have winston take the 2 mercs he has left back to trucks, he's done enough work for now

At the end of our last jaunt we had stopped to take a break in the middle of the anti-voodo 2nd level of the city, with elusive villagers. The drone starts moving forwards again. ORDERS?

so alright, we got ambushed but no one died in the last one? awesome. Glad this quest is back

keep pace with drone, he has seemed to know what he's doing

bump, love this quest

>>7802256
The drone moves forward, and the walls are becoming more ornate by the minute, but the drone pays no care. Instead he is looking at the ground as he walks, seemingly seeing a trail. At the end of this corner there is a turn left and the path narrows somewhat. ORDERS? FORMATIONS?

Ask Winston about the results of his scouting mission unless I'm retarded and we did this in the last thread.

keep a few troops infront of drone, tell the mercs to hold themselves together, dont want another breaking formation like last time something weird happened

>>7802292
Last quest Winston informed us that he encountered Frenchmen running away from the deeper chambers of the second level that gave him their gear in order to run faster. He also mentioned the fact that the natives are scared any noise coming from the first level (IE our treasure excavators.

>>7802301
The mercs are wary and inch their ways to the back of the formation, forcing your rifles and grenadiers to take point. You are about to reach the turn in the corridor, and it is illuminated not only by torchlight but by a dim purple light.

hold yourselves together chaps were british afterall

and ask if the drone can provide some light for us

KILL DARKIES

SPREAD CHRISTIANITY

GET PAID

>>7802372
You had the drone a torch which is immediately snuffed as he lights up light a lightbulb. As you near the turn, the torches you are carrying and on the walls go out, and the purple light is stronger. ORDERS?

sir, we are not here on some zelous conversion mission

continue to move with the drone, we already know he wont stop when we ask, send one man to see if he can scout the light source

>>7802403
Get with the colonial program missionary, martini-henrys not King-james

>>7802444
Do you send a rifle, merc, or grenadier as scout?

newfag question, how do u do red text to refer to another post?

rifle, they're great at running but loyal, tell him if he sees another shaman to gtfo

>>7802465
Click on the post number

>>7802482
Confirm anon?

im really hoping the pic is unrelated, or we are sooooo boned

>>7802494

Send two, don't want him to go out all alone and get picked off while we wait around for him.

>>7802510
but then 2 will be picked off, i say stay with one

gah, where is everyone, bump so some more people can see this

Someone roll 1d2
(newfags type 1d2 into the email field)

1d2

alright

Due to coinflip two men are sent out. They run around the corner, you hear some talking, then they run back. "Just some guy floating between four stone thingamajigs, the stones and him are purply. We thought he was some sorta magic man so we didnt shoot."

The drone has turned the corner and is now marchin towards the floating man. ORDERS?

rolled 1 = 1

Come on guys.

so he didnt react to seeing the scouts, ugh, what to do...

>>7802555
Actually, you put 'dice 1d2' into the email field to roll. But that doesn't matter, we got a 1 here >>7802605

>>7802602
Address the floating man by introducing yourself in a friendly but firm tone.

way to cassually breeze in sam, lol, good ur here

>>7802658
Confirm? anon?
>>7802642
Sam great to see you.

(for the roll i type my post before someone figured it out so i flipped a coin.

>>7802658
talking to the natives has dont nothing but get us shot at so far, i say either ignore or engage, sam?

>>7802658
This. He didn't blast the scouts, maybe we can reason with him.

And be reason with, I mean lure into a false sense of security before we kill him and all those heathen natives.

>>7802686
well put, lets do it

>>7802684
That's highly ungentlemanly.

>>7802702
well we are dealing with savages. us noble brits need not to stoop to the levels of these natives

>>7802702
British Gentalmanly ways involve pistols and spies. DEAL.
>>7802686
You walk up to the man who is surrounded by 4- 7 foot high stone tablets and introduce yourself. He doesnt wake from his meditative trance. You notice that there are natives with shortbows and spears on the ceiling. ORDERS?

>>7802739
epically unrelated, anyway shoot those natives, they never give us a reason not to

>>7802739
Well, that's rather rude, to ignore us like that. Let's see how he reacts to us shooting the natives behind him with the bows and spears. Maybe that will inspire some reaction from him.

On another note, how are they on the the ceiling? Is there a balcony or something, or is it magic?

>>7802780
i thought the same thing, i assumed firing slits in ceiling

>>7802780
>>7802790
I thought we covered this, due to all the inscriptions and their years of living here the natives are like squirrels with regards to walls. This level especially. OPen fire confirm anon?

commence with the many shootings of squirrel natives

>>7802811
How many natives are we talking about here?

>>7802811
Oh. If it was covered, I must have forgotten. Might have something to do with the HUGE WAIT BETWEEN THESE PAST COUPLE OF THREADS!

