>>17087235

hell yeah, IT'S META TIME!

Right, get that data up to the ship and have our guys do a SCIENCE MONTAGE (rock music non-optional). Let's figure out if we can immunise our soldiers.

>>17087235
TG Quest fuck yeah!

Okay, have the probe droid take the drive.
I hope that we have a means of interfacing with it.

>>17087254
>>17087259
Your scientists state that with the new data, all they need is some time to go through it all and run some tests. They estimate that by next morning they should have a complete report.

Do you just wait or do you do anything in the mean time?

Once we have the conclusions of our science team on the data, we should prepare our strike team. Our goals should be

1) Eliminate all virus-type undead activity in both Riverside and Racoon.
2) Strike/Negotiate with the necromancer to eliminate all magic-type undead.

>ratios. yEurope

What do you mean captcha?

>>17087276
Ask these survivors if they've seen the L4D Survivors.
Give descriptions, and say that they're persons of interest. Respond with 'classified' if asked why we're looking for them.

>>17087302
Also any RE survivors and/or Wesker. hell, see if we can play Wesker and the lich king off against each other.

>>17087235
Woot! TG Quest time!!!!


>>17087302
let's go with this

>>17087298
well it has something to do with Europe and maybe math?

The Lich king, Azalin Rex, hates Strahd. I'm expecting we'll set the two up against each-other, or at the very least, befriend them both so that one of them can help us contain the Dark Presence.
I honestly don't know how to kill the Dark Presence.

We're up against L4D zombies, and Night of the living dead zombies, and Resident Evil zombies. There may also be some parasitic zombies in there (Half-life / The flood / The many from system shock 2), so be careful.

Until morning: I'd like to have something aerial do a flyover and search for signs of survivor activity. I don't know where the hell we'd find Leon, but the L4D guys would've set up defenses on top of a hospital tower if they existed.

The fact that the Fog covers the entire world has me worried. I'm still paranoid that we'll come up against biblical shit in Israel.

>>17087361
I don't like using our limited resources, but we may need to send an Observer into Raccoon City.

It can fly above the range of any of the zombies and has a cloak.

The last two probe droids we sent were take out by something 2 miles from the city limits.

Maybe mention this being the Raccoon City incident all over again, with added mention of Umbrella?
I mean ultimately Raccoon City was actually nuked, so you'd think it would still be in the public consciousness.

>>17087395
>>17087383
No, we shouldn't mention it. One of the people here identified himself as a Raccoon City survivor, and from everything he was saying, it appeared that he is from before the city was nuked.
And the other survivors appear to be from the L4D Canon, not the RE Canon, so they wouldn't have heard of Raccoon City before or of it being nuked.

Alright vote time:
A. Send an Observer to fly 500 feet in the air and recon Raccoon City
B. Send the Probe Droids in
C. Do A and B
D. Other

I'm voting A.

>>17087276
OP: I assume that we're sending teams to Pennsylvania and Transylvania simultaneously, but we're just keeping them in separate threads to avoid confusion.
I'd say now's a good time to get a handle on which troops we're sending where, once the scientists get done with their work.

The Mechs are a given for the zombie apocalypse, since I don't see them being useful in the Castles of ravenloft and castlevania.
The Sandmen's nanites might prevent zombie infection.
The /tg/ recruits could use some meatgrinder experience.
BLU team are more suited to 'kick the door down and blow up waves of enemies' fighting than fighting single strong boss monsters, so I'd send them to the zombies.
Star-lord might help command our troops vs. the zombies.
The EMH is a given for the zombie apocalypse. We'll see a lot of wounded or dead survivors, and our own troops might be infected.
X-com ranking officers (I assume we have some in the veteran squad) prevent rookie panic. Flying suits are useful to check in windows and on top of buildings. Psi troops can control simple bestial creatures, and they're amazingly GOOD at it in X-com (beasts have low psi skill).
We'll need to split up the White mages between here and transylvania. We've got a lich here, which presumably means magical undead.

So, I'm thinking our Zombie team consists of:
The Mechs (other than the MLRS since I assume most of our fights will be close range)
/tg/ recruits
Sandmen
BLU
X-commies
Star-lord
EMH
3 of the White Mages

Any changes/additions/removals?

Huzzah!
TG Quest!

>>17087235
>filename
Bwahahaha.

>>17087276
We're going to have to start getting some intel on Raccoon City and Aazlin.
Baring SUE-interference, an Observer should be able to quietly float over it and give us the lay of the land.

Also, request someone from the dropship near Silent Hill go out and find a map covering PA and see if Raccoon City is actually native or not.

>>17087302
>>17087327
>>17087361

Your questions and search do not find any trace of the R.E. heroes or the L4D survivors. When you describe Wesker, however...

"Oh shit, the blond guy with the coat, glasses and red eyes? He skulks around Raccoon like it's his personal playground. Saw him jump down on my buddy, and the fucker bit into his neck and start gulping! I swear it's like a madhouse over there..."

>>17087440
Half of the Psion and Abjurer teams as well, since we're dealing with a magic enemy.

Also, would like to get confirmation from OP that we're having these operations go down simultaneously, but doing them one at a time in order to avoid confusion.

>>17087426
I'm fine with A if we didn't already send an observer. If the observer was what was killed 2km out from the city, don't send another one.

>>17087459
Nah, it was two probe droids that got taken out.

>>17087457
"Alright, thanks for the info. We'll keep an eye out for him."

>>17087458
Hm. I'd like to keep the Psions and Abjurers for Ravenloft and Castlevania since they'll be in their element there.
For Transylvania, I'm thinking Knights Inductor (with Darius), Mobile infantry, Abjurers, Psions, Aurors, and the other half of the WHMs.

This leaves our Prawns, SCPs, UNITs (with Mouse), Delta greens, Tosh, and Egon ready to deploy to whatever random bullshit pops up.

>>17087457
Hm, 'the blond guy with the coat, glasses and red eyes' is kinda vague when you think about it, and this one sounds vampric.. Can we get a picture to him to confirm Wesker or not?
I'm wagering Raccoon is not actually local, and if it is Wesker, it was probably dragged over along with him.
However I'll remain uncertain on that until we can confirm whether or not the cities exist on maps from this world.

>>17087457
Thank you for the information.
We'll be mounting a rescue operation once our scientists have an idea of how the zombie virus works - whether it's curable, how to prevent infection, and so on.

rolled 37 = 37

>>17087513
>>17087458
Confirmed picture and confirmed simultaneous.

>>17087457
>He skulks around Raccoon like it's his personal playground

hmm...I wonder if we can somehow get Mr. Lich King to do something in raccoon to get our friend here annoyed...

Remember team, we're working on a Science! solution to the bulk of the zombie issues. What we really need in a team going to PA is the ability to deal with a near-demilich. We've got a lot of valuable intel on him, weaknesses, flaws, true name, and the form of his anchor, but we've got to be careful, I don't want to loose people to a mad lich.

>>17087541
Cool. Need to be careful with who we deploy, then.

One person wants to send half the Abjurers and Psions to the Zombie area, and another person wants to send all the Abjurers and Psions for Ravenloft/Castlevania.
We need someone to second one of these suggestions - either one works, so long as we're not deadlocked.

>>17087559
Perhaps, but be careful. The last time we dealt with a powerful magical enemy, we basically got swindled.
We -did- learn that "stob" was a Space-Time Oscillation Bomb from him, so that's good.

>>17087559
Hm, Wesker could be the Dread Lord for this domain, and Azalin just moved in declared himself king, that sort of thing has happened before in Ravenloft.

>>17087573
I'm of the opinion that Liches are best dealt with via blaster bombs, artillery, and orbital bombardment.
Reflex halves, so blow him up twice.

The mists are thick enough that the sun is not visible, but the increased illumination around the fortified mall means it has risen into the sky.

Your scientists report in.

"We have completed our research into the zombies plaguing the area, and have discovered that most of the samples brought in have been dead long before being re-killed by the HK unit. Some sort of anomalous energy has sustained and altered most of these bodies, though primary mutation was accomplished by the T Virus for some, and an unknown contagion we are terming 'Caesar' for the others. It is important to note that though the virus is inactive in all true undead, they ARE still carriers of it. Using the advanced facilities onboard, we have developed a vaccine based on Sandman nanites that will make any troops we field immune to the airborne strains of this disease, and resistant to the virus delivered by injury. We can also provide information on the monster's tactical capabilities."

If we have some time before sending people down:
Have them play some games of Left 4 Dead against each-other, and view some footage of monsters from Resident Evil.
That should give them at least an idea of what they're up against.

>>17087559
He's declared himself king in Raccoon City.
If Wesker is around, trust me, he's annoyed.

ANON: Have we had any luck further refining the location of that moving reality disruption in the PA area over the last four hours?
Egon, manage to tune our sensors to better read the supernatural yet?

>>17087639
Begin replicating the vaccine at once.
We seem to be in agreement that the mechs and TG Recruits, at least, will be going down to Raccoon City, so they'll all need shots of the vaccine.

The TG recruits, coming from Meta, should already be familiar with zombie movies and videogames; just make sure that all of them have played some Resident Evil and seen Return of the Living Dead.
The Canon troops will need a crash course in zombie survival.

>>17087639
Any side-effect to the vaccine?

Most of the samples were dead before being re-killed ... Interesting. Might be way more zombie scenarios here than I thought.

>>17087671
Honestly, a Zombie Apocalypse shouldn't be entirely a Outside Context Problem for the likes of our guys. I mean, UNIT, Delta Green, SCP and TG troops must be at least somewhat familiar with the "do's and don'ts" of dealing with zombies, while the MI and the Mechwarriors are going to laugh at pretty much anything the zombies can throw at them.

>>17087639
Good work team, start churning out enough to inoculate all away teams with enough to spare for locals as we can.

Alright, the variety of zombies and creatures are culled from many sources, but they've all been converted to true undead, that is some serious SUE involvement if I've ever seen it, question is whether Ebon Night arranged it or the local disruption did.

