of hits in. Were we in the same place the rabbit was even without the guards helping I think the bovine bitch would've become burger by now. I'd also guess we used up all of our luck on the rabbit as well...

>>5959871
Unless she plans a major backstab for some reason I think she is on side. After all, we are sparing subjects and staff, and she seems to be upset with the deathsquads killing not just her fellow subjects but the guards and other staff as well. In fact I think given her sheet the only staff she'd not mind being killed by us are Elbrus and Roraima. Also how dare you call any of the cinnamon rolls we've collected a loser.

>>5959866
Ms. Caerbannog was a highly effective and lethal killer (I might start classifying them based on temperament, Ms. C would be a slasher-type while Hapi is a sadist-type), but at least she was "just" that. While she might not be as dangerous to life and limb (in comparison anyway, for anyone other than a heavily armed posse it's an academic distinction), Hapi definitely wins the nastiness contest in my book. I think our unfortunate civilian friend would have rather he met Ms. C.

>>5959871
>>5959898
I do agree they're good cautionary tales, but I would like to see other things the squads are getting up to that aren't a bossfight as well as people other than the death squads.

I do wonder what the gov't is fishing for in this place that's valuable enough to not just turn the whole thing into a crater from orbit and wash their hands of it with far fewer loose ends to tie up and a lot less dead mercenaries.

>>5959912
>and a lot less dead mercenaries
but they like that part
they hate mercs

>>5959918
Oh, we're 100% expendable. It's just more loose ends and questions that get asked on the death certificates. And when they inevitably turn on us, that's a lot of death to cover up.

>>5959912
>>5959930
Given the subjects down here, like Vinella, I doubt they will need to kill that many by the end of this. In fact I'd not be surprised if later on the 'reinforcements' are actual government soldiers. They have full control over the flow of information on what's going on outside of this place. You do bring up a very good question though. What exactly is here that makes them want to clean out this place manually rather than just glass it? I doubt it's just the scientists whom are wanted alive rather than dead.

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>>5959973
If I had to guess, they want the research and they need us to scour it of everything alive before they....."tie up" those loose ends and swipe everything not nailed down so they can fuck off, fail to learn their lesson and set up another facility to keep at it for whatever aim the facility had in the first place (though I doubt Elbrus' work was part of it) with nobody any the wiser. Involving the regular army would come with a lot more scrutiny than using disposable mercenaries, and better to let them suffer the high casualty rates than whatever wetwork black ops teams they have.

Though speaking of reinforcements, I know we're all attached to our team members but the possibility remains very real of losing them every time we enter this place. If that happens, I hope we'll be able to recruit replacements for the roster.

>>5960004
>Though speaking of reinforcements, I know we're all attached to our team members but the possibility remains very real of losing them every time we enter this place. If that happens, I hope we'll be able to recruit replacements for the roster.
I like to believe with no basis that Annie is doing what she can to keep us safe and reroute the real dangers away as thanks for our altruistic approach.

>>5959973
C'mon anon, think about everything we learned till now. The lack of critical information, specifications to not in under any circumstances interact in a non-lethal manner with scientists or subjects, lots of missing subjects some as the rabbit shows quite deadly or according to the other quite special like Titania the space-travelling giantess and most recently their insistence on getting Mik to cough up info on the Rabbit subject. This place has a treasure trove of dirty and valuable info, they likely called us to make a path so they can grab the "good shit" to themselves while paying peanuts and not a single death-count of their personal.

>>5960004
There is yet no evidence of the government wanting to purge us all. As much as I am suspicious of them, we have yet to find proof. Remember we represent large scale organizations that exist beyond this planet, wiping us out isn't so easy. It is entirely possible they want this to be played straight, which means we go home as long as they think we haven't violated contract.


Don't get me wrong ebil gobermint bad, but we need more then that to jump ship yet.

>>5960028
The fear is if we wait until hard proof comes in the form of them pulling out weapons and shooting, it'll be far too late and we have to prep now.

I'm also not sure how large scale our organizations are - our group sent 1400 men out here and was by far the largest, others only sent groups numbering in the hundreds. We know that the cleaning operation has been going on for weeks - perhaps the gov seriously miscalculated, but I'd imagine if they could have hired more guys to speed this up they would have. Especially since they've had a fleet blockading the planet - maintaining that has to be burning through space dollars.

