>>20978779
Okay, G-Man. We did as you wanted.
We still need to get this guy (indicate Bruce) revived.

>>20978779

Good. Now either res Bruce or send him home with us so we can do the damn job ourselves. We also want coordinates to this reality in case we need to return to do so, and verified destruction of the hardsuit remains. We also want payment for services rendered while providing no support or intel.

what the shit is this OPE ?

>>20978779
"Alright, so we completed the objective you had for us. We've still gotta revive Bruce here, unless you're going to do it. And we still need Meta-Coordinates for this specific Canon to verify that any Meta-Contaminants we left behind are properly contained and disposed of."

>>20978843
Quest set in the /tg/-created Editors setting.

>>20978822
seconded, also curse me for seeing this at 6 posts

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>>20978822
"You'll be home in a moment," the G-Man smiles. "As for my payment... Well you've received some of it already. But... you did such a... good job, I'm inclined to offer a bonus."

The smile grows.

"I believe I'd made... similar arrangements before. You have three questions to ask about... the current crisis. I will answer to the... best of my ability. If I do not know... well, then, it doesn't count. And then I will give you a fourth answer of my choosing."

>>20978948
Let's make sure we agree on the first question.
I think we need to know what's causing the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone. Maybe ask how to stop it, specifically?

>>20978982
Yeah that's a good one.
I would argue another one would be how to destroy who or whatever has turned Black Ops into a bunch of mustache-twirling morons.

>>20978948

I'm proposing one question:

There is another meta-organization out there with much better technology than what we have, they recruit individuals from canon like we do, and their symbol is a twelve-pointed star with a flaming sword strewn across it. Yet they do not appear to be as aware of meta-politics as we are. What are they intending to do to the various meta-organizations that appear to have copied or stolen their technology?

How about
What do we have the capability to obtain that would give us the biggest advantage in this current turmoil, with the lowest risk of backfire or meta-violations, in the shortest amount of time?

>>20978982

If I had to venture an extremely vague and wild guess, perhaps that huge Meta-Organization's battlefleet that destroyed Black Ops' battlefleet was sent to contain whatever was in that Quarantine zone.

But since this is just wild mass-guessing, I'd agree with this question.

>>20979044

This is probably good as well.

>>20979044
Maybe we should get an identity first, rather than the how?
He could just say, "shoot them in the head" and it would answer the question without giving us information.

>>20979050
>>20979044
>>20978982

All good questions.

"Can you make sure the entirety of our fleet, including wrecks and potentially dead crewmen, survive and make it with the fleet outside the deployed Frame?"

>>20979107
Maybe "how can we -find- and destroy whoever's behind it?"
Like to me the who isn't important, because we're going to find that out, preferably right before we kill them.

>>20979092

So you basically want to ask the G-man if he knows of a way to make our job much easier without any negative consequences for us while causing no atrocities and stops our foes from carrying out their plans of rampage/destruction of the metaverse/subjugation of the metaverse/other ill intent?

>>20979139
Yes.
...I can dream can't I?

>>20979125

Or, if we want to get particularly heavy on the exposition:

There is a meta-organization with an emblem consisting of a twelve-point star with a flaming sword strewn across it. Can you tell us *everything* you know about their history?

From our interaction with Guy and his other pal with the lightning fists, they appear to work like we do, but just have more advanced everything and may be new in this neighborhood. If we can understand their history, that may provide a better insight into their motivations.

>>20979125

I think he's just offering to give us intel. Not actually give us anything tangible, aside from possibly those data disks we swiped from the NPP.

So, just to clarify things:
Question 1: How do we most effectively stop whatever is causing the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone, balanced between the minimum loss of life and most expedient method.
Question 2: How can we find and neutralize the controlling intelligence behind the TG Black Ops going rogue and falling into genre-blindness?
Question 3: There is another meta-organization out there with much better technology than what we have, they recruit individuals from canon like we do, and their symbol is a twelve-pointed star with a flaming sword strewn across it. Yet they do not appear to be as aware of meta-politics as we are. What are they intending to do to the various meta-organizations that appear to have copied or stolen their technology?

>>20979293
Why need to find out a who before a why. And remember, this is the G-Man. He'll most likely give Monkey Paw answers.

>>20979309
>Why need
*We need

>>20979309
There are no WHY questions, though.
They're all WHAT do we do, or WHAT are they going to do.

Proposed Questions:

1.) How do we stop the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone?

2.) How do we stop/destroy the force that is manipulating Black Ops to act like saturday morning cartoon villains and betray the TG?

Or alternatively, where is the entity that is manipulating Black Ops to do these things?

3.) The organization with the flaming sword strewn across twelve-point star for an emblem. What is their entire history, to the best of your knowledge?

Or alternatively, what do they intend to do with the various meta-organizations that they come across?

4.) We need something that we can obtain in a timely manner that will make our job of defeating much much easier without causing any atrocities to any parties involved, and will stop our foes and/or opponents from completing their plans of ill intent and significantly suppress/hamper their efforts in the future, AND will also be morally acceptable to carry out even by the most uptight and unyielding and caring Lawful-good-aligned entity in all of creation (known or not). Please tell us of a method/artifact/whatever that can help us accomplish this, pretty please?

>>20979293
I find this one to be the most effective. It's precise and specific.

>>20979293

This seems acceptable. I doubt he would give us a feasible answer for an EZ-mode button we can press.

Well. We could always ask the first question as "What two questions do we need to ask the most"

>>20979468

I am seconding this for our first question. We can decide on the other two questions afterward.

>>20979468
Sounds good. But could he turn it back on us somehow?

>>20979468
According to what standard?

>>20979544
A good point.
He could answer it such that the next two questions benefit him the most.

>>20979468
>>20979567
>>20979544
>>20979543

"What two questions would benefit us the most?"

>revised for our interests.

>>20979409
"The entity behind the corruption of the Black Ops, and by extension the fall of the Transpace Guard is S.H.O.D.A.N." the G-Man offers you a thin smile. "Long ago, a few enterprising officers thought a reprogrammed S.H.O.D.A.N. AI could be incredibly useful to the Transpace Guard. They immediately set it up and activated it, integrating it into some of their research and logistics networks. Several breakthroughs in various fields accompanied with largely improvement deployment schemes followed. However, when word of this reach your High Command, they immediately shut it down. Convinced that the Guard was needlessly afraid and that the AI would bring them fame and prestige, the AI was reactivated in secret by the remaining officers that weren't imprisoned, and they brought the project under Black Ops' wing. For the last few decades, the A.I. has played a very slow, very deliberate game within your organization. One must ask though. Recall her plans for the Von Braun's FTL drive. I wonder what she could do with a transpace drive?"

>>20979622
But that's benefit US, not necessarily furthering the interests of the TG.
He could twist the questions so that he manipulates us into taking actions that, while they result in us acquiring more resources, further destabilize the TG's hold on our Meta-Space, or end up creating further problems down the road.
I just don't think that such a question could be worded strictly enough.

>>20979654
Oh. OH FUCK! Top priority is hunting that down and putting it down.

>>20979654
>SHODAN using a transpace drive to merge Meta, Canon, and Cyberspace
Oh, that's not good.
Not good for us, and not good for the G-Man, which would explain his willingness to talk about it.

>>20979733
Seconded. In SS2, SHODAN wanted to use the Von Braun FTL Drive to merge Real Space and Cyberspace. Also, going after it I expect we'll have to enter Cyberspace, so picking up some a Vol Opt V.2 and some Netnavis would help.

