WHOO

as usual

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)18:41 No. 68072 ID: fba9cb
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My name is Triplilmus, and this is my first mission without supervision. Sgt Blanker sent me in here to make sure no raiders are hiding in this town we just attacked. I'm down to the last few places, looks like a store on the right, another one on the left, then there's a house and a big building down at the end of the street. If I see any raiders they shouldn't cause any trouble, they probably don't have anything that can hurt my ride armor.

>>68072
Check out the big building, it'd be a likely place to hide.

>>68072

Go into the store to the right

Be methodical. Enter right store, then left store.

Enter the right hand store.

What was inhabiting the town before it was attacked?

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)19:27 No. 68084 ID: fba9cb
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>What was inhabiting the town before it was attacked?

Raiders were using it as a base.

I break down the door and walk into the former shop, there are all sorts of jars on the shelves and broken glass all over the floor.

Scan the walls for writing or symbols, or papers to that effect inside of jars. These creatures may have left a message for their ilk.

What's a raider?

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)19:45 No. 68089 ID: fba9cb
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>What's a raider?
Somebody who attacks us of course!

There's not any writing on the jars or anything, just a bunch of spilled juice and preserves it looks like. A few jars are intact but I can't grab them with the armor, it would just crush them.

>>68089
You're not here for jars, you're here to hunt down raiders!

Make sure that back room is cleared.

>>68084
If that's a door in the back, enter it, else leave if there's nothing interesting and check out the left hand store.

>>68089
Who would dare attack your advanced civilization?

Carry on, then. Check all the corners in this building, then look out windows for anything suspicious.

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)20:00 No. 68093 ID: fba9cb
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There's a door in the back all righ- There's a monster in there!

>>68093
What race are the raiders, goblins?

>>68093
OPEN FIRE!!!

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)20:05 No. 68097 ID: fba9cb
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It's got the drop on me! There's a muffled boom and something rattles off of my armor! Kinda scary!

>>68097
Shoot it.

>>68097

Blow it away

Target in the center, pull the switch. Target in the center, pull the switch. Target in the center, pull the switch. Target in the center...

>>68097
Try to deal a crippling, non-lethal blow to allow interrogation. You are a marksman, right?

>>68104

WHOO!

>>68102
We look to be firing something in the range of a 50 cal. If we hit someone in a limb, that limb is gone, in the torso they immediately go into system shock.

Not much we can do in the way of questioning it seems.

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)20:32 No. 68110 ID: fba9cb
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Whoa! That's the first enemy I've fought for real! It went down pretty easy. Stupid monsters!

>>68110
Excellent work! But don't get sloppy. Keep an eye out for ambushers or reinforcements.

Get into that part of the building where it was hiding. Activate your floodlights. You have those, right?

"Such an... unholy demise."

>>68110
it was uhm... It was wearing a dress. Bandits don't usually wear dresses.

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)21:00 No. 68126 ID: fba9cb
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Spotlight is on, of course, it would be really dark if it wasn't!
There's an oven, a couch, a refrigerator and another door.

>>68125
Housewives usually don't open fire so readily.

>>68126
Read note, look behind couch, open fridge.

Loot fridge and oven.

>>68126
Open the fridge.

((his ammo doesn't regenerate, that's an art error.))

>>68126

Looks like there's something behind the couch. Check it out.

Oh geez, hope it's not a damn kid...

Do we have any extra-vision or sensory options in this battlesuit?

>>68126
We're not here for loot. We're here to kill raiders.

If that's a raider youth you must show it no mercy. Complete your objective. Perforate it.

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)21:21 No. 68148 ID: fba9cb
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>A secret has been revealed!

>>68127
There's no note anywhere, I'll open the fr- I think I'll just close the fridge.

>>68148
oh damn.

>>68148

Poor Verity.

>>68148
Nice. Now check behind the couch. You must be thorough.

>>68148
Well, look at whatever that white thing on the stove is.

>>68148

take the doobie doll carefully.

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)21:33 No. 68156 ID: fba9cb
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There's nothing behind the couch, and that thing on the stove is the sink. There's one more room with another dead monster, looks like this place is clear!

>>68156
Are you sure that one is dead? Nudge it a little. Also, check the turned-over dresser.

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)21:45 No. 68163 ID: fba9cb
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Yeah it's dead, most of its head is missing. There are some clothes in the dresser, nothing hiding in there or anything.

>take the doobie doll carefully.
It's too small to take.

>>68163
Burst through the back wall while shouting "OH YEAH!" Then go check the left store.

>>68164
You are a god among men.

Do we have a radio in our suit?

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)21:58 No. 68170 ID: fba9cb
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I crash through the wall!