>>5960028
I don't *know* it's going to happen, I just *expect* it to happen and think we should prepare for the eventuality with proof potentially coming too late to save our arses. Now, I'm not some paranoiac from /pol/ who thinks da gubbermint is out to git 'em but, entirely in the context of this quest, the vibes I've been getting from them have been nothing but slimy and that they would be totally down with ascribing the deaths of those who don't get killed by the subjects and staff to a "reactor explosion", but never say never and you're right that we might just go home afterward. I also want it to be true on a meta level because a pivot to escaping the facility and the planet before the fleet bombs everything sounds like a really fun climax to the story in my mind.

I'd like to see what evidence Annie Macaroni has for this outcome - if she has any at all and wasn't just psyching people out earlier.

>>5959799
Oh, I'm absolutely going to use both images for threads in the future (so much for some of the comms I've gotten in the meantime. Guess they'll have to wait). I do wonder which I should use first though. The rabbit is just comedy gold, but the futa one... well, has the funi futa cow on it for one. Also, it'd be kinda amusing for people to scroll by and see the 'I hate futa' grumbling without any of the context.

>>5959827
>>5959898
>>5959912
I actually think the next of these sidestories will be a potentially more sweet and amusing one. At least, as amusing as it can get down here. And it won't be from the perspective of a death squad this time around as well.

>>5959866
I did actually want to make a parasitoid wasp subject, mostly based on the species I looked at during my recent uni courses. Though the whole reproduction thing kinda is something I'm unsure about for a number of reasons I'll maybe get to later in the story.

In terms of spider subjects though, I've got something way worse planned than just a spider subject who can melt flesh or wrap you up. One of you guys did say that having many yandere subjects in this place is what amps up the fun!

>>5960052
Sounds like we're going to have to begone some thots. Restraining orders will be enforced by flamethrower.

>>5960052
>spoiler
OP he was joking haha...
We should keep that flamethrower with us.

>>5960004
It'd be the simplest option to be sure, however I am not entirely sure if that's it. They have already got one of the researchers who'd know how to do the process, and surely the designs for the machinery responsible are already in their possession. Given none of the guards knew about the rabbit subject before they took her I feel it's best to ask a few important questions to any guards or other staff we come across again, see if every subject is realistically known or if there's some kept secret from most of the staff.

>>5960007
As much as I like Annie, there's only so much she can do. I doubt Vinella is the type to listen to her after all. Though, if she did come close to us I'm sure she'd mention it, and honestly.

>>5960013
As stated above, I feel there's more to this than just that. It feels too obvious, you know? Besides, they probably can easily replace everything given they already got one of the head researchers and if the knowledge here was so valuable, the majority of research staff would be designated to be taken alive, rather than killed. Especially the head researchers.

>>5960044
I think the numbers here are deliberate. Too many cooks in the kitchen as the saying goes, especially when it comes to state secrets. Besides, it's a government that owns at least a dozen planets from the sounds of everything, if not hundreds. A blockade on an ocean planet with a few volcanic islands as this place was described as in the first thread isn't going to be that costly.

>>5960052
Nice. Sounds fun. Also, I know about the wasp thing, you mentioned it in QTG a while back. Also in response to that spoiler, you mother fucker.

>>5960060
>I feel it's best to ask a few important questions to any guards or other staff we come across again, see if every subject is realistically known or if there's some kept secret from most of the staff.
From what we've seen so far, most scientists/guards only know the subject they've been assigned, and have little to no knowledge about any others.

As for what the gov wants here, perhaps knowledge on hard drives is more valuable to them than knowledge inside heads, and that's why they don't care about the majority of scientists.

Other possibilities include subject(s) with infectious properties that require any who came in contact with them to be purged.

Maybe one very special subject that a lot of resources were invested into that they want to recover. Not sure about that one, either they're sure the squads won't be able to kill her or they can recover the resources from her corpse.

>Contact some people for help. Perhaps there were some forces nearby who could help in dealing with this threat?
>Get the bodies of your injured men and try and get them medical aide. You had some emergency medical supplies on you for situations just like these.
>Find the last missing soldier, give him medical attention to, and then cut our losses and get outta here.
The first course of action in your mind was to call for back-up. So, you turned to Kayden and told him to contact help. He'd give a quick nod, before getting to work on the tablet. "Are we still going to fight her?! Ravel, the longer we stay here, the larger the chance is we all end up like that engineer!" The injured soldier would say. In response, you stated that you did intend to leave, but that you'd still try and retrieve the two injured men first, as well as the one who was lost. And given that it might take some time to do all of that, you might as well get another safety net in the form of some soldiers who'd hopefully arrive sooner rather than later. Not to mention, that it was a good idea to inform the other groups of the cow subject's whereabouts regardless of your current position.