Science Team, start trying to work that X-COM psi-unlocking mojo and anything else you can come up with to help Cheryl get in touch with her abilities, I believe that is why she is key to having a chance against the Dark Power at work on this world.

>>17087707
Well yeah. Most of the troops that we recruited from near-modern Earth worlds should be fine.

I'm worried about the White Mages (since the undead they fought don't carry infections).

While this is going on, we should have the others who are going to go to Transylvania watch movies on vampires and play through the Castlevania games; specifically Symphony of the Night.
Also read up on any Ravenloft setting books if we have any.

>>17087720
This would require taking Cheryl up to the Storm, but is doable. Confirmation?

>>17087683
No.

>>17087720
>>17087758
I'm leery of bringing Cheryl up to the Storm.
She's still got a reality distortion around her, and we don't know how that might manifest inside the ship.

>>17087707
We've got resident evil hunters and L4D tanks.
L4D tanks can throw cars 100 meters. They're melee only, but can probably kill a mech in only a few hits.
>>17087758
Cool. Everyone going down to the planet gets a vaccine.

The question now is:
Do we deploy in:
A. Riverside first, or
B. Raccoon city first?

Also, for magic support, what do we bring:
A. 3 White Mages (out of 6)
B. 3 White Mages, 3 Abjurers, 3 Psions (out of 6)
C. 6 White Mages
D. 6 White Mages, 3 Abjurers, 3 Psions

>>17087758
>>17087786
I agree that it's risky to bring Cheryl up to the storm. Keep her monitored for reality distortions. The Seers said she was the key, and I believe them, but a reality distortion also being the key strikes me as odd.

rolled 69, 20, 21, 30, 96, 2, 43, 12, 45, 16 = 354

>>17087809
A,A
agree with troop list posted earlier in thread. Let's fight zombies and get lots of rolls below 30 from the /tg/ dice. =)

>>17087707
With good armor and a decent supply of weaponry, the zombies themselves aren't a major problem to our people, at least not with the vaccine.
The real threat will be SUE-corrupted creatures, Wesker, and Azalin. If this follows Ravenloft rules we've seen so far, we need to defeat the Anchor for this locale.

>>17087809
I think that we will need to bring Cheryl up to the Storm eventually, and get her some time inside a Psi Lab with some X-COM Psi Vets to try to unlock her powers, but I don't think now is a good time.

We need all the X-COM vets down in Raccoon City, and it's best if we give Cheryl a day to decompress and get her head cleared from Silent Hill before putting her through psi-training.

As for deployment:

Voting for B. Raccoon City, on the very outskirts.
Also voting B Magic Support.
And have the EMH and HK-50 get back into their shuttlepod and hop over to the landing zone to meet up with the others.

Oh, OP, were we able to deploy that Observer? Was it able to get us any better intel or recon info on the state of Raccoon City?

>>17087891
>and get lots of rolls below 30 from the /tg/ dice. =)
>20
>21
>30
>2
>12
>16
Them dice man.

Ah shit I'm late to the start. Let me get caught up quick first...

>>17087758
Confirm.
>>17087786
I don't believe we've detected a reality distortion attached to her, ANON can you confirm?

>>17087809
Riverside, and I think we should include the Aurors as well, with Azalin and true-undead zombies around there is a lot of mahic a foot here.

>>17087361
>The many from system shock 2

Oh don't even give OP ideas. You nearly gave me a heart attack last time mentioning the Frogs from Hellboy.

>>17087940
>I don't believe we've detected a reality distortion attached to her
Last we checked, she's the center of a very powerful reality distortion.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16930200/#16930331

>>17087896
X-COM Psi Vets don't do unlocking, X-COM scientists do. I think we're good.

Holding that we deploy to Riverside, which is close to Raccoon City, that's my version of an 'outskirts' deployment.

>>17087969
Yes, it's the scientists in the lab that do the unlocking, but the Psi Vets are the ones that can help with keeping the power under control.

>>17087969

What's the matter with dropping inside the city? Fewer zombies to fight through to get to the epicenter of the whole shitstorm.

>>17087948
I'm worried about the Orz finding Durandal or Mendicant Bias.
We haven't run into the "crazy insane computers" world yet. Hal 9000, SHODAN, Durandal, Mendicant Bias, CABAL, Friend Computer, Master Mold ... there's a whole lot of potential there.

>>17087967
I thought that was Silent Hill and we couldn't tell anything apart because the distortion was so strong.. but when it comes down to it, how else are we going to fight a Dark Power? We are _trying_ to unlock the Alessa ability to manipulate a major reality breaker like Silent Hill.

>>17088020
I suppose you're right, but I'm still worried.

>>17087990
We still need intel before we drop feet-first into the pot.
Zombies aren't as scary as the SUEs we're really worried about.

>>17088027
Worried? Hell, I'm ball-tighteningly terrified, but I don't see another way through.

>Want to find zombie survivors
>Use a space-capable dropship
>Go straight to the finale of a zombie game where the survivors hold out for 3 minutes waiting for a helicopter
>Get off the SPACE CAPABLE DROPSHIP and wait for the helicopter with them
>their faces

>>17088009

Rogue AIs we shouldn't need to worry about here though. The franchises we've been dealing with have all been uniformly horror related, but horror that is bound pretty closely to earth, not in science fiction or space.

>>17088069
True. Just preemptively shitting myself.

>>17087896
Okay, let's do things, please. I vote for this. Or for anyone else who has an idea. Let's act; our discussion is crossing too far into hypothetical supposition. We need to get our men in there so we can see what we're up against.

One addendum: Let's scan any 'major' characters we come up against. We haven't confirmed yet just which canon is actually native - we need to figure that out. Discovering whether or not they are distorting reality will do that.

>>17088065
Unless we're using the Overlord, which is damn big, or the Al'Kesh, which can't carry the mechs, we're using the Leopards. And they need runways.

>>17088098
Might as well second this to get the drops going.

So, outskirts of Raccoon City
With 3 WHMs, 3 Abjurs (get the ones with anti-acid), 3 Psions,
A bunch of Mechs, /tg/ recruits, Sandmen, BLU team, the X-commies, the Star-lord, and the EMH.

Is that correct?

>>17088098

I agree with this course of action.

We should also keep an eye out for whatever blood-sucking dude the survivors mentioned. Doesn't sound much like Wesker, unless something else is going on here, but it's a loose end we don't want to get caught off guard by potentially.

>>17088069

I believe he's talking about after this mission concludes. It is a very real concern. Perhaps we should turn an eye to future recruitment with that in mind?

Of course, focusing upon the mission at hand should take priority, but if anyone has an idea for possible future opponents we may need to counter (granted that is an *extremely* long list), it may be a good idea to get it out in the open so we can prepare accordingly. For example, we may need some hacking expert in future to deal with maniac supercomputers, as well as insulating our equipment from external interference.

>>17088124
Yes. also with frequent reality distortion scans and t he vaccine distributed amongst the men.

rolled 94 = 94

>>17087896
Sorry, forgot to do that.

You deploy your remaining Observer to Raccoon City...

>>17088124
Also HK-50, because he's with the EMH.

And we all agreed that we were sending a Protoss Observer into Raccoon City at a decent altitude to get some initial recon done.
OP, has that Observer left yet?

>>17088147
Your Observer returns with a complete map of the city along with the report that it located Wesker and what it can confirm to be Azalin Rex entering a large skyscraper that appears to have been fortified and seems to be at the very center of the undead concentration. It also sighted Wesker running down a survivor and drinking all of his blood, draining him dry.

>>17088132
There are a lot of potentially pantscrapping places.
Warhammer 40k, World of Darkness, and pretty much anywhere SHODAN ends up.
>>17088147
>>17088156

>>17088164
Wesker as a vampire? That seems odd to me. He wasn't a vampire in resident evil.
... Azalin has used L33t Mag1c to transform Wesker into a vampire, hasn't he?

>>17088164

welp, Wesker is a vampire now. and the lich's bitch, it seems. This makes things...complex. I think magic will has more influence here than we were expecting.

>>17088164
Good.
Did the Observer notice any survivors at all?
If not, then we should be able to go in weapons-free, and see how well a lich stands up to quad Clan ER PPC's.
If yes, then we'll need to try to get our men into position around the tower.

Regardless, keep that Observer on-station above the city to let us know if anything changes and give Star-Lord a real-time city map.

>>17088191
>>17088181
Star-Lord still has a magic weapon, so he may be needed to take down Wesker and Azalin.

Also, don't forget the nanny-bags!
The Medic will be real useful as combat medic, but he can't be everywhere.

>>17088164

Well this is a weird twist.

I'm wondering if we can possibly work a deal with Wesker. The dude is an egotistical maniac and will try to backstab us, of course, but he's predictable like that. I'd like to get a better idea of any plans he potentially has or if he has any (tenuous) alliances with other factions though.

>>17088118
Al'kesh could hold at least a couple mechs, but yeah, this is dropship work to get everything down.

>>17088164
Vamp-SUE Wesker. Fuck.

>>17088124
Still voting for Aurors as well.
Hm, we need better protection for the magic/psi going down, what can we outfit them with or put them in?

>>17088191
So if we blow up the Lich, Wesker might be free of his control?

Ask the Seer council if the narrow path to this world's salvation involve Albert Wekser's Death, or his continued Life. I know Wesker needs a bullet to the face but I'm quite willing to throw him at something we need killed.

>>17088195
It reports no survivors, and also the skyscraper seems to be the current location for the moving reality distortion.

>>17088191
Not surprising, Wesker loves to attach himself to people with influence and power.
He'll also be plotting to take that power. Azalin was safer when he was partners with Strahd.

rolled 96 = 96

>>17088226
The seers roll the magic 8-ba- er, I mean, peer into the tangled skein of fate...

>>17088195

Also give him a lightsaber, if he doesn't already have one. It should prove handy, if it gets to close combat. He is still fairly good with swords, right? Also make sure all soldiers are briefed that these may be magical zombies, and as such might take more punishment than usual to put down.

>>17088215
For Psi we can give the Mech pilots, Star-lord, and our magicians the Kotor psi-resist helmets. X-com is already psi-resistant, BLU team is so simple-minded that they're basically kill zombies already, and we don't have enough hats to outfit both the /tg/ recruits and the castlevania squad.

