>>17095963
Dammit you rookies! Get back into the firing line!

White Mages, get back to support. Psionics, see if you can use some telekinesis to immobilize the tanks for the Sandmen to destroy.

X-COM, fire a blaster bomb at the rear of the zombie horde.

rolled 65 = 65

>>17096029
Your troops scramble to follow your orders...

rolled 15 = 15

Star-Lord succeeds in rallying the Recruits just as the first wave of undead breaks upon your lines. Claws and teeth are deflected by alien alloys as the X-COM troops hold the line, the White Mages working to heal or raise some of the recruits as they fall.

Blaster Bombs and a few Fat Men explode at the rear of the undead force, blasting more than a few of the horrible chimera-like beasts and Tanks to oblivion as well as shredding numerous zombies.

The Sandmen's mass rifles continue to cut a bloody swath through the enemy horde as Star-Lord leaps forward and cuts a Tank in two with Anguirel.

Skyscraper Invasion status:
Star-Lord
TG Recruit Platoon(20/36. 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. (9/12)
1 squad (12/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3
Psionicists: 2/3
Abjurists:3/3

>>17095963
Fuck yeah, /TG/ quest

>reads post

FUCK NO /TG/ QUEST

FUKKEN /TG/ DICE

Okay, we need backup, I think. OP, is there any way we can send Rex' true name to his rival in Transylvania, preferably instantaneously (of course, if it might mean that he gets power over the horde, don't do it.)? Also, try and get respawns back up.

rolled 89 = 89

>>17096190
Unfortunately this respite does not last long as a group of bloated, diseased zombies waddle-charge towards the drones. When the droids go to blast them, the zombies explode in a shower of acid. The remainder of your combat drones save HK-50 fall to this devastating attack even as a Tank grabs Star-Lord in one massive hand and begins to slam him against the concrete floor.

Concentrated fire from the rest of your troops begins to thin the undead ranks, but your losses are getting bad.


Skyscraper Invasion status:
Star-Lord
TG Recruit Platoon(18/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (3/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers. Led by an HK-50.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (9/12)
1 squad (11/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3
Psionicists: 2/3
Abjurists:3/3

>>17096190
>15
What the fuck, tg dice, what the fuck.

Are we even able to nanny-bag any of our losses?
And where's the EMH? It should be here too to provide some medical aid.

If only Sanakan was here.

And maybe magazines of Safeguard conversion darts.

>>17096241
Star-Lord turns his situation to his advantage, swinging Anguirel around to plunge into the Tank's skull when he raises him up again. The monster falls and Star-Lord gracefully jumps to the ground, sword in hand.

Another series of explosions shakes the ground as more Blaster Bombs and Fat-Men rip apart the heaviest concentration of enemy forces. The undead hordes halt, then turn and flee, deeper into the tunnels, as if called by some unseen force.

Outside, Char reports that the perimeter is beginning to suffer probing attacks from groups of undead, but the mechs have easily repulsed them so far.

>>17096260
>>Safeguard conversion darts

What do these do?

>>17096271
These turn you into a giant weaponized alien-BJD-zombie-thing.

>>17096265
Nanny-bag everyone we can while the White Mages and the EMH revive who they can.

Dammit, we lost a Sandman. Those losses are extremely difficult to replace.

>>17096271
Basically, if you need an army on the spot, fast, you shoot these into your enemies and the nanomachines make them go BOOM! They explode into more Safeguard.

And yeah, Safeguard are the enemy grunts from BLAME!

>>17096265
Is the Observer top-side able to see what numbers the zombies have, and if they're massing for a concentrated attack?

If so, we may need to deploy the Overlord and some of our reserves.

Also, is the Observer able to provide firing solutions for the Oncoming Storm and the Relentless so that they can provide tactical orbital strike support to the mech team?

>>17096271
I don't know. Hurt, I guess? Safeguard doesn't seem to have trouble downloading new bodies as long as there's a conversion tower in range. Shooting the hapless victim first just comes off as unnecessary sadism.

If we had the Safeguard darts we could have turned hordes of zombies into our ad-hoc army every time.

Weee!
TQ Quest!

>>17095963
Shit
>>17096241
Fuck
>>17096265
Yes!

Patch up who we can, and have the EHM beam up the nanny-bagged to shuttlecraft with him. Have runners carry them up if he can't get a lock.

>>17096326
So far every time the zombies have massed the Mad Cats have dispersed them with heavy weapons fire.

Orbital strikes are a terrible idea while your away team is underground in the area you are striking. Your weapons officer will tell you as much.

>>17096302
The White Mages have already raised who they can, and everyone that can be bagged, has been. The White Mages are sorry to report they are running out of mana. (1/4 MP left.)

If our losses get much worse, I'm going to start pushing to have them pull out and bring down the Inde to cut a hole down to our target and have everyone fire into said hole.

>>17096446
Damn, maybe we should stock up on Ethers when we get the chance back at base.

>>17096446
Secure here, let the White Mages rest up a bit, run the nanny-bagged out to the shuttle or dropship, as well as the bodies of anyone that can't be saved. We don't want to leave them down here on our way to a master of undead.

>>17096456
>>The White Mages are sorry to report they are running out of mana. (1/4 MP left.)

This is what I define already as "much worse".

Also, why hasn't anyone agreed to put Geomancy skills for the White Mages? Geomancy doesn't consume SM, ever.

>>17096501
We got maxed White Mages, don't think they have anything other than the prereq Chemist levels.

>>17096499
Agreed. Have the mechs clear a makeshift runway for the Leopard, and have it land. We'll put all of the nanny-bags in there.

>>17096501
>>17096499
Hm, we're in a fuzzy area. Game-wise, the points recovered between battles, even the one-after-another deep dungeon fights, so going by that, if we can hold a good 'break' in the battle, they should be able to recharge.

>>17096566
Leopard can probably stay on patrol. We should have the EMH and a shuttlecraft around here, let him take on the down and the dead. And throw-up a forcefield between him and the hold, just in case.

Deploy the Hyper Mega Launcher to the Hyaku Shiki and tell Char to use it to make a clearing. Don't want any buildings hiding zombies, right?

Spin in a circle, use the beam to melt/glass the vicinity.

>>17096627
I mean Mega Bazooka Launcher.

>>17096639
Char does this, essentially forming a mecha urban bivouac that allows the Leopard to land and take on nannybagged troops along with those too wounded to continue.

Your field troops hole up for now and rest, awaiting orders.

>>17096693
How far down have we made it so far?

Have the overlord drop down and send out Destroids?

Bring in the Brasta and 1 VF-25 as air cover. No melee combat for them. Brasta should stick to using Eagle Shot, Clutch Sniper and ACP Faiz (ranged).

The VF-25 should be using its lasers whenever possible to save on ammo.

>Brasta

I'm curious though. What would happen when you hit/kill Azalin with SPIGOT-VX? There's a dimensional tear that happens on impact, as a side-effect.

>>17096740
Meh, that isn't our problem here. Topside is decent, it's that underworld we're getting hammered in.

>>17096693
How many levels did we breach?

As it is, we may need to send the Overlord and reinforcements to help hold the ground floor while we try to penetrate the underground defenses again.

We need a better plan for getting down to Azalin, we're getting chewed-up -literally- going through that place.

>>17096719
>>17096768
That's the real question.
If we've only scratched the first levels, we need to take some seriously different action.
If we're deeper than I think, we might press forward as we have.

>>17096774
We could try using all of our heavy weapons and pin-point singularity laser strikes to simply blow open a hole all the way down to where Azalin is, but I doubt that it would work.

We could try going through the tunnels again, but this time using the architecture to our advantage. Use doorways as chokepoints, seal side doors behind us so that we can't be outflanked.
The exploding acid zombies are a pain though.

>>17096823
Well, the plan here: >>17096456
Is pretty good. If we get desperate enough to take that route.

>>17096774

OP, as I recall, ANON can't get a detailed map of the underground area for whatever reason (bad rolls!).

But would it be possible to get a rough layout of the underground through some sort of sonar or vibrational geographic profiling system? Like approximate areas of where there aren't solid rock/concrete that could possibly be rooms or hallways?

If we can do that, then we may be able to burrow and get down into the subterranean lair without having to go through many levels of zombies or whatever Azalin/Wesker has set up for defenses.

>>17096844
Let's just burn a hole through and work from there. The Hyaku Shiki is ready for that, and we can top it off with the Brasta if we send it down.

And STILL we haven't capitalized on knowing Azalin's true name, or even passed the information to someone who could and has the inclination to do so. /tg/ I am disappoint.

>>17096719
You are a little over halfway there.

>>17096844
This may be possible. How would you burrow?

>>17096870
Maybe because we havn't encountered him yet? and since we're about to deal with him now there's not much point to telling Strahd his name.

>>17096883
Get everyone loaded back up on the Leopard, take off, and see if singularity lasers and Federation phasers can cut through a couple hundred tons of concrete and steel?

>>17096870
We have the Aurors preparing a spell to draw out and empower the spirit of his son, who we also have the true name of, who haunts Azalin literally (as opposed to the may other ways his death haunted him before) since the lich migrated into his son's corpse.

>>17096891
Forgot to add;
Strahd is also over in Castlevania, Which we're technically doing right now (This, Silent Hill, and CV are being done simultaneously, IIRC).

>>17096917
UC Gundam beam weaponry already does this pretty fine.

>>17096917
Don't try firing from orbit, our sensors barely punch through.

>>17096883

One idea is to clear the area and have our Singularity-Laser equipped capital ship to fire a series of low-intensity pulses at the targeted area (after our forces clear out). This should, in effect, work like a giant drill, but a lot bigger and using lasers that disintegrate things. The low intensity should prevent us from disintegrating too much or causing a huge explosion, and the volley of small pulses can allow the targeting computer to finely control where the laser should go and adjust the intensity accordingly.


That's just what I can think of. I'm open to other suggestions if they're safer or more effective.

>>17096939
We have an Observer over the city that can provide better firing solutions and targeting data.

And with our team out of the basement, we should be able to fire without endangering our crew.

>>17096940
>>Don't try firing from orbit, our sensors barely punch through.


This.

What we have right now that can do it safely and accurately is the Hyaku Shiki and Brasta.

So you're going to try firing through the mists, then?

>>17096954
Most seem to want to try using Char's beam weapons first, to see if that'll work.

Then we'll consider using orbital drills if that fails.