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)22:08 No. 68173 ID: fba9cb
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This buidling's burnt out and the back room is gone, there are ceramic shards everywhere and a burnt monster in the room.

>>68173
Burnt doesn't mean dead, stomp on its head to be sure it won't try to attack us as we leave.

Suggestion 2009/10/21(Wed)22:19 No. 68191 ID: fba9cb
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OK now it has a foot print for a head. Well a foot print and a lot of broken ceramics.

>>68191
Now we can go check the big building!

>>68191

I think we've found Sul's missing brother.

>>68215
Then stepped on him. He'll be happy to hear that.

There
Is
A
Monster
Behind
You

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)17:47 No. 68704 ID: fba9cb
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There's nothing behind me!

>>68704
To the big building!

>>68704

flip the body over. If there's nothing else move on.

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)18:12 No. 68714 ID: fba9cb
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There's some kind of table or something in the door.

>>68714
TABLES ARE NO MATCH FOR YOUR MIGHT! BE 'BOLD, CHARGE!

>>68714
CHARGE THROUGH THE TABLE WITH THE MIGHTY BATTLE CRY OF "OH YEAH!"

In B4 IED

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)18:25 No. 68727 ID: fba9cb
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What a stupid obstacle! I'll smash right though it!

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)18:34 No. 68733 ID: fba9cb
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>In B4 IED

in after.

>>68733
>in after.

I approve of your story presentation methods.

>>68733
Damage report.

>>68733
Oh please, an IED? As though that could REALLY damage such a sturdy mech as yours. You're fine, right?

>>68736
Whats an IED?

>>68737
Improvised Explosive Device.

Come on, its not like you don't have google.

>>68737
Google it.

>>68736
If its an artillery round rigged up then yea it could.

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)19:09 No. 68748 ID: fba9cb
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I'm still up,but: My lights and optics are blown, my legs are damaged, torso is heavily damaged, gun is heavily damaged left arm is damaged!

You should probably get out, and prepare to have your ass beat.

>>68748

Flip the visor up and let's continue the search more cautiously.

>>68751
Isn't that what they WANT us to do?

Because I wouldn't doubt they got a Marksman in wait hoping some idiot opens the cockpit to give the fool a rifle round to the brain.

>>68748
Radio for support!

>>68748
Right, how damaged is the gun? How long do you expect it'll take to backfire with the level of damage it's taken?

Is it unlikely, or is every shot a potential risk? Do you know?

If it's a risk to fire it, do you have a sidearm? We may have to switch to that or just use the left arm to bust heads.

>>68748
Call in a pickup if possible. Don't risk getting out.

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)20:27 No. 68767 ID: 158531
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There's nothing but static over the radio, I think it's probably busted. My pickup won't be here for another four and a half hours! Plus I can't fail this mission, I'll get demoted! It's really hard to see out of this thing. It sure is hot in here, my air is broken too.

The gun should be OK for now, but if it gets damaged much more it may stop working.

Doesn't look like anything's inside of this building.

>>68767
Are there any other buildings left to sweep?

>>68768
Just that last house at the end of the street. Let's carefully finish this up.

>>68767
Even if your suit gets too hot you can't risk opening the hatch, and if those jerks at base try to demote you remind them you're in the mech and well they ain't.

Its a great negotiating tool. You should try to use that to get a promotion eventually.

>>68767
Let's see if we can't check where the fire from our gun goes. Just one or two rounds into the wall we're facing to check it, as it's likely to be different from when the HUD was up as opposed to seeing it fire first-hand or could have been knocked off-center from the blast.

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)21:31 No. 68779 ID: 158531
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Gun seems to work and shoots roughly in front of me, I'll have to just walk my fire around.

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)21:45 No. 68784 ID: 158531
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Hmm, nothing really in this house, I think I found a body or something, it's hard to- I hear gunfire! Something pinged off my armor!

>>68784
Turn right and return fire.

>>68784
Turn to the right!

Say "DROP YOUR WEAPON! YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS TO COMPLY!"

>>68784

fire as you turn

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)21:59 No. 68794 ID: 158531
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The monster's trying to run! It's hard to see out of here

>>68794
Moar dakka! Dakka till it's dead!

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)22:13 No. 68799 ID: 158531
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It's not fast enough! It can't outrun bullets!

>>68799
Aphek nooooo :(

I mean uh, good job killing that raider, scum that it was for damaging your walker!

>>68799

...Poor Aphek...

>>68799
Good job, you killed Aphek :(

>>68799
APHEK NOOOOOO

>>68799
Excellent work. Ammo and gun status?

