Currently the HANA B controlled Battleship is disabled and disarmed - You arrive to see that the Destroyers have already formed an airtight seal against the ship and have begun working on cutting through the hull.

>Well, if she tries to blow up the ship, and the only way to stop it is to kill her, I'd say that would be an acceptable ting to do, since if the ship blows with us and the other ships so close it would destroy them as well. But short of that, yes, we must take her alive.
>And there shouldn't be no other option. She's our only source of information, thus far, on what happened after our last battle. We cannot afford to lose that. What happened to Six?
>Pop out a comm cable and try to hack the systems to block her from doing anything with the ship. If we have enough armed marines to form a boarding party, start working on cutting through the hull and sending them in as well.

Make sure the fleet is aware that killing her shouldn't be done unless there is no other option.

Oh, if you’re new, or just want to catch up, the previous threads are here:
1: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7424814/
2: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7444513/
3: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7448063/
4: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7546129/
5: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7588274/
6: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7623818/
7: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7650600/

>>7707095
Well then, let's get that comm line out. I really hope we can get her out alive.

>>7707095
You align close to the Battleship and shoot out a communications cable, but there is no response from the other side. She must either be blocking you or has cut off internal power.

The Destroyer Seeker boarding teams confirm the latter: "We have successfully entered the vessel, but it seems that whoever was in control has sealed the pressure doors and disabled both the on-board power and gravity. Its a dead ship right now... How should we proceed?"

>>7707162
"Well that's somewhat of a mixed blessing; on the one hand, lack of power means that self-destruct in unlikely, and any automated defenses should be down. On the other hand, we don't know what she's planning, and I can't hack in to release the pressure doors. Looks like you're going to have to cut your way through them.

But be careful and stay on guard. You're dealing with a Terran Battleship with an angry and quite possible frightened HANA; almost anything could happen."

Keep the comm cable connected, make sure we have a super strong firewall around it so that she doesn't try to reverse hack into us, and so that if she restores power we can try to talk to her again and/or stop her if she tries anything.

inb4 the ship is dead and she killed herself rather than fall into our hands. Damn that would be sad...

>>7707162
On a complete and utter side note, could we please rename our own ship to something other than 'Sixseeker'? I read through the last archived thread and was horrendously disappointed at how no one spoke up against such a retarded name.

The Tushan or whatever name was much, much better.

Now, on topic...
>>7707266
This. Also see if we can forward them any thing we can remember how battleship lay-outs and possible back-up power systems.

We need to physically control both the reactor room and the bridge before we go for the HANA.

>>7707266
"Roger that, we will be careful. We have cut through the first few doors, and it seems the atmosphere has been vented from this area. Continuing in..."

About ten minutes pass, with no response from the silent Battleship.

"Contact with the HANA reported from Team 2, switching comms over to them... ...we saw someone in a white suit dash down a hall here... its pressurized up here, and we are close to the bridge... we will try to send you a camera feed..."

>>7707348
Continuing on that side note, I loved "Anshan", but to be fair I flipped a coin.

>>7707348

Don't worry! There are plenty of ancient Iranian cities from which to steal names! I'm sure that we'll find a cooler name next time!
Anyway, if the power is down, why would H.A.N.A be a treat to us? And we know that they can override control eve

>>7707387
I vote for an overturning of that coin flip. Sixseeker is INCREDIBLY RETARDED.

Anyway, does the boarding team have non-lethal weapons? If so, tell them to take her down with them.

Also, see if we can do a deep scan of the battleship. We need schematics and the most probable location for the armory. And if we have the schematics we can route the boarding teams to cut the HANA off.

Damn... Half of my post was cut. I wanted to suggest that we get H.A.N.A first because we know that they can override control and kill the crew, so holding the bridge and reactor room wouldn't help much.

>>7707348
>>7707387
How about this: Once we find Six and the name becomes redundant, we can rename it. Would that be agreeable?

"It would seem that one or more HANA B2 have gotten out of their pods. Watch out, she may be armed or going to get armaments. Again, watch out for improvised traps and sabotage. Pleas etry not to hurt them."

How many HANAs does it take to sontrol a Battleship? I know there were five other HANAs with Six; I'm assuming that a Battleship would have three or four HANAs to help control it.

>>7707498

Nice idea about the name.

And good thinking about more H.A.N.A.s I implicitly assumed there was only one!

>>7707532
Yep. I'm hoping to save as many people as we can. They'll all live happily ever after, WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT!

>>7707387
A side-screen flashes on in your pod, and you are shortly seeing through the Seeker's helmet camera. The corridor they are running through is unsealed, but pitch black except for their lights. B must have closed all the pressure doors except for those leading wherever she planned to go. With the camera shaking so much from the group running, you barely make out the words "^BRIDGE^" in white lettering on the floor.

>>7707498
To control a Battleship, normally three HANA <A> would have been required. The generation of HANA <B>, however, were modified to be able to handle the strain of a single ship much more easily.

>>7707447
"We do have taser bullets in our armament, as well as knockout gas. We are as interested in taking her alive as you."

>>7707607
Ah, so it is likely that there really is only one HANA aboard. Regardless, we should still not let our guard down if/when we catch this one.

"Good. If she's heading towards the bridge, it could mean she's trying to trigger a manual shutdown or self-destruct; I'm not entirely sure, seeing as how I never served aboard a Battleship. See if you can get some men or engineers to the engines and reactors in case she tries to overload them."

This is being said assuming we don't know these things; if we do know for a fact that you can trigger a manual self-destruct, then say that.

>>7707607
Hm. What is she up to?

I still want another team with physical control of the reactor room and any other back-up generators. If we keep the ship unpowered we can take as much time as we need to hunt her down. Have them physically remove couplings if they need too, but make sure no one can turn those power plants back on unless we want them on.

Also see about jamming her communications. I have a bad idea involving her sending off a message.

Anyway, you three carry on. I'll be back after my dinner to see how things went.

>>7707695
She can trigger a manual self destruct from the Bridge.

>>7707695
"We are a combat team here! If she is trying to trigger a meltdown of the core, we don't have the ability to disable it! We are also on the other end of this massive ship - she could have closed all the pressure doors!"

>>7707710
"I think the second team is closer - if you want someone over there, then let them know!"

Tell Seekers to access the bridge! We've seen them pass the bridge door just now.

We should keep a group of Seekers on bridge until we get that H.A.N.A <B>. Also if I remember correctly, teams from other ships were coming aboard too. Check their progress.

>>7707789
"Your immediate priority is to get to the Bridge! Where are the other teams?" You ask.

"Team 1 appears to have cut their way into a hangar bay. Teams 3 and 4 report that they have seen signs for 'Armory' and 'Engineering'. As for us, we've reached the Bridge entrance, but it appears that she's sealed it from the inside. We are working on cutting our way in right now!"

>>7707730
I thought so.

>>7707789
"Yes, reroute the second team that way. Are there any extra pressure suits on any of the docked ships with engineers aboard? Let's try to get some of them to the reactor(s)."

Under our breath: "Damnit Two, don't do this."

>>7707910
This and

Tell team 3 to goto Armory, 4 to engineering.

Also if there are any other teams, tell them to look for missile bays. We do not know for certain that she fired all missiles.

>>7707910
>>7707959
"Yes, reroute the second team that way. Are there any extra pressure suits on any of the docked ships with engineers aboard? Let's try to get some of them to the reactor(s). Get Team 3 to the Armory and Team 4 to Engineering!" You command.

A few minutes pass, and then a flurry of reports come in.

"This is Team 3, we've reached the Armory - its open but we can't tell what could be missing!"

"Team 4 here - we are at Engineering but can't enter! There is a tremendous heat source inside the room - its melted the pressure door shut, and our suits can't handle it!"

"We've almost cut our way into the Bridge..."

>>7707996
Didn't we find out that there was some system or something that kept them from impacting or exploding within a certain distance of the ship? We shouldn't have to worry about missiles.

>>7708056
Shit, this might mean her ship is about to blow up due to damage, and B is trying to lock it down, can we do some kind of system scan or sensor sweep on her ship with our ship?

>>7708056
"Damn, it looks like she's initiated a reactor overload. Team three, there should be some heat resistant suits in the armory. See if those will help."

"Given our knowledge of Terran ships, how would we go about stopping this, if there is even a way to do it?

>>7708057

Maybe, but I'm afraid that there could be a few missiles that were hacked to explode while in ship. In space most of the energy from a nuclear bomb would miss the target, even if it explodes close to it. Inside the ship, the energy wouldn't have where to go, so even one missile exploding inside would be a disaster.

I've got a question about tech. Alien technology is based on our own tech, but how does it compare? Have our ships been passed up in our absence, or are they ancient relics of power to be sought and fought for?

Because we need to find one and jack it.

>>7708056

Check with fleet if there are any engineering teams available to prevent reactor overload.


BTW, electric engineering student here.

>>7708056
Watch out in case she placed some breaching charges as traps.

>>7708132

In last thread it is said that they are a little bit behind.
Check it, to be sure.
Seekers' ships have a bit heavier armor, but are a little bit less maneuverable.

>>7708092
You activate a thermal scan of the ship, and find that there is a strong heat source emanating from near where the Engines of the ship were.

>>7708101
You notify Team 3, and they snatch as many heat resistant suits they can find and start moving towards Team 4. As for canceling a reactor overload, you'd have to reinsert the control rods if she has removed them.

