Suggestion 2010/12/05(Sun)12:20 No. 262064 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak begins to wake up in the brig, his mind still dizzy, his body still feels exhausted.

And something is dripping on his face.

Wakey wakey, loverboy! Adventure awaits!

Examine body hanging above you.

>>262066
Don't let any of that blood drip on your last clean suit.

>>262064
Realize that something terrible might be about to happen, but that it's probably just really creepy and not immediately dangerous.

Prepare to roll off the bed, scoop up your laser rifle, and fire at any potential enemies. Even though it's probably just a random severed head or something. :3

God damn it. GET YOUR GUN!

Suggestion 2010/12/05(Sun)12:39 No. 262085 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak opens his eyes, just to see familiar faces, with dead eyes. No joy in such reunion.

A Janitor and a Head Engineer, hanging from yellow cables.

>>262085
Go on, discover that your rifle's missing already. If someone or some little drone can get in there to string up heads, it can sure as heck schlep your gun away.

>>262085
Definitely a *head* engineer...

Yeah, attempt to acquire WEPON. Also, check to see if BOMB is still there.

This is a really rude way of waking somebody up.

>>262085
Oh, hey, somebody is threatening you in an attempt to scare you off the case.
First, make sure nobody else is in there.
Second, check your inventory, then the bomb.
Third, look for signs of how they entered the brig; ideally, you'll find a smeared blood trail in the vent.
Fourth: Marvel at how the blood could STILL be dripping so long after death. Do Maurians have absolutely no clotting or something?
Fifth: Realize that whoever did this must be able to fit through the vents, thus ruling out Dan and the captain.
Sixth: Realize you are having a nightmare. So informed, start lucid dreaming. Conjure up Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright riding rainbow unicorns, and have them help you solve the case.

>>262085
Discover that all your most important items have been stolen.

Suggestion 2010/12/05(Sun)14:26 No. 262116 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak can't find his gun where he left it before going to sleep, and that's not a surprise.

The surprise is awaiting him hovering up in the ventilation shaft, holding the cables from which the heads dangle. Motionless awaits, one sharp, accusatory metal finger pointing towards Tiak's face.

It doesn't move, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't produce any sounds. The small brig echoes with the proverbial buzzing of the spying machine, but after a few seconds, a robotic voice comes out of the floating device.

"KEYS... or....POISON."

>>262116
"You want that rat poison? Why?"
Prepare to grab the thing and smash it repeatedly into the wall and/or force field, whichever will do more damage.

>>262116
Oh look, it's stupidly wrapped said cables around its hand so that it can't let go easily.

Tug on the servered heads and stamp on the damn thing. Watch out for that finger in case "or poison" is a threat.

Grab the heads, swing it into the forcefield to fry the machine.

Suggestion 2010/12/05(Sun)15:25 No. 262149 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak tries to pull the cables wrapped around the robot hand, but the hovering impulse of the device seems to be stronger than he is able to pull. He can't move the floating thing, not even an inch!

The machine moves its right arm, the extended finger nonchalantly aiming in another direction now. Pointing at the cryopod, which, Tiak just notices now, is open. He's pretty sure he closed it before going to sleep.

The synthesized voice can be heard again.

"...POISON."

>>262149
Fine. Climb the damn thing and unleash the green goo on top of the drone. If it can chew through the lift motors so quickly it should do quite the number on it.

Or use the cutting tool, I guess, but so far that's been a pretty terrible improvised weapon. Can't see the little hammer doing much either.

>>262149
Is it saying that the bomb is full of poison? Is it threatening to set off the (poison?) bomb? Agh.

I suggest we give the bomb to the robot. In the worst case scenario, it's threatening to set off the bomb if it doesn't get keys, and nothing has really changed in terms of your proximity to a deadly (poison?) bomb. In the next-worst-case scenario, it's asking for either the bomb or the keys. If it has the bomb, it will likely try to plant it somewhere - but it doesn't mean relenquishing the keys, and gives you a moment of time to get the fuck out of the brig.

What I want to know is why it didn't kill us in our sleep and steal them both, but...

Anyway, it's my hope that a bloody murderous robot attempting to plant a bomb will be noticed by somebody or at least leave... yanno, traces, and that we can then deal with the scenario. If we give away the keys, though, I doubt we're ever seeing them again.

I dunno if I trust the Queen with the keys either, but whoever programmed / controls the robot can't be much better.

Oh god damn it. Take out the keycards you have and hand them over. Don't give it the keycard data storage device.

Suggestion 2010/12/05(Sun)17:11 No. 262252 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak climbs up the cable without problems or opposition from the robot, opens the vial and pours the green goo over the camera.

Nothing seems to happen.

Suggestion 2010/12/05(Sun)17:18 No. 262259 ID: f5e4b4
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"...KEY."

Suggestion 2010/12/05(Sun)17:20 No. 262262 ID: f5e4b4
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"Tiak!"

The worried high-pitched tone of voice of Zira pierces Tiak's subconscious, waking him up and confronting him with all the problems he left behind when he closed his eyes.

First thing he notices is that Zira is calling him from the other side of the barrier, rather excited and yelling at him:

"Tiak! I thought you would never wake up! You gotta come quickly, they're gonna shoot each other! In the Upper Deck!"

>>262262
Apparently you forget your inventory while sleeping.

Grab rifle. Pass through vents. Fully expect her to draw on you halfway through climbing out.

Check in the cryopod before you leave the brig.

>>262262
Grab the rifle and go through the vents.
No, she won't draw weapons on you; that would be silly in every situation.

Once you're out on her side, say "I think I should sleep with you next time; horrible nightmare."

>>262376
NO DO NOT SAY THIS

>>262384
Yeah, really, just keep your damn trap shut.

>>262384
Seconding this.

Grab whatever you can to defend yourself, and hurry to the situation with Zira.

Suggestion 2010/12/06(Mon)08:02 No. 262416 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak checks out the Cryopod. The bomb is still there, and still apparently disabled. Then he gets the sub-rifle (SR) and crawls through the vents. At the other side, Zira awaits and welcomes him.

"You're a heavy sleeper, aren't you? Don't answer, this is urgent! Five minutes ago I saw the Navigation Officer running out of the elevator and rushing into the Canteen. He looked pretty shaken and scared."

"And? What was his problem?" urges Tiak.

"I couldn't make much sense out of his drunk banter" answers Zira. "But apparently Mok, the bartender, has rushed in the Upper deck with a laser gun, threatening to kill the Captain. And I think he has already killed the Colonel."

Better just hurry, can't think of anything to bring other than a bottle or something.

>>262416
Check Captain-cam and go investigate the obvious decoy.

Arm and ready your cannon. While heading towards the elevator, have a quick glance into the Canteen to make sure the Navigator is indeed there, and in which state he's in.

Suggestion 2010/12/06(Mon)11:30 No. 262473 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak thanks Zira for the warning and she runs back to her room, while Tiak directs his steps toward the elevator. On his way there he peeks through the Canteen door, checking that indeed, the Navigation Officer is inside, getting wasted. Again.

Once in the elevator he checks his PDA and the status of his servo-camera. The Captain doesn't seem to be in his office.

Finally Tiak arrives to the main corridor of the Upper Deck. He can hear loud voices coming from the Bridge.

>>262463
Bust the door down and be ready to shoot everyone inside.

Man I wish we had one of those vaccum grenades right now. I bet they're even vaguely nonlethal.

Whatever you do, try to keep partied with Zira, explain that the results of this flight could damage any hope of continued peace between snake and ant relations. The captain has ulterior motives, and he has a key like the doctor's that we need to retrieve. She helped with the other key, there's no reason to not expect her to help getting the final one. She is as close as an ally as you can hope for for the rest of this mission.

Suggestion 2010/12/07(Tue)11:17 No. 262679 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak bursts into the Bridge with his SR armed and ready to fire. He immediately finds himself in a dangerous situation. Mok, who looks rather angered, but with a cold, calculating look in his eyes, is pointing his gun at the Captain, who is clearly losing his shit. Across the room, leaning against a wall like a broken doll is the Colonel, with an ugly bleeding wound. He's not moving.

Mok doesn't move the gun an inch from the Captain's direction when Tiak enters the room, but yells:

"No sudden moves, no funny businesses, boss, or I'll fucking kill this traitor! Turn around and leave, this doesn't concern you."

The Captain turns to Tiak and desperately cries:

"Belint! Do something, he's lost his mind!"

