I'll bump a few times.

I'm up for it.

Oh man oh man when was the last time we had crab quest? I haven't seen it since the thing with the eel, what's changed?

>>10234092
HIT ITS WEAK POINT FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE

>>10234092
Did your own crab queen get ahold of you again?

>>10234456
Nah, this time it was a crab-bro who came over unexpectedly. Stupid real life.

So are we gonna do this shit?

>>10234404
Since the... eel.... HOLY SHIT DUDE YOU ARE WAY BEHIND THE TIMES.

>>10234404
You befriended the eel and turtles, some whales, met a crab queen, fucked her, killed Bloodshell in a dream, and are now mobilized for full-blown war with the squid as you crusade to win back ancient whale-land for Whitenose, great-grandson of Moby Dick.

>>10234551
LET THE SQUID TREMBLE IN FEAR, FOR WE HAVE COME.

Okay!

You stand before a massive, dark basin. It stretches out before you in seemingly infinite directions. Perhaps your whale allies could provide you with information on the area? You are currently headed East in the Squid Southlands.

>>10234670
"So, Whitenose, since this was the territory of the whales once- where should our first strike be? I shall prioritize the minimization of collateral damage here."

It's been a while since Whitenose was here, he can give you basic information. He knows of a rock wall that had collapsed the entrance to the whale-lands, and a bone-tower overlooking it. He points out known Squid homes, too.

>>10234968
What's that blue thing? The Kraken?

>>10235068
Bone tower. An ancient watch-tower of sorts. A good vantage point to get some better info.

>>10235086
Ah. Might as well get started, tell those three squid homes nearest to us that it's EVICTION TIME.

You march into the center of the basin, clacking challenges. The squid emerge, and two colossal squid rear their ugly faces. Slightly smaller than you, the squid float up to you, malice in their eyes. You see smaller squid panicking around you.

>>10235205
Rough the big squid up a bit, kill them if we have too. Either way it should put a damper on the other squids.

>>10235246
Don't forget, you can order your troops too. You have 10,000 evenly mixed crustaceans divided into ten legions, twelve whales with platforms and barracks on them, and four siege engines.

You scuttle up to the big squid, and they eye you warily. Suddenly, they pounce on you! Actions?

>>10235205
"Listen well, squid. These lands belong to the whales. You have three choices in the matter: bow to us and be claimed, leave and be spared, or fight... and be DESTROYED."

>>10235273
>>10235293
Pity. Tear off their beaks and throw them aside.

The squid do not seem interested in talking currently

You grapple with the large squid. The first one seeks to grab and begin eating you, but your tough shell prevents that from working. In response, you reach into its mouth with your closed pincer and open it inside its beak. The thing rips nearly in half as your massive pincer shreds it apart. The other squid is behind you, grappling with your shell. However, your spined carapace inflicts some damage upon it, and two of its tentacles are now impaled.

>>10235354
Calmly dismember the second squid. Gently grasp it's flailing body within Gutripper, approach the next nearest squid home.

Due to the awkward angle and the squid's insane flailing, you are unable to grasp it in time! The terrified monster jets away, partially blinding you with ink! It is now above you.

Your troops wait calmly

>>10235471
jump upwards as hard as you can, either you'll be clear of the ink and ready to attack it, or you'll impale it on your spikes as you go

You utilize your powerful legs to leap upwards, meeting the squid head-on. You clear the ink cloud, and reach up to grasp the squid, which screeches at you in rage.

It jets forth, closing the gap!

Also, posting specific actions helps a lot during these kinda things. I like to know what I'm rolling for here.

>>10235558
let it close, then suddenly stab it with your rending claw

>>10235558
Backhand it with gutripper.

You allow it to get close as you begin gently falling back downward. You swing mightily at the beast, but it barely avoids you! You do manage to graze it, causing a ribbon of dark blood to shoot from the wound. The squid turns once more, lazily this time, and comes in for another sweep.

It grapples your claws, screeching the entire time. You are now locked in a grapple!

>>10235624
slam the side of the claw it's grappled to into the groundwith your full weight on top of it (with it between the claw and the ground of course)

>>10235686
This, but fire our cannon claw upwards while doing it so there is more force in our slam.

You manage to overpower the beast, wrapping it around your massive claw. You fire a blast of your cannon to propel yourself downward, and with a satisfying squish, the squid is flattened to paste beneath your considerable bulk. Its tentacles writhe slightly before it goes still, the flat, red mess pleases you greatly. You're starting to wake up from your morning grogginess.