>>17088240
I'm fine with giving the Star-Lord a lightsaber. In addition to its combat use, it's really good for cutting through barricades and locked doors.
Seems like a good idea.

>>17088235
"Both the lich and his newest lieutenant must die before the mists recede from this land. They are bound here to this domain, as Azalin was bound to his kingdom once before. To roll back their insidious influence, both must be purged... as must die their pet. That gleaming tower of glass, steel, and stone is Azalin's new Avernus. There is no salvation there. A fiery place must become that hell, but while its master liars within he will not allow it."

>>17088242
Psi?
I meant they need more physical protection, I don't think we've allocated any to our new White Mages and Psions yet.

Science team, do a test to see what effects the Medic's Medigun Healing Beam has on infected flesh.

>>17088261
Well, time to start evacuating survivors to a safe distance so we can nuke the place.
I'd take them into orbit, but the mist won't let that happen.

>>17088240
True, a back-up weapon like a lightsaber might be useful down there.
If nothing else, it can be used to cut through doors and other barricades.

Seconding giving Star-Lord a lightsaber, assumed we kept a few squirelled away from when we took the Executor.

>>17088261
Alright then. A refreshingly clear and concise prophecy from the Farseers.
Let's inform Star-Lord, and get this show on the road.

>>17088261

Sounds like they're in the Umbrella building. It's an allusion to the fact that Raccoon city has to be glassed to order to preserve canon, but if Azalin is still around that won't be possible. So we need to weed them all out, obviously.

Well, a least this is more straightforward than dealing with Silent Hill.

>>17088261
Alright, we need to off the super-lich then raze the area. Or perhaps lure him far from his lair.

>>17088261
Roger that. Thanks, Seer Council.
Well lads, we've got shit to kill and guys to kill it with. Let's get rolling.

>>17088268
Good point, but I think we forgot to pick up any armor for them :x
We could give them the armor from the SCPs/UNITs. Between them, they have enough armor for the White mages, Psions, Abjurers, and 6 left over (presumably for Heather, Heather's bum, and 4 other survivors).

>>17088280
>Sounds like they're in the Umbrella building.
You know what this means?
Demolition time!
If we have any demolition experts, we can sneak in a team to blow the main supports.

>>17088284
Power armor requires training in order to operate properly, though.
We'll have to depend on their kinetic barriers and protective spells for now.
And our other guys acting as bait and meatshields.

>>17088294

We're dealing with a lich, remember? Storming his new castle isn't going to be that simple.

>>17088294
>If we have any demolition experts,
BLU team has one.
Come to think of it, we also have an ICBM on the storm. Once the Lich and Wesker are dead, we can convert the ICBM into a bomb and defend it from any surviving zombies while it gets pushed to the final contol p... Umbrella building.

How are you deploying your forces within Racoon?

>>17088274
Any word on this?

>>17088314

Have the mundane firepower leading the way through the city, but the closer we get to Azalin, the more magical support we're going to need.

I'm not familiar with a lot of the forces we have though, so someone else feel free to hammer out the specifics.

>>17088314
Leopard dropship landing on the outskirts.
Lots of Mechs, Star-Lord, EMH, HK-50, Sandmen, /tg/ recruits, BLU, X-commies, 3 WHMs, 3 Psions, 3 Abjurers.

Plan is to steamroll through zombies with a wall of steel and guns until we get somewhere interesting.

what's the pet the farseers are referring to? Nemesis? something else?

>>17088280
I don't believe this Raccoon City is a canon manifestation. This is a mishmash of zombie horror dragged here by Ebon Night. Seems we need to get a handle on the new 'leaders' here before we can level that tower though.
Real question is: What is their pets? Are they referring to the zombies or something far more nefarious..

This Ebon Night is rolling like an Anti-Fixer, setting up terrible alliances of evil across the world.
I wouldn't bet money at this point on Strahd and Castlevania being at odds, there's probably more going on there too.

>>17088330
>>17088333
Psions and any Mech sensors should get on detecting life. Abjurs can detect magic. WHMs should get Magic Defense spells on the Star-lord and the Mechs, if they can maintain these spells and still have the mana left to heal.

/tg/ Recruits use guns to shoot, BLU does the same. Keep moving that dispenser forward, engineer; we'll need lots of ammo.
X-commies can fly around to look in windows or snipe from rooftops with heavy plasma, or they can blaster bomb strong targets, or they can MIND CONTROL big dumb beasties to make them sit still while we apply bullets to them.
Sandmen are basically an extra set of guns that we can trust not to be affected by zombifying.
Star-Lord does his commanding commandage.

>>17088341

Yeah, I just noticed that. I would assume "newest lieutenant" would be Wesker, but as for a pet... I don't know. I guess we'll find out, tell the troops to keep an eye out for anything unusual.

Although it's really only a matter of time before Wesker attempts to backstab Azalin if he really his working with him. He just can't stand to take orders from anyone but his own ego.

>>17088274
>Science team, do a test to see what effects the Medic's Medigun Healing Beam has on infected flesh.

>>17088328
The medigun beam heals the flesh, but only slows the infection.

>>17088333
>>17088353
These, then?

We should keep Proof of Azalin and our fights against him.
If we want to be peaceful with Strahd - even if it's only for a little time before we backstab and kill him - proof that we're fighting Azalin would help with that.

>>17088314
Deployment:

Star-Lord goes over the city map provided by the Observer, and identifies a route that will get the troops to the building that Azalin is using for a tower.
There is unlikely any place near that tower that the Leopard could land at, so we'll need to land and disembark our troops at the outskirts.

They will fight their way through the city to the tower.
The Leopard will provide close air support.

The Observer will maintain its position and continually update Star-Lord on his task force's progress, and any changes to enemy disposition.

Mechs and Gundam to the front and sides, X-COM to the rear, all others in the middle, and the magic-users in the center.

Man, I wish we had picked up some BMP-2's or some other APC or IFV for this.

>>17088333
Steamrolling seems to run across the grain.
We need to insert more intelligently.

I disagreed with dropping directly by the building before, but I'm beginning to think that might actually be the right course.
Catch the wizard and zombie concentrations off guard and unload on them... ugh. Major force rubs me wrong, but surprise might be our best course.

>>17088368
Those, with the Observer flying ahead of the main group, looking for anything threatening.
>>17088374
Seems good to me, as long as the X-commies occasionally fly up a bit to check windows for zombies/survivors.
>>17088377
Nothing says Surprise like 65 tonnes of Iron and Death.

>>17088377

Or we can do both, have the brute force firepower serve as a distraction while the magic team breaks directly into the building.

>>17088368
>The medigun beam heals the flesh, but only slows the infection.
We should do a field test on an actual zombie, then.

After 6 days of reading through threads in my spare time I've finally caught up.
Why have you guys not recruited Corbin Dallas yet? Also good job with Data and Spike in Silent Hill.

>>17088333
I like this plan.

>>17088284
we could always loot armour from the police or military stockpiles on the mission, if we need a stopgap.

We also need to somehow get Azalin out of his tower to destroy it, if I'm reading the prophecy right. Could the 'pet' be something out of another zombie verse?

>>17088377
I don't think we could do the drop like that. The Leopard doesn't have VTOL, and we don't have any kind of ground vehicle that the regular troops could make an airdrop in.

Maybe if a street is clear of cars, but I doubt it in an area that has a skyscraper.

>>17088377
Drop straight, with White Mages laying down buffs as we land and unload. Mecha at the lead, foot-units standby inside the dropship until way into the building is clear, then move in.

rolled 7, 81, 48, 81 = 217

I have a bad feeling about the next 4 rolls for no reason. I feel compelled to get them out of the way.

>>17088407
>Maybe if a street is clear of cars
As a combat dropship carrying mechs, I'm pretty sure it can land on dinky cars.

>>17088408
Say, couldn't we have the Mages cast Protectga and Reflectga on out tanks and mechs?

>>17088401

In order to put Raccoon City back in its proper canon, we have to get rid of Azalin's influence. In the RE universe, the city gets nuked after the major T-virus outbreak that leads to the first three games. If Azalin's still around here when that's due to take place, then he'll prevent it from occurring. That is not a good thing. Hence, we kill Azalin and boot this city back to its proper canon.

>>17088433
Mechs and Star-lord would be good targets for those spells.
I'm worried about a mech taking a fireball to the face out of nowhere and exploding. With an Observer, some detect life, mech's scanners, detect magic, and the uncanny observational abilities of our troops, we should be okay - but that's no reason to get careless.

>>17088433

We're using FFT white mages right? I think Wall covers both physical and magic attacks with one barrier, so that'd be a good idea.

>>17088431
Yeah, but we'd be landing right into the greatest concentration of zombies. The dropship would get swarmed immediately.

>>17088470
>The dropship would get swarmed immediately.
Don't we have some orbital assets that could clear out a small area?
Something akin to an air-bomb, but in terms of bombardment?
I know the Storm has some smaller lasers on hand.

>>17088395
I know that feel, bro.

If you want us to recruit Dallas, ask OP to add him to the reserve list. That way he should already be on the list of recruitment options next time a hero slot rolls around.

...Unless i fundamentally misunderstood how that actually works.

Of course it's up to the hivemind to decide in the end.

>>17088434

This.

Of course, we need to deal with Vampire!Wesker and this mysterious pet, in accordance with the prophecy.

>>17088486
We would need continual bombardment as the zombies would be attracted to the noise and Azalin pulls his forces back to defend his tower.
And he's got a magical defense put on the tower itself.

>>17088486
>>17088470
Dropship has guns, mechs piling out have guns. They'll be clearing the way first. We'd be facing them the same if we were marching up mainstreet, but then it would take longer and our opponents could prepare more and draw more zombies to them.
Hit 'em hard right outside, and send the rest of the team into the building, assuming they don't come out to fight.

IIRC Our FFT WM have time magic as well, so that can help slow down Wesker.

>>17088524
I still think it's too dangerous with the concentrations of zombies listed there.