>>17096960
Well, this is why, as a basis.

Part 1

Keep in mind that the Kshatriya is almost thirty metres tall. That's a big hole for six funnels (and it's most defintiely six funnels, given that Marida makes a similar hole later with six). But the thing is, despite how much damage the Kshatriya's funnels can dish out, when they get turned against her, Marida is able to easily take it on her binders.

Can't we use the Brasta's Bayonet attachment?

>>17096978
Part 2.

>>Kshatriya is almost thirty metres tall. That's a big hole for six funnels

The Mega Bazooka Launcher can make a hole nearly as big or even bigger.

>>17096940
IF we go for cutting our way down, we'd need to bring a ship down into the atmosphere with the firepower to cut that far. In which case the Inde is the best choice, either to melt a hole or make a cut-out and tractor it up.

The REAL question though: We've made it half-way, do we press on on foot with our troops, or bring in a spaceship to battle an arch-lich?

>>17096960
Less familiar with our mech-firepower than the Federation's, do you think we can carve a reasonable hole with them?

>>17096983
>>17096978
Something to consider then.

>>17096954
No!

>>17096979
It might not be powerful enough, and we'll resort to SPIGOT-VX to punch a hole.

Problem is we risk making a dimensional tear with the ranged version, so we need to use the MELEE version.

SPIGOT-VX (melee) looks safer and it's a sustained beam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIFaCHHK7Do#t=3m27s

Hrm. Well OP, it looks like, while we are discussing how exactly to do it, no one has pushed to have our ground forces keep through the meatgrinder, so I'd say have them start pulling out and grab anything valuable that is or isn't nailed down on their way up.
Have them pull back onto the dropship while we try our 'burrowing' techniques, and prep to bail out again once we get deep enough.

>>17096922
>>17096891
>>17096931

I kinda figured we could use magic to send the message to Strahd, who might use this information to directly attack Rex via magic ( I don't know if they'd be able battle via their magic, or if Strahd would have to actually come to Raccoon city to throw throw the spells personally),hopefully getting them locked in a life-or-death struggle, allowing both teams to proceed with less attention from our targets. the survivor would hopefully be subsequently weakened, and we would then be able to mop up.

However, it may be too late in the game for that now.

>>17097020
Sweet, I can see why ya'll recruited him.

>>17097065
No, Strahd and Azalin both are not beings to trust, as interesting as turning them against one-another would be, we are on a route that is far from a social call.

Brasta and Crowe aren't down there yet.

But it seems everyone has agreed to at least try the drill idea.
So, here's the plan:

1. Get everyone out of the underground, and into the Leopard.
2. Have Char attempt to drill down through the complex with his beam weapons.
3. If 2 fails then we will do a second vote:
3a. Bring down Crowe and the Brasta, and have him try.
3b. Bring down the Indefatigable to drill down using its phasers.

Let's get going, we've wasted too much time with plans that aren't feasible.

rolled 13 = 13

>>17096960
OK. Your forces begin to fall back, many highly disgruntled at pushing so far in "for nothing."

Char begins to fire his beam weapons at the ground...

>>17097093
>13

TG DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!

>>17097089

I would adjust it as such:

1. Get everyone out of the underground (stealing any data of HDDs on the way), and into the Leopard.
2. Bring down Crowe and the Brasta.
3. Have Char & Crowe attempt to drill down through the complex.
4. Bring down the Indefatigable to drill down using its phasers if that fails.

>>17097100
That's fine.

We just have to do it a couple more times.

>>17097093
Sorry lads, we just couldn't bear to lose any more of you. This hell hole isn't worth that many lives.

rolled 75 = 75

>>17097093
The high power beam weapons do an exemplary job of melting through dirt, rock, and steel as it bores through the ground towards its destination. Too exemplary. As Char fires his weapon again and again, the ground shakes a little.

Maybe a support beam was melted through, maybe the shift in the foundations was too much, or maybe the heat from the beam hit a gas line which caused a chain reaction. But whatever the cause, the skyscraper begins to collapse, tipping over and falling to the ground as the subterranean levels begin to cave in...

>>17097123
Luckily for you the building collapses mostly in the other direction, sparing your mechs from harm, and the ground troops were already evacuated far enough to avoid serious injury.

Now you simply have to figure out a way to get to the lowest levels that are now completely cut off from the rest of the world.

>>17097144
See:
>>17097102

Also, have someone hit the trip for those demo-charges someone had the X-COMers place in the skyscraper for some reason. Just to spite the fallen building.

>>17097144
Damn it.

Welp, time to get to drilling again.
Have the Hyaku Shiki shrug, and get back to melting a hole down to Azalin's inner sanctum.

Sigh. Easier on the troops, but harder on possible loot.
Well, here's hoping that armfull of drives is enough to get something interesting out of Umbrella's files.

>>17097020
This for Crowe, btw.

>>17097333
We'll run out of troops before we even get loot if we had your way.

>>17097423
Aye, the dice are against us in this place.

rolled 1 = 1

The Indefatigable flies down through the mists and begins to attempt to drill with its phasers...

>>17097463
>1

>>17097463
Why is the Indefatigable flying down?
I thought we were going to have Char fire up again because his beams were burning through the levels.

>>17097463
Approximately six minutes into drilling, all contact is suddenly cut off from the Indefatigable as it begins to rise, almost in an attempt to fly away. Then it begins to wobble shortly before spiraling out of control and smashing into a nearby row of buildings about 300 meters from the perimeter, covering a good deal of the ship in rubble and debris.

>>17097484

Ah, shit.

I guess it's harder for Azalin to detect the Hyaku Shiki's blast rather than the Infatigable's sustained phaser beam.

>>17097484
Raise communications with the Inde to find out what just happened and to get a status report.
Get the Leopard and the mechs over there to defend the Inde from zombies and so that the EMH and the White Mages heal any injured while the Sandmen attempt to help the engineers with repairs.

>>17097484
Shit. How badly is the Inde damaged?

>>17097519
>>17097520
All communications are still down, you'd have to send someone inside.

The mechs pull out from the perimeter and redeploy around the Indefatigable. Exterior inspections shows damage to the hull from the impact, but sensors do not show anything like a reactor breach or the like.

>>17097463
What the hell, what happened to Crowe and the Brasta?? Why'd we jump to the Inde?

>>17097550
Yeah I was wondering why.

Yeah, the Indefatigable was the last resort.

>>17097089
>>17097102
Both plans called for Inde as a last-ditch effort.

rolled 38, 54, 96, 55, 8, 69, 87, 17, 25, 4 = 453

rolling to hopefully appease the RNG.

>>17097605
>>17097588

We were doing fine with the Hyaku Shiki. We just needed to do it a couple more times.

Seems the Inde lit up like a Christmas tree to Azalin, and not the Hyaku.

>>17097635
Exactly, and we didn't even get to the Brasta yet.
We weren't on the last ditch step yet.

>>17097650
Oh well if this means luring Azalin to the surface we could finish him off with the SPIGOT (after we destroy the skull)

...after softening him up.

>>17097671
No, what this means is that that 1 belongs to Crowe's attempt and that we'll probably have to bring down the Inde just to clean up whatever mess that made.

>>17097701
We didn't even see it happen.

>>17097714
We didn't even bring down the Brasta either!

Let's all just stay calm and we can work through this.
We don't need this whole quest imploding like Slug Quest did. I like this quest too much.

>>17097733
But that is what we wanted, not the Indefatigable.

>>17097743
We need OP to step in and make some sort of statement before we spiral further.

Hyaku Shiki's out of ammo/energy after the first boring attempt, so I went to the Inde. I didn't see that the Brasta was in the original plan, I thought people were mentioning it to try and deploy it after the fact. My bad. In that case...

Brasta deploys its SPIGOT attack to bore through to the lower level of the base. Having more power to it, it does so at a far faster rate than the Hyaku Shiki. Then, as the tunnel is complete, something... odd happens. The very air itself seems to quake as the attack reaches its climax and the sounded of hollow laughter throbs from the air itself. Then after a few seconds the quaking ceases and the laughter dies down. The tunnel to the lowest level is complete.

>>17097851
Alright, finally progress.

Star-Lord and everyone else is to disembark from the Leopard and get ready for the assault on Azalin.
He's seen us, so he's probably got some kind of trap ready.

>>17097851
Is alright OP, it happens.
Now then, back to the show..

Crap.
Sensor sweep, Observer sweep the area, and check in with all personnel, check status and whether they notice anything unusual.
Farseers, any hints?
Aurors, I hope that spell is about read, 'cause we'll need it soon.

Prep to disembark the ground troops again, as long as we don't see mech-scale undead amalgamations rising out of the city to face us.

OK, what about the folks in the Inde? Causality list or something

>>17097851
ALRIGHT, IT'S SHOWTIME!

How's our White Mages' MP doing?

While things haven't heated up,wWe should have enough time to recharge the Mega Bazooka Launcher just in case. Same with Brasta's energy reserves.

rolled 44 = 44

>>17097962
That never happened. *shifty-eye*

>>17097926
The Aurors report that only a minor version of the spell will be ready in time.

Sensors and Observers reveal nothing, but the Farseers peer into the future...

>>17097880
Probably don't want to deploy them right away.
I have a bad feeling about this.

>>17097980
MP is at half power now.

>>17097983
"We... are not sure. You... You shouldn't have done that. The path from here is still present, but something further off, something long down the road is changed... Something has been let loose. That is all we can tell."

>>17097992
>>17097851
Was that counting the melee-use of SPIGOT?
>>17097066
>>17097008
>>17097020

>>17097992
>You... You shouldn't have done that
Alright then. No more unconventional solutions to problems, because it only makes the whole situation worse.

Goddammit, we should have just stuck with a regular dungeon crawl.

rolled 77, 72, 99, 79, 62, 77, 93, 1, 65, 14 = 639

>>17097992

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

that is all

also rolling dice to appease the RNG.

>>17098043
>all but 2 were pretty good rolls

>>17098043
>trying to appease the dice gods instead of accepting their capricious and over-troll ways
>mfw all but two were good rolls that won't get used

rolled 28, 14, 82, 79, 9, 28, 97, 43, 10, 41 = 431

>>17098043
Let's do this.

rolled 82, 84, 56, 62, 59, 35, 60, 41, 61, 18, 2, 45, 45, 4, 25 = 679

>>17098087
Here, let me help.