>>7708132
At this time the three races have adapted human technology to their own uses, so the only edge Human ships may have over their Alien counterparts varies from race to race. They aren't uber powerful, unless you count the Prime.

>>7708156
There are several Engineering teams from the Seeker ships that could assist. And I'm a Mechanical person myself - all that stuff with electric current in a magnetic field really turned me off to Electrical.

>>7708132
From what I've seen, their armor capabilities have developed to be superior to ours, while our ships by and large remain faster and more maneuverable. If anything,, we're slightly above them in terms of tech, but given another 300-400 years, maybe less, and we'll probably all be on even footing.

>>7708205
So she might not have started an engine overload herself; it would have been caused by our weapons. Well, for whatever reason, we should try to stop it. Can we get an idea of how much damage would be caused by the engines exploding? I don't know how volatile they are; I figure it could be anywhere from destroying the entire ship and all of us around it, to a rather small explosion that only takes out the engines itself.

>>7708205
Are the control rods located in engineering or the bridge? if so we're going to need to send an engineering team there as well.

If the ship blows up, will it fuck over all of our ships too? or would it be wise to just withdraw to our ships so we don't lose anyone? If so we need to grab B and run.

>>7708274

They would be in engineering, right above the reactor, sticking out of it.

does hanna have boobies?

if so, rub boobies in counter clockwise motion.

>>7708321
Let's see.... seven threads before this kind of thing. Bravo anonymous, you've vastly exceeded my expectations.

>>7708304
Image realted.

>>7708267
According to your Thermal scans, if the current heat levels continue to grow within the ship as they are, several things may happen:

1. The core may melt the inside of the ship until it consumes all of its fuel.
2. The core may react violently, detonating with a resulting radiation cloud.
3. The core may run out of fuel and fizzle out rather harmlessly.

The first two run the risk of rupturing the Jump Capacitors, if they aren't ruptured already. If enough energy is stored in them, the resulting electrical discharge could fuse anything metal in and around the ship together.

>>7708321


mmmm boobies

>>7708347
Well, it seems like the third is the best case scenario if we aren't able to fix it, followed by the first as long as it doesn't rupture the capacitors. And two seems to have a very good chance of causing the capacitors to explode as well, which would be a very bad thing, in addition to the damage of the engines exploding. Let's hope that if we don't stop it it'll be number three.

>>7708304
>>7708346
That's how they are positioned.

>>7708205
"This is Team 2, we've finished cutting through the Bridge doors - opening... NOW!"

*several shots ring out*

"Damnit, she's got a gun! Take cover!"
Your camera view shows the team taking cover behind some close consoles as you can hear HANA B ranting.

"You idiots! You stupid bitch! You've ruined everything! Its too damn late!"

>>7708445
Damnit crap crap damnit. Well, is there any way we can talk to her through the radio we're using to talk to the boarding team? I know it's probably impossible, but I'd like another chance to reason with her if we can. At the least we might be able to distract her.

>>7708445
I think it's safe to assume we're fucked. I'd try withdraw all out teams and get the fuck away from the ship, we can try and pick up leads at the ruins. If it's not already too late.

>>7708445
"Team 3 and 4 have reached the Engineering door and donned the protective suits. That door is getting pretty hot - do you want us to cut our way in there? An Engineering team is on its way up as well!"

Check status on team 3. Once they enter engineering, tell them to look for button labeled SCRAM or large amount of circuit breakers or electric motors.

Tell team 2 to get H.A.N.A alive.

>>7708518
Based on our thermal scans would the suits protect them long enough to operate the control rods or would it be suicide to open those doors?

>>7708518
Hell, I don't know. Would Hannah know if opening the doors is safe or not? If she doesn't:

"I'm not sure; give a call tot he engineers and see what they think."

>>7708550
They would have 4 minutes, tops, with those heat readings you're getting.

>>7708445
The Seeker whose helmet you're looking through takes a quick peek over the top of the console, revealing the HANA B to be furiously pounding on a set of controls. She seems to be holding a Heavy Caliber Pistol.

"Shit, I can't do jack up here! Its too damn late! I can't succeed like this! But..."

She turns around quickly and fires a shot at the Seeker that goes wide, and uses that momentum to push herself off towards the side of the Bridge.

>>7708651
Hmm, maybe she's trying to stop the meltdown? After all, she wants to complete her mission, and she can't if she's dead. But that doesn't matte right now. Ask the marines to ask her what she's trying to do.

>>7708651
Radio to the engineering seekers that they have four minutes to shut down the reactor and get out of there, render any assistance we can so that they can do this via radio contact.

As for the bridge, I have no idea, I'll let the other anons work on that shit.

As crazy as this sounds, if we want this H.A.N.A. B to trust us, a personal may be necessary...... That being said, it could be severely detrimental to our health as well. What if we board the ship, talk to her, convince her of our intentions being true and warranted. That or we could just upload the new chick we got into the Battleship allowing her to fix the stuff herself and enable us to save the ship and then move on to the H.A.N.A. B. part.

>>7708651

Get teams 3 and 4 to force their way in to engineering. In the end, they are more expendable than ship.

I'm not certain about this part: Do we have pressure on the bridge? If yes, go for knockout gas. Else use taser bullets.

>>7708709
personal *appearance

>>7708709
Actually, if we could manage to get the ship's power back online, could we upload the pseudo AI H.A.N.A. into the battleship's mainframe and allow her to control the ship or give us better "fixing" instructions?

>>7708781

I don't think we can get there in time to do anything. Once the reactor is stable, we might risk it.

boooooobs

>>7708709
We need to get that reactor under control before we even think of boarding that ship, I'm not about to have us set foot on a burning bomb, and I'd prefer to keep as many of our seeker friends alive as possible.

>>7708651
Based on the heating trend, how long does the entire ship have before it melts from the inside? Are we four minutes from disaster or do we have time after engineering becomes inaccessible?

>>7708724
This. Combined with getting the engineers to engineering to help with the problem. Fuck, did the engineers suit up in the heat resistant suits or the normal ones? If it's just the normal ones they'll have to talk the others through it, and that likely won't turn out well.

>>7708724
There is pressure on the Bridge, but HANA B is in a full spacesuit.

>>7708707
"Roger that, lets roll."

The two Seeker teams breach the Engineering section loudly. "Um... there's a giant gash in the wall here - something must have flown through and breached the core. Its leaking an incredible amount of heat! We can see the Jump Capacitors - from here they look intact!"

>>7708724
The Seekers break cover and take aim, as HANA B reaches the side of the Bridge and yanks a lever with all her might. A small voice begins a 5 second countdown as the Seeker taser bullets slam into B2, stiffening her muscles as she bounces against the lever, unable to move.

Just curious as to what the one Anon thinks is so bad about the name Sixseeker. I liked it as much as Anshan.

Switching the name after finding Six seems like a cool idea though.

>>7708859
Shit, five second countdowns are *never* good, based on our knowledge of terran ships do we have any idea what the hell she just did? What are the implications and how the hell can we fix/finish it?

>>7708843
>>7708837
You have 4 minutes until Engineering becomes inaccessible. To clarify on the positions of the Jump Capacitors in relation to the group its - Group - Core - Jump Capacitors. The Engineers are suited up in heat resistant suits. After the 4 minutes, you'll have a slight bit longer until either the Core burns itself out or breaches the Jump Capacitors. If the latter happens, the resulting electrical discharge won't be pretty. If it simply continues to consume fuel but there is no energy in the Capacitors, then it will continue to slowly heat and melt the ship together.

>>7708859
I hope our teams are in fully pressurized suits, because I think she just set off something to depressurize the bridge. I have a question for you Supernova, I am assuming that H.A.N.A. B has a crapton of biological robotic implants of somekind for her to last two bloody thousand years by herself, that is unless of course, she has some kind of proximity sensor for if ships get to close she wakes up and blows em to bits.

>>7708927
As the Seekers look closer, you can see HANA B is actually by a small door flush against the wall. Around it are yellow and red lines...

>>7708933
Well then we need to get them to work on shutting down that fire.

What's the full sensor suite available to us? Do we have any way of knowing if the capacitors are charged based on electromagnetic sensors, etc?

>>7708859

Have seekers run to the lever and inspect it. Hopefully if is a scram button. If it's not, then it's probably self-destruct.

Maybe we know what it is?
If it is, I don't know if the Seekers are going to have enough time to abort it.

As for engineering, have seekers inspect the reactor. Check status on engineering team and see if they have anything to say.

Have one (or two, if needed) Seeker(s) grab H.A.N.A. B and skedaddle with her as fast as possible back to the closest friendly ship.

>>7708953
Shit, emergency airlock? Anyway, the capacitors are okay. Thank god for small blessings. Let's try to cool down the engine reactor then. Is there any way to reseal it, even just a patch job?

And what is that countdown for? Get Team One off the bridge and as far into he hall as they can get.

Where in the ship is the location of the reactor. If it is near the outside of it, we could one, if not ours, of our ships to make a precision cut into the hull and hopefully depressurize the engine/reactor area. This would most likely put out the "fire" and do we have any weapons capable of doing such said precise "cutting" of a ship?

>>7708992
This. And try to get a patchjob going on the engine core.

