>>521964
He's in the box. Or one of his cronies. Kill him.

Ok, here's the plan:

1. First, Io. Can you remember where you packed the Vaccum ore on the ship? In any case, reload your Arbalest and keep your machete on hand. Stand at the entrance of the airship in case someone tries to come on board.

2. Karsci. Using your guardly military strength, stick the blade of one of Simon's pirate daggers in-between the wood boards of the lid on the smaller crate, since it
is too small to hide a Dokdokdokdokdok Agent (just do it as quietly as possible.) If
that doesn't work, duct tape one of the pirate daggers by the blade to the smaller
crate's lid. If this works, viola! Makeshift shield. Give the new WOODEN DAGGER-SHEILD
to Simon.

3. Simon, move the smaller crate out of the way, to a place inside where no one can
trip over it. Now, stand to the right of the Large crate and use the WOODEN DAGGER-SHEILD
(point it towards the larger crate to block any possible attack.) With your other hand,
point your Arbalest towards the cockpit doors, prepared to fire at either.

4. Slater, re-crank your weapon. Position yourself behind Simon, facing the two doors.
Be prepared to fire at either if they open.

5. Karsci, you're wearing armor. I want you to prepare your Plasma Baton and be the one
to open the large crate from the side furthest from the cockpit doors. If it is empty,
check the contents, and create another LARGE WOODEN-DAGGER SHIELD in a similar fashion
to the first. If there is someone inside, make sure the person inside is a
Dokdokdokdokdok agent before you riddle 'em with bullets.

Ed Pastry 2013/07/12(Fri)09:28 No. 523983 ID: a611d6
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The party's crossbows are already loaded and ready. Io stands by the entrance and scans the town below.
Io: "I can hear sirens in the distance, though I think we're in the clear for now. Still, let's not waste any time."

The party scours the room, finding everything is pretty much where they left it. Nobody is hiding here, and the gear they left in the airship is still in the big crate where they left it.

Simon: "Okay, coast is clear. Let's barge into the cockpit now!"
Karsci: "Wait, hold on."

Karsci takes the Dok^5 agent's dagger and sticks it through the lid of the smaller crate, creating an improvised INPENETRABLE DEFENSE SHIELD

Karsci: "There we go, instant shield! Here you go Simon, this might stop a darter round from entering your face. Maybe. It might just give you splinters."
Simon: "Ehh, I've worked with worse odds."
Slater: "That looks a little unwieldy Sir."
Karsci: "It's just a temporary solution to our 'How to avoid getting shot dead' problem."

Karsci uses one of the pirate daggers Simon was carrying to do the same to the large crates lid to create an even more cumbersome INPENETRABLE DEFENSE SHIELD Mk. II, which he will use.

>>523983
Alright, shields up and others behind the shield-carriers or sides of the door. Then open that cockpit and be ready to shoot.

>>523984
Do this, but first close the bay door a little more than halfway, and have Slater keep an eye out in case someone tries coming through.

>>524051
Send Slater to the exterior of the ship to begin blowtorching the cables. We need to escape in a hurry when shit hits the fan.

enter with a fearsome battlecry.

Ed Pastry 2013/07/17(Wed)00:58 No. 525019 ID: a611d6
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Slater makes sure the aircraft is no longer tethered to the dock by cables. It begins to drift away slightly, but isn't gonna go far unless they activate the cockpit controls.

Slater and Io than stand to the sides of the cockpit door.

Karsci and Simon barge into the cockpit. There's a Dokdokdokdokdok agent in fancy armor cutting wires in the cockpit controls with a long knife. As soon as the door opens he swerves around with the reflexes of a mantis and fires an explosive dart at the breaching pair of heroes.

Ed Pastry 2013/07/17(Wed)01:03 No. 525020 ID: a611d6
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Karsci: "SZAR!"

Karsci's shield takes the brunt of the force, but disintegrates almost completely. He feels a lot of pain in his arms and drops his Plasma baton.

SWAP simon take point now and counter attack.

Open fire!

Get Slater back in here STAT!

>>525020
shit. going in fists flying was a shitty idea.
the best plan now is to stick together and outwit the bad guys.

that guard still has explosives on him, and thanks to the wonders of perspective, we know he is the only one in the cockpit. we need to get out and close the door now, and check on karsci. poor guy has a broken arm im bet.


if we want to get this guy, we need simon(or anyone carrying a explosive bolt and an automatic arbalest) to load such a shot and open the cockpit door again in such a way that no one will be standing in the doorway. yell to get the guards attention to fire again. this time, the guard shoots his final round, but it will miss entirely, hitting only the cargo bay wall. then we shoot him with a taste of his own medicine.

oh, if anyone has any medical treatment history, now would be a good time to speak up.

Maybe if we close and reopen the door we'll find the chocolate salesman instead?

>>525022
That.

Suggestion 2013/07/21(Sun)23:46 No. 526267 ID: a611d6
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Karcsi quickly withdraws, clutching his injured arm.