>>20979761

I sure hope we don't have to interact with any .hack// canons. As much as I am a fan of the series, it would be a huge meta-mindfuck to try to conceptualize the boundaries between reality and the virtual world when you toss in meta-transit.

>>20979733
We would need to access TG Main's files and get access to some pretty heavily classified case reports to find out who weren't imprisoned.
We'll need to investigate where SHODAN is being kept and destroy it; things which would take time and would allow the Quarantine Zone to continue expanding, the Distortion Fleet to continue on its way, and for the TSAB to bear the brunt of the Void Engineers and New Chaos.
If we could get in touch with any remaining TG forces at Earth, they could begin investigating. Arguably, they have better investigation teams and would be better able to do the investigating.

>>20979798

I'm not too worried about that, I'll be more worried about any of our guys being data-drained.

And that without a holder of a bracelet, fighting those corrupted monsters is impossible.

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>>20979654
Well this is beyond nightmarish.
Commands needs to know this like 50 years ago.

>>20979654
"The organization with the twelve pointed star symbol is known as the Great Crusade. Even they no longer know their origins for certain, but I do know at least they were established as part of a strategy by an even wider spread third party. That same third party is responsible for manipulating events so that your own Transpace Guard came into being... making you brothers of a sort. That third party has long since withdrawn from this area of reality, leaving matters in the hands of the various splinter groups it created. Since the establishment of the Crusade, it has moved through world after world, and has grown exponentially in the centuries since its founding. Their history is rather long, but to sum it up, they crawl through 'transpace' as you call it, and judge each world they encounter, taking action ranging from supplying relief to that world to mobilizing their military. In your own terminology, they might be termed 'Fixers', but that's not entirely accurate."

The G-Man pauses. "I think it should also be noted, that they come from an area of space that works... a lot differently than this one. They have also been this way before, and only return for two reasons."

>>20979811

The organization with the emblem is behind the Distortion Fleet, isn't it? If our interactions with Guy were any indication, then the overall goal of that organization may be to stabilize the whole of reality. If we can get on speaking terms and hammer out an agreement, we might have a potential ally.

Assuming that they don't want to go ROM on our asses and kill us for stealing their secrets.

50 bucks says Walter Page is an avatar of SHODAN.

>>20979857
>Commands needs to know this like 50 years ago.
>Command originally found out and tried to stop it
I think someone DID try to let Command know 50 years ago.
But SHODAN got away anyway.

>blackops using SHODAN

Goddammit you fucking morons

>G-man knowing beyond top-secret info

We are hopelessly outclassed.

>>20979862

....Arrrrgh, want to use that last question for that last little bit.

>>20979862
This is... good. Yes Good. Means we can work together a bit. We'll likely clash, but only later. Too much chaos at the time for us to be able to even consider open war, or any war whatsoever.

>>20979862
>Fixers
>the people that make a Canon better, no matter the reality distortions they create
Well fuck.

>>20979862
"Their current leader is Paladin-Proctor Johan Kreuz, the fifty-ninth to lead the Crusade," the G-Man recites. "And I do believe at some point long ago, a treaty was forged between their leaders and someone representing the nascent Transpace Guard... but it was so secret even I am not fully aware of what took place."

>>20979927
...Why do they sound like a space version of the Brotherhood of Steel?

>>20979902

Given their probably much more advanced knowledge of the meta compared to us, they may know how to subtly manipulate events so that they don't create any reality distortions or such.

Or in their own corner of reality, distortions don't even exist because of the fundamental nature of their type of space.

>>20979946
Because they are.

>>20979946
NOT ASKING THAT TO G-MAN! THAT'S TO THE OTHER PCS! DO NOT WASTE THIRD QUESTION.

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>>20979927

>but it was so secret even I am not fully aware of what took place

>>20979864
"Moreover, they ARE the Distortion Fleet," the G-Man smiles. "For the most part, the Crusade moves like a tsunami, one large, overwhelming mass crashing against anything in its path."

The G-Man closes his eyes. "One last question. Better make it count."

>>20979981
What happened between the Black-ops fleet and the Crusade.

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>>20979927
>so secret even I am not fully aware of what took place.
>Nope.jpeg.png.avi.mp3.txt

>>20979981
>Moreover, they ARE the Distortion Fleet

>>20979991
No! Not that. Ignore him!

>>20979991
No, that's not a good question!

We still need to know how to stop the Quarantine Zone from expanding any further.

>>20979991
Black ops got blown up, don't ask this!

>>20979991
There's no question mark on the end, that's not a question.

>>20979991

We already know roughly what happened. We can locate Yellowman (hopefully) for some details, providing that the mass burst of colors when we tried to scry him wasn't indicative of his being pulled by the Orz.

>>20980004
We need to know this. We have to clean up the black-ops mess, and for that, we need information on what happened. G-man has it.

>Ask me three questions.

>Are you really the G-Man?

>Yes.

>Really?

>Yes.

>Really?

>Yes.

>Wow...

>Thank you, come again!

>>20980031
We have more important things to ask. Stop jumping the gun.

>>20980031
But we do know.
Black ops got their shit kicked in.
We don't need to how.

>>20980031
No, we already know what happened! Black Ops shot first, and any intercepted communications would be held by Yellowman, who we still need to go out and rescue.

There are other questions that are much more important, such as how to fix the Quarantine Zone.

We know only that the Black-ops was beaten. Not how, Not why, not what they did to instigate a fight, not how bad they fucked up. ETC. We need this information so as to stop the crusade.

Hmm..

Suggestion?

"Can you, G-Man, or the entity that may be impersonating him, provide us, Task Force 38, with any materiel, personnel, or intelligence support for any length of time to assist us in our goals of stabilizing our assigned space and our new goal of kicking that Blops SHODAN's CPU in?"

>>20980111

*Can and WILL you provide

BIG DIFFERENCE THERE.

>>20980111
Guys. We do not ask if he can.

Can you provide help.
>Yes.
WILL you provide help.
>No.

those are different questions and the first would fuck us over. The second will as well, because it's a Yes or no question.

>>20980111
G-man can just say "Yes, I can, but I won't." and then we're down a question.
What about the first question from >>20979409
>1.) How do we stop the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone?


>>20980037
>Meanwhile, in the RAIDAH universe...

>>20980068
None of those are actually useful to stopping the Crusade, when more relevant information would be why they are back in this region of transpace, and the particulars of the treaty between the Crusage and the TG.

The particulars of the fight between the Crusade and Black Ops is not as important as knowing how to stop whatever is causing the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone.

>>20980111
"Can" has no strings attached. "Will" doesn't mean he will.

I can't shake the feeling that somewhere... someone is having to decide the grueling question of how to acquire more additions to their harem and how to optimally plan out their month to accommodate dinner plans for their many wives while we're out here having the time of our lives figuring out how to NOT DIE.

>>20979981

I propose this question to be asked to the G-man:

How do we convince the Crusade that helping us (the proper Transspace Guard not being manipulated by Shodan) stabilize this sector of reality is in their best interests and that the various "good" meta-organizations here are worthy of continued existence?

>>20980148

Er, worthy of continued and autonomous and non-crippled existence?

>>20980148

Amend that to "As per original canon with the least amount of meta-contamination possible to fix any distortions." and we might have a winner.

