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Event: “Loomings.”
Time: Day 31, evening.

“I don't know...” Peter Quill shuddered for a moment as he ran the checks on his equipment again. “It's like... something in the air. An odd feeling of foreboding.”

“There have been rumors among the crew that the Farseers have predicted something dire, that this next mission will end either in total victory or annihilation,” Darius murmured, inspecting his new armor. “I do not put quite so much trust in their abilities, but something does feel out of place.”

“Like a thumb on de back of your brain,” Tosh said.

“Kono pressure...” Char murmured, folding his flight suit and placing it in his locker.

“Yeah...” Peter turned to the pilot and the psychic. “The both of you are both psychic, aren't you? Got anything a little more substantial than rumors for us?”

“Yeah...” Tosh leaned forward. “We ain't all making it back from this next place. Terrible powers be gathering there, mon. I can feel it even across worlds. In de flow of time, I feel it. I don't know much beyond dat... but I tink de Farseers be right.”

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>>21797521
“Of course...” Peter said, getting out of the way as Tosh moved past him. Char spoke up.

“Excuse me, gentlemen. My gear is prepped and I am briefed. I'm going to take care of a few things, and then get to sleep. I will see you tommorrow,” Char nodded as he too went to leave. He paused. “If I were you... I'd take a little extra time to live tonight.”

Then he was gone. Darius stared after him.

“What an odd fellow. For all the time I've been here, I still can't quite feel like I know who he is,” Darius said. He shook his head. “It is meaningless to me, though. A space marine's life is on the battlefield. All else is waiting.”

“Well...” Peter grinned. “In that case, how about a friendly spar?”

Darius' eyebrow rose a little.

“I seem to recall you and Ringil stole the show more than once from me and poor Anguirel. We'd like at least one more rematch in the ring of honor,” Peter said, laying a hand on the ancient blade at his belt. “...unless you're scared?”

Darius treated Star-Lord to a rare sight, a space marine, smiling.

“And they shall know no fear, Peter. Come, let us try out this new armor we've gained. And I'll send for a White Mage in case I lose control,” he said.

“You mean if I lose control, don't you?” Peter said with a wink. “See you in the ring.”

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>>21797629
“So you heard the rumors too?” Elaine whispered to Lyla. She nodded.

“Everyone's talking about it. What I don't understand is how such a thing spread throughout the ship. You'd think they'd keep a lid on something like that.”

“You think someone spread it on purpose?” Elaine asked, tilting her head. Lyla frowned.

“I don't know. I just don't kno- oh! Just who I wanted to see! Cheryl!” Lyla waved as she ran a little down the corridor of the ship to catch up with the young psion. “Cheryl, we've got to ask you something.”

“We've heard some pretty disturbing rumors,” Elaine said, just a little behind her friend. “...about something the Farseers said?”

Cheryl did not say a word, she merely looked at the two of them with a pale, frightened face. That alone was worse than anything she could've told them.

“So... it's true?” Lyla asked. Cheryl shook her head.

“I... I don't know. I'm sorry, I have to go...” Cheryl said, turning and quickly jogging away. Lyla made a motion to go after her, but Elaine put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.

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>>21797677
“Let her go...” Elaine said. “She gave us enough of an answer.”

“Like hell!” Lyla scowled. “I'd like to know why everyone's on eggshells! Even the Avatar is acting funny, and Okku's been popping out of Douglas' head every five minutes asking if it was time to fight yet!”

“Even the therapy girls are getting restless,” Elaine murmured. “They've requested and been granted permission to go into battle. Calling themselves 'Redemption Platoon' I hear.”

“Damn,” Lyla said, shaking her head. “Everytime I think things can't get more complicated...”

“It doesn't matter,” Elaine said. “We'll pull through, Ly. I know we will. Have faith in that. Have faith in the Light.”

“Always do, Lainey,” Lyla said with a grin, giving her a quick hug. “But just in case, I think I'm going to live it up a little tonight.”

“I think I might do the same,” Elaine nods. “I was talking with the Avatar a little after he came back. He told me something strange... I asked him if he ever thought about the past. He told me he had enough regrets to make a fortress with. He told me I was lucky to be young enough to not have such a history.”

“No regrets, Lainey. I understand,” Lyla smiled. “This'd be the time to start with that philosophy if ever!”

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>>21797704
“Everyone's freaking out a little, but I just don't see it,” Mouse snorted as he laid back at the bar. “We always have to go fight some worlds ending abomination. It's old hat for us. There's nothing they can throw at us that life hasn't throw at us already.”

Shephard didn't respond. He was seated at the other end of the bar and seemed to be absorbed in shuffling a deck of cards.