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)22:28 No. 68808 ID: 158531
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The gun's a bit hot but other than that it's still fine. That one almost made it out the door.

>>68808
You killed Aphek you monster!

>>68809
Piss off, raider sympathizer.

It's good to know the gun's cooling systems are still operation. Do you have the ability and necessary tools/parts to perform field repairs?

Check the rest of the building.

>>68811
Don't you get it? It's time to defect. :D

>>68815
Defect...? To the raiders...? That's not a possibility. We have a job to do and a promotion to earn (maybe)! And that means there are raiders that need killin', regardless of species.

>>68816
With mean no radio if the recovery site changes... We could be waiting in this metal tomb once it runs out of fuel and ammo.

Who says the hatch even works considering how much damage that bomb did to the front of the unit.

>>68817
Plan for the worst, hope for the best. The resourceful soldier adapts, or he dies. First off let's clear the immediate area, then find somewhere to attempt field repairs. Let's actually try the hatch before assuming it won't open.

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)23:53 No. 68821 ID: 158531
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One more room to go, There's a bed, a chair and I think a rug on the floor.

>>68821
Look under the bed. Also check for a trap door under the rug.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)00:04 No. 68823 ID: 158531
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haha, you're a smart one, good thing I didn't step on this, I would have gotten stuck. How am I supposed to open it though? I can't do it with the claw. The rope handle is too small to grab.

>>68823
Punch right through it.

>>68823
Break off an angled piece of the bedframe and use that as a hook.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)00:09 No. 68827 ID: 158531
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I can't bend down and punch it, it doesn't move that way. Something's damaged, I've got really poor control over the arm, I can't really hook anything with it either.

Survey your surroundings and then exit the mech when you're sure it's safe.

>>68827
Attempt making a few precise shots at the hinges, hopefully blowing the whole door off.

>>68830
Do this

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)00:24 No. 68834 ID: 158531
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shooting the hinges off does not solve the problem, I still can't lift it with this claw.

>>68834
The heat on the gun is getting into the red. Is there any way to cool it down?

Pick up the chair and hook one of the legs through one of the bulletholes to flip the trap door open.

Also explain the gauges and lights on your instrument panel.

Pick up the chair and hook one of the legs through one of the bulletholes to flip the trap door open.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)00:51 No. 68840 ID: 158531
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The gun cools down on its own, it is probably heating up so fast because of the damage

That chair is not going to work. It just breaks into smaller pieces when I try to grab it.

The top left gauge is my battery voltage, under that is the weapon heat.
The warning lights above the fuel percentage are for the optics, which are out, the light, which is out, and the air, which is out.
The gauge after that is the engine temperature; next is the damage readout, undamaged sections are green, slight damage is yellow, severe damage is red. Parts that are not responding are white. After that is the oil pressure, and then the ammo count.

It's starting to get chokey in here from all the exhaust.

>>68840
Look around briefly to make sure nothing's about to shoot you, then get out and get that trap door out of the way.

>>68840
You have a sidearm, right? I think its time for emergency field repairs. Scan the room quick, then open the cockpit for some air.

Keep your sidearm at the ready at all times, and see if there's anything you can do about the damage to your mech.

Try breaking off a piece from the bed and using that to flip open the hatch.

If that doesn't work, carefully smash through the hatch.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)01:10 No. 68845 ID: 158531
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Nothing seems to be around, I'll get out my gun and my light, and cut the engine. I'm feeling kind of light headed, I better do what I need to fast.

Rapidly breathe fresh air. Open the hatch and shine your light inside.

>>68845
Open the mech immediately to let the smoke out. Get out and catch your breath, then open the trap door and jump in, gun ready.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)11:22 No. 68900 ID: 158531
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The room is full of exhaust, not the cockpit. I can hear movement or sniffing or something down there, it sounds faint. There's a ladder.

>>68900
Sniffing around huh?
Better see if it's a monster and be prepared to get back in your mech asap if necessary.

Turn off your flashlight, wait to see if the monsters follows you in. Keep your weapon ready.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)11:53 No. 68915 ID: 158531
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The sound is coming from down there, I've turned off my light. I feel weird.

>>68915

Ready your weapon and slowly descent.

>>68915
Turn on the light and look down there.

>>68915
Don't worry its just an after effect of the fumes. You should happily go down the shaft and drop your gun.. There is nothing to be afraid of. Your commander is down there to give you a shiny medal.

You're a big hero. The War is over.

Get ready to open fire.

Hurry up. You'll be fine as long as you don't take long.

>>68915
You'll have to check it out, repairing your mech isn't possible with monsters lurking around. But don't fire your gun unless you really have to. Raising more attention to you presence isn't advisable.

