>>227031
You do see that giant clawed hand the just transformed his arm into right? Cause he's about to cut the dear captain into little incompetent pieces.

>>227025
AND SAY DUCK

>>227031
(way to not see the picture)

Throw him off the side and/or fill his face with lead.

I would prefer to shoot the joint in that arm to disable him.

Matt 2010/09/06(Mon)11:18 No. 227044 ID: 6e5a24
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>>227027
>>227034
>>227035
>>227033
>>227032

"CAPTAIN, GET DOWN!"

>"Wha-?"

BANG BANG BANG

Matt 2010/09/06(Mon)11:19 No. 227045 ID: 6e5a24
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>"What the hell was... oh. Alright then, thanks. That could have been ugly."

>>227045
Boats plz.

Matt 2010/09/06(Mon)11:49 No. 227055 ID: 6e5a24
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>"Haha, Nice shot, Matty! That's one for you, too!"

"Yeah...t...thanks Zack... I guess."

Oh man, my head is throbbing. I... I think I need a second to rest up before I start shooting again.

Matt 2010/09/06(Mon)11:53 No. 227058 ID: 6e5a24
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>"Ey, remember those soldiers that Kevlarr said were coming up the stairs? Because I can hear a buncha guys coming this way. We should probably like... do something 'bout that."

>>227045
Let's head on down and help take out the defenses. Let the rebels destroy the facility. Also, the captain has no idea what he's doing, feel free to ignore him.

>>227058
Got any grenades? If you do, a couple grenades down the stairs would be devastating. Otherwise, everybody find cover and keep some fire on that door.

>>227061
That sounds about right.

..Arresting the captain for murder and mutiny that you of course had nothing to do with is still an option. The only witnesses to the contrary are yourselves. Even if it's only a temporary distraction. Only do this if you're otherwise completely screwed, it leaves you all rather vulnerable.

>>227058
Set up an ambush behind and around the exit. Aks the captain to stand somewhere close to the corpse and surrender to lure them out. Open fire when they're out in the open and then toss a grenade through the door and follow up closely after the explosion. Kill any that are remaining and loot the bodies. That way you should be able to get some better weapons and maybe some body armour.

>>227079
Not gonna work about asking him to pretend to surrender. They probably have kill on sight orders for him. Just lob a grenade down the steps when you think enough are in the blast radius.

>>227095
Then he dies and they go out to check up on him. No great loss.

The captain and anyone on his side are officially screwed, just saying.

>>227104
No, not really. We give Matt a huge advantage if you think about it. We can make complex decisions instantaneously. We can notice the tiniest of details... in directions we're not even facing. We remember everything for an infinite amount of time. Most importantly, we have a far greater grasp of modern military tactics than any of our opponents or the author.

Matt 2010/09/06(Mon)18:04 No. 227178 ID: 6e5a24
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>>227061
>>227062
Okay I hear you, now please stop talking so loud oh my god my head hurts so much

"Grenades... d...does anyone have grenades?"

>"Yes, I have a few grenades in my jacket. Everyone stand back."

oh god I don't even know who said that sounded like the captain but I can't make it out over all the ringing come on guys stop yelling it's making it hard to think

>"Uhm... C-c-captain? Is Matt okay? He s-seems a bit..."

I think that was Isaac but oh god everything hurts oh god oh god oh god it's never this bad what's...

>>227178
>crap, this kid can't take all this... let's try to speak softly. maybe we can play calming music or something?

Gustav Nazarrio 2010/09/06(Mon)18:32 No. 227188 ID: 6e5a24
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“…I just don’t know what bothers me more, the fact that there’s almost no one in this damn base, or the fact that the guys who are can barely fire a weapon straight.”

>“Yeah, something’s defiantly off. If this is some sort top secret army base housing some sort of top secret army project on the day General Kevlarr is visiting, why is it that this whole time we’ve only run into… what? Six guys?”

“Seven, if you count the guy in the room we were just in.”

>“Yeah, but he was already dead.”

“I just don’t get it. It’s like all the actual soldiers got off the island before we attacked, and these guys are the unlucky bastards that didn’t get the memo, you know what I‘m saying?”