“I mean, take me for example. I started out as a fairly normal kid, joined the army for queen and country and all that bullshit, and then I got recruited by a top secret special forces outfit called UNIT. Then I get recruited by mysterious interdimensional agents. Then I get recruited by mysterious interdimensional aliens. Then I get turned into a nanite cyborg and my head gets fucked. Then I get recruited BACK to the mysterious interdimensional agents. And now I've got a bunch of nifty special powers, but everything tastes like ash in my mouth. I can mold my body to look like a male model if I concentrate, but Sandmen can't reproduce. I've got access to layers of perception I never thought about, but the sensation is gone, just the information is there. And finally, that last nasty bit of lingering programming, I've got an urge to fight all the time. Well, you know how that goes, right?”

Shephard stared at him for a little while before going back to his cards.

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>>21797753
“You know, you don't say much, but you're a GREAT listener,” Mouse scowled. “Figures you only crawled out from your hole to grab a pack of cards. Gonna play some solitaire?”

Shephard continued to shuffle.

“Bah. I don't know why I bother,” Mouse grumbled. “You know what the sad thing is? Out of everyone on this boat, I'm probably the most like those damn girls Elaine is trying to fix. Dealing with lingering programmed, turned into enemies, bodies all messed up by science. Hell, we're even both dealing with crushes on women that will never give us more than a look.”

Shephard stopped shuffling and drew the top seven cards, looking them over.

“The kick in the teeth is that every red-blooded man's dream was handed to Elaine. She's got a platoon of devoted, loyal, supermodel-quality looks, superhuman soldiers that adore everything about her and would do anything she asked... except that she's not a guy or a lesbian, so it's pretty much a giant waste,” Mouse complained. “The FLYING kick to the teeth is that despite my grumbling, even if I lucked out and got handed the same dream I couldn't do diddly with it either because the Etoile didn't think Sandmen needed to screw. Oh, but I remember it fine. Like I remember taste and feeling.”

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>>21797780
Shephard selected a single card from the hand of seven and began to put away the other cards.

“So I figure maybe if I find something intense enough it might spark some of the old feeling again,” Mouse sighed. “Fuck it. When all this is done, I'm sinking my money into a clone body. Get myself re-sleeved. The perks are nice, but being a Sandman ain't worth all this bullshit. Sometimes I think I'd rather be dead.”

Shephard stood up and walked towards Mouse, fingering the single card in his hand.

“Eh? Had enough of my bitching, huh? Or just moved to tears by my tale of woe?” Mouse asked. Shephard flicked the card into his lap, then left. Mouse picked it up and growled.

“Very funny, asshole!”

It was the ace of spades.

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>>21797799
“So then I pick up the audioplayer, and I heard 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' waft out from it,” Isel said, walking down the hall. His decker chum was beside him, nodding. “So then I said to Shephard, 'Holy shit, Shep, is that 'Tears For Fears?' Well I guess I couldn't help but snort a little, because the next thing I know I had a first in my face and Shep said to me the only words he'd ever addressed to me.”

“What'd he say?” the decker asked.

“Shut up. It's good music,” Isel chuckled. “Then he stormed out of the rec area.”

“Crazy, chummer.”

“I know, right? Anyway-”

“Isel Yew,” a throaty voice boomed. Isel jumped a little as he saw the somewhat imposing form of Sonya loom from an adjoining hall.

“Er, hello, Sonya. Did you need something?” Isel asked.

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>>21797812
“Just you,” Sonya murmured. “I have plans for tonight. Do you?”

“Uh... not really?” Isel said, a little confused. He ran a hand through short brown hair. “I was going to try and watch a holovid or something before going to bed, maybe slot a stimsense chip.”

“Then you do have plans, because you are a part of my plans,” Sonya stated. The decker at Isel's side chuckled.

“Gonna be off then, mate. You two have fun,” he said, winking at Isel. Comprehension dawned on Isel's face.

“Wait, wait, wait... seriously? Where's this all coming from? Did Mouse put you up to this?” Isel asked, looking around. Sonya grabbed his hand.

“Don't look a gift Goliath in the mouth,” she murmured. “Ominous omens for the next mission. Need some company to take my mind off it. Now do you want to help me tap a keg or not?”

Isel blinked. “...yeah, OK.”

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>>21797828
“They're like kids, Pellaeon,” Holtz groused.

“Compared to you and I, they ARE kids,” the admiral noted with a smile.

“Hey hey, now,” Holtz said, glaring at him. “I'm not that... old... or if I am, I'm not admitting it.”

“Aging gracefully is a skill possessed by a select few,” Pelleaon said, sipping from a crystal snifter.

“Yeah, well, I dumped my skill points into other things,” Holtz mumbled. Pellaeon arched an eyebrow.

“What?” he asked. Holtz shook his head.

“Nevermind,” he said. “Anyway. They're good kids, though Pell. Good kids. I can't think of any other team that could take a backwater run down sector like mine and not only get it in line following that mess, but have enough of an impact to send aid to neighboring sectors as well in the form of research.”