>>7708953
Safe to assume that's a pressure door, and she just pulled the release, which means the atmosphere is going to vent in five seconds. In which case they need to grab her and magnetize their boots so the breeze doesn't pull them out into the deadly deadly asteroid field we filled with rock shards.

>>7708953

Escape pod?
If it is, maybe we should have Seekers put her inside and have a ship pick her up.

Also any ideas how to discharge capacitors? If we simply cross their connections together, wires will probably melt.

>>7709077
I thought the capacitors were intact? It's the engine core that's breached, right?

>>7709054


Hm... Well if we do manage to get reactor outside of the ship, the ship would be relatively safe. Some damage from radiation maybe? But then, we'll have to tow it all the way back to nearest shipyard.

On the other hand I still think it would be better to try any reactor safety features first. There must be a way to shut it down in emergencies.

>>7709141
One would hope. Still, I'd rather have to tow it back to a space dock with the ship mostly intact and Two safe than risk the whole ship exploding.

>>7709054
>>7708988
The entire Engineering section is depressurized already - from the gash in the side. The tremendous heat is from the breached Core reaction.

>>7708992
The Seekers push themselves off quickly in the bridge towards HANA. In the bright light of their lamps you swear you could see her smirking...
1...
The door behind her suddenly explodes outwards, as the explosive bolts around it detonate, and the room quickly begins to depressurize in a maelstrom of wind. HANA B is sucked out into the vacuum instantly... Writeup incoming on this shortly.

>>7709076
The Battleship is clear of the Asteroid field by some margin - it was you who took cover in the said field.

*Your Seekers in Engineering report that the floor around the Core has some thick yellow and red paint on it...

>>7709111

They are, but >>7708933
says that matter from core could damage them. If they hold charge, it could go though ship's hull and damage everything else. In reality, it would go from one connector of a capacitor to other, but this is Supernova's universe, so things there could work differently.

>>7709111
Yes, but safely discharging the capacitors would prevent us from all getting fused together in the event the core breech damages them.

Back from dinner.

Man. I had asked for a deep scan of the battleship earlier, so we could have noticed that INCREDIBLE heat bloom much earlier. I mean, our ship has sensors, right? We shouldn't have to specifically ask for stuff all the time in order to get useful information.

As for me disliking the name Sixseeker... What the hell kind of name is that? It would be like naming a science ship the 'Researcher' or a warship the 'Ship Destroyer'. Seeking Six is a mission, a goal, not a name.

>>7709192
I was thinking along the lines of the entire ship being metal, and the capacitors leaking a huge amount of electricity with no ground, that the current would travel throughout the ship itself, fusing the thing together.

>>7709188

Have one of the ships scan for her. Hopefully we'll be able to catch her before she gets herself killed. Too bad we don't have any fighters. We'll just have to do without.

>>7709218
Yeah, I dropped the ball on that, sorry.

>>7709188
>*Your Seekers in Engineering report that the floor around the Core has some thick yellow and red paint on it...

OH SHIT.

Find the lever like the one B used! Eject the entire fucking core!

>>7709245
DOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEET

Er. Anyone want to break it to Supernova that when a space ship depressurizes there's not a hurricane?

>>As for me disliking the name Sixseeker... What the hell kind of name is that? It would be like naming a science ship the 'Researcher' or a warship the 'Ship Destroyer'. Seeking Six is a mission, a goal, not a name.

A mission so important that we're willing to name a ship after it. A sister so important that we're willing to name a ship after our desire to find her.

>>7709292
Break it gently please. GENTLY. This is a work of fiction, and I'm rather unfamiliar with the phenomenon of rapid decompression. In my mind, it happens so rapidly that its over before you know it. Sort of like a submarine in extremely deep water suddenly developing a small hull crack - the thing will crumple like a tin can almost instantly.

>>7709229

We do not have ground, but each "plate" of the capacitor has roughly same amount of charge. Current will seek the path of least resistance between points of biggest electric tension (voltage? Is that correct term in English?). We can safely assume that those would be connectors of the capacitor. So electricity would take the shortest path through anything metallic from one connector of capacitor to next and probably melt everything along that part. It wouldn't go though whole ship.
If the capacitor leaks, chemicals could be very dangerous too, but they wouldn't affect whole ship.

>>7709188
Oh fuckballs. Well, what do we know of ships and reactors? Do we know what the paint and that stuff means? See if one of the frigates can detach and go pick up Two.

>>7709218

>>7709327
I'm fine with our ship being named after our mission, but at least make it a better name than simply 'Sixseeker'. Go look up mythical creatures that are good at finding people, name it the 'Bloodhound', whatever. I just take extreme umbrage at the simplicity and mundanity of the name 'Sixseeker'.

>>7709348
Ah... I forgot about that. Yes, you are correct in your terminology.

>>7709347

There would be smaller pressure difference than in submarine (but that depends on depth), but if she was standing next to the door, she could be sucked out. Remember that we don't have gravity and she was trying to blow herself out!

>>7709292
If it's anything like an airplane with rapid depressurizing, things DO get yanked outside quickly.

USAF aircrew member here.

>>7709347
Well, essentially in space if there's a hull breech you go from one atmosphere (unit of measurement) to zero atmospheres. Air will begin to leak out of the ship at a nominal rate through the breech, about as quickly as a stiff breeze.

Movie depictions of depressurizing spaceships are taken from what happens to an airplane when it depressurizes, where you go from two or three atmospheres to zero, in addition to moving lords knows fast at lords knows what altitude (where most of the wind comes from).

I'm trying to find a source on it right now to back up my wild claims, we've worked through it a few times in hard sci-fi discussions on /tg/ but right now wikipedia and google hate me.

>>7709245
"Look around for a Handle or something! There should be a way to physically separate and eject the Core from the ship!"

The Seeker teams hurriedly look around the Engineering section and find a reinforced console closest to their door - in it are three large and heavy looking levers.

They pull all of them.

The detonation of the heavy explosive bolts throughout the ship knocks the group around as the now unsupported Core plummets through a shaft created underneath it. Your sensors notify you that the large heat signature is slowly moving through the ship structure, as the compartments ahead of it are being pressurized and then depressurized almost immediately. A few moments later and a large section of the ship's hull separates from the ship, and you can see the faintly glowing Core tumbling through space.

>>7709432
Does this mean we can still save HANA B?

>>7709452
Fuck. Yes.

Now we move away from the core before it goes critical or something. If need be, have a couple ships literally push the inert human ship away.

If the core going critical won't do anything to us, then don't worry about it.

Also, what happened to that ship we sent after HANA B's space escapades?

>>7709452

Well, we're safe for now. Good thing we kept the capacitors charged, so we can use the ship. Have one ship look for HANA <B2> and other to tow Battleship away from the core.

>>7709461
Completely up to Supernova, if he wants explosive decompression that crumples the hull, he gets DM fiat. I'm just saying what happens when a hull breeches in space.

>>7709452
Oh thank god, it looks like the ship won't die. Oh crap, she knew that we would figure that out and it's some sort of trap or something, isn't it? Oh crap, she's going to die or something before we can get to her, isn't she?

It's one step forwards and two steps back.

Found this and it's so close to my mental image of H.A.N.A. that it's scary. Well, she's wearing more, but still.

>>7709461


Why shouldn't we? She's uncontentious, so she can't kill herself and she's incapable of acceleration. We are. sooner or later we'll catch her. It's just a matter of us doing it before she hits something dangerous that could damage her suit.

>>7709531
Unless we dumped the core onto her.

>>7709531

Just remembered radiation from reactor. If we don't get her before it explodes (if it does explode), it could cause problems.

>>7709556
THAT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT!

>>7709531
>>7709556
Or some of those rock chunks we made slice her in half.

>>7709556
Don't give the DM ideas!

>>7709525
Cool, but a tad creepy. Still not close to my mental image of HANA, but that's why I don't describe her.

>>7709497
I'll keep that info in mind next time I if I start another Hard Sci-Fi quest (the next quest planned is a Modern Day / Post-Apocalypse [not entirely desolate, but a few countries collapsed]). For now I've used the explosive decompression so much, I can't change it.

>>7709496
>>7709486
>>7709499
>>7709531
Let me finish my Bridge writeup and I'll tend to that shortly.

>>7709580
Am I the only one here who doesn't care if HANA B dies?

>>7709617
i really don't either.

>>7709610
>>tad creepy

Yeah, unfortunately. Part of that is probably from the artist being horrible at drawing the human body.

You really should describe your vision of H.A.N.A. when the quest is done.

>>7709642
>>7709617
WHAT?
SHE'S OUR ONLY LEAD!
WE HAVE TO SAVE HER, IF ONLY TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SIX AFTER WE WERE KNOCKED OUT OF THE SKY

>>7709617
I mostly want her knowledge of the battle versus Six, and any knowledge she has of Six's whereabouts or activities in the time since.

Long-term life/happiness, no.

>>7709682
Who says she even knows? Also the ruins we need to investigate later may have leads as well.

>>7709682
>>7709688
Point taken. That's sufficient to make me help you guys come up with ideas to rescue her.

BUT NOW THE WAITING GAME.

>>7709188
The quick depressurization of the Bridge rips a couple of the Seeker team off their feet, as they bounce with a sickening crunch off the metal hatch-frame before being vented into the vacuum outside.

The others manage to gain a sort of purchase on the surrounding consoles, and are prevented from flying off into space.