OP, are you still waiting on a confirmed course of action?
Or does the plan from >>17088333
>>17088374
have enough votes to go?

>>17088531
>FFT time magic
>All mechs have Haste
Azalin won't know what hit him.

>>17088499
>Of course it's up to the hivemind to decide in the end.
True, I was just surprised nobody mentioned him. Even Ezio Auditore was suggested.

>>17088434
You don't understand, this whole set up is not canonical to the world that we are on. This isn't a redux of RE, this is shit grabbed from several places to serve as a Dread Realm for Azalin and Wesker. There isn't a nuke coming unless we provide it.
Also, Wesker wouldn't die here in RE canon, and we are definitely going after his ass here.

>>17088558
>>17088531

Forget Haste, Time Magic also gives us access to fucking METEOR.

>>17088569

Good point. Still, what IS certain is that we need to kill Azalin.

>>17088585
>Time Magic also gives us access to fucking METEOR.
That doesn't make enough actual sense. Our reality emitters won't let that happen.
I think.

>>17088592
Make sure to remember that he's a lich, and we also need to destroy his phylactery.

>>17088595
Then we just need to be damn sure they're nowhere near out mages when they cast Meteor then.

>>17088552
>I still think it's too dangerous with the concentrations of zombies listed there.
But that is the place where we are going. The concentrations would just get worse if we give them time to reinforce first.

So our options are: Slog through buildings and waves of zombies on our way to the building, or B) skip straight to the building and gain some surprise.

>>17088603
>we also need to destroy his phylactery.
Well shit.
We need to find it first.
How do you do that?

>>17088613
Probably with a nuke planted right on top of it.
Demoman will be quite happy.

>>17088592
>>17088613

Do the Seers or any of our magic-users have any special kinds of magic that can be activated with Azalin's name? IIRC, Azalin Rex is just an alias for him that the people of Ravenloft gave to him.

'cuz that's the one thing that we do know, from shameless meta-gaming.

On another note, the science team should be split 50% Working with Cheryl (take it easy with her), and 50% Aglaophotis, that will likely play a big role as well.

rolled 2 = 2

>>17088552
I was waiting to see if anyone else had a clear plan, but I suppose it's time.

The Leopard lands on the outskirts of Raccoon City, deploying the Mad Cats and Hyaku Shiki as the other troops boil out of it as well. An initial wave of zombies both slow and fast shamble to meet them, but are immediately cut down by the dropship's onboard weapons as well as the mecha's own arsenals.

The X-COM veterans immediately take to the air as the Recruit squad hastily begins to assemble its large platoon into some semblance of order.

The Observer detects movement all over the city as your forces form a wedge to drive towards its center...

>>17088612
>Slog through buildings and waves of zombies on our way to the building, or B) skip straight to the building and gain some surprise.

No, it's about destroying the zombies as they come in manageable numbers rather than all of them at once.

Vote time.
A. We land at the outskirts and move in towards the tower.

B. We land right outside the Tower.

>>17088648

TG DIIIIIIIIICEEE!

>>17088648
"Star-Lord, we have movement all over the city. Prepare for incoming."

Have the Observer send a live feed to Star-Lord.

>>17088566
Well, ask OP to put him on the reserve list, then! Dallas sounds like a promising recruit, and I'd probably vote for him, depending on the other suggestions (I'd vote for Zero first, though).

>>17088631
Firan Zal'honan. Yes, he has taken pains to conceal his true name since arriving in Ravenloft.

>>17088649
B, but it seems we're a hair too late. Damn.

If we're doing this drive through the damn city first we need some air support on them!
Personally I vote for bringing the Inde in, but that'll get out voted so the Al'kesh is the next one down for the job.

For shear utility, I say we get either Mega Man classic, or Mega Man X, with full access to their upgrades. X would be superior to classic, if only because of the armor upgrades, but he's somewhat angsty.

>>17088697
We can use the Leopard for air support and we were going to use the Al'Kesh for the Transylvania operation.

What I don't understand is, if we have mechs and a dropship, why the hell are we disembarking any of the light units for this march through hell?

>>17088715
Same reason RL armies deploy infantry with tanks, for support.

>>17088670
>he has taken pains to conceal his true name since arriving in Ravenloft

well he clearly reckoned without our meta knowledge. Can we give his true name to his rival? I imagine that guy would have ways to screw Rex over if he only had his true name. Do we have the other guy's true name, too?

>>17088727
>>17088727
See what the Auror can do with it

>>17088727
>True Name wars

>>17088706
The main issue with both is that there's no point we can recruit them *from* in their timelines. X is a cyberelf, and may be reluctant to take up arms once more (legs too, while we're at it), and well, we're not sure when might be good to recruit Rock. Zero, on the other hand, had an ideal point of recruitment, just after he destroyed Weil. his commitment to destroying the enemy, and his excellent destructive capabilities, especially swordmanship (handy, when we have a bunch of First age magic swords going around) and several weapons still give him adaptability enough.

Of course, it's not an either/or proposition, depending on how many slots become available.

rolled 30 = 30

>>17088648
Almost immediately as they enter the city, horrible abominations begin to leap from the rooftops onto the ranks of the invaders. Decaying and half-skeletal frogmen crash into screaming recruits and rip bloody handfuls from their chests as return fire is scattered and panicked. A trio of hulking behemoths that were once men, the infamous 'Tank' zombie leaps onto the cockpits of the Mad Cats and begins punching and attempting to tear off the armor to get to the pilot within. Another wave of zombies begins to issue forth from the surrounding buildings

Invasion status:
2 Mad Cats
Hyaku Shiki
TG Recruit Platoon(36/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (13/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers. Led by an HK-50.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (12/12)
1 squad (12/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3

>>17088838
I forgot to list casualties. Derp

Invasion status:
2 Mad Cats
Hyaku Shiki
TG Recruit Platoon(30/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (12/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers. Led by an HK-50.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (12/12)
1 squad (12/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3

Kill those tanks!

>>17088838
"Char, knock those tanks off of the Mad Cats!
"Sandmen, tear those tanks apart with your mass rifles; they'll have more effect than regular bullets.
"Mad Cats, use your machine guns to take out the zombies.
"Star-Lord, get those recruits back under control and start coordinating fire.
"White Mages, get some Raises in there, and X-COM, protect the mages while they do their magic."

Wait, what happened to BLU team? And the abjurers and psionicists?

>>17088838
White mages need to cast Wall and Haste on themselves if they haven't already. We can't afford to lose them now.
Have the Sandmen use their AI-enhanced aiming skills to shoot the Tanks off the Madcats, and stick with them as support for now.
Have the X-com squad cover the Recruit platoon so they have the breathing room to regroup, and get the Drone group moving forward.
When the Mad Cats are clear, have them lay down fire on the nearby buildings first to remove enemy height advantage, then focus fire on anything they see that is more than 50 meters away from our own troops.

>>17088807
Was Rocks fate before the X series ever mentioned? Unless Capcom has some sort of "death of Megaman" thing in the works, I don't think it was ever brought up.

Good point about X though.

rolled 73 = 73

>>17088879
>>17088886
The White Mages begin casting buffs as the Sandmen barely manage to shoot the Tanks off the Mad Cats. The Mass Rifles are extremely effective, killing the brutes with a single shot, but unfortunately, damaging the mechs when they miss.

"Kerensky's blood!" one of the Cat pilots swears. "Was that some kind of zombie Elemental?!"

BLU team is laying into the enemy as best they can as Star-Lord attempts to rally the recruits, but the less than stellar start is making it hard to get the rookies under control, and the monsters are still ripping them apart. The Psionicists and Abjurers are casting minor spells right now that are having little effect on the battle's course.

Invasion status:
2 Mad Cats (20% damage)
Hyaku Shiki
TG Recruit Platoon(24/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (12/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers. Led by an HK-50.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (12/12)
1 squad (12/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3

>>17088838

Did we identify what those frogmen were in the end?

>>17088727
>>17088749
>>17088756
So, are we agreed to take advantage of these guys' true name however we can? Maybe give Sorbet or whatever Wesker's name, too. If we can get the two guys engaged in a magic duel, it'll make our operations much easier. If course, we need to make sure *they* don't figure out we gave the other guy their true names.


I know that we have to drop the bomb on Raccoon, but should we mayhap recruit from the survivors in some capacity? they're going to die otherwise, so we may as well. We got a hero when we took that Elf, so we might find a hidden gem or two.

>>17088930
RE Hunters, me thinks. Big fuckers who can decapitate you in an instant.

rolled 45 = 45

>>17088926
The Mad-Cats lay down a suppressing fire as X-COM veterans eliminate the zombie Hunters attacking the recruits with precision Heavy Plasma. Blaster Bombs further out keep the advancing horde at bay as Star Lord slices the head off the last Hunter with Anguirel and raises the blade high to rally the recruits.

The Leopard begins to take off as your beachhead is finally secured when the Hyaku Shiki levels the nearby buildings with its Bazooka.

>>17088926
>"Was that some kind of zombie Elemental?!"
"Close enough. Watch out for them, they can hurl small vehicles like an SRM. Take them out with lasers before they get in range.
"Medic, try to keep those rookies from dying so damn fast! EMH, nanny-bag anyone who goes down, we'll heal them up after the fight!"

>>17088943

Yep, they were confirmed as Hunters.

>>17088955
Have the Leopard circle around the ground troops at a height of 400 feet and provide close air support further out to make the zombies that get through a manageable number.
This'll be just like air support from a C-130 Spectre.

>>17088962
>EMH, nanny-bag anyone who goes down, we'll heal them up after the fight!"
On that note, when they get nannybagged, pull them back to the White mages for a quick Heal spell. The combined healing should get them combat ready in minutes, if not seconds, so the nannybags can be reused in-battle.
We only have a dozen or so, right?

>>17088915
No, nothing. Unless you count Quint, but that guy sucked bolts. It also applies to all of the other characters from the classic era, except Auto, oddly enough (and that's a cameo).