>>20980148
Amend that to:
Question 3: How do we convince the Crusade that helping us (the proper Transspace Guard not being manipulated by Shodan) stabilize this sector of reality, as per original Canon with the least amount of Meta-Contamination as possible to fix any and all reality distortions, is in their best interests and that the various "good" meta-organizations here are worthy of continued existence in an autonomous and non-crippled, ante-bellum status quo state?

>>20980191

>Revised
How do we convince the Crusade that helping us* stabilize** this sector of reality is in their best interests and that the various "good"*** meta-organizations here are worthy of continued existence****?

* The proper Transspace Guard not being manipulated by SHODAN

** As per original canon with the least amount of meta-contamination possible to fix any distortions; or alternatively, as per a standard that would prove acceptable or significantly superior to our current standards if their understanding of reality is much greater than ours.

*** Meta-Organizations that aim for a non-malevolent harmony of space with the least amount of fighting, bloodshed, reality distortions, atrocities, and asininity possible.

**** Independent, autonomous, not crippled, able to carry out our duties effectively without heavy reliance on another organization.

>>20980148
Seems reasonable.
Alternately, we could ask him how to reach/get-to/hit SHODAN.

>>20980224
I don't really see it going well myself, it could work, but the question is too vague and could lead to issues like in >>20980241

I'd still like to support this as our question.
>1.) How do we stop the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone?

I'm on the side of the Quarantine zone question. We'll have to diplomancer the Crusade.

>>20980283
1. How do we stop the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone?
or
2. How do we convince the Crusade that helping us (the proper Transspace Guard not being manipulated by Shodan) stabilize this sector of reality, as per original Canon with the least amount of Meta-Contamination as possible to fix any and all reality distortions, is in their best interests and that the various "good" meta-organizations here are worthy of continued existence in an autonomous and non-crippled, ante-bellum status quo state?

They're both very good questions, where the answers would help us immensely. But we can only choose one.

I'll have to go with 1, because the Crusade might just be passing through this sector, but that Quarantine Zone isn't slowing down in its expansion.

>>20980148
The big twist is that MSQ is causing the Quarantine Zone, with each addition to the harem causing it to grow.

>>20980241
>>20980283
Need a consensus, it seems these two are the top contenders.

>>20980283

The Crusade could be a great asset. But doing that would probably require a lot of diplomacy, and probably a favor or two. They can be reasoned with maybe, as they tried to hail the Black Ops fleet before they smacked them down.

The Quarantine Zone is an unknown, but it's a good bet that there's something nasty in there that doesn't really care for how the Quarantine Frame works. That is bad. Perhaps we should ask that question.

>>20980348
>MSQ causing Quarantine Zone

MY BAD. SORRY GUYS! Also, expect for it to enlarge significantly tonight if that's the case.

Voting for Quarantine specifically worded as " How do we most effectively stop whatever is causing the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone, balanced between the minimum loss of life and most expedient method."

>>20980348

>What a tweest!

Well... majaik devices ARE powered by SUE-juice, and the successor of the IDPKB seems to be able to call upon potentially unending amount of fictionals she can bring to life from any sort of media...

>>20980348

That "MSQ is the Quarantine Zone" thing isn't true, is it?

I'm leaning towards the Quarantine Zone question now, we can diplomance the Crusade, hopefully.

>>20980439
>>20980348

Seconding asking:

"How do we most effectively stop whatever is causing the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone, balanced between the minimum loss of life and most expedient method?"

>>20980452
I doubt it's actually MSQ, because that would mean we would have to enter *this* universe go on /tg/ and conspire to kill of the characters in MSQ.

And that would be a little *too* meta.

>>20980439
>>20980458
Wait, make sure that it's:
"How do we most effectively stop whatever is causing the continued expansion of the Quarantine Zone, balanced between the minimum loss of life and most expedient method that we can enact?"

Gotta include the part about us actually being able to pull off the method he recommends.

>>20980452
No, though sometimes I wish I'd thought to set it up as such with Landing Gear. Ah well.

So Quarantine Zone then, the method question?

>>20980509
Who says you can't? it would be a laugh.

>>20980491
Supporting this, the Crusade is something we shouldn't miss, but not as important as whatever the fuck is breaking the Quarantine.

>>20980509
Seems so, including the clause about how the method has to be one that we can actually do.

Otherwise we'll end up with this:
http://youtu.be/5xdbPhnfFEI

>>20980536
>First thing that the people in MSQ do is try to seduce everyone in the Transpace guard.
>They end up succeeding and the quarantine zone expands indefinitely.

>>20980569
Hayate will never have my white mages!
Quick, he need to break him down, Send the looter teams to multiple Hayate the combat butler metas and collect All the parents!

>>20980569
How dare you. We would not seduce everyone.

Just the women. And people that look like women.

Aeshma, Cheryl, Elaine and Lyla are first on the list.

>>20980608
CHAR!
Look, Lolis! Seduce them away from Hayate while I hide Lyla

>>20980652
Oooh, good one. Taking away all of his imouto's as a distraction.

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>>20980605
>>20980608
>>20980652
>>20980670

Enough. The time has come. You must be cleansed.

>>20980509
"To stop the Zone's expansion, you have to kill the S.U.E. it was made to contain, and either kill or subdue and cleanse his lieutenants of the taint they carry. The best method balanced for all factors is to attack him in his lair before he has a chance to realize what you are doing or summon the bulk of his converts, then deal with his tainted minions one by one or in small groups. The Crusade is almost to the Zone. If you take out the leaders, they will mop up for you simply by virtue of what they do and who they are. You may even be able to afford missing a lieutenant or two. Stepping back and allowing the Crusade to deal with it is also an option, but you have a handful of things which makes you uniquely qualified to carry out this operation as bloodlessly as possible... and if you try to treat with them later, they may note the state you left the Zone in, an area under your protection."

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>>20980705
The entire quarantine zone is just for one S.U.E.

>mfw

>>20980705

Alright then, we find the world the SUE is on, load a 10-25 TT conversion or antimatter bomb into an Alkesh, beam it down, and detonate from the Kuiper belt.

Problem semi-solved, then we mop up.

>>20980705
So, Alpha strike. OK gotcha. Thanks G-Man. this has been a profitable occurrence for us all I think.

>>20980705
If we can identify his lair, we could enact a Base Delta Zero.
However, I suspect that doing so would greatly reduce our bargaining position in regards to the Crusade.
Something that should be taken into consideration.

>>20980778

Antibomb hell.

Rewriter bomb.

>>20980705

A SUE is in there? Sheeeeeit. That one Sapph SUE could have easily been as powerful as a neutronium golem or worse, and that didn't warrant a placing of a quarantine frame.

This SUE must either be meta-aware and/or have some understanding of reality that we do not. Or perhaps it's that one collector dude who collects all the SUEs.

>>20980705
Fuck, it's the Meta-Gravemind isn't it?
From the depths of hell I curse thee, Bootleg.

>>20980795

Wouldn't work, too conspicuous. Speed is the key. We reduce the planet he's on to monatomic vapour and then start mopping up his command structure, top-down, maximum prejudice.

>>20980778
>>20980788
>bloodless
>conversion bomb alpha strike

It looks like take this thing down quietly could be key to making a good impression with the Crusade.

Can someone re-post the sector map?
I can't remember what it looked like after last time, or where the quarantine zone was.

>>20980797
Considering the 'taint' and quarantine, it is likely an infectious sort.

You all don't seem to understand how we do these things here at the Trans-space Guard. We go in with an elite strike force and kick-ass.Get out and move on. We don't do planet killers.