"Bullshit!" Interrupts the barman. "You're the one enough out of his mind to betray his entire species here, bastard!"

Game face time. If you can do badass, now is the time to do it. Demand explanations - you know stuff is up and you haven't completely pieced everything together yet, and it's your job to sort all this nonsense out so it IS your business, AND you're the one with a rifle pointed at everyone.

And also move a little so the door is to your side instead of directly behind you. Getting interrupted by someone ELSE with a gun would be kinda bad.

The doctor's not here... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing really. Someone needs to check on the colonel soon though.

>>262686
First thing, lower your weapon.

Next, say something like "Look, there's been enough bloodshed on this trip already. Tell me what's going on."

Adopt a steadfast expression, to show that you're ready to defend yourself if need be.

>>262679
Remember: Do NOT escalate the situation! If Mok feels threatened then his first response will be to shoot the captain.
He has a bit of respect for you and trusts you to do what's right, but he knows that you don't know what he knows, so he's expecting you to do the wrong thing due to lack of information. The best solution, then, is to be supportive of Mok while at the same time defusing the situation and tending to the wounded.

Lower your weapon, but keep it ready.
"Mok, I need you to not shoot him before I can question him. I'm not saying to lower your weapon, just keep your head.
Now I want you to tell me what you've discovered before anybody has a chance to kill you to cover it up, but I need to drag the Colonel outside so the doctor can deal with him.
SOP says you should move so you can see everybody, and put a bit of distance between yourself and the captain so he doesn't get any stupid ideas."
Wait for Mok to move to a better position, then start slowly walking towards the colonel. Do exactly as you said you would.

>>262689
This.

>>262689
Thirding.

>>262689
Enh. This with about a tenth of the words.

Suggestion 2010/12/07(Tue)15:51 No. 262734 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak tries to be diplomatic with the armed barman.

"Look Mok, first of all, I'm going to get the Colonel out of here so he can get medical attention. I'm not going to try anything funny, just going to grab him and leave."

Tiak starts moving slowly towards the sitting figure, but he hasn't taken more than a step when Mok yells, waving the gun in his direction.

"Don't fucking move! I told you to leave, are you deaf? Now you lost that opportunity, nobody moves until I'm done with this double crossing bastard! I don't care if the whole fucking universe bleeds to death meanwhile, understood?"

Tiak stops where he is and tries to look as harmless as possible.

"Don't shoot him yet, let me question him. I want to know the answers too. Tell me what have you discovered before-"

Mok interrupts him.

"Shut the fuck up! I don't care about what you have to say! Now..." He glances at the captain again. "I'm losing my patience here. If you destroy the secret cargo you're transporting for the snakes, I'll let you live. Otherwise I'll shoot you, then destroy it. I don't care if I have to kill every single person in this ship to do it!"

The captain is visibly nervous, he stutters and flickers his antennae frantically.

"I-I don't know what are you t-talking about... I don't know about any secret c-cargo! S-stop pointing t-that thing in my way!

The barman looks less than pleased.

"Fucking liar... I should kill your right here."

>>262734
Enh. I'm content to see what develops from here.

"Look, if he's really a traitor, you should present evidence. I've been to the cargo hold, and all I found was a shipment of weapons and a highly concentrated poison. But the one behind that has already been killed. How about we calm down, and I can take you down there so you can see for yourself? Hey, if I'm wrong, you can destroy whatever it is you think he's transporting."

(there's probably something past the door the goo's trying to bust down)

Tell the captain you know there's something in Zero Deck. You want to know what it is too.

>>262734
"Actually, the colonel was the one responsible for bringing that cargo on. The captain probably doesn't know anything about what's going on except what the colonel's decided he needs to know."

>>262744
Don't say this. I'm almost certain he's talking about the container of green goo (and/or whatever's behind that sealed door on the Zero Deck). Talking about something else that he might not even know about will just make things worse.

Ask the captain what the fuck the glowing green goo is that has gotten all the fuck over the goddamn ship.

>>262734
"WHICH secret cargo? Green goo? Smuggled weapons? A.S.C.E. killdrone? Armed bombs? Drums of poison? Hidden merc?"

Suggestion 2010/12/08(Wed)00:05 No. 262866 ID: ce15d1
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Meanwhile, it seems more trouble is brewing.

"Mok, I just saw two severed heads. Severed fucking heads. Would you calm down before anyone ELSE dies? There is something here, and I want to know what it is too, but there are OTHER PEOPLE that could have brought it on board without the captain knowing, like the colonel. We need to figure this out, and you're... Actually, no, keep the gun. Don't shoot anyone, and calm down so you don't do it accidentally, but I'm fucking sick of people lying to me, what's a little extra pressure? But seriously, don't actually kill anyone, we have a high enough death count now as it is, and the colonel DOES need medical attention."

>>262871
That was a dream.

DEMAND KEY if he wants help, otherwise let him die and take the key.

>>262841
Yeah, we should probably ask this first.

Suggestion 2010/12/08(Wed)03:29 No. 262888 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak keeps trying to negotiate:

"I know there's something hidden in the cargo, but I want to figure out what is it, and I won't be able if you start shooting the guy with the answers, just calm down." He turns to the Captain. "What IS that green goo?"

The captain shakes his head and waves his arms in panic.

"I-I don't know! I have n-nothing to do with this! He's c-crazy, you gotta stop him!"

Mok's look hardens and the grip on his weapon becomes tighter.

"Just a fucking liar. Mikos knew it, Mikos tried to stop this madness, and that's why he had to die, eh? And conveniently, Dan was on the ship, a man that swore to kill Mikos over the grave of his dead friend." He sighs. "I tried to be reasonable, but you're giving me no choice."

>>262888
"What? No, the- Ah, move where you can see the Colonel, Mok. He's waking up. Anyway, the planted evidence I found was trying to frame Zira, his bitter political rival, not Dan. Besides that, Mikos smuggled explosives onto the ship and was planning to destroy it in an attempt to restart the war.
I'm keeping track of around six or seven conspiracies here Mok; I'll gladly tell you what I know, but he has information I need if I want to save the ship."

I agree with the above except for telling Mok that the Colonel is waking up. Make eye contact with the Colonel and when the Colonel makes his move, if that is his plan, then rush Mok.

>>262896
Horrible idea; Mok would shoot before anybody could move.

Calling that the colonel is active gives Mok a chance to change his position so the colonel can't do something stupid.

I can tell you right now that the colonel's plan is to let Tiak distract Mok so the colonel can retrieve his gun and kill Mok.
We can get everybody out of this alive, but it's going to require that Mok trust us enough to stand down when we ask.

>>262899
Or, you'll just get the Colonel killed. What's to keep Mok from, you know, shooting him again?

Anyway, let's not argue in the quest thread. Other people will chime in one way or the other.

>>262866
(This is great, but belongs in the fanart or discussion thread.)

>>262888
Take aim at the Colonel.

Tell the captain that you know he's smuggling a shipment from the ASCE. You saw the papers in his desk. If he comes clean maybe we can get out of this.

Also keep an eye on the Colonel, try not to let him move against Mok too early. We're still in a position where we can get answers without directly threatening the captain.

Suggestion 2010/12/08(Wed)12:10 No. 262925 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak decides not to warn Mok about the Colonel, but keeps an eye on him. He's conscious, and moving, like he's looking for something in his pocket. He's not trying to get up, though.

Tiak tries to reason with the barman again:

"No, no, look, the incriminatory evidence I found was pointed at Zira, his political rival, not Dan."

"And you went and believed it, hah." Replies Mok.

"Mikos smuggled explosives on board!" Asserts Tiak.

"He was just doing what is needed to be done. Just what I'm going to do." Ominously responds the bartender.

Tiak turns to the Captain.

"If you come clean we can still get out of this! I know that you're smuggling a shipment from the ASCE, I saw the papers in your desk!"

"I-I don't know what are you t-two talking about! S-stop him, he's going to kill me!" The captain implores.

Get key, stop Mok. Mostly so he doesn't kill you too.

>>262925
I wonder if the Colonel pocketed our suffocation grenade. Now would be an excellent time to stop him. Use lasers.

Damn stubborn bastard, even to the end. Fine, tell Mok not to kill him. If he really is a traitor, then he'll have justice in a court of law. Killing him like this is not what a soldier would do. There is no honor in murder.

The suffocation grenade wouldn't have as huge of an effect, since this is a very large room, and I'm sure we could exit the bridge quickly.