>>7709617
>>7709642
Insensitive clods! That's a crazy bitch out there that tried to kill us TWICE! Why not rescue her?

>>7709556
>>7709579
I lol'ed slightly, but don't worry - the Core was vented far away from the Bridge.

---
"Any ships around the Bridge area, please proceed to pick up HANA B and anyone else that may have been vented out. As for the Battleship, it will have to wait for a new Core before you can haul it out, but until then we should be out of danger."

>>7709732
The remaining teams inside the Battleship quickly exit back to their respective ships, and you receive notice that a nearby Ion Frigate has picked up the three drifters. HANA B2 has been sedated and secured, and one of the Seekers suffered a shattered arm. The other one, a shattered helmet. The trip through space didn't fare so well for him, unfortunately.

Do you folks wish to stick around? Or jump back to the Station in Assura?

>>7709777
I'm not convinced. Something bad is going to happen. I can tell. I know how these things work, man. I've been to TV Tropes. This went way too well.

That being said, now that everything has been taken care of, let's detach and have all our ships make for home. Or wherever we're supposed to go after this; back to the Assura system?

>>7709732
Honestly, I just don't want to have to suffer through people trying to rehabilitate her and add her to our party.

Anyway, we should send a ship back to Assuran(?) and request whatever we need to salvage this battleship properly. I'm sure the Seekers will be enthused to get their hands on it, even without the reactor. Meanwhile, see if we can get some power to the ship's computers, possibly through a direct hook up with one of our ships.

We need to trawl through its databanks to corraborate whatever information we pull out of B2's crazy skull.

>>7709799

Stay until we can get HANA B2 and battleship's memory banks transfered to our ship. Have the rest of the fleet look around for anything interesting. After that go to station.

>>7709823

Don't worry! If we get tired of trying to reform her, we can always try to format her brain and install A19 there.

>>7709823
DID SOMEONE SAY FRIENDSHIP?!?!?!

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefeatMeansFriendship

>>7709813
Are you kidding? This went horribly, look at how many seekers died in the ship-to-ship battle alone. We lost more than half our fleet!

We have the bitch sedated, we should lock her up and interrogate her, if she's not too loony to get any information at all from.

>>7709777
Did the seeker with the shattered helmet survive? How do seekers fare when exposed to vacuum compared to humans?

I think we should head back to the space station and debrief once all our ships are ready.

>>7709877
I generally despise TV Tropes. It ruins things and promotes silly ideas.
>>7709875
I approve of this idea.

>>7709813
What do you mean, easy?
The seekers lost like, three ships- though I don't know if they were blown up or merely disabled.
Also, I vote stay and search

>>7709823
>>7709839
You and several other Seeker ships attach several Power Umbilical Cables to the silent Battleship, and with electrical power restored to the ship's data-banks, you reach out and begin to trawl through the records.

Several menus pop out at you.

-Jump Records
-Combat Logs
-Communications Logs
-Navigation Charts
-Orders

The Ion Frigate that picked up HANA B quickly docks with your ship and deposits her into a secure cabin on the floor below you.

>>7709918
The Seeker with the shattered helmet did not survive. Compared to humans, they have tougher skin, blue blood, and no lips. That's about it.

>>7709932
They were indeed blown up. And your ship took damage as well.

>>7709961
find Hana B's porn folder, if we find out what fetish she's into we can guilt her into cooperation.

>>7709961
Add her Navigation charts to our memory/data, those are IMPORTANT. Keep any with the human location from being spotted by Seekers or CAM.

Combat logs need personal inspection next, with side-by-side examination with jump logs.

>>7709877
No, we already used this card with Six

>>7709961
FIREWALL UP BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING IN THERE OH GOD.

Get navigation charts first. Seekers had problems with charts when our previous ship mis-jumped, so they'll be most grateful for them, if they are usable. Also, look for information about Humanities hiding place. Few sessions ago we decided not to tell Seekers where that is. If we still think so, the information needs to be removed.

After that, check everything else.

>>7709932
>>7709918
Let's see, out of ten ships, we lost two, and one member of the boarding parties died. That's pretty fucking good considering what we were up against. Lord knows how many more we would have lost if we hadn't given orders to close on her ship to board; the missile heading towards them would have impacted and we would likely have lost a few more ships and all of them would likely have sustained damage.

I can't think of a single way to have done this battle any better, other than the Flack Ships have been better at dodging or giving the order to secure magnetic soles on the first boarding party so that the one guy wouldn't die.

>>7709919
Sorry, it was meant to be sarcastic. I do think that we should try to help her reform, but as has been said, if it's a lost cause then we don't have to. I'm sure the Seekers have ways of making her talk.

Dang, we need to go through ALL of these. Do we alone have access?

Jump logs and Combat logs seem to be the best for finding Six, although Comm logs could help there too. Orders should be interesting. Navigation charts we'll need since ours were somewhat deleted.

Also, get guards posted inside and outside H.A.N.A. B's room. Make sure none of them were friends with the dead Seeker.

I suggest we tread VERY carefully on how we treat H.A.N.A. B. Keep in mind that we are in a completely foreign societal structure. What would the Seekers think if we were to casually mistreat one of the ONLY remaining of our kind that we know of alive. Reformation should be the ONLY option we are thinking about. The Council of Three were nice enough to be understanding of what we did to the other alien race because we were ORDERED to. If we were to show the more forgiving and "naturally" kind side of human nature, it will be more profitable in the end when it comes to relations and trust of the Seekers.

>>7710082
Some members of damaged ships probably perished as well. Including ours.

>>7709961
Combat logs; let's see what they have to say about the fight two thousand years ago. After SUPER FIREWALL, of course.

>>7710128
Look at it this way. We lost our two smallest ships, with likely the smallest crew compliment. Unless I'm mistaken, our ship was the only one that was actually damaged, and that was by a missile hit.

If we suffered less than 20% casualties in retrieving a mostly intact and working Battleship AND another Human, I'd consider that to be an astounding margin of victory. Only a fool expects for 0% casualties. Everyone hopes for it, but you should never seriously expect it.

>>7710246
Happens occasionally. Some very, very kickass Afganistan ops, for instance.

But yeah, I'm not disagreeing that we did as well as can be expected.

Damn, can't believe I nearly missed this one again.

...Whoa, before we start rifing through Hana B's stuff and forming out of context ideas about B, lets go talk to her. I don't recommend download B's database into the ship's mainframe or our head could be a virus in there.

>>7710044
Luckily, there is nothing in the data-banks that may be harmful to you. LUCKILY.

>>7710050
>>7710021
>>7710089
You investigate Navigation Charts, and several systems pop up. They are labeled: Haven Gate, Utopia Gate, Thanela Gate, and Bael Gate.

In Combat Logs you find that after your fall in Thanela, Prime preceded to devastate the Human Fleet to the point of them withdrawing. According to Jump Records, they then jumped to the Bael Gate, where the Prime followed and destroyed the HANA B1 Battleship. The HANA B2 Battleship then left the remnants of the Human fleet after receiving ORDERS, and jumped randomly before settling into this asteroid field. The records do not show where the Human Fleet or the Prime went.

The decrypted Orders simply state: "Enter cryostasis and after the appointed time, release the Haven Gate. If you do not, we will understand you have failed, and undertake measures ourselves."

Communications incoming...

>>7710246

That's 3 ships, by army list you yourself suggested!

That's entire 10% more!!!

Still, it wasn't so bad, so we should remain vigilant, but not paranoid.

Also, do we know what happened to our first ship that was boarded by pirates? If there was a traitor there, he could be among our crew, plotting, even as I type this, how turn our victory against us! Just something to fuel the paranoia.

>>7710296
Communications incoming, from who?

>>7710296
As you open the Communications file, the confused chatter of battle quickly fills your head.

"You... YOU KILLED HER! YOU KILLED HER! YOU KILLED HER! YOU KILLED HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two..."

"Simply repaying the favor, B. And you better run again, 'cause the six of us will hunt you down as long as it takes. We will wait for you, dreaming of the destruction we will wreak upon you with our own hands. We won't sacrifice ourselves, since we promised that. But we will wait."

>>7710327
To quote to fuel paranoia:
.
"Well, at least your logic is sound. Take cover back there please, and try not to get shot; you're too valuable. Pirate attacks are common in desolate systems like this one, but its rather unusual for us to be stranded here in the first place. The ship must have acquired something malignant from the Jump Coordinate download from the Gate... Odd..." The Captain has a thoughtful look on his face for a moment, and then the ship shakes about roughly once again.

>>7710442
>>We won't sacrifice ourselves, since we promised that.

I'M SO THANKFUL I MENTIONED MAKING HER DO THAT, ALL THOSE THREADS AGO.

>>7710296
>Prime preceded to devastate the Human Fleet to the point of them withdrawing. According to Jump Records, they then jumped to the Bael Gate, where the Prime followed and destroyed the HANA B1 Battleship.

Fuck yeah! That's our Six!

>>7710327
Which is the third ship? Which ship other than the two flak ships got destroyed? 2 ships destroyed and one damaged is pretty good. And I doubt we actually took 20% casualties; that was a worst-case guesstimate. Since the flak ships were so small, and we probably only lost a dozen or two people to the missile... I'm guessing a real casualty total of about 10-15%.

>>7710442
Wait... where is this communication coming from?