>>20980841

Given the power of the SUE, I'm throwing the most obvious and highest success option out there.

We could also try high-c pinpoint orbital bombardment from light-hours or light-days out using kinetics, but that also has collateral damage on it.

>>20980705

>Handful of things

We'll assume that the Crusade has brainpower and D&D Casters and basically every troop we have and superior hardware.

>Unique stuff we got

Mirror of Truth, awesome collection of heroes who can do awesome stuff (specifically, Elaine can heal on a conceptual level, Cheryl is pretty much a psionic goddess-in-training, and we have an all-star lineup for our research team), Ebon Lance, First Age weaponry.

>>20980861

We do if we have to. Plus, it's a quarantine zone, I'm not 100% on what we can and can't do inside one, but I'm pretty sure in this case all weapons are on the table.

>>20980856
SUE Gravemind?

>>20980867
But what if the SUE shrugs that off?
Remember, an entire REALITY or more was sealed off just to stop this guy.
I doubt a little orbital bombardment/planet cracking will work.

>>20980893
Probably.

...Crap, we forgot about New Chaos and the Void Engineers, didn't we?

>>20980879

OH SHIT ALMOST FORGOT:

We have a research option for a SUE cure!

>>20980898

Note our intel, he needs to react to the attack. If we make our kinetic run at .9c, he won't have time to react, same with a conversion or antimatter bomb.

We'd need more intel to come up with other plans though, without know the enemy SUEs potential strengths and weaknesses we don't know what we have on hand to kill it. The LoL might work, though.

>>20980867
Most obvious, yes, but not necessarily the highest probability of success. That depends on the SUE in question.

An orbital bombardment wouldn't have been effective against Sapphy, that's why we ran the first time. It specifically required the Mirror of Truth to defeat an arch-SUE of her caliber.

Why not use Digimon against SHODAN? Like, the Royal/Holy/Vaccine types?

>>20980938

It might have worked if we'd used more of it, but yes, I'm putting the biggest guns out there, because conversion to monatomic vapour generally beats most SUE abilites.

>>20980957
What about precognition and teleporting?
"Hmm, some random assholes are about to destroy the planet, better visit the moon mansion."

>>20980978

With yields that big, not even moons are safe.

Do the math.

Or we could force a sun to go nova, but we'd need a lot more mass and it'd be slower.

>>20980705
And the method for killing the S.U.E.?
Targeted orbital bombardment or are we going to need to get a hit team on the ground?

SO, G-man can we go back to the storm and our bodies yet?

>>20981005
What weapon in our current arsenal is capable of those yields?

>>20981006
Well... if it is the Meta Gravemind, it's say the SUE would essentially be at least one planet big.
We need intel first, like what does this arch-SUE look like?

>>20981032

We just need to start fabbing fullerened antimatter, or look through our tech manuals for collapsar bombs. Or take a quick jaunt to the Schlockverse, they have what we need on the open market.

>>20981034

What IS the meta-gravemind? Like the Gravemind from Halo, but on a meta-scale?

I have thought of one thing that would help us should we need to fight in Cyberspace.

We should go to the Digimon Adventure universe, specifically the point right before Season 2.

At that point, MaloMyotismon attempts to take over the world, and everyone on Earth gets a digivise and a partner Digimon. If we were THERE at that point, we would all get one as well.

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>>20981127
Mecha-Godzila should get Machinedramon

>>20981127
...Pretty sneaky sis.
But they were all scrub tier.
Even with the freaky inconsistent time compression, wouldn't it take too long to make the digimon stop sucking?

>>20981047
We do not have the fabrication capability to create fullerened antimatter at any scale for a large-scale bomb, we do not have the specifications for a collapsar bomb. And while they are available on the open market, there's no guarantee we can secure any. Military-grade fabbers are also on the open market, and we couldn't get any of those.

>>20981148
Well, if we had a S2 style Digivise, we could possibly force digivolution such as when Ken made the Dark Metal Greymon. However, using computer training programs, we may be able to train them quicker.

So, is the G-Man going to give us the method on killing the S.U.E., or is he done answering our three questions, and he's going to give his fourth answer?

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>>20981127
I'm not too familiar with the digi-verse or whatever, but doesn't sometimes the digimon come into the real world, or was that a non canon/protagonist only thing.
Because imagine if SHODAN has her digimon.

>>20981172
Pumping Digimon with energy stimulates evolution.

>>20981204
>has her
Should be "Had her own", god damn getting 4 hours of sleep.

All of our troops, scientists, pilots and heroes would end up getting a digimon each.

I like this.

>>20980788
"Hasn't it though?" the G-Man asks. "Now... for my fourth answer. The Combine found the world you just left by happenstance, patrols falling through rifts ripped open by the S.T.O.B. However, their scouts stumbled upon enough work of the Group to realize that the scientists at Chernobyl had stumbled upon an area the Combine wanted knowledge of heavily. The noosphere work, though particular to their own world, has within it the building blocks for the next step above in science. Direct manipulation of reality, the science behind your transpace drives, rewriter bombs, and reality emitters.... among other things. I don't need to tell you why granting the Combine access to such research... would be terrible."

The G-Man smiles. "The work may also lead to... other things. As you will find out when you return."

>>20981235
Well, that's another research project unlocked for Egon and our R&D team.

>>20981204
Generally, you can bring the digimon with you when you go from universe to universe. Sometimes they're solid and on their own. Sometimes they climb into the Digivise themselves.

The only main limitation is that the normally gain energy both through eating and direct absorption in the digital world, so we'd need to emulate one.

>>20981235
Well it's been nice talking to you, but I hope you don't take any offense if I say that ideally the next time we see you will be in Half Life Episode 3.

>>20981261
"Ah. One more freebie..." the G-Man frowns. "You will come across many interesting and potentially useful things for your scientists to study... and have come across such. If you hope to deal with this crisis before it reaches the point of no return, choose carefully. You will be able to research much... but NOT everything."

>>20981303

Obviously, G-Man, he who attempts everything accomplishes nothing. We know what we potentially need, and hopefully they're the right choices.

>>20981235

Thanks for the information. We'll try to put it to good use.

There is still the matter of Bruce we need to deal with. If he's coming back with us so he can get a second lease on life, we'll need coordinates that we can use to transport him back to his organization. Unless you're willing to restore him to life, that is.

>>20981289
"With all the GabeN jokes flying around, expect it in 3021."

No.

The G-Man smiles thinly. "One last thing. I'll be sending Corporal Shepard along with you. For the time being I have no more use for him... and he does so hate to be waiting around, doing nothing."

Shepard doesn't reply, glaring daggers at the G-Man. The entity begins to fade to nothing as does everything else...

You wake up in the All Under Heaven's sickbay. There is no sign of Cheryl, Regina, Bruce, or Shepard.

>>20981341

SITREP AND STATUS, NOW!

I want ALL mages no assigned to resurrection duty getting our hulls up to strength and our hulks recommissioned.

>>20981341

All sectors, status report please.

Cheryl? Are you there? Are the rest with you?

>>20981341
Someone get to a terminal! We need to find out what the fuck happened!

Where's the doctor on duty! We need a sitrep immediately! Where's Cheryl! Status of the task force!

>>20981303

Hrm. In retrospect, Spathi scientists might have been a good acquisition. They managed to research their civilization from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age in less than a century when they were properly motivated. I wonder what we could do with a handful of them, given the proper focus an motivation.