The smaller squid are still panicking, which is rather annoying to you.

>>10235792
Tell Shootrimp to pewpew those little buggers!

>>10235792
Let the small ones panic and pray for their lives, it is the colossal squid we want. Start making our way to the bone tower, engage any squid that attempt to fuck with us.

The squid that haven't retreated to the tower or rock-wall are mercilessly shot down by Shootrimp and his pistoleers. The husks of the squid twitch and fall as powerful cavitation bubbles destroy their insides.

It seems quiet, for now.

>>10235920
That just won't do. Get over to the bone tower and do the SCUTTLE OF ANNEXATION.

>>10235920
Clack and scuttle, challenging those flimsy squid!!!

You head for the tower. No squid rise to stand against you.

You head up a slope to find the bone tower, it is surrounded by a mob of squid. It appears this is the local barracks, and the squid are trying to arm themselves. There are seventy medium sized (30 ft) squid here, with around twenty armed guards within the tower.

They have turned to face you, panic is in their eyes.

>>10235920
have two legions apiece scour the 4 clusters of squid not around the tower

march to the watch tower with your remaining two legions, and take them out

have the legions that were sent off meet us at the tower later

Your troops disembark from the whales before the squids' eyes. Eight of your legions move to sweep the local habitats, and two stay with you. Headed by Clawclaw and Klawdia, these are some tough warriors. The whales depart briefly to eat some bitches.

The squid are inking themselves.

>>10236005
Tell Shootrimp and his pistoleers to stand beside us and make a glorious firing line. "Your choice, thieves! SERVE US AND LIVE, REBEL AND DIE."

A few squads of pistoleers arrange themselves before the squid. The squid share looks of anxiety, before some at the back rush the door of the tower, screeching to be let in. The armed guards seem to be as cowardly as any other squid, and refuse.

A few squid surrender, but others still pick up bits of coral and their sharp bone-swords and begin to charge. Your shrimp do not know what to do currently, but some of the less disciplined soldier open fire, killing four squid with the volley.

A mob is attacking!

In the windows of the tower, Squid rangers are readying shell-projectiles! You could topple the tower easily, but you must preserve this relic of whale-kind!

>>10236240
Fire. Do not waver, men. These are only squid, they die the same as anything else.

>>10236272
Do the Scuttle of Superiority!

>>10236272
Tell Shootrimp to do what he does best. Shoot into the windows. As long as the projectiles hit the squid instead of the tower, we can attack without relenting.

You scuttle furiously to embolden your troops and demoralize the squid!

Your soldiers fire once more before retreating to the back, killing seven squid! Your regulars move up, and a squad of lobsers takes the brunt of the charge. Claws grapple with oversized tentacles as the forces clash. Immediately, two lobsters are killed, overpowered and outnumbered. However, you scuttle the Dance of Dominance to empower them! On the right flank of the action, your fiddler and dungeness crabs are pressing up. In the middle and on the left, your troops hold their ground. The untrained and panicking squid fall like wheat to a scythe when your troops' training kicks in.

Suddenly, the squid are no more, and you are at the gate. Pistoleers trade shots with the guards, taking off bits of the tower.

Casualties: 6 lobsters, 20 crabs of various species, 3 mantis shrimp.

>>10236489
Tell the troops with you to stop firing, instead tell them to evade return fire from the squid inside as best they can. March up to that back door and push it open effortlessly, start maiming the fools inside.

Unfortunately, you are too big for the tower. You provide a shield for your troops, a mobile palisade, as ground forces move in. You demolish the door and allow your troops entry.

Twenty tense minutes of waiting outside, and your troops return...

...no casualties!

>>10236662
send a squad to the top of the tower and have them take a look aruond, see what's in the area ahead

>>10236662
Yay, station half the troops we have currently inside. Go help the whales and other platoons in the area.

Your pistoleers and a contingent of mantises make their way to the top of the tower, and scout out the area. Meanwhile, you round up your forces to support your other warriors. The whales and other legions have done a thorough sweep of the area. Casualties number somewhere around ten, two of which were due to incidents unrelated to combat.

Your shark cavalry and the whales meet up with you in the center of the basin. Your troops meet up and stand at attention. The squid have routed to the south and west.

