John 2009/09/14(Mon)13:02 No. 44534 ID: f98e0b
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>>44051
>>44054
Right. Look like a moron. John can do that.
>>44054
He turns around, and, struggling to keep his voice neutral, says, "What can I do you for, gentlemen?"

Well, actually, upon further investigation the Delter appears female but whatever.

"Zer zame zergeant who hyumiliated First Hand Oberan, yih?"
John recognizes a strong Ventor accent. It's a rough frontier planet. Breeds dirty fighters.

He starts converting more body mass to muscle.
What should he do? What should he say?

>>44534
Also turn off pain receptors, and start making a hardened layer of chitin under the skin.

Really, convert yourself to be as strong, tireless and durable as you can on short notice, just in case.

While doing this, reply with some form of

"I fought him and won, yes, but I would not say I humiliated him. It was a close thing."

Truthful, not-bragging, least likely to start a fight.

>>44536
I'd be even more frank.
"Skin of my ass. If I wasn't so lucky it would have been much worse for me."

>>44534

"If by humialiated you mean I won by a desperate gamble then yes. Furthermore I don't think you should talk like that about your superiors, especially not someone like Oberon. Why are you here?"

John 2009/09/14(Mon)13:36 No. 44546 ID: f98e0b
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>>44536
Pain receptors off. Skin hardening. John can't quite form chitin or even leathery skin without it being immediately noticeable, but if they try to cut him with something, they may underestimate the force needed to puncture.

>>44536
>>44537
>>44539
"Humiliated? I barely beat him. It was more crazy luck than skill. Oberan's a good soldier and higher in rank than you. I wouldn't badmouth your superior officers. Speaking of which, why are you here? This area's restricted."

The Delter grunts to the Qal, who gives a barely perceptible nod.

"Zhut your vucking mouth," he says to John, taking a step forward. "You zay you beat Oberan wiz luck, huh? Lookz like no one's told zer podunk space yanitor all he'z good for iz cleaning hiz own blood up avter we're through with him."

John starts backing up. "Hey, now, I don't want any-"
The blue one is reaching into his pocket. He's underestimated his opponent and has his attention away from John for a split second. John has a sliver of time to act

>>44546
Throat punch, full force and speed, to the one reaching in it's pocket. Qal can't die from that, right?

Then slap the Delter to the ground, HARD.

"No matter how you feel about me, I am your superior officer now, and while I do not require you to like me, you WILL respect me, or we shall have words. Are we clear?"

Say this in a no nonsense tone, like you could crush them, and are only refraining from doing so because they have not committed mutinous acts YET, just implied they were going to in the future.

>>44546
Step forward, put your arm around the blue one's shoulder. Use your body to pin his arm in his pocket, but make it look unintentional. "We're friends here, right? Oberan's a great guy. Any friend of his is a friend of mine."

>>44546

Space janitor, huh? Old habits die hard and I expect your uplink still has the mop. If we are going to get killed for something atupid like this let's take one of them with us. Materialize our weapon of choice and show some janitor-fu. Use it like a battle bo like I'm sure you've imagined it to be countless of times during your horribly boring job.

>>44552

This is probably best. The only problem is you can't watch two people at once. The one you aren't looking at will probably try to hit you-possibly the one reaching for a weapon. Remember to kick it out of his hand when he tries to leap for you.

>>44571
>Adaptable physiology
>Watch two people at once

John 2009/09/14(Mon)14:28 No. 44578 ID: f98e0b
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>>44553
John moves quick, grabbing Blue's arm and pinning it to his side. He makes it look like he's putting his arm on his shoulder. "We're friends here, right? Oberan's a great guy. Any friend of his is a friend of mine."

"Don't vucking tuch me," spits Blue, then as he struggles against John he suddenly realizes the janitor's stronger than he thought."My arm. Zafira, he'z got my-"

John 2009/09/14(Mon)14:29 No. 44579 ID: f98e0b
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>>44552
"-HOOOF"

>>44579

Grab him around the throat and use him as a shield against the other. Use your other hand to take his weapon from the pocket.

>>44579
Throw Blue into the Delter. You have enough strength to do so with enough force that it should hurt both of them. Charge in after the throw, and smack down anyone trying to stand.

Then give the little speech on 'don't need to like me, but you will respect the chain of command and show proper respect for an officer, or there will be... problems'

>>44582
Don't throw. Kick. Throwing will off-balance you a lot more, and the added lift is unnecessary.

John 2009/09/14(Mon)17:48 No. 44735 ID: f98e0b
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>>44598
>>44658
Yoink.

John 2009/09/14(Mon)18:03 No. 44744 ID: f98e0b
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"No matter how you feel about me, I am your superior officer now, and while I do not require you to like me, you WILL respect m

John 2009/09/14(Mon)18:04 No. 44747 ID: f98e0b
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oh."

>>44747

Good job. Kick.

>>44747
You've got a split second to act. He's expecting you to talk or freeze.

Don't.