Well guys, I'm going to go get dinner. Try not to get us killed in the meantime.

>>17098034
>>17098032
Yes, and unconventional solutions DO sometimes work (Battle of Tokyo, bolded, underscored), but as with all solutions, there's always a risk of something going awry.

So what's the new plan? You have your tunnel.

>>17097983
There's no need to go easy on us OP. In fact, I like it when the dice is against us. But seriously, have we sent out PPPPRROBES to examine the wreckage?

>>17098105
Well, Brasta is right there.
Hey Crowe, what'dya see in that hole you just made?

>>17097992

Crap. We just dug down past the equivalent of an adamantine vein, didn't we?

>>17098127
Worse.
We just let something escape this dimension.
Fuck.

>>17098105
Unconventional solutions aren't bad, it's just that we are very, very bad at understanding the consequences of those solutions.

Now that we've got this hole, and we're men (at least, most of the ground team is), we have our job.

First, check that it's clear. I wish we had more droids. Use the sensors that we have available to try to see what's down there. Is it possible for the Mad Cats to use their lasers to seal off the sides of the tunnel? There's still lots of zombies in that complex.

>>17098112
Believe me, I'm not going easy on you. But it's my mistake that the Inde fired instead of the Brasta, so I corrected it. Now the Brasta fired instead of the Inde, and you had the strange laughter and air-quake.

"Looks like the tunnel broke into a larger chamber a long ways down, but I don't see anything beyond that..." Crowe reports.

>>17098154
The dice really love Azalin, it seems.
I was tempted not to correct OP on the Inde/Brasta mix-up for just that reason.
Blast my overly lawful leanings, I screw myself over often correcting GMs away from my favor.

>>17098127
Yeah I'm thinking so too. The next question is if we need to leave the ship in place to act as a cork in the bottle.

>>17098162
We send HK-50 down first to take point. I want a live feed from his visual sensors.

The rest of the ground troops, disembark and get ready to follow HK-50 down.
X-COM squad to be ready to fire blaster bombs to support HK-50 if he meets resistance. Have HK-50 provide the waypoint coordinates, since these will need to be fired from beyond visual range.

>>17098162
Alright, mechs, form a perimeter around the hole.
Star-Lord, Mages, Psions, X-COM, and half the recruits and Sandmen are going in. The rest are gathering at the lip to give them and the mechs cover fire.

I'm feeling uneasy about this.

rolled 70, 75, 8, 7, 28, 74, 55, 62, 66, 11, 84, 21, 38, 100, 26 = 725

>>17098127
What's an adamantine vein?

At any rate, it appears that the power of the VX is something we have yet to properly exploit to our advantage.

It appears the sphere's power behind the VX has done something.

rolled 74 = 74

>>17098189
>>17098158
The Mad Cats use their lasers to seal off trouble points as HK-50 makes his way inside the tunnel, with the promise of indirect X-COM fire support.

HK-50 sends back visuals of slagged tunnel sides, melted support beams, concrete shards, and a few corpses that got caught in the way. After a good ten minutes of descent, the tunnel breaches a large chamber. HK-50 is able to detect a large number of creatures within, though they are moving erratically.

>>17098264
Dwarf Fortress. Generally means you've reached the level of terrible, horrible, monsters as well.

>>17098162

ANON, can you get a reality distortion reading of the surrounding areas or a scan of magical residues in the area? Is there anything out of the ordinary aside from the usual lich stuff?

>>17098277
Would this be an acceptable time for a recruit to turn tail and run?

I mean...
Not me...
But, y'know, in general?

>>17098277
Sounds like zombies.
With HK-50 as the spotter, we should be able to have the X-COM vets send down blaster bombs to clear out the chamber.

"HK-50, we require *visual* confirmation that the creatures are zombies."

>>17098277
Alright, move on to the configuration here: >>17098234

Have HK take cover and hold position quietly until the force makes it down.

>>17098301
>>17098309
Combine these.

>>17098301
Skip the visual, there is nothing alive around here.

>>17098329
Yeah, I suppose you're right.
Skip the visual confirmation and go straight to HK-50 providing the coordinate waypoints for the blaster bombs to saturate the chamber with E-113 powered explosions.

>>17098277
LOL

We've come across a Demonic Fortress!

Burn the fuckers.

Burn them with explosions.

>>17098294
ANON: "I am detecting the reality distortion from earlier within the breached chamber."

>>17098301
"Exasperated Statement: Very well, Master. You don't need to tell me twice."

The HK-50 marches deeper into the room, sending back visuals as it goes.

The breach opens up into a large steel room replete with strange machines, clear tanks of liquid, computers, and containment tubes filled with grotesque creatures. However, in addition to these standard trappings of a forbidden laboratory, a section of the room has a large amount of old books piled around it. Arcane implements such as rods, staves, wands, orbs, and other esoteric materials are scattered around this area, alongside mysterious apparatuses that are not immediately recognizable, such as a man-sized series of golden runed hoops that spin endlessly.

A number of huge beasts with multiple arms, claws, eyes, and maws filled with sharp fangs wander mindlessly around the area, looking somewhat lost. At the room's center is a clear containment tube with a dark shape inside.

"You make quite an entrance, you know that?" a male voice states as the unmistakable form of Albert Wesker walks into view, striding on top of a catwalk above. "The thing that made me call him 'Master' is gone, now. I suppose I have you to thank for it... Or to curse you since now it seems I will never be able to rip him apart."

Hey guys, I think have something else now to fight.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Demonic_fortress

>>17098398
Too late.

Thankfully it's not -that-.

>>17098395
There's our confirmation that we let Azalin loose upon the Metaverse.
No more using the Brasta like that.

At least the undead are uncoordinated now.

If we use blaster bombs, that'll destroy all of this magical loot that would be able to help us in recouping our losses.

Get the rest of the team down here.
Make sure that the White Mages are ready to go with buffs on Star-Lord; Wall and Regen. He's going to have to tank Wesker while the X-COM vets provide heavy plasma support.
Recruits and Sandmen take care of the undead one at a time, since they can't coordinate attacks anymore.
Magic users to buff Star-Lord, debuff Wesker, and stay away from the fighting itself.
Everyone's Reality Emitters to maximum strength.

>>17098277

Should we advise HK to try to snipe the tougher zombies?

AKA Tanks and such?

>>17098395
HK-50, Wax eloquent on 'Masters' and ripping them apart. We won't take too much offense.
Team: hussle to take positions and provide fire as HK directs. Hopefully their chat about masters & meatbags will buy us time.

>>17098395
Are you under magical compulsion to serve him? There are ways to break that you know.

>Fucking cloud thing ate my post.

>>17098467
>>17098451
These.

Also, troops: grab any chunks of wood from the rubble that you come across.

"Heh. Wesker, you're pitiful."
Well, uh, gun him down with everything we've got. ANON, can you tell us what the Big Fucking Zombie is?

>>17098502
>implying gunning down Wesker of all people is that simple

>>17098502
Not this at all.
Need to get him out of the room with the expensive and valuable stuff.
Also, this is God-Mode Vampire Wesker.
You had to 'cheat' just to face him down in the last game. He was fucking unreal. Now he has vamp on top of that.

>>17098523
Fill the air with enough lasers, missiles and blaster bombs and we can make it that simple.
>>17098532
But, uh, yeah. Try to lure him away from the valuable stuff first.

rolled 34 = 34

The rest of your troops scramble down the hole, hastily trying to reach the chamber.

>>17098502
ANON: "What 'Big Fucking Zombie'?"

>>17098467
>>17098474
"Transparent Attempt to Buy Time: So I see you too know the pain of having to follow an inferior being's mindless orders."

"That's very cute. I think I'll turn you into my desktop computer."

"Angry Exclamation: I've seen the sort of thing you meatbags use your 'personal computers' for! I'd rather be scrap!"

>>17098541
That said, I'm not sure if we have enough firepower on hand to simply vapourise him with a wall of death.
...do we?

>>17098573
You could like, use the Hyaku Shiki and Brasta's strongest moves again.

>>17098571
>A number of huge beasts with multiple arms, claws, eyes, and maws filled with sharp fangs wander mindlessly around the area, looking somewhat lost. At the room's center is a clear containment tube with a dark shape inside.
These guys. Oh, and the guy in the tube.

>>17098573
After all of our losses?
No.
And we can't get the mechs down there, they won't fit.

>>17098571
Shit, here come the bad rolls again.

Okay, stick to the plan, try to lure Wesker away from the loot, and the recruits and Sandmen take care of the zombies while everyone else concentrates on Wesker.

>>17098571
I lol'd.

Alright team, get ready for some crazy shit.

HK, ask the gentlemen to step outside, I doubt either of use want to break his toys.

>>17098532
Good point- EMH, ANON, and Scientists: Postulate effect of our anti-viral nanite compound on Wesker. A trick with injections is what lead to his downfall before.

Damn. After 10,000 years, Azalin's free! Now, it's time to conquer Earth.
Annoyingly, it's likely he'll be prepared for spaceships and mechs and blaster bombs now.

Since the undead aren't as well-organised any more, our surviving forces should at least be able to loot the underground for loot. The only other time in the quest where we suffered a higher % of losses was our SCP's expedition to see if our weapons work.
Let's see ... X-com wounded, Sandman down, Psion down, BLU team likely obliterated, Drones almost completely fucked, /tg/ Recruits badly wounded.
We probably won't have the funding to replace all of that.
I suggest we focus on the reconnaissance drones first, and see how badly the Castlevania team gets fucked before considering further.
Good thing about Blaster Launchers is they don't need much training to operate, and Psi Amps train ridiculously quickly (each ATTEMPT is the same as a kill made with a gun, and if you aren't making at least 12 psi attempts per mission, you're doing it wrong). They'll still fire their Heavy Plasma like squaddies, though.

>>17098643
So uhh, what do you think he's gonna do on other technologically-advanced worlds?

>>17098622
>HK, ask the gentlemen to step outside, I doubt either of use want to break his toys.
I suppose it's worth a shot, he wouldn't want to lose any more of his equipment if he could help it, as it's now HIS again.

>>17098643
Wait. Stupid question. Is Azalin the lich king we just killed accidentally, or the mysterious force we unleased?

Aurors.. keep working on that spell to draw out a spirit, but switch to Firan Zal'honan. Perhaps we can draw him back into this realm.
Work on the strongest version you can manage, let us know when you are ready.

