Inspection of the warehouse allowed us to take out an injured zombie "hiding" inside, and a combination of tell-tale feelings and our cheap detector's warning beeps told us there was an anomaly inside the warehouse. Braving the deadly psy-anomaly twice, we managed - through incredible luck - to grab a rare painkiller artifact, that magnifies painful sensations in those it contacts, to the point where even gentle touches become torture. With this relative windfall, we took the night off in a different warehouse and then decided to set off for Yanov, not far from where we were. The scientists there were likely customers for what we'd found.
Yanov turned out to be a lonely, quiet place, the scientist's bunker defended only by an undermanned Duty squad. We met Professor Sakharov - the man in charge here - and his assistant, Kruglov. Some haggling netted us 5,250 roubles and a new detector that - besides some minor differences - was apparently identical to our sold model. Sakharov mentioned that the model we described was a Duty variant, almost certainly stolen, and frequently used by Duty science teams. Asking about work, we got several leads: the scientists would apparently pay for any partially-formed artifacts we found, as well as documentation of unknown mutants (after we spoke to them about the samaritan and vodyanoy). Immediate jobs included mapping and collecting data on a psy-field near the destroyed Yanov factory - a job some mercs from Durendal were also doing - or finding and eliminating the spawning point of the deadly salamander mutants that had apparently invaded this swamp. Choosing the latter, we were ready to set out...

Equipment:
-cold weather clothes (partially worn)
-heavy stalker suit
-moldy Red Army officer's cap
-lead-lined backpack
-flashlight
-utility knife
-night vision goggles
-Soviet scope (shared)
-trail rations
-PDA x1 (ours)
-primitive anomaly detector
-compass
-no bandages (+2 in group)
-no first aid kit (+2 in group)
-m1911
-Mossberg 88
-AKS-74
-3 grenades (+7 in group)
-jellyfish artifact
-28 shells, 23 slugs, 21 .45, 4 30-round 5.45 magazines
-5486 RU

>>12199339
>no bandages
>no firstaid

oh shi-

>>12199340
Your personal weapons are:
Mossberg 88 (held)
AKS-74 (stowed)
m1911 (worn on belt)
3 RGD-5 hand grenades (worn on belt)

>>12199360
Technically you've two of each - being held by other group members.

When I get an evening free I'm going to read teh everliving fuck out of these threads.
This shit is on suptg, right?

>>12199382
ask them for their first aid. If they say no then they say no, if they say yes then I'll feel safer knowing I'm holding my means of medical assistance

You hinted that the salamander's acid might be corrosive. Ask Sakharov about that.

Also recap the Salamander info so we can plan accordingly

>>12199410
A good number of them are, though there's a blot missing. Those might be on easymodo, I dunno.

>>12199413
You can if you want to, but your group won't hesitate to use them on you (or each other). Also, if you're injured enough to break one out, you may not be the one treating the wound.

Just wanna say, guys, you haven't left the Yanov bunker - you could buy some medkits if you want (100 for standard, 300 for scientific; limited supplies of both so the scientists don't get busted for embezzlement.

>>12199410
Yes, they didn't archive all of the threads so you won't find out why Bird and Damsel joined the group or of the first adventure as a proper group.

>>12199463

1 science, 1 normal.

Salamanders are mutants the size of dogs more closely related to frogs than actual salamanders. Amphibious, they are usually found around shallow lakes and in swamps, especially in the deeper Zone. They've recently spread at an alarming rate - they reproduce quickly, though are short-lived. Salamanders live in mating pairs; mating pairs shair communal nesting grounds with groups of other salamanders dependent on prey availability. The salamander secretes a corrosive neurotoxin through its skin and tongue; the tongue is long and capable of twisting off limbs. Males are diurnal, females nocturnal. Females are smaller and less keen on stand-up fights.

We're quite low on cash, if we can we should see if there's any bandits or military out and about to loot. Stalkers will pay pretty nicely for some military shooters...

>>12199591
What? We already have a job to do.

>>12199615
Of course we shall do this job! But on the way we should keep an eye out for bandits/military. It's always fun to multitask brah

>>12199591
One of your group members - Victor - is military and may object to killing "his own," though that's going to be tempered by the fact that they tried to murder HIM first.

>>12199486
You decide to buy a couple of first aid kits before you head out - a basic one, like the sort you've relied on throughout the chaos the Zone has visited on you and the others, and a 'scientific' one. Significantly larger and obnoxiously yellow, this kit turns out to be significantly better-stocked than a standard kit - you notice antivenins, drugs to counter radiation poisoning, and some antibiotics, albiet in small quantities. You arch your eyebrows - 300 roubles isn't much of a price for that.

Sakharov catches your meaning, "The government will keep buying them without complaint as long as we don't get greedy, and frankly, useful stalkers are harder to get one's hands on than medical supplies. For us, anyway."

Makes sense.

>>12199711
Well lets avoid angering a crew member and stick to hunting down and looting bandits if we see them. Military can just be fought if we're attacked.

>>12199711

Ask for final tips on dealing with Salamanders, and head out.

Also, we should nickname Vladimir either Dracula or Colonel. And it should be noted that I am 100% AGAINST combining the two nicknames.

>>12199751
How about major dracula?

I'm gonna stick with naming him Corpse. He was a CORPoral in the military, and if it weren't for us, he'd be dead.

Also, FUCK YEAH! I'M EARLY FOR IT TONIGHT!

>>12199828
Yes clever, and OP is it raining outside of the bunker?

With business more-or-less settled, you ask Kruglov and Sakharov for any other last-minute tips they might have; no sense risking death simply for not being thorough. The two shake their heads, then Kruglov pauses.

"Well, I've heard reports that sleeping salamanders will sometimes move in their sleep, but that this isn't actual conscious behavior," he says, "I've yet to get anything but an anecdote or two about this, but keep it in mind when you find the nest. Wouldn't want to start shooting too early, right?"

"When it comes to mutants," Damsel says, "I'm not sure you can shoot early enough."

With that quip, you head out. Accessing the swamps isn't hard; the bunker is literally surrounded by them, with the way back only slightly less bogged down. What a place to put a put a research center!

The five of you stick together, albiet loosely, each keeping an angle and teammate under your gaze. It'd do no good to get snuck up on or loose a teammate in the stinking water and towering reeds.

Asked for his experiences, Bird speaks up, "I've never actually seen a salamander - just heard of them. They weren't very common when I was spending my time in the deeper Zone," he pauses, "All I can say is - in general - the larger the group you travel in, the more likely the mutant is not to approach. They may be monsters, but they still have their instincts."

