yeah its a perfect setup- wait this seems like a trap. who's got a scope? we need to peek past these boxes and see what's waiting.

Silence 2026/08/28(Fri)14:31 No. 1131416 ID: 6d1406
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>>1131355
You peak around the corner, more tunnels, but a group of box walkers are working with a large hole, you can hear something coming from it, a grinding noise.

sounds like its probably some kind of drill tryong to breach the loot cave. either we can blow up the boxers or just... shove them in ontop of the drill

that looks un-traplike enough. blast em into the hole.

Silence 2026/08/31(Mon)15:36 No. 1131528 ID: 6d1406
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>>1131420
>>1131427
You and Tien take the initiative and attack, they can't defend themselves, they're unarmed worker models.

You hear them clatter.

Silence 2026/08/31(Mon)15:38 No. 1131529 ID: 6d1406
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You lean over and look inside, it's a kilometer or two in terms of distance but your mech's sensors can mark it out easy enough.

There's metal in this hole, seemingly welded together or something, just... there.

Where are you relative to the approximate location of the door?

They sealed something off eh? Well can't stop for that, have to keep securing the location, then can come back to break through later.

Silence 2026/09/02(Wed)16:32 No. 1131590 ID: 6d1406
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>>1131537
>>1131550
You run a ping, and get your positional data relative to your current location, in that moment you also get a responding ping from friendly ITA forces.

You get a brief map of your location and the radar pinging down the tunnels, you're not too far off from the main objective, just a little further. Two chambers, upper and lower, both have activity judging by radar and how the Monarchy appears to be operating. It's a coin flip.

What do you take?

take the right path

Concur, go for the right one.

Silence 2026/09/07(Mon)16:20 No. 1131729 ID: 6d1406
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You dart into the right chamber.

Silence 2026/09/07(Mon)16:21 No. 1131730 ID: 6d1406
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And are faced with what looks to be a large tank unit with a singular box walker in the front.

Well then.

We got this, what's the plan?

The mech could provide cover while one of you approaches. Then when the tank does its initial barrage the other comes in

This gun looks bad news, but its weekness is probably elevation. Throw a missile at its missile racks and is that doesn't take it out, try jumping over the tank to strike its behind.

Silence 2026/09/09(Wed)14:38 No. 1131843 ID: 6d1406
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>>1131738
Unfortunately the Alien machine has pinged in yet, it's still on its mission. The thick walls of the caves are probably interfering with the signal.

>>1131744
It starts tracking, Tien opens fire with Frontline to let you get a chance at one of the missile racks with your own. Damage is minor but the heat can be felt from the plasma blaster.

You raise your new shield, built from the recovered tech of the Red Mask arm you grabbed.

Next action?

Overload the cannon with weapons fire. If you can destroy it in time, it'll take out the missile launcher. Don't waste time destroying the rest if it can't fight back, you're on the clock here.

Suggestion 2026/09/14(Mon)15:03 No. 1132009 ID: 6d1406
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>>1131845
The unit opens fire with missiles of its own, you think you have the pattern. Fires the plasma gun, and then while that cycles it fires missiles.

So devise a plan around that, and maybe you can figure out how to overload its turret unit and take it out.

Can you get on the turret while it faces away from you?
If you can blow the hatch open, you can likely take out the crew... Or should they surrender, order them out of the tank so you can blow it up.

When it fires its laser you can boost over it to get on its back

Suggestion 2026/09/16(Wed)14:51 No. 1132046 ID: 6d1406
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>>1132012
>>1132015
The machine is distracted now, tracking Tien. You take the chance and hop up on the turret and look down upon the control unit, a Box walker plugged in.

You tell it to surrender.

Make me, fool!

If it insists, what will you do?

Now I wish we had taken the beam blade.
Just shoot at whatever looks vulnerable then: joints, thinner armor if you can spot any, sensor arrays...

can at least missile that sensor port on the front

Suggestion 2026/09/18(Fri)13:40 No. 1132099 ID: 6d1406
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>>1132047
You do in fact, have the beam blade, and plug it right into the Box Walker unit. Taking out the control center.

You hear screaming over comms for a brief moment, before it... dissipates and fades.

Suggestion 2026/09/18(Fri)13:41 No. 1132100 ID: 6d1406
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You get a ping from Tien.