>>17098668
If the VX's power killed Azalin, we just discovered something new.

>>17098668
Released.
Wesker is the Dread Lord for this Domain though, as I suspected.

>>17098660
Azalin will become an anti-us, the mirror version of us.
He will loot Canons for weapons, magic, and power, regardless of the damage to the fabric of reality, amassing a stockpile of weaponry to rival the entire TG navy. He will go from universe to universe, commanding his forces from on high atop his Golden Throne, his fortress moving between Canons and leaving naught but ash in its wake.

>>17098668
We didn't kill anyone; the Spigot's energies gave Azalin what he was looking for, and allowed him to escape the chains of the Ebon Night.

>>17098660
>.At the room's center is a clear containment tube with a dark shape inside.

Also, the phylactery should be near, right?

>>17098682
He still has his limitations though.
And his obsessions.
And there's still the question of where we just sent him.

>>17098703
Hm, good point. Though he is believed to be able to survive without it as long as he doesn't get killed.
We can at least cut him down to one life to live.

>>17098395
Sue wesker.
Ask Wesker if he wants to move away from the phat lewt.
Apply Nanites and Anti-virus directly to Wesker.
Apply single-target weapons directly to Wesker if he does not vacate the phat lewt.
If he does vacate the phat lewt, apply maximum firepower to Wesker.

So, tumbling through space, we have: The Orz, Kane, Starscream, Ahriman, and Azalin. I hope they spend most of their time killing each-other, and don't run facefirst into someone both Charismatic and Evil enough to form them into a team (e.g. Nameless One's Practical Incarnation, Gravemind).

rolled 51 = 51

>>17098622
ANON: "Unknown. But it certainly would not be good for him."

>>17098541
Wesker draws a handgun and empties the magazine at HK-50 in the span of a few seconds. Bullets ricochet off the assassin droid's armor and HK gets off a return shot that misses as he begins to run away from the loot, attempting to lure Wesker away. He gets a good look at the containment tube in the center as he moves past it.

The tube at the center of the room contains what looks to be like a horribly bloated and surgically, chemically, possibly even virally altered young woman. Though she might've once been pretty, her puffy, bloated flesh now oozes with open sores. Several tubes are attached to her body, and her half open eyes stare into space, not seeming aware of her predicament or surroundings, possibly the only mercy of her condition. Long brown hair floats limply in the green-tinted liquid of the tank. Her neck is either gone or simply concealed under the layers of excess flesh, making it seem that her head protrudes directly from her torso. Oddly enough, HK-50 detects that in the right light, the maligned flesh of the girl sparkles.

>>17098720
This plan right here.

>>17098726
Please tell me it's not Vampire Sue Alma.

>>17098726
>Oddly enough, HK-50 detects that in the right light, the maligned flesh of the girl sparkles.
Well that cant be good. Reality distortion right there.

>>17098720
In b4 Kriemhild Gretchen is added to the list soon after.

>>17098726
EMH, get some doses of the vaccine and put them into two hypos and any kind of syringe or even just a flask.

Hand one hypo to Star-Lord, keep the other one yourself. Try to inject Wesker; he won't be expecting to fight a hologram.

Give the syringes and the flask to the White Mage with the best Chemist training/throwing arm, and they'll chuck them at Wesker when they get a chance.

Rest of the plan is unchanged.

>>17098726
>>17098757

Vampire Wesker and a Sparkling young woman.

Either Wesker got a hold of one of the protagonists from the RE series and appreciates literature aimed at teenagers, or we're looking at a SUE-ish vampire given a gene-altering cocktail.

>>17098731
>>17098726
EMH, bring the shuttle into range and beam down those spares on the anti-viral we ordered!

Troops, collect anti-viral injectors.
In the terrible event that you find Wesker in melee with you, jab him good and run for you frickin' life.

rolled 16 = 16

>>17098720
>>17098726
HK-50 hastily begins running towards the rest of the team, snapping off shots as he goes to draw Wesker forward. It works almost too well, Wesker's insane speed allows him to start catching up to HK's enhanced droid legs at far too fast a pace.

Suddenly the zombie Tyrants within the lab howl at an unseen signal and begin to race towards the hapless droid as well.

>>17098767
>Give the syringes and the flask to the White Mage with the best Chemist training/throwing arm, and they'll chuck them at Wesker when they get a chance.
Holy shit!
We finally found a use for the Chemist Throw ability! Fuck yeah a way to hit him with it that isn't melee!

>>17098782
Panicked statement: This Unit is fucked.
Vengeful imperative: Kill that fucker!

Make a note to collect HK later. He's fairly repairable.

>>17098782
Still going with this >>17098767

As for HK-50, keep running away.

>>17098793
>>17098776
>>17098767
>>17098720
Alright team! There is our overall strategies.
Let's do thing.
Teams at the lip, prepare to give cover fire as the lower teams engage.

So, Op, how does the Reserve list work?

Is it just a "wishlist" as it were?


If so, then I'd like to add Killy and/or Sanakan from BLAME! onto it.

rolled 1 = 1

>>17098782
Wesker falls upon HK-50 with an almost feral vengeance, tearing off the droid's limbs with his bare hands until finally he grabs the head and twists it off with a single hand before throwing it at the first of the soldiers to arrive, a luckless TG Recruit that gets smacked in the face with the heavy head, and falls down unconscious.

"Systems failing, Master..." the droid gets out before its photoreceptors dim and it shuts down.

The White Mages hastily begin to throw vaccine at Wesker as Star-Lord narrows his eyes and opens his vial. He begins to pour his vaccine over Anguirel as the EMH prepares a syringe.

>>17098823
NO, NO, NO!
/tg/ dice, what do we need to do to get on your good side again?!?

>>17098823
Good news, everyone! I've invented a vaccine that makes the target ten times as strong as before!

>>17098823
>>Rolled a 1

Oh God fucking dammit!

>>17098823

>implying the dice lords aren't MASSIVE DICKS

And this is why we can't have nice things.

rolled 29 = 29

>>17098821
Yeah, it's like a wishlist.

>>17098823
The White Mages' flasks sail overhead as the EMH attempts to close quarters and inject Wesker. Wesker immediately retaliates, grabbing the syringe away from the EMH and flinging it away, then counterattacking to find his blows passing through the hologram. The EMH stands there with a smug smirk on his face, right before Wesker suddenly lashes out with a fist and grabs the Mobile Emitter, crushing it in his hand. The hologram screams as it fades away.

>>17098837
3rd 1 of this assault.

Swear to fucking god, next Hero we get has to be one that can control or at least influence luck.

>>17098821
We can't get Killy but I think we can get Sanakan. Probably having stashes of Safeguard conversion darts should help too.

And probably get an accessible Getter Robo(either the original, Getter Go/Neo Getter, Black Getter or Getter Hien) in our arsenal.

>>17098852
>>influence luck

Millefeuille Sakuraba from Galaxy Angel.

Mihoshi Kuramitsu from Tenchi Muyo!

>>17098849
Well then.
EMH died.
BLU team died.
Probes are all dead, save for the observers.
/tg/ recruits half dead.
X-commies 25% dead.
Magic users and Sandmen taken a casualty.
And to top it off:
We're only killing 1 of our 2 targets.
>>17098874
Someone under our control and not the TSAB's would be nice.

Aw yeah, shit's getting real!
ANON: Confirm if the girl in the tank is Alma or not, and if she's a SUE.
And somebody grab the syringe

>>17098881

>>Millefeuille
The Angel Brigade has got to be outside of TSAB jurisdiction, and more like under jurisdiction under the Royal Throne of Transbaal.

>>17098849
>29
Dammit!

Fuck, all three psions, try to immobilize Wesker so that Star-Lord can get in there and take him out.

rolled 16 = 16

>>17098891
ANON: "Confirmed SUE in the tank. The subject does not appear to match records of Alma."

>>17098849
The X-COM Veterans, Recruits, and Sandmen open fire at Wesker, but the massed fire is dodged by the enhanced vampire in an explosion of faster-than-eye movement. The Zombie-Tyrants come into view, charging the Transpace Guard lines as Star-Lord charges forward towards Wesker, Anguirel held high...

>>17098920
Well, shit.

>>17098920
...

>>17098849

Hope we had a backup copy of EMH somewhere.

Although I'm pretty sure there was an episode of Voyager where the mobile emitter was disabled during an away mission. But the doctor got out of it OK somehow.

rolled 98 = 98

>>17098918
The Psions swiftly find their mind-powers are no match for the raw will of Albert Wesker. They are unable to immobilize him before Star-Lord closes to melee with the Dark Lord.

>>17098930
Hooray!
Now let's have no less than 4 more rolls under 20 as we loot the rest of the facility of all its magical shit.
Everyone who survived this should get a neat-o medal.

>>17098930

>>98

About fucking time!

White Mages, cast Protect/Protect 2/Wall or something on Star Lord!

>>17098930
>98
Come on, Star-Lord! Chop his head off!

>>17098874

Milfuelle will give us pure 1's and 100's every time OP rolls.

There WILL be an ENTIRE session where everything rolled will be ones. All of them.

Do you really want that?

rolled 46, 69, 11, 26, 42, 86, 38, 73, 55, 61, 40, 51, 58, 59, 1 = 716

>>17098955

COME ON!

>>17098966

That only happened in one episode.

Also there's still Mihoshi.

And if you don't like that then we go to Tewi Inaba.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17098930
Vampire Wesker grabs Star-Lord by the wrist as he attempts to bring the magical sword down on him. He grins as he sprouts fangs and bites down into the heroes' shoulder.

Star-Lord cries out in pain, then starts laughing.

"Hey fang-face. Let me tell you a secret," Star-Lord says as he lets Anguirel fall from his hand. His left hand snaps out to recover the weapon as he drives the vaccine-coated blade into Wesker's side. "I'm ambidextrous!"

Wesker roars in pain and fury as the elven blade pierces him, throwing Star-Lord against the tunnel wall while staggering back. Star-Lord slowly begins to get up, but the wound from Wesker's bite is bleeding freely.

"You... will pay for this..." Wesker hisses.

"That's... what they all say," Star-Lord wheezes.

>>17098999
And there's the /tg/ dice again.

>>17098999

>>8

ARGH!

>>wantlow save
No, captcha, we don't want low!

>>17098717
>>17098705

Aside from asking Eldar Farseers for advice, we should probably pay a visit to Yukari somehow and ask her for advice during our downtime/maintenance.