The implications of that remark are not pleasant.

>>12199865
No rain at the moment. Sullen day, but warmer than it has been lately.

>>12199901
Well then that's a good sign that the ground is dry and dusty today. The warmth will be nice unless it's an odd showing that an emission is approaching. So best tred with some added caution today as well as being on the lookout for shelter (and bandits)

Well enough sitting around! Kick open that door and lets get rolling to our destination!

So I remember mention that you hunt salamanders with bait animals. I honestly think we should bag some blind dogs, tie a rope around the corpse and fish.

You head deeper into the swamp; the bunker, with its meager guard, almost immediately vanishes. Despite being well-armed and armored, this leaves you ill-at-ease; the reeds limit vision to mere feet at best. The swamp itself is wrong - every one of its sort you've ever been in has been full of the sounds of life. This one is as silent as a tomb.

Not that it doesn't have life, you reason, kicking an albino centipede off of your leg.

"I've got a baaaad feeling about this," Twitch grumbles.

"Keep your eyes open and keep focused," Vlad replies, "We're the ones with the guns."

Roll a d20.

>>12200154
Do we see any suspicious or unsuspicious white dots?

rolled 4 = 4

>>12200177
oh shit sorry forgot dice

rolled 9 = 9

>>12200154

Hopefully Allah's not busy; we're going to be needing him a lot, I can feel it.

>>12200187
we are gonna get raeped aren't we...

rolled 14 = 14

>>12200211
it's perfectly fine son, we all make mistakes.


And I roll to see if we hear anything rustling in the grass or splashing water?

>>12200187
You hear a splashing sound. Then another.

They're not coming from you.

Even as the rest of you are turning to face it, Vlad has dropped into a crouch and fired a three-round burst at the source with his AKS-74. There's a yelp, some disjointed splashing, and a final, larger splash.

"Sounds like you bagged something, anyway," Damsel says.

Approaching the source of the yelp, you find not a horrifically-mutated amphibian, but a mere blind dog, lying half-submerged on a patch of boggy ground and panting; it's been hit in the flank with all three bullets, and certainly doesn't look like it'll be getting up.

"Look how emaciated it is," Bird says, "Probably a pack outcast. Miserable bastards tend to starve."

The blind dog attempts to turn to the sounds and smells of your party, but its hind legs aren't working and it soon collapses. It settles for a series of three weak barks, as if admonishing you. Bird is warily scanning your short-sighted surroundings, an ear cocked for any other unwelcome guests.

>>12200250

It was me. I thought I used two semicolons in one sentence here:>>12200192
Turns out I didn't.

rolled 4 = 4

>>12200267
Fuck yeah salamander bait.

>>12200111
Or just use a flesh, which is less likely to get violent with us and easier to keep alive. Loud, squealing Flesh, sounds like ringing a dinner bell for the Salamanders.

>>12200267

Leave it; wait for a Salamander to come eat it.

"You're a good shooter, kid, but guns aren't always the deciding factor in the Zone. They're just one of many tools we use. Always remember that."

rolled 9 = 9

>>12200316
The disgusting ork xenos would like to disagree with you on that.

Turning back from his brief vigil, Bird speaks up, "Leave it, and move back," he flashes you a grin, "Bleeding, struggling, yelping animal? That's a dinner bell."

You don't need to be asked twice to get away from the dying mutant; it had occured to you too that its distress may attract unfriendly attention. Bird, for his part, ties length of rope around one of its rear legs - you certainly won't be able to see it from your point of safety.

Even a ways back from the mutant, you keep your guard up - you've no way of seeing when a mutant might come. Bird's wrapped one end of the rope around his left wrist, holding his Fort-12 in the other.

For a while, nothing changes: the injured dog continues to yelp, and the swamp continues to hide whatever secrets has. The rope seems to twitch once, twice.

"We've got a bite," Bird says tensely, "Cover me."

There's a cut-off yelp, and the blind dog is suddenly completely silent. Now the rope snaps up, and Bird moves to keep up with its movement without tugging back and revealing his presence.

Roll a d20.

>>12200342
I contend that they would agree with me, cap'n. NEEDS MOAR CHOPPY!

rolled 4 = 4

>>12200400
DAKKA

rolled 4 = 4

>>12200388
I wonder what fried salamander tastes like.

>>12200316
(Consider this exchange to have occured before you baited the dog.)

"Nice shot, Vlad," you say, "but keep in mind - guns are just one tool we use here."

Vlad gives a small shrug, "If I shoot it, it ceases to be my problem," he pauses, "but I'll take your word for it - I'm the rookie here."

rolled 1 = 1

>>12200388
Chase after him and ready your shooter! Lets use the heaviest thing we got and shoot at the first nonhuman thing we see!

rolled 3 = 3

>>12200388

rolled 15 = 15

4s out the ass tonight.

>>12200434

Goddomit weasel, where were you five minutes ago?

>>12200406
>>12200411
>>12200427
>>12200429
okay, now the dice roller is actively trying to screw us

rolled 13 = 13

>>12200429
>>12200427
>>12200411
>>12200406


You've got to be fucking kidding me.

rolled 1 = 1

>>12200427
Oh god... Reroll reroll!!!

>>12200427
>>12200460
>dice field hidden
Sure is rolling 1d1 in here.

>>12200411
Whatever's at the other end of the rope gives a sudden, sharp tug, and Bird loses his step in the treacherous swamp terrain. Stumbling, he loses his grip on the rope and briefly falls into the mud and filthy water, swearing savagely. He's on his feet almost immediately, but the rope's already snaking off into the reeds.

Roll a d20.

rolled 16 = 16

>>12200487
dive for the bloody rope brah!

>>12200503
Bird isn't about to be embarassed so easily, however, giving a titanic lunge and catching the rope in his filth-caked left hand. For a moment, it looks like he's going to fall again, but he manages to do a stumble-walk and recover his stride, "keep up!" he hisses. You swear he almost sounds cocky.

Roll another d20 to see if Br'er frog notices you.

rolled 13 = 13

>>12200529
shit shit shit

rolled 11 = 11

>>12200529
First time rolling, be gentle dice roller

>>12200534
Amazingly, the thing tugging at your lure - you assume it's a salamander but have no way to be sure - doesn't seem to have noticed this calamity. Maybe its senses are poor. Maybe it's just hungry.

