Oken 2024/11/09(Sat)16:02 No. 1099558 ID: 0d1c28
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"-happening! repeat" Pary-Zegh voice crackles from the radio

I step back to avoid a sword strike and swing for the arm.
the metal in the are squeals and twists, disarming the robot.

"Heavy Damage, right arm!" Aim-Lock reports

Finish up with the left arm, then retreat. Find an area with minimal tech, it might be capable of hacking smart objects!

Might be time to go for the kill, assuming you can avoid getting shot while doing so.

>>1099559
Yes.
Complete operation disarmament and then get a distance to breathe.
Maybe see if you can spy a leg vulnerability while you recover

>>1099559
Yes.
Complete operation disarmament and then get a distance to breathe.
Maybe see if you can spy a leg vulnerability while you recover

FINISH HIM

You can't slow down, or stop, or hesitate. The only thing keeping you alive is the next swing of that mace keeping the damned machine off balance.

That's ok, because you love thrashing it to bits, the only ounce of joy you can remember right now is how good it felt feeling that things ankle crunch.

I'm betting it'd feel amazing to see it's head crunch and turn into a pile of splintered circuitry. That would probably heal all the wounds and make things seem positively rosy again. Just don't slow down, for even a second.

Oken 2025/03/12(Wed)21:29 No. 1104879 ID: 0d1c28
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I can't let up, that blastech will fry me dead if I get too far

"Target Overwhelmening!" Aim-Lock blurts out, clearly off balance

I have to push the advantage! I can't give in! I need to take out that other arm

"Target confirmed Boiler!" Aim-lock reports

He moved his arm, but that means...

Oken 2025/03/12(Wed)21:30 No. 1104880 ID: 0d1c28
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...He's left himself open!

Pary-Zegh tries to clarify "A boiler?! that can't be, she's only killed-"
*CRUNCH*
I embed the mace into Aim-Lock, shattering his head and full sensor array.
The mace is stuck.

Oken 2025/03/12(Wed)21:30 No. 1104881 ID: 0d1c28
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But Aim-Lock is still active
it's silent now, blind, deaf and dumb.

But with that artillery system up it doesn't need eye,
it could level a bunker and blow apart this whole section of the ship!

Any airlocks nearby to lure it out of?

>>1104881
It dropped the sword. Use that to disable the artillery before it can fire.

>>1104889
Yes.
Pull it free and try to jam it in the control center.

Once you get that sword to its gun arm, rush between its legs to either strike its back, or book it.

Charge it and dive slide through legs.

Oken 2025/04/22(Tue)21:52 No. 1106754 ID: 0d1c28
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I grab the sword it's lighter than it looks.
the room is filled with static, from the robot's broken voice box.

I move! gotta keep moving!

Oken 2025/04/22(Tue)21:57 No. 1106756 ID: 0d1c28
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I CUT! WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE!!

...I feel the heat and sparks was over me, is it over?

Oken 2025/04/22(Tue)21:58 No. 1106757 ID: 0d1c28
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KRAKOOOOOM!
"WEEHH!"

Oken 2025/04/22(Tue)22:00 No. 1106758 ID: 0d1c28
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"Ugh..."
...I cut through the artillery pod

I smell my own burnt body

I feel like a roasted marshmallow.
At least the pan means I'm alive.

Uh... does your military insurance cover eyes, arms... all your skin?

Can't stay here. Did any weapons survive the explosion? Grab anything you can use and seek somewhere safe to rest and heal. (note: from prior experience, being passive or resting increases Boil, which we now know can be used for incredible feats of strength.)

WALK IT OFF OR CHALK IT OFF, PILOT

WHICH ONE TO DO IS UP TO YOU

Oken 2025/06/11(Wed)18:10 No. 1109451 ID: 0d1c28
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I look for a weapon, I can't be unarmed.
The sword it's shattered, not going to be useful.
the mace, it's not too beat up but it seems to have a power leak it's energy is fading

I-I'm fading too, gotta keep moving.
there's a secondary transporter nearby it can take me to most rooms, even back to the med bay I just came from...
I make it to the door before my legs give out... I think I need another nap.