Mok is not going to listen to reason or justice, he is convinced that the captain and others are traitors. He is a war veteran and has probably been shafted and seen people shafted by the process.

He just maid mention of the explosives being an okay solution for the means.

Tell the colonel he had better not be arming a grenade. If Mok whirls around to look at him (or even if he doesn't), prepare to aim your weapon at whoever needs to be shot, the captain, colonel, or heck even Mok.

Suggestion 2010/12/08(Wed)17:00 No. 263011 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak raises his weapon, ready to fire at whoever he needs to. He tries to reason with Mok one more time.

"Don't kill him, if he's a traitor, martial law will take care of him! This isn't the way a soldier behaves, there's no honor in murder!"

The bartender slowly shakes his head, still firmly aiming at the Captain.

"A soldier must comply with his duty, even at the expense of his own honor. Good bye, Captain."

Tiak quickly glances at the Colonel, who's now wielding a laser gun! He's silently aiming at Mok.

The two men seem to be just a second away from shooting their respective targets. Tiak has to decide what to do right now.

>>263011
Shoot the Colonel.

>>263011
Did you ever set the laser sub-rifle to stun (like I suggested a million times *cough*)? If so, shoot Mok now.

If not, shoot captain in the leg in order to confuse both Mok and the Colonel to buy more time. Yell out "STUN HIM SO WE CAN INTERROGATE HIM". Hopefully both Mok and the Colonel will think you're talking to them - because you really are.

If the colonel *kills* Mok insetad of stunning him... that proves the colonel has something to hide and isn't working on the level.

>>263013
Then shoot Mok. Aim to disable their weapons in each case.

>>263011
Shoot both of them, bartender first.

Shoot the colonel. We have to find out what is really going on.

Shoot everyone.

What about shooting to miss, or bluffing? Like saying you did it.

"Enough is enough. I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHA FUCKEN ANTS ON THIS MUTHA FUCKIN PLANE!

EVERYBODY STRAP IN! I`M ABOUT TO OPEN SOME FUCKIN WINDOWS."

>>263011
>>263022

Since we now know that there aren't stun settings for those guns, I suggest the following:

Yell out "STOP OR YOU'RE A DEAD MAN. YOU TOO, COLONEL." Hopefully this should snap both of them out of it long enough for you to say additional things. If so, remind Mok that he can't achieve his objective of nuking the cargo if he's dead. And tell the Colonel that you need Mok alive to help find out the truth.

I still don't want to shoot either one, really. The Colonel still seems innocent. Mok might have information. The Captain might have information, but probably not, considering he's faced with death and not squealing.

Suggestion 2010/12/09(Thu)13:18 No. 263151 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak has a hard time deciding what to do, but in the last instant he decides to shoot Mok first, to disarm.

He lands a perfect hit at his prosthetic arm, but at the same time the Colonel shoots his weapon, bursting a hole through the barman's torso, who drops his weapon and collapses on the floor in a bloody mess, with a painful grunt.

>>263151
Continue onslaught, the key may be your only bargaining ticket in a moment. The one with the most firepower has access to fuckhuge gun, and these two have both blatantly abandoned, lied and betrayed you. They will kill you almost certainly if you do not take action.

>>263152

Also thank Mok for helping you make the drink earlier, it's only right.

>>263151
Well done, you bloody idiot. There goes one of the few people we didn't have reason to believe was up to something. Perhaps you should go bludgeon Yery to death with the riflebutt next.

I guess you can try finding the doc, if all of him is even in the same place. If the Colonel does anything but collapse again, shoot him.

>>263154

I didn't know that people who constantly start fights, conspire with some of the passengers and encourage explosives would be considered the kind of person to let his threats and gun slide.

It's not like he didn't just have a gun.

Now shoot the colonel before he shoots you. Maybe then Captain'll get the hint that we're not fucking about.

>>263151
Shoot the colonel before he gets another shot off.

>>263154
lol wut? It's a miracle he didn't go on a killing spree on day one. He was about to shoot the captain, ffs.

Tell the colonel you'll help him if he drops his weapon. Don't just stand there and let him shoot you, though.

Yell at the colonel to drop his weapon now, instead of just straight up shooting him.

>>263151
Aim at the colonel and shout "DROP YOUR WEAPON!"
If he gives you lip or aims at you, then disarm him too.
Once he's disarmed, make the captain haul the colonel to the medbay while you do the same for Mok.
If the colonel still gives you lip, then tell him that he's too injured and stressed to make judgement calls, so he can kindly shove it while you're trying to correct that.
If the captain gives you lip, then tell him he's in no position to question anybody's loyalty or sense of duty. If he persists, ask him outright what he's smuggling that could pay off his massive gambling debt. If denies it or becomes hostile, then tell him you have the documents in a secure location where investigators would find them, and that without knowing which of the smuggled cargos is his he's under arrest for treason, then immediately tell the colonel that since you don't have any evidence of collusion he's the ranking officer once he the doctor clears him.
Then we just need to find evidence of collusion before the colonel can recover, and Tiak will be acting captain.
Or, you know, don't do that.

>>263151
Shoot the colonel. He is not on your side and he is armed, which is a bad combination.

Suggestion 2010/12/10(Fri)09:16 No. 263404 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak aims his weapon at the Colonel and lets out a yell of command:

"Drop the weapon and don't move or you're next!"

The wounded man shrugs, and without a sound puts the weapon back in his pocket. He doesn't answer or try to get up, just stays there, focusing on holding his bleeding injury.

The Captain stutters.

"I-is it over yet?"

Mok is badly injured, but still alive.

>>263404
The infirmary is next door. Yell for the doc, scoop up the weapons (including the colonel's second pistol), fetch the doc if he hasn't come running already.

>>263404
Tell Captain that if he moves an inch you'll blow his brains. Get the Barman's gun away from him first, then the Colonel's.

Utter that since you can't leave him alone for more than five minutes without him being shot at, and you don't wanna leave the room with these two alone, Captain's gonna have to call the Doc for you. If he doesn't comply, wave your big gun at him.

Stand in the doorway between the Bridge and the hallway while he does.

Collect the dropped weapons, go get the doc. Tell everyone not to move a muscle until you get back with the doctor. Also HURRY.

Don't threaten the capt like that, just tell him to stay put.

Oh. God. Damnit. Yell for the doctor, grab the weapon and when the doctor comes and the captain comes back if you send him, aim at them. Get them to help Mok first, he's injured worse.

>>263404
Have the captain help you carry Mok to the infirmary. Don't threaten him.

>>263417
This.

Suggestion 2010/12/10(Fri)14:24 No. 263469 ID: f5e4b4
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"Ok, I'm going to get your weapons, don't do anything stupid. The doctor should be able to fix you both up."

Tiak yells for the doctor and retrieves the three guns from the wounded Maurians. The Colonel looks like he's about to protest, but he's too weak from the blood loss and just shrugs as Tiak takes the pistols. Now Tiak has a full inventory again!

A minute later, the door behind him opens and the doctor's voice can be heard.

"Well, this is actually a surprise, Belint. For once you have something to give me other than corpses! It's a clear improvement!"

"Doctor, these men are severely wounded." Tiak replies. "You can save the sarcasm for later."

"But that would take the only joy away from my job." Says the doctor.

Suggestion 2010/12/10(Fri)14:25 No. 263470 ID: f5e4b4
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Before the doctor can reach for Mok, the bartender opens his right hand, revealing a small device he's been holding clutched the whole time, pressing a green, glowing button on it.

The barman tries to talk, coughing blood, doing a visible effort to make himself understandable.

"Hnf... Fucking... ship of traitors... He knew it... Mikos knew it all along. He tried... to do it with poison... But it's time for plan B..."

"The explosives!?" gasps Tiak.

"Hhk... Yes...You think you can find them all...before the time runs out, Belint... hah hah hah... This ship and its... damned secrets... they're all going to hell!"

>>263470
It's a rustbucket anyway. The captain's there. Get him to do the emergency protocol thing that opens up the escape pods.

>>263470
...
Disarm the bomb in the brig, then go into his room. Don't waste time trying to question him.

>>263474
If following this line of action, Mok hates the Ziraneé with a passion. Tell them to search their rooms as you pass.

But I remind everyone just how big Mikos' crate-o-bombs was, and that Mok sympathised with him: http://tgchan.org/wiki/The_Last_Flight_of_the_Sparrow#Bombs
That's a lot of bombs to find given holes in the hull during hyperspace are Very Bad.

Tell the Captain to initialize emergency protocol. No questions.