>“Yeah, it’s like… it’s like these guys knew we were coming, high tailed it outta here, and left their expendables behind as cannon fodder or something…”

“All I know is that something isn’t right here, and it’s making me really worried. Let’s just find Dell, make sure he didn’t get himself killed nabbing the General and the kids, and get the hell out of here.”

>“Yeah, the sooner we’re off this island the better. The noise on the roof stopped, let’s head up these stairs.”

“Right behind you.”

Man, what is that? It’s like there’s this little buzzing sound in the back of my head…

oh god. QUICK! yell that you are rebel soldiers up the stairs!!

>>227188
THE CAPTAIN IS UPSTAIRS AND THROWING GRENADES AT WHOEVER IS COMING UP

>>227188
>Quiet guys. Yeah, tell him quickly that the soldiers are friendlies. Failing that, yell at the rebels to look out.

Gustav Nazarrio 2010/09/06(Mon)18:51 No. 227197 ID: 6e5a24
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>>227189
Whoa... now it almost sounds like...a voice. can't make out what it's saying but... are there voices in my head?

"Uugh..."

>"What is it?"

"Hey uh... there's this noise in my head. At first it sounded like buzzing, but now I think I'm hearing a voice or something."

>"Ooh, voices? What are they saying?"

"I'm serious. I think there might be voices in my head."

>"Those bogus mental augs you had Doctor Pank install are probably acting up. That's what you get for letting a fake doctor perform fucking brain surgery on you to install a counterfeit military augmentation."

"Thanks a lot. You're really helpful. Asshole."

>"Hey! Nothing I can do about it, I’m smart enough to know better than to mess around with augmentations! Just try to ignore it for now. Have Pank take a look at it when you get back to base."

“Yeah, I…”

>>227193
…what? I can just barely…

“Hey, I think we should be careful here. What if someone is waiting for us up there?”

>“What, you think all the soldier hid the on roof or something?”

“Listen…I don’t know, but something tells me we need to be on guard.”

>"Well, if you say so..."

Man what is…

Matt 2010/09/06(Mon)18:55 No. 227199 ID: 6e5a24
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Hnng... what just happened? Was I... Inside of someone's head?

>"Yes, I have a few grenades in my jacket. Everyone stand back."

>"Uhm... C-c-captain? Is Matt okay? He s-seems a bit..."

"...Wait, don't!"

>"But you just said-"

"I know what I said, but the guys coming up the stairs aren't soldiers! They're rebels!"

okay, try to calmly explain that you think we are transmitting.

>>227199

Did you just grow a beard? Man, that would be so awesome!

What the christ.

Matt, one of the men down the stairwell is Gustav Nazarrio, he has augmentations similar to yours. Call out to him by name and ask that he and his friend not fire on you.

>>227229
have the captain call out. they know him.

>>227229
Let's not freak out everybody.

>>227199
Sweet, we can hop over to other dudes with mental implants. This makes for some interesting possibilites.

You kids should probably stay back and let the captain talk to his fellow rebels. Then you can get off this island and start your new lives. They're going to be interesting. Vast periods of uncertain boredom punctuated by moments of extreme terror.

Matt 2010/09/11(Sat)17:00 No. 229665 ID: 6e5a24
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>>227509
>>227229
>>227234
>>227200

>“Rebels? Are you sure?”

“Yes. At least I think they’re rebels. I think I might have just… tapped into some other guy’s mental aug or something… someone named Gustav. He‘s coming up the stairs.”

Matt 2010/09/11(Sat)17:02 No. 229666 ID: 6e5a24
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The kids stand back as the Captain calls out to the men coming up the stairs.
>“Gustav! Is that you down there?”

Matt 2010/09/11(Sat)17:02 No. 229667 ID: 6e5a24
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The door opens. Two men peek around the corner.
>“Dell? Hey Gustav, it’s Dell!”

>“Well I’ll be dammed! Poor bastard made didn’t get himself shot after all!”

>>229667
It would be nice if he wasn't POINTING A GUN AT US.