The exhaust gases might get worse down there, depending on circumstances, keep that in mind.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)12:29 No. 68938 ID: 158531
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The noise is coming from that crate. The air is clearer down here.

>>68938

Open the crate with the weapon.

>>68938
Open the crate very carefully.
Try to stay calm, the gases might have confused your mind.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)12:57 No. 68956 ID: 158531
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Yeah, there's definitely something under here.

Pull the crate off.

>>68956
Any reaction from whatever is hiding down there?

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)13:13 No. 68963 ID: 158531
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This one isn't as big as the other ones were.

"Who are you? Where's my mom?"

It can talk!?

Might as well give it to it straight.

"I killed her. I'm here to kill all of you."

>>68963

It's a baby monster. It can grow into a big monster.


Kill it.

>>68963
...;_;

Let's... Let's take it with us.

>>68963
Sh... Shoot the... Th... mon-
OHGODICANTDOIT ;_;

Look at how sad it is. Keep it. If it can talk it would uh... make a good pet! Yeah!

Consider taking her prisoner. Your superiors should know what to do with her. (they'll probably shoot her)

Can't we just take it prisoner?

Feel unexpected pity for it and try to calm it down.
"Your mommy isn't here right now"

>>68963
Your options depend on whether or not your conscience makes you treat these monsters like people. Note that they can in fact talk.
If not: kill it so it can't grow up into a big monster.
If so: Well, you just killed its parents. Man up, don't kill the thing.

Realize they can all talk.

>>68963
"How good are you with engines?"

>>68963
Shoot it through the eyes.

Check to see if it has weapons.

Don't kill it. At least, not yet.

You see that's why they sent you in.
They're using you to butcher children.
They know that you'll obey like an obedient animal
In your machine you can't hear them scream.
You can't hear them beg for mercy
You're just a weapon to them. An expendable commodity.

How does that make your feel?

>>68963
Kill it.

Nooo, the poor thing! Don't kill it.

>>68963

Say your name. Tell the girl that you're sorry, her mom is dead. She asked you to bring her to safety though.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)13:51 No. 69007 ID: 158531
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I.. I can't shoot it. It's a child.

I tell it that its mom told me to take it out of here. They're not supposed to talk, I shouldn't have gotten out of my armor! I'm going to get in trouble if anyone finds this out. I can't bring it back ...

But you can't leave it like this! its just a baby!

>>69007

Bring it to safety. Take it out of the city to a secure location, then you can come back and report in.

>>69007
They ALL can talk.
Every single one you killed Talked
Every single one you BUTCHERED had families
Many were parents just like the one you MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
YOU ARE A BUTCHER
YOU ARE A MONSTER

>>69007
You'll have to find more monsters similar to this one, but the bigger versions.
They'll take care of it, probably. And if they eat it it's just the natural way and not your fault.

>>69007
Oh please. Of course the raiders can talk. How else would they coordinate the slaughtering and butchering of your people?

Children raiders grow up into adult raiders and they murder cutebolds. It is your duty to kill them and protect the ones you've been entrusted to defend. Do not go soft. Do not compromise. Do not falter.

Kill the raider youth.

This is your chance to make up for all the lives you destroyed.This is your only chance at redemption.

How is your life back at the base, how earnestly will they come after the tank, and is absconding with the tank and becoming an adventuring duo with a tank and mechanic a possibility?

>>69011
BSOD isn't going to help us.

>>69007
Well... Since someone is going to be here to pick you up in a while you'll have to hide her, but that's no good for the long term. She'll die if you leave her all alone...
You've got to find some way to take her with you, or find her somewhere else to live.

>>69032
Is there enough room for her to hide in your suit?

Tell her to hide in here till the troops go away. Hopefully, there'll be more of their kind hidden in the houses nearby, they'll take care of her.

It couldn't hurt to try and find some other 'Raider' beings around to try and get the child into safety.
Do not, under any circumstance, bring the child back with you.

You can't abandon her; if you don't kill her, others like you will.

You can't return her to her people; even if there are any remaining alive they will likely kill you instead.

If you want to save her you'll have to take her and go MIA. You can raise her yourself to make up for your past misdeeds.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)14:50 No. 69050 ID: 158531
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I will get it out of here, but where should I go? I don't have anything I can carry it in and my armor is slow. I've cleared the rest of this town, there's no one else here.

>>69050
You should probably make sure it doesn't see the remains of the other monsters.
And is your armor even functional with all the battle damage?
Can you get another mission without going back to base? This way you would know where to look for monsters to give it to.