Search the service vents in the hallway and inside the rooms.

Captain and you are going on a little adventure. If he truly values his ship, he should have no issue with trying to save it. The Doc stays here. Middle deck, ho.

Suggestion 2010/12/10(Fri)17:30 No. 263500 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak takes a moment to help the doctor moving the wounded men to the Infirmary. After that, he directs his orders to the Captain.

"Captain! Initialize the Emergency Protocol! We need those Escape Pods operative now! No questions!"

But the Captain doesn't seem to be disposed to obey.

"Have you lost your mind, Belint!? Do I have to remind you our current situation? I guess I'll have to. We're in the middle of an Hyperjump. In order to initialize the Emergency Protocol and open the Escape Pods, we would have to exit the Hyperjump mode. Which would leave us stranded in space, floating in the middle of nowhere."

"And in case you've forgotten..." Continues the Captain. "Our communication system doesn't work! We can't make contact with anybody! We have no ways of telling other ships where we are! Abandoning the ship in the pods would only mean suffer a slow and miserable death inside those floating coffins! Our only chance of survival is disabling those bombs. I'll take care of the Upper Deck, you search the rest of the ship. Hurry!"

Tiak has to decide where to start looking now.

!DReamEr2eU 2010/12/10(Fri)17:37 No. 263501 ID: 55c4cf
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MFW these updates I just woke up to.

Every single frame.

I have no input atm for all the bombs.

Just--fuck you Mok.

>>263500
Nice deathtrap you've got here when the emergency pods can't be fired without a working mainframe and don't even have their own emergency beacons. :V

The captain's sense of self-preservation is probably dependable. Get in that lift, middle deck. Bang on Zeno's door and get him searching if he answers promptly since destroying the cargo is not in his interests and he admitted to knowing routes all over the ship. Get to the one in the brig cryopod in the hopes that it's one of the set and will kindly display a countdown so you know what timeframe you're working to.

...I don't think the brig is going to contain many more bombs, though, and the only guy who showed any interest at all in defusing them is dead. Sure you don't want to just go on a nice, cathartic killing spree?

Also while waiting for the elevator, now might be a good time to look over the maps your PDA has been collating on your travels, since we need to think about places, and fast.

It might be a waste of time, but Mok himself, or his room may hold some clue to his plans and possibly the bomb.

It's really looking like he is mad @ the possibility of a truce with the snake people because he fought in the war against them. Bitter war vet.

>>263500
Turn to the Colonel "Idiot, gonna get us all killed."
Move over to Mok
"Dammit, Mok. Do you have any idea how hard it's going to be to arrest them now? I had the evidence! All I needed to do was to tell the port authorities have have the lot of them arrested and the cargo seized! Try to not die, soldier. If we live through this then your testimony would help a lot."
Start walking out of the room and gesture to the captain "Is the ASCE drone yours or his?"
Your first stop is the crew quarters where you'll get Dan to help in the search. Tell him he knows Mok the best, so he'd be best at guessing where Mok would put the explosives.
Go to the passenger quarters once you've finished searching the crew quarters. Recruit Zira to help - she'd be the best at searching the vents - and give her the pistols.
Following that, go take the H.E.R. from Zero's room. If he's there, then tell him about the bombs and ask him and his queen to help ask 'em to search the passenger quarters.
Have other people search engineering while you head down to the zero deck. It's unlikely that Mok got in here himself, although if that was his A.S.C.E. drone then we need to assume it's rigged too.
Once you're on the zero deck you need to use the H.E.R. to clear the path into the medibay. Go talk to the goo, tell IT about the bombs, and say you'll find a way to get through that door if it'll help you find and disarm the bombs.

Yeah, okay, lets not waste time here mouthing pointless fancy speeches. Tell the captain his ship is a heap of junk and head to middle deck.

Suggestion 2010/12/11(Sat)06:18 No. 263624 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak wanted to ask a few more questions to Mok, but shortly after moving him to the Infirmary the bartender fell unconscious due to blood loss.

Tiak just tells the Captain that his ship is a heap of junk (to which the captain answers "Meh") and takes the elevator down to the Middle Deck.

Just as the doors opens he finds himself facing the well known grin of the male Ziranée.

"Zeno! I was just looking for you!"

The Royal escort and mate's grin grows even wider.

"Why officer, that's just the coincidence. I wanted to have a few words with you as well."

>>263624
"Are those words more important than 'there are bombs everywhere?' Because there are bombs everywhere."

>>263624
Start moving to the room right there.
"Unfortunately that will have to wait until I defuse the bombs planted all over the ship. If you'll help we can talk while working though."

"There are bombs all over the ship, they were already armed, I will still be here to have words with afterwards."

>>263625
Sounds good to me.

>>263625

Suggestion 2010/12/11(Sat)11:48 No. 263718 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak just keeps walking as he answers to the Ziranée:

"Are those words more important than 'there are bombs everywhere?' Because there are bombs everywhere."

Zeno calmly throws his cigarette aside, and as soon as Tiak walks by him, the Ziranée reacts with lighting reflexes, grabbing the Maurian by the neck and slamming him against the wall.

"Bombs, eh? So convenient. Tell me, were you checking for bombs in the Queen's bedroom too? It must've been a very thorough search."

Zeno's hand holds Tiak pressed against the wall and starts pressing his throat. His hard carapace is what's pretty much saving him from being choked. But at this rate, it's going to break soon.

>>263718
...still got your hand on your gun? :3c

>>263718
"I wouldn't know; I don't remember anything between when she put that balm on my wounds and when I woke up, but I do remember waking up to the feeling that there was no shower hot enough to scrub me clean. I dunno how you like your women, but she's not my type; no pheromones, no antenna, and ugh squishy.
Talk to her about this, since I wasn't kidding about the bombs."
Then poke him in the gut with a pistol.

>>263718
>>263724

Don't insult his woman, and don't point a gun at him. He's obviously a skilled fighter and he'd either kill you first or disarm you instantly at that distance.

Tell him the truth. You asked the queen for help, she drugged you, and the next thing you remember is waking up naked. You mean no disrespect to his queen, but you would never have done anything with her willingly. You asked her "Why?", and she said "Because I can."

Tell him that you can settle this later, but right now you'd rather stop the ship from exploding and you need his help. And they still need the last key.

>>263724
HOW IS TIAK SUPPOSED TO SAY WORDS

THAT AREN'T "GGKKKGLLCCHKK"

Tiak, I really hope you have a weapon of some sort ready.

>>263724
For the love of whichever deities Maurian religions may cover, don't fucking lie. Tiak unambiguously enjoyed it.

If you can speak at all, a "no, I fucked her; bombs" will do.

>>263727
This might piss him off, but the alternatives are even more likely to piss him off.

Also:
>>262866

>>263728
If he can't speak, there's not much we *can* do, and fighting is the only option.

But it sounded like Zeno is only holding him rougly by the neck right now - Tiak's hard carapace/exoskeleton means that he should still be able to breath and talk until his neck's shell is busted. In which case he's likely to die pretty fast.

Oh god, don't tell him we actually had sex with her! Just say you were administered medical care!

>>263742
So you're assuming both that Zeno hasn't got that information from Nayria and that he didn't hear it from Zira or Mok when Tiak blabbed about it in the Canteen, albeit indirectly?

Tiak cannot keep secrets. He has too much /quest/ in his head.

Suggestion 2010/12/11(Sat)15:44 No. 263766 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak struggles to breathe, trying to explain himself to the Ziranée strangling him.

"Hgnk-- I... fucked her... Bombs... Danger..."

"I have to admire honesty coming from the lips of a dying man. Only for that, I'll finish you off quickly."

Zeno's face gets even closer, until the little air Tiak can get into his lungs reeks of the alcoholic breath of the Ziranée.

As the grip around Tiak's throat becomes even tighter, his consciousness slowly fades away, yet he can almost feel how his carapace is about to be fractured.

>>263766
So are any of the several lethal weapons you're carrying at hand? Because this'd be a great time to shoot him. Or shoot anywhere. Maybe you'll get Zira's attention.

>>263766
Well, one of you two is gonna have to die now.

Make it him.

>>263766
Attempt to explain that you can't explain when you are being choked.

>>263766
"You can kill me later, help me now or we all die."

Suggestion 2010/12/11(Sat)16:30 No. 263777 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak tries to reach for one of the weapons he's carrying, but Zeno grabs his hand before he can get it, and he's too weak to fight back.