We probably need it since we have MORE bad shit now roaming the metas.

>>17098999
Good night, sweet prince.

>>17098999
>8
>players rage
>tg diceroller's fw
Goddamn you, tg dice.

rolled 67 = 67

>>17098999
God...
FUCKING...
DAMNIT!
Not Star-Lord! Anything but Star-Lord!

The rest of you, get SL some medical attention, keep up the good fight, and don't do anything stupid!

rolled 71 = 71

>>17098999
The Zombie-Tyrants crash into your lines , dodging or weathering the withering wall of fire directed at them, and immediately transforming the battle into a bloodbath. Several recruits are immediately ripped to shreds as is one luckless X-COM Veteran that flew too close to one of the monsters. He is pulled down among the chaos as one of the creatures leaps up and drags him down, relentlessly pounding against the alien alloy armor until it cracks and it is able to feast on the meat within.

Focused on Wesker, the psions are torn limb from limb in the span of a few seconds by the deadly monsters. The battle soon degenerates into a fight for survival. The White Mages are worked every last second as they struggle to cast Raise after Raise.

Wesker appears to be stunned by the vaccine and merely stands in place, breathing heavily.

Skyscraper Invasion status:
Star-Lord
TG Recruit Platoon(13/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (2/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (8/12)
1 squad (11/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3
Psionicists: 0/3
Abjurists:3/3

>>17099061
Keep FIGHTING! For the Greater Good, for God, for whatever, just don't surrender! Never surrender! Take down anything that tries to stop us, and do so with the authority that being a true hero grants!

>>17098987
>That only happened in one episode.

It is quite annoying through all three of the games, actually. Dating Forte makes up for it, but still, goddamn I just wanted a SINGLE picnic that didn't get rained out on! And I didn't get it! And Milfuelle wonders why I spend less time with her than everyone else!

polite sage for off-topic.

>>17099061
:[
When we get back to base, the question of WHAT to replace is bound to come up, since we won't be able to replace everything.
Let's hope we loot lots of looty loot from this.

rolled 31 = 31

>>17099061
A series of explosions rip across the battlefield as the X-COMmers and some of the remaining recruits detonate a series of Blaster Bombs and Fat Men at dangerously close range in a desperate effort to force back the monstrous tide. The gambit works, blowing apart several of the monsters and temporarily stunning the rest, while the White Mages undo the friendly fire damage dealt.

Seeing an opening, the Sandmen open fire, tiny black holes shredding several more of the monsters as plasma burns others, and a hail of pulse rifle grenades disrupts the enemy formation even MORE.

In the midst of the chaos, Star-Lord begins to approach Wesker once more, breathing heavily and badly wounded, but determined to end this...

>>17099118
OP, if you know what's good for you, 31 is going to be good enough.
Please.
It's too soon for him.

rolled 87 = 87

>>17099118
Wesker slumps, holding the wound Anguirel gave him as Star-Lord walks forward, once more raising the blade high.

"I have a secret too," Wesker whispers as he suddenly explodes into action, knocking the blade from Star-Lord's hand, and then directing a flurry of blows at the wounded hero that batters him to a near black-out. As Star Lord drops to a knee, Wesker bends down to whisper. "I was faking."

>>17099158
>87
/tg/ dice make the most fucking tense fight scenes ever, I swear.
So much for that faking! SL, finish this fucker so we can go back to ship and start handing out the amasec. The rest of you, fill your roles to your finest!
>that feel when SL makes up for the Cairn by pulling the greatest of all possible comebacks

>>17099158

>87

>BLU Sniper racks up another headsho

>>17098852
>Swear to fucking god, next Hero we get has to be one that can control or at least influence luck.
Get the Good Luck Virus from Red Dwarf.
Or, if we can get Silent Hill out of this intact, run Marvel Comics' Longshot through it.

>>17099158

Damnit, now I want to use the
"...I have another secret. I am not left handed."
line, even if it won't make sense

rolled 21 = 21

>>17099158
"Fake this," Star Lord says, drawing one of his sub-machineguns with lightning speed and firing it point blank at the overconfident vampire. The hail of explosive rounds at point blank range is simply too much for Wesker to completely dodge and huge bits of him are blown off. He staggers back with a scream, talking with a mouth half-blown from his face.

"This isn't over!" he vows. Then he begins to melt into green mist as a second hail of explosions decimates the remaining Tyrants.

Requesting Corbin Dallas for reserve list. Think we may be needing some more heroes after this the way things keep going.

I swear I've seen more fucking 1's rolled in this quest than in any 5 put together.

>>17099197
Though the remaining soldiers do manage to kill them, the Tyrant Zombies that are left manage to devour another TG Recruit and two of the Abjurists before they fall to Mass Rifle fire.

Skyscraper Invasion status:
Star-Lord
TG Recruit Platoon(12/36. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (2/16) (Includes 2 Protoss Observers.)
1 X-COM Veteran Squad. (8/12)
1 squad (11/12) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
White Mages:3/3
Psionicists: 0/3
Abjurists:1/3

Requesting Patrick Colasour for Reserve List.

>>17099227
We are approaching a state of being combat ineffective. I say we grab what we can from that lab then GTFO. We'll have to come back again for another go after we re-equip, this time brining more ground troops. That or we start mass recruitment of survivors.

>>17099203
>Corbin Dallas
Who?
Google doesn't reveal anything.
>>17099227
Bah.

Well, Wesker's moving away somewhere. Have the Storm detect reality distortions, the Protoss Observer find anything cloaked/hiding, and the Abjurist use detect magic.
It's a shame. If our magic users survived this, they'd have enough XP to catapult them up a few levels.
We'll have to go further into the complex to find Wesker, and hopefully find enough crap to make this meatgrinder not a complete and utter loss.

Until Op rolls a 1 on our "what do we loot?" phase. Every book is the necronomicon, every item is cursed, all the high-tech gear serves only to mutate, and all turkey sandwiches looted from the cafeteria are a little dry.

>>17099227
We...
We won?
Holy shit.
Fan-fucking-tastic job.
Everybody who went down to the field today gets double liquor rations for the next week, triple if you entered the Skyscraper.

>>17099258
Your Protoss Observer states that there are no remaining combatants in the area save for Wesker in mist-form, and he is attempting to flee.

>>17099227
Have the Recruits stuff anybody into any remaining nanny-bags we have.
Cut their heads off if they won't fit; we only need their brains intact.

White Mages, give Star-Lord some healing and a Wall spell, then he and the X-COM squad need to hunt down and kill Wesker.

>>It's a shame. If our magic users survived this, they'd have enough XP to catapult them up a few levels.

The White Mages are already maxed on their jobs, so we need to throw in Time Mage and Geomancer skills.

>>17099227
White Mages! Hit that Green Fog with HOLY!

Well... this was bloody. They even took down one Sandman. I hope the TG recruits are bloody grizzled veterans after this one.

Can't the White Mages raise our fallen? We did bring ethers (and other such potions) to refill their MP, right?

>>17099276
Have the Observer send Wesker's location and movement to Star-Lord, and follow these orders:
>>17099284

>>17099252
>Patrick Colasour
Lucky by himself, but that doesn't help anyone else. I disagree with this.
>Corbin Dallas
I have no idea who the fuck this is and neither does Google. Veto.
>>17099276
Well then. I believe our Sandmen have mass rifles that make black holes? Use them.
Observer? Feed targetting data to the Sandmen.
The White mages: Spam Holy on that motherfucker if you can sense where he is, and if you can't, make Walls of Force to block his retreat.
X-com? You know all the times you've fired at something out of your vision range because a rookie acted as a spotter? Well, remember your training.
Star-Lord: Get the fuck out of here and into Medbay before you become a goddamn Vampire.

>>17099276
If any of them have the MP for it, have the White Mages hit Mist-Wesker with Holy. That should force him back into human form and Star-Lord can finish him.

>>17099284
This.
If Wesker escapes, we'll have to go through this ordeal again.

>>17099258

Also, have the survivors pick up the remains of the Mobile Emitter and see if we can't recover the EMH.

>>17099306
In that case, I need your advice on these suggestions:

Sanakan
Millefeuille Sakuraba
Mihoshi Kuramitsu
Tewi Inaba
Fucking Huge Supply of Safeguard Conversion Darts

>pic related

>>17099269
>Corbin Dallas
>Who?
>Google doesn't reveal anything.
>>17099306
>Corbin Dallas
>I have no idea who the fuck this is and neither does Google. Veto.
I'm surrounded by Children here.

Corbin Dallas as played by Bruce Willis in the 5th Element.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKwg6W05MU

>>17099288
>>17099203

If only we had a DnD mage left to cast Wind Wall...

Anyone else think the sparkly vamp might be revenge on a.Twilight vampire?

rolled 34 = 34

>>17099314
>>17099288
"White light, shine down on bloody impurity! Holy!"

>>17099353
He didn't have luck, he was just a protagonist in a humorous sci-fi movie.

rolled 32 = 32

>>17099370
The mist weaves around the columns of Holy light as they strike down. With a frustrated scream, one of the TG Recruits runs forward...

>>17099276
>>17099322

You guys think we should have Char attempt to trail Wesker if he pokes his head above ground? While he's likely fleeing through various escape tunnels, it wouldn't hurt to see if we can deliver a facefull of beam rifle if it comes to that.

>>17099370
Not terrible, he probably didn't see an attack coming on his mist form.
Alright guys, back to healing Star-Lord.

Star-Lord, troops: sic 'em if he reforms.

>>17099390
He's in mist form, it won't do a damn bit of good.
That would be as effective as our attempts to mind-control zombies.

Jack from Doppleganger Damacy for reserve list!

>>17099398
>>17099388
Damnit dice.
Ok, one more try to cast Holy.
Mass guns, fire on him as well.
Abjurist, er, abjurate his ass?

rolled 22 = 22

>>17099388
The final Abjurist begins chanting rapidly as the TG Recruit stumbles in his charge, missing his chance. The X-COM squad flies forward, but finds their plasma fire just passes through the mist without harm.

>>17099332
>Millefeuille Sakuraba

Opinion: Too civilian for the horrors the Transpace Guard faces. Her luck is also too wild to be of any real use, we have /tg/-dice for that already. In terms of spacecraft, there are better options for us than Angel Frames, unless we want to make another Universe or something crazy. Which I'm sure we have safer, cheaper, and less science consuming ways than having our labs figure out how in the nine hells to remove all the onboard limiters, and also max out her Mental Status, and THEN fire a Chrono-Quake Bomb at her.