>>69050
I'm assuming there's something like an opposing force, or else they wouldn't be sending out tanks.
Don't head back, but don't head to wherever the power center for the raiders is.
Try to make it to a neutral area, where you can set up shop with the armor and start raising her.

I have a plan.

Hide it in your armor. Wait outside the armor for your pickup. Take it back to base. Defend it at gunpoint and have it talk to your comrades.

This may very well get you both killed, but maybe it's worth it, if it plants the seed of doubt in your comrades.

>>69050

Can it hide in the cockpit with you while you head out?

>>69063
Remember to keep the keys.

Test Pattern 2009/10/23(Fri)15:32 No. 69074 ID: 7eda8b
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I think it's time you asked yourself...

What WOULD John Preston do?

>>69074
Are we talking about the Christian Bale character of the gay erotica writer?

"Die of AIDS" is not a good suggestion right now.

Suggestion 2009/10/23(Fri)15:38 No. 69080 ID: 158531
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I can't fit her in the armor. I could either try to go to the mechanic shop in town, but there may not be a vehicle I can use there. I could go to the extraction point and wait for the truck to show up. I make sure she doesn't see any of the bodies as we go out.

>>69080

mechanic shop. If the others see you they're gonna kill you and her.

>>69080
The extraction point sounds like very BAD END for her. How long do you have til they're expecting you there?

A vehicle would be a boon right now, let's see if we can find anything at one of the mechanics shops.

>>69080
Yeah, mechanic shop is the most obvious thing to check out. We'll see further from there.
Do you even know it's name? Maybe you should ask.

Check out the mechanic shop. Make sure to investigate with your machine without the girl right next to you, for fear of more IEDs.

>>69099
I thought our armour was full of fumes and exhaust? I'd rather just keep a careful eye out while on foot.

>>69101
See: >>68900

Suggestion 2009/10/25(Sun)19:23 No. 69557 ID: 7452df
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OK, this looks like a garage, I checked in it earlier with thermal and there were no signs of life. Can't do that now, though.

Is it full of corpses, or is it cool to hang out there? Also, how many people are on the truck and what kind of equipment do they have? There aren't any other soldiers in the area, right?

Suggestion 2009/10/25(Sun)19:33 No. 69560 ID: 7452df
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>>69559
I don't think it's full of corpses, and the truck Is a flatbed with probably just a driver and a gunner. A few stars are starting to come out, the clouds may be thinning.

>>69557
Let's get out and repair the mech. Keep a gun on us at all times.

Tell the girl to keep her ears open and ask if she has a name.

Okay, your people are huge assholes who've been murdering innocent people and tricking their own citizens into committing genocide. You can't let them kill this innocent girl. When the truck shows up, ice the driver and gunner, then take your girl and your mech and drive to freedom.

Can you hide the girl in the robot safely, to take her back to base and show the others that she talks?

>>69587
the people at the base know they talk. They will probably kill the hero for finding out he isn't slaughtering "monsters."

Suggestion 2009/10/25(Sun)21:06 No. 69616 ID: 7452df
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It would take about five hours to repair my armor, I'm not an expert mechanic but I can repair something as long as it's not horribly broken, if I have the tools. I.. I can't go back, they'll kill us both, I'm sure. I'm pretty scared, I don't know what to do now. I could probably kill the people in the truck, but I know them, they're my friends. I don't want to do that.

>>69616
They're not your friends anymore. You have to kill them. You have to kill them so that you can survive so that you can stop this slaughterfest.

>>69616
How long do you have until they're expecting you at the extraction point? This is important; we need some sort of context for the time spent repairing to make sense.

As for the truck, I suggest avoiding them. Just abandon your unit, find somewhere they haven't touched, and just keep running. If you meet your friends, either they or you are going to die, as well as, likely, the child.

>>69616
Most importantly you need to repair the AC so you can stay in it for extended periods. Second, repair the plating. The gun is functional enough as-is. Leave the radio and other non-essential systems alone. See if you can modify something so that you can either get the kid to fit inside, or at least have her behind some kind of protective shield.

>>69616

Let's go inside to find a vehicle. Maybe if we're lucky we can put the mech on the back of the vehicle and leave.

>>69616
No, no more killing. Not unless you have to.
Just avoid your unit completely.
What we need right now is long distance transportation.
Unless you can rig up a way to carry the girl with your armor it'd be better to fix up another vehicle for ourselves.
Lets see whats in the garage and decide from there.

>>69616
Looks like your going to have to defect or desert.

What the fuck is all this bullshit? We're not sacrificing our position and betraying our allies for one fucking sergal girl. At most, we're finding her a safe place to stay. Nothing more. Obviously we don't want to let her die, but there is no way were are defecting over a fucking alien child.