It seems like you're following the beast endlessly deeper into the swamp when you notice slight thinning in the reeds - ahead is a rising mound of soggy earth. You expect to see whatever you've hooked dragging its prey up that mound, but it seems to keep going back for far too long.

"Cave," Bird says, and drops the rope.

"Oh great," Damsel says, "Caves. We have a great record with caves."

"What happens in caves?" Vlad asks.

"What happens in the cave, stays in the cave," Twitch says. The four of you stare.

>>12200482
That a known issue?

rolled 10 = 10

>>12200569

Pretend-punch Twitch, head into cave. We'll be in front.

rolled 2 = 2

>>12200569
So yeah, what happened in the previous caves? Or do I just not want to know?

And how big is the cave? Wide enough for two people shoulder to shoulder?

>>12200569
We should check around the cave entrance first for any salamanders that might be outside, before going in.

How wide is the cave entrance?

Wide enough for single file, though a person behind you could lean around your side to shoot.

Ceiling's low, too. Terrain is slimy.

Br'er Frog
I just remembered those books. My next character is going to be named Br'er something

Let the rookie lead

>>12200661

My vote is for Bosse in front, then Damsel shooting over our shoulder, Twitch in the middle, and Bird and Vlad in back, watching behind us.

>So yeah, what happened in the previous caves? Or do I just not want to know?

Being underground is bad for our health. In the first one, our entire party ran through a gravity anomaly's edge trying to get to cover from an emission; that was Bird, us, and Roman at the time. In a more recent "cave," we were head-fucked by a controller and burnt our first fate point after our AK jammed on a last-chance shot.

rolled 19 = 19

>>12200644
I agree that we should check the outside before we get too far in. And sadly, no rolling T. I'll explain it later.

Seeing as Bosse has the heaviest armor and is most likely to survive a brush with neurotoxin, when we go into the cave, he should be in front.

You approach the cave cautiously, in a lose formation. A wet hole in the side of a muddy, miserable hill, it certainly looks like a mutant warren. It's quite clear that movement will be single-file, and you and Damsel will definitely be stooping. Vlad, too, now that you think of it.

Keeping a careful eye on the baleful pit, you explore the hill; it's not very broad or tall, just a simple swell in the swamp. A dead tree is perched on top; fully half of its trunk has been split by some unknown cataclysm.

There's no signs of any other salamanders.

rolled 3 = 3

>>12200730
>in a lose formation

so wait if we continue in this formation we will lose? That doesn't sound promising.

>>12200730

Now we can go in. Lineup from this post:>>12200677

Is the way I think we should do it.

>>12200677
Twitch in the middle? Bird and Vlad in back?

So you dont think we should put sentries at the entrance or did i misunderstand you?

>>12200774

Sentries mean splitting up our party. And splitting up our party is a bad idea.

rolled 19 = 19

>>12200774
Sentries wouldn't really matter if we didn't have voice comms. I mean, yeah we could come running to gunfire, but it wouldn't work out very well more than likely.

Bosse and Vlad go in, in that order. Bosse with his shotty and suped up gear can take some punishment and Vlad is one hell of a shot.

Bird follow loosely behind. In case we find an intersection we need to be able to defend it.

Twitch and Damsel guard the entrance.

Some notes:

-You, Vlad, and Damsel will have to stoop in the tunnel to move. Bird, at 5'9", and Twitch, at 5'6", are short enough that they can move around at full height, though Bird barely can.
-Vlad lacks NVG.
-Damsel's RPK-74 would be somewhat unwieldly if twists and turns came up.
-Your heavy armor will make moving more awkward.

If that affects opinions at all, let me know.

>>12200856
Bosse then Twitch, Vlad, Damsel with her Skorpion, and Bird.

>>12200856

Hm. Alright. Change this>>12200677

to: Us, Bird, Vlad, Damsel, Twitch.

rolled 2 = 2

>>12200856
Bird on point, Twitch on his shoulder. If something comes up, Bird and Twitch both take a knee and Boss, in the middle, fires over them. Damsel and Vlad in the rear, Damsel being rearmost.

>>12200908 here

I'm ok with this
>>12200900
too.

What? We're all going in at once?

It's a narrow cave that will only allow the point and maybe one person behind them to fire. A two-man (or Damsel) team is the best option, any more bodies and we're just adding more obstacles in case we need to fall back.

Of course if the warren starts branching off into little individual tunnels we can bring a secondary team in to hold the junctions, but the initial team should be limited to two Stalkers. I vote for ourselves and Bird. We play bulldozer with our heavy armor and shotgun, Bird watches our back and keeps an eye open for secondary tunnels/hiding enemies.

Well, there's nothing to do now but bite the bullet and get to work. As the best-protected member of the team, you volunteer to take point; a dangerous job, but your mossberg has seen you through plenty of threm. Bird follows behind you; he's taller than Twitch and can get a clear shot if you have to drop. Twitch trails him, something of an odd man out due to his light suit and short height, and Vlad and Damsel bring up the rear, Damsel taking the very tail end with her RPK. Anything that comes pouring towards her is not in for a good day.

The cave almost immediately begins to decend into the earth, intolerably damp; the close air smells of rot. Ahead, you spot a small side-chamber, and find your first nest.

It's a small, shabby affair filled with a pile of baseball-sized spherical eggs the color of wallpaper paste. In the far end of the room, you see your first salamander; black and slimy with four slit-eyes, it looks like nothing so much as a weirdly-elognated frog, and it smells terrible. Since the females are nocturnal, this must be mom.

Well, one of them.

>>12200999
Should we shoot it, and alert the rest of the nest? We could use this chamber as a choke point and kill them as they come.
Or we could try to sneak up on it and do a silent kill with a combat knife; though, since they exude neurotoxin, it might not be safe, and it could wake up.

>>12201034
Note that the neurotoxin is contained on the mucus on their skin; it doesn't evaporate into a deadly gas.

>>12201045
Yeah, but if we knife it and we don't kill it in one stab, it'll thrash around and we'll likely come in contact with its skin.
Man, we should have made short spears for this hunt.

>>12200999

Shoot it. Anyone up for mutant frog omelete?

rolled 5 = 5

>>12201059
Wish in one hand, spit in the other...

And if this is a natural choke point, let's use it to our advantage. Ready our secondary weapons and a couple of frags. Have Boss in the prone, Bird on a knee over him, and Twitch standing over both. Have Damsel on a knee facing the rear with Corpse backing her up in case something we don't like comes in behind us.