>>20981341
Now that we're back, we need to take stock.
MetaOP, please confirm that the cortical stacks, or at least the backups of their cortical stacks, of the crew of the Valiance are ready to be resleaved into new bodies.
Is there enough wreckage of the Valiance that Vitun can use chained Salvage spells to recover it?
Salarian Science Team, we need one of you guys to put together a quick user guide on how to use an omni-tool and the features of your hard-suits. Douglas, start reading up on it.
Spirit of Triumph is to move to the asteroid belt and begin collecting mineral resources. Once there, begin construction of two dozen Resource Collectors to begin harvesting minerals. Resources are to be distributed to the task force to fuel the Industrial Replicators, the Creation Engine, and the Spirit of Triumph's Phased Disassembler Array.
First priority for the Engineering Teams are to install the Industrial Replicators on our capital ships.

>>20981371
Where is Everyone for that matter!
Command Crew to bridge, come in?
ANON? Are you there? What's happened, what happened after we set off the bomb on the Orz?

>>20981405
The Industrial Replicators on all ships are to begin construction of Mobile Emitters programmed with Emergency Engineering Holograms, enough to crew 7 Martriarch-class Support Frigates.
The first batch of EEH's will be used to crew 7 Matriarch-class Support Frigates constructed by the Spirit, which will use their repair beams to repair the Guardian, Storm, Indefatigable, 2 for the All Under Heaven, and all fighter craft and mobile suits.
All remaining EEH's will be transferred to Sector HQ to complete repairs and make it operational.
Al'Kesh 1 through 5 are to scour the Earth for usable GDI and Nod vehicles, specifically their MCV's. Beam them up to storage in Sector HQ, with keeping 2 of each on the All Under Heaven and the Storm.
Al'Kesh 6 is to go to known diamond vaults and begin extracting diamonds. The Protoss don't need them (since they're going to be using Tiberium) and we can make use of them.
Al'Kesh 7 is to go to the Popigai Crater in Siberia with Scarabs to extract its trillions of diamonds.
The Nocturne is to assist in capital ship repairs with its repair drones, and to make use of its sizable generic clone stores to resleave all people who require it, with priority to combat troops first.
The Industrial Replicators on the All Under Heaven are to switch to manufacturing Cortical Stacks and 25 EMH-programmed Mobile Emitters to implant all Sector HQ personnel with Cortical Stacks. The Vault should use their own fabricators to construct Cortical Stacks for their own personnel.
Once done half the Industrial Replicators should be used to produce spare parts for repairs and the other half continue to construct EEH-programmed Mobile Emitters to expedite repairs throughout the Task Force and Sector HQ.

>>20981363
>>20981364
>>20981371
"Holy shit, they're awake! Hang on sirs, Commander Pellaeon will be down shortly to talk with you. Uh, the doctors before then. Just take it easy and wait..."

After about an hour of medical tests and the doctors asking you questions about how you feel, the medical teams leave and Pellaeon enters.

"I had a feeling you weren't quite done with us yet," he says, without batting an eye. "We found Cheryl alongside some newcomers in the shuttle bay. Do you have any idea how they got there?"

>>20981429

Asshole who ganked us for his job took us and them, some of them are our new friends. We have intel and new mission parameters. We need Elaine, all mages and engineers capable or repairs, and our R&D heads for briefings ASAP.

>>20981429
"A long story, Admiral. Suffice to say, that the G-Man paid us another visit, and we made another exchange of favors.
"Can you please give us a quick sitrep on the state of the task force?"

>>20981429
Are they all ok., wait, is a corpse with them? Get Virtun, NOW. Have him meet us there.
Last one to the shuttle buy is a rotten egg

>>20981429
"G-man."

>>20981429
"We need a line to whoever looks the most in command, now. It concerns the motivation for the black-ops revolt."

>>20981429
Inter-dimensional Lawyers. That and a long story of psychic mind-fuckery.

>>20981448
How about we get a sitrep on the state of the entire taskforce before we start giving out new orders?

>>20981429

Oh, and Cheryl needs much, much better quarters and some request time on a replicator, she deserves it. And a much better set of armor.

>>20981429
G-man kidnapped us for a very important mission.
Something to prevent the Combine from taking over the Meta.

Also, we need to know the state of the taskforce, and we need to rez Bruce down in the shuttle bay. Allies from the mission, we may need to bring two of them home.

On a good note, we know what the distortion is now, and why Black Ops is a bunch of assholes.

>>20981429

Good to see you, Pellaeon. What's the status of Task Force 38? How long were we out? What has transpired in this sector since the battle with the Orz? Did the quarantine frame work in containing the Orz?

Rolled 62

>>20981489
"We're currently with the Protoss Fleet, repairing our ships while they guard our perimeter. Most of the work is done now, you've been out for a few days. However, the Oncoming Storm suffered severe damage and it will be a while before it's spaceworthy. Currently it's docked in Elysium. The labs and engineering took the least damage so the scientists have been using it as a research platform while the crews work on... well, everything else."

>>20981529

Alright, we need a res on one of our new arrivals obviously, and then we'll need to brief them. Get Cheryl here, as well, we'll need her for obvious reasons. Darius as well if he can be spared.

>>20981529
Good. Few days. So, anywhere from 12 or more days in the demi-plane.

Have our researchers finished any of our projects?

>>20981529
"The Frame succeeded in containing the Orz, however it also sealed us out from the world, we are unable to salvage the Valiance. However, eighty percent of the Valiance's crew were successfully rescued via EBOCS. If nothing else, they can crew any ships the Shipyard produces when they get recloned."

>>20981578
"I see. There's quite a few actions we can take that I believe will help speed up the repairs."
Start giving out orders to these specifications:
>>20981405
>>20981414

"Please contact Vitun and have him meet Cheryl in the shuttle bay with enough diamonds for True Resurrection spell. We will have a general briefing with all command staff later."

>>20981573
I can't remember the research/engineering queue, if you dig it up for me, I'll figure out what got done. I know at least 2 projects got finished.

>>20981405
"The Triumph has been there for some time, and has already created the collectors and begun mining operations. We used the material to repair our ships. I took the liberty of ordering three Support Frigates already constructed to help with the repairs."

>>20981578

Good to hear....

And of the rest? What happened to them?

>>20981657
We want a Destroyer or 2 next.

>>20981578

On one hand: Oh thank god. We kept 80% of our Valiance crew alive.

On the other: GOD DAMN IT! We just lost 20% of the people on that ship!

>>20981657
Research List:
WilyCorp DataCore [IN PROGRESS, 20%]
Dimensional Stabilizer Defense [IN PROGRESS, 25%]
Foreign Reality Emitter [IN PROGRESS, 25%]
- a reality emitter captured from an operative of another, unknown Meta-Aware Faction. This reality emitter if far in advance of our own, and is like comparing an iPhone 4S to our vacuum tube radio of a reality emitter.
Foreign Transpace Communicator [IN PROGRESS, 30%]

>>20981625
"As you wish. He'll be standing by."

>>20981677
To be fair, we told everyone to BACK UP multiple times.

If that 20% never did a backup, their deaths are their own fault.

Otherwise, we may have to pull them from an old update, if they exist.

>>20981686
"Thank you, Admiral. Once the Industrial Replicators are able to finish producing enough Cortical Stacks to ensure that we don't lose any more crew or personnel and the Emergency Medical Hologram's to implant them, we can have them turn to putting out engineering holograms for repair work.

