Suggestion 2013/04/01(Mon)01:58 No. 503054 ID: d3bdc2
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>Then a ship crashes!

>HUNDREDS ARE DEAD but they were all evil robot criminals.

Suggestion 2013/04/01(Mon)01:58 No. 503055 ID: d3bdc2
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>A lone figure emerges from the wreckage.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)01:59 No. 503056 ID: d3bdc2
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"I made it onto the surface."

"It's all gone according to plan."

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)02:00 No. 503058 ID: d3bdc2
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Alright, guys. We're here. Time for an exposition monologue.

You and I both know you have work enough shepherding nanites and keeping tabs on my freak biology, but I also know you can give pretty good advice sometimes, for a spliced-in cutting of a CAI that was messed up to begin with. This place might be the last fun we have in a while, so let's enjoy ourselves.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)02:00 No. 503059 ID: d3bdc2
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This asteroid is the last place to find major amounts of neumono that aren't part of the hyperhive yet. That'd be reason enough, but there's salikai, too. Some major players leading a mob called the Zozu family. I'm here to deal with them.

After the trouble with that mecha-space-bandito cult that we went through to get here, though, I'm a bit underequipped. I need food, good transport and better weapons. I wish I still had my sniper shotgun, but some regular rifles would do. The only places nearby that I can find that sort of thing are a SPACE PIRATE BASE, a SPACE BIKER DEN and a SPACE VILLAGER VILLAGE that might have a gun shop.

Time is limited, though - once I go anywhere with neumono, the alert will go up that I'm in the area. I'd like to go silent, but the last interstellar treaty says I have to give civilians a chance to run away. Maybe it would be a better idea to advance on Zozu territory as quickly as possible.

Talk to me.

Add "Shit just got real" and then hang up dramatically.

i... love you.

>>503059
Your terminator glasses demand you start off by accosting bikers.

Space Biker Den will have food, guns and transport .. the first two probably won't be the best. But you should find a mean barbeque and lots of jury-rigged specials. Maybe even a gem amongst the pigs. Better yet theres bound to be damsels \ waifs in distress.

>>503059
If we're going in fast, we should get to the bikers and get a bike. There will probably be someone there with some guns we can use, too.

Is "deal with" some sort of new euphemism for hug? Because if it is then I totally agree that the Zozu family needs dealt with.

go clockwise and visit everything, leaving a trail of fire and blood behind. interstellar treaty can go stick its dick into a neutron star. start from the village.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)04:00 No. 503084 ID: d3bdc2
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>bikers

>"So the whole thing is on fire, and turns out, he's wearing a suit made of asbestos! He's running around the arena, flames still stuck to him, and get this, he starts touching and kicking and even fucking tasting things! Everything he can reach! The guy-"

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)04:02 No. 503086 ID: d3bdc2
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>"Wait. Wh- SHIT FUCKING QUASARS, IT'S HER!!!!!"

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)04:02 No. 503087 ID: d3bdc2
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>"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)04:04 No. 503089 ID: d3bdc2
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Right. How am I going to go about doing this?

>>503089
Ask that tough guy in the foreground where you can find some guns. Then punch him out and steal his keys and bike. Drive to gun place, acquire guns. Jump the gun-laden motorcycle off a ramp to exit the city as several cars explode behind you.

I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.

agreed, faces need to be punched and dominance needs to be established.

secure bike, those unarmed, kick in the face so we can tie them up & let the law handle them, gather weapons.

I like it that none of the non-neumono were smart enough to follow their fuzzball compatriots when they all started screaming and running for their lives. Obviously these guys have trust issues. Or they're just stupid.

Calmly demand they surrender everything they want to you. If the sheep gives you any shit, straiten his horns out. Or just tie them in knots.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)11:32 No. 503178 ID: d3bdc2
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I punch the biker in the snout to establish superiority. As queen of all neumono, I have some extra superiority that needs spreading around, but I'm soon the owner of some shiny bike keys and directions to a gun shop.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)11:32 No. 503180 ID: d3bdc2
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However, the common space biker (angelicus inferus sidereus) is a social creature, and it seems my informant's friends have some issues with my interrogation/shopping technique.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)11:33 No. 503181 ID: d3bdc2
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We have a little discussion about how eminent domain works in the new neumono territories. This isn't normally part of our space, of course, but fortunately I persuaded the Soranius Convention to agree that our borders extend at least two miles from my fists.

Anything else before I go gun hunting on my new hog?

well, with the directions, to the gun shop!
those guns need liberating, and you're the badass to do it

Start driving around indoors on the best bike you can. Because that's how you roll. Literally.

If there's no bike suitable to carry your glory, disassemble the bikes available and reassemble them into one of your own creation.

If there are any neumono left cowering around, do your super Queen thing and have them start building up the newest branch of the hyperhive.

find a group of henchmen watching a sports on a small crappy TV in a small crappy room to fight you. notice how they only lunge at you one at a time. then notice how they're all male. after you're done somehow knocking them all out with only one punch to one of the concussion-resistant spots on their bodies each, escape from their huge reinforcements (who just arrive as you knock out the last guy) on your bike while said reinforcements announce their presence and chase you around for some time before they start to fire at you, giving you ample time to start the bike up (which conveniently had the keys already in it). as they hit everything around you but not you, drive by something really explosive. when it inevitably explodes, completely ignore the shockwave and don't even look back at it while the henchmen, who were actually a lot further away from the explosion than you, are all incinerated or flung into the air. throw your cigarette on the road because during all of this you lit it and finished smoking it somehow without dropping or breaking it.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)14:57 No. 503275 ID: d3bdc2
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>drive around indoors
>beat up henchmen
>ride away from explosions

Why don't you tell me to breathe, while you're at it?

I just need you to point out things I miss and to think of things I wouldn't think of myself. give me perspective on what I might not notice. But if there's nothing like that here, it's time to move on.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)14:58 No. 503276 ID: d3bdc2
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It doesn't look like space bikers favour guns that much - I had to go through five crowbar, tire iron, lead pipe and serrated knife outlets before I found the gun shop - but I managed to pick myself up a rifle, and maybe teach people a lesson about greasy rags and piles of incendiary ammunition.

Time to head for the Zozus.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)14:58 No. 503277 ID: d3bdc2
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But it looks like they might be coming to me, or at least sending me a welcome party. Not long on the road before I see a hovercar with their symbol on it speeding towards me. And not slowing down.

There are neumono in the car, but they feel... strange. One of them especially feels like some kinda crazy asshole.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)14:58 No. 503278 ID: d3bdc2
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They want to play a game.

>>503278
Cheat by driving over their hood while doing a wheelie, breaking the windshield and then ramping away.

Then maybe they explode or something?

Is that a space ghostbusters-mobile?

Nobody beats you at chicken. Hell, it's not like a collision would even be a problem- explosions are your natural element.

Floor it, and chuck a grenade right before impact. Blow yourself a hole to drive / fly right through the car and punch Red right in the face.

>>503279
This.

>>503275
Dammit we missed something EXACTLY LIKE THAT. Some jerk was hiding in a barrel. I will keep a closer look on things now.

>>503278
Strange? I suspect mind-control. We're dealing with salikai, after all. I suggest you cheat. Start sniping them as you drive, then board their vehicle. I don't know if you prefer to incapacitate or not. Do whatever.

jump over/into car

Hiding in a barrel? Polokoa missing something? Don't speak crazy talk!