“Ever have any children of your own for real?” Pellaeon asked. Holtz paused.

“No... not really,” Holtz quietly said. “I think Lt. Colonel Eva was the closest thing, a sort of protege... You?”

“A son... never acknowledged,” Pellaeon said, staring into his drink. “He is gone now.”

“I'm sorry,” Holtz said.

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>>21797857
“Don't be. He died valiantly, and lived the short time he was given,” Pellaeon whispered. “At least, I have to believe that.”

Holtz nodded. Pellaeon shook his head.

“I apologize, I appear to have let the general mood of the ship affect me.”

“Then let's talk of better memories. Better times,” Holtz said, raising his own glass. “Then we'll get back to work. What was your son's name?”

“Mynar Devis,” Pellaeon said. Holtz lifted his glass higher.

“To Mynar Devis!”

“To Lt. Col Eva!” Pellaeon said, raising his own. The two old man toasted and went back to running the world.

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>>21797868
Elsewhere on the ship, Ryu fingered a worn and faded picture of a woman with reddish brown hair and whispered one word as he looks out onto the sea of stars.

"...soon."

>Vignette complete. Commence planning/finalization.

>>21797704
"I couldn't help but overhear. About the girls... its kinda my fault. I was talking with them to try and get them acclimated to more people, they were determined to protect you when they caught word about you going into combat though.

Its a little more then that though, they were, bred for combat. And this? It'll help them understand us. Its therapy in itself. Ive ordered them to go over the past missions we've been on as well as talk with our troops, scientists, even the robots. No tackle, should be an
interesting talk for them. But the missions its.
more thennthe combat, its the SUEs. They'll see how love cannbe warped

>>21797799
Hey, Mouse. Sorry to be eavesdropping, but if you want, we can have the Abjurers make you a ring of polymorph. Let you turn yourself into a human again whenever you want. Even fix the other problems too.

In the D&D universe, Lichs use Polimorph to be alive again when they want to be.

>>21797932
Equipment loadout for the Juraian kids.
Equipment:
Advanced Bio-Stabilization Mask
Agalophotis-B toxiguns and gas grenades
Starfleet personal shield
ME kinetic barrier
comm-link earpiece and tracking beacon
ME assault rifles
ME Hardsuit

The hardsuit needs to be tested to make sure that they don't interfere with the energy projection and shielding capabilities of the soldiers.

Also, keep the replicators of the task force busy with replication jobs. When not doing anything else, make Emergency Engineering Holograms to repair Sector HQ.

>>21797957
>posting on tablet so kinda screwy
Maybe everyone they'll meet will help them understand more about, normal people. As normal as we can get here. I'm not a professional psychologist, for all I know of the metaverse, I don't know... women.
But so far it is helping, ive been getting through to them, they're starting to respect us, what we do. Its a process."

"I should probably get back to them, lead them to meet with the prawns. Provided they don't attack outright because 'giant bugs.'... enjoy you freetime. Elaine.

Lyla"

>>21797957
"Gah!" Lyla jumps as you all but appear from the shadows. "How do you DO that? Why aren't YOU guys on the recon team?!"

Elaine nods. "It is fine, and that makes sense. Thank you for your honesty, I hope you are right." Elaine frowns. "I should probably check in with them now that I'm back on the ship, actually."

>>21798011
Mouse blinks. "...you can?"

>>21798116
Wait a minute, you're the one that allowed them to get personalized clothes without reading their file, aren't you?
You're advice and attempts at counseling are not exactly full of progress.

One thing that is important to note about New Chaos.
While they greatly resemble Daemons, they possess slightly different properties.
Like in their canon, the Warp as it existed in Warhammer 40K was sealed off, instead the source of their power is the fusion of souls caused by Instrumentality.
In essence, every Daemon, including the Chaos Gods, are made of souls, like they managed to make it so that whenever a human dies, their souls are eaten by the Chaos Gods and used as power.
And if that Alucard we defeated tells me anything, we have one extremely potent advantage.

>>21798147
>Mouse
"Well, assuming we're not having them pumping out Aglaophotis or Handy Starfleet Toolboxes. Or we get you a spare clone body for resleaving. Lazarus should be able to get you one in about 3 hours and 150 kilograms of beef. That cryokit isn't called 'Magic' for nothing, you know."

>>21798210
We can remodulate the primary phaser arrays on the Indefatigable for proton streams, but we still need something we can trap them in.
What do you suggest as a containment unit big enough?

>>21798147
"Lyla, you should have realized by now that we of the Command Crew are a couple steps outside of normal time and space.
For example, have you ever tried counting us?"

>>21798147

Given that you appear to be having some rather difficult psychological reactions to your current situation, I don't see why not.

You do know things like this are covered under medical benefits, right? You really should read up on the stuff it covers.