>>12201097

Also try to get a couple more people into the chamber. Don't want only one gun going off.

rolled 4 = 4

>>12201045
Hmmmm, would it be possible to gather the neurotoxin from the mucus of the frogs? getting the tips of some rounds and our knives in this stuff would go a long way towards making fights against other mutants and bandits alot easier. Might also be able to sell the stuff to the scientists and a trader for its various possible uses.

I need to stop rolling random dice.

>>12201128
I keep forgetting to take it out the e-mail field, gotta stop doing it apparently.

Well, you can't exactly just leave her there. Explaining your plan in whispers to the others, you get into position. You go prone, while Bird and Twitch stand over you and take aim. Damsel aims further down the tunnel, while Vlad positions himself to cover her or the entrance, depending on what happens. Once you're in position, you give the order to fire.

The booms of your firearms are literally deafening on this tight space, but better deaf than dead: it doesn't take a marksman to hit an immobile, dog-sized target only feet away.

Roll 2d20

rolled 16, 12 = 28

>>12201169
Alright, here goes. For SCIENCE!

rolled 20 = 20

>>12201169

Watch I get a 1.

rolled 20, 17 = 37

Let's hope my higher power is with us.

rolled 12 = 12

>>12201223

I'm sorry, WAT.

Can we count those for the next 3 rolls, Getter?

>>12201225
Damn, if only you had been a little faster than me

>>12201217
The female salamander never wakes from its slumber, outer layers of fat and slime splattering across the chamber floor and walls in rorschach patterns. Amazingly, the gunfire elicits no reaction from deeper in the cave. Maybe these beasties just sleep deeply, or maybe acoustics are on your side. You're not about to look a gift horse in the mouth.

The unpleasant business of finishing off the nest itself follows: the eggs are easily stomped, though their thick, meaty smell is cloying; you hock and spit to get the awful taste out of your mouth.

Travel resumes down the tunnel; conditions grow darker. "I can't see shit," Vlad grunts, but leaves his light off - it seems more to be a friendly tip than anything. A couple of shallow side-chambers prove to be empty, though there are signs of previous nestings. Ahead, you find another chamber, larger than before; this one contains three nests and three mothers to correspond.

One of them is moving jerkily towards you, as if in a trance; its movements are surprisingly uncoordinated.

>>12201305
Whats the status of the other two?

I bet we smell like babies to her and she wants to snuggle.

>prophet occupies

guys we should be capturing eggs for the scientists, imagine the bounty!

Rock the same deal again. But have Damsel and Vlad both watching the rear. And if it gets noisy, have Corpse hit his light.

>>12201370
Only one or two.

>>12201305

Throw a grenade if we wont get any of it. Then open fire. Get down so someone else can open up as well.

i vote against nades, these tunnels might collapse. thats bad news

>>12201372
He should hit his light anyway during the action. No need to hide when we're firing. Though he should take care not blind any of the people with NVGs.

The jerky movements of the mutant are making me nervous. After we deal with these three, we should proceed very carefully, anomaly detector out at all times. No one said those psy anomalies don't show up underground.

>>12201345
Sleeping.

You're not sure what the salamander is doing and you don't care to find out. Assuming the same shooting pattern as before - though Damsel and Vlad are both on rearguard this time - you annihilate both the sleeping and stumbling salamanders with buckshot and bullets; it's no challenge when they aren't even moving at anything resembling speed. Now you hear a new sound, and reel around to face deeper into the tunnel; another salamander is barreling up the tunnel from around a bend, probably the hunter from before. Bigger than the females and coloured a muddy brown, you're shocked at how fast it's moving, closing the gap even as the five of you try to reel and meet it; Vlad's headlamp flicks on and lends the ugly, slit-eyed monstrosity nightmarish cast.

Roll 3d20. Only Twitch and Vlad are in position to respond in time; Vlad's got issues with being too tall and just having flipped his light on.

>>12201396
Grenades are a last ditch, we-gotta-beat-feet, SHTF move.

rolled 17, 18, 6 = 41

>>12201430

Rollan

Coordinate fire to kill all three at once.
Capture the eggs for the scientists.

rolled 11, 5 = 16

Let's see how this goes.

>>12201437
Nice! Assuming the first two are for our guys.

>>12201437
Fast though the nightmarish monster may be, it can't outrun bullets; Twitch and Vlad cut the thing down in a hail of automatic fire, substituting pinpoint accuracy with sheer volume of fire. Scooting around the corpse will be awkward, but doable.

Now, again, comes the unenviable business of cleaning up the eggs. This time, it occurs to you to save a pair - you stick them in a plastic bag; perhaps Sakharov or Kruglov will pay for them. This time the stench is so bad that you almost retch; moving into the cramped main tunnel is bliss by comparison. Your decent continues, slowly burt surely; another chamber is here, a narrow one. From the "hall," all you can see is the nest. No sign of mom. That seems a bit odd.

we should start throwin bolts, anything on the detector?

>>12201504
Mom probably just died in the swamp somewhere.
Throw bolt, use detector.

Search for alcoves before entering the hall, and don't forget about the cieling.

When/If it's clear, move in and assume firing positions, then wait. These things are not going to leave their eggs for long.

>>12201504
Lets play it safe. Back up the tunnel, keeping the eggs in sight. Bosse goes prone, Twich and Bird covering, Damsel and Vlad (with light on) are covering the rear, if necessary backing out to a wider point.

Bird shoots one of the eggs, and we get ready to intercept any beasties coming.

>>12201553
>>12201561

These. Although I'd much prefer to just throw a grenade instead of shooting one egg. Might take out anything that's hiding.

Ooooooooh SNAP, ITS STALKER QUEST, IS BEST QUEST!

By the way, why haven't we invested in a damn gas mask or helmet yet? Did our new suits come with anything of the like?

>>12201588
>Nade
>Enclosed area
Oh shit nigger what are you doing

You check your detector out of reflex; nothing. Assuming a ready position again, you decide to test the chamber; you toss a bolt. It tumbles through the air, then it suddenly disappears in an eyeblink to the accompanyment of an obscene slurp-snap. Your mind has barely enough time to process this when another female comes reeling out of the chamber, at such a distance and with you prepared, it has no chance; you've blown its face apart before it can even open its mouth.

Roll a d20.

uhhh oohhh

also what anomaly would that be?

rolled 10, 14 = 24

>>12201619
If I roll a 1-10 on the second dice, I dedicate the first d20 to Nobylan and Mitenun
If I roll a 11-20 on the second dice, I dedicate the first d20 to Allah

>>12201591
You have one integrated into the suit, yeah.