Good work, we've only got a little farther to go. This'll make Lupin and Leo's catchup much easier.

>>1132099
...I don't think that counts as making them surrender.

on to the next chamber

Onwards.

>>1132112
That's why the "getting them to surrender" part of my suggesion was optional. Thede guys are hard to convince.

Uh... you might want to make sure he's dead.

Put a missile in the control box and detonate it, just to be sure. Then salvage any weapons/gear you can and move on.

Suggestion 2026/09/21(Mon)18:16 No. 1132231 ID: 6d1406
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>>1132134
You leave a missile on a timer, and dart out with Tien. The machine going up, that's one less unit to worry about getting on your case in the near future.

Suggestion 2026/09/21(Mon)18:16 No. 1132232 ID: 6d1406
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There's only one chamber left before the door, and the final bout.

Silence 2026/09/21(Mon)18:21 No. 1132233 ID: 6d1406
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You enter the last chamber, a frozen crystal substance in the center, no signs of any machinery, presumably from the other chamber you were in earlier they had moved.

There's something beneath the crystal surface.

Wait for the alien mech to catch up.

something like, that's going to burst out in ambush?

More missiles! Throw them down the pit to act as gas canisters, you'll temporarily get higher DPS if there's an ambush from below.

Silence 2026/09/23(Wed)15:20 No. 1132314 ID: 6d1406
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>>1132235
You wait. Finally getting a ping back, the machine is on its way. Your own mech is still in good condition, you've managed to avoid major damages so far by ambushing and relying on Tien for support. You don't know if you'll need the backup mech but it won't hurt.

>>1132245
You inspect the pit, it's frozen over with teal blue crystal, and inside you can see... a shape, a figure, something trapped within, larger than your machine, far far larger, reaching out.

guess that's not getting out.

better take a look down the corridor you didn't take, just so nothing unknown is at your back.

leeeeet's hope thats nothign to worry about

Silence 2026/09/25(Fri)14:37 No. 1132349 ID: 6d1406
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>>1132329
You send a quick ping down the other path, and get nothing back. Seems nobody's coming to chase you.

You get another ping from the Alien Mech, it's catching up. Only one spot left to go.

While you have the time, rig some more missiles and put them on a remote detonator. You'll free/destroy this monster as your escape plan!

>>1132354
How about no. That's a waste of munitions, the crystal prison is bigger than our mech which means the missiles won't make a dent.

>>1132349
The mission is to take control of or destroy what's here. I don't see any way to do either. Try calling back to base to report what you've found.

Time to take a sneak peek at what's happening in the door chamber.

Silence 2026/09/28(Mon)12:58 No. 1132429 ID: 6d1406
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>>1132356
You try to send a message to base, nothing. You're too far underground with no proper signal, anything you could get out would need to bounce out of the caves first.

>>1132363
You advance forward, into the final chamber.

Silence 2026/09/28(Mon)13:03 No. 1132430 ID: 6d1406
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And enter the final chamber, you had seen the door from a distance before, but now, here? You realize how much it dwarfs you. You start to ponder why a door would need to be made this large, and if it has anything to do with that figure trapped in the crystal.

The alien mech finally catches up to you.

What's next? We're still waiting on my teammates.

Take a good look at the material of the door and the walls and floor around it. Sometimes, the walls are weaker than the door.

Maybe we need that big mech to open the big door. I guess we should at least try attacking the crystal with something, does the energy blade have infinite ammo?

The door is probably for whatever's in the pit.

either of those suggestions are good. testing the materials while you wait for the others

Silence 2026/09/30(Wed)14:58 No. 1132475 ID: 6d1406
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>>1132434
You take a look at the door, and realize just how massive it is, perspective shifting it somewhat. Whatever it's made out of, it's sturdy stuff. The stone is thick and heavy for certain, you don't think you could cut through it with your current weapons.

>>1132436
It lasts as long as your onboard generator does, but truthfully you think maybe awakening a giant is a bad idea.

>>1132437
You concurr.

You sit and wait, best option you have at the moment, when suddenly you hear.

There you are.

>>1132475
Remember, he's specifically equipped for mech to mech combat this time. Hopefully theres only the one mech this time...