>>20981686

How is Holtz holding up? Has there been any news about how the Transspace Guard is holding up as a whole? What's the Reality Distortion fleet doing right now? Has there been any word from Yellowman?

>>20981686
As we go down to meet Cheryl, Shephard, Regina, Bruce, and Vitun in the shuttle bay, let's give Pellaeon the task list and let him get to work.
Salarian Science Team, we need one of you guys to put together a quick user guide on how to use an omni-tool and the features of your hard-suits. Douglas, start reading up on it.
Get the Engineering Teams to install the Industrial Replicators on our capital ships: 3 on the Oncoming Storm, 1 on the Guardian, 1 on the Relentless, 1 on the Nocturne, 1 on the Mikasa.
The Industrial Replicators on all ships are to begin construction of Mobile Emitters programmed with Emergency Engineering Holograms, enough to crew 2 Support Frigates.
The first batch of EEH's will be used to crew 2 additional Support Frigates constructed by the Spirit, which will repair the Storm and all fighter craft and mobile suits.
Al'Kesh 1 through 5 are to scour the Earth for usable GDI and Nod vehicles, specifically their MCV's. Beam them up to storage in Sector HQ, with keeping 2 of each on the All Under Heaven and the Storm.
Al'Kesh 6 is to go to known diamond vaults and begin extracting diamonds. The Protoss don't need them (since they're going to be using Tiberium) and we can make use of them.
Al'Kesh 7 is to go to the Popigai Crater in Siberia with Scarabs to extract its trillions of diamonds.
The Nocturne is to assist in capital ship repairs with its repair drones, and to make use of its sizable generic clone stores to resleave all people who require it, with priority to combat troops first.
The Industrial Replicators on the All Under Heaven are to switch to manufacturing Cortical Stacks and 25 EMH-programmed Mobile Emitters to implant all Sector HQ personnel with Cortical Stacks. The Vault should use their own fabricators to construct Cortical Stacks for their own personnel.

>>20981853

We also need Eezo for more kinetic barriers, so get the Looter team on that. We need enough to at least make a couple platoons worth of hardsuits and retrofit all existing PA with them.

>>20981861
All Troops are currently equipped with kinetic barriers.
That's already done, so all PA has been equipped with a kinetic barrier refit.

>>20981853

We may also want to give Cheryl some formal instruction in psionic power usage. She's learned a lot, and she deserves a break, but things are moving quickly. Perhaps if Tassadar is not too busy (or some of his High Templar Staff) and amenable to the idea, we can have him or his staff see what they can teach Cheryl.

>>20981702
"Due to a mix-up of logistics, the backups of the 20% were on the ship when it went down."

>>20981733
"There was an encrypted transmission from Yellowman a day ago. He appears to be on the run, and claims to have collected vital data concerning Black Ops. He also brought word... and it's not good. The Transpace Guard is beginning to fall apart. The Black Ops televised a speech by Page in which he more or less assumed command and charged the most prominent faction leaders with treason. Everyone is breaking apart into factions, and the battlefleet causing the reality distortion was attacked again by another one of our fleets. We weren't able to ID who it was though. They're dead now, whoever they were."

>>20981883

Including all our Marines and new Prawn suits? We also need spares, and more hardsuits for our infantry. And we need to make Cheryl a new suit.

>>20981853
Looter Team is to get ready to make a trip to the Mass Effect Canon.
We need to get trade goods ready, and we need to purchase Omni-Tools, a selection of hard-suits, and some spare Element Zero.

Rolled 25, 63, 99 = 187

>>20981853
"Sir, currently all of engineering staff is working to repair the considerable damage to the Storm. We can pull some away, but the time for repairs to be completed will go up. I'll give the Al'Kesh crews their orders."

>>20981861
Well, we do currently have a plan for the Mass Effect looting.

What they'll need to do is this.
Rescue Mordin Solus before the tower blows up with him inside. (After cure is spread)
Recruit Normandy after end credits.
Rescue Commander Shepard from the rubble.
Collect large quantities of minerals from planets.
Rescue other Mass Effect Crew members not listed above. Miranda, Jacob, Thane. . .
Buy large amounts of Omni-tools and hardsuits.

>>20981949
"We'll have to set up a rendezvous with Yellowman somehow. Did he include how to get in touch with him?
"As for the engineering staff, the Industrial Replicators will greatly help speed up repairs in the long run. Have the Spirit create some more Support Frigates and have the Hercules get some more Repair Scarabs together and have them take up the slack until the replicators can make the Emergency Engineering Holograms."

Oh yes, gentlemen.

We need another ability for Cheryl.

What Choose?

>>20982003

Either boosted telepathy, or a blowout like AoE attack.

Or, you know, psychic hellbore.

>>20982003
How about something like "Psionic Emulation"
Even though there are many different version of psionic powers, each using their own methods, Cheryl is adept at figuring out how to learn to use them with her powers.

>>20982024

You and your hellbores.

I vote Blowout

We need to do the Digimon thing as early as we can so we'll have better chances of using Mega-level digimon against SHODAN.

To do this we'll probably have to send nearly *everyone* Earthside just before everyone in that world suddenly gets a digimon each.

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>>20981949
The Al'Kesh makes a round of the diamond vaults only to find they already broken into, the diamonds missing. A cursory investigation of the sites reveal that advanced technology was used to breach the vaults, apparently you aren't the only ones with Looter teams.

Your Scarab operation fares much better, and begins to harvest a great bounty of diamonds.

The best news however, is that in searching the old GDI and NOD bases yields not only four MCVs of either type, but an unused cache of advanced prototype technology sitting in a GDI research base.

>Gain 4 NOD MCVs
>Gain 4 GDI MCVs
>Gain 36 Mammoth Mk IIIs.

>>20982037
Sounds good. It should cut down on her training time, and basically give her the psionic version of Borg adaptability.

>>20982003
Let's give her the ability to summon Silent Hill. We'll call it "Friends with Mira"

>>20981911

>Mixup

Dammit. I hope this oversight has been rectified on our other ships.

Has a ceremony been held for our dead?

>>20981911
MetaOp, why have we not been producing SY-3? We should be producing SY-3.

>>20982045
>>20982024
This makes the most sense, so...

Cheryl gains
>Blowout: Cheryl can summon a psionic emission similar to the infamous Blowouts of the Zone. This psionic attack rips apart all hostile units within a hemisphere with a 2 miles radius from Cheryl, buffeting them with a wide variety of damaging phenomena. This does not harm allies if successful. Using this ability drains Cheryl severely, and always requires a roll.

>>20982135

We need to give Cheryl psy batteries.

>>20982054

A full BATTALION of Mark IIIs, with railguns?

OH DEAR SWEET DESNA.

Have our Psions craft her some?

>>20982160

And an officer's suite.

Shes earned that much at least.

I wonder how shes handling not having voices discuss the science of pantsu in head anymore.

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>>20982161
Trust in DESNA, and she will show you her love.

>>20982178
That reminds me, we owe Cheryl her choice of beverage/dessert for putting up with us discussing pantsu in her head.

>>20982054
Do these Mammoth tanks have all of the upgrades?

>>20982135
Alright, so, other people agreeing with taking the engineering staff off of Storm repairs in order to install the replicators, and having Repairs Scarabs and Support Frigates take up the slack until Emergency Engineering Holograms start coming online?

>>20982178

Uh...she is still psychic. It is not like she has to stop hearing it if she didn't want to. Not that she does because good lord. That was the most embarrassing thing ever.