Even light suits have a respirator.

rolled 7 = 7

>>12201619
If we shot it, what's this for?

>>12201655
Wouldn't you like to know?

Sometimes we roll for monster perception, enemy awareness and so on. Not all good rolls are good rolls.

>>12201638
The salamander, despite being dead; isn't finished with you: a spray of mucus-coated gore sprays you, Twitch, and Bird.

Roll 3d20

rolled 10, 7, 20 = 37

>>12201683
Goddamnit! We just had these suits cleaned!

rolled 1, 1, 20 = 22

>>12201683
PRAISE ALLAH FOR BOSSE
PRAISE NOBYLAN FOR TWITCH (dice2)
PRAISE MITENUN FOR BIRD (dice3)

>>12201638

Would have been funnier if you had dedicated the first dice to Nobylan and Mitenun.

>>12201705
>>12201698

Natural 20's... I think Mitenun is in a giving mood tonight.

rolled 16, 17, 14 = 47

>>12201723
Right, Allah and Nobylan can go fuck themselves.
PRAISE MITENUN

rolled 18, 19, 19 = 56

>>12201683
Ooooh shit nigga

>>12201698
rolling 7 for twitch. the zone fucking hates this guy. we really have to do something to give him a couple of +2 modifiers

>>12201752

+2? You think that's enough?

>>12201752
He should get a pendant to Mitenun, imo.

You know, I'm sitting here watching Dexter, have a hot chick on webcam, and playing STALKER QUEST, and thinking that is night is awesome. And then the dice say "FUCK TWITCH!"

The man simply has no luck, especially if it concerns deadly poisons.

>>12201809
The VX? He's the luckiest man alive. ALIVE. That's the operative word.

>>12201845
>implying he's still alive

Fuck /tg/, eating my posts and not POSTING them.
>>12201698

The spray of gore has little effect on your heavy-duty suit, slopping against it in a foul-smelling spray; Bird, for his part, manages to somehow move aside, avoiding even your experience.

Twitch, however, is not so lucky - he swears as he tries to wipe the mess off of his face, when his hand begins to shudder; now he's convulsing, now he's on the ground, gagging.

"Shit!"

You're not sure who yelled that, because you're already in action...

Okay I'm out, it's almost 6am. Don't forget to archive!

Toodles~

>>12201845
Okay, worst (getting hit with the stuff in the first place) and best (surviving) luck.

rolled 20 = 20

>>12201872
YELLOW MEDKIT

>>12201872

Pour vodka onto his face to wash it off. And break out the scientific first aid kit. That HAS to do something.

>>12201872
Break open the scientific medkit for antivenom!

>>12201890
MOTHERF-

Ya'll niggas be happy I refreshed one more time before hitting the sack, Jesus Christ what the hell

>>12199300
Fuck yes, STALKER QUEST.

On my birthday too. So win.

>>12201928

And Twitch just got a face full of salamander neurotoxin. Happy brithday!

>>12201890
...pulling the scientific aid kit from your bag. Prying the bulky thing open, you wildly palm through the contents, looking for something you saw before - there. Drawing the medicine from its labelled jar, Bird holds Twitch down while you inject him. At first, it seems to have no effect - then the convulsions slow, then stop. Twitch is gasping for air as he slowly sits up.

"No...more...poison...things."

Vlad offers him a hand, and he slowly climbs to his feet, hands on his knees. You're about to ask him if he needs help when he walks over to the eggs - albiet slowly - and stomps them. Hard.

"A lot of medicines today include artifact elements," Bird comments, "especially when dealing with Zone poisons. Makes for a faster, ah, recovery."

Twitch has rejoined you, "I feel much better," he says flatly.

rolled 7 = 7

>>12201957
Get Twitch a good luck pendant goddamn

>>12201957

"... Right then. I swear Twitch, you are the luckiest fucker I've ever met. Well, let's bag the heads and keep going, shall we? The eggheads back at the center might want proof of our work. Or body bits to poke around and play with."

>>12201957
Let's sweep through the rest of this nest and make sure that we've cleaned out all of the salamanders.

Change the line-up. Damsel and Twitch in the back. Bird, Bosse and Vlad up front. "Goddamn, Twitch, you are either the luckiest or unluckiest prick in the whole Zone."

And happy birthday, Lance.

>>12201988

Make it from a tooth of a salamander! If that's possible.

Hey guys don't forget there a fucking portal to god knows where in here

>>12202013

I think that was the salamander eating it with their long mutant tongue. Twitch just walked in there and stomped the eggs.

"I'm not sure if you're the luckiest or unluckies guy in the Zone, Twitch," Damsel comments. She doesn't sound like she's kidding. Giving Twitch a slap on the back, you speak up.

"Let's find the bottom of this cave and get the hell out of here before any more daddies show up."

The others are all for that and the remaining trip is surprisingly short. The servicable tunnel ends in a narrow hole that looks big enough for a dog - barely. Some blood is spattered around the hole and, looking closely, you see a few tufts of the miserable "fur" blind dogs have sticking in the turned-tacky blood.

>>12202045

Well shit. Throw a grenade down there and call it a day. No WAY are we climbing down that shit. Not without a flamethrower.

rolled 16 = 16

>>12202045
Meh. rig a crude Grenade trap at the hole with a tripwire and then gtfo.

Oh yeah, on our way back, take a part from each salamander. Doesn't matter what it is; just need to be consistent.

>>12202065
This is the one time, with us in an enclosed space, that I'll agree to fragging something. Use two of them if we can spare it.

"Fuck this," you say, pulling a grenade from your belt.

Damsel shrugs, "Well, it is a bit Freudian, I'll give you that."

You ignore her and toss the grenade in; then, just to be sure; another. The five of you are immediately in motion - you, Bird, and Vlad leading, listening for the tell-tale signs of a collapsing cave.

Roll a d20.

>>12202085
Naw, man; what we need to do is buy a tarp so we can lug corpses.

But yeah, for now, just take a whatever from 'em.

I'm all for the nade down the hole. Better safe and hamfisted then sorry.

rolled 14 = 14

>>12202122
mitenun

>>12202137

And Mitenun provides. Hopefully.

>>12202137
Fortunately, there is no rumbling, no rattling of falling stone, and no shifting block of rock and soil crushing you forever under the weight of the Zone's stinking, polluted earth; you can see the light of the tunnel entrance ahead, almost blinding after the time spent in the dank mutant warren.

rolled 1 = 1

>>12202174
mitenun again

inb4 daddy is at the door

>>12202188
>>12202190
Now now, I haven't said anything was there or called for a roll.

