NAME: SHANNON O'CLAY
SKILLS: SPIRIT GUIDE (When confused, you may ask Ben for help. He can also cover your back, or at least inform you of enemies behind you.)
UNIT: ELMETH (Improved)
WEAPONS: MEGAPARTICLE GUN (Improved-2) x2, BITS (Improved)x12
MAX ACCELERATION: 1G
ARMOR LEVEL: 1
OUTPUT: 21300 kW

OTHER UNITS: RGM-79 GM x4, RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam, Work Type Ball, MA-05 Bigro

ITEMS: "Bigro Meir" Plans, "Zanny" Plans, "GM Ground Type" Plans, "Grabro" Plans, "Desert GM" Plans, "E-Cap" Reusable Plans, Manipulator unit x2, Improved Thrusters x2, Sand Filter, Hover Unit, Bit Control Array, 10 tons Scrap Metal

You are awoken by Ben, who looks slightly nervous. "Hey... We're coming up on some sort of destroyed colony... I have a bad feeling about this..."

You get up.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

>>17833900
Get dressed an then find Burning. See what we're coming up against and if we're going out for a patrol.

>>17834018
You get into uniform, and find Burning, who is overseeing some simulator runs.

"What is it, Sub-Lieutenant?" he asks, as you approach.

"Sir, I'd like to know what we're passing."

"That's the remnants of Side 2."

"The one that was nerve-gassed?"

"Yep."

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17834222
Go off to the side and ask Ben if we should take a patrol out or is we should stay locked up in our room. The ghosts of Side 2 may be restless.

>>17834276
Ben thinks carefully. "...I'd go look, honestly. There's something there that's... calling out to me."

WHAT DO YOU DO?

Ask the captain for permission to go out in the Work Ball.

It might be useful if there's any debris in the way.

>>17834367
Ask Burning to go out on patrol. Hell, may as well ask him if he could come along; he needs flight hours logged on that Gundam prototype if he wants to be good with it.

>>17834391
You go up to the captain and ask for permission to explore the wrecked colony.

"Hmm... No one's explored Side 2 since the gas attacks. I suppose. Go on."

You hop into the Work Ball, followed by Burning in the Prototype Gundam.

You soon come to an exposed entrance to the colony, but the space is too small for the Gundam.

"I'll find another way in. Go on without me."

You venture in to the blackness, and see 5 different paths before you.

WHICH PATH DO YOU TAKE?

>>17834516
Can you give us more information about each path?
Damn, we should have pulled colony blueprints before coming out here.
Let's ask Ben which way we should go.

>>17834565
"I have a bad feeling about the 2nd path..." Ben mutters tensely.

WHICH PATH WILL YOU TAKE?

>>17834582
Let's just take the first path. There's no way to know any better.

>>17834622
You take the path furthest to the left, eventually coming to a dead end, which is partially covered by loose scrap.

YOU GOT THREE TONS OF SCRAP METAL!

You go back to the entrance.

WHICH PATH DO YOU TAKE?

>>17834646
Try and contact Burning, and see if we can make the opening large enough for the Gundam to fit through by using the crane arm.

>>17834768
You try to contact Burning, but Minovsky Particle Density is in the high 90s.

"That's strange..." says Ben, worried.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17834802
Take path 3. We avoid path 2.

>>17834840

Seconded. Also, try and contemplate about what might be jamming our signals. It might not be natural MP density. Be cautious, I guess.

>>17834863
>>17834840
You go through the middle path, coming into a larger amphetheatre, with 5 more possible paths, as well as the one you came through. A fan above you stops working, stopping in a position that cuts off all light.

It's dark now.

WHICH PATH DO YOU TAKE?

>>17834933
Middle path.

>Fan stops as we enter.
Shit, someone is here; And they know we are, too.

>Where's that White Angel when you need it?

rolled 62 = 62

>>17835018
You go through the middle path, finding a mobile suit part!

You got...

RAILGUN ATTACHMENT!

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

(Gotta go for an hour, due to an unforeseen issue)

>>17835077
Let's ask Ben which path to avoid.
Unless this path continues going further into the colony, I suppose we have to go back to where the overhead fan was and choose another path.