"Just got in contact with a group of Heroes' soldiers who said they would come over to help. They'll need to find a fitting route though, so we'll be on our own for a while." Kayden finally responded, which was some good news. They'd probably have the firepower to deal with this mad bovine. Regardless, you'd tell your men to stay together and to follow you to the nearest injured soldier. Furthermore, you told them to prepare some medical aide for the injured folk. Lance already would do the latter whilst you headed towards the poor soldier who was slammed into the wall near the small room the cow had broken into only minutes ago. Checking up on the guy, you'd find that he was still alive, albeit suffering from extensive internal bleeding near his arms and parts of his torso, as well as a bad skull fracture.

Lance and Kayden would take off parts of his armour and get to work trying to give him health. In the meantime, you would try and get in contact with the lost soldier through your helmet. Though there sadly was no response. You even told Roland to check where the soldier had been flung through the glass, which he swiftly did. And after a short moment, Roland spoke up. "He's down there still. He says his helmet comms broke and that he is mildly injured." Well, that was an easy search. The main issue now was that you'd have to actually get to him. You thankfully had a map of this place, showing that there was a set of stairs not too far away from your current location, which you could use to reach him. However, that would mean having to maybe send one or even two men down there to help carry him back over. Not to mention, the fact there was another heavily injured soldier further in the distance who you still needed to pick up and retrieve.

However, before you could make a further decision on what you and your men had to do next, you heard that sound again. Those loud stomps in the distance. It was just like the first time around, as Kayden and Lance would look up. "Oh, not again." He said concerned, as he and Kayden looked around. There was a lot of equipment around you which blocked the view of the rest of this space. Though soon after, Kayden would speak up in a panic. "Shit, she's behind a bunch of that equipment! She doesn't seem to notice us, but... she's getting ready to charge in our direction again!" It seemed the cow didn't have the patience to wait or set up a trap. The one time you wanted a subject to try to stay away somewhere to ambush you, and she decided not to go with it. To be honest though, it was to be expected given how brash she was.

Regardless, you were in a tough situation. Within a short moment, she would likely be charging in your general direction. And once she reached you, she'd probably be able to take you, Lance and Kayden out with relative ease. She could also maybe miss with her charge and hit the space Roland was in, which could be just as bad for you, if not worse. There was also the fact Kayden and Lance were busy trying to revive a dying soldier, which meant being interrupted and fleeing wasn't exactly something they wanted to do.

>What do you do next?

Suggestions:
>Just run away to the side without saving the injured soldier. She seemed to go in a straight line once she charged, meaning moving to the side now was your best option. Besides, how likely was it she'd attack the already dying soldier when you were the bigger threats?
>Lay low and pray to god that she misses. The fact she was aiming at your general direction, rather than your specific direction might mean she'd miss altogether, or that she'd barely scrape past you.
>Get in another firing position and try and shoot her down again. Maybe, just maybe, you and your men could land another lucky shot.
>Try and grab the injured soldier and drag him somewhere away from the cow's potential trajectory. He might not be in the best position to be dragged along, but it was preferable than to have him either be crashed into or crushed under her hooves.

(Aight, time for me to go to bed right the fuck now, lol. 6 hours of sleep, here I come!)

>>5960074
Well, worst case scenario we can always get a grenade and praise Allah.

>Try and grab the injured soldier and drag him somewhere away from the cow's potential trajectory. He might not be in the best position to be dragged along, but it was preferable than to have him either be crashed into or crushed under her hooves.

>>5960074
>Get in another firing position and try and shoot her down again. Maybe, just maybe, you and your men could land another lucky shot.
One good shot and her charge will be halted
She doesn't have a desk for cover this time either

>>5960074
>>Get in another firing position and try and shoot her down again. Maybe, just maybe, you and your men could land another lucky shot.
We need to keep her attention, we are the guys with guns. Pepper her and keep her on us as we make our way to where the heroes can support.
They need to find a route to us, and we will be aggro-ing her to them.

>>5960060
A lot of things just don't add up and nobody knows what the fuck anyone else was doing. It feels like the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing, except there's a lot more than two hands and the result is a giant clusterfuck with a lot of death and WTFing. I'll keep an open mind but trust them as far as I can throw them and being in a situation where our continued existence is entirely at their momentary discretion isn't something I'm comfortable with at all when the the facility staff have clearly not been afforded that concession - I'd be much less suspicious if we hadn't been hired for indiscriminate mass murder ourselves. There's also the matter of the harem, so we wouldn't be able to just leave normally with everyone else anyway.

