Juctor 2016/07/26(Tue)18:46 No. 738843 ID: b85ea2
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"Commandei, target is immobilized, lost its main railgun turret and is running on backup power."

>>738836
"PREPARE TO BOARD! Use Electrical Flush and send in aquaexoskeletons!"

Do a thorough scan! If they have a bomb, you do not want to suck on them!

Juctor 2016/07/26(Tue)19:23 No. 738850 ID: b85ea2
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>>738846
"Scan volatile materials"

"Explosives found onboard, Commandei. The torpedo compartment is still untouched. They must have armored the interiors."

Juctor 2016/07/26(Tue)19:28 No. 738851 ID: b85ea2
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"Torpedoes incoming!"

Point Defense Guns! Shoot them down!

Juctor 2016/07/26(Tue)19:52 No. 738854 ID: b85ea2
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>>738852

Juctor 2016/07/26(Tue)19:55 No. 738856 ID: b85ea2
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"Strike squad ready. We'll scorch em' Gently"

Sing them the sweet nothings of their agony as you do.

Scream at them while mutilating the corpses until they learn to surrender

Juctor 2016/07/27(Wed)04:47 No. 738910 ID: b85ea2
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738909

"Stand by assault crews. We're electroflushing their ship."

Begin assault

>>742951
Yeah that

Juctor 2016/08/21(Sun)07:07 No. 743668 ID: b85ea2
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"BEGIN ASSAULT!"

"Affirmative, GO GO GO!"

"Commandei, Science Officer Juctor has deployed Port Escape Pod 6 and has departed the ship. He left no message."

"Commandei, Scans show that enemy destroyer anti-matter reactor is overheating. Flicking detected in torpedo store compartments."

"Commandei, the strike teams have entered the destroyer -They..."

"Commandei, the enemy destroyer has activated a magnetic pulse that ties our ship to their hull. We cannot detach before we..."

"Strike team reporting, No visual contact, it's getting hot here... Water starting to form steam... Reporting zero visibility.. Too much noise for extraradial. Switching visual to cybersense. Approaching Reactor Room."

Juctor 2016/08/21(Sun)07:09 No. 743670 ID: b85ea2
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"Strike team reporting... We have sense of two corpses in the reactor room. They are hugging. The reactor..."

Juctor 2016/08/21(Sun)07:17 No. 743672 ID: b85ea2
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"Some kind of virus... SHUT IT DOWN! I'm AAAAAARGBLRH!!!"

Juctor 2016/08/21(Sun)07:41 No. 743675 ID: b85ea2
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“Science Officer Juctor, Please Select Thruster Options.”

Savannah. You need a vacation.

Juctor 2016/08/21(Sun)11:35 No. 743697 ID: b85ea2
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Where did I put my Tentaglas, a tentacle of a device every Krell has to own for convenience and properness.

"Emergency Deployment of An Escape Pod. In case of an emergency eject from a Cruise Ship, follow these instructions:"

"After touchdown, find the environmental life support kit in the ceramo-metal panel of the pod."

"Equip the life support kit and exit the pod."

"Deploy the escape pod into an emergency signal beacon."

"Do not attempt to disassemble the pod yourself. Only activate the pod self-deploy mechanism."

Seems legit.

So, did you betray your crew and rig that explosion, or did you anticipate it, and then bail without thinking to warn anyone else to evac?

Juctor 2016/08/22(Mon)06:49 No. 743917 ID: b85ea2
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"Why?"

Juctor 2016/08/23(Tue)13:16 No. 744080 ID: b85ea2
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"Because I am a true Azzaka. When our supreme technology is in danger by an exceptional hijack attemt I have to terminate it. Only this technology is standing between the Krell Dominion and the Federation of Free Azzaka Nations and a couple of local protectorate species - and my love."

Juctor 2016/08/23(Tue)13:18 No. 744081 ID: b85ea2
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"I installed a self-destruct virus in the Azzaka destroyer when I noticed the use of anti-matter ramming tactic only Krell are too idiotic to use and too lucky to execute accurately enough to pass through our shields and armor."

Juctor 2016/08/23(Tue)13:25 No. 744084 ID: b85ea2
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"Only us, the Azzaka navy scientists know how to get past our own cybernetic encryption, even with the inferior Krell technology."

So what, you're a sleeper agent? Cool.

Except now, you're stranded on a hostile planet while your only homing beacon is attuned to Krell ships, and the Dominion won't like how you exultantly fled your ship seconds before it malfunctioned and exploded. The good news is, this isn't a Krell-friendly environment.

Can you re-attune the beacon to Azzaka frequencies? If not, can you prepare an assault on the next Krell rescue ship that comes by?