If it doesn't go on: >>17835135 and to the right-most tunnel.

If not, go deeper into this tunnel.

Also, before entering the right tunnel, can we search the connecting room?

rolled 43 = 43

>>17835446
>>17835135
The path is a dead end, and so you return to the hub.

"Ben, do you have a bad feeling about any of these?"

"No, none of these seem bad... Farther on, though... That's where I'm getting the bad feeling."

You take the rightmost, and find a ruined data terminal!

You got...

rolled 48 = 48

>>17836095
GOUF FLIGHT TEST TYPE PLANS!

What will you do now?

>>17836211
Go back to the fan room, and take path 4.

rolled 31 = 31

>>17836322
You return to the hub, and go through path 4. The corridor is long and dark, and seems to go on forever.

When it ends, you are in a large cavernous area. You've found the interior of the colony.

And something has found you.

A Ball is coming towards you.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17836377
Contact it.

rolled 52 = 52

>>17836459
You attempt to hail the opposing ball.

"*STATIC*"

...Well, that's weird.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17836539
Approach it. Have Ben attempt to look into it if we close the range to 15 feet without anything interesting happening.

>>17836600
Second.

rolled 54 = 54

>>17836600
You send Ben into the Ball, to see who's inside it. As he approaches it, however, the Ball stops dead in its tracks, before accelerating away into the darkness.

"Hey, wait!" you yell.

What is going on here?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17836759
Follow it at a safe distance. Stay alert. Ask Ben to keep an eye out for anything unusual.

rolled 6 = 6

>>17836808
You start searching for some sign of the ball, or of something.

(1-10 is nothing, the rest are ???)

rolled 5 = 5

You keep looking...

rolled 5 = 5

>>17836959
You keep looking...

>>17836932
>>17836959
>>17836969
Maybe our luck is trying to tell us something.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17836969
That Ball's disappeared into thin air...

You keep looking...

rolled 11 = 11

>>17836979
Your eyes are beginning to get tired, but you keep looking.

rolled 10 = 10

>>17836988
You catch a glance of the Ball, and follow it, into a ruined city, covered in bones...
You keep looking.

>>17836988

Is anyone else worried that we are gonna get befriended by ghost?

rolled 2 = 2

>>17837020
You catch another glance of the Ball, and follow it deeper into the city.
You keep looking.

>>17837027
We need four more ghosts to cover all the cardinal directions in space. Then we will never be caught off-guard.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17837040
No trace this time. You look around for it again.

rolled 3 = 3

>>17837063
Ben spreads out, to help you try and find the illusive Ball.

(Spirit Guide Level 2 activated.)

So, I was thinking yesterday that an RX-78 NT-1 with bits would be like the best thing ever.

Any chance that could be in our future? Like a more badass version of the Prototype Qubeley?

>>17837069
Hopefully this is going to use up all our bad luck, leaving us set for the rest of the quest.

rolled 5 = 5

Nothing yet... You keep looking, unperturbed.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17837083
I know, right?
>>17837077
I've got a good idea for the support craft. As for the Proto-Qubeley, there are a few ideas floating around, but maybe you guys can help out.

-----

You keep searching, hearing scrapes and sounds around you occasionally.

>>17837077
I bet we're going to need a lot of upgrade points and some exotic plans and parts to miniaturize the bit control system.

rolled 1 = 1

>>17837120
Oh yeah you will. Trust me. Especially if you keep them as Bits.
>>17837112
You keep looking, turning on your floodlights.

>>17837120
First off we'd need the magnetic joint coating upgrade, then a powerplant upgrade. We'd also need a binder upgrade that would be large enough to incorporate the bit control system.

rolled 13 = 13

>>17837141
Silence.

Complete silence.

You don't give up, though. You have to find this thing...

rolled 86 = 86

>>17837156
You catch it square in your sights for a moment, following it, and finding a part where it once was, a...

>>17837145
Unless we spend an enormous amount of resources or wait for tech to improve, the BCS is going to increase the Gundam's size immensely. We will also have to accommodate the bits themselves, which are not small due to having their own reactors. Unless we build rechargeable funnels, which will cost even more.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17837181
YOU GOT A MANIPULATOR UNIT!