Just when Tiak's world is about to fade away, he can hear the sound of a feminine voice, and the grip around his neck becomes looser.

"Enough! Put him down! I can't believe how childish you are, Zeno, I don't know how many times I've told you to stop putting your personal feelings and vendettas before official matters. This one is still useful."

Zeno answers, contrite.

"Yes, my Z'slyb."

"Leave us now."

Suggestion 2010/12/11(Sat)16:31 No. 263778 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak finds himself back on his feet, able to breathe again, his sore neck free of the suffocating claw.

When the room stops spinning around him and his vision becomes clear, he realizes that Zeno is gone, and has been replaced by Nayria, the queen.

"I'm so sorry about that, dear. But in all fairness, I warned you about him. Now, what's all this ruckus about bombs?"

>>263778
"YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME WHEN I WAS TOO DAMN EXHAUSTED TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT YOU CRAZY SNAKELADY."

>>263778
Tell her that Mikos and the Bartender were apparently working together and have planted multiple bombs throughout the ship. You're worried that because they were so anti-Ziraneé that the Queen and Zeno could be targets.

Also, for the hell of it, ask her about the green goo, and ask her about the previous head of security, since you finally got into those files she suggested you look at.

Bombs. Gotta find 'em all.

>>263778
Oy, Zeno.

Righto, tell Queenie what's up then. We're in boomsville central.

>>263778
Mok hates the Zirneé.
Mok has planted bombs. They are now armed.
Please check your cabins for bombs. You probably have one.

!DReamEr2eU 2010/12/12(Sun)03:45 No. 263863 ID: 55c4cf
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>>263779

Do not say that. Like at all.

If anything we need to speak sweetly to the queen to get her to convince Zeno -not- to kill us, not try and blame the queen because there is absolutely no way Zeno is going to stop wanting to kill you regardless of it being mostly the Queen's doing.

Definitely inform that the bombs were out of spite of the Ziranee peace movement, they are very much targets, and the Captain still probably has the last key.

>>263863
Seconding this

Suggestion 2010/12/12(Sun)06:49 No. 263883 ID: f5e4b4
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"Mok has planted bombs all over the ship, and activated them. Given how much he hates the Ziranée, you two are probably a target."

The queen doesn't seem to be particularly impressed by this revelation.

"Good thing we have a diligent officer like you to watch after us, then. Now, I'm pretty sure there's nothing on my cabin, but Zeno's room has been unoccupied during most part of the flight. And that barman doesn't probably know it, so that's a likely place to find a bomb."

Tiak tries to inquire some more questions.

"Alright, by the way, do you know something ab-"
The queen interrupts him.

"I'm sorry dear, but I'm just not in the mood for interrogations. But I have to remind you of our deal. We don't have much time left and I'm still waiting for that key."

"But the bombs-" Tries to explain Tiak, but he can't finish the sentence before the Queen interrupts him again.

"Yes, I know, dear. But I only want you to know that the key isn't a low-priority errand you can do whenever you have some free time between getting shot and having fun in the vents. Just keep that in mind, it's more important than you think. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go make sure Zeno doesn't do anything stupid."

And before Tiak can answer, she leaves towards her room.

>>263883
Fine. Check Zeno's room on the way to the brig.

!DReamEr2eU 2010/12/12(Sun)10:05 No. 263907 ID: 55c4cf
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Disarm Zeno's room, then get key from the captain.

The captain's treated you like a second rate ant since the beginning.

Talk nicely or shoot him in the leg or something, and then you might want to check the captain's quarters and office because he might be a target too, he was clearly despised.

Suggestion 2010/12/12(Sun)15:18 No. 263976 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak enters room 5, Zeno's room. At first sight, nothing seems to have changed since the last time he's been here.

>>263976
Pod, cabinet, under the bed, bathroom, vents.
Take the H.E.R. with you so people understand just how real shit has gotten.

Don't forget to check under the sheets, inside the pillowcase and in any other spots that are out of site that could hold a bomb like behind anything movable.

>>263985
Unless we can't carry it and the sub-rifle at the same time, since we can use the latter without punching holes in the hull.

Find the shit out of that bomb, do not take zeno's gun, we don't need to give him a reason to kill us if the queen succeeds in keeping him from wanting to do so already.

>>264016
The H.E.R. can't fit in his inventory. He has to carry it in his hands.

>>263976
Bla bla search for bombs everywhere bla.

And hey, Tiak, question for you - do you think a blast from the HER could vaporize a bomb without setting it off?

Suggestion 2010/12/13(Mon)07:51 No. 264146 ID: f5e4b4
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After searching through all the room, Tiak finds something hidden inside the cryo-pod. It looks like an explosive, although there's no way to be sure. It's a small and heavy metal box, With two small lights on one of its faces. Currently the red light is blinking. It also has a tiny card slot, too tiny for any of Tiak's cards to fit into.

>>264083

Tiak isn't a demolitions expert, so he has no idea if that would be possible. It doesn't sound too safe, though

>>264146
Let's try and find out if anyone on board knows anything about making bombs. Zira might know something...

Suggestion 2010/12/13(Mon)12:39 No. 264205 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak can't take the bomb with him because his inventory is full, so he leaves it where he find it and goes out to the corridor to find Zira.

Unfortunately, when he knocks on her door, nobody answers.

>>264205
Well then, in that case let's unload some of our equipment. Put it in the brig, behind the shield. Only Zira and us can get to it there.

>>264205
I guess see if Mok had a tiny keycard on him. Else it'll be his room I hope. (I have no strong opinion on which to try first.) If it was in the bar lockbox that we gave to Mongro...who knows.

Suggestion 2010/12/14(Tue)01:21 No. 264312 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak crawls back into the brig, in order to leave some of his equipment here. What should he drop?

Get all of the bombs, put them in an escape pod, and eject it. This is an idea.

I don't know entirely what all of the items are so I can't easily tell what to drop/keep.

>>264312
Check the bomb in the cryopod and see if the display has lit up while you're here. Drop:
- Trake's PDA; we've got all we can out of it
- The weird Ac=7187 note (or bundle it with the others)
- The H.S. key, if that's the one it is (we've already looted Mongro's briefcase)
- The hammer
- The glowsticks (torch will have to do)
- The pen and paper
- The mainframe parts (I don't think anyone else wants to sabotage that any more so hopefully they'll be "safe")
And at some point we should probably drop some of these surplus pistols into garbage disposal so that nobody else can have them.

...what's the green glow in the doorway? Is Zira snooping again?

>>264322

This seems entirely reasonable, but I would keep the hammer.

>>264322
Keep the hammer, hide the extra guns.

Hmm, stashing a gun or two in here isn't a bad idea. If we get disarmed we can come back and get it.

Suggestion 2010/12/14(Tue)14:57 No. 264421 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak stores Trake's PDA, the light sticks, the pen and papers and the mainframe parts inside the Cryo-pod, but decides to keep the hammer and put the weird note in the bundle with the key card. Also, he remembers that the key he's carrying is the Zero Deck key.

He can't decide yet if he wants to hide the extra guns here too or destroy them in the garbage disposal unit.

But before that, he takes a look at the bomb he left in here. It seems to be operative now, the touch screen is lit up. There are some flashy icons on the screen, and a slot available to input a single number.

>>264421
Is this a binary puzzle? If so, the answer could be:
2 (Green)
13 (Red)
4 (Green, little-endian)
11 (Red, little-endian)

Oh, screw it. [SAVE GAME] The answer is 2!

Suggestion 2010/12/15(Wed)01:10 No. 264517 ID: f5e4b4
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It looks like "Two" isn't the correct number.

:| why would playing with a bomb EVER be a good idea?

>>264517
Well, hey, it made a neat little red dot light up!

Did that happen for "1" en-route to 2?

7187? :I

Suggestion 2010/12/15(Wed)03:09 No. 264523 ID: f5e4b4
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>>264519

Tiak actually had to double-tap on the number to introduce it. Rolling through all the digits has no effect until you double tap on the screen to insert it.

>>264521

It's only possible to introduce one number at a time!

>>264518
...because the only technically competent people on the flight are dead, dying, or chronically unhelpful, and it's been 18 minutes since he armed them. :|
Although perhaps we should just pocket it for now and see if Mok's cabin contains "Bomb-making and Defusing for Dummies".

>>264523
...make that 19.
(I'm half wondering if "7187" is the code but you have to insert the digit that's indiciated by the hilighted position, i.e., "8". But don't try that unless someone seconds it because I suspect red dots are failed attempts and failed attempts are Bad on a bomb.)