You never cheat even though you always win. Stare them down so hard their chicken car explodes.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)18:30 No. 503359 ID: d3bdc2
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>chuck a grenade

Let's add a little spice to this chicken.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)18:31 No. 503360 ID: d3bdc2
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As soon as I throw, a gout of fire blasts from under the hovercar as they active the rocket jump. They've got good reflexes, whoever they are.

Well, I did want fun.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)18:31 No. 503361 ID: d3bdc2
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The action's heating up.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)18:34 No. 503364 ID: d3bdc2
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Who are these chuckleheads?

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)18:35 No. 503365 ID: d3bdc2
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"Queen bitch, huh? We're gonna have some good times!"

Oh look, cocky little red is back from the dead.

He barely kept Rokoa busy for a minute in that poor you-less alternate universe we were spying on for fun. So he's no match for you.

Still, he's got a numerical advantage and spunk, so this might be interesting for a little bit.

Stop their bullets with your firsts, and spit new ones back out at them.

I don't think he understands what he's dealing with. Still, I wouldn't underestimate him. Wait, is he even wearing bioarmor?

Show him your warface.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:52 No. 503391 ID: 70debc
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>is he even wearing bioarmour?

He is.

Actually, they all are. More than that, though, they don't seem affected by my empathy.

"Ha ha, don't know waht to think, do you? You think you can just roll on in and we'll all bend over for your giant imperialist cock? You don't even know what you're dealin' with, here!"

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:53 No. 503392 ID: 70debc
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"I'm Red, bitch! I'm top dog, go-to guy, I get shit done! And when that shit's too close to the fan, I got even more! I've got a team of fuckers sometimes almost as awesome as me!!"

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:53 No. 503393 ID: 70debc
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"Black!!"

"Yo."

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:53 No. 503394 ID: 70debc
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"Blue!!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, I'm coming."

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:54 No. 503395 ID: 70debc
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"Pink!!"

"I'm going to cut you open and wear you like a suit."

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:55 No. 503397 ID: 70debc
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"Yellow!!"

"I was a guy in the original."

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:56 No. 503398 ID: 70debc
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"And when we're out together, you call us...!"

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)20:57 No. 503399 ID: 70debc
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"Zozu Family Forces, Excessive Response Unit! Zozu Zero Squad!"

this is only going to be a fair fight if they have a mech to go with the power ranger motif... and even then you win by sheer awesome compared to those dweebs.

>>503400
I want you to shoot them all in the face then set fire to their unconscious bodies. In a pile.

...so could we get to the part where you guys summon your giant robots and transform together already? I'd like to skip the boring part of the fight.

Fuck this, you're out.

>>503400
They're all in a tightknit group pose, I suggest application of grenade launcher

Worth noting is that Polokoa retains Polo's "what the hell is this shit" face.

wait.
White/green/golden/superdoublesecretplatinum is missing.
They are a distraction.

There is literally nothing you can do to these losers that is worse than the shame of being them.

This leaves us with just one question, do you take the time to administer mercy killings or do you leave them to wallow in the pit of misery that is there lives, after all you do have important things to do.

Slowly come to the realization that your species managed to produce such losers for anything besides child entertainment.

Then rectify the problem.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:22 No. 503425 ID: 70debc
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>...so could we get to the part where you guys summon your giant robots and transform together already?

I don't have any giant robots small enough to use on the Asteroid.

As for transforming...

Well.

Why not.

>White/green/golden/superdoublesecretplatinum is missing.

I know where they are.

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:22 No. 503426 ID: 70debc
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"Fuck, who turned out the lights!?"

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:24 No. 503428 ID: 70debc
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Hear!

Riding the blade's edge on the curve of possibility -
One step from the void, where possible meets impossible!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:25 No. 503429 ID: 70debc
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Two voices, risen from the chorus of anarchy, join into the same song!!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:25 No. 503430 ID: 70debc
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From one edge to the other, two ends forced together compress the multitude into one!!!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:26 No. 503431 ID: 70debc
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Quake, oh planets!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:26 No. 503432 ID: 70debc
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Shake, you stars!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:27 No. 503433 ID: 70debc
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The minds of the cosmos reel to behold what could be, should not, but is!!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:27 No. 503434 ID: 70debc
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I am the illusion that is justice!

I am the delusion that is honor!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:28 No. 503435 ID: 70debc
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Mercy! Freedom! Righteousness!! Compassion!!

I exist to turn fantasy into truth!!

Polokoa 2013/04/01(Mon)22:29 No. 503436 ID: 70debc
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I am the paragon of law and chaos both!

I am Polokoa!!

What... percentage is that bioarmor...

im crying
this is beautiful

Yes.

...actually, what I meant was for you to ask them to summon their giant robots so we'd have a semblance of a fair or interesting fight.

But what the fuck, I'll take an incredibly gorgeous transformation sequence too.

... woah.

>>503437
Fantastic. I sure hope those are laser blasters in your palms. You want some fun? Let's have some fun! Avoid using them for as long as possible.

...hey hang on, is that a Jetalium-reinforced biosuit?

>>503446

What-ium? Not even the entertainment industry has heard of that stuff.

T..tears being shed, that was so beautiful.

i... love you. tears of joy here.

>>503450
Jetalium is living metal from UnSe.

Polokoa 2013/04/02(Tue)00:10 No. 503473 ID: 70debc
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>What... percentage is that bioarmor...
>is that a Jetalium-reinforced biosuit?

It's a protojetalium neurosuit. Experimental. The science hives like studying me. Came up with some... interesting things.

One feature is that it's supposed to let me amplify my empathy. Theoretically, no functioning neumono should be able to fight me in this, if I don't want them to. These guys, though... I think I understand these guys.

Polokoa 2013/04/02(Tue)00:11 No. 503474 ID: 70debc
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They're all nuts.

Polokoa 2013/04/02(Tue)00:13 No. 503476 ID: 70debc
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"Wait... this is the original."

"Yellow, I'm trying to be fuckin' dramatic, here."

oh god, I need to see more D:

this asteroid is fucked.

Yellow seems to have memory or gender identity issues, there.

But yes, nuts seems the appropriate classification for these guys. Let's see if we can fix them with some fistoshock therapy (it works like electroshock. Except with punching).

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)02:00 No. 504157 ID: ff13f6
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"You think your pretty princess fashion show's gonna scare us? I'd tell you to give up and shove off, but we all know you ain't, so come on and let me hand you your own ass before I-"

"Seriously, Red, what am I???"

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)02:01 No. 504158 ID: ff13f6
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"You're a messed-up freak, Yellow, now shut up with your quantum hermaphrodite bullshit and get ready to fuckin' fight."

"Uh, fighting wasn't what we were told, Red."

"Yeah, man! Remember, Pappa Z pulled us all in, and he said-"

"I know! I know, c'mon. But look at her! She's like, final boss, here! I'll get a fuckin' achievement for this bitch. I can-"

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)02:01 No. 504159 ID: ff13f6
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"Red."

"Oh, Pink, hey..."

"Are you being insensitive to the fairer sex again, Red?"

"Ha haaaah you know I'd never do that in front of you, Pink!"

"That's good, Red. Do you know how hard it is to sew someone's head back on after you've used their neck as-"

"I remember, Pink."

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)02:02 No. 504160 ID: ff13f6
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"So long as you do remember."

"It's forgetting that's the hard part, you hasbro-ass psycho broad."

"Come on man, this'll be fun. Here. Let's get the party started."

"Yeah, sure. Better'n nothing."

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)02:02 No. 504161 ID: ff13f6
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"Alright, your royal chimera freak majesty! We aren't here to fight. We're here to offer you a little contest. You win you go on, you lose you fuck off!"