>>69616
Hide the sergal girl, then go in and ask them if they can help repair your mech. During repairs, idly wonder if a child raider might not be able to be raised in service to the GLORIOUS EMPIRE.

>>69636
No, it's been made pretty clear that under no circumstances would a xeno be allowed and they'd probably gun you down for trying.

>>69638
Doesn't mean we can't idly bring it up in conversation with the others. We need our mech fixed regardless.

>>69639
Uhhh, I don't think any of our allies are in there. Just the tools to repair the mech.

>>69628
Would the other side accept your defection?
Desertion can help but the problem is finding fuel for this beast.

Can you think of a way to make it look like you died trying to repair the mech? They wouldn't try to track you down if they thought you were dead.

Suggestion 2009/10/25(Sun)21:39 No. 69645 ID: 7452df
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I'm so confused, I don't know what to do, I don't have anything but bad options left. It will be about four hours till they come to get me, I was supposed to wait outside of town. I'll check in this place for things to use or fix. I suppose there could be a way to make it look like I died in there but I'd need to find a body to put in my armor.

THere's a lot of stuff to look at in here, what should I do?

>>69645

Look behind the counter before going into the next room

Well, if you can't find a body, Just pry out your teeth , leave them in the cockpit of your walker, and light it on fire.

>>69645
If you can find a ravine nearby, toppling the walker over the edge would work. By the time they get down there to check, they'll assume that scavengers made off with the corpse.

Liberally sprinkle the inside of the cockpit with blood, and leave the cockpit door open. Take something important out of the mech too, maybe they'll leave it if it doesn't drive.

Basically, make it look like you got out after the mech was injured, and then got shot and died or something.

Are either of the truck drivers good mechanics or trackers? If so, we might need a different plan.

>>69645
Check out the garage to the left, if there's a usable vehicle thinks will look much brighter to you.
Also, you say it's your first mission without supervision. Did you do lots of mission with?
Killed many Raiders? Just curious.
Ask it for it's name already.

Suggestion 2009/10/26(Mon)20:15 No. 69757 ID: 7452df
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There's a locked drawer and a chair behind the counter, should I check anything else in this room or go into the garage? There isn't a key in any of the obvious places like under the rug or stuck under the counter.

>>69757
do a quick overview of the contents of the shelves

>>69757
Check the ceiling as well.

Suggestion 2009/10/26(Mon)20:36 No. 69763 ID: 7452df
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There's stuff like oil and fluids and cleaners on one shelf, and some filters and spark plugs and stuff on the other one, I can't see the very top one behind the counter very closely.

>>69763
If there's nothing we can use immediately, let's check the actual garage now.

>>69764
Might be able to fake a house fire to ditch the mech.
But yes, garage first, and I'd like to keep the walking tank.

Suggestion 2009/10/26(Mon)20:43 No. 69766 ID: 7452df
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There's not much on the ceiling other than some bug.

>>69766
Eat bug, inspect garage.

Suggestion 2009/10/26(Mon)20:45 No. 69768 ID: 7452df
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There's a car in the garage, it's a really ugly yellow color.

>>69763
We could rig up a firebomb of our mech with those fluids if we really need to.

>>69768
Could you transplant some of its parts onto your mech?

>>69768

PUNCH BUGGY YELLOW, NO PUNCHBACKS, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS

>>69768
Anything down those stairs?

>>69770
Install Elsewhere modules so it can change back and forth.

I mean, yeah, check it out.
Leave it intact, though, so we can use it if we have to lose the mech.

>>69770
careful though.. it could be mined!

Actualy.. are we sure we want to take our mech with us?

If we are deserting it may be more use to armor up the car (so we can take the child) and leave enough parts of our mech to simulate a convincing explosion.

Suggestion 2009/10/26(Mon)21:00 No. 69777 ID: 7452df
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There's a bucket of oil at the bottom of the pit. I can't eat the bug, it's on the cieling.
I can't really take armor off of my armor and put it on the car, that would take all day and the car probably wouldn't run well. The back of the car is open, I think the engine was being worked on.

>>69777
Check the back of that car. We have a few transport choices.

Repair and drive the car (benefit can leave behind wreckage as proof of our 'death' and travel faster than of foot if we keep to the roads)

Walking (benefit, can hide easier than a bright yellow car, or a busted up mech, we can also go places vehicles can't)

Mech repair and modification (benefits guns, armor, and off road capability, however, they wil soon suspect our desertion)

>>69781
>>69775

Who say's we're deserting? Right now we're just trying to find a safe place for the kid to hide. >>69632 has the right idea, listen to him. Meanwhile, carefully check the car for any traps.