But I'm over it now. Anyway, if they're just hanging there, then definitely shoot them, since they don't have any cover up there.

>>7802841
>>7802823
You and your men open fire , killing five natives and forcing the rest to scurry into hidden holes in the ceiling. The drone is walking towards the meditating man. He is about five feet away. ORDERS?

>>7802875

allow the drone to work, ensure none of the men freak out and fire unnecessarily

>>7802875
Wait to see if the drone has any effect, if not have some of the mercs apprehend the rude so and so.

>>7802875
I'm tempted to see how he reacts when he bumps into the shaman, but I guess it might be better to not let that happen. I'm voting shoot the shaman with all the guns we have. Point blank, so as not to accidentally hit Tesla's man. Even though his is pretty resilient, I don't want to take the chance that we hit something delicate.

>>7802924
Ignore this, these men speak wisdom.

>>7802915
>>7802902

>>7802939
part of true wisdom is the ability to rethink ur opinion, good show

>>7802915
>>7802902
The drone bumps into the meditating anti-voodo shaman, who stands up and sends the drone flying backwards with a magical bolt of purplish energy. The drone gets up, and engages in magical duel, with Tesla's lightening locked against the bolts of magical voodo. ORDERS?

>>7802967

Shoot the glowing so-and-so.

holy shit, perhaps we shouldn't interfere, but then again that puts us at risk. i say we retreat a safe distance, this drone is smart enough to know what he's doing

>>7802987

>mindless drone
>smart
>BAWHAHAHAHAHA.jpg

>>7802967
Oh, so we're not important enough to blast with eldritch energy, but HE is? Now I feel quite put out! If it looks like the drone is loosing, begin shooting the shaman. Lord knows getting shot at ruins my concentration, so it might work on him too.

>>7802999
The batlle goes back and forth, and although the energy duel is a stalemate one of the floating tablets flys out and crushes a merc against a wall. The other tablets have started moving. ORDERS?

>>7802998
the "mindless" drone is tesla's student/helper. i doubt he would use something mindless and stupid

for the queen, fire upon the shaman!!!!

>>7803041
Yeah, I think we're looking at a stalemate. Guns shooting the shaman sound like a good idea now.

>>7803063

Go up and stab him too for good measure.

>>7803063
>>7803054
You all fire on the shaman, which provides a temporary distraction. Tesla's lightening overwhelms the shaman, and his signed body tumbles to the ground. You love 5 rifles and 2 mercs when the tablets fall. ORDERS?

>>7803041
We've been saying shoot the shaman. Do we have grenades? TNT? Toss it at him, as much as possible without bringing down the house. Oh, and after that, we gut the motherfucker with our saber, while it's lying on the floor, bloodied and bruised. And then we decapitate it for good measure.

>>7803093
everytime we try to touch something magicky, something goes bad. lets hold off on the stabbing

>>7803109
>You love 5 rifles and 2 mercs when the tablets fall.

I'm gonna go ahead and assume that's a typo. Well, not that that's taken care of, lets head onwards. That is, assuming the drone continues. If he stops to do some stuff here then we stay with him.

>>7803109
Ask for a status report from the men. Watch what the drone does.

>>7803121
I think we have a couple of dynamite charges, but since the drone was really close, and it's not that big of a room using high explosives might result in friendly fire.

>>7803129
Bawhhahahahah lol wow im tired from essay writing. LOSE is what i meant. Tesla's drone walks up to the body and bends down to touch it. ORDERS? what to do about the crushed bodies? relight torches?

>>7803109
we should behead this shaman, the last one came back after much heavier damage

>>7803145
Eh, drone already took a bolt of energy from him, I doubt touching the corpse will do anything too bad. Let him do it. Yeah, let's relight the torches, since I'm guessing the purple glow ended when the shaman died.

>>7803145
ignore my last post, anyway light torches, check damages, keep the mens spirits up

>>7803145
If theres time, get the bodies out from under the tables. We prolly don't have time to get them out of here now, but we can at least have them ready to be carried for when we leave.

>>7803145

Is there a medic present? Can any of the wounded be helped? Strip the gear from the dead and re-distribute it.

Slice of the shamans head. Present to men, shouting "These blokes aren't so tough after all! God save the queen!"

>>7803164
>>7803174
The men are horrified (aside from the grens) at what happened to the crushed men. The drone uses its strange and twisted claw like hands to rip off the tatoo-covered skin covering the shaman's forehead. The tablets have started cracking. ORDERS? All torches have relit, even the ones you didnt light.

>>7803198
just had a strange gut feeling that drone is almost done with his work, anyway, have the men spread out and stay a distance from those stones

>>7803198

Tell the men to suck it up. They're getting paid the big bucks for this and it wasn't going to be a walk in the park. Then light a cigar and smoke it as you continue to assess the situation.