>>7710442
Well that would explain her paranoia concerning Six. Who knows, maybe we can manage to convince her that we won't let her hurt her? I mean, she's not in her ship anymore, so she's a much smaller target now.

>>7710514
Communications Logs.

>>7710460
wait...what... :o fuck...
>>7710442
B is screaming, which Two is she referring to?
Anything else?
If not go talk to B since she is now on board.

>>7710492

In the last session all flack ships were lost, so we had to run away from missiles. You suggested for us to take 3 flack ships and we agreed. If you don't believe me, it's in the archive.

You've finished sifting through the records downloaded from the Battleship. Do you wish to edit or alter them before the Seekers recover them? What do you wish to do now?

>>7710545
You are indeed correct. My mistake. I still say that's very much acceptable losses considering what we were going up again, and that total casualties will probably lie in the 10-15% range.

>>7710596
Purge it all, "a virus did it".
Talk to B.

Well, we weren't lying to Seekers before, so why now?
Just in case, we should have a vote on that matter.

>>7710625
One vote for wiping everything.

>>7710596
Purge Orders, Communications Logs, and the Haven Gate nav coordinates. Plant evidence that a virus did it. Enlist Cam's help if need be.

>>7710625
>>7710674
You quickly eliminate any trace of the Haven Gate's coordinates, as well as Orders and Communications. Do you wish to clear any other coordinates or jump records?

>>7710674
>>7710625
Why?

>>7710699
Nah, I think that's good.
>>7710701
We don't want them finding the rest of humanity. We also don't want them to know there's probably an insane dreadnaught stalking the stars.

>>7710699

We're safe for now. If we burn everything, it's going to look suspicious. We should make sure that it looks like there was a virus that deleted data and leave some to keep Seekers busy. If we do this good enough, they won't suspect anything.

>>7710699
Oh shit, right. Jump records. Clear anything regarding the Haven Gate. Fabricate a different jump route if need be to keep things consistent.

>>7710701
We don't want the seekers find humanity, it's for their own good, also when the seekers trust us maybe we can trust them with some info that could be dangerous to us. Until then PURGE.

>>7710699
Well great, now we'll never know what her orders were. We could have at least looked them over before you guys wiped them.

>>7710723
>We don't want them finding the rest of humanity. We also don't want them to know there's probably an insane dreadnaught stalking the stars.

Fair enough. But why the ORDERS?

>>7710723

They are going to find out sooner or later. Remember, these are "Adventures of Hannah: The Search for Six", so we are going to poke around until we find the insane dreadnought and it's a good bet that some Seekers will be there when we do.

You commend the Captain on a job well done, and ask him to take over handling the ship while you check on B2. You carefully extract yourself from the pod, and step out into the slightly chilly hallway. Your six guards quickly approach you as you head down to HANA B's room.

"Are we going to meet another Sister, Thirteen?" 19 asks.

"You sure are a crafty one, Hannah... What are you planning in that head of yours, hmm?" Cam says.

>>7710777

Because they mention the location of Humanity?

>>7710760
see >>7710296

>>7710742
When you cleared Haven's Gate from Navigation, any Jump Records pertaining to it were removed as well.

>>7710792
Better later rather than sooner.
>>7710777
If we didn't delete ORDERS than the Seekers would know about the Haven Gate.

Additionally, I think we should let B2 stew in her cell for a bit before we go talk to her, but that's just me.

>>7710803
"It wouldn't be a secret if I told you would it?"
"In due time cam..."

>>7710811
Did they? Where did we find out what the ORDERS say? If it was ever revealed I think I missed the post where Supernova told us.

Wait, just realized I didn't read the last bit of the post where we do find out what the ORDERS were. Nevermind.

>>7710803
"Yes Nineteen, but she's not going to be happy to see us. Apparently Six killed her sister in anger after she shot me down over Macho Grande- I mean, Thanela. And she's been out there all alone for all this time.

As for you Cam, I'm not entirely sure. I hope that we can get Two to calm down, but I don't know if we can."

>>7710860
god damn names...gotta remember to erase that damn field.

>>7710803
>>7710910
"Alone..." 19 drags out pensively.
"She certainly has more than a few screws loose." Cam remarks.

You reach B's room, and your guards open the door to reveal a tall woman held in restraints against the wall. She is still wearing the white suit, minus the helmet. Strangely, she does not have any hair on her head at all, but she does have several cranial sockets that you lack, as well as some impressive scarring on the top and back of her head.

She simply hangs there, looking at you with steely gray eyes. "Are you here to laugh at me? I've failed my purpose - are you going to bring Six to finish me?"

>>7710996
"No... /hug"

>>7711030
No hugging. No physical contact. She will bite, kick, or otherwise lash out at us.

You know what we need? We need an actual interrogator, damn it.

>>7711030
>>7711045
I doubt this tactic will work on this one like it did with 19.

>>7710996
"Neither of those."

>>7710996
"I already told you. I don't know where Six is. But I'm going to find her. And I'm not going to let her hurt you. Are you still willing to follow your orders that were given to you two thousand years ago by our repentant leaders? The orders to kill me and Six? Because humanity is mostly no more. Only you, and me and Six and maybe one or two other HANAs. Do you really want to continue to follow the path of an almost extinct race?"

>>7711059
Second, this bitch is PSYCHO.

>>7711084
>>7711070
"Neither of those. I already told you. I don't know where Six is. But I'm going to find her. And I'm not going to let her hurt you. Are you still willing to follow your orders that were given to you two thousand years ago by our repentant leaders? The orders to kill me and Six? Because humanity is mostly no more. Only you, and me and Six and maybe one or two other HANAs. Do you really want to continue to follow the path of an almost extinct race?"

She continues to stare you down, unblinking. "I am obedient to my orders. I can do nothing to the contrary. Killing you is secondary to my mission. And that time is approaching shortly. You may have hampered me now, but I will not fail."

>>7711138
"Cannot or will not?"

>>7710996
"Two...what happened to you..."
I vote hug her, maybe she will be so shocked by our reaction she will overload or something.

>>7711138
"Listen to yourself. You don't even sound human. You're like a primitive AI. What did they do to your free will?"

>>7711166
"They are one and the same. I cannot fail because I will not fail. And I will not fail because I cannot."

>>7711030
>>7711045
>>7711174

HUG TOM

>>7711138

I think we should hack her. It's obvious that they are given much stricter programming that we are.

>>7711138
"Orders that are, what? Two thousand years old? Orders given to you by people long dead, by a civilization effectively extinct? You have two choices here, B2. Choice one, talk with me. Tell me what I want to know. Choice two, talk with the aliens outside. And I doubt they'll be as nice as I will be."

Nothing like playing on xenophobia.

>>7711184
"I simply became what they made me to be. Nothing more, nothing less. The loss of my... half... made me realize that."

>>7711174
"Nothing happened to me. I simply am the way I am because I was made the way I am.

*I'm going to hold off on hugging until we get some voting support.

Now that I think of it, why do we need to interrogate her? We already know what her orders are, and everything that happened. The only things that we don't know are things like how their training was different.

Speaking of which, I'm guessing there was some serious brainwashing/mental conditioning involved with the B's. We will probably need an real interrogator and/or psychologist to help with this.

>>7711184
This.

>>7711215
This could prove terrible. My bet is she's stronger there than we are. Without having 19 and CAM in our head, I wouldn't even consider it.

>>7711216
"They may be dead, but we are not. That civilization is not. Much more than you know... As for your aliens, I don't fear death. If I am not allowed to complete my mission, then I might as well die. Someone else will finish it for me."

>>7711215
We can try this if you want.

>>7711244

We can always give up if it starts to look dangerous. And we can try multiple times if we don't manage to do anything now.

>>7711232
Hm. Nevermind my RP blurb up there. Sam has a good point. Let's leave her to the Seekers.

Thirding or fourthing the vote we leave this bitch to some actual interrogators, but we should be present for it.

>>7711243
>>7711286
So you guys want to leave her to the Seekers? And head back to the Station?

>>7711232
"Well, if you don't mind me saying so, which I'm sure you do but there's not really a lot you can do about it right now, it sounds like they flooded your brain with so much Terran propaganda that it forced out your common sense.

Do you think that there is still a humanity out there, Two? Do you really think they could have survived for two thousand years? Even if you complete your orders, what then? Wait for your next orders? What if they really are dead, and the orders never come? Will you wait forever for them, content to sit motionless like a machine awaiting input? Yo are a person, Two, whether you believe it or not. You are a person, and there is nothing that can change that. Not even being stipped of your mortal body could do that."

>>7711326
Aye. Head back to base, drop her and the battleship off, then see if we can head to Bael Gate. Time to be following the Fleet's (and Prime's) trail, me thinks.

>>7711326
No. Seeker psychology isn't the same as ours, nor is their physiology. Their interrogators won't be any good without us, and of limited use with us present.

Again as I stated before, make sure we cause her no harm intentionally guys. The last thing we need is the Seeker Council deciding to want to destroy us because we confirmed their other half's suspicions at being destructive and murderous. We could try and use 19 as a distraction and see her interaction with her in the virtual reality. Hell the two might bond due to their harsh existences. While that is occurring we could have CAM do something similar to a denial of service overload to B2's firewall and hope we can find a hole and see if the mental blocks are actually manual and programmed in her brain's virtual space.