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)02:03 No. 504162 ID: ff13f6
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"Of course, you could always refuse, huh?"

>>504162
I expect the Polo side of you would like to shoot a blast straight through that ball and both of their heads, then drive away with a bunch of bleeding bodies behind you. Challenge be damned, this is a mission.

Wait. I guess you'd have to walk. Both vehicles done blowed up.

The Rokoa side of you would never back down from a challenge.

The AWESOME side of you would kill them all by doing a chaos dunk.

Chaos Dunk? Nah.

Go for a Mega Chaos Dunk.

You got into your experimental armor for a basketball game?

Please tell me they are joking.

red and pink seem like a match made in heaven...
and yesss, you can win this, maybe use some psychobabble to make yellow join sides, & convince black he's "too cool and this "game" is below him" leaving them with just 3

CHAOS DUNK

...Oh, Zozu, you bastard... He knows you won't ever refuse a challenge. That's why he sent out the Technicolor Clown Squad to issue this ridiculous challenge; It's a delaying tactic. Right now he's enacting his escape plan, just like the salikai he is. And you know what the galling thing is? You're still going to accept the challenge.

Alright, lets get this farce over with quick.

>>504169
...Please, could we do this without blowing up the planetoid we're standing on? Again. It was fun the first time, but now it's just getting old.

CHAOS DUNK

Well, if you can get that basketball going at sufficient velocity...
http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

KILL THESE CHUMPS ALREADY

Red, Shut Up and Jam Gaiden

Reform your jetalium armor into a basketball uniform- complete with outrageous fro.

Then take these guys in a 5 on 1 game without even trying. If you need teammate- rather, if teammates would make it more awesome, just use explosions in their stead. Don't ask me how an explosion is supposed to dribble, I'm sure you can shape a charge to do that on the fly.

>Chaos Dunk
Law and chaos dunk. You heard her transformation lyrics- she's both. Alignment: Lawful Chaotic.

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)09:11 No. 504221 ID: ff13f6
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>challenge be damned, this is a mission
>tell me they are joking
>KILL THESE CHUMPS ALREADY

Unfortunately, I don't have enough POLO POINTS to activate my Level Four Polotech: Fuck This I'm Out. I can't use it until I shifts my CHIMERA METER Polowards. I'll have to accept the challenge.

>CHAOS DUNK

Are you crazy? I'd like to keep this asteroid intact, thanks. Rokoa should have never learned such a forbidden technique in the first place.

Besides, I can't use it unless I'm in MAXIMUM ROKOVERDRIVE.

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)09:11 No. 504222 ID: ff13f6
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>yess, you can win this
>lets get this farce over with quick
>Shut Up and Jam

"Hey, ship. Protocol 4. Give me a drop."

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)09:12 No. 504223 ID: ff13f6
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"Thanks."

"Convenient!"

"Yeah, yeah. Let's go!"

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)09:12 No. 504224 ID: ff13f6
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>Red seizes the initiative!

>GAME START!!

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)09:12 No. 504225 ID: ff13f6
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>It's time for the Space Jam!!

>Polokoa's Stats:
>SHOOT - 7 +4
>DUNK - 8 +4
>JAM - 7 +4
>SPEED - 5 +4

>SHOOT measures ability to land shots and to make ranged attacks using the ball or smaller players. DUNK measures dunking, general jumping and melee attacks. JAM represents the ability to capture the ball or to avoid having the ball stolen. SPEED sets turn order and movement range - diagonal movement counts as 1.5 squares.

>All actions except movement speed have a random element! Roll 2d6 / 2 and add to stats! As a Heroic Protagonist, Polokoa rounds her fractions upwards.

>Use creative tactics to find hidden Bonuses!!

rolled 6, 1 = 7

---

Jump on red's head to achieve greater height and reach the ball first.

rolled 3, 4 = 7

---

>>504221
Oh gods this quest just gets more amazing every time I look at it.

>SPACE JAM
Move forward, grab red, dribble him and then pass him hard at the last minute towards pink and yellow with lose cannon as you catch the ball. Jam past the two remaining opposing players as they try to intercept, jump on top of the red/pink/yellow pile, and then make a sniper-shot dunk that ends with you perched on top of the backboard with an explosion in the background.

jump & slam the ball downwards so it slams off one of their faces back to you, risky but it could give you an opening chance to immidiatly go left or right when you land & catch the ball as it returns

>>504225
basketball is boring. use RED as a baseball bat instead.
Jukashi i love you so much

Red will likely be all up in our grill, so we gotta use tactics.

Confuse yellow even further about his Quantam sex shifting self. State that he's potentially been a robot companion instead of either sex.

Pink is Fury, unlike red she'll likely attempt to swipe, avoid her flank.

Blue's too lethargic to care, blacks to cool to care. So black will try something but his cool-meter will not succeed compared to yours.

Also: there's 5 of them. We could play horse. Every time you score, pick up one of them and twist them into the shape of the appropriate letter.

use determinatrix.

>>504221
What the hell does Friendship Beam even do?!

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)19:22 No. 504320 ID: ff13f6
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>Jump on red's head
>grab red
>use RED as a baseball bat

>JAM roll: 4 + 7 + 4 = 15
>COUNTERJAM: 6 + 6 + 2 = 14
>Success! Polokoa grapples Red and-

>Interrupt! Red employs Level Two Redtech: Personal Space Invader!
>Red will remain all up in Polokoa's grill for the rest of the turn.

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)19:22 No. 504321 ID: ff13f6
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>Pink and Black activate Teamwork Power: Yellow Cannon!

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)19:23 No. 504322 ID: ff13f6
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I'd say this lot are more cunning than they look, but they'd have to be.

Polokoa 2013/04/06(Sat)19:24 No. 504323 ID: ff13f6
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>Turn 2

>use determinatrix

I don't use Determinatrix, it activates automatically when I need it.

>What the hell does Friendship Beam even do?!

Friendship Beam? What Friendship Beam? You're seeing things. You must be crazy. Polo saw no mention of anything involving either of those words, you crazy person. Stop talking.

Rokoa is laughing.

You know how Rokoa dealt with red last universe? She body slammed him. So do that. Then intercept and dunk yellow. Maybe dribble him\her while on the way to the basket.

rolled 3, 6 = 9

---

>what do?
>>504324 This sounds good. Use loose cannon slam red towards the teamwork twins, then rush yellow, ball him/her up in a frightened ball around the ball, and use sniper shoot to make the 3 point shot.

>>504288
Obviously we'll need a POLOVERDRIVE to find out.

...although from the sounds of it, we shouldn't poke the gestalt too much unless we want it to break down.

rolled 4, 1 = 5

---

>>504323
Tell Yellow he plays like a girl.

Dash away from Red and do a sweep on Yellow to steal the ball as he's distracted.

>>504323
Oh, and could you inform us as to what Rip N Tear, Loose Cannon, and Huge Guts do? I expect Silent and Deadly is the ability to go silent and also use stealth, and Sniper Shot is obvious.

I suspect Rip N Tear is a melee combat bonus and Huge Guts is an endurance bonus.

either Sniper Shot or Loose Cannon Red into Yellow.

>>504323
Realize there was neither a time nor score limit set. There are no winning conditions. They're stalling you.

>>504345
>No rules / terms
Don't worry, referee Itcher (and cheerleader Jess!) will show up to clear up those issues when they arise.

Shopkeep 2013/04/08(Mon)05:44 No. 504561 ID: 4617f4
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>>504345
>Realize there was neither a time nor score limit set. There are no winning conditions.