Yet.

:3c

>>12202174

All right. Mark the location in our PDA, add a note, and head back to the lab. Tell them of our deeds, but that there may be one male on the loose.

Guess its time to head back to the lab and report?

...we know how to get back right?

Lie in wait, giving the hole AND entrance ample room.

>>12202190
>>12202205
You utter faggot, stop giving the GM ideas.

Advance out slowly, let our vision adjust to the light.

>>12202229

Agreed

rolled 19 = 19

>>12202205
In b4 bloodsucker, pack of snorks, pseudogiant, or pack of pseudogiants at exit to tunnel

>>12202246
>>12202229

These.

Rather than rushing out, you peer cautiously around the entrance, moving slowly as to let your eyes adjust to the light. It wouldn't do to have so handily eliminated a salamander spawning den only to emerge and be pounced on by a pseudodog that smelled omelettes with its keen nose. You carefully look around the mound, your elevation and the thinner vegetation providing you at least some visibility. You're not willing to give up the tunnels just yet, not in a deadly, near-sighted swamp.

Roll a d20.

rolled 1, 1 = 2

OHGOD

rolled 17 = 17

>>12202292
mitenun

rolled 1 = 1

>>12202292

MITENUN!

>>12202309
ha ha ha

holy shit

>>12202316

Mitenun does not appreciate all caps. It appears as if mitenun prefers to be spelled without them.

rolled 1, 1 = 2

>>12202309
my bad, rolle a 2d0

>>12202310
Thank the gods!

>>12202309
>>12202329
Ignore this guy, he's rolling d1s.

rolled 8, 9, 12, 19, 7, 8, 10, 5, 12, 18 = 108

>>12202326
let's test this scientifically
mitenun MITENUN mitenun MITENUN mitenun MITENUN mitenun MITENUN mitenun MITENUN

rolled 8 = 8

HURP DURP YOU NEARLY KILLED US

>>12202309
>>12202329
Perhaps you should put your rolling aside for now...

>>12202310
After careful examination of your surroundings, you see nothing. No dogs, no salamanders, no bandits or zombies. Nothing but bogwater and reeds; even they're silent and still in the windless day.

Above, a crow gives a harsh caw.

"Let's move it," you say. Now that you're out in the "open," the dense swamp doesn't seem nearly as bad as the foul, putrid cave. You're even able to somewhat enjoy the fetid swamp air by comparison. When you arrive back at the bunker, the Duty guard gives you a friendly wave; you get the impression that he didn't expect you to come back. Clearly, he doesn't know who you are.

When you finally get through the tedious airlock, the five of you march around the corner, joking and teasing Twitch for his luck; all in all, that could have gone worse. A lot worse. Coming around the corner, you see Sakharov is already busy, however - a trio of men are talking to him, one in a heavy duty stalker suit, the others in typical mercenary gear.

They've all got the Durendal patch.

FFFFFFFFFFFF

>>12202425
FUCK YEAH STALKER QUEST

Who the hell is Durendal?

>>12202448
That's the group they're with. Back when we were in the green camp we had a run-in with some Durandel types. One of their guys is the guy we nat 20'd and Damsel pegged him in the chest with a grenade, that exploded right there.

>>12202425

Say nothing, do nothing. Just politely wait our turn. Just a gruff "humph" nod thing. You know, a guy hi.

>>12202425

lemme guess. This is someone we pissed off

I see 2 options.
1 approach, with Duty around they won't hurt us.
2 hide outside in ambush

>>12202448
Durendal International is a private military contractor employed by the Ukrainian government and corporate interests in artifact recovery. They have a reputation for thuggishness. That's all you know.

Oh, and you kinda killed an entire squad of them once. But to be fair, they started it.

rolled 1 = 1

WALK UP FLEXING

Well, considering y'all eliminated that squad, noone should really know it was us . . . right?

Just play it cool, keep it unsuspicious. We're just some stalkers, doing some stalker-work. Nothing to see here, move along.
And maybe keep our more out-standing members to the side (not that any of us would really blend in with a crowd of Stalkers.)

>>12202477
>>12202474
My vote is to walk in, slow and calm. If they start shit, hopefully Duty will side with us.

rolled 7 = 7

>>12202477
If we all have gas masks, WEAR THEM

>>12202508
you utter faggot

>>12202425
>>12202477
Make sure that our masks are up, and if they haven't spotted us yet, hide any distinguishing patches or items of clothing.

rolled 14 = 14

>>12202539
cmon, that was a little funny

rolled 2 = 2

we go inconspicuous like bats out of hell!

>>12202569
No, no it wasn't.
I didn't even smile. You are an utter failure.

Show up, trade dead salamander parts to sakharov. Ask for bandages, medkits, rubles. You know, the usual.

Make sure our faces are hidden and we're golden. We've got completely new gear and our weapons are all generic/new since then.

Wait calmly for our turn. If shit goes down between the thugs and the scientists, the Dutyers will waste the motherfuckers. Ask if we can get dibs on their gear, then continue on our merry little way.

everyone knows the proper stalker greeting involves soy sausage.

sausage soon fellow stalkers?

rolled 11 = 11

>>12202579
You take internet seriously.

yous a gay

We aren't still waltzing around with those patches from way back in the beginning still in our bags, are we? If we are, we need to be rid of them, quick and stealthy like, if possible. Besides, we're five to three, and at this point we have the weaponry to match whatever they bring from the outside, so small mexican standoff, they realize they would be fucked, we all go about our business all civil, just watch for ambush outside the compound.

>>12202635

Only if we want to talk to them. So in this case, no "soy sausage?"

>>12202641
>Poor spelling
>Poor judgement
>Poor sense of humor

UNDERAGE B&. Fire, purging, etc

If we do see and/or recognize us we better leave someone to make sure they don't plan on ambushing us outside the camp.

rolled 17 = 17

>>12202666
yous stills a gay

While your experiences with Durendal have been...less than friendly...you can't exactly turn around and walk away. Not now. You calmly wait your turn as a group, keeping small talk up in spite of your nerves to avoid drawing attention. Some cash exchanges hands - you're not really looking - and the mercenaries walk past you without a word or anything beyond a cursory glance. Your nerves unwinding, you approach Sakharov.

"What news do you have for me?" he grunts; the whole event totally escaped notice. Good.