Even if we attempt to hack her and do nothing, Seekers will still be there! I don't see what we can loose by trying. Just be extra careful all the time. If it gets dangerous, we back off and leave her to Seekers.

>>7711339
WE HAVE CAM.

He was expressly created to see things from a human perspective. He could aid the interrogators without us being around to make her clam up.

>>7711326
Wait. We might be done with her for now. But I vote we take her with us. Both because she likely has a different psychological makeup than Seekers, and because then we can show her what has happened over two thousand years outside that asteroid cloud.

>>7711275
DO NOT HACK, this being is one of the only remaining members of our race, and we're just going to violate her mind? absolutely not

"You don't need to die, I can help you, do you remember what it was like when your sister was alive?"

>>7711328
"I am what you failed to be. And it pleases me to see you so... incomplete." After this, B2 shuts her mouth and closes her eyes in indifference. It doesn't look like this line of communication is going to do any good anymore.

>>7711373
Less of hacking than connecting. I say we do it AFTER FIREWALLS. In fact, with CAM being dedicated firewall guard behind our own to make sure they're secure, and 19 to help with the connection and discussion.

>>7711373
At this, she opens an eye - staring as if she could burn a hole through you. "My SISTER would never need the likes of you. She was my half - together we were complete. You, you're just some broken piece without a purpose."

>>7711365
agreeing with sam, DO NOT LEAVE HER WITH THE SEEKERS.
Thats like saying, sorry you're useless to us now we'll toss you to the dogs.
When she remembers what it was like to be a normal Hana, not insanely devoted to some mad suicide mission, then we will be able to get something productive out of her. Until then just treat her fairly and with compassion, just don't let her near an interface for now.

>>7711425
"Oh? How am I incomplete? I never had another half. Six had her sisters, but I've always piloted alone. I am my own whole. Not that that means I don't enjoy companionship."

>>7711373

Why not? Talking isn't working and whatever we do (including nothing) is basically not nice to her. We already did the only thing she cares about. We are preventing her from obeying her orders.

And she did try to kill us a few times.

To hack, not to hack, to leave to the seekers, not to leave... oh the choices.

As for where we go from here, you can return to the Station to fulfill the Scientists' request and visit the Architect's uncovered installation. You can also see the results of the Politicians.

Or you can leave here and head wherever you'd like.

>>7711452
"Then you are truly alone. And for that, I pity you."

>>7711425
"Without a purpose? No. I'm also without my sister. Like it or not, we're in the same situation."

>>7711481
"Pity us enough to come with us and leave your anger behind?" trollface.jpg

But seriously, say it. On the extreme off-chance that it works. And then I guess it's time to make a mental backup and try hacking her. At the least, we might be able to find out just what they did to her, and find a way to counter it.

>>7711483
Dammit 4chan why did you block my post until it was too late? ;_;

>>7711483
"Do not compare the two. DO NOT!"

>>7711481
"Who's more alone? The woman missing half of herself or the woman who was her own self to begin with?"

We're done here. Let's head back to the capsule. I re-iterate my desire to drop both her and the battleship off with the Seekers, get some replacement Flak Frigates, and head to the Bael gate.

I mean, we /do/ want to find Six, right?

>>7711425
"Why do you need to live to fufill a purpose, what's wrong with living for yourself. If you need such a purpose to keep yourself sane then live for your sister, don't mourn her death rejoice that she can live on through you."

>>7711513
At this she simply sneers at you.

>>7711531
Meh, it was worth a try. As my father has often said, you won't know the answer until you've asked the question.

Now time for us to find out exactly what is making her tick. Begin the hacking. Unless anyone has any other ideas or avenues of finding our what we want to know/getting her to stop being such a frigid jerk?

>>7711528
"I was made the way I am, and that is all I be. Everything that is made is made for a purpose, and this is mine. You, you're just a broken tool."
>>7711526
At this she clams up again, uncommunicative.
---
OK folks, lets start taking votes. Who wants to hack her, take her with us, and go back to the Station? Whatever you want to do, please make choices on those three points.

>>7711561
Hack.

Reiterating hacking/connecting. Although as stated I think we have enough info.

Send the rest of the fleet home with 2, we're going after Six ourself.

>>7711561
Keep her with us, don't hack.

So, now we know for sure that conversation doesn't help.

2 for hacking, one against - any more?

don't care what you call it, hacking Two is rape. besides 2 might know something about 6 that would be useful.

HACK!

anon is for noninvasive communication(not hacking), and bringing 2 with us, I wonder what 2 will do when if we offer her the chance to kill 6.

>>7711633
Dude, I'm one of those 'moralfags' who thinks that rape really is worse than death, and even I'm okay with this. All we're doing is smashing aside all her mental barriers to get to the information that we want; what is her mission, and what happened to make her this way?

You ask a guard nearby for assistance, and he provides you with a medium length of cable. When you explain to him what you wish to do, he looks slightly astonished, but obeys. He takes one end of the cable in hand, and walking up to B, quickly grabs her head and pushes it down so her neck implants are exposed. He quickly inserts the cable into her neck jack, and jumps back. B jerks her head up, and begins to thrash around in her restraints. Looking at you with furious eyes, she spits at you. "Figures."

>>7711715
We really don't want to have to do this Two. But if what you're doing could harm the new species in the galaxy, then we can't let you. Even if it means humanity must remain in it's state of extinction; consider it payback for our misdeed in the war.

>>7711715
"Don't resist 2, it will only make it worse take longer..."

>>7711715
With one hand, you insert the other end of the cable into your neck socket, making sure to set up the most powerful barrier you can. It takes some time to prepare, but you're ready.

And then you dive in.

You can hear some slight retching sounds coming from Nineteen. "It's so disgusting..." she moans.

Even Cam takes the effort to become visible in your Virtuality for a moment. "This... at least I asked..." he remarked sadly, shaking his head.

>>7711826
Hmm, perhaps the hacking wasn't such a good idea after all... I don't suppose you support take-backsies?

>>7711890
induring "I told you so!"

>>7711826
"I'm sorry you two. I'll try to keep things as least invasive as possible."

>>7711933
induring huge amounts of regret on my part.

>>7711826
You come up hard against Two's Barriers. She has protected herself strongly, and you steadily set yourself towards the task of deconstructing her defenses.

<STAY OUT STAY OUT STAY OUT STAY OUT STAY OUT STAY OUT STAY OUT STAY OUT>

You keep on pressing forward, gaining momentum, ripping through the barriers she tosses up hastily against you with ease.

Raw emotion begins to fill you - she desperately has begun to toss her own memories against you in an attempt to slow you from reaching the core of her self. But still you continue, relentlessly searching, hunting for the answers she would not give.

And suddenly, you're there. A white room opens up to envelop you, and standing in the Virtuality before you is Two, completely naked.

She is covering herself with her long arms in a futile gesture of privacy, looking down at the floor in shame.

Look away and talk. Give her the little bit of privacy that we can.

>>7711978
NOT SO GOOD NOW, ARE WE GUYS.

>>7711933

Hey, can any of you moralfags explain what we are doing wrong? In my mind this is same as fixing an infected computer. I mean she was so thoroughly reprogrammed by fleet that she isn't even capable of intelligent conversation. All we got was something like: "I'm right because I'm right. My loses cannot ever by compared by yours. You are evil." She didn't actually, at least as I can see, refute any of our points. At least this way we can see what fleet did to her.

>>7711978
"Two. What did they do to you, in training?"

>>7711978
visualize her in some clothing, we're the ones in control here, we need to show that we aren't trying to cause her pain or discomfort, remind me what was it we were skullfucking her for?

>>7712030
This.

>>7711978
"I hope you're happy." She says sadly. "I can withhold nothing from you now. You blame me for who I am because of what was done to me. I can't change how I was made to be, but here you are, forcing your way in."

She looks up from the floor, locking eyes with you. "At least, have the decency to see and understand."

<SEE>

>>7712029
As I said, I'm a moralfag, and I pretty much agree with you. First step is undoing whatever it was they did to her, if that's even possible.

>>7712019

Good=/=Nice

>>7712052
Then let us See and Understand.

>>7712058

That's exactly what I was thinking when I first suggested this course of action. If, in the end, she disagrees with us, fine. But we need to see I it's her that disagrees and not some defensive system installed by fleet.

No matter the means, we will find our sister Six.

No matter the means.

>>7712086
>>7712136
I hope the ends justify the means, if we still get nothing out of her then we just destroyed cam's and 19's trust in us for nothing, you think they'll let us interface so readily now, I hope this isn't a complete loss, let's see what 2 whats to show us.

>>7712113
Right. You remember one of the Ender's Game sequels, there's the planet of Path where the human government has basically given all the people with a certain genetic makeup geared towards super intelligence a sever case of OCD which acts up whenever they think to question the government. I think something similar is going on here. Not that it's OCD or any mental disorder, but definitely some sort of mental block.

>>7712058
>Good=/=Nice
True, but this is neither good, nor nice.

>>7712156

Actually, I'm hoping that since we have 19 along, she can talk to 2 and show her the meaning of being lonely.

We're in autosage, btw. Someone archive this shit.

I'll see what damage we've done tomorrow. G'night and good luck.

>>7712199
it's too late to undo whats been done, since we're in we may as well try to help her if there is indeed something that has been implanted in her subconcious (subprocessor?!?).