Ditto Axl, he disappears between the end of the X series and the ZX characters, as well as Volnutt, also have no specific point to recruit them from. Zero is the only Megaman protagonist we can actually recruit with damaging the Canon. luckily, he's one of the best choices. Although, we could also recruit the Four Guardians, it would most likely be as individuals, so we might as well go all-out and get Zero anyway.

>>17088985
>We only have a dozen or so, right?
Yeah, because the other half is reserved for the Transylvania/Castlevania operation, which won't have the EMH or Medic with them.

Guys, can we please decide if we're doing anything with Rex's true name? Sharing it, using it, just decide on something!

Also waiting on response regarding raccoon recruitment.

>>17089012
Can Potterverse magic do anything with True Names?

>>17089023
Yes, but it's above the Auror's paygrade. If we had some Unspeakables, than we might be able to do something.

>>17088838
Didn't we have BLU team and some other mechs in with that squad, or are they attacking from a different direction?

rolled 80 = 80

>>17088980
>>17088985
Your Leopard goes into 'Spectre Mode' as it circles the battlefield and starts blasting apart the hordes of zombies as they form. With the White Mages and Nannybags, your forces suffer very minor casualties as they press forward, especially with Raise magic. BLU has to respawn once or twice, but you're half-way to the skyscraper already. Once or twice some guiding intelligence pulled a large group of monsters and zombies together to attack, but the Leopard blew them away from the air before they could attack.

Invasion status:
2 Mad Cats (25% damage)
Hyaku Shiki
TG Recruit Platoon(24/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (8/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers. Led by an HK-50.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (12/12)
1 squad (12/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3
Psionicists: 2/3
Abjurists:3/3

Recruiting survivors may be an option later, yes.

>>17089023
I don't know (likely, considering Voldemort changed his as well as seeking any who spoke his name aloud in book 7), but can't D&D magic do stuff (hence why he hid it in the first place)? if so, we know he has a rival that might like to take advantage, whose true name we might give in return to Rex. That way, they might get in a wizard duel or whatever, giving us more ease to move around. Of course, if they figured out we leaked that information, it would be a Very Bad Thing.

>>17089051
What happened to the Destroids? Didn't fit on the dropship?
Also, damn! A Psion is down. Their anti-magic bullshit would've helped a lot.

>>17089051
Are these permanent casualties, or simply people out of action and who may be recovered later in medbay?

Okay, as we're nearing the tower, have the Observer direct the Leopard's firepower to begin clearing out the zombies before they get to our team. Don't go easy on the PPC's and lasers; there's plenty of air to cool the heatsinks.

>>17089031
Hence giving it to his rival strahd, who would presumably be able to do something with that info. He's a necromancer, so seems likely he could do something.

Also, his phylactery is a golden dragon skull, so look out for that.

>>17089051
Looks like the Drones are taking a beating. Have them focus more on stealthy observation and less on sticking their necks out. Hopefully detect life, detect thoughts, and a flying Overlord will be enough spotting.
Those Drones are being worth a lot, but I'm worried that we'll be out of drones before we're done here.
Make sure the TG recruit platoon isn't in a spot where they can misfire and hit someone in the back of the head. They may not be Xcom rookies but I still don't trust them.
And, tell the Destroid pilots to get their asses in gear and stop derping about in the cargo hold.
>>17089092
>Also, his phylactery is a golden dragon skull, so look out for that.
Understood. If his Phylactery is in the building, we'll wreck it, and if it's not in the building, then we wreck the building. It may be hard to find his reality distortion afterwards, though.

>>17089096
But we haven't even gotten into contact with either of them.
Unless you intend us to march up guns blazing to the tower as say "Parlay! Want to know Strahd's true name, or shall we blow you up?"

>>17089114
I'm fine with skipping to the "Blow you up" part.

>>17089123
Maybe we could take his phylactery hostage and tell him we'll give him the chance to fuck over Strahd before he dies.
Seem's like something he'd like to do.

>>17089135
This idea can't possibly backfire in any way, and giving a Wizard the time to prepare against us is sure not to affect us in any way.

>>17089114
Well, we must have some way of sending a message to strahd, we have magic. Or fly over his castle and drop leaflets.

>>17089144
Actually I was thinking about dealing with Alazarid or whats his him name anyways, since we're here already.

>>17089123
Aye, the farseers were clear on their destruction.
Part of me wishes we could make a play for drawing Azalin's son out, but unless the Aurors come up with something for that, I don't have much idea.

>>17089148
>Alazird

um, who?

>>17089163
The guy who's in the umbrella tower.

>>17089092
Permanent.

The Leopard can only carry 3 mechs per... and I thought everyone said to carry down the Cats and Shiki instead of the 'stroids.

Now that you're formed up, most of the zombies simply cannot stand up to your firepower. The few undead assets that can flee in advance. You get the feeling that someone is guiding its forces to where they would be more useful.

And so, finally you make it to the skyscraper that is at the center of this chaos. The structure is sleek and futuristic, though its upper floors seem to have suffered heavy damage. A wide lobby is clearly visible beyond the first floor walls of transparent glass.

>>17089159
That may be well and good, but giving Azalin more time to wreck our shit isn't a good idea. Wizards need 1 hour to prepare a spell slot they haven't yet prepared, and 8 hours to fully recharge. That puts us on a clock for how long we have to push this asshole's shit in, so we probably don't have time for your plan.

>>17089179
Hence we somehow contact Strahd, and politely suggest he try and wreck his hated rival's shit, through use of his true name. That leaves him depleted for our attack on him, too!

>>17089177
>Permanent
Damn, TG rookies are almost as bad as X-COM rookies.

Alright, have the Mad Cats, Leopard, and Char stay out here and keep the escape route clear.
Everyone else is going to need to go inside.
BLU team is to lead the way in.

Be careful of doors and windows; never consider a room clear unless you've filled it with grenades.

>>17089177
Mad Cats and Hyaku Shiki stand watch outside.
Everyone else, go in. BLU first, of course. Especially the Scout and the Spy. In fact, isn't that the Spy's job?

Our flying dropship and observers should try to find where the zombies are. If they're at the tower then that's well and good, but I figure they may be clustering around some secondary targets that might merit investigating later.
If any of our surviving Psions can scry, they should attempt to do so to find where the zombies are retreating to.

Anyway.
Go BLU, Go X-com, Go Star-Lord, Go Magic-users, Go Sandmen, Go Recruits. Hope everyone's ready to kick some Lich's teeth in!

>>17089177
>You get the feeling that someone is guiding its forces to where they would be more useful.
Launch a drone to the Survivor's encampment. Let's watch out for them.
>A wide lobby is clearly visible beyond the first floor walls of transparent glass.
How would a PC deal with this...
>KICK IN THE DOORS WITH TANKS!
or
>Avoid the entrance, JETPACK to the top with suppressive rockets blasting each floor as they go up.

>>17089204
>Avoid the entrance, JETPACK to the top with suppressive rockets blasting each floor as they go up.
Behold, Xcom. Need to take a battleship? Blaster bomb the bridge and make the aliens panic. Also a favourite tactic of anyone who can cast Flight.

>>17089177

Azalin is probably recalling the remaining undead forces into the skyscraper, or whever he's hiding out.

Can any of our drones/ANON detect if there are any subterranean structures below the skyscraper? Or where the source of the reality distortion and/or magic is the strongest in the skyscraper?

>>17089177
As a side note, we need to get some real dropships or landers in the future if we seriously want to use these mechs we have. We should send down an Al'kesh with a couple more mechs and add to the air support.

>>17089219
We're getting bulk transports, and an upgraded space fleet, pretty soon. The Antaeus-01 and Star Destroyer are going to kick so much ass. So very much ass.
Plus, if we could use our transporters in this f8cking fog, we would.

I've got it! Aurors! Get on working up or looking up a spell to draw out and empower a restless spirit!

Azalin is haunted by his son's death in about ten different ways.
One of them has been literal ever since Azalin's lich-spirit moved into Irik Zal'honan's corpse that he'd kept with him all these years.
Start prep'ing that, we'll need it to help unbalance him when it comes down to the showdown.

>>17089204
A drone is sent to the fortified mall. It reports all clear for the time being...

>>17089218
ANON: "I detect a large network of subterranean tunnels and substructures below the skyscraper.

>>17089219
You guys DO have an Overlord. It's just still in orbit.

>>17089255
>You guys DO have an Overlord. It's just still in orbit.
...Could we crash land it on top of the Skyscraper?

>>17089255
ANON, can you detect whether the reality distortion is near the top of the tower, or if it is belowground?
Also, can any of our sensors map the tunnels?

rolled 15 = 15

>>17089274
"The reality distortion is within the tunnels, in a large chamber approximately thirteen stories belowground. There is strong interference with most of my sensors, but I might be able to attempt to craft a map of the upper levels."

>>17089255
>You guys DO have an Overlord. It's just still in orbit.
Wait, then why did.. argh.
Come on guys, if you are going to send in a force of mechs with a 'steamrolling' plan, send down an actual force!
No wonder we unloaded the infantry, there weren't enough mechs to cover themselves.

>>17089301
Wish we had access to a stoneburner or some other way of drilling down that far, instead of going through the tunnels.

ANON, create the map and send it to Star-Lord. Our target is underground.

>>17089301
"Something is blocking me. I am unable to map."

>>17089060
His name was made Taboo, so that the ministry is alerted to anyone who says that specific name, the corrupt ministry relayed the information to Voldemort.

Also, When we nuke the city, we should use some of the warheads that we recovered from Ulysses bunker or the ones from the fort (both Fallput verse). Those ones were the high destruction low radaition ones that the U.S. had- the ones we recovered from the desert were Chinese made and were low damage-high radiation types. In-universe explanation was that the U.S had better refinement facilities than the Chinese.

>>17089320
I thought we wanted to keep some forces in reserve because this is supposed to be happening alongside the Transylvania operation in case reinforcements are needed.

>>17089320
>>17089329
Well, are we going to send in the SCP, UNIT, MI, or Delta Green teams as reinforcements? Or hold them in reserve?

>>17089330
We don't even need to waste a nuke, once they are down we can just glass the town with energy weapons.