You keep searching...

rolled 2 = 2

>>17837182
The Bit Control System resembles the array atop this Elmeth Adapt in the pic.
>>17837196
You lost it again, but keep looking...

>>17837196
So are we still short parts for the endgame Bigro upgrade?

>>17837241
Considering how big the Elmeth is, that's not comforting.

>>17837252
Nope. As of now, it can be made.

You keep looking...

rolled 16 = 16

>>17837282

rolled 16 = 16

>>17837292
You see it! You follow it!

rolled 12 = 12

>>17837306
You're catching up to it! You continue following!

>>17837306

what are we following this is a bad idea we should have left. This is how space horror stories start.

rolled 15 = 15

>>17837342
You're getting closer! Keep moving!

rolled 8 = 8

>>17837342
You're right on its tail! You'll be able to catch it with your grappler cable if you get any closer!

>>17837358
We're following a Ball. Being a Newtype with a ghost companion, I think we can handle ourselves.

rolled 12 = 12

>>17837370
No, you're falling behind! Keep going!

rolled 10 = 10

>>17837387
Good, you've caught up! Come on, one more!

rolled 8 = 8

>>17837398
You've got it! Now you just have to bring it in! You pull...

>>17837398

Chasing the ball = newtype heroin trip

Calling it.

rolled 5 = 5

>>17837404
It's putting up a fight. You try to pull it in again...

rolled 2 = 2

>>17837438
Come on! You pull again...

rolled 17 = 17

>>17837472
Dammit, the line will snap at this rate! Ben pulls along with you to try and grab the ball!

>>17837483
>Ben pulls along with you

That's quite a feat for a ghost.

BUT IT'S WORKING

>>17837499
ROW ROW MOTHERFUCKER

>rolls rolls rolls
Just a tip OP.
/tg/ dice HATE EVERYTHING FOREVER.

>>17837531
I can only guess you haven't been here for the other sessions, when the /tg/ dice directly resulted in MAXIMUM SUCCESS.

>>17833847
You forgot the Streamlined Frame.
Again.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17837531
We've had god-tier lock before this. It just couldn't last.
>>17837483
You finally reel in the ball, and it skids on the ground before coming to a stop. You hop out, normal suit on to keep you from getting spaced, and open the cockpit of the enemy ball, pistol in hand, to see...

Nothing.

>>17837615
Leave it.

This is bad voodoo.

>>17837615
DUN DUN DUNNNN

>>17837615
That's not a surprise. Check it thoroughly, then return to the Work Ball.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17837652
Ignoring the prickles on the back of your neck, you search inside the ball for any sign of anything...

>>17837703
You find an odd amulet, an 8, or a mobius strip, or something. You look at it carefully, and notice the light from behind you glint off its surface. You turn to see bright florescent light shining through a keyhole.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17837742
Ask Ben to look behind it.

>>17837742
Ask Ben to check out what's behind the door as we go up to it, pistol at the ready.

>>17837772
>>17837753
Ben nods, and attempts to go through the door...

And fails. "I... I can't get through. What the..."

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17837787
Thank Ben for trying. Look through the keyhole.

Gun up, open the door with the off hand.

Sweep and clear.

>>17837800
>>17837804
Actually, why not knock on the door? Nobody would expect it.

>>17837823
Yeah, why not?

>>17837823
>>17837844
>MAXIMUMTROLLAN.jpeg

I say go with it.

>>17837844
>>17837823

well we aren't gonna need eyes where we are going.

>>17837823
>>17837844
It's the polite thing to do.

>>17837800
"No problem," says Ben, bummed. "Sorry I can't be more help." You attempt to look through the keyhole, but the light is too bright, and the glare shines on your helmet, blinding you.
>>17837804
You pull out your gun, and kick open the door, only to get a blast of air to the face. It was pressurized! Walking through, you peer around. The room is austere, save for a single binder on a table in front of you.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17837889
Can Ben come in the room with us? Even if he can't, ask him to watch our back.

Open the binder.