Sorry, this should have been covered already! The Space Jam, being a sacred method of resolving disputes across the stars, has a set of default rules that always apply unless specified otherwise. In a situation like this, a "who wins" and not a show match, the winner is decided simply by best out of three baskets - or first to render the opposing team incapable of playing. It's not exactly like human basketball; although players aren't allowed to try to kill or seriously damage their opponents, they are allowed to trip, pin, stun or otherwise disable them, and this becomes even more permissive with neumono players. There are other differences, as well, obviously.

Another minor point: the JAM stat is used for grappling, or anything that involves taking hold of something and controlling it. DUNK is used for strikes, like punching or kicking, and for things like leg sweeps. That was supposed to be clearer!

>could you inform us as to what Rip N Tear, Loose Cannon, and Huge Guts do?

As you guess, Huge Guts is a bonus to physical endurance and damage soaking, and Rip And Tear is a melee combat bonus. Loose Cannon is a balance to Sniper Shot, the former being a bonus to ramboesque carnage and overall damage, while the latter is for more precision and single-target damage.

However, these abilities cover a lot of ground! They're not just physical, but social and mental as well. Loose Cannon, for example, can also give a bonus to ignore authority or to brutalize criminals, or Huge Guts to overcoming fear. Of course, so does Determinatrix, Fuck That I'm In and P-p-p-poker Face, so...

... er, well, let's just say Polokoa doesn't really have any problems being afraid of anything.

Just so you're informed, Polokoa's CHIMERA METER shifts in either direction when you use enough of one side or the other's techniques. The more POLOTECHS you use, say, the more it moves polowards, giving you more from Polo and less from Rokoa. But when you're not balanced, the side not being used slowly builds up stress. Eventually, the pressure will reach critical and Polokoa will go into DOUBLE OVERDRIVE, allowing her to use all her techniques! It only lasts a short time, however, after which she'll become totally rebalanced and lose some of her ability to use higher techniques. She'll recover over time, though.

Hope that all helps!

... Is that Glitcher?

Anyway, use Silent and Deadly to slip away from red, then go to Yellow and steal the ball back.

>>504320

Hahahaaa!

He's in your space and will be for the turn, but that won't help him.

It's TIME FOR TANGO. Dance Red down to Yellow, take aim and DUNK him with Red. DUNK HIM GOOD.

Idea. If that neurosuit is jetalium based, doesn't that mean the shape and structure is mutable? If red tries to grapple us again we could just sprout a bunch of spikes or something.

>... Is that Glitcher?
>shopkeepexplains.png

:V

>>504561
define "seriously damage". breaking a limb or two is ok, right? he's touching you here, ew.
seriously though, trip yellow using red.

Polokoa 2013/04/08(Mon)13:22 No. 504604 ID: 077cef
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Since we don't want Yellow scoring...

>Grapple maintenance
>JAM: 5 + 7 + 4 = 16
>COUNTERJAM: 2 + 6 + 2: 10

Polokoa 2013/04/08(Mon)13:23 No. 504605 ID: 077cef
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>SHOOT: 3 + 7 + 4 = 14
>Bonus! Level One Rokotech: Loose Cannon

>Polokoa's CHIMERA METER is shading toward Rokoa! She loses Poker Face and gains Fuck That I'm In. This ability enhances her capacity to do things that a sane person probably would not.

Polokoa 2013/04/08(Mon)13:25 No. 504606 ID: 077cef
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>Turn 3

>Yellow is knocked prone.
>Yellow is stunned!
>Red is knocked prone.

That'll put Red out for a turn, and Yellow for one or two more.

>If that neurosuit is jetalium based, doesn't that mean the shape and structure is mutable?

It can, but the suit's linked to my vital functions, so its mutability depends on my physical and emotional state. That's why putting it on needs the music and the speech. To make weapons out of it, I need to be particularly stressed or angry, or similarly emotional. Although, shouting weird names for whatever it is I'm trying to make seems to help.

I think the rest of these goons are going to try something.

Victory by team wipe is starting to look very attractive.

>breaking a limb or two is ok, right?

So long as it doesn't look like I'm deliberately trying to.

rolled 4, 4 = 8

---

I think our next move should be to take possession of the ball.

Bum rush right past/through blue to do that. (Not sure if Rip and Tear or Huge guts would help with that?). Then if we get the ball, you can take a sniper shot at the basket.

>enhances her capacity to do things that a sane person probably would not
Considering the number of suicide missions Polo has accepted, I'm not sure why that's a Rokoa exclusive ability. ...I guess the difference is Polo pretends she has good reason for doing crazy things, while Rokoa just does them?

>>504606
punch pink so hard only her head is left sticking out of the ground.

btw, what happens when someone is thrown steps out of the area?

Rokoa fought fair in a battle that could have costed her, her life. She does things Polo would never do in such combat situations/

Well, you're outnumbered here, so obviously you need to put the honky on the tonky.

Seriously. DUNK Black and force him into honking Pink's tonky. Or hoolah her woolah. Or smooch the pooch.

If you get my drift.

rolled 3, 3 = 6

---

Apply violence to Pink.

that ball is too close to the wrong hoop. rush it. blue will probably do so too. feel free to trample his ass on your way if he gets in your way.

Polokoa 2013/04/13(Sat)12:55 No. 505546 ID: 847265
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>honking Pink's tonky
>hoolah her woolah
>smooch the pooch

I don't even have a skateboard with me today.

>Apply violence to Pink
>that ball is too close to the wrong hoop

I have an idea.

>JAM: 4 + 7 + 4: 15
>COUNTERJAM: 4 + 5 + 2: 11
>Bonus! Level Three Rokotech: Rip And Tear

Polokoa 2013/04/13(Sat)12:56 No. 505547 ID: 847265
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"HUAARGH!!"
"PwOOF!"

Polokoa 2013/04/13(Sat)12:57 No. 505548 ID: 847265
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>DUNK: 3 + 8 + 4: 15

Polokoa 2013/04/13(Sat)12:58 No. 505549 ID: 847265
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Now they can't score.

Polokoa 2013/04/13(Sat)13:00 No. 505552 ID: 847265
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>Turn 4

>Red is stunned!
>Yellow is re-stunned!

>Polokoa's CHIMERA METER shades to maximum ROKOVERDRIVE! She loses Silent and Deadly and gains Chaos Dunk!!
>Polokoa is rapidly building POLO PRESSURE!

I'm beginning to enjoy this too much.

Or possibly not enough.

rolled 3, 5 = 8

---

JAM: Ask Black to pass you the ball: "Yo, ball here."
DUNK: Failing that, ask Black's unconcious body to pass you the ball.

rolled 3, 3 = 6

---

All right!

Now, we can't use chaos dunk, because that will destroy the asteroid. And while that might be awesome, we can't end the quest so soon. So instead, let's hold onto that ROKOVERDRIVE until it pisses Polo off enough to push us into DOUBLE OVERDRIVE. Then we can subdue / convert them all with friendship beam.

...more immediately, intimidate them into giving you possession of the ball (or just walk up an take it, just daring them to resist). Then shoot.

>>505557
Said daring should be done while walking slowly towards him, with the maximum ROKOVERDRIVE slasher smile engaged.

>>505559
And in as creepy/cheery a voice as possible. It'll help push the slasher angle.

go after the ball while shouting HARGARBLGRGHH

rolled 3, 4 = 7

---

>>505557
But I don't wanna be friends with Red! Or Pink. Maybe just Black. Blue seems too much like a wet blanket, and Yellow is just weird. I bet Black is irritating in his own way we haven't seen, though.