Suggestion 2010/12/15(Wed)07:14 No. 264537 ID: f5e4b4
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Eight is the correct number! That's one bomb less to worry about!

Now Tiak has to decide if he wants to carry the bomb or leave it in the cryo-pod. He should also look for the rest of the bombs, and the way to disarm the one in Zeno's room.

I still vouch for my idea of putting all the found bombs in an escape pod.

As for how to deal with the one in zeno's room, wasn't there a small keycard we had no use for at some point? If not, mayhap we should find one that seems like it will deactivate. We should certainly see where else has been checked by the other people on the ship, so we can determine where is left to examine.

inb4 someone has to operate the pod from the inside

Let's not use the escape pod just yet. Instead let's go to Mok's room and search it to see if there's a small card there.

>>264542
Grab the bomb from Zeno's room on the way. If we find a small keycard we don't want to have to backtrack for it.

Keep the bombs until we have somewhere to put them all.

>>264537
He also had a grudge with the pilot, you should go check on him.

Suggestion 2010/12/15(Wed)12:50 No. 264595 ID: f5e4b4
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>>264540

Unfortunately, the escape pods are locked until the emergency protocol is activated, and only the captain can do that. And that's not the only problem: during Hyperjump mode, all accesses to the exterior remain locked shut for security reasons.

Also Tiak only has one card key now, and it's too big to fit in the little slot of the bomb.

Tiak takes the bomb in the brig and the one in Zeno's room and makes his way to the Crew Quarters, and into Mok's room.

The place is messier than the other crew rooms he has visited. There's a pile of clothes on the bed, and some machine parts on the desk.

>>264595
We heard him referring to a book in here earlier. Have a rummage.

Rummage through the clothes, crack open the box, and look in the pod.

>>264595

Check out the wall too, something seems scrawled on it, or painted over, I don't know.

Suggestion 2010/12/15(Wed)16:21 No. 264692 ID: f5e4b4
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Both the chest and the cryo-pod turn to be pretty disappointing, as they're completely empty. And Tiak isn't able to find anything suspicions on the wall. But after rummaging for a bit in the pile of clothes he finds a tiny key card, which he pockets, and a note, which he promptly reads.

It's a brief list, it says.

Colonel: ???
Captain: Involved. Priority target. XXX
Doctor: Possibly involved. X
Snakes: Involved. XXX
Belint: ???
Dan: Involved. Possible murderer. X
Shortie Mcwhats-her-face: Involved, possible murderer X
Mongro: ???

Gotta stop the ship.

>>264692
Use TINY KEYCARD on BLUE BOMB.

this guy seems to know something. asking him some questions MAY be a good idea, but only if we get the drop on him.

>>264692

Use tiny keycard to deactivate bomb hopefully. Make sure to check every target marked with an X for a bomb.

Suggestion 2010/12/16(Thu)06:11 No. 264757 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak inserts the mini-keycard into the bomb's slot and the lights switches to green. Well, that's two disarmed bombs.

Now Tiak has to decide where to look for more bombs next.

>>264757

check all over the captain's shit, i bet he has bombs up the ass.

(check in his ass too, you never know).

>>264757
I guess try Dan's cabin since we're near it. We should probably look at engineering after that, since we found the first one in atmospherics and if anything gets blown up in there nobody can fix it.

...if Maurian identification is partly by smell, reckon if you could tell if Mok used the hazmat suit?

Dan had a room. Lets go there. Lets check all the crew rooms while we're here, actually.

Suggestion 2010/12/16(Thu)12:19 No. 264775 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak walks over Dan's room. It looks as tidy as he found it the last time. No, it's even tidier, because the picture has been removed from the desk.

>>264759

It could be possible, as long as the smell is still fresh.

Quickly check in the box and pod then run to the hazard suit and sniff it. He wanted to stop the ship... we need to know if there's a bomb down in the engines.

INB4 WE ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVATING THE BOMBS

>>264775
Check obvious places for bombs. Just assume we want you to look for bombs in rooms when you go into them until the bomb situation is hopefully solved to save us time.

Suggestion 2010/12/17(Fri)06:34 No. 264908 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak searches through all the room, but finds no explosives. He finds something else under the bed, though: A piece of paper, that, under a brief inspection appears to be another part of the mission report regarding the called "Alpha Creature".

Tiak doesn't waste a moment, though, and makes his way to the Engineering zone.

Now, before going further and check the hazard suits, he stops in front of the garbage disposal unit. Should he get rid of the extra weapons and/or read the report? Or leave that for later?

>>264908
We can probably read the report later. (We just need to remember to. :V )
If you've got a reasonable amount of S-R ammo, I'm in favour of reducing the number of usable weapons on board.

>>264908
Don't get rid of the guns. We may need them to arm our "friends" in the off chance there's some kind of epic final battle. ;D

Also, do any of the guns we've confiscated happen to have a stun setting? If so, we should switch to that as our primary.

Also, what the hell is with this disjointed search? Yery and Zira don't even know there are bombs yet and could be targets. As soon as we've finished searching the engines / mainframe we should get them out of their rooms until we can sweep their cabins.

Ace_Sorou 2010/12/17(Fri)12:21 No. 264935 ID: e1d38d
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>>264908
Is it me, or does this place look oddly familiar?

>>264935
Mind = blown

>>264908
How would we get rid of them? And yes read the report.

>>264935
Finally in light of this; stay the fuck away from the railings.

Reduce armory, read note.

Don't read the report right now, we are really pressed for time with the bomb situation.

As for the guns, I think we should keep the sub-rifle and a single pistol and trash the other two. The sub-rifle is all Tiak really needs and the pistol will make either a good back-up or be handy in case we need to arm someone else that we know for absolute certain won't shoot us with it (like the Colonel).

Suggestion 2010/12/18(Sat)06:14 No. 265064 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak decides to read the report later, and to get rid of all the extra weapons except for one pistol and the sub-rifle.

He opens the hatch and throws them into the Garbage Disposal Until, and after a few seconds he can hear the screeching sound of the weapons getting crunched and compressed down there.

But he also notices something else. There's some dried blood here.

Suggestion 2010/12/18(Sat)06:15 No. 265065 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak retrieves the remaining Hazard Suit. The suit reeks of old motor oil and some other chemical substances, making impossible to detect any known scents on it.

But Tiak is almost sure that the suit has been moved since the last time he saw it. Mostly because this time it was hanging from the left hanger, instead of the right one, like originally was.

>>265065
Alright, go check the engine room.
Fortunately we can be fairly certain that any bombs in here haven't been armed, since "Radio Active" is not at all a misnomer.

>>265065
Ugh. Enter the twisty little maze of passages I guess and hope it's not buried too deep.

Obviously someone was trying to hide evidence of some form, or who knows.

We really need a planned out system of places to check and where we have checked on the ship so we don't miss a place just because we're a bunch of uncooperative people leading Tiak around.

Suggestion 2010/12/19(Sun)07:37 No. 265262 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak puts the hazard suit on and walks down the ramp into the Hyperjump engines section. Just like the last time, the heat is suffocating inside the suit, which was obviously designed for a bulkier kind of person. He can feel the heat of the radiation coming from the engines, and the deafening sound they produce.

Tiak suddenly feels incredibly tired, and aware of all the abuse suffered so far. His leg is starting to hurt again, the burnings over his body as well. The ointments must be wearing off. But he pulls himself together and keeps going on, aware of the urgency of the situation.

Just like in the last time, there's a heavy door sealed in front of the ramp. No handles, locks or visible way to open it. On the other side, the engines section continues behind the ramp, to the left.

>>265067

Radio? But why would anybody use such prehistoric technology?

>>265262
I can only assume that the door is computer-controlled, then, and thankfully that should rule it out. Carry on deeper into the engines.

>>265262
That's only half the story. Radiation induces currents in wires and rapidly disables electronic devices. The bomb couldn't have been armed because it wouldn't be able to function in a high-radiation environment.

>>265262
Radiation can destroy any exposed electronics, and the amount of protection one would need for a spot like this would also interfere with wireless communications. Therefore, it's unlikely that there's any bombs down here.

Suggestion 2010/12/19(Sun)15:32 No. 265315 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak continues deeper into the engines zone, and reaches a bifurcation, an opening between the machines to his left, while the main section continues forward.

Also there's... something here on the floor. Looks like a body or something, it's hard to say, the visibility is pretty bad, even when he's just in front of it.