>>21798147
"Because not all of us can? Used to be on a looter team, you pick up a few things, or you don't and die. And I was just.
Umm
In the area, about. I was, going to get a shotgun that's right. Not for the girls! Beanbag rounds. For Mouse. Or Marc. Cant he too cautious, the girls are cute, to them I mean. Ah, that is to say its not that I don't like girls its...

Shit "

>>21798040
The hardsuits work fine after a small amount of custom fitting. Please lock this into the Inventory as their loadout then. "Redemption Platoon."

Research Completed:
Mobile Infantry Armor
Space Marine Armor
MetPharm Power Armor.

You may replicate Mobile Infantry and Space Marine armor now.

MetPharm Powersuit: "This advanced powersuit is based on Chozo technology and is beyond the abilities of our replicators to reproduce. Our engineering bay has the necessary machines to accomplish this, however. The armor has a respectable protective rating, but is most notable for having extreme mobility and firepower built into it. Tests seem to indicate possibly side-effects of the suit's unique interface mechanism. Prolonged use is not recommended. It is suggested troops wear the armor for no more than a few hours each week."

>>21798235
Honestly?
A Star Destroyer.
It's a shame we weren't able to purify and nab any Shinigami from Chaosbringer's world of shit, because they could have stemmed the tide.

>>21798263
Inventory has been updated.

This is our current schedule from Day 24 up to Day 31.
Assuming we do send out our Looter Team for the X-COM database, we will need to determine what else to research.

Also, I suggest that we have the last 2 Phaser Cannons, 2 Phaser Arrays, and possibly the Starfleet Shield Generator installed on the All Under Heaven so as to provide it with extra protection and point-defenses as it's the largest target in our task force.

>>21798243
Lyla blinks. "Uh..."

>And then the Command Crew was the G-Man.

>>21798249
Mouse's face is impassive, but you think you see a vein bulge.

"Yes. That's quite annoying. To not have known that. Will you excuse me for a minute?"

>>21798259
Elaine puts a hand on your shoulder. "I understand that they are very attractive, but they're still recovering from being part of a culture that murders men on sight. For your own safety, please refrain from making any advances until their rehabilitation is complete."

>>21798414
I would like to put some research into meta-capable probes.

We'll be going up against Kane soon, and he's already made one dimensional jump. If he tries to run again I would like some way to look for him in multiple canons simultaneously, instead of relying on only a few meta-capable ships.

>>21798414
>>21798263
Pastebin for the schedule:
http://pastebin.com/jXG9Zu6J

>>21798495
That takes time, which we don't have.
Not even with the Elysium time dilation boost.

>>21798414
Day 24-29:
Replication:
Advanced Bio-Stabilization Mask for all Troops.
All Industrial Replicators
Estimated Completion: 4 minutes
Securitron Mk. 2.
Hercules
Estimated Completion: 15 minutes
YVH Combat Droid x36.
Hercules
Estimated Completion: 1 minute
Additional doses and re-treatments of RED-2-GENERIC and EBO Cortical Stacks for troops, Heroes, and Independent Contractors.
All Industrial Replicators
Estimated Completion: 10 minutes
Equip all Troops and Heroes with Starfleet Personal Shield (2409-era)
All Industrial Replicators
Estimated Complete: 3 minutes

Total Estimated Completion: 33 Minutes, Early-Day 30
MechaGodzilla repaired, Oncoming Storm repaired, Task Force 38 repaired.
Research completed: Transpace Lance, Noosphere Research, Reality Emitter Mk. III, TIE Defender/C, Aglaophotis-C
Farms, gardens, greenhouses, and hydroponics lab in Elysium built and planted.

>>21798532
What if we just researched a way to slingshot existing probes using the meta-drive on the AUH?

I would feel a lot better about what we're getting ourselves into if we have better recon potential.

>>21798572
Day 30:
All crew must take nanite immuno-boosters in preparation for Chaos Plague Bomb attacks.

Research:
Mobile Infantry/Space Marine/MetPharm Powered Armor 100%
Estimated Completion: Early-Day 31


Additional Replication:
- 3 TIE Defender to bring TIE Defender Squadron to full strength
- Spirit produces TIE Defenders for all pilots that are currently grounded due to no vehicles
- Pilots train into the TIE Defender (including the Starfox Team)
- 640 TIE-D/C - may go into Day 31

Engineering:
Install 2 Starfleet Shield Generators, 2 Starfleet Phaser Cannons on the Oncoming Storm.
BLU Engineer and Mustadio assigned to project.
Estimated Completion: Sometime Day 30
- Engineers install teleportation interdiction field generators on: Relentless, Guardian, All Under Heaven, Nocturne, Spirit of Triumph, Hercules, Oncoming Storm, Mikasa, Indefatigable
Total Time: 2 hours, 36 minutes using rotation of ships into Elysium
- Engineers repair Kiryu and install the S2 Organ from Unit 01