I'd rather we just beat the crap out of the lot of them, or quickly do some super awesome dunks/trickshots to score 3 points, though the trickshots will have to wait until Double Overdrive activates and we get Sniper Shot available again.

>>505552
Rush towards black and steal the ball from him. Then do a sweet backwards dunk.

rolled 4, 2 = 6

---

I suspect Blue and Black are going to try and play keep away until their teammates recover. They'd probably fail, but keep them from even trying in the first place.

Scoop up Red (while stepping on Yellow again) and Sniper Shot him right into Blue. This'll either leave Black with nobody to pass the ball to, or him passing the ball to Blue who's in no state to catch it. Then charge Black if he still has the ball and gain possession, or run after the ball if it goes wild.

What do the Space Jam rules say about situations where the ball leaves the court under various circumstances?

Also, you didn't turn on your empathic block at the start of the game, did you? I assume not, since I figure that Space Jam rules on neumono empathic links have been amended by now to state that all neumono playing have to have full bi-directional links, unless otherwise agreed upon before the match. Otherwise the team with the upper hand automatically forfeits the match. So it'd be jammers all around, or nothing at all.

Oh. We still have Sniper Shot. I wanna snipe that hoop!

>>505591
well i want to chaos dunk that hoop.

>>505657

that would probably kill everything in a five-mile radius and cause basketball to be outlawed.

>>505662
i don't see the problem, basketball is boring anyhow

>>505657
Well I don't want to.

Snipe that hoop.

The one reason I could think of not to snipe the hoop is if using a Polo power pushes us down from our ROKOVERDRIVE. Because I wanna see the double overdrive!

>>505584
>But I don't wanna be friends with...
We could always use them as cannon fodder. :V

>>505666
It would also blow up the asteroid. See here:
>>504221

look, we should save chaosdunk for the final boss, for now we should use wit, cunning, intelligence & balls to the wall style & mayhem.

also get that ball.

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:16 No. 506950 ID: c44712
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>Ask Black to pass you the ball

"Uh, well, I don't thi-"

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:17 No. 506951 ID: c44712
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>ask Black's unconscious body to pass you the ball

>DUNK: 4 + 8 + 4 = 16
>Bonus! Level Three Rokotech: Rip And Tear

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:17 No. 506953 ID: c44712
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>snipe that hoop!
>Snipe that hoop.

I could.

>dunk

Or...

>chaos dunk
>that would probably kill everything
>It would also blow up the asteroid

I probably shouldn't.

So...

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:18 No. 506954 ID: c44712
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>Level Four Rokotech: Fuck That I'm In
>POLO PRESSURE reaches maximum!!
>DOUBLE OVERDRIVE!!!

... I won't.

>Polokoa regains all of her Polotechs!

>Polokoa gains access to her Doubletechs!!

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:18 No. 506955 ID: c44712
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I'll do something better.

>HYPER COMBO DOUBLETECH:

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:19 No. 506956 ID: c44712
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ANARCHY

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:20 No. 506960 ID: c44712
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FRIENDSHIP

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:20 No. 506961 ID: c44712
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DUNK!!!!!!

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:22 No. 506964 ID: c44712
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"Father. The neumono-"

"Unconscious?"

"... All of them."

"So the jammers did nothing. I can smell the smoke from here. Get rid of them, then. Gently. It's no fault of theirs. Do you feel that? Like a warm tingle down your spine?"

"Just... barely, yes."

"This is the power that conquered our home world. I suppose we should be grateful that that's all we receive of it. At least, until she arrives herself. Are the preparations made?"

"... Yes. But we're not sure-"

"I will deal with her myself. None of you are to get any ideas."

"... I'll... pass it on."

Polokoa 2013/04/20(Sat)18:23 No. 506966 ID: c44712
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BAM

"This the place?"

"Uhm... yes."

"Any surprises?"

"Not... that I know of."

"Fine. If you think of something helpful, tell me. Don't get in my way."

"Yeah... sure..."

This fruit salad gang's going to be a bit dopey for a while, but they might be useful, still. This, they tell me, is one of the entrances to the main seat for the Zozus, and from what they tell me, the delay they were sent to drop on me wasn't to let the head honchos escape, but to make preparations for my visit. Who knows if they were told the truth, though. The place looks pretty deserted. I find it hard to believe they'll try fight me; this suit practically needs a tank to get through it, and everyone knows it by now.

Any thoughts on how I should be going?

There are no words.

None, at all.

>>506966
No!
Your awesome power output was too out of control!
It'll impregnate every female on this asteroid! And some of the men! Everyone at ground zero will probably have twins!

Just... I don't know. Man walk forward and stare down opposition, and when that doesn't work, punch 'em in the face, and when that doesn't work, maul them with an explosive round. Or two.

>>506954
...you unlocked your ultimate double overdrive technique by using another technique to chose to do yet another technique you then didn't do. That is some masterful doublethink. (Although, it makes perfect sense for a double person).

>>506960
Double tech!

>>506964
...goodness, even the non-neumono can feel her.

>thoughts on how I should be going?
Well, they'll probably have some way to fight you. Maybe even neutralize the suit. That's the kind of bullshit that happens in a story, right? You get to the big bad boss and lose access to all the stuff that would make it easy.

But heck, it's not like we know anything about what they got waiting. Nowhere to go but forward.

>>506966
Hey, what are we going to do to the salikai once we find them? Is this an extermination mission?

I don't suppose we can just go through walls, can we? Foil whatever plans they have by taking an unexpected route.

This thread is the best thing in my life right now.

We should go in quiet but deadly. No knowing what they've cooked up in case of you.

You are the boss. So enter that building like a BAWS! Knock down everything in your way like a bowling ball attached to a steamroller shot out of a cannon being thrown long in a game of cannon tossing between mountain giants on a low-gravity world!!!

(On a less insane/jokey note, i love the artwork right at the dunk. I dunno if it was intentional, but to me Polokoa's snarl looks like a mix between Rokoa's toothy grin and Polo's roar.)

>>506971
NO YOU FOOL DON'T MENTION KIDS! O_O

obviously use the idiots to spring the traps the other idiots prepared

jukashi I'm going to get fired, i can't stop laughing! it's been hours what did you do??

enter it like a ninja.

Demand everyone in the facility march themselves out to receive there asswooping in a timely manner.
If you have to come looking for them things will get... interesting.

enter, calmly & straight forward.
but have the rainbow brigade equipped with instruments to play a loud marching anthem as you walk.

They already know you're coming, so the last thing they'll suspect is a sneaking mission!

Polokoa 2013/04/27(Sat)23:08 No. 507973 ID: 8b318c
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>Hey, what are we going to do to the salikai once we find them? Is this an extermination mission?

Oh, no. Almost the opposite, actually.

When I... woke up... it was a hard time for me. For us. Me. Two very different people suddenly one, and while they'd been asleep, the larger portion of both their hives has been wiped out. It hurt, and I was horribly confused, and had to juggle the science hivers still trying to keep me alive and hidden until I was fixed up. I had to learn to sneak like Polo in a body the size of Rokoa's, with half of it still not working. But mostly, I was mad. So angry. Too much anger for the salikai. I had to spread it, back, to whoever had made those salikai the way they were to do such things. Back to whoever had made them do that. And back, and back, just so much sheer rage that only the entire history of our planet could hold it all. Polo and Rokoa's lives were both perfectly real to me, but I felt detached from them, as well. The whole thing - the relationships between all the different races of our world, all the grudges and revenge, carrying on conflicts that had started with some primitive rock-chewers squabbling over dirty water and hunks of meat.