>A blockade on an ocean planet with a few volcanic islands as this place was described as in the first thread isn't going to be that costly.
Stellaris taught me that moving a fully equipped battlefleet away from its home port for more than three microseconds will bankrupt me

>>5960074
>Throw a distraction in the other direction. She's stupid enough to fall for it, right?
>Try and grab the injured soldier and drag him somewhere away from the cow's potential trajectory. He might not be in the best position to be dragged along, but it was preferable than to have him either be crashed into or crushed under her hooves.
Apply video game logic

>>5960085
Trust me, I by no means trust the government in this. I just don't think the reason we were sent here is as simple as "We forgot to download backups before everything kind of went to shit." If the research was so important, the head scientists wouldn't be on the chopping block. As it stands, only 36% of them are wanted alive while the rest are to go to the firing line or already were sent there. My hunch is that Roraima, Mona, Elbrus and Anderson were up to something specific, or working on something specific that the government wants.

As for the blockade, look at all the shit the US can do with it's navy. Realistically, a blockade wouldn't be that hard. Just have a few ships in orbit that have very high grade scanners and just have a few ground based outposts and anything that lands on the planet that shouldn't can just get bombed or have a QRF sent over.

>>5960168
Maybe the scanners are way higher grade than I've been imagining, but making sure nothing gets on/off an entire planet seems pretty resource intensive.

>>5960172
it is very hard for something to go from on plane to off without being noticed, there is a reason we can even detect every piece of debris in space around earth right now as is. Detection wouldn't be that hard.

>>5960180
I think you're heavily exaggerating earth's knowledge of the debris in orbit - and what knowledge we do have is in part due to labs observing the situation all over the globe. The planet we're on does not have any astronomy stations that we know of, just the giant subject creation lab on a single island. As far as we know the blockade needs a bigass number of bigass ships with bigass crews that need bigass amounts of fuel, food, and salaries. Expensive.

>>5960249
Not really. So long as it's greater than a few cm we can spot it. Anything that wants to get on or off this planet will need extensive cloaking tech to get off or on world without noticing. An just because we don't know if this world has any stations for that sort of thing, I doubt an entire planet would have only a single lab full of dangerous creatures on it and no military bases. I also think you vastly overestimate the cost of the blockade here.

>>5960249
fuel not really, they are in space, they just need to stay in orbit.
Food wise I think they are doing fine as well. Even the ISS only needs a food shipment every 3 months. You could argue salaries, but its not like these guys weren't getting paid regardless since the sailors are already under government employ, now they are just actually being used for this purpose instead.

I ain't gonna say its cheap, but if its a space faring nation, I'd be surprised if the logistics of keeping ships in orbit is financially bankrupting it.

So grabbing the soldier and running, and standing your ground and shooting both have equal votes now it seems. I'll start writing the update in a few hours, so a tie breaker can still occur. But in case it doesn't, I can either try and mix the two into one based on some rolls, or just do a coin toss for which option happens. It depends on what you guys want and if some of you want to change votes or maybe give some other suggestions.

I'll also just ask for a tiebreaker in the QTG, which might just make this block of text irrelevant.

>>5960433
I hope you enjoy reading our paranoid schizophrenia in the meantime

>>5960437
I love it.

It's very cathartic to see people thinking about their place in the facility and the government's business. It's one of the things I set out to do and tried thinking about a lot whilst setting up the story.

I do still worry a little that people will be confused/disappointed when some of the story threads finally start getting figured out more thoroughly. But the fact that the speculation has been so wild and imaginative has definitely been pleasant.

>>5960405
>I doubt an entire planet would have only a single lab full of dangerous creatures on it and no military bases
I mean, these hypothetical military bases sure would have come in handy a few weeks ago when everything started to go down.

>>5960414
I'm not saying it's bankrupting them or even coming close, but it's a not insignificant expenditure that they'll want to wrap up sooner rather than later. I'm sure if this was the #1 priority of the entire galactic gov they could maintain it indefinitely, but I don't think this is top level. More likely a subdepartment with only a small share (comparatively) of the funding.

>>5960433
to clarify I still want to run, I just rather run while shooting at her to keep her on us instead of the wounded. as we bring her to the heroes.

>Try and grab the injured soldier and drag him somewhere away from the cow's potential trajectory. He might not be in the best position to be dragged along, but it was preferable than to have him either be crashed into or crushed under her hooves.
>Throw a distraction in the other direction. She's stupid enough to fall for it, right?
With her charging you, you decided that trying to stand your ground was just not worth it. Thus, you told your men to grab the injured soldier and to head elsewhere, specifically in the direction of Robin's bod. "Understood!" Kayden said, as Lance and him tried grabbing the heavily injured soldier. "God I hope this doesn't cause trouble for him." Lance said worriedly, as the two would try and carry the guy by the legs and arms. In the meantime, you decided to try two things. For ne, you'd try and get her attention and distract her. And what better way than throwing something in the opposite direction of where your men were heading? Thus, you'd look for anything to throw, before settling on a box containing what looked to be small tubes for chemicals. You'd quickly fling them to the side, hoping that it'd get the attention of the cow and make her go elsewhere. Then again, it was quite the desperation play.