>>10236855
First things first. Can we use wavemaker's powers here? I know he wasn't going to bless us when we marched out to dominate the squid, but are his boons still avaliable? If so, cast growth around the tower and tell everyone to start setting up camp here. Before we advance any further into squid territory, we must have a firm foothold and center of command.

>>10236966
Your powers will always work. Just don't expect new stuff from The Wavemaker.

You head to the tower and cast GROWTH. Massive kelp fields and mossy algae grow around and on the tower, offering plenty of food. Your men begin to set up camp, and you GROWTH a command bunker made of coral and a few other defensive structures. You have a North, East, and West wall now.

Willpower: 220/250

Your scouts come down and say the rock wall obscures the view of the other side. They managed to see some settlements beyond the veil, not all of which were squid!

>>10237057
Let's get to knocking down that wall, but be wary of any possible ambushes while doing so. Also, were the scouts able to see what was living in the other settlements if not squid?

>>10237139
They looked like either protocrabs or turtles. The settlements look remarkably ancient. There are stone piles and enclosures.

You could easily knock down the wall. Similarly, your catapults can be loaded with non-infantry ordinance.

>>10237175
Lets go with the catapults, I don't trust the wall enough to get up close. Load up some big rocks and get to launching.

You load up your siege engines and have them perch atop the bone tower. They rain massive bits of rock and coral down on the flimsy rockslide, knocking most of it away.

Beyond the wall, a battlecry rings out and you see a full force of two-hundred squid, some colossal ones mixed in, doing battle with a mixed force of crustaceans and horseshoe crabs! Your cannons open fire, maiming a number of squid. It appears the crustaceans are outnumbered and outmatched here.

HOLD THE LINE. UNLEASH THE HORDE.

IN THE NAME OF THE EMPRAH LET NONE SURVIVE.

>>10237469

You let out a rage-filled bellow the likes of which are only known to your mighty bloodline and order the assault. Your siege weapons rain massive rocks and pods filled with elite mantis shrimp strike teams deep into the enemy lines. You allow your legs to carry you, full bore, into your spineless foes, leaving the rest of your army in the sand to catch up.

You swing your claw in a mighty arc, drawing massive geysers of blood. It takes the squid a moment to realize what just hit them. Farther off, you see many more squid in full-battle with other protocrabs and other crustaceans. Your whales unleash their weapons as guns stolen from sunken ships tear into the squid, sending up blasts of dirt, blood, and vitriol with every colossal boom.

you are at the epicenter of the carnage, having carved a path deep into enemy lines. You can see four strike teams of mantises, though one is about to be consumed. Your troops are a it behind, but your whales and catapults are maintaining fire. Your catapults are low on ammo, and your whales have a finite amount of roughly 125 shots left.

Six colossal squid turn to face you, the rest of the mob avoids you desperately.

>>10237598
TIRESOME INSECTS. THEY KNOW NOT THE POWERS WITH WHICH THEY MEDDLE.

ORDER YOUR SOLDIERS TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU CHARGE INTO THE FRAY. LET THEM BE OUTFLANKED, OUTNUMBERED, AND OVERPOWERED BEFORE OUR UNSTOPPABLE ONSLAUGHT.

BLOOD AND THUNDER. REND AND TEAR. LET OUR EXOSKELETAL FURY CONSUME THEM.

>>10237598
Charge up our cannonclaw, unleash hell.

>>10237689
You turn to face your six assailants. By now, your army has caught up, and is digging deep into the Squid. Your troops put you on even footing with the squid, if not giving you an edge. At the front, the two forces are clashing, and protocrabs are dying in droves. Some snipers are positioned by a grouping of rocks farther back, taking shots at everything. Meanwhile, the far right flank or the protocrab forces is routing.

Your whales and siege weapons have stopped firing, your troops await orders as both sides die.

>>10237768
Tell our troops to split themselves evenly among the battlefield. Start killing those colossal squid.

>>10237768
NOW IS THE MOMENT OF OUR TRIUMPH.

HAVE OUR FORCES PULL BACK AS WE COVER THEM WITH CANNON AND CLAW. LET OUR RANGED SKIRMISH WITH THEM AS WE MOVE.

ONCE WE PULL THEM BACK, WE CHARGE FOR GLORY. FOR HONOR. FOR VICTORY!

AND SHOULD WE DIE, LET IT BE SUCH A DEATH THAT OUR ENEMIES SHOULD REMEMBER IT FOREVERMORE!