It was so fucking stupid.

All those aliens, from entirely different worlds, able to get on with each other. And do you know how much advancement has come from the meeting of different cultures, different species, meeting minds and trading ideas? Try most of it. Some ancient guys invent a steam engine but it's no good for anything but party tricks. Centuries later another bunch learn how to make really good metal. Some dude takes a book from the first guys and lugs it across a continent to the second, and bam, industrial revolution. Some guys take a domesticated riding animal of theirs across an ocean, show them to the natives, not a decade later those natives are the best riders in the world and have conquered half their neighbors. But does that happen with us? No. Because we're a bunch of whiny idiots. And I've got the whole salikai operation there, riddled with incompetence, and still showing how much we could do if we could just restrain ourselves enough to team up for two fucking minutes. We're all living creatures, flesh and blood, we can grow, evolve, become different, better. We could be so strong. But we were pathetic. All of us. Born from the same ocean, the same codes written in our blood, and the most successful species on the whole planet can't even keep from murdering themselves.

So I decided I wasn't going to put up with this bullshit any more.

They said I'd gone crazy while I was asleep.

But if you'd said two neumono like Polo and Rokoa could be stitched together into a chimera like me, you'd have been called crazy then, too.

So I'm here to make an offer to these salikai, of a proper place in society. An offer they can't refuse.

>enter it like a ninja
>quiet but deadly
>the last thing they'll suspect is a sneaking mission

Yeah. But best if you know where you're going for that sort of thing. See if you can pick up any wireless signals, will you? And get me a map.

>"you got it, boss!"

Polokoa 2013/04/27(Sat)23:10 No. 507974 ID: 8b318c
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>"This whole place has gone quiet!"
>"it's kinda creepy"
>"Redirecting hug capacitors."
>"Most of the system here is locked down, but here's a rough structural outline of the different floors. This is as far as we can get, but there could be more further down. Looks like they want to keep people away from whatever's down there."
>"Not ominous at all!"

The rainbow crew feel surprised that the place has been so thoroughly abandoned. This isn't what they expected the place would be like.

>"There's two places with wireless traffic, one at a defensive location that's double encrypted and sporadic, on odd frequencies, like they're trying to keep it quiet that they're there. The other further down isn't doing any hiding, and the activity level seems a regular pace of communication, like it could be someone just going about their normal business."

That first spot looks like an ambush of some sort. If I'm in ninja mode, I guess I'd best go around.

Polokoa 2013/04/27(Sat)23:11 No. 507975 ID: 8b318c
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>I don't suppose we can just go through walls, can we?

Passé.

Floors are the new walls.

Straight down?

>>507975
Straight down sounds good. Stop at the floor right above the ambush to get a better idea of what we should expect.

Optimally we would drop down behind them and block the exit out of the room they're in, then continue on.

>>507974
if anything the second one sounds like the trap. actually, they could both be traps.

there are elevator shafts you can use to descend more quickly, in case you're opposed to bruised knuckles.

Ah. I see. You were so mad at it all you declared war on war. And started forcing the rest of the world to realize just how good team ups could be.

>where go?
Honestly, there's no way to be sure that the open one isn't a trap, or that the hiding one isn't a trap trying to pretend to not be a trap.

Therefore, just head strait down. We'll hit everything in a row- one two three.

Hey, you haven't had a bite to eat since crashing on this rock, have you? Perhaps a detour to raid the nearest break room fridge for a quick snack is in order. After all, it's not like Father Zozu is going anywhere. There's no urgent need to get to him ASAP, right?

I have no idea if those signals are from ambushes, traps, or are misdirections meant to herd you away from them. So I say we just avoid them completely.

Head to the floor over the two right elevator shafts, start punching down, and don't stop 'till you hit whatever is hidden under this place.

The rest of the floors in this place look thicker than the one you just punched through. You might not be able to do the same to them. You got something that could get through them without causing massive collateral damage? Plasma blade? Plasma aura for your fists, maybe?

Lets work on cracking the encryption on both of those signals, starting with the overt one. I'd like to know what they're talking about, even if we aren't going near them. Perhaps even break into those systems, if we're really certain we can do it without being detected.

Polokoa 2013/04/28(Sun)20:40 No. 508078 ID: fe3247
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>Hey, you haven't had a bite to eat since crashing on this rock, have you?

You're right, good thinking. I burn through calories fast when I'm wearing this thing. I'll tell our new hivemates to fetch something, since they seem to know the upper levels, at least.

>The rest of the floors in this place look thicker than the one you just punched through.

Right again. No plasma blade, sorry; energy restrictions. This suit's basically powered off my body heat and the overcharge on my empathic field. But a nearly-molecular spike and blade should help me out. It takes me a bit of effort to make it form, but so long as I'm not in a fight, it's tolerable.

Polokoa 2013/04/28(Sun)20:45 No. 508083 ID: fe3247
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>Straight down sounds good.

I only get three more floors of progress before something comes up, of course.

>"Yeah, I think they noticed your shortcuts."
>"Maybe the super sentai goon squad have trackers on them?"
>"Or there are hidden cameras."
>"Or you busted through a network line!"
>"So basically, there was bit of higher traffic on the lower level, and then the upper level went totally silent. The lower kept on high for a while and then it dropped back down."

So either they've got everything ready and are settled for the ambush, want to hide, or they've been called back or told to get out of there or something. They might be expecting me to come down through them, now, so either of the two sections closer to the elevator shaft might have them waiting for me. Of course, the 2d map is a little limited; if the levels I've gone through so far is an indication, there are lesser rooms subdividing the main structural chambers. Or, there might not. These lower floors might have different purposes, and if they're just using it for storage, they could just be big empty boxes.

I could probably still avoid the next floor entirely, if I drop down through the elevator shaft. But, maybe they want me to do that.

>"Been trying to get more info out of the system, found some old maintenance logs. After the next two floors, there's some sort of extra reinforcement, so it doesn't look like you'll be able to punch through the final floor. Someone was complaining about not being able to lay cables in the floor down there."

Strange.

Some of Red's crew feel like they're getting a bit more nervous, too.

I don't suppose your shades come with spiffy x-ray vision or anything? We could see what's waiting a floor down before choosing to engage.

And did we exchange comm frequencies with the skittles squad? We could get on the phone and ask what's upsetting them if something happened up top.

Polokoa 2013/04/28(Sun)21:23 No. 508091 ID: fe3247
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>I don't suppose your shades come with spiffy x-ray vision or anything?

No such luck, x-rays need too much power. I have thermal, but it can't pick up anything through the walls or floor here.

>And did we exchange comm frequencies with the skittles squad? We could get on the phone and ask what's upsetting them if something happened up top.

They're not up top, they're following along. It only took them a moment to catch back up after getting something to eat. I could tell them to climb back up if you think it's a good idea. While I have them, though...

"If you've got something to say, say it."

"Uh... n-no, it's silly."

"Ugh. Yellow, are you seriously freaking out about some fucking ghost stories?"

"I said it was silly. And it's not a ghost story! It's just... a lot of people have been stuck here for a long time, there's... stuff they say, about the asteroid. That there's, you know, some big mystery, something buried deep down in the core. And I just... didn't know this place went down so far, so... It's stupid. It's not like you aren't worried too, Red, we can all tell."