I am not familiar enough with the rest to make an opinion on them.

rolled 42 = 42

>>17099424
Star-Lord has lost consciousness. One of the White Mages is tending to him now. The final White Mage with enough MP to do so begins to cast Holy as Mist Wesker dodges the Resilient Sphere that sprang up to trap him.

Ah come on..

>>17099436
The final Holy spell catches the mist, but only barely. An agonized scream rips through the area as Wesker dissipates.

((Both the TG Recruit and the Abjurist had a chance to upgrade to a Hero here and blew it.))

Send down the BLU Medic's syringe gun.
Load it with vaccine.
If Star-Lord recovers, give it to him.
Otherwise give it to that crazy recruit that charged forward.

>>17099452
>could have upgraded
>failed to
>pic related
This is the worst day the /tg/ dice ever had, ever, I swear to the forces of the Nine Rings of Heaven.

>>17099374
>No luck
>only surviving member of his special forces unit.
Okay.jpg
He also had skills as evidenced by the fucklong list carried by the General when they were trying to recruit him. He can use pritty much any gun and fly or drive just about any vehicle. He's someone you chuck at a probelm you need killed without needing Halo Power armor.

OP, From this facility, we're TOTALLY going to loot something that can inflict bad luck on other people.
Like, Catastrophically Bad Luck.
There's GOT to be a Bad Luck Invoker in this area. I know this because it kept working after Azalin phased out, so it's not a spell Azalin's maintaining.

Hell, it might even be a Luck Stealer. Azalin managed to get out of here alive on the slimmest of chances. If we get a Luck Stealer then our losses were worth it.

>>17099452
They've been screwing up a lot of things during this operation. They should just be glad to be still alive.

Get confirmation from the Observer that Wesker has been destroyed. If not, then he's still here and we need to run him to the ground.

>>17099455

>>17099467

The TG dice gods are fickle and capricious, at best.

They revel in our suffering and triumphs alike.

>>17099480
As if we managed to kill him with THAT performance...

Suggestions for reserve list:
Black Getter
Getter Robo Hien
Maris Stella + YF-27-5 "Shaher Femail"
Agrias Oaks
Astolfo (Fate/Apocrypha)

>>17099480
The Observer confirms that Wesker is gone. You are the only forces in the area for the time being.

Drained utterly of their magic for a while, the White Mages are carrying Star-Lord back to the Leopard. Everyone is currently occupied with recovering the wounded and dead. What orders will you have for them once they finish?

>>17099509
Just as a side note, you get a bonus to req. Agrias since you already have White Mages.

But we're getting ahead of ourselves.

Get anti-virals out to everyone again.
Do >>17099455
Find the EMH's portable emitter. The one in the show has been badly damaged and repaired before as well, and failing that his matrix should still be good- though he'll be limited to sick bay.
Patch up, recover the fallen and HK-50.

Regroup and prepare to enter the final chamber.

>>17099476
The problem with recruiting a hero that can do everything competently, is that it's not a hero that can do anything exceptionally. You might as well recruit Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters. (Note: don't actually do this)
>>17099511
Get the SCPs down here to bolster our meager forces (we have them on reserve). Loot the area of artefacts. I know there's one down here that Drains Luck. That's something the SCPs know how to handle.

>>17099479
We got lucky. Another thread pic related

>>17099511
Recruits and X-COM squad to recover everything that they can from the lab.

Also, has the mist lifted from this area yet?
If it has, then we can get the Indefatigable to come down, beam up the wounded and mostly-dead into the medbay, and get everyone into reconstruction tanks or nanny-bags for revival when the White Mages have some magic back.

If the mist hasn't lifted, then we still have something to kill.

We going to do something about sparkle girl? Ask ANON if she's Twilight related.

>>17099430
Sanakan is a level 6 Safeguard from BLAME! She's armed with a GBE. In other words, a faster, meaner, harder-hitting HK-50. And that was an understatement.

Mihoshi Kuramitsu is from Tenchi Muyo! She's an officer in the Galaxy Police and has insane luck equal to or greater than Milfy.

Tewi Inaba is A Certain Lucky Rabbit from Touhou. Gives luck. Ambiguously-defined though.

*facepalm* Oh goddamnit, we forgot that we sent Data over here along with all the the extra probe droid from SH when we were first exploring.
I guess he's the one that's been flying the shuttlecraft.
Probably for the best, probably would have gotten him killed too.

Get the remains of HK-50 and the portable emitter to Data. Data, give priority to recovering the EMH.

Let's just finish the job here. Its been horrendous luck we are having here so lets just get it done. Loot everything, Science team find out what the fuck is being done to the SUE then purge it,clean up and all importantly we need to let our guys recover. It was a long tough frustrating slog, but at least this part is over

>>17099571
We still have Romania and Japan to deal with.

My guess is Japan is gonna be Legendary difficulty.

>>17099552
Julia from Bloodquest also emits a "luck field" but isn't a main character nor out of our budget range in power.

>wake up late
>finally get around to open the comp
>oh cool, TG metaquest
>read this
>...
>DIIIIIIIICE

I hope we get a better luck at the Transylvania mission. This world is a death-trap! I knew it as soon as we're allowed a lot of new recruits last time...

>>17099594
What about the Bloodquest protag herself?

So:
>>17099521
>>17099553

Then: Close in on the lab, send an Observer in first.
Team: Target free roaming creatures, don't fire yet unless they come out and attack.
ANON: Study scan results, postulate on subject inside central tube.

>>17099581
My guess is that the Knights Inductors will be able to handle Romania pretty well. That'll leave UNIT, Delta Green and SCP for Japan, along with the MI Marauders. We might want to take the time for the Knights Inductors to come back from Romania before we send the Japan team. If it's legendary difficulty, sending in all of our most elite/experimented troops should give us a good chance of success.

>>17099619
You're forgetting Antarctica, and the fact that the weather system around Japan shows no signs of abating, and would destroy any craft attempting to breach it.

rolled 84 = 84

>>17099571
>>17099544
"Scanning... Confirmed. Subject appears to be a caucasian female approximately eighteen years of age. Infection with Twilight Vampirism confirmed. Unable to determine purpose of containment apparatus. Several of the devices appear to be siphoning energy and substances from her. Alterations in her body detected that suggest she has been mutated to produce some unknown chemical compounds."

Your remaining troops begin sweeping the area for salvage and clues.

>>17099509
>Black Getter
We have enough Mechs. Please do not waste recruitment slots on more Mechs.
>Getter Robo Hien
We have enough Mechs. Please do not waste recruitment slots on more Mechs.
Unless, of course, the OP says "You get a Mech!" instead of a general recruitment option. At which point: Hell yes, grab a Getter Robo.
>Maris Stella + YF-27-5 "Shaher Femail"
The Mass Production Pilot would be of use, if she works in every given mech and not just specific ones. If she only works in specific mechs, then no, not useful.
>Agrias Oaks
>Astolfo
Holy attacks aren't anywhere near as useful as Holy utility. If you're grabbing a Paladin then get one of the warcraft ones that can spam resurrection.

If we're requesting anyone:
Unnamed_RPG_Healer_#472 that can spam resurrects. A Level 30 Shaman from WoW has Self-res and Res spam, and the Res spam works on people that have been corpse exploded so long as their soul hasn't completely pissed off yet.

>>17099626
I'd rather deal with Lovecraft than face down Japan Horror.

>>17099628
What about the mist? Has the mist been cleared?

>>17099511
>What orders will you have for them once they finish?
Damn we need some ether potions. They had those in Tactics right? Rest up and try to get some MP back in case one of the various nasties pop back up. Or just help with basic first aid since we dont have the EMH present.

>>17099522
>The problem with recruiting a hero that can do everything competently, is that it's not a hero that can do anything exceptionally.
We dont need him to be exceptional at everything, just killing things that need killing. The invasion today and yesterday are a perfect example.

>>17099628
Data have any news on the EMH?

>inb4 we end up with the EMH in HK's chassis due to tg rolls.

>>17099602
After the end, she is waaaaay out of price range for us. There were a few others in it with strong potential though.

On a different note, we need Terminators. T-850s AND T-1000s. I'm meh about the T-X though.

>>17099581
>>We have enough Mechs. Please do not waste recruitment slots on more Mechs.


We don't have any shit that could drill underground safely. If we had one we could have gotten to the bottom faster and WITHOUT Azalin escaping.

You're forgetting how often our "enough" mechs keep getting mauled and gangbanged (the battlemechs, like the madcats)

>>17099648
Corbin Dallas would have been ineffectual in this scenario. He would have been swarmed just as easily as the others.

>>17099628
Fucking CALLED it!

rolled 10 = 10

>>17099628
Searching among the magical tools, your troops recover several magical tomes that enhance physical abilities. You may choose to enhance one of your Heroes with them, though doing so requires them to have six days of free time in which to read and follow the instructions within.

You also discover enough magical aids to effectively upgrade one of your caster squads a level.

In addition to this, surviving casters gain a level/XP/JP, and the surviving TG Recruits upgrade to TG Soldiers.

There are miscellaneous magical items that you really can't use, but might be worth some funding later.

>>17099661
Drilling underground is not something that we would do normally, considering what we do.
Also, the Getters are not anti-infantry mecha, and they wouldn't have been as effective as what we used here.
As for the Mad Cats, they only suffered 20% armor damage.

If we're getting anything it should be an ACS squad.
A fabber and low-profile power-armor designs.
And somebody else to help back up our magical mojo. We need a stable magical expert.

>>17099660
Are you daft? Terminators have fuel cells inside of them that will explode into a mini hydrogen bomb!

I still think we can overcome needing Terminators if we have the Safeguard darts and Sanakan.

Fire safeguard darts at enemy swarm, see enemy swarm get reverse-zergrushed.

>>17099628
Men, if you ever wanted to see a Canon Sue, the kinds of things we must ne'er destroy but must always imprison, here you are.
Look at it.
Know it.
Know it so that you may hate it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4zYlOU7Fpk

rolled 4 = 4

>>17099658
>>17099684
The EMH is damaged beyond repair. You'll need to requisition a new one.

>We dont need him to be exceptional at everything, just killing things that need killing.
How strange. I thought we already recruited multiple people for that, who are BETTER than Korban, and Cheaper. I guess all those times I saw "X-com veteran" were just me misreading.