>>17837889
Close the door and see if we can't get the place re-pressurized. We might also want to make doubly sure there's nobody else in the room.

I refuse to believe this room was still pressurized and newtype-proof for no reason.

If we find nothing, open the binder, I guess.

>>17837889
Open the binder.

>>17837909
Ben follows you inside, and you go to the binder. Opening it, you quickly notice that it's in some sort of symbol code, and almost unreadable. You close it, groaning, and look at the cover. There's some text on it as well, legible text even.

RX-78-8 ∞ (Turn 8) Gundam

WHAT

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17837889

I'm not even catholic, but we might want to do a few crosses before we open it.
>Just sayan.

That, and wonder who wanted you to find that binder...

>>17837961
... I'm interested.

Again, I still refuse to believe this is all just sitting here. Check for pressure switches or wires, then take the binder along with us. I'd be down to gtfo.

>>17837961
Oh... Oh yes.

It's probably machine code. Take the binder.

>>17837742
>>17837961
WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN

>>17837993
>>17837983
You cross yourself a few times, breathing deeply, and search for any kind of pressure switch or trap. Nothing. Carefully, you pick up the binder. As you do, you begin to have the sneaking suspicion you should go.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17838009

Take the binder.

Pray to whatever deity she has for peace.

Then see if we can tow the other ball behind us.

>>17838092
Ask Ben to walk in front of us as we head back to the Work Ball.

There was an "8th Gundam" in the RX 78 line: all that was ever described was the number.

I think we might have some sort of plans for it.

>>17838108
The fact that it has the symbol for infinity in its name is extremely interesting. However, given the year, I have no idea what technology it would actually use. Perhaps a prototype psycoframe.

>>17838100
>>17838094
Ben walks in front of you as you quickly walk out, testing the grappler wire's strength on the ball. It's firm, and it'll hold. You jump in, and take off, into the blackness...

And then you awaken with a jump, you and Ben both reeling in shock. You look at each other, and then at your hands. The necklace and binder are in them.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17838143
>And then you awaken with a jump

Check surroundings.

>>17838143
You are back in your room, by the way, if that wasn't clear.

>>17838094
NEGATIVE.

We can tow it to the outside, but we're not bringing the demonball onto our ship.

>>17838162
Use the intercom to contact Lieutenant Burning.

>>17838143
>>17838162
We need to discuss this with Burning. Also, maybe Lara can make some sense of what's in the binder, but I have the sneaking suspicion that it's something very newtype-ish, and probably a plot point.

>>17838181
You run to the intercom, calling Lieutenant Burning.

"Hey, Sleeping Beauty finally awakens! You've been out cold all day. We figured that the stress of piloting knocked you out. How are you?"

...What?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17838162
Check the chronometer, and use the intercom to talk with Burning to see what happened.

>>17838202
"Lt. Burning, how far are we from the ruins of Side 2? Are we on approach, or just leaving?"

Let's check the binder. Make sure the stuff is still in there.

We might also want to confirm what happened with Burning. Fill in the details of where he found us.

>>17838162

Holy. Fuck.

We just accsessed the Side Two Super-anomally.

The psy-residue of over 3 million murdered souls tied to an abandoned colony.

>And it gave us it's most trusted secret.

I say we bust ass before it decides to change it's mind.

>>17838325
Shouldn't Earth have the psy-residue of untold billions of people?

>>17838336
Theoretically. But this place had three million people murdered, and recently. I'd imagine it would be much more of a strong feeling than the "background levels" you'd see on earth.

Maybe like being in Auschwitz. Like, right after it was liberated.

>>17838336

It would, if the collective mental energies of the living didn't serve as a scrubber/ filter.

You have the horror, terror, and insanity of a dying nation trapped in a psy-bubble without any living people to clean it.

>As I said earlier, a hive mind of tortured half-souls just gave us an ultimate weapon. We need to go.

>>17838395
But in the early weeks of the war, there was unrestrained nuclear and chemical warfare. Something like half of humanity died. That's a lot more than three million, and pretty recent. Though I guess those people weren't concentrated in a space as small as a Side.

>>17838408
Is that how it works? How interesting.