>>20982226

Oh its probably not as embarrassing as discussing our discussing of pantsu when being a disembodied voice in a lady's head infront of our fleet admiral.

>>20982252
Not as embarrassing as during the lab when half of you morons decided to try them on and put on a fashion show. I am so glad we have the ability to re-write memories.

That is something that would have been burned into my brain forever.

>>20982037

>Ability: Psi-omnicist. Or some other cool-sounding word like that.

Between receiving psionic training from a gamut of canons/hardships and learning how to control a super-charged Silent Blowout, Cheryl has become particularly adept at manipulating psionics of all sorts. She can learn how to emulate different effects using her psionic power, turn aside or redirect psionic effects, and is more adept at channeling her power.


>Ability: Silent Blowout

By combining the darker aspects of her psyche and channeling it into a massive psionic chain-reaction, Cheryl can create a psionic hurricane of truly horrific proportions. Enemies caught in the blowout zone are beset upon by phantoms dredged from the darkest depths of their minds and beset upon by intense psionic torrents. Surviving enemies are vastly unhinged from the experience, and have their rolls decreased by 15.

>>20982129
We're going to attempt to assemble SY-3. Gather the three pieces from your bases, and carry them in.

>If anyone knows where that's from, you get a free re-roll.

>>20981684
The WilyCorp DataCore has successfully been researched and incorporated into the database of the Hercules. You may now produce Sniper Joes and METOOLS, and can research Robot Masters mk.I.

Dimensional Stabilizer Defense has been completed. You may produce Dimensional Stabilizers.

Foreign Transpace Communicator has been completed.

>This hand-held device works very similarly to our Meta-Comm Array, but is scaled down for personal use while retaining most of the power and range of our shipboard system. Some of the principles beyond this device are currently beyond our knowledge base, but we have gleaned a few pieces of science useful for upgrading our technology.

Foreign Reality Emitter is completed.

>The construction of this device uses several bits of exotic matter we cannot fully analyze, and seems to tap into some unseen and primal underlay of reality to power itself. This device appears to be able to force reality within a sphere of thirty feet to conform to an adjustable set of laws. An example would be choosing to generate an Anti-Magic Field, though we are uncertain just what other applications this might have at this time. We cannot replicate this item, but have made several leaps in progress towards our own next generation Emitter."

>>20982309
Godzilla 2 for the NES. Any stage where you need to assemble the damn thing. (Also, fuck the pieces for being so fucking fragile.)

I LOVE that game, MetaOp. Coincidentally, I'm also the guy who pushed for MechaGodzilla. Huge Kaiju nerd.

>>20982309
>made several leaps in progress towards our own next generation Emitter
You're just dangling that Reality Emitter 2 research project in front of us, aren't you?

>>20982286

Wait... you saw Bootleg strutting about in shimipan....

Someone pass the bleach please.

>>20982309
>You may now produce Sniper Joes and METOOLS.

Produce as many Met Hats as possible. They are now standard issue to all personnel. (Hopefully we have the Mettanium for this.)

>>20982213
It was a 99, so sure.

Oh that reminds me. Cheryl also gains the following for beating that stage.

>Combat Veteran: Due to the trials of the Silent Zone, Cheryl now channels psionic powers with increased speed, and requires less concentration. She has also learned to use more of her powers with direct results.

>>20982286

OH GOD DAMN IT MAN. I had just forgotten about that. You know how much alcohol that took? It would make Holtz blush. Not all of us like going "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" when the dealing with the messed up world that is our Monday morning walk to the command bridge.

>This device appears to be able to force reality within a sphere of thirty feet to conform to an adjustable set of laws.

This sounds suspiciously like what the G-Man was talking about when he mentioned the importance of the Noosphere research. We need to get that data we snagged under analysis now. I think that will be the key to understanding our part in the Meta.

>>20982350
Half of us wiped our memories, the other half took photos and posted them all over the MetaNet and chuckled.

>>20982368

/signs a form authorising a new heavy Hard suit WITH omnitool and with tutorials on how to use it.

>>20982368

Good. Now can we Res Bruce, see if him and Regina work for the Crusade and want a lift back, and Brief Shepard on his new AO and get him checked out on our weapons and armor? We should get him at least a hardsuit, if not MI armor.

>>20982394

>Bruce and Regina

We'll need to contact their base agency at the very least.

Let them know that their agents are alive and well.

Oh, and as all our heroes what form they'd prefer an extra-dimensional storage space. We'll have the Abjurers make a Bag of Holding in that form for each of our Heroes.

>>20982309
New Research Projects:
50% Mass Production Transpace Lance of Longinus
25% Advanced Aglaophotis/Aglaophotis-B
15% TIE-D/Wily
10% SUE-Cure

>>20982431

We'rent we going that that tramp-stamp of holding idea?

>>20982368

Hey, OP, do our other forces get any XP for surviving the Orz encounter and confronting Dark Force/Black Ops at HQ? I know this is an absurd amount of bookkeeping that you have to do, but inquiring minds must know.

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>>20982335
YES. I played that game to death as a lad. You're in good company. I'm just said you guys didn't roll higher so I could've brought out the Masers and Super X-2s. Godzilla 2 was the 8bit game to justify all that stuff being there.

>Free Reroll gained.

>>20982394

I think MI would be too restrictive for Shepard. He is a fast moving operative, not a walking/flying tank. If anything, he would be a prime candidate for ME suit. As for weaponry, we should just lead him to the armory and go "What ever you want. If it is not here, we can probably make it. If we can't make it, we can probably research it. If we can't research it, have a gun that shoots black holes instead."

>>20982441
Well, that is one possible form. However, I doubt everyone is willing to get a tattoo.

Some of them may be happier with an ammo-pouch of holding or a wallet of holding.

>>20982368
Okay, send off this list >>20982437 to Egon of our new research priorities.
Have Pellaeon order the engineering staff to install the Industrial Replicators, the Spirit to manufactore additional Support Frigates and the Hercules more Repair Scarabs to take up the slack on repairing the Storm, and the AUH to replicate Emergency Engineering Holograms.

Then we go down to the shuttle bay.

>>20982480

The reasoning was that it can't be taken away like say if our soldiers got captured.

The supplies inside could be used to effect an escape.

>>20982502
True, but the option is there. If someone doesn't want a tattoo, I'm not going to force it on them.

Hopefully, most of them will see the advantage of a unstealable bag of holding over not wanting a tattoo.

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>>20982445
I'll check in a second, who did you guys deploy there again? Was it everyone?

>>20982437
You guys already have TIE Defender- oh, you mean to enter into the Creation Engine? Also the research topic is Transpace Lance, not MP Transpace Lance of Longinus. I don't want to have to feel like I'm writing about a Diablo magic item when I refer to it.

>>20982431
No Handy Haversacks? For shame.

>>20982394
After you get your uniforms back on, you stroll down to the shuttle bay to see Cheryl munching on cookies from a bag as Regina stands watch over Bruce's corpse and Vitun stands with his hands behind his back. Shepard leans against a wall, mask on as usual, preventing his expression from being read. Cheryl waves.

"I don't know why, but I'm starving," Cheryl murmurs as she eats. "Feel like I could eat a whole cow and sleep for a week."

A wave of hunger hits you as well, though you feel fully rested. It occurs to you your bodies probably have been fed intravenously for the past few days. Vitun offers you a short bow.