One of the window lenses hums to life, a familiar face.
"Asnia Oken, you've defeated Aimlock and disabled his sytem jammers, the ship is accessable to the crew again, I've shut down all other robots in case they are also comprimised."

Oh great, it's Prince,
just what I need, another crazy robot.
Last time I saw him he was covering up a murder, and blew a logic fuse ... Dr.Fuze did he bring Prince online again?

"You require medical attention" The stupid robot voices the obvious.

>You require medical attention.
Demand medical attention. Messed-up protocols preventing Astrans from getting their medical services without explicitly asking for them, no wonder the humans still think you're all idiots.

>>1109451
Med bay seems like a good place to stop and recover BOIL.

Speaking of which, ask what a Boiler is.

>>1109451
Hes right.
You do.
Request it immediately and try to at least keep upright if you cannot stand.
Close your eyes and they may not open again.

Oken 2025/06/23(Mon)21:56 No. 1110175 ID: 0d1c28
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The robot is operating through the screen, he can't help me here but maybe he can tell me where to get the help I need
"Yes Prince I do, where can I get that?"

Prince responds quickly. "the secondary Medical Bay would be able to attend to your needs but there is currently no staff, I could put out an open alert to find some. Alternatively Dr.Fuze is in the officer lounge he perhaps could help you, both locations are accessible via the transporter behind you."

FUZE! Hell yeah!

An open alert would reveal your location. You're being hunted, so go to Dr Fuze.

Even if fuze holds a doctorate in astramarian philosophy, theyll be able to help out.
I mean, im hoping theyre a medical doctor, even something only medical adjacent would be great, but anything is good right now.
You need help oken and theyre the best candidate.

Oken 2025/08/08(Fri)21:43 No. 1112469 ID: 0d1c28
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I enter the transporter.
"Take me to Dr.Fuze" I manage to choke out.

"Affirmative" Prince responds.

The porter begins to move, my head spins and the next few minutes are a blur.

Oken 2025/08/08(Fri)21:45 No. 1112470 ID: 0d1c28
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the porter stops, it opens to the officers lounge except glowing cables are running through the room, data conduits maybe.
Prince is here, physically.

Fuze is also here, he seems worried about me, I don't quite catch everything he's saying.

I try to calm my breathing and focus.
Fuze' next words are a little clearer "Please put down the weapon, and sit down Oken"

No, I’d rather not.

Say it louder than you mean to.

>>1112470
Sit down, then put down the weapon. Next to where you're seated.

Sit.
Lean on the weapon like its a cane.
Rest it nearby as suggested.
...but do it slow.
Pay attention to the doc's reaction.
See if theres anything other than intent to help lurking.

Ask for his weapon in your pants
Boil with the horny

I'd forgotten what an official douchebag this clown is. What is that big, burly lookin robot next to him?

Swing it around to be in a non-threatening position but don't put it down. Remind them the ship is compromised and you're suffering from wounds from a hostile encounter and that it's in the doctors best interests that you remain armed until the threat is confirmed dealt with.

Pary-Zegh is a murderous traitor who wanted to use your dead corpse for some vile purpose. You trusted her. You're keeping your weapon.

Oken 2025/10/07(Tue)18:03 No. 1114823 ID: 0d1c28
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"NO!, I mean I'd rather not... I don't know who I can trust." I tell Fuze, before sitting down. "This is staying at my side."

He makes a sad expression like a lost wapple, "I understand " he responds, Fuze has been a friend for a long time, I really WOULD like to trust him...

While he tends to my wounds, I turn away and instead glare at the hulking new form of Prince, who I almost certainly CAN'T trust.

Prince stairs back unblinking

"Well if you don't trust us, how about you take the lead on our next course of action?" Fuze suggests

>>1114823
Tell him you need to find out about your condition before you make any plans. What is a "Boiler"?
Also ask about Prince's new body and if his logic systems are... completely functional.

"I can't stop thinking about Mint. And I realize I didn't kill her. Her soul died a long time ago, and I didn't even notice, and that's on me. All I vaporized was a hollow shell, made of pointless arrogance and unchecked gluttony. But when did the last shred of her spirit evaporate? And was it really her choice?