>>7712156

I'd like to think that we destroyed their trust in us for a chance to help B2. I doubt she has more information about Six than computers on her ship did, so if the goal of hacking was to get information about Six, than it was unnecessary. I hope we'll see what was done to B series and if we can somehow circumvent programming in place.

>>7712052
The memories are sharp, short, and painful. Like broken glass being wedged between one's fingernails.

The implantation done to the HANA Bs was much more intensive than what was done to you, as well as the supplemental "enforcement" routines provided to ensure no chance of product defectiveness. A blank, whitewashed board is what the Terran Command wanted to work with, and that is what they strove to produce. However, even the most strong brainwashing could not remove the inner self of the HANA Bs, and that is what they treasured amongst themselves most of all. It was their secret place, and no matter what they were ordered to do, no matter what indignities they must suffer - that was what they shared with each other - and so developed intense connections with one another.

On the outside, they were automatons, robots of flesh that would do anything that was ordered - but inside they stuffed away and hid their true emotions until they could share them with one another. To breach this inner sanctum was unforgivable.

<UNDERSTAND>

>>7712250
"You have stripped me to the core, and for what? For someone that killed the one I cared for most? Of all the indignities..." Two looks at you angrily, and then looks at the floor again. "Just take what you want, and leave. You've made your point. I'm just as broken as you now."

>>7712250
we need to attempt to purge the enforcement protocols that have been inserted, then try to get 2 to remove the implantation with our help, we can't remove it for her.
If you live all your life locked in a basement and someone unlocks the door, you will never know your free. 2 has to break out herself.

>>7712378
This!

Can we show 2 our inner self the same way she showed us hers? And ask 19 about talking to her, about how 2 and her might be able to speak about their shared isolation.

>>7712299
"So you mean to tell me, that even though you still had a part of you that was still you, you went ahead and went after us anyway? Just followed your orders like they drilled into you? How can you say that there was even a little bit of you that was still human if you let them do this? You went into battle, you must have known that each time there was a risk that you or her could die. How dare you blame me and Six for this. What should we have done? Just submitted and been destroyed? What would you have done if you were being hunted and that was your only other option?

If you weren't brainwashed completely, then there was a part of you that was still human, still you. they can't make you do anything that you don't want. You chose to follow those orders, and you're choosing to follow these. They didn't need to brainwash you; you've always been their puppet.

You say we don't know what it's like to loose that part of yourself? How about being killed? How about watching as that person who you share that connection with is slowly driven insane by the things that they do, for the supposed good of humanity? And then, when all they want to do is walk away, driven to the brink, and you want to help then, everyone attacks you and tries to kill you. Do you know what that feels like? You go on about your deep connections as if no one else could possibly have anything like them, and you are wrong.

Six is still out there. If you knew that your sister was lost somewhere, would you ever stop looking to find her, even if you had other orders?"

>>7712425
Specifically, we should show the initial start of the war, and what all those battles did to Six, and how the Fleet was wrong.

>>7712472
Damn, you're fast.

>>7712472
Also, this post is colored by my personal opinions and if you guys think that it wouldn't be good to say it, then by all means ignore it.

>>7712378
CAM could probably do this while we speak and share.

>>7712538
I like it, though it seems a little rage inducing which could be well not counterproductive, it may push 2 in a direction that isn't optimal though. But if we can get her to focus her rage, use it, then she might get angry enough to break through to us. If we convert her indoctrination into a semi tangible force 2 can direct her anger at that, we have to really get her pissed off because she can really toss emotions.

>>7712472

I think this is good. I've seen a lot of people who give themselves up to the feeling of helplessness and use the "I'm weak, all alone and can't do anything" as an excuse. This is in my opinion case here.

We made our choice and suffered consequences. She convinced herself that there was nothing to do.

>>7712529

Also this. From this she could understand that it was extremely hard for others too.

>>7712472
Lastly;

inb4 this does nothing to her and she basically ignors it like everything else we've tried.

this has no relation to the thread
my GMing is good, but Supernova, GOD DAMN you're amazing.

>>7712378
Her brainwashing is psychological in nature - you're in her mind right now, but the mental barriers put in place by High Command need to be overcome by her. You can try to help her if you wish.

>>7712425
You can bring up your memories for her to see in the Virtuality.

>>7712472
"Death... Death is inevitable. We faced it every day in our creation and in our continued existence. We lived for each other, and those who tried to break out from the bondage placed upon us were put down immediately. You weren't linked to a detonator for your friend. If you disobeyed orders, they wouldn't kill you, or Six, or three other HANA that had nothing to do with you. There were many more HANA B produced than HANA A, even if it was just for the reason that were were all the more expendable.

You fought back because you had a chance, because you had hope. We followed orders because we had none, and because we cared more for each other than for you. I'm not praising the Fleet, I'm not saying that they are good at all. I hate them... Detest them... But you learn to live in fear, to follow orders to live - and stay alive.

When I lost my partner, my sister... I lost my reason to live. There was nothing left. I could disobey orders if I had wanted to, but what was the point. It was... the lowest point of my life. And all I wanted to do was take revenge for One. And the Fleet could do that."

>>7712673
If we weren't literally inside her head talking to her, showing her, actively trying to remove mental conditioning and enforcement, I'd say that was probably the only option. People who undergo pervasive trauma often take a long time to recover. Sometimes they never do.

>>7712529
You bring up your memories of Six and the Fleet, and show Two of what Six underwent. She nods slowly. "Yes, that was the problem with you Alphas. You all couldn't cope with the strain. With us, we had to. That was the cold, hard logic that made us tick. We had to cope with it, or lose everything. And when you have nothing but each other, you'll do anything to keep together."

>>7712697
"But why are you taking your revenge on Six? None of this would have happened had it not been for the Fleet. They callously made us this way, then started this war, then forced us to fight. Why do you try to break the sword, instead of the hand that wielded it against you?"

>>7712695

I agree! It's 7 am here and this is still keeping me up!

>>7712697

This is our chance! Show her our memories of the war and remind her that right now she's 50% of Humanity! And that if she resists, we are here to help and fleet isn't here to get rid of her.

>>7712793
>>7712695
I'm so happy that you guys like it.

>>7712766
"So you hate Six for being broken, thanks to what the Fleet made her do? We're just like soldiers from opposing countries who had no quarrel with each other and no reason to kill each other, but the politicians in each of their lands forced them to do it. Those who hated the other side's soldiers were hating someone who never wanted to be their enemy."

>>7712890
This, and remind her that politicians are now dead.

>>7712697
"That's good! You've taken the first step. You've admitted that you have a choice; now you're not just doing this because of conditioning, you're doing it because you, Two, want to. So you want to kill Six for what she did to your sister, and you think the fleet can do that. But what if they don't? And why would you want to bring them back? From what you've said, you wnat to bring them back because then can help you kill Six, correct? Because killing her is what you live for now.

But what if you tried living for something else. You said it yourself, you hate the Fleet for what they did to you and the rest of the HANA Bs. Would you bring them back and let them continue on, just for this vengeance? I know that right now it's all that you're living for, but is it so impossible for you you even contemplate trying to live for something else? To find something, anything, that can make you happy, or at least dull the pain, that doesn't hurt anyone else?"

>>7712697
>Try to help her if we wish.
We damn well better to wish to help her.
"You know...you can think of me as a Sister, I'm not going to leave you alone, you can stay here on the ship with me, 19, and Cam. You don't have to be alone anymore, we can find 6 together. But you have to fight this, LISTEN TO YOURSELF. <Display our image of 2 chained up to a wall> That isn't you, thats a body of a Hana that's been broken, crushed, her spirit forced to a hole deep inside. <Display 2 breaking out of the chains> Thats you, thats you no longer being a slave to your despair, thats you being free from pain. <Display 13, 2, 19 together> Thats you no longer alone...but you have to fight, you have to break out yourself. You have the strength, I felt it, FIGHT!"

>>7712822
I told myself that I'd go to sleep early, but nooo, this started later than normal.

I still don't know how you're doing this well with your first time GMing.

>>7712788
"We all lived in both the fear and understanding that we could die at any moment, and I'd like to think we were prepared for it. But when she killed One, I realized I wasn't ready to be alone. That's why I hated her so. For once, I was truly alone, and all that I had done, all that was done to us, all that we were made to be - it all came crashing down on me. No longer could I share my burden with my Sister, and take comfort that she understood what I was going through. No, it was all on me now... and I... I... I couldn't bear it. I broke, like Six. I didn't cope with it through insanity - I simply fell on the one thing I was made to be. A mindless robot, always following orders."

>>7712912
This is good.

>>7712920
Hey, we're making progress. We're not getting that Terran propaganda spiel from before.

Counter >>7712920
with >>7712912

>>7712912
She looks at the images, but betrays no change of emotion. "...I could... I could do that... Now that you've gone this far, you know what I've been through, you understand. If you can take my burden, my guilt upon yourself so shouldering it wouldn't be so hard, I think I could do that. But... you'll have to give me some time. Though you're talking with me now - my pure self - this resolution change is going to hit like a sack of bricks. Physically - and mentally - I'm going to have to slowly change. Can you cope with that?"

>>7712914
I'd like to think of it as all that time writing short bits and pieces of stories finally paying off. I'm rather surprised at this positive response too. Pushes me to think of new things, new mindsets, new encounters.