I say we repair the car so it can be driven, then go get that young girl's corpse from the fridge and put it in the mech. Pour oil into the compartment and light it on fire with it closed so it looks like you were trapped inside. Hope the fire burns hot enough to cremate it. Actually, start the fire before repairing the car so you can check to make sure everything looks right.

>>69632
So he goes back to murdering more children? Fuck no.

We are abandoning this.

Write a message, using oil on the dirt if necessary, to your comrades explaining that the war is wrong and you can't participate any longer.

>>69788
I think you need to get your eyesight checked or something, because we never murdered any children. Also, I don't know why the fuck they'd send us immediately back here after picking us up, so chances are we won't be near children anyway.

P.S. oh man you're fucking brilliant, let's just let our superiors know we deserted so they can find us and execute us.

Also, all you guys pushing to get rid of the mech to make it seemed like we died, hmm yes, hmm. Right so we repair the mech, yes. Then we fucking toss it off a cliff. This is brilliant and surely cannot go wrong anywhere no certainly not.

>>69840
>This is the only city children ever existed in, ever.
>Raiding other towns and massacring their inhabitants won't cause any types of similar trauma.

No, 7eda8b has it right. We're deserting because we've found out that we're ruining people's lives. It's not 'oh, this kid's cute, let's tuck it away and keep massacring it's people wholesale', it's 'oh, we're butchering a sapient, intelligence, language-capable race for no good reason and it's hurting people, my superiors have been lying to me for the last however X many years, I can't do this anymore.'

I actually agree with leaving a message, but perhaps not as explicit as 'I'm deserting', that's just asking for trouble - Rather, I'd leave a two word message. 'THEY TALK'.

How long would it take to fix the car? I'd either repair the most important parts of the mech, or the car, and take the vehicle out of the city as soon as possible. You need the extra hours of travel to make yourself scarce. :\

>>69840
How long can we continue being sent on jobs to slaughter villages without killing any children? And even if we "merely" slaughter all the men and women, does that somehow make it okay?

Yes. We should lay out exactly why we're quitting, to let as many people as possible know the truth.

>>69851
>I actually agree with leaving a message, but perhaps not as explicit as 'I'm deserting', that's just asking for trouble - Rather, I'd leave a two word message. 'THEY TALK'.

Leave the message 'THEY TALK' in the form of a Room Full of Crazy.

Why don't we just fix up the bug, tell the kid to drive for a day away from the baddies, while we get rescued, get a NEW mech, and THEN desert? Oh yeah and if we're going to start a revolution, we might be able to pick up useful materials/intelligence back at camp.

>>69856
Good idea, but she's too small to drive. We probably should just hide her.

>>69854
Seconding this.
Extra points if you can use blood somehow, without scarring the girl for life.

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)18:08 No. 69923 ID: 7452df
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Well, the engine is in the back of the car, isn't that what's supposed to be there?
The car isn't starting, I think something is missing here, but I don't know a lot about car engines. I'm not sure what to do with my armor yet. It looks pretty well maintained, other than the not starting part.

The belt is missing from the big wheel to the little wheel.

>>69924
Yes, look around for something about the same width as the ... Uh... Whatever one calls the contact points for belts. Pulleys?

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)18:45 No. 69929 ID: 7452df
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Well there's a bunch of belts in the front room but I can't reach them, even if I stand on the chair.

>>69929
Teamwork! Ask the sergal child to help you get down the belts. Explain that you need her help to get away before more bad things happen here.

If she isn't strong enough to give you a boost, get the chair from the first room and stand on it.

>>69931
>She gives you a boost
Or versa-vice. I'm not sure how strong you and her are, comparative to one another. Similar with weight.

>>69929
Oh wait the chair is already in use. Can you open the garage door, walk the mech in and use that to get you high enough?

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)19:23 No. 69946 ID: 7452df
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I ask the kid's name, it's Jiri. I'll get her to hold me up while I reach for it..almost got it..

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)19:24 No. 69947 ID: 7452df
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Maybe this wasn't the best idea!

>>69947
At least it wasn't knives made of poison.
Find one that fits, then we need to figure out a plan.

>>69947
AGH! Check on Jiri!
And yourself. Everything okay?

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)19:41 No. 69958 ID: 7452df
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Jiri is shaking me and crying again, I think I'mm all right. My head hurts though.

>>69958
Hug her and thank her for her help.

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)19:44 No. 69960 ID: 7452df
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At least the belt fits.

>>69960
... previous comment still stands.

Then see if the car starts.

Hug Jiri

>>69962
At the very least thank her.