Io: "Karcsi, are you okay?"
Karcsi: "Hnnn, just keep watching the door Adhara. Simon, Slater, you have to take him out."

Simon: "I'm on it"
Simon begins to reloading his crossbow with explosive rounds, but it takes a short while to replace the magazine.

Slater readies his darter. Just then there is a clinking noise followed by a hiss and a cloud of smoke leaking through the bottom of the door.

Smoke grenade. We're boned. Leave the door closed and everyone get away from it.

We want to lure him out, and not shoot explosives at the console.

Hmmmrrrrr. This isn't working. Even if we do get the aircraft, we'll have to deal with the broken controls. We need another way out of here. Why don't we ditch the plane and book it to an air taxi station?

If that's a stupid idea, then hide behind the door, open the door, pause, kick a box in front of the opening, pause, and close the door again. To bait the explosive.

Then evacuate everyone except Slater, who doesn't breathe. Get the others working on finding another way out of here and/or repelling other Dok agents. Send Slater into the cockpit with the second IMPENETRABLE SHIELD, explosive dart gun, and Karcsi's dagger. We're goin' in for the kill.

>>526275
>>526275
Alternatively, get Slater with us, make sure we have the vacuum ore, find an air taxi and hijack the craft once we're clear of civilization. We can drop off the pilot at a nearby village, or something. Just get us a new craft, because this one is holding us back.

Ed Pastry 2013/07/23(Tue)23:17 No. 526772 ID: a611d6
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Simon finishes reloading his crossbow.

Slater: "Sir, there's smoke!"
Karcsi winces and grunts in pain as he accidentally tries gesturing with his damaged arm.
Karcsi: "Aaargh, smoke grenade, keep your distance from the door! Ow ow..."
Io: "Should we run? Maybe there's another way off this island?"
Karcsi: "I don't know Adhara, we might run into more of these guys. He could have already called for backup."
Simon: "Wait, I have an idea. Slater, use these."

Simon hands Slater his Auto Arbalest loaded with a trio explosive bolts and his IMPENETRABLE DEFENSE SHIELD.

Slater: "This is a big crossbow Sir, I don't know if I can use it with one hand!"

Simon carefully opens the door, standing as far as he can from the opening.
Io whispers to Simon, gripping her crossbow more tightly.

Io: "Be careful!"
Everyone quickly falls silent as smoke pours from the open corridor. Simon then gingerly kicks a crate in front of the door. It falls over with a thump, and is almost immediately detonated by an explosive bolt. Simon staggers backwards but is mostly unhurt. Barely a second after the explosion he hears the clicking of a crossbow reloading coming from the cockpit.

>>526772
Forget the shield. Shoot back while he's reloading! Aim for the floor, to disperse the smoke. Then literally anyone else can shoot the guy with whatever weapon is loaded.

>>526772
Sounds like he's got more ammo than we thought. Simon, can you wrap a book in your robe and toss it behind the box as another move of trickery? He won't fall for box - box, but he might fall for box - loose clothing.

>>526772
Wait, I've got an idea. We have a can of oil, correct? And a blowtorch? This aircraft is full of explosive gas.

Maybe there's a way we can eliminate all several of our problems at once here. LITE IT UP 'N DON'T LOOK BACK

Let's just hijack one of the vehicles the Dok used to get here!

>>526776
Seconding the sane person

Ed Pastry 2013/07/27(Sat)22:17 No. 528588 ID: a611d6
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Slater: "I hear more darts being loaded Sir."
Simon: "Crud. Okay guys, this is too risky. Let's cut our losses and burn the airship down."
Slater: "Sir, I don't think that's a very wise course of-

Io: "Oh for the love of- JUST SHOOT HIM"

Slater jolts and fires the explosive bolt through the corridor, hoping to maybe hit the guy or at least dissipate the smoke. The smoke moves a little from the shockwave, but it remains hard to see.

Io: "Did you get the bastard?"
Slater: "I don't know, I still can't see Ma'am."

>>528588
Ask him if he's still alive. Then shoot him again.

>>528588
Not likely that we hit him. Back off from the doorway and wait with bated breath for a beat, then kick another box in front of the door. He's bound to fall for it again after the wits-shattering explosion.

>>528588
say something to Io along the lines of 'we have no time! everyone off the ship!'
but very quietly tell the others to follow your lead and do what you do

open the entrance door, and then everyone tramp your feet in place (loud at first, then quieter) as if you all left the airship, then have everyone quietly hide in the the big grey doors room and see if the soldier is drawn out by your 'leaving'. when he turns the corner EVERYONE SHOOT THE BASTARD

Ed Pastry 2013/08/04(Sun)18:37 No. 531505 ID: a611d6
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Simon whispers quietly to his comrades
Simon: "psst, okay guys lets pretend to leave and nab him when he checks"
Io: "simon do you think he'll fall for-"
Simon: "WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW, RETREAT EVERYONE"
Simon stomps his feet to make it sound like he's leaving. Karsci does the same, and Slater... doesn't have feet.

Io aims her crossbow at the door. Nothing happens for a while. Karcsi put his ear side of his head against the wall. He hears the faintest of footsteps.