Magic Engineering:
2 batch of Aglaophotis-B, 1 batch of Aglaophotis-C
Guru's, Techno-Wizards, Abjurers
Estimated Completion: End of Day 30

Looter Team:
- X-COM Interceptor Canon: get X-COM Scientists and complete X-COM database
- Teleporter Support: Al'Kesh 1 and 2

>>21798572
>>21798585
Day 31:
Early Day 31 start Research 50% Mass Rifle, 25% Synthetic E-115, 25% Update Database (Tomahawk)
- switch out Synthetic E-115 since we have Looters getting the database for us.
4 small research projects we should see if we can get done:
1. Have Dr. Cossack repair and reprogram the Upgraded Metal Man we picked up in 8BD.
2. Have Dr. Lazarus check if his nanite soldier boost treatments are compatible with the Cortical Stack and RED-2 technologies.
3. Using nanite technology improve the Nemean and Phoenix Implant technology from Fallout to remove the downsides.
4. Examine the AI from the San Francisco Chinese Nuclear Submarine and see if it will be useful to us.

Engineering:
- Repair the Light Meta-Transport
-- Install Incursion Holo-Emitters, Federation sensors (strip them from a shuttlecraft if we have to)
- Engineers spend 5 hours RT/25 hours ET to install Power Armor Refit Mk. I on the power armor of KI Devastator Squad A and B
- Engineers begin construction of the LSE for the Tria

Replication:
Produce MI, KI, and MetPharm power armor as needed. Troops to use Elysium time dilation for familiarization training with new suits.
- Equip the two Mechwarriors with MI power armor so they can stomp around like Elementals.

Produce 2 SY-3 Moonlights to replace the 2 lost in Chaosbringer's World.

Magic Engineering
Guru's: Dimensional Ward on the All Under Heaven, Oncoming Storm, Indefatigable (will last weeks)

2 batches of Aglaophotis-C
Techno-wizards and Abjurers
Estimated completion: End of Day 31

Scout the Mysterious Coordinates
- Light Meta-Transport, RVF-25, VP-99, Protoss Observer, regular crew

Rolled 49

>>21798585
All engineering projects complete without difficulty.

You send the Looter team out. They estimate they'll be back in 1-2 days.

>>21798469
"No! No no God no! Its not that I like them I really want to help them, I'm in the guard to help people! It doesn't matter there because I like Ly-laohno.."

>>21798573
>slingshot existing probes using the meta-drive on the AUH?
If they do that, how do we get the data back to the task force?
Our Meta-Comm system is large and requires installation on a starship, and is difficult to manufacture.

>>21798646
>At this point a hapless guard member was buried alive under a mountainous pile of spaghetti.
>Rescue efforts are underway, but predictions are grim.
>Let's take a moment to hold him in our thoughts and our prayers.

>>21798606
Dr. Cossack starts work on Metal Man.

The treatments are compatible to some extent, it might not be as potent, but it can still provide a boost, safely.

The nanite improvement is a research project, albeit a small one.

The AI can be hooked into your computer network for a small increase in hacking resistance, but that's it.

The Engineering team finish these tasks by the day's end, and begin work on the LSEs.

The Mechwarriors do not have Marauder training. You can equip them, but they're going to be awkward in it for a while.

The two SY-3s are ready by afternoon.

Magitek Engineering completes their tasks no problem.

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>>21798606
When are you sending the scout team, and when you going to the Kaneworld?

>>21798708
>>21798646
"You realize that makes your constant appearances around me suddenly very suspicious, yes?" Lyla asks, dryly. "We'll discuss this after the mission. Possibly with a hammer. Come on, Elaine..."

"Nice talking with you, Commander!" Elaine smiles, waving. "We've got to get going!"

>>21798792
Can we include having the Mechwarriors, and everyone else that doesn't have the Marauder training, take a day/5 days in Elysium to familiarize themselves, on Day 31?

Also, can we call up Admiral Veleth, and request a scout support ship or two from his fleet? Inform him that the TSAB lines are beginning to collapse, and we really would like to know what's going on before we transit an entire task force in.

>>21798867
>when to send Scout Team to Mysterious Coordinates
Day 30 if possible, Day 31 at the latest.

As for going to Kaneworld, early on Day 32.

>>21798707
I thought we finished the research on the great crusade's compact meta-communicator?

>>21798937
We can't replicate it.
And even then, it's debatable if we could hook it into an unmanned probe.

>>21798867
"IM SHY. Don't know how else to explain that... Im an officer aboard a multiuniversal vessel commanding thousands, and I'm awkward around women I like.

Sorry."

"Sigh, now I don't even care I have to follow around a group of man hating superhuman women..."

>>21798792
MetaOP, the Hercules can assist in resourcing operations and fueling the replicators with matter, right?

Could we also create an additional 32 YVH droids, and can the replicators replicate the electro-staffs for them?