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)19:54 No. 69964 ID: 7452df
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I thank her, and we get in the car. There's one small problem left though... Neither one of us can reach the pedals.

>>69964

obviously, you need to tell her which pedals to push and steer yourself.

>>69964
... *Facepalm*

Okay, um... we'll have to improvise a device to let you reach the pedals. Are there lengths of metal pipe or tape around?

>>69964
Boxes.
Any wooden boxes around you can make stilts from?
Probably less dangerous to have her sit down there,though...

Oh god it's a manual transmission too.

I have no safe solutions. Her being down there means the car will likely stall a lot. Trying to tie stuff to your shoes or the pedals can result in those things falling off at a bad time. Modifying the seat so you can sit lower and reach the pedals means you can't see out.

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)20:33 No. 69984 ID: 7452df
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I have all three of those things. I think I hear something off in the distance, sounds like a scooter! It's getting closer. I thought I was supposed to be alone!

>>69984
How many people man a scooter?

>>69984
Crap. Tell her to hide. It's either other raiders (bad for you), or more of your guys (bad for her).

Either way, you're the more likely of you two to handle hostility.

Suggestion 2009/10/27(Tue)20:58 No. 69993 ID: 7452df
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usually a driver and a gunner, it's definitely one of ours. What should I do? It sounds like it's a ways off, but it's driving around and they'll no doubt see my armor out there with nobody in it.

Do you have a sidearm? you may be able to trick them off of their scooter and then bust a cap.

>>69993
If it's definitely yours, tell the girl to hide in the car, and keep them from looking in the garage. Could tell them that you checked the place out on foot for parts to repair the mech with, but there was nothing of interest inside.

>>69993
You have a gun, right?

Is there any way they could tell you are lying if you say that you just checked the area and that there's nobody there?

If you need to, you can kill them when their backs are turned. If they can't tell you're lying in any way, it might be best to go meet them.

>>69993
Go out and hail them after telling Jiri to hide in the car. Tell her not to move until you come to get her, or tomorrow, whichever happens first.

Ask the other 'bolds if they can help you repair your mech.

>>69993
Just seconding: Tell Jiri to hide in the car, greet them and tell them that the area is clear.

Although asking for repair help lightens our workload, it carries with it the risk of discovery. We should avoid endangering Jiri's life if possible.

>>69993
I bet they tried to contact you via radio, and when you didn't respond they sent someone to find out what happened. That, or someone hijacked one of your scooters. Either way, you should be in the mech. Have the kid hide in the car's trunk.

Tell the guys that your mech isn't working. Ask if they can come by with a vehicle to pick you up. Some raiders got you with a couple explosives, and your mech just stopped moving just recently. There was a grinding noise when you last moved, you don't know if it's a good idea to start it up again.

Suggestion 2009/10/28(Wed)18:55 No. 70073 ID: 1d8589
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I tell them that I'm broken down, they seem to buy it. They're going to send a truck to my position in an hour. The kid is hiding inside the car.

>>70073
Make small talk.
Or are they leaving immediately?

>>70073

Tie splints of something steady to your right leg, probably pipe for a slightly flat bottom to brace against the pedal. Use duct tape to secure it.

>>70073
Aw, what a cute little war machine!

>>70073
Do your little uberbold salute and let them be on their way.

Look for the key in the drawer and possibly for a sweet-ass gun in the glove compartment or something I don't know I can't hear Green all that well over Slowpoke's mic

Suggestion 2009/10/28(Wed)19:41 No. 70087 ID: 1d8589
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OK, they're gone. I'm gonna need to think of something to remedy this pretty quick.

Quickly look through all the drawers and in that little crevice there.

Quickly.

Look in the engine and inside the tires.

Suggestion 2009/10/28(Wed)19:52 No. 70094 ID: f8dcc1
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SEATBELTS EVERYONE!

>>70094
I hate you so much yet I have not laughed harder. Goddamnit.

>>70094
TAKE THAT SECOND RIGHT PAST MARS

Suggestion 2009/10/28(Wed)19:58 No. 70097 ID: 1d8589
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Nothing in these drawers but tools and stuff, no key at least.

It's not in the car engine. What engine should I be looking in?

The engine in the office. Also, check under the bucket of oil before you go. Poke inside with a pipe to see if anything was dropped inside.

>>70099
Might as well dump the oil on the floor in front of the door in case the other cutebolds come in.

>>70097
What's that sitting next to the stairs, a duffel bag?

If you're looking for the key it is very likely in the office. Pry the locked drawer open, or shoot the wooden part of it so you can break the thing. Shooting the lock itself may result in ricochet.

I'm not sure about how to rig something for the pedals and have it be safe.