The only way to give Side 2 peace is to get people to live in it, and no-one wants to for obvious reasons.

>>17838202
Let's say we stay away from Side 2. And recommend that other people stay clear as well.

>>17838205
You check the chronometer, or "clock" as those crazy earthnoids call it. A whole day has passed.
>>17838217
"Side 2? Kid, Side 2 is just about on the other side of the planet from us. Are you feeling OK?"
>>17838222
"Found you? Kid, you've been asleep in bed all day."

Shaken, you open the binder. The code is still unreadable, but for some reason, a few sentences come to your mind.

CHILD OF OUR SACRIFICE
WE ENTRUST THE FUTURE TO YOU

...

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17838445
Just tell Burning we had a hell of a crazy dream, but we feel alright now.

Scan the code into our lab terminal.

Maybe for now we should, I dunno... lay a wreath or something? Just to show a little gratitude? The real show of gratitude would be to end the war ourselves.

Plus, I'm sure the whole "newtype ghosts" thing is a perfectly valid explanation.

>>17838456
"Just a dream, eh?" says Burning mirthfully. "Try eating something other than pancakes next time, Shannon."

You try to scan the code into the lab terminal, but the scanner cannot read it. You're out of luck.

>>17838477
We're going to have to study this.

Check out the necklace. View it under a microscope.

>>17838445
Run the book past Lara. See what she can tell us.

Of course, if we want to get introspective:

The psy-residue could already be dissapating (The empty, voided tunnels) with more and more simply seeping away into the void (I.E: the fan just stopping as we entered the second room.) and the last of the entity/ anomally wanted to leave a legacy, (Ex. the plans) before it, too disappated (Us waking) because it could no longer support the connection.

>Of course, this is just theory.

We need to see if we still have the scrap metal, manipulator, and plans we picked up from "Side 2."

Also, check if there's an extra Ball in the hangar.

>>17838477

Oh well. Lets show it to amuro when/if we meet. Or char if hijinks allow

>>17838491
You run the necklace under a microscope, and- what the fuck?

There is a circuitboard in the necklace, that goes through the whole thing. You try to scan it, but nothing is received. This gets weirder and weirder...

Going to Lara, you show her the binder. She flips through it, perplexed. "I can't read any of this..." she mutters. "I can't even read the title on the binder."

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

We had the hallucination and got the binder after breakfast. The solution for how to read it is clear.

Gentlemen, we must have more pancakes.

>>17838573
Show her the necklace as well, and tell her what we saw in it.

>>17838518
You see that all the materials you obtained in the colony are in your possession. Going down to the hangar, you see the Ball staring at you, in its own corner.

Weird.

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17838586
I'd vote this.
>>17838581
Then pancakes.

>>17838592
Inspect the Ball. See if we have any weird feelings.

Ask where it came from.

>>17838518

>You have aquired- BALL: DEAMONBALL.

I don't know if we should scream like a little girl out of fear, or 'We have a psycic-infused mutha frukin ball'.

>>17838592
>Shaken, you open the binder. The code is still unreadable, but for some reason, a few sentences come to your mind.

>CHILD OF OUR SACRIFICE
>WE ENTRUST THE FUTURE TO YOU

well for one, I wonder exactly what this means.

We are from earth not side 2... This entire thing is full of fuck

Also, we might want to get people working on that Bigro upgrade while we're trying to puzzle out the RX 78 8 binder.

>>17838619
We have an engineer ghost who can't go more than 15 feet from us. We're no stranger to weird shit.

If anything, we should use HELLBALL as a weapon.

>>17838619

*DAEMONBALL

>>17838628
>We are from earth not side 2

How sure of that are you now?

>>17838619
I think we just picked up a Euclid-class object.

Might want to tell the crew to steer clear.

>>17838628
It means we're their proverbial "child": the inheritor of their collective will, and their desires to bring the war to an end so that more innocents won't end up dead.

I thought this was pretty clear.

>>17838628

Your mother is from earth.

Your FATHER is a Zeon Scientist.

>Just where do you think he's from, or had his family shortly before shit went down?