>>21798885
The Mechwarriors? Yes. Everyone else? No, that's way too many people.

>>21798913
Give me the scout team's specific orders since they're going first.

>>21799134
Scout teams orders:

Proceed to Alpha Centauri in the universe of these co-ordinates.
Have the RVF-25 set up a full spectrum ECM jamming field.
Proceed with Passive scanning of the Sol system.
Once data has been gained from passive screening, switch to active screening of the system..
During the period of active screening, the observer will be sent into the Sol System to localized scanning.
Return back to base immediately after scans have been completed.

>At any point, if the team believes they might be detected they are to leave immediately.
>VP-99 avoidance protocols will be in effect for the duration of this mission.
>All crew are to make backups of their cortical stacks before the mission.
>The jumps into and out of the system will be made with two buffer jumps between our base and the universe in question.

Is this good? does anybody have any objections to this plan?

>>21799134
If that's the case, equipping them in ME hardsuits may be better, since they're much easier to work in.

Orders for the Scout Team:
1. Transit to Proxima Centauri, which is 4.5 Light-Years from Earth.
2. VP-99 hooks into the sensor feeds while the RVF-25 emits an ECM Field and the transport's Federation sensors scan Earth.
3. Acquire a sensor scan of the Sol system, and if there is no indication of system defenses, have the Observer move under sub-light engines to at minimum 500 km from the transport before attempting a jump to the edge of the Sol system.
4. The Observer begins taking in information, and if it judges it safe, will go in closer to Earth for a look.
It is to gather as much information as it can, then return in 1 day.
If it is captured, or capture appears likely, the Observer is to self-destruct.

VP-99 is to monitor the data feeds and use it's Damage Avoidance Protocols to get a sense for when it's becoming too dangerous, and have the transport and the RVF-25 bug out.

Make sure to record all transmissions and comm traffic, and clean them through memetic filters provided by ANON.

If there is any indication of Warp Sorcery, the Observer is to stay in the Oort Cloud and acquire only time-lapsed video of Earth from light captured at the edge of the system before retreating.

Federation scanners to look for life-signs, energy emissions, gravimetric readings in the system, and neutrino emissions and tachyon signatures that display a subspace inertial dsiplacement.

>>21799315
Alpha Centauri is too likely to be a colony world.
Proxima Centauri is a better location because it's a dying brown dwarf with no planets or asteroid fields, making it very unlikely to be used for anything.

Why are we even GOING to a star?

We don't need to be in a gravity well, just plop out a few light years out above the plane of the ecliptic.

>>21799389
Easier navigation and using the star's gravity signature to hide our own.
Don't assume that New Chaos doesn't have Federation-level tech.

>>21799389
Let's do this. Any star system is likely to have more traffic than empty space.

You know something. I think we should post Kanako to the scout team. She's one of our best infiltrators and I think she'd be an asset in searching for information with her insanely high disguise skills.

>>21799493
We're not going to send anyone down onto the ground here.
And she's good at disguise but not good enough to be able to evade detection from psionics and other Warp powers.
This is a disaster just waiting to happen.

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>Not everyone's going to return from this mission

>>21799389
This is actually more doable than the other suggestion. Since when you transit in you have no way of knowing where you'll end up without specific coordinates, it's more likely there's nothing to horribly fuse into if you choose something above the plane. Assuming you're not using the specific coordinates.

>>21799543
Alright, then we can transit in above the ecliptic then. Federation sensors still means we need to be within 5 light-years. These aren't Long-Range Exploration sensors, so we don't have their range.

>>21799543

We should also have the Avatar try on Sylphie's armor.

Also, ask him if he's OK. And what's up with all the weird portents of forboding and such. It's true that we're facing down a very smart and focused Chaos, a group of geeks who have to be careful to not accidentally the physical world, and Kane and SHODAN, but what else does he think is going on here?

>>21799737
It might just be that this is the Final Hazard, and they're picking up on this.

>>21799420
True, but it's still a blind jump.
I'm still of the idea that we should contact the Great Crusade, and ask for a loan of a scoutship or two. They've got 4 million ships, they should be able to spare us 2.
They've presumably got the Scout gear needed to turn what is a blind jump into a Canon into something a little safer, and would have the actual recon packages to really find out what's going on at the two locations.
The Great Crusade gets to see what's going on and see how we fare, and we get to see what we're jumping into.

>>21799543
We asked Veleth about support last time, and he said maybe.

Call him up, and ask him for recon support. It should be easier for him to grant to us than a task force, which would take more time, and we can share information between us, the Great Crusade, and the TSAB.

We're pretty much acting as the Allies here; none of the three of us exactly like each other, but we don't like the Axis of Chaos more, and that's enough to keep us working together for now.

>>21799737
"It fits fine, and I thank you for it," the Avatar says, smiling. "I am not sure myself. I'd tell you more, but I fear that if I do, it may cause you to make a choice you shouldn't. All you need to know is that I sense the threads of fate that have bound us, all of us, weaving to a single point on that world. And I know we must get there swiftly."