Instead, drop straight down. Slap your arms down at your sides at the same time your shoulders hit it should spread out the impact. If you throw yourself forward enough you might be able to kick the gun out of his hand.


Alternatively, get shot, die, respawn. Hope Vresch doesn't mind being made to wait too much.

>>44747
You adapted your body to be faster, stronger, more combat capable.

No hesitation, this is what you are currently designed for.

Kick the gun away, charge in, punch Delter to death. Deserves to have to respawn.

I meant like a proper snap kick...

Ok, worst case scenario, you respawn. No big deal. I dunno if you noticed, but he's aiming a bit low. Use this to your advantage, quickly move forward. You are likely to take at least one shot to your core, which is a bit of a bummer, especially considering it'll ruin your clothes, but it's pretty much unavoidable. So yeah, advance rapidly. Try and grab the gun away from him. If successful point it at him immediately.

>>44770
What if they aren't hooked up to respawners?

Oh, hey, here's an idea. Call the police while you fight for your life.

>>44798
We did steal the blue guy's weapon, too.

>>44747
Headbroom, now!

John 2009/09/15(Tue)14:43 No. 44983 ID: f98e0b
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JOHN IS ALLERGIC TO BULLETS THEY HURT HIM
>>44756
>>44758
>>44770
>>44798
AAAHFGSAJKLH

>>44983

Now snatch that pistol and shoot the blue one first since it still has it's weapon. Keep shut this time as we don't like dying either. Feels all wrong and brings up bad philosophical questions about are you really the same John or did that one die tens of years ago.

>>44983
GRAB GUN FROM AIR

SHOOT TO WOUND

John 2009/09/15(Tue)16:07 No. 45016 ID: f98e0b
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>>44992
>>45002

John springs to his feet and tries to grab that gun

gah fumble

>>45016
Oh just hit it away then.
Lift them off the ground (or grab them by the collars at least, then deliver a stern lecture about the chain of command.

>>45016

Yes, hit gun away. Whail on the delter like a retard and shove her on the blue. Kick until they stop resisting. If you must deliver speeches do it while kicking. The blue is still armed.

John 2009/09/15(Tue)16:32 No. 45028 ID: f98e0b
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>>45017
>>45020
John reaches out to swat the
BLAM
OH WOW BLUE'S HEAD JUST EXPLODED

John didn't touch anything he promises

>>45028
It came from behind you.
While I dislike taking chances like this, the guy with the gun is more dangerous than the guy on the ground with no weapon.
See who it is.

>>45028
Stand at attention, SOLDIER!

Military is here.

>>45028

Stay very still and don't get in the line of fire, please.

duck for cover, someone's shooting

John 2009/09/15(Tue)16:50 No. 45040 ID: f98e0b
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Seth is here.
He's holding a combat shotgun.

"Mind telling me what exactly just happened and why Lance Harving was trying to cap you?" he asks. He keeps his shotgun leveled.

Default reaction here should be to take the living opponent as a hostage/meatshield. Not too likely to benefit you, but it's not like there's any other cover around here.

>>45040
i accidentally his entire BFF

Oh, too slow. Okay, explain what went down.

>>45040

Two marines were earning themselves TEN YEARS OF LATRINE DUTY! And apparently I'm not very popular choice for a commander. Please put the gun away, I'll be dodging shots daily from now on.

>>45040
They decided they did not like my promotion, and wished to express their discontent.

I was just going to cause them extreme pain and arrest them for assaulting a superior officer, but what you did works too.

John 2009/09/15(Tue)17:21 No. 45063 ID: f98e0b
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>>45047
>>45053
"A couple of marines decided they didn't want a janitor in charge of them," explains John. "I was going to explain to them the value of respecting officers, but what you did works too."

His bravado breaks down for a second. "Listen. Um, Seth. I feel like this is all some kind of mistake. I'm not really a warrior and if I'm this unpopular I'm screwed."

Seth seems satisfied. He's not waving his weapon around anyway. "I wouldn't worry about that, sergeant. It's more who you aren't than who you are that bugs the men. Colm was a good officer and there are people still mourning his passing. I think you've gained a bit more respect after you trounced these guys, from the marines at least.

"And, honestly, if you beat Oberan and held out against two marines at once in your first two days on the job? I think a gaggle of pinkos don't stand much of a chance. Not with the Glory behind you. Now come on-"

John 2009/09/15(Tue)17:22 No. 45064 ID: f98e0b
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"We've got to get to orientation."


On the whole, reflects John, cleaning stains would probably be easier.

It's like John knows kung fu!

Suggestion 2009/09/15(Tue)18:28 No. 45086 ID: f98e0b
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>Bonus Content

...Should John tell you that the kick was a complete accident?

>>45086
...Kinda assumed that...

>>45086

Should we tell you that we think Colm's death was no accident and Vresch has found a way to turn off the respawners? Meaning that Colm was murdered purposefully just to put you in that place to whatever end.

>>45086
Shh, it's a Matrix reference.