>>17838619
>>17838617
You attempt to get a feel from the Ball, but you can't get anything. It's weird; you can always get a feel from an MS, from the pilot. Nothing from this. Was it never piloted before?

YOU GOT THE DAEMONBALL!

>>17838630
You actually can make the Bigro Meir now. Do you want to?

>>17838645

I'm not any more but from thread 2

>"Well, that's not really my call. The captain makes that decision. If it were up to me, though, I'd like to get you down to earth. Where are you from?"

>"Dublin," you say, deciding to tell the truth. "My father took me with him to Side 3 when he and my mum got divorced." Burning nods.

although it might explain why he was distant and didn't care for results

>>17838725
Yes, construct the Bigro Meir.

Search the ship's records for information on when the DAEMONBALL was picked up.

>>17838741
You construct the BIGRO MEIR!

Stats and status in the morning. I'm about to collapse.

>>17838840
It's been rad. See you in the morning.

>>17838741

Spoiler:
>There arn't going to BE any.
>Or it was put on it from side two, and either A. Today, or B. the date of the gassing.

>B is creepy-er in my opinion.

Also, any stats on the Daemonball?

And I also think that we need someone that didn't go with us to tell, show the impossible info.

>>17838894
>And I also think that we need someone that didn't go with us to tell, show the impossible info.
Didn't we already do this to Lara, and she couldn't read it at all?

>>17838961

I'm talking about the supernaural shit.

>Like how a binder, necklace, and MF'in DAEMONBALL got onto the ship without anyone knowing/ seeing/ having anything to do with it.

BIGRO MEIR
HP: 500
ARMOR: 500
WEAPONS: MEGA-CHARGED PARTICLE CANNON (15 or higher for 50 damage), BEAM CANNONS (12 or higher for 30 damage), CLAW CRUSHERS (10 or higher for 20 damage)
SPECIAL ABILITY: MAX SPEED (Always attacks first)

NAME: SHANNON O'CLAY
SKILLS: SPIRIT GUIDE (When confused, you may ask Ben for help. He can also cover your back, or at least inform you of enemies behind you.)
UNIT: ELMETH (Improved)
WEAPONS: MEGAPARTICLE GUN (Improved-2) x2, BITS (Improved)x12
MAX ACCELERATION: 1G
ARMOR LEVEL: 1
OUTPUT: 21300 kW

OTHER UNITS: RGM-79 GM x4, RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam, Work Type Ball, MA-05M Bigro Meir, RB-79 DAEMONBALL

ITEMS: "Zanny" Plans, "GM Ground Type" Plans, "Grabro" Plans, "Desert GM" Plans, "Gouf Flight Test Type" Plans, "Zaku II" Reusable Plans, "E-Cap" Reusable Plans, Sand Filter, Hover Unit, Bit Control Array, Railgun Attachment, 13 tons Scrap Metal, Turn-8 Necklace, Turn-8 Document

As a note, the title on the binder was ∞ Gundam. It is pronounced "Turn-8 Gundam."

>>17841989

>HP: 500
>Armor: 500

God DAMN, this thing is a tank. Needs high rolls to hit, but unless /tg/ dice decide to rear their ugly heads again, we should be all set for a good while.

>>17842541
This IS an endgame unit, after all.

Of course, you'll be on Earth soon...

>>17842550
>on Earth
Aw shit. That means that the Mobile Armors will be all but useless, won't they?

Crap, we'd better get training to pilot a GM.

>>17842562
Yeeeep, but don't worry.

Anyway, I forgot the requirements for the Gouf Flight Test Type.
REQUIREMENTS: MS-07 GOUF, FLIGHT UNIT

>>17842562
Hildolfrs work fine, right? Or we could make a Earth-based hover-type MA or an aquatic MA.

Other thing, what month are we now in the OYW?

>>17843699
I'd say we're pretty well into it; Mobile Armors have been created, obviously. However, Garma hasn't been killed yet, so we're not that late in it.

Remember, folks, no MAQuest tonight, because I have a thing. You can still talk about it and theorize it here though.

>>17842562
This is why we need to make that Prototype Qubeley. Be all "FUCK YOU, BITS ON EARTH!"