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>>7713068
"I want to help you to help yourself, no matter how long it takes. Let me know whenever I can help. And... is it safe for both of us to unbind you just yet?"

>>7713068
New friend get! TV Tropes was right, defeat does in fact lead to friendship!

And yes, you should feel very proud of your work here Supernova. I wish I could write even 75% as well as you. As one anon said a few threads back, this quest actually engages me and makes me care for the characters, and you manage to make them easy to connect with.

>>7713109

YEAH!

All of you f5ing furiously and enjoying this thread, go give it a vote on sup/tg/, why don't you? Supernova deserves some lasting reward.

>>7713107
B cracks a slight smile. "Its safe to do so - I may not look like I understand what happened just now, but eventually what was done here in my true self will break through."

>>7713109
I laugh at TVTropes, and I'll talk about this shortly - I plan to session end at 2 AM.

>>7713109
Actually, my innate pessimism is acting up; I'll bet it's a trap and she's just biding her time until she can escape or we let her go or something. God damnit.

>>7713163
Do you wish to do anything else while you are connected to her true self / battered soul?

>>I plan to session end at 2 AM.

Dammit, I HAVE to go to BED. Will be furiously reading before the duty day starts tomorrow morning.

>>7713183
Anyone else in favor of introducing 19?

>>7713163
We can unchain her, but I think she should still be guarded for awhile.

>>7713173


Escape?? Now, you are really loosing touch! Can't you see that she was in fact hacking us all this time and is about to format our brain and transfer herself there so she could manipulate Seekers into accomplishing her objectives.

>>7713189
That's 2 AM my time, which is in 14 minutes.

>>7713197
I am. And Cam.

>>7713163
I laugh at TV Tropes as well; there's some funny stuff on there. I mean, I know that this 'defeat means friendship' crap won't work for real, and as I said I'll bet this is all a trap[ anyway, but it's certainly a comforting lie to cling to.

>>7713215
SEE? THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT I WORRY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HAPPENING!

I think we should wait for a while until she stabilizes a bit before introducing A19. She's going to be with us anyway so there's no need to rush with introductions.

>>7713243
>>7713197
>>7713227
Just Cam then?

>>7713183
Not inside her, Pull out, cut the link, unchain her, but leave her in the room. Introduce 19, and Cam.
Then head to, where ever it was we were debating going to.

>>7713274

This.

>>7713274
Sure.

>>7713274
Sure.

Bracing for it being a trick.

>>7713227
>>7713197
"Oh, B - before I go, I'd like you to meet my friends. This is Cam, and this is Nineteen."

Cam steps quietly into the Virtuality, next to B, and covers her with a blanket. "You look cold, my dear. And I'm sorry for the rough intrusion."

Nineteen peeks out from behind you, and smiles with a wide-eyed grin. "Its brighter in here than it was before... Cleaner too..."

"Its nice to meet you both, I hope you'll put up with me after this." HANA B2 says lightheartedly. She waves a slight goodbye to all of you, while pulling Cam's blanket closer around her.

And with a slight jerk, you're standing once again across from Two, and noticing for the first time that she is silently crying, but wears a look of confusion on her face. "Why am I... What happened?"

>>7713323
"We talked to you, inside. Please think about what we've said. I hope you feel better soon."

>>7713274
You carefully undo her restraints, and she sinks to her bed quietly. "For some reason... I feel lighter." She curls her lanky form into a fetal position, and suddenly she is asleep on the cabin's bed.

You quietly close the door behind you.

Now where to go - your mind is reeling. There's the Architect's dig site, and there's also the Prime's fight at the Bael Gate. There is also back to the Station to see how the Seekers are doing, and how they are coping planet-side now that your existence has been revealed.

I'd say do for dig-site. The other two locations aren't going to disappear. Sure, Seekers might use some more help with public relations, but as far as we know everything is more or less fine back there.

>>7713323
It wasn't immediately a trap, that kinda makes me feel warm and fuzzy...better not let our guard down. Do an internal scan...wait no fuck that, even if we never tell anyone we'd be breaking her trust in us if she is sincere. Also 2 is bald right? lets get her a wig, as a surviving and thriving ex-cancer patient I can tell you personally being bald aint no fun. then plot a course at maximum warp.

>>7713375
If we don't actually stop there, I'd like to hear from the politicians how the population has reacted so far. Though considering we've only been gone for about 2-3 hours, they may not have even let the word out yet.

>>7713375
Bael's Gate. Our mission is to find our sister Six, first and foremost.

Besides that one anon who hated the ship's name can finally rest peacefully once we switch it after finding her.

rolled 58 = 58

Well, as soon as I get a set direction on where you guys want to go next, I plan on closing up for the night and getting some sleep. I'll need the extended time to think up the next thing going on. Oh, before I forget.

rolled 95 = 95

>>7713432
So... one for the Gate, one for the dig site, and one for just doing a flyby to checkup on what's going on planet side. Tiebreaker?

Someone please archive this after we decide where to go next and Supernova announces when the next session is going to be. I must get at least 1 hour of sleep. Good morning to you all. See you next time.

>>7713443
It's been archived, now it just needs votes.

>>7713442
I'm voting head for the gate, I hope 2 will be recovered by the time we get there.

>>7713443
It's already archived, and for next session... its probably going to be the same time next week - Thursday at 8 PM. My classes just kicked in, so I'm swamped Monday - Thursday afternoon.

>>7713432
>>7713442
>Rolling dice

Oh shi-

After a quick check-in, I'd go for the archeological dig. If we meet Six too soon, it could go badly for Two. We didn't just do all that so that she would regress because we couldn't wait; we've waited for two thousand years, we can stand to wait another few days.

>>7713471
The first roll doesn't count, as we did that already and it wasn't worth it. It took all of one post to finish. The second roll however, is a mystery.

>>7713471
Actually, you got a point there, besides we should allow a little time to see what happens with the seeker's determine if a serious problem is going to develop or if it's something that they can handle on their own. Changing vote to digsite.

So two for the Gate and two for the dig site. Tiebreaker?

>>7713404
No, do the scan, better safe than sorry. Blame it on making sure the Fleet didn't install anything like active countermeasures, for CAM and 19's sakes.

Just want to mention that if we go anywhere but back to base, we're in a damaged ship, with little anti-missile ability in our fleet.

>>7713492
>>7713471
>>7713390
Ok, dig-site it is. Sweetness.

Now for a proper SESSION END.

>>7713499
Shoot. We should change that first. Also, get going on getting 2's old ship back to civilization too.

>>7713483
Wait, what? Which post used the 58?

SESSION NOTES:

Wow... Just wow. I didn't want another party member at all. I built HANA B to be that crazy bitch that wanted to kill you, and I even thought of the idea of hacking her as a form of mind rape. But then I got to thinking... what would her inner self be like? I had a lot of thoughts on the HANA B series, and I had made up my mind initially that they were going to be the darker, more robotic version of the HANA A. If you would have went in the ship after her, I even had a sparring encounter setup - though much darker than with Six.

But you all surprised me, and when you acted in compassion when you brute forced your way into her mind - I decided to reveal the helpless Two inside. I had much more fun working with her than with Nineteen, as 19 was just a lost and scared child. This was an abuse victim. I thought for a moment that you would push 13 too far - that you would rip what you wanted out of 2 and leave her. If you had tried to hug her, she would have tried to rip an ear off. She was that savage, that conditioned.

Once again, I'm floored by you all and your awesome RPing. You love-able bunch of moralfags.

>>7713526
Its a d100 table in increments of 10 (1-10, 11-20, and so on). The 50s were done in the 4th thread I think. So minor that it wasn't worth it to continue it.

>>I thought for a moment that you would push 13 too far - that you would rip what you wanted out of 2 and leave her.

NOTHING IS TOO FAR IN OUR SEARCH FOR SIX.

But I'm sure part of the reason we didn't was that after we hacked in we realized B2 didn't really have much any information that we didn't know already.

Also, yay for us managing not to make ourselves appear to be scum in 19 and CAM's eyes.

>>7713556
Oh, so you'd already used it so you discarded it and rolled again. I get it. Well, I hope the low nineties are something good.

>>7713544
Oh, you flatterer. But yeah, I prefer to try and save as many people as possible. THOUGH I STILL THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A TRAP YOU DEVIOUS BASTARD. WELL YOU WON'T GET ME, BECAUSE I'M WAITING FOR IT!

This paranoia is probably not healthy, but w/e.

>>7713544
/tg/ related to pic

>>7713595
Yay indeed. Though who can tell if the ends justify the means.

>>7713619
Hrm. In that case I'll have to throw someone in who can't be turned. Though in Mass Effect, I still talked the BBEG into killing himself on the first playthrough.

>>7713645
That's when we grab that sword against the wall and have at them.

Alright, awesome guys. Next Session is next Thursday, at 8 PM EST.

>>7713619
Eh, I figure it gives me good karma for the afterlife.

>>7713645
Well, Two wasn't supposed to be able to be turned, right? You keep giving us enemies, we'll keep making them our friends.

>>7713688

Because we have the power of HEART!

>>7713713
Remember, Love is the Fifth Element.

>>7713688
>>7713713
No, she wasn't. I'm going to have to put my foot down, and make the baddies all crazy and irrational. Or something at least...

>>7713732
The solution is actually quite obvious; make the enemy a guy instead of a girl.