"We cleared out the salamander nests," you say, "and killed all the females. Also, we brought you a couple of gifts."

When the various bits of salamander - sadly, well-documented - are handed over, you finally receive your pay; a fairly modest 2500 roubles, bolstered by a pair of scientific first aid kits. You rather expect those will come in handy soon, especially if Twitch manages to find something poisonous again.

"So, anything else?" Sakharov asks.

god i hope medium stalker suits hide damsel's tits really well

> ITT Things that make you go FFUUUUU

When people playing games like BOREDerlands say that they're going to "roll a new character"

>>12202733
oops, meant to post a new thread

>>12202743
S'okay brah

>>12202709
Bandages. Enough for 2 for each person.
How many first aid kits do we have? Might as well carry 1 each.
Talk to Sakharov about anomaly detectors. Tell him we found that Duty detector on a bandit's body, ask if we should look into the matter further or not.

Btw, Stalk out of here getter: Yantar is the lab by the lake. Yanov is closer to the center of the zone and is a train station near the Jupiter factories. =)

>>12202709
das eggs!

>>12202749

I don't think we kept any of them. Also hand over the coordinates of the lair; and tell them that there might still be one male at large. Doubtful, but we don't know how deep the cave goes.

Say/ask nothing about the Durendal guys. We don't want any more of their shit.

>>12202709
Offer up the eggs.
See how much we can get for them.

>>12202786
No, we kept two.

>>12202748
Herpa derpa, I know - I actually exchange the two's names a lot, especially since I was playing CoP recently...

8 bandages'll cost you 400 RU. You already have 5 aid kits (2 scientific, 3 basic; one was used in the tunnel).

Sakharov already knows about our Duty detector and, in fact, the murder that occurred (albiet third-hand).

i'd like to know how and where we can find "partially formed artifacts"

If the eggs aren't worth too much, I say we eat them. With gusto. The Zone may eventually kill us, but we're gonna chew and eat some of it before we die.

Buy a couple cheap ass PDAs.

Put in coordinates to a stash in the basement of the gas station.

Litter them around in poorly hidden hiding spots.

Wait a few weeks.

Go clean our trap.

>>12202828
Might as well.
Buy some more travel rations if we need 'em
Does Sakharov sell any psi protection?

>>12202830

The Durendal folk are doing that one, I think. We don't want to be anywhere near them.

>>12202848
oh right

>>12202786
No, it would help to know what they're up too. If they're out trading artifacts, we need to find out how many they've traded, of what quality, and where they may be claiming their getting them from. All this would make for a good indicator if they've been ambushing and killing other stalkers to get them or actually busting their asses looking for artifacts. If they're killing stalkers, they need to be stopped. If they're hunting for them like any other stalker, we could try making some money off the venture ourselves. Information is the first step to opportunity.

Also, we do have the two eggs.

>>12202830
In anomalies, probably. Weak ones? New ones? Well, you'll know 'em if you find 'em.

>>12202846
You all - even Vlad - have basic psy-protection, but the Zone's psy-emissions are changing; basic stuff (like yours) still works, but the advanced stuff has been rendered all but useless. The scientists aren't sure why.

>>12202880
You sold the eggs.

Also, guys: the mercs were plotting out the rapidly-shifting psy-anomalies around the destroyed Yantar factory, not looking for partials.

Should we head for Red Forest and do the quest over there?

>>12202880

Yeah, but the whole reason why we got caught up with them in the first place was because Sid couldn't keep his mouth shut.

If we can ask Sakharov not to spill the beans, then I say go for it.

>>12202886
Wait, are we post- SoC or CoP? Or pre-? And if we have basic psy protection, shouldn't we be getting bonus modifiers for dicking around with controllers and the other psy using like?

my vote is for going back to wild territory and artifact hunting the shit out of that place

>>12202942
Or this. Free world hunting can lead to intresting things

>>12202935

Post CoP, I believe.

>>12202935
Post-CoP.

You encountered the controller (and samaritan) before you had your new gear, not that basic gear'll move mountains.

(Psy is intentionally more lethal/harder to tinfoil hat away here.)

fingers crossed for finding some psy cancellation artifacts, then we can shit all over those mercs while we dance through those anomalies and laugh all the way to the bank

>>12202915

That's another mutant hunt, correct?

Might be time to start moving closer to the center of the zone cause thats where the good shits at.

>>12203053
Actually...

There was a cooperative Duty/Freedom/Loner expedition in the Red Forest, headed for the Zone center; consisted mostly of liberal-minded factioneers. However, a blowout hit when access to cover was almost nil; almost everyone died, and the few that didn't ended up in the Freedom/Duty clinics to just die more slowly/become zombies. Last you were in Rostok, the last few survivors were slowly but surely dying in the "hospital."

>>12203091

And so we got to go clean up and bop some zombies? Alright, I'm in. But first we check in at the hanger. Maybe something new.

You're preparing to leave Yantar behind again - richer and better-equipped - when Sakharov stops you; he's examining data on a PDA, "Listen, you wouldn't be interested in exploring those psy-anomalies, woud you?"

No, not really, but you listen to him anyway.

"The data those guys got is useful - I assume to them, too - but looking at it supports a hypothesis of mine, albiet without proof. I believe there is a massive subterranean psy-anomaly underneath Yantar factory - in the remains of the X-16 laboratory there - and that these surface anomalies are mere minor distortions caused by it. I'd like proof, however."

Well, that certainly sounds stupidly lethal.

>>12203199

"... Aaand what would the specifics of this 'testing' be, what would be the risks involved, and how are you going to make it worth running the risk of zombification?"

>>12203199
"If you provide us with gear so that we'll survive a trip into a psychic minefield."

>>12203199
Rather not. Bad feeling about that.

>>12203199
I'm actually in that lab now on a second playthrough, screwed up in my first playthrough and got one of the untrue endings, and I am remembering how god-awful those labs are, so I say "hellz no," let the mercs have fun with poltergeists and teleporting snorks, I'm already having my fill of the shit.

>>12203240
You ask about the specifics - what the hell, it can't hurt to know. Sakharov seems gratified that you didn't flatly refuse, "It would involve placing several sensors in the anomaly for the purpose of taking measurements, which could in turn be used in getting a handle on how and why psy-anomalies in general seem to be changing. Besides the esteem it'd earn you, you'd receive a significant financial reward for your efforts," he pauses, "the risks are, of course, significant. If you could even find a way in - we didn't anticipate wanting to explore that hellhole again."