>>7803198
Attempting rally check.

"Well, that was certainly unfortunate. But we learn more from our failures than our successes. We now know that if we encounter any more of these shamans that we should not wait for the electrical duel to go on; rather, as soon as his attention is taken up with Tesla's chap we will shoot him to provide an opening before things escalate.

Remember that death in the line of duty to the Queen is one of the greatest ways for a man to die. Be not afraid, for we now have discerned their weakness, and with nothing more than a spot of luck, the only deaths from now on will be from the natives!"

>>7803255
>>7803224
You try to reassure the men, but although the mercs have gotten themselves together, the rifles are still on edge. The drone is just sitting there examining the sample. The tablets have shattered into multiple pieces that are further splintering. There is a dim green light.

>>7803278
this speaks shaman too me
"all men, prepare a firing line on me"

>>7803278
So wait. The men were crushed under the tablets, right? And now they are glowing and cracking from within?

I think we might need to face the possibility that the men that were crushed are being reanimated, or something.

Is it just the tablets that have crushed men that are glowing, or all the tablets?

>>7803320
Tablets are further splintering and glowing. The men under them are nowhere to be seen. The drone is now unconscious and safe for travel. ORDERS? BRIGHT GREEN GLOW< TORCHES BURNING GREEN

>>7803320
i think the light is from a separate source, like i suggested, possibly another shaman

>>7803333
>>7803336
ignore my last post, drone is knocked out, grab him and run like hell

>>7803333
Oh, so the drone got what he needed? Wow, that was quicker than I thought. I thought we'd have to go to the third level or something. Looks like we'll have to carry him though. Let's get a couple of the mercs to lift him, and then proceed to advance rapidly in the direction that takes us out of here.

Remember, we're not retreating, just advancing in a new direction to consolidate the territory that we've already conquered.

How do you make it so the reply takes you back to the thread?

>>7803368
i love the wording, and i edit my post to agree with him, advance in the new direction swiftly

>>7803371
Put 'noko' without the quotes into the email field.

>>7803371
The back button. Use it.
>>7803368
>>7803348
You heft the drone and run like hell. The tablet dust recollects itself into EVERYONE's favorites GREEN SHAMAN who incinerates one of your rifles by making all of the torches fly at him and burn him alives. You run to the first level where you see some workers excavating treasure. (reminder 2 gatling trucks out front).

ORDERS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkreZG9uQEo&feature=PlayList&p=76B7FB6806873C6B&index=15

music to be awesome to

>>7803396
warn the workers and tell them to follow u to truck, shout to the trucks when close enough to start engines

Thanks Sam!

>>7803396

Tell all the mercs to form up and fire on the shaman. Spread the rifles out BEHIND the mercs to fire at incoming objects. Send the weakest two members back for help (if there is any).

>>7803405
Tell them that they should join us in our glorious new advance into enemy territory that just so happens to lead away from that wretched shaman who won't stay dead. Hop on trucks, drive back to base. Give the survivors an extra ration of the alcoholic beverage of their choice.

>>7803431
To clarify; tell the workers to come with us, so that the shaman doesn't kill them.

>>7803423
From what I remember, this guy can deflect bullets and survived a dynamite explosion to the face. I think we should GTFO.

>>7803431
>>7803440
>>7803422
You tell the workers to strategically advance backwar-GODS WOUNDS START THE BLOODY TRUCKS. You run out the main entrance as one of the workers is electrocuted. ORDERS?

have the trucks book it, if those guns can be fired while moving, send some round back at the shaman
"see men, a little tactical advance solves all out problems" in out usual awesome way

>>7803464

Keep hauling ass. Don't leave behind projectiles he can THROW AT US (IE: grenades) but I still vote for shooting at him (unless that starts screwing us over too).

>>7803464
Use gatling guns on trucks to hold the shaman at bay while we load up, then drive away. There should still be a couple of men at the trucks, so we can just give the order and have them get the barrels up to speed. If there isn't enough room in the trucks for everyone, have the workers run ahead and have the trucks slowly back away while firing at the shaman. That should keep him at bay while letting us get far enough away that he turns back.

>>7803423
You are most welcome.

>>7803489
>>7803474
You book it to the trucks, and the shaman is forced back by a hail of gatling rounds, martini-henry shots, and your pistol wielded by winston. He/it retreats back inside. Overall a nice day out. ORDERS?

head back to base, see if we can rouse the drone. check on rike after we return

>>7803509
Back to camp. Write letter to Tesla telling him that things went well, and that it totally isn't our fault that the drone stopped moving and won't respond.

ETA of the next convoys?