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Your forces pull out momentarily to begin another charge. The whale-platforms charge their guns once more, unleashing a devastating volley! Squid parts fly everywhere, but unfortunately, the protocrabs are hit too, so blurred is the frontline now.

Ammo: 120

You fire three powerful blasts at the Squid facing you, hitting one right between the eyes and blowing a tentacle off another! The hit squid flails before falling limp, but the other five move in to grapple you! You are completely surrounded and entangled, but your powerful carapace sees you through with minimal damage!

HP: 290/300

>>10237936
Have our ranged troops fire on the squid around us.
COMMENCE WITH RIPPAN AND TEARAN OF THE SQUIDS!

Meanwhile, one of your strike forces is overwhelmed, though your mantises fight ravely, punching holes in squid left and right, swarming and rending!

Your troops rally once more and charge! A few are killed, and one shark pistoleer is dragged down and devoured! However, your troops penetrate deeper in the enemy forces, and have nearly regrouped with you!

>>10234575
...WHY THE FLYING FUCK HAVE THESE NOT BEEN IN SUP/tg/?

>>10237936
Twist all the tentacles grappling you into Gutripper's grasp, clamp down and sever their connection.

>>10238001
They are, look under "crabs" or "collective game" I believe.

Your ranged troops pick off stray squid as the whales move in for close combat. Your sharks have swept around and are assaulting the rear of the massive squid forces, while you grapple with the squid. You manage to grab two by their spear-tentacles and twist with all your might, ripping them out with a spray of gore. You relish the combat, and Bloodhsell's laughter is hear across the battlefield. The seas grow darker, more foreboding, as you swing Gutripper in a deadly arc over your head, cleaving a squid in two!

Your forces slog through the horde, regrouping with you. Swarms of crabs and shrimp cover the remaining four colossal squid, happy to aid their glorious king!

You turn to see your three strike teams headed East to the frontline. Five mantises are killed in the process, but do not go down easily. One is even seen bursting from the stomach of a squid before succumbing to his wounds!

>>10237974
SEVER THE TENTACLES. THEY SEEK TO BIND A GOD.

LET OUT A DEAFENING CRY TO INSPIRE OUR FORCES. USE OUR CANNONS TO AID THEM IN THEIR CHARGE, WHILE WE USE OUR CLAW TO REAP TERROR INTO THOSE THAT SEEK TO DESTROY US.

Awaiting orders, Crab King!

>>10238069
>>10238257
Show these squid why we're KING. Tear through their ranks once more, and let our troops gain the advantage though the openings we make.

You charge forth, using your spined carapace to lead the way and tearing apart squid left and right. Your army follows close behind as you regroup with the strike teams. The ever-eager Crackler, a young veteran mantis-shrimp, beams at this opportunity to fight alongside you.

The two of you lead the charge, him gripping your spines as you charge forward into the fray. In a moment, he leaps down and clamps onto the eye of a squid, ripping it out and punching a hole in the squealing beast's head. Likewise, you blow four nearby creatures away with your cannons, grappling another and bisecting it. Crackler runs forth and intercepts a blow meant for you, rebounding with fury and tearing limbs from soft bodies. All around you, your soldiers inflict massive casualties while losing relatively few of your own. Unfortunately, most of the protocrabs lay slain on the sand, now red with blood.

The squids' attention is all on your forces now!

You turn and rend some more squid, taking a flurry of blows from the sheer volume of attackers. You lose sight of Crackler at one point, but you're sure he can handle himself. Your reinforcements regroup with you, and your still thousands-strong army is with you in the center of a ring of squid. In the distance, Whitenose has become bogged down alongside his brothers!

>>10238525
WE WILL BREAK THEIR LINES. WE WILL SLAUGHTER THEM. WE WILL RESCUE OUR COMRADE.

bump

>>10238525
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A TEAM FUCKING WHIRLWIND ATTACK. THOUSAND CRAB TORNADO, GO!

bump

>>10238525
THIS IS NOT THE END, FOR THERE WILL -NEVER- BE AN END TO THE GLORIOUS CRAB KING! FIGHT MY WARRIORS, SHATTER THE LINES!

I bet the Crabmaster's queen came over to bother him for some royal jelly again... if ya know what I mean.

>>10239572
naah, he's probably fallen asleep at the keyboard again, he's done it before

>>10239572
Or his crab-bro is smoking all the crab-pot again.

>>10239622
i hate when that happens to me

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Archived for the crab king.

God damnit! Wake up you silly vegitarian, you!