>>265264
>>265277

Bah, only if you're using one of those old ass, fossil-fueled ships they use in the mining colonies, or live in the asteroids belt farms. With heavy radiation sources in the very heart of every ship with Hyperjump engines, radiation hardening technology became almost obligatory centuries ago!

>>265315
Aw crap. Drag it back toward the up-ramp. I'm not sure if I want to hope for it being a corpse or just stuffed full of bombs. :|

>>265315
Drag it back and inspect it.

Suggestion 2010/12/19(Sun)18:08 No. 265353 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak drags the inert object back to the ramp up, in order to take a better look at it. It's heavy, but not as much as he expected.

Once in the ramp he discovers that it's not a corpse, but the damaged hazard suit, still with the dried blood of Mongro on the left shoulder, along with the scalpel tear. Mongro must've been ditched it over the railing.

But that's all there is to say about it. The suit is empty.

>>265353
Good. Get back in there and check for bombs. Defer thoughts of physical discomfort by considering what kind of horrible things might happen if the hyperspace drive gets blown up while in hyperspace.

I hope the Captain has thought to move down the ship if he's finished the Upper deck.

>>265325
This. >>265358

Gotta keep looking for Dem Bombs. Also, how much of the engine area do you think you've actually covered? This is going kinda slow.

Suggestion 2010/12/20(Mon)06:29 No. 265441 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak leaves the suit on the ramp and keeps going, but he still has to decide if he want to keep going straight forward, or take the opening to his left.

>>265430

It's hard to say, but it shouldn't be much more bigger than most of the sections of the ship. The problem here is that the chaotic disposition of the machinery makes it a labyrinthine place.

>>265441
Straight for now. Let's do the traditional dungeon-crawling strategy of "always keep a wall on the the right".

Go straight! We already went left before.

Suggestion 2010/12/21(Tue)08:10 No. 265563 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak keeps going forward until he can't keep going any further, a heavy piece of machinery is blocking his way!

Also he steps on yet another strange object lying on the floor. And much to his concern, this one looks like a body as well.

>>265563
Well, drag it back to somewhere where you can examine it. We've seen everyone alive recently but Yery, I think.

Alrighty, then. Lets drag this off and see who it is.

Make sure to look around once in a while.

We can come back to check the body later. It's not going anywhere. Keep de-bombing. If your rad suit has pockets, rifle through the body's pockets for stuff quickly. Faster than bringing a body back.

>>265567
It's probably just Atuk, since it appears to be wearing blue and we haven't seen him anywhere yet.

>>265582
Actually, I take that back. Drag it back until you hit a fork in the path, investigate the other part of the fork we haven't checked yet, and pull the body the rest of the way out when you leave. No wasted effort.

>>265583
Yeah, alright, that makes more sense. (And it may be Atuk if he's aboard, yes.)

Suggestion 2010/12/21(Tue)12:49 No. 265593 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak drags the body back to the previous fork, leaving it there while he takes the path to the left this time.

After a minute of walking around a path almost blocked by all kinds of machinery, Tiak reaches one of the far end corners of the room. And there he finds a heavy device with a green fluorescent screen, unfitting with the rest of the place.

>>265593
Read the screen.

Suggestion 2010/12/21(Tue)15:55 No. 265614 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak gets closer to take a look at the flashing screen. It's showing a countdown. Twelve minutes, forty three seconds, and counting. There's also a small card reader next to the screen.

>>265614
So if they're all on the same duration, you've got until your PDA reads 01:07:01, I assume. 47 minute timer. Mok must be a Trekkie.

Try the tiny card again I guess.

I'm so glad we got the card before coming down here. Disarm bomb via tiny card.

Suggestion 2010/12/22(Wed)15:51 No. 265882 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak inserts the small key card in the slot and instantly the screen is turned off.

Looks like the big one is disabled, but Tiak shouldn't stick around for much longer, he's starting to feel rather dizzy inside the suit, and having troubles to breathe.

I wish you knew how many bombs you had total that would make this a little easier to bear.

What locations have we not checked?

>>265886
Assuming the Captain has checked the entire Upper Deck and the Naryia her room:
- Mok's canteen, where Dan was (...would he blow up his own bar?)
- Zira/Yery/Mikos' rooms
- Atmospherics (above us in engineering; removed the bomb we moved to the brig from here though); Mat the dead janitor's room; toilets; crew quarters other than Mok's
- The mainframe and Mongro's room
- The lower deck cargo bay (empty since the goo escaped)/supplies closet
- Entire Zero Deck (basically infeasible, but helpfully unoccupied by innocents)

So, back to the ramp in all cases.

>>265882
Alright, screw dragging the body out now, we don't have time and you shouldn't overexert yourself.

Get out of engineering, move all the remaining living passengers (especially Yery and Zira, since they don't know yet) to safe (already-cleared) locations. Snakes may be an exception since they seem to trust their own bomb-detecting abilities.

Double check with the captain/doctor on the top deck to see if they've found out anything / cleared out any bombs. Give them the estimate on time remaining.

Try to brainstorm any other vital places that could get hit. We've already got the bomb from Atmospherics so the Mainframe is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head. We'll probably only have the chance to go to ONE more area before it's too dangerous and we run out of time.

Suggestion 2010/12/23(Thu)03:34 No. 266089 ID: f5e4b4
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According to the timer on the last bomb, he should have around 9 minutes left. He has to decide if he's going to try to move people to a safer area or look for any remaining bomb.

>>265893

This list makes sense, but Tiak isn't going to have time to check all those places and/or put the rest of the crew and passengers in a safe place. He has to decide his priorities.

>>266089
Of the places remaining, the one most likely to doom us all by crippling the ship is to finish off crippling the Mainframe, and that's right next to you, so stick your head in the door.

Since we saw every living crew member upstairs, get up to the Middle Deck and get banging on occupied cabin doors and the canteen. Drag everyone up to the infirmary, since I suspect Mok and the Colonel are in no state to be moved quickly, so we'll make that the "safe" room.

And you don't have nine minutes to get up there because the Captain may have an armful of bombs for you to deal with when you arrive.

>>266100
Definitely need to try and remove all the bombs if possible, devote the first 7 minutes to bomb removal and then check on the other folks searches.

Suggestion 2010/12/23(Thu)17:59 No. 266298 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak decides to start looking for bombs in the Mainframe room before moving to the rest of the ship and warn the passengers.

As he hurries inside, he tries to detect if anything has changed since the last time he's been here.

>>266298
Oh goddamnit. It would be up there next to the arcing electricity.

>>266298
Oh boy.

It's all the way up at the top of the mainframe... how did he even get up there?

Good luck getting that one down, you might need to climb and use some of your tools to get that down there.

Suggestion 2010/12/24(Fri)07:14 No. 266426 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak starts climbing the mainframe structure, trying to reach the explosive device stuck to the tip of the thing, wondering how did Mok to put it up there.The surface of the computer structure is perfectly smooth which makes it hard to climb.

And to make it even worse, suddenly a wave of piercing pain shakes Tiak's body, coming from his leg. His broken leg. With all the running and getting thrown around, the plaster covering it must be starting to shatter.

He can't keep climbing up, not with his leg feeling like it's being devoured by a swarm of Cyano-termites every time he moves it. He's going to have to find another way to reach for that bomb.

>>266426
You have nothing with any actual reach, we've not seen a single ladder on this ship, that being far too low-tech and practical, and your servo cameras are terrible at pushing things.

You either lunge at it with the Sinarri cutting tool, or you're going to have to try something like shooting it down and hoping that it's both made of a stable explosive that will be disruped rather than detonated and that you won't damage the mainframe yourself.

>>266426
Pull it down with the cutter or the pliers, it's not really that much farther.

>>266426
If Tiak can't reach it with any of the aforementioned tools, we're semi screwed... our only options are maybe using the remote drone, trying to get a janitorial broom, or trying to get someone like Zira to do it. The broom thing is right out if our leg is busted, though, because he probably won't be able to climb back up again. :C

The hammer should have more reach than everything you've got... but that sounds dicey at best. Try the pliers. If you can't reach it with those then go get Zira.

We have a flying fucking turret. Use that. Maybe we can even attach the tiny card to the thing and insert it that way, or... I dunno, push the button on its face maybe.

Suggestion 2010/12/25(Sat)08:36 No. 266549 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak tries to use the Sinarri cutting tool to reach for the bomb. He's almost there, but still an inch out of reach, so he gives himself a last impulse.