>>12203302
I'm saying fuck no

>>12203302
"Thanks but no thanks."
Trudge off

>>12203302

"Again? So this isn't the first time you've had someone go down there? What happened to the other(s) before us?"

Well on the bright side, if we do survive without getting our brain boiled we'd probably be first in line if they can rig up any new anti-psy gear from those measurements.

That said, I really don't like the idea of fucking around with psy anomalies. Or being in yantar period, swamps are bad news even without factoring the zone in.

>>12203357

Considering the activity in the area, past and present... Yeah, we're still probably better off out of the area. Yeah, sure, Strelok came in and assraped the shit out of X-16, and then the Military came in and bombed the shit out of it. Still don't think that warrants a run down to X-16.

Though you've already dismissed the job, you ask out of curiousity concerning the previous explorers and their fate. You rather expect it was grim. Sakharov disappoints you, however, in this regard, "Stalker named Strelok - strange fellow, very reserved, very driven. He actually shut down a man-made psy emitter inside the Yantar plant, which has been a big part in quieting this dump down. Of course, you understand why we're curious when psy emissions are on the rise in a place where there used to be a machine that could and did fry brains."

While they're curious, you're not; the five of you bid the scientists and Duty guards farewell, heading back east again - the only question is: where to? You could head through the wild territory to Rostok, as you originally intended, or through the forests back to the garbage and the hangar. Actually, you've been considering both, not to mention what you'll do from there...

>>12203302
I say we do it. We've never benefited from NOT running headlong into danger-aside from avoiding the vehicle scrapyard, but that place is evil.

Just get the best psy-protection they have currently, and do it. We could use the money. We can ALWAYS use the money.

Also, fucktons of Zombies, and don't you-all remember how well we did off that last bunch?

Anyway. Get bigger/better backpacks, see if the docs want a Zombie's brain to see if there are any physical differences (or a Snork's for that matter), gear up, and head out.

>>12203419

Let's head to Rostok first. See if Barkeep has anything to do.

>>12203436
>>12203436
>>12203437
Goddamnit.

Oh well. Yeah, let's see if the Barkeep has work.

Voting for Rostok. I always liked Barkeep. As far as going into X-16 to find a giant psy anomaly? Live chicken, dead duck, which is better?

>>12203463

I dunno, but if you shove the chicken up the duck and find a turkey you've got some damn fine eatan.

>>12203493
I wonder, what's the Zone equivalent? Rodent stuffed inside a Blind Dog stuffed inside a Pseudodog stuffed inside a Flesh?

>>12203520

Rodent mutant stuffed inside a crow stuffed inside a blind dog stuffed inside a pseudodog stuffed inside a flesh stuffed inside a boar stuffed inside a pseudogiant.

Anything else? Don't want to get involved with bloodsuckers with this one though.

You decide to keep on your way to Rostok, back through the wild territory. It's a good hike yet besides the backtracking you have to do, but it could be worse: someone could be shooting at you. It's not long before you find yourselves very nearly lost in the skeleton of the old industrial district; not even Bird has been here often, and he's directing the fire of you solely based on pathfinding skills. The slate-gray sky and mounting wind only add to the gloomy environment.

Ahead you see a small knot of blind dogs, but they're either not interested in you or don't know you're there. Scenting the air curiously, they seem to be making their way to an exceptionally battered-looking warehouse that almost looks like something inside is sucking the internal structure inwards.

"Looks like they smell dinner," Damsel says dryly.

"At least it's not us," Vlad says.

"Give them time," Bird says, "I'm sure they'd come around to the idea."

>>12203553
Get behind cover. Prepare to run in the other direction as needed.

>>12203564

Seconded. Also check PDA for any friendly contacts.

(You don't got no friendly PC radar, son.)

Getting behind some cover regardless of the dogs' apparent disinterest in you, you take a closer look through the hole in the wall at whatever the dogs are getting at. If it's a den, it might be worth mapping for future extermination.

You can't really see what's in the warehouse; its roof is largely intact despite the damage and, as a result, it's dark. You can make out the impression of great piles of rubble, and one particular hunk that seems different, whole by comparison.

>>12203644

We've got nightvision goggles to see this better with, right? Votes to inspect the different pile of junk?

Either way, whip out the anomaly finder. Could be bad juju in there.

>>12203552
>pseudogiant
>insanely radioactive and tough as hell

Ahahahaha, no. You want, theoretically, to eat this. And a Flesh wouldn't fit inside a Boar. The other way around, MAYBE, but you wouldn't be able to fit the crow-rat-pseudodog inside.

also, kill dogs, investigate warehouse, ???, profit.

>>12203660

Seconded. Hold off on the bolts for now; might alert the blind dogs.

Anyway, I'm out for the night. Good hunting, fellow stalkers.

I say we keep walkin. This place gives me the creeps.

Be slow and methodical. Wait for any sounds of a fight from inside the warehouse. If there are none, take it slow, check the outside, and wax the dogs. If there are sounds of a fight, pick our way out slow, easy, and quiet.

A careful, closer examination gives the rubble within the warehouse more definition. Besides piles of concrete, wood, and rusted metal of various description, you see something newer.

A Mi-24. A Hind.

The chassis appears to somehow be fused to several supports in the building, as well as piles of debris. What could do this? As if to reply to your unspoken question, your detector beeps erratically; Bird examines the signal, "Residual anomaly detection. Happens after one collapses - the bigger the anomaly, the longer 'ghosts' like this last."

"Could there still be an anomaly?" you ask. Bird nods.

"Ghosts can cover for anomalies, yes, so we'd best be careful."

"Do we REALLY want to poke around a missing helicopter that appears to have telefragged itself?" Damsel asks no one in particular.

From interior of the warehouse, you hear growls, barking, and yapping. You're about to bring up your binoculars again when Vlad speaks up, looking through his, "They found the soldiers. They're, uh, eating them."

(New thread may be posted soon, but it'll be a short one.)

"They deserve proper burials."

Kill the dogs. Advance carefully tossing plenty of bolts and loose debris to check for anamolies.

Bury the dead. Loot the area.

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>>12203811
We're gonna get killed or possibly hurt if we go snooping around that are, I know there's money involved but I don't think we should take that risk.

>>12203867
It's fucking pseudo dogs. We'll kill the dick out of them, find fat loot, and make Vlad feel more at ease around us.

>>12203811
Kill the dogs from here. Nothing we can really do about the bodies right now with the residual anomaly effects.

>>12203908

New thread, a brief capper.