>>17089329
Tell Star-Lord to go in. BLU Team goes first.
Be careful, and don't be afraid to make his own stairs down, rather than be stuck at chokepoints.

We should sweep a couple key rooms of the Umbrella building before heading down.
Farseers, do you think the golden dragon skull is within the building above ground?

Well, may as well recruit any survivors in raccoon we find, if they're liable to be killed to death by the nuke/glassing, not much harm in that, right? plus would be free.

Acknowledge, are we able to prep something to this effect?
>>17089249

>>17089348
Sorry, I thought we had to nuke it to preserve cannon or something to that effect.

>ACCIO PHYLACTERY

problem, lich?

>>17089393
I believe our scans were negative for life within Raccoon City.

>>17089412
>>17089330
Either way, may as well sweep the city for potentially useful personnel before we drop the bomb. could always use more rookies.

>>17089422
Yeah, that's what I thought too, because of this:
>>17088228
>It reports no survivors,

So I've been wondering why people are saying to get Raccoon City survivors, when the Observer said there are none.

>>17089412
No, this whole city isn't canon, Ebon Night is recreating the Dread Domain scheme from Ravenloft.
We just need to kill it with fire once Wesker and Azalin are out of the way.

>>17089399
It'd take time, though it might be possible to use a spell that would force the ghost to manifest or the like.

The X-COM troops jet up to the upper stories and begin working their way down as Star-Lord and BLU team search the ground floor. Aside from a few zombies that are easily dispatched, they don't seem to find much of interest. The ground floor has a number of lifts as well as emergency stairs.

>>17089376
Yes. If we detect magic somewhere in the tower, we should check it out.
If we don't, let us take a moment to steal their research data.
Then we blow the damn building down and find an entrance to the labyrinth.

>>17089448
>The ground floor has a number of lifts as well as emergency stairs.
Well, you know what they say, don't use lifts during an emergency.
Use the emergency stairs, have BLU team take point, and have Demoman periodically drop some grenades down the stairwell.
When exploring have Spy and Scout range further afield.

>>17089461
Also, hit ALL THE BUTTONS on the elevators.

>>17089444
what about riverside? do we need to do anything about that?
if yes, may as well recruit THOSE guys, the doctor at least seemed smart enough. It's not their fault they're in the line of fire, anyway.

>>17089481
Well, this would be a good time to prep the Overlord with the Hellstars, Destroids, SCP and UNIT, with close air support provided by the Veritech fighters, right?

ANON, prepare the aforementioned squads for an assault orbital insertion if the probe droids we sent to Riverside detect a massive incursion.

>>17089448
Take the time, if we're going to have to muck through 13 stories of zombie-survival crossed with dungeon delving, you'll have that time.

rolled 68 = 68

>>17089376
"No."

>>17089461
BLU team leads the way deeper into the building's basements, but they find little but scattered zombies there. After a few minutes of searching, Spy manages to locate a hidden panel that Engineer is able to hack into. A hidden entrance to lower levels appears.

The X-COM troops still haven't found anything.

>>17089507
so you support my recruitment plan?

Also: can I suggest that we have all our units ready to pull out and move to back up team 2 the moment our mission is complete here. I'd say to do the same of team 2, but for meta reasons (har har) that's possible.

>>17089481
>riverside
Nah, they're pretty much useless.
Although...
ANON, send a message via the probe at the Survivor's place, let the Doctor know that there may or may not be a zombie hoard headed there way, and to get everything barricaded up if they haven't already; seems that the lich king of Raccoon city is diverting his forces elsewhere after we ripped them a new one, but we can't see where. A fair warning, in otherwords.

>>17089528
Have the X-Com fellows start wiring up the building with synchronized explosives. If necessary we may have to collapse the whole thing on Alzarin's head.

>>17089481
Hm, if those people are from the RE Raccoon City and L4D Riverside, evacing them before they possibly return home might be a blessing.
Ok, we need a quick plan for evacing 50-odd people without needing to obliviate all of them afterward. Any thoughts people? Not saying we recruit them, just get them toward the coastal end of the state. Though we could refresh our recuits from them if they wish, that should be a secondary concern.

>>17089528
Okay, regroup before we go down lower. Give the troops a breather, have Engineer set up a sentry to watch the stairs to the lower levels. Wait for the X-COM troops to finish clearing the upper levels, but I doubt that they'll find much.

>>17089535
No. Not outright recruitment. Maybe the doctor, but nothing right now.
I'm supporting this plan >>17089550
Warn the doctor and the survivors that we're pressing the attack on Raccoon City, but the lich may be going after civilians like them in order to get us let up on him.

>>17089550
hey, that elf we got from rivendell seemed 'pretty much useless', but he turned out a hero.

And Darius Forte was just another KI till destiny called him.

Not to mention, that Raccoon guy saw Wesker and lived.

anyone can be a hero, if we just nurture that potential. It has to be better than letting them die.

>>17089550
I think there was a misunderstanding, an intelligence was directing the zombie hoards together to attack our assault force, and those were blasted by the leopard.

rolled 73 = 73

>>17089528
With diligent Sapper use, the Spy moves forward and disarms a series of trapped panels in the floor that would've caused cutting lasers to slice apart any unauthorized personnel descending further. BLU continues forward, into a series of secret offices. The cramped rooms and cubicles offer little room to maneuver... as the sound of moans and shuffling feet echo through the area.

One of the doors opens and a group of zombies begin to issue forward. A sharp metal clang as the group's retreat is cut off, several undead Hunters leap down from a ceiling vent to land behind Star-Lord

>>17089595
StarLord's got the magic sword. Spin around and slice through them all at once.
I mean, it's a legendary elvish blade, it's got the power of an Animu katana with the strength of thousands of years to support it's power.

>>17089528
Ok, have the X-COM guys yank a few important looking harddrives (exec office, labs, whathaveyou) and have them hurry down to meet up with the rest of the team.

>>17089595
Have Heavy and Demoman use that door as a natural chokepoint while Engineer gets a sentry turret up and running.

Scout, Soldier, and everyone else take down those Hunters.

Sandmen circle around the White Mages and protect them.

Medic, EMH, and White Mages keep everyone alive.

>>17089621
On that note is Mouse down there? Get him wired up and downloading what he can.
Maybe some nifty biotech could be turned to our advantage.

>>17089595
>>17089621
If they get there in time, have the X-COM folk blow the door and join the fray (then yank some harddrives from these hidden offices afterward).

>>17089618
Aye, have Star-Lord cut them down.
Suggest Demoman switch to his sword in close quarters as well.
Everyone else, open fire.

>>17089634
Hadn't considered that, we did send the sandmen, but do we normally include Mouse with the rest?
No worries though, if not we'll just hand Mouse a pile of drives when we return.

>>17089691
OK, I lol'd at the mental image

>'hey mouse, we brought souvenirs!'
>pile o'drives
>'oh...thanks.'
>'can you have it done within the hour? Spike and the Sandmen are booked in the messhall this evening.'

>>17089550
"Done."

>>17089618
>>17089632
"WHAT SICK MAN SENDS DEAD BABIES TO FIGHT ME?! Heavy demands to know as he begins to mow down the zombies. They immediately explode when slain, heavily wounding those BLU team in front. Luckily, Medic is able to keep them up with his medigun.

Star Lord turns and cuts a Hunter in half, ducking under the lunge of a second to run it through, and then spinning around to decapitate the last one.

"THERE we go!" he murmurs. "There's that old skill. I was just rusty back in that tomb. That's all."

Currently you only sent the X-COM troops, Star-Lord, and BLU within the building. The others are still around the perimeter topside.

>>17089755
Hmm...if we sent the recruits in, they'll just get killed. And they need support topside if they're to stay alive.

Have the X-COM troops even found anything worthwhile on the upper floors?
We may be better served just ignoring them and sending them down to Star-Lord to help.

Also, did the Engineer put down a teleporter pad up on the ground floor, so that if we need to, we can get reinforcements to the vanguard quickly?

>>17089808
damnit, WHY didn't we think of that earlier? fuuuck.

>>17089825
Because... It's standard procedure for BLU and RED teams to lay down teleporters and dispensers as they advance? The Engineer probably took care of it.

>>17089755
>Currently you only sent the X-COM troops, Star-Lord, and BLU within the building. The others are still around the perimeter topside.
Well hell, they're going to need more support down there when it comes to facing down Azalin and such.
Let's see, magic users should join them. I'd say half the sandmen and six recruits. Can't squeeze too many down there.

>>17089808
Actually, have him lay both an exit and entrance here at the upper levels, then when we get deep he can rebuild which option we need. I suspect what we'll really want is a fast exit, but having the ability to bring more in at the bottom would be nice.

>>17089755
>>17089691
>>17089748
This is easy: we can still send signals, otherwise we couldn't communicate.
Have the X-Com guys set up a communication suite hooked up to the mainframe servers and let Mouse do this shit wirelessly.

>>17089882
Are the computers on the upper floors even getting power?

Though the idea is sound for the computers in the lower levels.

>>17089567
I've got it!
That is Riverside, send down an Al'kesh with a small amount of troops on it. Have the probe instruct the survivors to get and take cover, because we're going to lay down some artillery fire to clear a safe path to an experimental littoral combat ship by the river.
Once their heads are down, use the cloaked Al'kesh to lay down a swath of fire to clear said path to the river, then park itself on the river. Shape and size are just about right to make the lie believable. Unload troops to provide cover fire for the survivors while they evac to the ship. Keep them down in the hold with no windows and hurry them out of the area.

>>17089938
Veto this for now while we deal with other issues.
>>17089755
Send the Recruits in to cover the foyer and any areas we've already cleared - they'll be useful for picking through wreckage and clearing stragglers.
The Magic users, and Sandmen, fight their way up the building.
Xcom keeps fighting their way down the bulding.
BLU and the Star-lord are doing okay for now.
The Mechs should stand watch outside.

Also I just fucking realised something.
Those Madcats?
are Char's Wingmen.

>>17089957
Technically they're Quattro's wingmen at the moment. Apolly survived a little over 3/4ths of the series before he bought it.