>>21799955
You can try asking, yes. I want confirmation before your comms officer contacts Veleth, though.

>>21800024
"Oh good, we're all on the same page then."

>>21799955
>>21800024

Should we try to garner some military support from them, or wait until we have all of Yellowman's data? Can we make another attempt at contacting Yellowman now?

And I'm all for asking them for a scout force.

>>21800024

Any chance of additonal reconnasciance or strike packages is welcome.

>>21799539
>not everyone will return
>Cheryl couldn't speak to the white mates about it
>I confessed to Lyla
>OH NO!

I'm just going to keep being help or hinderance to the redemption squad with their social mission. And drink myself half to death...

>>21800024
Actually, we have 75% of Yellowman's File; can Data and Mouse make any of it understandable?

>>21800024

>Avatar

There's also been a curious turn of phrase going around about regrets and bricks and certain defensible structures. Just how long have you been wandering the vast expanse of reality?

And uh, you wouldn't happen to know a certain iteration of a certain nameless individual who we could recruit to our side very quickly, would you? Who wouldn't just spend 3 minutes talking us into leaving him alone forever?

>>21800326
"Quite a while," the Avatar says, still smiling. "Quite a long... long, while."

>>21800111
Without the final pieces, it'll take too long to try. It's that heavily encrypted.

>>21800091
Righto.

"Admiral Veleth here. Go ahead Task Force 38," the admiral says in his usual gruff voice when you contact him.

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>>21800516
I made this while waiting.

Tosh was at the lounge in his usual booth overlooking the bar. He sat back in the synthleather cushions and nursed a glass of whiskey on the rocks. His eyes, already made white from the Spectre procedure, were even more distant.

“I guess it be fitting one of de friends I made was a ghost and I was a spectre...” he murmured, swishing the glass around. “Especially given 'ow I be one of de only ones that can talk to de spirits. What an odd soul dat one.”

He took a drink.

“A lot like dat Matt Horner, all dat idealism and naivety, but with a lot more years... I don't understand dat. Maybe I nevvuh will. How do you maintain dose beliefs after you got killed 'cuz of them? Pfeh.”

He took another sip and put the glass down.

“Wuz good to listen to, though. Hearin' what bein' a spirit is like from a spirit willin' to talk 'bout it... Well, dat be knowledge many houngans would trade an eye for.”

He suddenly drained the glass.

“I TOLD him he was askin' for trouble with dem damn convictions of his. I told him he was going to get himself killed again if'n it be possible. Dat's what 'appened, but it be a long time since I felt so bad about bein' right,” Tosh mumbled. “Gondegal, you betta enjoy ya rest. I be havin' to pick up your load now, bruddah.”

>>21800516
"Admiral Veleth, we need your help. The TSAB line is collapsing; they will not be able to contain the fighting between the New Chaos and Void Engineer forces for much longer.
"Even as we are getting ready, one of our Scout Corps commanders sent us an urgent communication with a set of coordinates deep withing New Chaos controlled space.
"Admiral, I hate to admit this, but we are blind. Both our and TSAB recon assets are completely expended. They've lost their best operatives, and ours have all been lost.
"We...we need scoutships, and their crews. We need to see what we're jumping into, so we don't get blindsided. Can you help?"

>>21798792
Since the nanite soldier boosts are still safe, even if they have to be toned down to Legal Law Enforcement grade, that's still better than nothing.
Have Doctor Lazarus distribute the treatments to the Task Force.

>>21800622
We might as well mention that the reason there's all this turmoil and conflict is because there is a struggle to create a Space Time Oscillation Bomb.

>>21800674
But knowing the Great Crusade, you KNOW they're going to want to take it.
Even the TSAB would have taken it, if it was still possible for them to have.

Though I suppose this could make the Great Crusade into a target, if it becomes known by the Void Engineers and New Chaos that they have the last remaining component, which might take the pressure off of us and the TSAB.

So, do you want to paint a huge "SHOOT ME" sign onto the Great Crusade? It's the kind of ruthless Real-Earth-politik kind of logic that the TG is known for, after all.

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>>21800622
"What do you know about the system that needs recon?" Veleth asks. "I will not give you one of my ships, but I am willing to send a scout team to it and share with you the information. Provided you share with me what you know about it."

>>21800764
Well, we have a set of coordinates that were given to us by a man who has been hunted by the Black Ops faction. My guess is it may be where Black Ops headquarters is.

Honestly, we have no clue, though.

>>21800764

all we know is it's most likely a high-value target, but accompanying data was cut off before it could complete transfer, it was in a choppy transmission we received from our scout commander, who's currently on the run while being pursued by black ops.

I'm sorry to say that we really don't have anything more.