>>531505
Karsci: Silently alert the others to the soldier's movement
Io: Fire the shit out of that crossbow as soon as you possibly see that dirty head of his
Simon: Don't fart loudly
We got this guys, just stay calm and don't miss.

Holy shit this quest is back. I fucking loved this story back in the day. Welcome back Ed!!!

>>531505
Be patient, be silent. Pop him when you see him.

Ed Pastry 2013/08/05(Mon)22:15 No. 531835 ID: a611d6
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Karsci nods his head to the rest of the party, and they all collectively hold their breath as they silently wait for the agent to appear.

As soon as the agent emerges from the smoke, Io fires. As the heavy bolt splinters armor and stony flesh, the agent recoils in pain and drops his katana. He staggers, but maintains control of his explosive darter.

Simon manages to reduce volume of his incoming fart to a low poot. He is rightfully proud.

Slater, Simon, fire! Karski, see if you can grab your shock baton again with your uninjured arm and smack him one after the others have shot him.

Wait, we don't have to outright KILL this guy. We should try to keep our body count low. Simon, DIVE the fool, and knock the gun out of his hand! Pin him down! Io, get to the control room and lift off, STAT!

>>533336
Slater, dive the aggressor with Simon. We need all the bulk we can get. Karsci, try to close the hatch and lock it shut if possible.

>>533336
>>533337
What's to stop the aggressor from pulling the trigger right under their bodies? Simon/Slater, shoot his arm before he pulls the trigger again!

Ed Pastry 2013/08/13(Tue)20:56 No. 534250 ID: a611d6
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Simon immediately leaps at the agent before he can level his crossbow and fire, with the injured Karsci not far behind to put his weight on the matter.

The falling agent reflexively fires, but the bolt only hits the ceiling and doesn't cause much harm aside from a few flying splinters.

Io tries to squeeze into the cockpit, but the tussling trio keep getting in her way. The agent seems to be pinned pretty well by the combined portliness of Karcsi and Simon. Despite this fact coupled with the painful injury he sustained, the agent still struggles.

smack him in the head a few times

>>534250
Get the shock baton, and smack him a few times with it!

>>534250
Jab your finger into his wounds! KISS HIM TO THROW HIM OFF!

Somebody lock the damn door before any more of them get in!
And Io, amind the confusion of the sloppy makeouts, get into the cockpit any way you can, and try to initiate a launch sequence. We need to book it.

Ed Pastry 2013/08/18(Sun)20:24 No. 535555 ID: 795a1e
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The determined agent struggles aggressively, forcing Simon to act on instinct to try and subdue his foe as quickly as possible: He plants a big ol' smooch on the agent's visor.

Admittedly not the best idea Simon's had, but the still the sheer grossness of the smooch causes even the elite Dokdokdokdokdok operative to freeze in terror.

Io slams the outer door shut and utilizes the sudden pause in combat to slip into the cockpit. The controls took a good stabbing, and she's not sure if she can fly the ship safely.

just put it on AWAY FROM HERE, io. can figure out the rest later.

>>535555
Io: Surely there are some manual controls? Lacking that, open up the panels to see what wires got cut. Maybe we can repair it real quicklike.

Everyone else: disarm the dokdokdokdokdok and restrain him in some manner. Possibly by having Simon sit on him. Start interrogation by asking him why he wants the world to be destroyed so badly.

>>535555
Get Slater into the cockpit to make sweet love to try and fix the terminal. He's literally made of what's inside that box, and his reproductive process hinges on a knowledge of intricate mechanics.

Ed Pastry 2013/08/22(Thu)23:11 No. 536782 ID: 795a1e
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>>535576
Simon and Karcsi manage to relieve the agent of his crossbow. Simon: "Alrighty guy. I'll cut you a deal, tell us why do you guys want to let the world get blown up so badly and I'll tell you why I tried to make out with you."
Karcsi: "You better answer him, I want to know why the hell he did that too."
Unfortunately the agent remains silent, though he seems to have given up on struggling. He's still bleeding pretty bad.

Io and Slater examine the control panel. It looks like the agent mostly cut around the steering wheel. The cockpit's panel would have been difficult to remove, but fortunately Slater has his trusty wrench to assist. The pair uncover the internals of the control panel, revealing a bunch of severed wires and a smashed bit of electronics of uncertain use.

>>535852
A Clockwork's instinctual knowledge is useful when making a wee brat Clockwork, but pretty dissimilar from pretty much everything else. It's not even sufficient for a real medical license.


>>535571
Io considers just punching the throttle and flying the airship right off, despite the damage. It looks like the steering wheel is mostly undamaged anyways. Should she risk it?

>>536782
First things first. Blue wire connects to blue wire, red wire connects to red wire, and black wire connects to black wire.

Look at the control panel. What buttons lie directly above that snapped circuitry?

>>536785
I agree with this.

Actually, don't reconnect the wires until you know what they do. This might be a good time for Io to go out and get the mechanic to help. By force if necessary.

>>536785
That.