Juctor 2016/08/27(Sat)09:10 No. 744728 ID: b85ea2
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You asked me,
>>Can you re-attune the beacon to Azzaka frequencies? If not, can you prepare an assault on the next Krell rescue ship that comes by?

No, I can't re-attune the beacon to safe frequencies. The escape pod doesn't have enough hi-tech parts. I could try explore the planet to see if there is any existing infrastructure to take advantage of using my spy gear and diplomatic skills. Or I could call the next Krell rescue ship whenever that would occur. The Krell Dominion does not seem to value the life of the individual much.

The Krell Communication Method works at least so called two technological hierarchies below the steps Azzaka have taken to secure our transmissions.

Their aquatronic systems are waterproof, more like hydrophilic. If I open the system panel here, I risk losing valuable pure water that sustains the communication system. That is rule number one. Stay hydrated with this tech.

Although Krell seem to think they're safe from transmission hijack, we do it all the time in the Azzaka Navy. The principle is that their modulating signal is encrypted by an impulse modulation that is carried on a FTL signal. Think of just negating signal pulse somewhere and sending static pulses to cover the impulse. Really trivial actually. Of course they scatter the carrier signal to FTL wave frequencies, but all you need to do is read some science history and replicate that technology and apply some more recent decoding algorithms. Like... Wait, I'm not carrying a Krell spy mission. I need to save my ass.

Rule number two, do not broadcast anything even accidentally that resembles impulse techniques, because the Krell and who knows who else will be listening on those. With this tech, that is sort of insanely hard. So forget about rule number one.

Azzaka message signals are conveyed by infinite distance teleportation. The device taps into a dimensional state which is same in the target location, we know as much as it's required to tap into the same dimensional state or "blank point" to hijack the energy. Oh, there are several juicy advantages in our way of communicating. Even if you invent interdimensional transmission and manage to tap into the correct dimensional state that may disappear in microseconds after it has been used, that will almost certainly leave a trace not only indicating the transmission was fingered, but also will with our theoretical frame and devices reveal us where in the visible space and time this interception took place. So, we can "hack" back to that location and maybe send our "greetings" there. Since we are only able to teleport very tiny objects containing the information, but still we will be able to send a million pieces of them - some containing difficult viruses and all containing misinformation - it will be impossible to discern what happened during those microseconds of interception. That's our way, simply put.

So... rule number three, I need a portable teleporter to be safe. Normally I would lock into my personal space between Krell missions and construct one in secrecy in two weeks from deceptive hi-tech deliveries and then completely disassemble the device and disintegrate the parts. In here, it's pretty damn hard to get parts.

There, the device is ready to send signal carrying a false story of my escape. If this is assertive: "I am the only survivor of Destroyer Calibra that faced an Azzaka force in these coordinates: ####"

I am quite sure they will send a dozen destroyers or a couple of cruisers to chase down the Azzaka destroyer rather than pick me up with one shuttle. It's worth trying however.

>>744728
How long will it take them to get here? Familiarize yourself with the local area before kicking the nest of stinging invertebrates.

Juctor 2016/08/27(Sat)14:57 No. 744751 ID: b85ea2
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>>744744

Well I'm not a xenobiologist and don't know how probable these predatory beasts are wherever, but I guess every planet that sustains life has some sort of carnivores, even if just bacterial or plant.

Me against this planet... Wait, I get radiowaves. There's intelligent life here or some sort of ancient installation sending these.

Juctor 2016/08/27(Sat)15:01 No. 744752 ID: b85ea2
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Something like... seventeen thousand paces. It's Krell scription, explains that go this way, or... investigate in a way that you must pay attention to this... or just "authority". Again, this can be a bad advice from the Krell "tourist" program. Usually if you're not Krell you somehow end up in trouble following the instructions. But I'm interested why it's tracking radio signals from that direction.

Krell officers hunting down hapless survivors? Try to skirt around the source, see if you can find any paths or buildings that encompass the spot.

Chocomaca 2016/08/30(Tue)11:17 No. 745330 ID: b85ea2
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I found the source. I had to go pretty close to it before able to characterize it properly.

It's a camouflaged camp or something. A simple holographic or physical field camo. Possibly a military encampment of some low tech race. Possibly just an ordinary interstellar tourist or traveller who wants to stay visually hidden from orbital spy probes or low tech aircraft.

Chocomaca 2016/08/30(Tue)11:17 No. 745331 ID: b85ea2
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I would think it's not a job very well done.

Oh wow that is... Laughably bad.
Even a primitive military would be able to get the surrounding colors right.

Well, you can't expect a field core prism to work for decades, the crystal probably ran out-

Wait, are you saying... are you saying THAT'S A TARP?! AS IN, A TARP THAT WAS JUST PLACED HERE THIS MONTH?! AND THEY THOUGHT THEY DISGUISED IT AS A MOUNTAIN?!