>On a different note, we need Terminators. T-850s AND T-1000s.
They HATE Organics, and we're made of Organics. Or, do you mean a reprogrammed one? A reprogrammed T-850 is hero-level expensive for what is basically Sandman-tier power, and A reprogrammed T-1000 doesn't exist (but would indeed be awesome).
>>17099661
You make a valid point about the drill. Train the WHMs in Geomancy and Time Magic (about half and half should be good), and for the love of fuck grab a bunch of Ethers.

>>17099697
Oh, Sanakan + Darts can do that? Do those abilities work outside of their native canons? Instant enemy horde sounds very useful. What downsides does it come with?

>.You also discover enough magical aids to effectively upgrade one of your caster squads a level.

We could get White Mages to get levels in either Time Mage or Geomancer now.

rolled 30 = 30

>>17099705
HK-50's memory core is the only thing that can be saved, effectively meaning you'll need to requisition a new one.

>>17099697
One even smaller than a Fat Boy. T-1000s don't even have that as a problem. Hardly a problem, so much as a feature though!

>>17099705

Damn.

Not only that, but TG dice is slapping us around with more low rolls!

>>17099710
>>Oh, Sanakan + Darts can do that? Do those abilities work outside of their native canons? Instant enemy horde sounds very useful. What downsides does it come with?


YES!

Immediate conversion on hit. The nanomachines convert the target THAT FAST.

No downsides other than probably needing to direct all the Safeguard grunts.

>>17099705
OP, is it possible to send down some SCPs to find the Luck-draining device?
Finding, dealing with, and handling Anomalous Shit is basically the SCP's job.
I think all of this bad rolling should've spawned a Bad Luck Hero-Level item.

>>17099705
>>17099684
I mean seriously. Bad Luck Hero-Level item.

rolled 6 = 6

>>17099722
You are unable to recover any biotechnology information from the lab, most of it being destroyed or erased.

>>17099705
Nooooo...
Dangit.
Sigh.

Is it possible to recover the EMH programming?
We'll put Mouse on trying that later.
Useless until we get another emitter. A defiant class didn't normally have holoemitters, so we're stuck. Would be nice to keep that experience.

>>17099710

Geomancy skills = no SP needed. One of their skills is PETRIFY and TURN TO TOAD.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Geomancer_(Final_Fantasy_Tactics)D

>>17099738
I'm beginning to agree with this crackpot theory of luck-drain. Damn, damn, and double damn.

>>17099742
Aaaaand it looks like you are unable to find many clues as to just what Wesker and Azalin were up to in here. All you can find are notes that Wesker took on 'capturing the target' and 'transporting her safely to the labs for experimentation."

The mists have not receded.

>>17099744
I have a CRAZY idea.
You know the reality emitter?
What if we put the EMH programming in one of them?
I think the dice wants us to out-crazy this world. After all, horror games' one weakness is batshit insane crazy. Just look at Old Man Henderson.

>>17099742

In addition, the turkey sandwiches that were requested from the replicator were a little bit dry. Also, the replicator does not know how to make tomatoes.

>>17099736
How do we get around the programming that has Safeguards hunting down and killing all humans without the Net Terminal gene?
Or get the technology to operate outside of the City's range of control and processing?
Will it work against magically created or controlled beings, will it work against constructs?

>>17099755
Agree, the White Mages get the upgrade, but what next class would give us the best benefits?
Geo doesn't seem too bad, but people like Time as well.

>>17099770
I think Holtz knows.

>>17099777
half Geo, half Time. Also get 4 more WMs as well.

>>17099763
>The mists have not receded.
Then that means that our job here isn't done yet.

ANON, are you still detecting any reality distortions?
If not, then the vampire in the tube is probably not a SUE.

>>17099763
Fuck it, dump a bunch of the anti-viral into the feeds going to the girl/creature in the tube.
Need to settle whatever it is before we blow the place.

>>17099792
>>17099763

Belay that order.

Consult the Farseers on what needs to be done with this girl.

Also, as mentioned before, have ANON scan the abomination-girl in the tank for possible clues as to her identity, and if she is a huge source of reality distortions.

>>17099770
Yeah, let's just not mess with that.

>>17099788
The tube-woman is indeed emitting reality distortions.

How are you going to go about blowing the place up?

Safeguard Overview:

>
Safeguard are basically the automated defence system of the City, they'll destroy anything that doesn't have Net Terminal Genes and attack anything that tries to penetrate the Megastructure.

>>Basic Safeguard Exterminators are humanoid machines that can be created anywhere in the City within range of a Structure Conversion Tower or similar system, they're simply built on the spot by reconfiguring the local mass into them. Generally they don't build more than they need to do, but on occasions like the assault on Toha Heavy Industries they've been created in such numbers that there's literally a sea of them. They're very durable and immune to pretty much all conventional weapons.

>>Mid-level Safeguard like Sanakan are vastly superior to the basic Exterminators and are armed with Gravitational Beam Emitters capable of rapid fire and nanodarts. Gravitational Beam Emitters can punch meters-wide, tens-of-kilometers-long holes through ordinary matter on their lowest setting and can also penetrate the Megastructure (which resists gigaton explosions without deformation). (EMPHASIS: )Their nanodarts let them subvert other lifeforms, instantly turning them into basic exterminators or otherwise destroying them. They're also capable of complete regeneration by reconfiguring the local mass to repair themselves.

rolled 33 = 33

>>17099810
Blah blah skein, blah blah tangled.

rolled 62 = 62

>>17099827
"We cannot pierce the mists of space and time for her."

Here's Sanakan making an army of Exterminators on the spot using civilians as raw material.

Focus people!
We can chat about recruits and acquisitions afterward.

>>17099817
I'm still voting to dump in the anti-virals, and with that information I suggest planting ten different kinds of Boom on that tank too, with reality emitters focused on it.

>>17099770
See, this is exactly what I was asking with "Will it work outside its native Canon?", and the answer is "No."

>If we're getting anything it should be an ACS squad.
We have enough aerospace fighters for now, with the VFs and X-wings and the Gunstar.
>A fabber and low-profile power-armor designs.
Star trek industrial fabricator? We're getting something better - the Antaeus-01.
>And somebody else to help back up our magical mojo. We need a stable magical expert.
... Well, if we keep having our mages die ...
More seriously, a Magical Researcher would help. Someone suggested Agatha Heterodyne, and she's honestly our best bet, if we go down this route.

>>17099821
So, we get a Structure Conversion Tower and some darts, and we can make an army? That seems both incredibly useful and incredibly far out of our pay grade.

Here's the Safeguard nanodarts in effect. Part 1

Part 2 of creating Safeguard. Part 3 was the one with Sanakan in the middle of the frame.

>>17099821
>>17099837
Needs towers and is fulling horror-level fucked up.
I doubt the acquisitions teams are going to want _anything_ to do with going there.

>>17099848
>>17099834
>>17099810

Whatever's keeping her sedated in that tank needs to stay that way. The reality emitters should ensure that the explosives are effective in killing her.

Before we do that, though, should we attempt to get a sample of the chemicals that Azalin/Wesker altered her to make? With no other clues to go on, this could be our only indicator of what their ultimate goal was.

Alright, looks like the woman's a S.U.E. This is a golden opportunity to capture one alive for vivisection and research later.

Get the Sandmen, X-COM, and TG Soldiers down there. Surround the SUE and inject the vaccine into the feed tubes. Set Reality Emitters to maximum and when the vaccine seems to be working, break the vessel. Attach several reality emitters to the SUE, set to maximum field strength.

>>17099867
You manage to retrieve a sample without difficulty.

New Research Topic: Vampire SUE-rum

>>17099865
Not really.

You only need conversion towers if you use it on non-organic material like, the ground you're standing on.

Nanodarts could have been a big help against zombie hordes though.

>>17099817
>How are you going to go about blowing the place up?
Have the SCPs pick over it to find that Luck artifact, dump Anti-viral in the tank with Bella.
While we do that, find out which chemicals are sedatives or preservatives.
Block ALL CHEMICALS EXCEPT THOSE from entering the tank, spam Reality Emitters around the tank, and drain the tank.
This should kill her.

>>17099885
Again, how do you control them and ensure that they won't attack humans that don't have the Terminal gene?

>>17099880
we're gonna research the fuck outta this thing until there's nothing left

>>17099855
>>If we're getting anything it should be an ACS squad.
>We have enough aerospace fighters for now, with the VFs and X-wings and the Gunstar.
What? No no no, Armored Combat Suits. Legacy of the Aldenata. Tough infantry-scale units. Go read a Hymn Before Battle in the Baen Free Library, first book in the series.
>A fabber and low-profile power-armor designs.
Star trek industrial fabricator? We're getting something better - the Antaeus-01.
Schlockverse fabber. Better for us.

>>17099880
>rum

>>17099880
Alright.
I'm still going with this plan >>17099869
Even if we can't take it prisoner, we have everyone ready to kill the fuck out of it.

Search the rubble in the wall of the giant hole we made!
Come on dice, give us something to take home!

FUCKING site ate my POST!
>>17099869
>Set Reality Emitters to maximum and when the vaccine seems to be working, break the vessel.
Do not break the tube! We dont what what's in it yet. Try to get it up to the ship in full quarentine ether via teport beacons or using Char's MS to carry the thing to a shuttle.

>>17099894
Anyone else have any other idea how? Needs a lot of engineering to do it --unless Holtz can give us a supply of "clean" versions.

>>17099869
Rather than break the tank, just drain it of all its magical go juice. That lets whatever's keeping the bitch immobile stay in there.

>we're gonna research the fuck outta this thing until there's nothing left
No, we're going to research the Aglaphotis and the Offensive Reality Emitters. One cures demons, the other fucks spellcasters, and we're going straight into the warp-filled shithole that is Warhammer 40k.

>Tough infantry-scale units
We already have Mobile Infantry and Prawns. They're among the few things that HAVEN'T been consistently having chunks torn out of them.

>Schlockverse fabber. Better for us.
In what ways does it beat the Nanotech assembly the Antaeus-01 puts out? Or, are you saying "It doesn't, but more assembly is good"?

>>17099869
The vaccine seems to have no effect. This woman is apparently not infected with the zombie plague or T-virus.