>Get in another firing position and try and shoot her down again. Maybe, just maybe, you and your men could land another lucky shot.
With the distraction out of the way, you'd get Roland from the room and tell him he needed to join you and the rest. Though given that neither you or Roland had anything to carry around, you told him to join you in trying to shoot at the cow. Even if you didn't get a lucky shot in, shooting her would at least keep her attention. The last thing you wanted was for her to leave and get into a position to ambush you before the group of Heroes soldiers could arrive. Besides, if all went well, you'd be able to lure her closer and closer towards the group of Heroes soldiers.

Right after you told Roland to shoot at the cow once she approached, you heard her stomping speed up. And soon after, you heard many bangs and cracks as you watched equipment fly all over the place in the distance. "She's coming!" Lance would yell as he would try and get the body away from there as fast as possible. In the meantime, you'd try and stick close to them whilst getting your guns at the ready. You heard the chaotic noise getting closer and closer, aiming at the cow once she got close enough. Unfortunately, it seemed the distraction play from before hadn't done anything, as she was barrelling towards you and the rest of your men. You and Roland got some good shots in, but it didn't seem to stop her. She'd throw a bunch of desks with equipment to the side with ease, you dashing to the side to try and dodge her attack again. Roland, Lance and Kayden tried the same, though Kayden and Lance were unfortunately too late, just barely not managing to dodge it and being slammed to the side.

Fortunately, they were not launched further into the distance like Robin. Instead, they simply were flung a few feet away from you, landing onto the cold metal floor with a bit of force. Meanwhile, the cow would barely miss stepping on the injured soldier, before crashing into the wall behind you and breaking through it. Though with a drop on the other end, you heard a loud couple of bangs and the noise of tiny bits of rubble falling all over the place. And looking to the side, you saw that the cow had fallen down into the area below where your lost soldier had also landed at.

Immediately, you'd look at the damage, finding that Kayden and Lance were able to stand but appeared a bit hurt. "Hngh, okay, she got my leg. At least she didn't take it out." Lance said, followed by Kayden speaking more anxiously. "My shoulder is in a lot of pain right now." To this, Roland asked the most important question: "You guys need any assistance?" If you would have to help out them along with the other two fatally injured soldiers, you'd absolutely be in deep shit. Fortunately, Lance and Kayden shook their heads. "Nah, I can keep going." "Yeah, I've got adrenaline pumping all through me. Let's get the hell out of here." And right after they spoke, you heard something loudly crashing not too far away from you. It was a large treadmill of some kind, which had been thrown through the hole the cow had made into the wall. "Okay, let's move then!" Roland said whilst trying to help them forward. He'd also pick up the injured soldier, Lance even helping to carry the guy.

The five of you would head to Robin, finding his heavily injured body. Kayden would immediately try and undo his armour, looking at the injuries and seeing if he was okay. "Okay, he looks pretty badly injured. Seems to me like mostly internal injuries though. If we get Robin out of here right away, we can maybe get him back in time to-" Before he could finish, you heard some more stomps from where you just came from. And looking back, you saw the cow casually walking out from the hole she had made into the wall. She'd immediately spot you and smirked. "Ya folks love playing hard to get, huh? Come now. Why don't ya folk drop yer guns and come with me? It'll be easier for all of us!" It seemed like the cow subject wanted you to admit defeat. And honestly, she was closer to winning against you than you would've hoped.

You and Roland were the only ones who hadn't been injured so far. Everyone else had been either mildly injured, or extremely injured. Not to mention, one of your men being mildly injured and away from your party. He was still down where the cow girl had fallen. Though given that she wasn't carrying his corpse or hadn't said anything about it, maybe she hadn't spotted him? That, or she already dealt with him in her uniquely brutal ways and now just wanted you and the rest of your men.

Regardless, she started stomping the ground, ready to charge again unless you conceded defeat.

>What do you do next?

Suggestions:
>Tell your men to just run. Carrying Robin's body and the other injured soldier's body was just going to make it impossible to dodge her or run from her.
>Try and taunt her whilst splitting away from your team, distracting her from the rest of your party. Perhaps she'd leave the injured men alone then and would only focus on you?
>Just shoot at her. If she charged you now, it wasn't a guaranteed loss. If anything, you still had the chance to get a good shot in on her if she ran at you.