... WOW. Just... wow. If this really is a covert military installation, I'd say they are flat out DONE. Just do your best at stealth and deal with all hostiles, preferably with non-lethal takedowns, but do what you must to stay undetected.

Juctor 2016/08/31(Wed)08:06 No. 745429 ID: b85ea2
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"WHO GOES THERE!?? SUBMIT! I CAN SEE YOU THERE EVEN CLOAKED. ARE YOU AZZAKAN?"

"Science Officer Elder Lieutenant Juctor, Commander. May I speak?"

"Go ahead Science Officer.", She speaks as she lowers her psi launcher.

"WHAT IS THIS PLACE?! A THEME PARK?!"

Juctor 2016/08/31(Wed)08:19 No. 745431 ID: b85ea2
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"Last place I would expect to find an Azzakan Command post at. Although it's not in my rank to question your situation, I suspect we're on the same boat here."

"Correct. You said we're on the same boat here, did you mean you're stranded as well? I was expecting for a rescue party. Are you from Destroyer Even's Bright sent here to rescue me by any chance?"

"I was working undercover in a Krell squadron that destroyed the Even's Bright in the nebula one parsec away from your rescue. I am sorry, Commander? If I remember right your name is Diddiq Selebaq, Senator Diddiq's daughter in command of the Dawn's Shining Psionic Brigade."

"Correct. After performing a critical hidden strike to one of the Krell core worlds we were ambushed by a greater enemy on our way back. There are some survivors around here and some drifting in this system, but I'm... I'm afraid many were captured and taken away. Light infantry was plain decimated by their weaponry of unseen power. I must return intel back to the Command Core Unit. I- I may freak out Lieutenant." She speaks as the psiokinetic surface of her armor begins to display shivering patterns of lightning blue blaze. "We must find a way to escape this planet, Lieutenant."

Juctor 2016/08/31(Wed)08:46 No. 745432 ID: b85ea2
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"One more thing, Commander Diddiq."

"Yes?"

"WHAT IS THIS PLACE?? A THEME PARK!?"

"WHAT? LIEUTENANT IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY I AM SETTLED LIKE THIS... There was only one tent inside my personal escape pod and that came only with one color, mine."

"YOUR COLOR??? CAN'T YOU REALISE THIS TENT LEAKS OUT LOW TECH SIGNALS DOZENS OF MMILES AWAY! YOU'LL BE DISCOVERED WITHIN SECONDS IF SOMEONE COMES AROUND."

"SIR! I..."

Juctor 2016/09/01(Thu)09:40 No. 745531 ID: b85ea2
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Commander Diddiq jolts forward and touches my neck. I fall into a lucid trance-like state as her psionic influence cuts my psyche like a knife in warm butter.

Juctor 2016/09/01(Thu)09:47 No. 745532 ID: b85ea2
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"I'VE BEEN IN PLACES YOU NAVY SCIENTIST WOULDN'T BELIEVE."

"We approached Krell Argua 3C and encircled it. We created a psionic storm around the planet messing up its weather system and blowing up half of the mental cohesion of its population."

Juctor 2016/09/01(Thu)09:49 No. 745533 ID: b85ea2
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"Within hours once shallow sweetwaters of Argua 3C turned into a steamy wasteland or rock and rotting sea vegetation. We entered the world in our interstellar vessels."

Juctor 2016/09/01(Thu)09:52 No. 745534 ID: b85ea2
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"Our psionic strikes turned the remaining Krell resistance in their exosuits incapable of rationality and coordinated action."

Juctor 2016/09/01(Thu)10:13 No. 745536 ID: b85ea2
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Cmdr Diddiq continues her story, "But as I said, we were ambushed in that strike by a shadow host of crescent-like crafts. I believe they were a new player in our interstellar conflict. Something that will send me on a quest to find new ALLIES. DO YOU UNDERSTAND??? AND YOU DO NOT COMMAND OR SCOLD ME." Commander Diddiq releases her inquisitive grasp.

Cmdr Diddiq: "Lieutenant Juctor, I have psionically communicated with the Command Core. You are to be relieved of your service to the Navy once we reach homeworlds. Go find your wife and take her somewhere safe - Azzakan homeworlds are under immediate threat from this new enemy."

I vote for Chapter 4, continue on from Chapter 2.

I'm cool with whatever Choco, but I don't think this quest died from lack of interest. It's just... Your updates end abruptly and either leave us with little sense of direction or just that thought of "And then?"
It always feels like there's one frame missing and it's often hard to think of a meaningful action to suggest.

I would enjoy this or a continuation of the other two chapters but would just be pleased as punch if you could give us more context and/or more meaningful choices in your updates for whatever you do.

I'll take a break and read other quests, usually just taking distance gives focus to me.