"I'm not fucking worried, I just feel like how I feel when I get called in to be shouted at, y'know? I'd leave if I didn't just get fucking mind raped, at least leave me enough brain cells that I can still want to, sheesh."

>if I didn't just get fucking mind raped
Pff. You know you liked it.

>I could tell them to climb back up if you think it's a good idea.
Nah, nevermind. I just assumed from the previous wording you'd left them behind when you dropped like a bunker busting missile.

>what do?
Go for the exclamation mark. If it is a threat, I don't want it at our backs when we deal with whatever's at the bottom. Besides, if this is ultimately a conversion / conquest mission, we sort of have to deal with everything anyways.

>>508091
No. He's been a bad boy and he gets no such luxuries.

It almost feels like serious time, here. Hmm. Get into that elevator shaft next to you. Then see if you can peek through the elevator doors. Or maybe we should find the armory first. We have no guns! NO GUNS. Impenetrable supersuit or no, I don't like going in unarmed.

>>508151
...we had guns, but they kind of disappeared into digital CAI jetalium hammerspace storage during the transformation sequence (...which means I'm guessing the clothes and gear got unceremoniously dumped on one of the UnSe crew inside in the computer-jem, there).

who cares, eat and keep on punching.

Actually, send them back up, but not to leave. Send them to the armory to load up with everything they can put on and carry out, then come back. This is going to be a Poloka class fight, and they're going to need more armor than they have on to survive even being near that, and weapons better than their fists to even think about backing you up. And if the Zozu's cleaned out the armory, then I think the ship has a regular neumono armory pod it could drop for them.

You could also head back up with them to swipe some better scanning gear from the armory to check out the floor below, or at least a pair of x-ray goggles from the infirmary.

As for how to approach heading down: How about doing something more crazy awesome than punching through floors?

Go around busting all the water lines on this level and the levels above, and the drain lines from the sump pumps on the levels below. Then bust out the elevator doors on this level and all the ones above. Let the water flood the elevator shaft and this level. Then swim down and place a remote detonation charge on the elevator doors, come back up, and blow them. Then ride the wave out on a surf board. Oh, you're going to need to request a surf board drop from the ship.

Not only will this look cool, once the water floods the level it'll render all the enemy's guns inoperable or ineffective, and short out any electronics that aren't waterproofed. That leaves them with only being able to fight close quarters, which is pretty much suicide against you.

Polokoa 2013/05/05(Sun)17:48 No. 508894 ID: 8c9410
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>>508597
>flood the elevator shaft and this level

Normally, this would be a plan I could get behind.

However, the water systems here are sure to have been built with a lot of safeguards! Water is a precious resource in places that are not naturally habitable. Even when you have a bunch of icy asteroids and comets, it takes a lot of effort and expense to retrieve those; and in a place like this, where they have to depend on the whims of gravity to drop fresh supply for them, the recycling systems have to be first priority in efficiency and maintenance. There are always losses, even at the best of times, so every drop counts. Even space pirates and other criminals, if they can't actually steal the water they find in their normal business, usually leave it where it is in case they need to come back for it. A threat to the water supply is a threat to the life of everyone in any artificially supported settlement, so never do work on the water systems yourself! Always call a professional.

This is also why wet t-shirt competitions, water balloons, water pistols, and all manner of super soakers are banned in places like this.

Use water responsibly!

Polokoa 2013/05/05(Sun)17:48 No. 508895 ID: 8c9410
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>we have no guns!
>we had guns, but they kind of disappeared into digital CAI jetalium hammerspace

What? That's ridiculous. We don't have magic.

The guns are just invisible.

Our cloaking suit technology wasn't supposed to reach the public in the first place, and it wasn't supposed to get posted on the internet, and it definitely wasn't supposed to get into the hands of a belonosian gun nut who we couldn't find before he posted his how-to for sticking it onto a rifle. And then we get a bunch of criminals and terrorists running around with invisible guns, so we had to let the weapons manufacturers have the technology so they could make their own professionally-made invisible guns for the public. And then violent crime went down, as it would when anybody could be carrying invisible guns. Though, the rate of pretending-to-have-a-gun crimes did go up, as did the rate of invisible-gun-related accidents, since it turns out lots of people have terrible memories when it comes to where they left their invisible guns.

Obviously, guns that can turn invisible are more expensive, and they're not any good for intimidation, so they're not that common except for special forces and enthusiasts. But most shops will have one or two on the shelf. It's an accessory, like night vision scopes or silencers or magnetic holsters. The visible light gang here all have their own weapons.

I'm sure you can give yourselves a rundown of everything we have in resources at the minute.

Polokoa 2013/05/05(Sun)17:49 No. 508896 ID: 8c9410
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"Come on, hurry up! We're in trouble already."

"This isn't built to move quickly in the first place!"

"We're just following orders, it's not our fault."

"It's our fault if we listen to orders from the wrong person!! That isn't even what I'm talking about, what about these things?"

Polokoa 2013/05/05(Sun)17:50 No. 508897 ID: 8c9410
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"We weren't supposed to actually have to use these, they're just for scaring people!"

"Well, you're not going to have to use them, so shut up. And stop pointing it at me."

Polokoa 2013/05/05(Sun)17:50 No. 508898 ID: 8c9410
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>peek through the elevator doors

Polokoa 2013/05/05(Sun)17:51 No. 508899 ID: 8c9410
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"Um..."

Plasma spitters, huh? Takes a special kind of idiot to run around with a bottle of ionized nuclear gases on their back. The only dependable safety feature on these things is that people get more nervous about shooting at you.

I don't really want to kill any of these people. If everything goes well, after all, they'll end up working for me.

Suggestions?

Well the guy just hit a button, by the noise its the Close Door button, so you might want to jam that open.

As for what to do you might wanna wreck the turret before they get in turned around then threaten everyone with your new plasma spitter. I don't think it matters if its attached to that guy while you threaten with it or not.

tell him you need his clothes, his keys & his gun.

also maybe politely ask everybody to put their guns down, as you have some volatile equipment (the rainbow parade) that you'd rather not send forwards

>>508899
"You said you won't have to use them, so don't. Stay here and out of my way." Then just ride the elevator down to the next level.

Also take that guy's hat and put it on Yellow.

Disable a group of two Pomi, three miklik (one of which has four arms! And a full on mobster suit! With a space-tommygun and everything! =D), a human, and a heef without killing them? Interesting.

Well, there's always intimidation. They're already terrified of their own weapons, it shouldn't be too hard to make them so afraid of you they surrender without a fight.

Or maybe a concussive blast from both palm blasters to knock everyone in the room out? (Shaped so it doesn't knock out the skittles band behind you).

>>508899
that guy is pressing buttons. stop him. also don't let her use that thing, she'll kill everyone in the room apart from you. also, what is that huge thing that has wheels?

just a heads up, they seem to be evacuating the room in a hurry, keep them in and find out what did they rig this room with

>>508899
He should know you can't close the door when someone's standing in it. Also it's rude. >=( Punch that jerk square in his jaw.

Any way you can get them as your subordinates right now?

...Hmmm. Yanno, from what this lot just said I don't think they're under orders to fight you; At least, not anymore. Quite the opposite, in fact. Sounds to me like they got some erroneous orders, and that burst of wireless traffic from below was Father Zozu clearing that up and ordering them to leave. So as long as you don't act like you're going to attack, they won't fight in desperation.

Retract the katar to appear slightly less threatening. Then reaching down to gently push the plasma spitter away with a single finger. "The man said not to point that at him. It's not safe, you know. And get your finger off the trigger." (Seriously, Zozu is letting somebody this untrained handle a plasma spitter? I expected better from them.)