Maybe if we painted the Mad Cats red?

>>17089938
No. We need the Al'Kesh for the Transylvania mission.

>>17089957
The Farseers said that the target isn't in the upper stories of the tower. The X-COM troops are wasting time there.

We need the magic users and the Sandmen to regroup with Star-Lord because they'll be needed when fighting the lich.

>>17089978
>The X-COM troops are wasting time there.
They are planting explosives to screw over Alzarin just in case, and picking up what independant data they can while setting up a connection for Mouse to hack the system for useable biotechnologies.

>>17089989
They're still wasting time there because the recruits could do the same job.

rolled 33 = 33

>>17089957
>>17089850
>>17089808
He did this time.

The X-COM troops still haven't found anything useful there.

You send in the Recruits to secure areas and handle stragglers, which they manage with startling proficiency. Your spellcasting team also enter the building alongside the Sandmen. Star-Lord and BLU begin clearing the Office Complex.

>>17089989
I like usable biotechnologies. Is the building powered? It needs power before Mouse can hax it.

We might as well clear the entire building to ensure nothing flanks us, and grab whatever biotech we can salvage.

Keep clearing the building until the above-ground floors are all clear. Once that's done, form up as one team and venture into the underground.

>>17089957
Well, we want them out of there before we defeat Azalin and wipe Raccoon.

No reason to fight up the building, Farseers confirmed that the golden skull wasn't topside, and sensor confirm the distortion is deep underground. Only thing to do in the topside is raid a few computers and join the others below.

We should stick the entrance/exit porter on the Leopard though, gets people faster when it comes time.

Hm, we should take a big bomb down with us too, to blow the labyrinth when we're clear. Do we have one that can get that and RC in one shot?

rolled 1 = 1

>>17090014
>>17090001
You have the NOD ICBM's warhead.

Star-Lord and the BLU team are held up as a wave of undead Hunters backed by more exploding zombies force the respawns of several of the team as they begin to take casualties.

>>17090058
Awballs. Xcom, Sandmen, Recruits, go rescue the Star-Lord (or the Star-Lord's corpse).

>>17090058
I'm out. Night all.
Try not to die too badly.
And remember the Recruits are redshirts!

>>17090058
Just popping in to shake my head in shame.

>>17090058

THESE DICE!

WHHHHYYYYY!

>>17090058
Gah! Demo- make with the 'splody spam. Try to force them back. Medic, full power to heals!

This is why I said that needed more support!

>>17090081
>>17090085
i know that feel bros

>>17090058
>rolled 1 = 1

>>17090058
I said to send down the X-COM team, but you were all too pre-occupied with wiring the building to blow when we can request a low-power orbital bombardment.

>>17090058
X-COM and the magic users, go down to provide support for Star-Lord's team. Sandmen go with them to protect the magic users.

>>17090058
Then catastrophe happens. You're not sure what happens, but all of a sudden all communication with BLU team and Star-Lord is lost. A tense few minutes pass, and when communication is restored, you see Star-Lord, Demoman, Sniper, and Scout limping back to the stairwell.

"Respawn tech's down!" Sniper shouts. "We're pullin' back!"

>>17090102
I told them to send the X-COM team down too, and grab HDDs on the way.

>>17090116
Send X-COM down to help extract while the EMH and the White Mages prepare to take in wounded.
We'll try again when they're patched up, see if we can get the respawn tech working again.

>>17090116
Roger that. Wonder if this means permanent loss of the BLU team.
We should get Data trying to repair it once he gets back on board the ship - though it probably won't work since we don't have any spare Australium.
White mages heal the Star-Lord. Have the recruits guard the stairwell while we clear the top floors, and only when the top floors are cleared, do we go downstairs.

>>17090116
Alright, get BLU and any BLU bodies out of there, move the rest of our forces down the rabbit-hole.

When the Al'kesh is done with the survivors, bring it back around to RC, we might want it for a beam-out once the disruption is cleared.

>>deep underground

Gee guys, I wish we had _a_ Getter Robo to do the job.

>>17090151
We're not going down until the respawn tech is working again.
The Al'Kesh is unavailable because we were planning on using it for the Transylvania mission.
That mission is running concurrently with this one, and anything we use here can't be used in that mission.

>>17090129
Huh, that's a good point, we've can the EMH and a shuttlecraft floating around here too. Bring them over to join the Leopard in air support and beam the heavily wounded up to it for treatment.

>>17090151
>>17090175
No Al'Kesh. We're not rescuing anyone with a dropship until we've kicked Azalin's ass.
>>17090166
Well, too bad. We have a Brasta, 4 Destroids, 4 MLRSes, 2 Mad Cats and the Charmobile. Deal with it.

BLU team evacuates, Star-Lord remaining to take command of the X-COM troops.

Is that all you're sending?

>>17090193
Sending where?

We're not sending anyone down into the hole until we find out what went wrong with the respawn tech and if it can be fixed in our timeframe of 3 hours.

>>17090175
Stuff it, we're using the Al'kesh to rescue 50 people in Riverside, it wouldn't be gone more than an hour. We've got other units that can support the other operations.
Frankly I think trying to focus on concurrent is simply not going to pan out, too much happening at each location and it causes too much 'well were was this at that time'.

>>17090211
Shut up, no. We're not sending the Al'Kesh down there. There isn't even any indication that an evacuation is necessary.

We're doing things concurrently. Shut up and deal with it.

>>17090193
Huh? No, we're sending in the Recruits, Sandmen, X-com, and magic-users in the building with the Star-Lord.
The Sandmen, a Life-detecting magic user, and an Observer should hold position at the staircase while the rest make sure the upper floors are clear.
By the time we clear the upper floors, we'll know if the Respawn tech can be fixed or not.

>>17090211
We're not using the fucking Al'kesh to rescue any goddamn civilians yet, get your head out of your ass. We'll deal with Riverside when we're done in Raccoon City.

And yes, we're attacking two spots at once to save (in-game) time, because we're pro like that. :)

>>17090193
Send everyone down. Cover the mechs with the Leopard and the shuttlecraft while they try to keep any other groups from climbing into the building.

>>17090225
We can't do that, Riverside will no longer BE there when we finish with Raccoon City, that's why we're getting them out of there concurrently to _that_.

>>17090226
I'd rather make sure the rest of the building is secure (or at least MOSTLY secure) before sending anyone down.
The /tg/ Recruits can easily hold previously cleared rooms and pick through them for Phat loot, the Mechs cover the outside of the building (Mechs are good at defending buildings), and the Leopard does what it's doing right now.

When OP tells us how secure the building is, or whether the respawn can be fixed, then we'll make a decision on what to do - and that decision will probably be to go down the stairs and attack everything.

>>17090238
I still hold with blowing the above-ground portion away entirely.

>>17090225

In addition, let's get a report from Star-Lord about what the hell happened down there.

Aside from the critical miss on the dice.

>>17090187
The Destroids are fine on the ground.

If we send the Brasta, we make it STAY IN THE AIR and shoot stuff on the ground. Also, no melee combat for Brasta either.

Ditto for any VF-25's we're sending.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17090225
>>17090226
Ah, I knew I missed something.

Your troops rally down in the stairwell, progressing further into the office complex. The few monsters remaining are easily dispatched. After a few minutes more, it is cleared.

Examining the respawn point gains you nothing... it APPEARS to be in working order.

>>17090237
You make a valid point. Tell you what: When we push Azalin's shit in, break Wesker's face, and kill whatever's in the basement, the Fog should recede a little.
When that happens, we search Raccoon City and Riverside for survivors and Evac them, before nuking Raccoon City.

That way liches get dead, survivors get evac'd, and we don't spend a dropship that we don't quite know we have!

>>17090253
I am greedy for Biotech. I would like some Biotech.

>>17090259
They probably found Wesker or Azalin.

>>17090237
What indication is there that Riverside will be attacked?
The probe droid sent there did not see any masses of zombies moving towards Riverside, or any indication of an impending attack.

Also, they don't matter. They're Canon fodder.
Terminating reality distortions and protecting our resources is more important.
You obviously have your priorities in the wrong order.

>>17090225
Originally we were attacking every spot at once when we went into Silent Hill, but it hasn't worked out that way.
And the first thing people are going to want to say to Strahd is 'oh hai, we just killed Azalin'. Keeping track of and enforcing temporal causality is a pain in the ass in games where you aren't time traveling.

>>17090166
Some music for the mood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7jbt6gdTc8

rolled 54, 21, 23, 32, 70, 5, 1, 77 = 283

>>17090267
Op, stop rolling crap rolls.
Here, let me do it.
>>17090267
Hm. Guess we can't fix it.
The /tg/ Recruits can ensure the demolitions charges are all set and the data are all stolen - everyone else should proceed down the building and get ready to get 1s and 7s in the face.

>>17090267
By office complex being cleared, how much of the underground tunnels does that make?
You said that it was 13 stories underground, at minimum. How many floors were cleared?

>>17090269
>>17090274
Nothing that it'll be attacked.
The concern is A) Destroying Raccoon City could be dangerous to Riverside right next to it.
B) The entire town will recede with the fog, having never existed in this canon. Which could dump them in the hell-hole that is L4D canon.

Autosage in 8 posts.
What now?

>>17090285
>>17090267
Respawn is Magi-Jammed.

rolled 37 = 37

Star-Lord reports that a pack of Lickers and Hunters decimated the BLU team, then for some reason they never respawned. They managed to kill the monsters, but had to fall back.

The X-COM troops take point, emerging from the office complex into a storage area. Crates, odd storage containers that look like huge cylinders, and tanks fill the room. Two types of tank in fact. Three of the Veterans immediate are set upon by a trio of Tanks as they leap into combat from ambush positions atop huge piles of crates and cargo. The white mages immediately resurrect them, but your team still scatters at the sudden attack. A veritable swarm of undead begins to boil forth from every corner of the room, all rushing for your away team! Hunters, Lickers, and the various zombies are joined by a new creature, a terrible amalgamation of several creatures in a humanoid shape, with bony blades for arms and many malformed eyes.