And more importantly, could it happen to us?"

Who's in control of the ship? What system is most vital/vulnerable that we need to protect, or sabotage?

The enemy knows you're active. you need to get in contact with loyal crew before the traitors turn them against you.

>>1114829
Yeah, agreed.
You need a sitrep oken. You went from unconcious and rested straihht into a vicious melee with a power armoured hostile.
Therell be a day when youll wonder how the hell youre the one that walked away from that fight, but thats not today.
A close brush with death will make even the most steel willed a little more wary.
Tell this to the doc, and that you want to trust him but right now... part of you is still in that fight.
Anyway. Sitrep.
Bullet points.
How long were you out.
Known hostile forces.
Known friendly forces.
Any major structural damage to the ship.
Current location of vessel.
Current proximity to command, armoury and other vital facilities that may prove useful.

>>1114829
These questions are good

Oken 2025/11/29(Sat)17:27 No. 1118123 ID: 0d1c28
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I see the way they look at me, like there's something wrong at my core.
What is a boiler, am I whatever that is?

I can't calm down, maybe I can't trust them, but I have to try. and if I'm wrong I'll just kill them.
I speak to Fuze, I think he used to be my friend, let's pretend he still is."I guess it's not really that I don't trust you, it's that I can't strop thinking about mint. Did I kill Mint or did I just vaporize a shell and the real Geragine Mint died a long time ago."

Fuze doesn't seem to want to talk about Mint "I... I wasn't there, but Mint seemed very ill."

I tell it like it is "Well I'm sick too now, Dr. Yeli told me it was called Binder's Lash"

Fuze seems to ponder this for a moment "Binder's Lash... that's a form of psychic feedback, I didn't think it was contagious. I believe it fades with time, Have you tried resting?"

Of course he would give me as little as Yeli, Doctors are all the same. "Yeah, it didn't help. enough about me though, can you give me a sit-rep? who's in control? how many hostiles?"

Oken 2025/11/29(Sat)17:32 No. 1118125 ID: 0d1c28
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Fuze hesitates and looks at the robot "Prince is in control, after Aim-Lock went off line he was able to deactivate all other robots, as far as we can tell Pary-Zegh is the last hostile on board the ship, but we don't know where she is."

"If you feel I'm still a risk, I can be shut down as well" Prince adds

I'd like to shut him down, but maybe later first I need more info "Hm, how much damage has been dealt to Ecliptor Alta"

Fuze takes a deep breath and gives his explanation "most of the damage has been done to personnel, given the casualties and all the robot shutdowns the ship has a skeleton crew at best potential operating power at 30% with almost none of those crew members at stations in effect operations are at 10% of optimum. "

That isn't good, I ask my next question "Where is the ship now?"

Fuze answers this question "The ship is still floating over that Solar colony, we've been here for about twelve hours, eventually somebody off ship is going to notice how crippled we are up here."

"Why hasn't anyone moved the ship?" I ask

Fuze sighs"Other than the bridge crew being wiped out? well normally prince could move it but apparently Ecliptor Alta is some kind of special proto-type, only Commander Flek really knows how it works" he keeps looking to Prince who doesn't correct him.

Oh course it is, Commander Flek is a genius, but the brilliance isn't helping us now."...and Where is Commander Flek?"

Fuse shrugs "I've been told he's still on Jucha fighting Solars, he had some pilots but apparently he was the only one who could fly this ship fully, though after how you got us here I'd be wiling to bet you could fly this ship too." he gives a sly smile.

Get Oken to that bridge, and see if someone can get in contact with the commander. Moving the ship out of danger comes first, so if they can't make it back thats just too bad

>>1118125
Alright then. After you've recovered, you can try to find some trustworthy backup to escort you to the bridge. Who does Fuze trust?

>>1118125
Well, it fits.
You are ace pilot oken.
Your destiny is found at a control panel and amongst the stars.
Got to feel nice knowing youll be doing what you live for again evennif the circumstance is a desperate one.

Get the bot to chart a best, safe route to the bridge taking into consideration structural damage blocking routes and danger zones.
Good to have an updated layout to work with.