Then turn to the rest of them and say "Now, you lot don't attack me and I won't kill you. Got that? Good. Now get out of my sight. Except for you." Grasp Four Arms' shoulder. "I have some questions for you before you go."

I'm thinking the best solution here is to threaten everyone with blowing the containment on the Plasma Spitter. I'm willing to bet that, whatever it does to anyone else, it will do less to you.

Polokoa 2013/05/28(Tue)13:15 No. 513124 ID: d4e541
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>intimidation

I empathically command the fruit cup hive to practice being threatening. Surprisingly (or perhaps not), they don't seem to have much problem frightening their former coworkers.

Thwukk!
"This is for leaving moldy sandwiches in the fridge."

"You don't want to fight, then don't. You, don't point that at him. Point it... here. Now, the rest of you. Drop your weapons and get out of my sight."

"Hop to it, chumps, or we'll try a bit of the ol' good-cop bad-cop!"

... What?

"Good cop and Bad cop are what he calls his fists. You... probably don't want to know what he calls his other body parts."

Polokoa 2013/05/28(Tue)13:15 No. 513126 ID: d4e541
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>the tank

It's basically a larger, safer version of the plasma spitter. Still also illegal, of course, and still not a good idea to shoot at. Where have they been getting this junk? Its driver seems to like his chances better in cover.

Unfortunately, we seem to have failed to notice another miklik also carrying a plasma spitter. Looking too scared to use it, but scared people with weapons are unpredictable. And they can't put it down, since it's attached. Not good to give people orders they can't obey, it puts them in a habit.

I could try shoot them, but spitters are more like flamethrowers with a narrow stream than a gun; aiming is tricky. Since I'm larger, they have a better chance of hitting me without hitting the plasma battery on this one's back. Still stupid to try, but again, fear makes stupid for some people. None of the others in the room would usually worry me, but they might hit the battery, too. Or just hurt each other, or my "friends" here. Most look like they would surrender, but they're confused.

>>513126
I just didn't think the other miklik's spitter was notable.

Why don't you just toss the two spitter-mikliks together to keep them from using their weapons, then rush in to disarm anyone who still has their guns?

isn't there anyway to disable it by like... blocking it? at least so if he does fire nothing will happen for a short delay before he melts himself & everything in the room?

Hey you- point that stupid thing somewhere nice and safe like the ground and get your shaking finger off the trigger before it goes off and gets someone hurt. Which would include you, I promise.

Or maybe we could use a sniper shot with an invisible gun to disable the weapon by not shooting it in the plasma pack?

If the plasma flamethrower does go off, Could we shape or different the blast with our palm blasters?

It's Likely that the miklik will drop his plasma-death-trap if you tell him that he'll go up in flames as well as the rest of ya.

Plus, if worst comes to worst, you could use the rest of them as meatshields.

turn yours around so it's pack is the shield.

>>513126
"Do you have a license for that thing?"

Alright, best move slow and not make any sudden noises, lest their trigger finger twitch; Take it nice and easy.

Empathically order the Technicolor Clown Squad to freeze where they are, keep quiet, and not turn towards or even look at this plasma spitter miklik. They can still stare down the other goons, though, but no more than that.

Look towards the miklik, tap into your Polo side, put on your Serious Face and speak in an icily calm tone. "You may keep your weapon and your life if you simply turn around and walk away;" Best to keep it simple. If it doesn't react right away, wait to let your words sink into its fear addled mind.

If it does fire, don't return fire. Dodge back around the corner of the elevator so the stream doesn't hit your plasma spitter tank, and order Red and the gang to not return fire but to circle around the spitter turret to grab the miklik. Otherwise gunfire might puncture his plasma tank.

>"Good cop and Bad cop are what he calls his fists. You... probably don't want to know what he calls his other body parts."
... *groan* well now I do.

>>513126
Whatever you do, do it very very slowly and carefully.

Slow movements. Tell him you'll let him go if he drops the Spitter. Oh, and keep your word as well.

>>513486
Well, he kinda can't put it down, since it's connected to the tank on his back, and the tank looks like its connected to his armor. And with him mentally addled by fear, any instructions should be clear, easy to do, and not leave him confused.

Now, best he could do is point it at the ground and get his finger off the trigger while turning away from us. While he could let the spitter go, I wouldn't trust it not to go off while dangling or if it's bouncing around while he runs away, or to not separate from the hose to the pack and blow plasma all over like a loose fire hose.

(To be hones a friggin' plasma spitter seems a bit retarded with how volatile it is. I would say that the designer was as dumb as an Artok. But that would be an insult to Artoks everywhere.)

>>513507
They're called Arkots you apricot!

(I like Apricots...)

ATTACK LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW!

use the other guy with the plasma spitter as a human shield. make sure to point the backpack part at him.

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:12 No. 515607 ID: 95f4ae
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>Hey you- point that stupid thing somewhere nice and safe like the ground
>It's Likely that the miklik will drop his plasma-death-trap if you tell him that he'll go up in flames as well as the rest of ya.
>put on your Serious Face and speak in an icily calm tone.

Intimidation does seem to be working for the rest of them already, so focusing it in further might be all we need. I'll add a little extra of my own.

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:12 No. 515608 ID: 95f4ae
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"What- Augh!!"

"Don't point a weapon at someone if you don't want to use it. And you don't. So just leave."

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:13 No. 515609 ID: 95f4ae
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"Yeah, run, you pack a' fuckin piss stains!"

Red and his team have recovered, and they feel somewhat more enthusiastic, those of them that are capable of it. I might have had to be more forceful if they weren't here. Perhaps they can continue being worth something.

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:13 No. 515610 ID: 95f4ae
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Onward and downward.

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:15 No. 515611 ID: 95f4ae
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The next level isn't guarded. The floor sounds different, demonstrating the different material underneath that you indicated earlier. Aside that, it's just another set of storage chambers. Until we reach the last room.

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:16 No. 515612 ID: 95f4ae
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There's a staircase down, through the thick layer of... whatever, surrounding what's below. A strange staircase. And strange surroundings. I can't tell what the walls are made of.

"Thiiiiis is... kinda weird..."

"Did we get turned around somehow? I feel... no. Huh."

There's light from below. And...

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:17 No. 515614 ID: 95f4ae
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... And I wouldn't say this is what I was expecting.

Polokoa 2013/06/09(Sun)11:17 No. 515615 ID: 95f4ae
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"Hey, there's Mama Zozu."

"Sssshshhh she hates being called that!!"

>>515614
is that a movie set? what the fuck?

and why did pink bite black?

and did you guys lose sense of direction?

>>515608
Oh, so your eyes really are solid colors and that wasn't just for effect during the transformation?

>>515615
So uh, target sighted I guess. The lack of expendable resistance is a bit disappointing. What were we supposed to do when we found the salikai? If we need another Anarchy Dunk we should start preparing for it now. I wonder if that's their strategy. To be as boring as possible so that we don't have a chance to build up any pressure. Hmm. No, I think it has something to do with the materials here.

Blue felt something weird. Maybe they've got odorless hallucination gas active. I suggest sealing your suit and running off of air tanks for a while.

Regardless, let's have the fruit brigade fan out and secure the area- it's full of arkots that could be carrying invisible weapons or hiding them amongst the stuff here. Then walk up to Mama Zozu and ask her if she's going to come quietly or if we have to get rough.

You wandered out of the scene! Talk about unprofessional! Get back on camera this instant young ladys