>>7803509

Drive back to the nearest basecamp and post the mercs as guards. Take stock of the situation and figure out what's going on with the drone.

>>7803509
Well that went better than I had expected. Head back to base. Pray that Riker hasn't killed himself while we were gone. Get the drone back to Tesla and wait for whatever new toy he sends us.

Can you give us a rundown on the status of the settlement?

Time for the summary post: You have:
158 workers, 33 rifles, 18 mercenaries, 50 experts. 10 natives, 16 ROYAL grenadiers, 1 at rifle, 3 gatling guns on trucks, 1 mortar, 1 maxim, 2 gliders functional, 2 horses, 20 grenades, 3 box of dynamite Winston, Godfried, ROARKE, Riker

1st ring- vehicle depot, fortified main barracks, fortified main hq,2 watchtowers, mortar pit, gatling trucks in vehicle depot, mine, heavy fortified trenches.

2nd ring- additional barracks, 2 farms, 1 well, 1 brick sawmill, trade depot, wood trenches,

3rd ring- new barracks, armory with foundry, medium trenches and dugouts, two watchtowers, granary, masonry

Wall-65 percent done
20 acres of land cleared, 18 rp remaining. The FIRST LEVEL of the city is cleared and not being looted. IMMIGRATION has been approved.


Royal shipment in 1 week. You can finally get your reward for dealing with riker then. ORDERS?

speaking of riker, how is that chap doing, still suicidal or has he come around to his senses

>>7803590

Is there concerns of the shaman continuing to be an immediate threat?

>>7803614
Your guards tell you that Riker is silent and sullen, and has made no attempts at suicide or escape.
>>7803618
The shaman did not seem to follow you.

Winston comes up to you and says, can I mail this letter priority (2 rp cost) to England, its to my wife, and I want to have some communication because I might not live past this. Please? ORDERS?

>>7803618
I think as long as we don't go down to areas that we haven't cleared yet we should be fine.

>>7803590
Excellent. And when can we expect the next Industrial shipment?

Pic not particularly related, but I love it very much.

>>7803657
Do it. We only need 20 RP for male Steam Tank, and we'll get 5 from Riker, so that's 23 total, minus 2 for the letter still gives us 21 to afford the tank. Pluss it'll be good for our image.

>>7803657
we would still have enough rp after riker bonus to buy tank, so i say let winston write his letter. we should make sure preparations are being made of immigration and go see riker personally

>>7803657

Does Winston deserve preferential treatment over the others? If so, yes, mail it. If not, assign someone to be the letter carrier and the "everyone died, they sent me to tell you what's going on" person.

What's the morale of the men? Particularly the rifles?

let him mail the letter. keeping winston happy is pretty important

>>7803688
>>7803682
Winston will send off his letter when the Royal shipment comes. (16 rp remaining). You go personally to see Riker. He is a broken man. A shadow of the stout man you once knew, he is disheveled and does not even greet you when you enter the prisoner tent. ORDERS?

>>7803682
This is good reasoning. Wait, Winston is MARRIED?!?!?!

Continue work on the wall, and start building some living quarters for the immigrants. I remember last thread we settled on refined wood from our sawmill and stone from our masonry as construction materials.

>>7803707
i would love to be able to get riker's spirits up, sam, any epic speech u would like to produce

>>7803707
(Can you give us a little more time between posts please?)

Try to cheer him up. Remind him that while he may have been a bit misguided, his heart was in the right place. And as long as he is still alive, he can still serve.

Epic speech time sam, ANSWER THE CALL

I think i am out for the night, good questing to all of u
for crown and country

>>7803732
I'll try.

"Riker m'boy, why so down? Still put out from your earlier realization? I understand that this must be tough for you; serving Queen and Country was your whole life. But you may have forgotten one thing: It still is.

You have made some mistakes, judged harshly on several occasions. But what matters is not so much how one dies for one's country, but how one lives for it. Any man can be a martyr, but it takes true courage to continue to live and fight for what you believe in! As long as you still draw breath you can continue to serve the Queen and glorious Britain."

>>7803766
Bye! Good night.

>>7803774

+5 Riker respect. He smirks, breaks one of his chains, and shakes you hand. ORDERS? convoy in 5 days

>>7803805
Success! Ask Winston about his wife. I didn't peg him as the type to settle down with any one woman.

>>7803821
Ah me wife, Annie. Best shot and shotsmith ive ever seen in a woman, and one coming from money as well. How do you think I was able to get out here anyway? She's an American by the way.

(Meta: thread is winding down, when convoy arrives imma going to bed.)

OP its time to pack up, I gotta sleep to

>>7803843
American eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYikyYL0S00

Yeah, most of anonymous seems to have left. Timeskip to caravan arrival and finish up thread for tonight?

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Gnight anon, vote high thanks for the game, Im outta here