"I came as soon as I could, but the lady wouldn't let me start until you were here," he says, pointing to Regina.

>>20982458
The Masers and Super X-2 would have been nice, especially the Super X-2's reflector. "What? The enemy is sending it's ultimate one shot death ball at us? Send in the Super X-2!"

At least we got the SY-3. Which we need to start building. Right now. I don't care if we have to transport them one piece at a time from ship to ship. Any weapon that can damage Godzilla, we need multiples of.

>>20982437

I strongly suggest we start analyzing the data we stole from the C-Con lab now, if Cheryl still has it on her person after returning.

>The noosphere work, though particular to their own world, has within it the building blocks for the next step above in science. Direct manipulation of reality, the science behind your transpace drives, rewriter bombs, and reality emitters.... among other things. I don't need to tell you why granting the Combine access to such research... would be terrible."

The G-Man smiles. "The work may also lead to... other things. As you will find out when you return."

The G-Man all but said it was the key basically all Meta-tech.

>>20982570
Well a Handy Haversack outright could be stolen. We could apply the trait to the tattoo though. Thanks for the suggestion.

Offer to shake Regina's hand. Hello, we're the command crew of Task Force 38. Vitun over there is going to bring Bruce back to life.

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>>20982570
Regina looks you over.
"So you're in charge, here? I want full details on what this procedure is before I let you use it on my partner. I've seen something like this done before, but not the way you're describing it."

>>20982570
>deployed people
I'll get the accounting put together in a few minutes.

>TIE-D/Wily
This is to create a positronic brain-piloted TIE-D schematic entered into the Creation Engine Database, and put a Soulchip interface in there at the same time.

>Regina
"We're sorry about that. Our bodies were in a bit of a state after coming back here. If you would, Vitun here can have Bruce back on his feet in a short while.
"Hello Corporal Shephard. We'll try to make your stay here as comfortable as possible."

>>20982570

Alright, Vitun, True Res, if you please.

Regina, Corporal, welcome aboard the All Under Heaven, one of the ships of TF38. Shepard, after this, we'll get you properly kitted out from the armory, Regina, you and Bruce are also welcome to whatever you want to use while you're on board or deployed with us.

>>20982633
Regina shakes your hand stiffly. "I hear you hang out in the heads of teenage girls."

>>20982570

Miss Regina, a pleasure to meet you in the flesh at last. Rest assured, we'll get your partner back.

>>20982635

It's literally magic.

Vitun is a cleric, and he'll be using the diamonds as part of a spell to return Bruce's soul to it's body so he can live again.

>>20982635
True Resurrection
School conjuration (healing); Level cleric/oracle 9; Domain resurrection 9

CASTING
Casting Time 10 minutes
Components V, S, M, DF (diamond worth 25,000 gp)


DESCRIPTION
This spell functions like raise dead, except that you can resurrect a creature that has been dead for as long as 10 years per caster level. This spell can even bring back creatures whose bodies have been destroyed, provided that you unambiguously identify the deceased in some fashion (reciting the deceased's time and place of birth or death is the most common method).

Upon completion of the spell, the creature is immediately restored to full hit points, vigor, and health, with no negative levels (or loss of* Constitution points) and all of the prepared spells possessed by the creature when it died.

You can revive someone killed by a death effect or someone who has been turned into an undead creature and then destroyed. This spell can also resurrect elementals or outsiders, but it can't resurrect constructs or undead creatures.

Even true resurrection can't restore to life a creature who has died of old age.

>Basically, it's magic that reaches out for his soul and puts it back in his body bringing him back to life. It's extremely expensive, but it's worth it.

>>20982666

/wince

not our choice, I'm afraid, that was done without our consent.

>>20982635
Alright, here's what's going to happen. We're going to take that bigass pile of diamonds over there and bring them over here. Then the Cleric here asks his deity to bring the person back to life. The person knows the alignment and generics of who's trying to revive them and if that person wishes to come back to life, a bright shiny light will appear and their soul will be reunited with their body without level loss.

Also, the bigass pile of diamonds will become worthless.

>>20982635
...Call it an act of god.

>>20982635
Vitun here will channel the power of Desna, his goddess from another dimension, to give him the power to reach out and pull Bruce's soul back into his body. He will then simultaneously restore life to Bruce's body.

>>20982635
>full details
"I suppose you deserve that much. Someone got a PADD here with the Pathfinder d20 SRD?"

>>20982666
"Through no desire of our own. You can thank the G-Man for that."

"Now, the details. My colleague, >>20982677
has them."

>>20982681
I think you mean, that bigass pile of diamonds will dissapear and Desna will add them to her swimming pool.

>>20982666
Not our fault multi dimension masterminds are mysterious assholes.

>>20982666
Oh MetaOP, can we make Arwings? Or somehow get the blueprints for the Arwing/Arwing II?

>>20982635
Well Vitun here is a cleric of a deity known as Desna.
By giving Desna a shitload of diamonds, Desna will grant Vitun the power to bring your comrade there back to life.
It's really quite a simple procedure, though quite expensive.

>>20982703
If the diamonds are no longer on our plane of existance, they're pretty damn worthless to us.

>>20982666

After all that Cheryl has been through, I think it is hardly fair to call her a "girl".

>>20982635

The procedure is a "True Resurrection" spell. Our friend over there, Vitun, is a powerful Cleric of Desna. He can probably expound further on how the process exactly works, if you're up for a theology lesson. But long story short, Vitun beseeches his deity for strength and mercy, offers this pile of diamonds nearby for a material reagent, and restores the soul to the body. In the process, any injuries to the body are completely healed.

>>20982703

Obviously, the next step will be to go to her plane and abscond with the lot.

>>20982704

What can we say? A disturbing amount of our crew apparently wants to be the little girl. Also, G-Man is an asshole of truly epic proportions. Take that as you will.

>>20982648
Shepard gives you a look, but doesn't say anything.

>>20982677
>>20982676
>>20982681
>>20982691
"I see. It seems a bit odd to me to bribe a god with diamonds, but if anything, I've learned I know little about such matters. All right. But if he comes back as a zombie, you won't like the results," Regina states, moving aside and letting Vitun pass. The cleric immediately begins casting.

>>20982570

>Black Ops

I think it was pretty much everyone, save for battlemech/VP/tank pilots.

>Orz

Everyone, except for terrestrial 'mechs, tanks, and such.

>>20982749
And get cut off?

Hell no. We're better off just opening a gate to the elemental plane of "HOLY SHIT, LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIAMONDS"

Call up Spike. Have him bring Shepard to the Armory. He'll want some upgrades.

>>20982769
No, No. That's a completely different spell and requires Onyxes.

>>20982795
Oh, don't forget to have Sniper show him what an Exographic targeting scanner and micro-transporter module can do.

>>20982769
I think the diamonds are... symbolic?
Like it's just that diamonds are valuable and acquiring and sacrificing them is almost a metaphor for how much you value the person you want resurrected?
...Or gods just like it when people give them lots of expensive shiny things.
I don't know, Vitun would know the reason why probably.

>>20982830

I wonder what he would say if we told him his boys might actually be somewhere in the Guard.

Most died, all highly trained spec ops. Prime recruitment material for the Guard, bringing them in on the moment of their death.

>>20982830

Hell, we should just have all of the TF2 guys go over our database to see if there are any weapons they want to use and see if we can program those into the respawn system.

Soldier might be able to get more mileage using a man-portable SRM launcher. Same with Heavy and a micro pulse laser or something.