Now to work on a vaccacine/cure to sueism

Shit guys, forgot about this:
>>17098673
>>17098673

Aurors, how is that looking?
We may yet get to fight Azalin!

Farseers, do you sense his golden dragon skull anywhere?

>>17099960
Nope and nope. The Aurors believe that with him fleeing the plane, he is beyond their power for the time being.

>>17099942
Holtz isn't a fucking wizard. If Holtz were a wizard, he'd have requisitioned /tg/ officers that don't set loose Orzes or Arazlins or Ahrimans, who don't send their SCP troopers in to see if their weapons work, and who don't spend hours bickering about which of their fanboy favourite japanese animes should take up our precious funding.

>>17099960
We have a surviving Abjurer who can sense magic. Phylacteries smell strongly of magic, so if one's here, we'll find it.
But you're right in that we'll likely fight against Azalin eventually.

>>17099950
A lot of work for a very narrow application. Let's focus on Offensive Reality Emitters instead of that.

>>17099978
>>17099947
Alright. Cover the vessel in Reality Emitters.
Can any of our teams see which of the chemicals being pumped in is the suppressant?
Any way of disconnecting the vessel and getting it back to the Leopard?

Also, we should consider that we need to kill her in order to complete this area.

>>17099980
Have the remaining Abjurer sweep for trinkets, search the walls for salvage.

Demoman, come down here and set up an explosion that would make Lt. Piebald jealous.

Did we ever enact that damn plan we made last time for getting the survivors out of Riverside?
If not, do that NOW NOW NOW.
Before we blow this place.

Start loading everyone aboard transportation, mechs, troops, etc

>>17099947

Can we possibly get a blood/tissue sample of the tubed woman to see if we can discern how she was genetically altered?

>>17100010
Already did.

>>17099978
Any objections from any of the posters here about sending some SCPs down to secure the site?
Any objections from any of the posters about having ANON analyse the chemical inputs to the tube, to see which are conventional preservatives/sedatives, which are long complex polycarbons, which are Magic Bullshit, which are viruses/living organisms, and which might be food, oxygen, or an energy source.

>>17100009
Relax, we're not blowing up the place yet. We're seeing if we can deactivate the SUE and find anything that might be ... the source of our horrendous luck, first.
When it comes time to blow it up, we'll blow up the lower levels first, and after that, sweep the area for survivors.
Survivors may not be our priority here, but human beings that can survive a zombie apocalypse make good /tg/ recruits. We'll deal with them once we're done here, though.

>>17099947
ANON: Is it actually possible to cure the SUEism out of this?
If the research looks promising, then YES, put our science efforts toward that.
I wish I could say it is out of the goodness of my heart, but we've been burned so bad by the dice that it would be nice to get something special out of this. Lets cure and decant this woman and find out who she is.

>enough onthsue
Exactly, captcha.

>>17100009
Which reminds me. Amidst the searching, one of the TG Recruits finds a series of odd gems with what seem to be tiny flickering images of the BLU team that didn't respawn in them.

>>17100003
The vessel is mobile, so yes it would be possible to take it.

>>17100027
>Any objections from any of the posters here about sending some SCPs down to secure the site?
What are we going to use to get them down there?

>Any objections from any of the posters about having ANON analyse the chemical inputs to the tube, to see which are conventional preservatives/sedatives, which are long complex polycarbons, which are Magic Bullshit, which are viruses/living organisms, and which might be food, oxygen, or an energy source.
Fine.

>>17100055
Research the cure and hold position while we get the Riversiders out.

>>17100050
ANON: "It may be possible, but would take the combined effort of our science teams."

>>17100055
>series of odd gems with what seem to be tiny flickering images of the BLU team that didn't respawn in them.
Good, they're probably soul gems.
Get the Abjurer to take a look at them to free the BLU team and get their respawn technology working again.

>The vessel is mobile, so yes it would be possible to take it.
Cover the vessel in Reality Emitters, and get that thing loaded onto the Leopard.

>>17100055
LOOT THEM GEMS
they must've been trapped there

>>17100068
We are not wasting our time on the Riverside survivors. We can nuke Raccoon City just fine without affecting them.

You and your animu fucking up this quest thread.

Use FK Reapers instead.

http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/FK_Reaper

>>17100055
TAKE THE GEMS

>>17100055
Haha! Those gems contain the missing members of BLU. Those are priority loot. Have magic people see about freeing the trapped members and if possible research these gem-containment vessels. Perhaps we've got a magic-based Omega Trap on our hands thanks to the lich not being here to fuck us over with it!

>>17100073
Do it.

Execute this plan to get the survivors out:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17087235/#17089938
Or if the command crew disagrees, just swing by in the Leopard and pick them up outright. They've already dealt with zombies, vampires, and wizards- I've grown cynical enough that I'm pretty sure that wouldn't disrupt them any further.

>>17100111
Draft all the survivors.

>>17100080
After a few moments of examination, the Abjurer smashes the gems and frees the souls of the BLU team, enabling them to respawn once more.

DECISION TIME!
The thread is close to done. Do you take the tubed SUE or let her die with the city? And you must choose a method to destroy the place, obviously DEMOMAN CANNOT BLOW UP THE CITY BY HIMSELF.

>>17100055
>one of the TG Recruits finds a series of odd gems with what seem to be tiny flickering images of the BLU team that didn't respawn in them.
Soul Gems. What are the procedures for releasing held souls in gems?
>What are we going to use to get them down there?
They're good for transporting tubes of SUEs, and for picking over the ruins looking for shit.

>>17100068
The Mists will remain in this area until the SUE is dealt with somehow. If we're keeping her here until we've completed research (which might take days, or months), then that's an area unsolved, with mist-shrouded zombies.
If you want to rescue her, then move her out to the middle of an unpopulated area.

>>17100111
We're not doing a survivor pickup until:
A. The Mists recede, which will allow us to:
B. Fight through hordes of zombies with appropriate satellite data and air support, so we don't get owned, and
C. Locate camps of survivors so we're not fucking about in a city for half a day.

The Mists won't recede until we either Kill or Move the SUE.
So, deal with the SUE first.

>>17100073
There is no point curing ONE SUE if it take sour whole science division. Our science guys have other more important jobs than catering to this ONE SUE who might come back and fuck things up further. Our job is to destroy the people who have been fucking up the dimensions plus with the casualties we had in this mission, there's just no point in redeeming ONE SUE. If we had an idle science team not researching anything, then yes I give approval, but we just do not have the manpower.

KILL THE SUE ALREADY.

>>17100096
They might no longer exist here once we break the fog.
And if for some crazy reason we use an actual nuke to burn the city, they aren't going to be sake from it, they're right next to it at the moment.

>>17100111
Voting against both the diverting of science resources away from critically important research projects, and the completely unnecessary usage of equipment to move around people when we still have problems to deal with here in Raccoon City.

>>17100127
Cure the SUE.

>>17100127
"DEMOMAN CANNOT BLOW THE CITY UP BY HIMSELF"

Sounds like a challenge to me. Demo, your thoughts? :D

But yeah. Evac the SUE. This is a golden opportunity here. REALITY EMITTERS EVERYWHERE. PLASTER THE TANK WITH THEM.

>>17100127
Take her, deal with her later.
If we can make a cure for SUEness, this will mean that the Institute of Editors fame will be able to use this as a rehab-method, making them that much more effective in fighting the menace.

>>17100145
The point is that we have to move them BEFORE we finish. Is this the same one person that isn't getting this or multiple?

>>17100137
For one, they're several miles from the edge of Raccoon City.
Two, we can use a dialed down photon torpedo, with minimal radiation and fallout, to wipe out the city. 10 to 15 kilotons. That won't do anything to Riverside.

>>17100127
TAKE IT WITH US

DELICIOUS RESEARCH

>>17100127
Cure the sue!

>>17100127
Demoman sets up a ring of sticky bombs around the SUE tank. Put some C4 on all the load bearing tower supports. A nuke in the estimated middle of the complex. Chain em all.

The Idea is this. Stickybombs->C4->Nuke.

If we need more overkill, drop more nukes on it.

>>17100127
Destroy the SUE by blocking any food/magic input to her tank, keeping any sedatives present.
Once the SUE is dead, see if the mists recede.

Regardless of what happens with the SUE's death, scan the city for life signs with the observers, ship scanners, and dropship flyovers. Make an effort to recruit those we find.
Those we don't find, or who don't want to be recruited?
Set a Photon Torpedo ready to demolish the city, and have its firing controls linked to a big red button.
Give the big red button to the Demoman.
Let him blow up the city.
By himself.

>>17100154
Okay, to where do we move the SUE while we waste the Science team's time in rescuing this one little author-self-insert sparkly shit?
>>17100167
>>17100179
What, bring the SUE onto our ship?
Are you completely fucking insane?

>>17100127
Take the Tubed SUE.

Use a photon torpedo dialed to 15 kilotons and have it detonate 400 feet above the center of the city. The airburst will minimize fallout and maximize the efficiency of the weapon.

>>17100128
>B. Fight through hordes of zombies with appropriate satellite data and air support, so we don't get owned, and
>C. Locate camps of survivors so we're not fucking about in a city for half a day.
What the fuck are you on about?
There are 50 people, holed up in a building in Riverside. There is no searching of fighting through hordes. They are right there where we know they are, just pick them up.
The dropship can see friggin' Riverside from Raccoon, that's how close we're talking.

>>17100191
I'd like to see if the Mists recede when we kill the SUE before we nuke the entire city.
The city's being completely nuked either way, but if the mists recede, we can look at the city with the scanners for any potential recruits/loot/magic shit before we blow it up.

>There are 50 people, holed up in a building in Riverside.
You haven't considered the possibility of there being other groups of survivors, have you?
No, no you have not.
You just made an angry post that makes you look like a moron. Good job.

How about we all just calm down?
Nobody blow up anything.
Just sit tight while the research is going on.
That's it.
Just breathe.

And if we are just sitting around waiting for the research results, might as well check on the survivors while we are effectively done where we are.

Chill.

>>17100214
>.You haven't considered the possibility of there being other groups of survivors, have you?

WASTE OF TIME

Get the survivors already, KILL THE SUE!

>>17100167
>>17100179
>>17100194
It's not a good idea to bring reality distortions with us.

>>17100223
Cool. It'll give salvage teams a chance to find whatever's making our luck go completely fucking batshit.

>>17100225
We aren't killing- we got a research goal now:
>>17099880
>>17100073

See?