Skyscraper Invasion status:
Star-Lord
TG Recruit Platoon(24/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (8/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers. Led by an HK-50.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (12/12)
1 squad (12/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3
Psionicists: 2/3
Abjurists:3/3

>>17090300
Perhaps, but I'll accept those losses. We're apparently getting our asses kicked hard enough when we're focusing on ONE thing, no need to risk a dropship on rescuing 50 people who will later require obliviates, and who'll probably not join our star-hopping asskickers anyway.
Civilians gonna Civil.
>>17090307
Ah. Egon and the Magic users will probably be able to fix it when the mission is over, then.

>>17090300
That's not how crossovers work.
And even on the off-chance that they get pulled into the L4D Canon, it doesn't matter as long as they die.

>>17090310
Mind control the Tanks.
Our respawners are gone, but we have plenty of disposable scouting units right here.

rolled 6 = 6

>>17090310
Roll above 50 thx op.

>>17090310
Can't use blaster bombs...but we can still use mind-control!
Attempt to mind-control the Tanks to pile on the new undead type and to tear through the regular zombies.

>>17090319
Your Psi-Commers attempt to mind control the tanks, then stop.

"Sir... There are no living minds within the enemy forces!"

>>17090311
No, that was for the plan that DIDN'T require obliviates.
If we wanted to deal with obliviating 50 people we would have swung by with an actual dropship.

>>17090313
That how the Dark Powers of Ravenloft work, which is what we are dealing with here. This isn't a crossover, this a Dread Domain, probably Wesker's.

>>17090332
Damn, I was hoping that these were still alive but mutated.
X-COM, switch to Heavy Plasma, use a Blaster Bomb when possible.

Sandmen to concentrate mass rifle fire on the tanks and on the new creature.

>>17090310
Thankfully the new undead-type (Tyrant-ish) isn't an Invader.

>>17090332
Bah. Mind control doesn't work on undead. Robots and Rocks, yes, but not undead.
Well, get killing. Have the Abjurs prepared anything that might work against waves of undead?

Autosage status: We're in Autosage now.

>>17090319
>>17090332
Remember folks these are all _undead_ zombie-mutants. Not the 'living' zombies they would normally be.

Alright gentlemen! Give those White Mages all the cover you can! White Mages- Raise those tanks.

Remember folks. White magic that restores life auto-kills the undead.

>>17090351
That may not work, depending on the magic system.

Just have one White Mage try it; the other two to keep our people alive.

>>17090351
>>17090369
Well, healing harms undead in both FFT and D&D, I think were good on this.

>>17090369
>>17090351
Our mages should also be able to cast Holy.

Autosage.

rolled 4 = 4

A hail of Blaster Bombs, plasma fire, pulse rifle fire, and tiny black holes rips through the air towards the onrushing undead hordes as the white mages work their magic...

Someone archive this? It's about time for a new thread.

>>17090395
>4
Uhhh...
I don't see how the roll effects things, unless they all MISSED somehow.

rolled 79 = 79

>>17090395
Op.
Stop rolling shit.
Let me do it.

>>17090406
It's 2am already; shall we have another one tomorrow?
I might as well Archive it. Let's see about this interface...

>>17090379
Ah, but raise is cheaper and will kill undead..

>>17090395
Assuming the undead in question doesn't save against the effect.
Damn.
Hit it again! Hold the line!

>>17090412
Sounds good. I'll leave it on this cliffhanger for now.

Next thread will be Saturday in the afternoon, probably around 4 or 5.

>>17090426
>Cliffhanger
You call this a cliffhanger?
That's like pausing the movie right before the Exterminatus hits.
It's not a question of if it will work, just a question of how pretty the fireworks will be.

>>17090412
Don't bother. I already saved it.

Make sure that you use the exact same tags as the previous threads, and their specific formatting. Also, make sure to use the same naming convention as the rest of the threads.

Make sure to get it right, because once it's archived incorrectly, it won't get fixed. The admins will say they'll fix it, but I've yet to see a single archived thread ever get its tags fixed.

rolled 62, 52, 29, 84, 5, 5, 49, 28, 2, 87 = 403

>>17090426
>rolled 4 = 4
>probably around 4 or 5.
Oh u

Archive's up lads, get votin'
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

>>17090426
Alright man, hopefully I'll see you then.

You know guys, I get the feeling our battlemechs are slowly becoming obsolete.

You think too?

>>17090455
Slowly? We hardly use the things, but they are nice to have around.

>>17090455
>>17090465
That's just because we don't have much call for them.

>>17090455
No, they're fine. We just need an excuse to use them.
When we clear Riverside, we'll deploy ALL_THE_MECHS.jpg and broadcast on loudspeakers that the military's here to provide rescue.

>>17090472
I wonder if we can get enough budget to replace the Hyaku Shiki with a GN-X IV or a Victory Gundam Hexa.

>>17090455
No, they're useful when we can use them.
The problem is that since we're a black ops unit, we would need to kill or erase the memories of everyone who saw us in action, and we don't have the time to be doing that, what with Chaos and the Void Engineers running loose.

>>17090488
I wonder if we can get enough budget to replace the Char with a Zolomon.

>>17090472
You know what, with zombies and wizards going around, 'secret military battlemechs' are just as believable as anything else.

>>17090455

They keep getting thrust into situations in which they aren't really suited for. Anti-zombie duty involves using extensive amounts of weaponry that are meant for taking out tons of infantry (i.e. flamers, machine guns, small pulse lasers). Our current Timberwolves/Mad-Cat Primes aren't really good anti-infantry 'mechs, and the Hellstars are downright terrible for crowd-control. Even the likes of the Hi-Nu Gundam or Wing Zero would not fare very well in that situation. We might have been able to take along some Firestarters or Piranhas for dedicated and downright scary anti-infantry capabilities, but they would not be very useful outside of that role.

If we were in a Sci-fi type setting, however, they'd fit right in and contribute very well; in fact, they acquitted themselves well when defending the Rewriter bomb against the various SUE ground/air forces that were sketched into existence. Against mech-sized targets or static defenses, our 4 Hellstars gives us some extremely long-ranged and extremely damaging long-to-short ranged fire support (4 C-ER PPCs with no minimum range = OUCH). The Two Mad-Cats give us some raiding capability while offering a similar mix.

>>17090495
Probably never. We'd sooner be able to recruit a Borg Tactical Cube than a single Zolomon Ringo.

>>17090495
We need to recruit Nachtmaren members from Zeonquest.

We also need to get one of the basic Getter Robos too.

Let's take a memo on that, 'kay?

>>17090528
We could possibly get Hovis and Zolomon, Hell, maybe even Fontaine and Ramirez. But the others are accounted for in an epilogue. I don't know if we can get any of the other members.

>>17090527
What about recruiting Hovis or Jolyne?

>>17090521
What we need to supplement our big mechs are some Armored Combat Suits from the Legacy of the Aldenata series. Designed to take on massed infantry-level combat and withstand a shitton of damage with good survivability even if seriously wounded.

>>17090528
Zeonquest

That brings back memories....

>>17090528

We're about due for a Getter Robo.

>>17090495
>>17090527
>>17090528
Guys, you're getting Quest thread crossovers mixed up in our universe of crossovers.
...wait...
Oh, never mind.
It'd be awesome if we could get the protagonists from Mutant Quest or Doppleganger Damacy. Yes, I know Jack Kirby is an anaemic piece of shit that dies to boars, but if we fed him a bit without him dying...

The Blonde, Red-eyed vampire sits uneasily in your stomach as you struggle to digest its rotting flesh. But, as your gut settles, you realise you become a lot stronger...
CHOOSE ONE:
Int 22
Cha 20
Regeneration
Proficiency: Global Saturation 4 ranks

>>17090548
Those suits aren't bad, but we can get equivalents from other SF Canons that might be able to offer a better deal.

>>Quest thread crossovers

....what?

>>17090575
Better deal nothing, I'm talk about recruiting some ACS troopers. A lot fell in the worst of the fighting, it would be pretty straightforward to get a squad-worth swapping some for explosions when their position starts to be overrun.

>>17090558
I suggest hiring Deffwotch and their looted Krooza once we start going into the 40k areas fighting Chaos.

>>17090596
Oh, you're talking about getting more troops, rather than better armor for our current team.
Or are you saying we should swap them out and kill them for the suits?

>>17090558

Doppelganger Damacy would be great.

Speaking of Damacies, I wonder if we could get the Prince of All Cosmos and/or the King of All Cosmos with Katamaris eventually. It would be the ultimate in containment technology! Just roll up the Katamari to the approximate size of the enemy and keep 'em stuck to the ball until we can deal with them at a later date. The Prince is nigh-indestructible, and the King (while likely to inadvertently cause more harm than good) is basically a carefree/whimsical version of Galactus.

>>17090550
The OP from that is in here somewhere at time, there's been after game talk before about letting some be brought in.

>>17090575
I dunno about 'equivalents', I don't think I've seen a mass produced suit have that find of pilot survivability anywhere else. They practically have nanny-bags built in.

Speaking of which, we need to have that jacked-up rebuild bed from the secret lab at the shelter.
I'll leave that vague for those that haven't read it, but the rest of you know what mean, and that's a perfect opportunity to grab it as well.

>>17090608
Talking more troops in this case, those suits need well trained people using them, just like we have pilots for our battlemechs.
Mass Effect suits seem to be a fair choice for everyone else, built in healing application, shields, dampers, and vacuum safe. Plus counts as 'worn' rather than 'riding inside' which can matter to the spellcasters.

>>17090655
Actually the Schlockverse low-profile power-armor might be better than the Mass Effect. Hm, if we could put them together that would be the best of both worlds.

>>17090635
Oh don't get me wrong, the ACS suits are good. But they're not real nanny-bags, since you can't exactly survive having your head cut off.
And don't confuse plot-armor with actual-armor.
Just because main characters with the armor on survive, doesn't mean that our grunts will.

>>17090744
Pic relevent

>>17090744
Have you read those, Ringo kills people off mercilessly as part of the horrors of war.