Make sure he knows that is not okay.

also we need to evac right the fuck now, they are about to bomb the place or something. it's why all the guards are people they don't care about losing.

Matt 2010/09/11(Sat)17:29 No. 229679 ID: 6e5a24
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The Captain motions for the two men to come over. Both men lower their weapons and come out on to the roof. He shakes hands with one of the men.
>“Hey kids! Let me introduce you to two great men. They are friends to me, friends to the revolution, and soon enough they will be friends to you as well. This is Carmine Readshert, and the man in the bandana is Gustav Nazarrio. I’m glad to see that you two made out alright. Did you guys have much trouble making it up here?”

Nazarrio looks over his shoulder nervously
>“No. We didn’t. That’s the thing- there’s hardly anyone here. I’m starting to think they were long gone long before we got here. Do you think they knew we were coming?”

>“Uh… funny story about that…”

Man, I don’t know what happened there. Usually I get little headaches after a bit of shooting, but I’ve never… done whatever that was I just did. Heck, I didn’t even know mental augs could tap into other mental augs’ frequencies. The headaches have been a lot worse since you guys showed up, too. It’s like I’m blanking out when I shoot, and it takes me a few seconds to figure out what happened. In fact, I’m kinda still recovering from that last… oh god.

Matt 2010/09/11(Sat)17:30 No. 229680 ID: 6e5a24
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...I just shot the General.

i don't think it was the real general. he was a fake for a trap.

anyway, everyone evac to the boats.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't the real general, they knew what you guys were up to after all, so why would they risk a general?

>>229679
This kind of thing happens all the time to us, sometimes on systems that don't even have any actual wireless capabilities.

>>229680
No, you shot somebody who looked like him. Speaking of which, step away from the body. They might have put a bomb in his implants as a failsafe.

Also:
>Carmine Redshert
It's a miracle this guy is still alive.

>>229679
"Carmine Readshert"

-Readshert-

I've got a good feeling about this guy, he'll go far!

>>229680
It was him or you. If he had wanted to stay alive then he shouldn't have attacked. Simple as that.

Now lets get the fuck off of this island. After all that's what you have been after.

Matt 2010/09/12(Sun)09:04 No. 229971 ID: 6e5a24
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>>229684
>>229686
>>229706

Maybe it wasn't really the General, but that doesn't change the fact that I just killed someone.

Matt's panicking catches Carmine's attention
>"Hey, what is that kid getting so… Jesus fucking Christ Dell, that better not be who I think it is laying in a pool of his own blood over there!”

>“I… I was just about to tell you that we had a little, uh, problem with the plan.”

>“This is not a fucking problem Dell. Running out of eggs when you’re making an omelet is a problem. This is a fucking disaster. Kevalrr is dead! How the fuck does someone manage to botch a kidnapping so badly that it becomes an assassination?”

>“Wait a minute Carmine, It probably wasn’t even Kevlarr! If they knew we were coming, why would they send the real Kevlarr?”

>“You better hope that wasn’t the real Kevlarr, for your sake.”

Matt 2010/09/12(Sun)09:10 No. 229976 ID: 6e5a24
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>>229974
>>229730

Yeah, you're right. We gotta get out of here. Now.

“…Are we just about ready to go? I... really don't feel like sticking around much longer.”

>“Kid’s right, we need to move.”
The Captain and Carmine nod in agreement, and the group head back over towards the stairs.

Hey, this Gustav guy… I was in his head a minute ago. Think I should ask him about that? Maybe he knows what just happened.

i guess so, ask if his augs have been reset and stuff.

also, i just want you to know matt, they were training you as a soldier, you weren't going to shoot targets for the rest of your life. one day they would of sent you out into the field and ordered you to shoot civilians. so while you may feel conflicted know that you made the right choice.

>>229976
He's clueless.

You guys should get moving. Carmine takes the lead.

>>229976
Nah don't ask him about it. Chances are he knows even less than you do, and if he finds out about it then that could lead to all sorts of problems. Like him being paranoid that you can hear his thoughts and hating you for it, or them pushing you to do it again even though you don't know how to do it.

Lets just get out of this place now and see what they have going.