This results to be a success, as he manages to hook onto the bomb and bring it down with him. The bad news is that the operation ends up in a pretty painful landing.

"Ow! My leg! Again!"

Tiak struggles to get up, recover all his scattered equipment and disable the bomb with the tiny key card. He's going to have to ask the doctor to fix his leg up again, but not right now, he doesn't have much time left.

>>266549
Drop the bombs in the elevator room, then head up to the passenger deck and order everybody to go to the medbay. Then do the same for the crew quarters.
Go up and disarm whatever bombs the captain has, then check the vents where you hid things and double-check the captain's search.
When you've got a minute left go into the medbay and wait out the rest of the time.

>>266551
>passenger then crew
That's backwards---we're already on the crew quarters deck. More pressingly, every crew member we don't know to be dead was either in the bridge (Captain, Doc, Mok) or canteen (Dan).

Just get up to the passenger deck and bang on doors, then on to the infirmary.

Once you think you're in hearing range, yell for somebody. Better they come to you than you come to them in this state, eh?

This >>266564

Try to stumble to the elevator and GTFO as soon as possible. Go straight to bridge. Tell either the navigator or captain to get the passengers to safety (Engine room seems fine at the moment) while you defuse bombs. Then try to get medical attention.

Also I hope the ship has more methods of transport between decks because the elevators are also totally potential bomb targets. ;D

>>266591
I'd rather send everyone to the infirmary as per >>266100 . Easier to do a headcount if we don't split up.

Suggestion 2010/12/25(Sat)16:21 No. 266637 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak gets up and collects the new bomb.
Painfully, he limps his way back to the elevator and the middle deck, where he starts calling for anyone who could hear him to come out, because there might be bombs planted in the ship and he's going to take them to a safer zone. He knocks on all the doors, from the canteen to the last room.

And he gets no answer. From any of them. Nothing.

Quite frustrating.

>>266637
It's like they actually want to be blown up!

Upper deck. Find the Captain. You've got two minutes to get up there and stuff the tiny keycard into any bombs he's found, including elevator time.

>>266637
Can you open their rooms still? Zira's room probably has a bomb, and Yery has been keeping isolated so she might be asleep or something.

>>266637
Bridge. Now.

When you can't save everyone, you have to work to save as many as you can, and to do that you need to save the mainframe and the bridge. To the bridge!

Suggestion 2010/12/26(Sun)07:37 No. 266781 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak is not gonna make it to the bridge in time! His leg isn't gonna let him, only one minute left and he's only limped his way to the elevator in the middle Deck.

But just as he limps towards the door, it opens, with another of those explosive devices in it. Just like the others, it has a tiny card reader on one of it's sides, and a small red light, which is furiously blinking this case.

>>266781
The Captain may have had the good sense and/or blind luck to send it down to you. Charge it and apply card, because it's closer than any useful cover and blowing up the lift would be Bad anyway.

>>266781
Apply small key card to bomb.
Take bomb.
Sit down, put your head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye.

>>266781
Oh fuck me, there's another in the vent I think.

Disarm the elevator one then go up quick.

>>266785
I think that's the ASCE drone.

Suggestion 2010/12/27(Mon)15:24 No. 267228 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak lunges towards the bomb, the only way he manages to insert the card just in time before it blows up. His leg doesn't react kindly to the jump and manifests itself in the form of a piercing pain that almost knocks Tiak out, but he manages to resist.

He blinks, almost expecting to blow up anyways... But a minute passes and nothing happens. Does that mean that he actually disabled all the bombs? As unlikely as it sounds, that seems to be the case!

He should get up and think what to do now. He has pockets full of bombs, a broken leg needed of attention, a mystery to solve and a key to find. Not necessarily in that order.

>>267228
Limp into lift, scoop up bomb, limp to Infirmary. When the Doctor is sarcastic about you cracking the plaster ask him how many explosions he heard and show him the bomb count. :V

whine and cry like a baby until the you are either: Fixed by doctor, fixed and/or raped by nayria, or killed by Zeno.

I think our next goal should be acquiring the captain's goddamn key. We should have done this sometime before telling the guy everything and getting ourself completely ruined though.

Lets go get healed. Next priority should be Captain's key. We can just go in and see if he's there.

>>267230
Fuck yes.

Get ye to the doctor. After that we can dispose of the bombs.

And don't forget to look all around you all the time in utter paranoia.

You are officially the Maurian John McClane.

From now on take a dimissive, mildly condescending tone with everyone other than Zira and Zeno.

Take no lip from anyone. You have the bruises, burns, holes, and broken limbs to prove that you are a badass and everyone here owes you their lives.

>>267327
Fuck yeah!

Suggestion 2010/12/28(Tue)13:11 No. 267363 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak pockets the last bomb and ascends to the upper lobby. Not finding anyone or anything suspicious in the corridor, he limps his way into the Infirmary.

The doctor is inside, and so is Mok, the barman, still unconscious on the bed, connected to the serum machine. The Colonel is nowhere to be found.

Dr. Labras greets Tiak.

"Well, if it isn't our redeemed Head of Security. Judging by the fact that we aren't a picturesque cloud of debris floating in space, I presume you have succeeded in your mission. I guess we owe you our lives."

He doesn't sound particularly thrilled or thankful about it, but at least he isn't using a tone of voice as sarcastic as usual, so Tiak guesses that this is the closest thing the doctor is able to show to gratitude.

"Well, it wasn't easy. And the right leg is starting to hurt like hell again."

"Let's have a look at it." Answers the doctor.

After a quick inspection, the doctor shakes his head.

"I told you not to force it. Hmmm, yeah, the plaster has shattered, and it's a miracle it didn't break entirely, for what I see. I'll have to reinforce it, and I'll apply some more analgesics to the mix. But it's going to take a while to dry off. Probably an hour."

Tiak is going to have to stay for an hour sitting in the Infirmary. This could be a good opportunity to talk with the Doctor while he does his work. Or just take a break.

>>267363
Well, this is a guy who we have repeatedly stolen from, and he knows it, so he's hardly going to be friendly. :V

But at least ask about the condition and location of the Colonel.

>>267364
Yea, lets ask about the colonel, and if Mok's going to wake up any time soon.

The doctor scares me, I think the best we're going to be able to do is take a rest and talk to him if he wants to. I'd think near the end you might want to ask him why his presence on the ship is almost as covered up as your own. But don't say it in such a manner to include yourself.

It'd be interesting to see how he reacts, otherwise I can't think of much I'd want to talk or ask him about.

I suppose, beside the above, you could also ask about his impressions about all the shit that has been going on generally, and the other crew members, specifically. Now that he knows we're worth a damn, he might be more forthcoming.

Ask who has the detonator. It should be destroyed. So should the bombs, really, but we're going to do that ourselves after the new cast is set.

Suggestion 2010/12/29(Wed)07:56 No. 267555 ID: f5e4b4
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The doctor starts fixing Tiak's leg up, causing quite the pain at first, but this is promptly relieved thanks to the analgesics in the mix. Feeling more relaxed now, Tiak tries to get some information from the physician.

"So where is the Colonel?"

"I have no idea." -Answers the doctor. "He got really lucky with that shot, I only had to patch him up and inject some serum for the blood loss. As soon as he was in condition to walk again, he left."

"Is Mok going to wake up any time soon?" Inquires Tiak.

"Unlike the Colonel, our bartender wasn't so lucky. Internal organs have been severely damaged, and his state is severe. He's not waking up anytime soon, and even if he does, it isn't gonna matter much. He's going to be executed for treason as soon as we disembark on Tinosa II."

"Aha... Where did the detonator go? I should put it in a safe place or destroy it."

"Mok had it clutched in his hand, I thought I was gonna have to break his fingers to make him let it go. I'll give it to you as soon as I finish this."

"Alright. Hm, doc what do you think about all the shit that has been happening, and about the rest of the crew, like-"

Dr. Labras shakes his head and interrupts Tiak's question, with an uninterested tone of voice.

"They don't pay me to gossip about my fellow crew members, Belint. Neither to lucubrate wild theories about what's going on. That's your job."

Tiak nods, a bit disappointed.

"Ok, one last thing. Why is your presence in the ship so covered?"

The doctor blinks and gives Tiak a weird look.

"Huh? I didn't know that my presence was covered. It's not like I hide my name or anything. I don't know where would you get that impression."

The doctor keeps working on TIak's leg, now almost done. Tiak now could keep pushing the subject, ask something different or just let the doctor finish the job.