>>21800764
"First is what we have dubbed, Kaneworld, for lack of a better term. As far as TSAB Intelligence was able to determine before their recon operatives stopped reporting in, it is an Earth-world.
"They have reported large Void Engineer and New Chaos fleets engaging each other over this universe. This was also the destination of a Meta-Transit, sorry, inter-dimensional warp by the person known as Kane. Finally, remnants of Transpace Guard Black Ops units entered this world, and became embroiled in the fighting.
"TSAB Intelligence believes that the factions are fighting over a component for an inter-dimensional weapon known as a Space-Time Oscillation Bomb. We have not received confirmation that the component is actually there, however.
"As for the other coordinates, they are deep within New Chaos territory. One of our Scout Commanders told us that we MUST visit this world after we clean up the mess on Kaneworld, but he couldn't tell us any more about it before his transmission was cut. We honestly have no further knowledge about it."

>>21800743

That last component would be in the middle of a 4-million strong fleet, and all the magical/psionic/metarealistic defenses that come with part-and-parcel with the Crusade. We might even be able to convince them to destroy it.

Of course, once the Crusade gets their hands on it, it'll be easier than ever for enemies to pilfer. Because of dicerolls or dramatic effect.

>>21800925
>>21800879
"I see," Veleth says, tenting his fingers. "And you want us to send scout teams to both of these worlds?"

>>21801065

Only for long enough to get enough data for us to be able to calculate a jump to specific points that are not at given star systems. Given the timeframe involved, a 500 light-year gap and a stellar drift correction after finding what reality it is should be enough.

(unless anyone has a better plan.)

>>21801065
"At the least, to provide information on force dispositions in space, and to see what kind of opposition we are facing. We realize that you are under no requirement to do so."

>>21801065
We would appreciate it. We're going to attempt to fix Kaneworld, but we know you are far more experienced than we are.

>>21801155
>>21801171

Should we mention that the Space-Time Oscillation Bomb was probably largely (if not solely) responsible for all the mess caused in this sector of space? Including the entity that roused the Great Crusade's military arm to dive into the middle of uncharted/foreign space just to excise it from the metaverse?

Rolled 18, 46 = 64

>>21801155
>>21801171
>>21801188
"I'll see what can be managed, a few ships at least," Veleth finally says. "I'll contact you when I have a report. It shouldn't make more than a few days."

>>21801212
>It shouldn't make more than a few days.
That's not very useful. We ship out in under 2.

Rolled 93, 20 = 113

>>21801241
"Then I'll have them submit a preliminary report in 36 hours," Veleth states. "Anything else?"

>>21801314

Good luck, Admiral, and thank you.

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>>21801212

>dem rolls, dem rolls, dem low rolls.

>>21801314
>OP grows bored.
>OP writes a short.

Dr. Solus and Dr. Lazarus were in the labs when she found them.

“Did you figure out what to do about the girls?” Elaine asked, breathlessly.

“Well. About that,” Dr. Lazarus winced. “I've never had to deal with a harem of women lusting after before, so...”

“I have,” Mordin said.

“What?” Lazarus said, turning.

“Certain Krogan fi-”

“No,” Lazarus shook his head. “Nevermind. Elaine, the answer is no, we're still not sure what to do.”

“Then there's no helping it,” Elaine said, setting her jaw. “I'll have to tell them directly.”

“What? Wait! I don't-” Lazarus wasn't even out of his chair before Elaine had left the room.

>>21801328
"Good luck to you as well. Light be with you," Admiral Veleth says, and then the communication cuts out.

Are you sticking to the original deployment timeline or waiting for the Crusade's report?

>>21801350
I hate to wait for it; the longer we wait, the more TSAB lives are sacrificed, and they don't have the luxury of Cortical Stacks and RED-2.
And because of the fear of the technology falling into Void Engineer and New Chaos hands, we can't give it to them either.

But not waiting for it could mean jumping unprepared into a huge mess.

Should we reconsider releasing the RED-2 and Cortical Stack technology to the TSAB?
Or at least, the Resurrection and True Resurrection spells?

>>21801401

We could try scrying. Or possibly sacrificing an item of power and seeing if Philemon has any information he'd like to give up.

I have no problem with giving them the Resurrection spells. It takes extremely powerful casters to cast it, and it leaves you weaker each time.

Don't give them True Rez, though.

>>21801448
Still better than nothing. Should probably clear it through Holtz, but being able to revive their dead, even if they come back weaker, may help the TSAB.

>>21801448
What about the RED-2 or Cortical Stack technologies? As purely technological, rather than magitechnological, the TSAB may not even be able to replicate them.
But if they deploy it, and it gets captured by New Chaos or the Void Engineers, they might find a way of using it against us.

>>21801448
You hand off the spell, the TSAB is very grateful and states they will immediately begin research into it, seeing as they are not divine casters themselves.

Are you waiting, then?

>>21801771
When did we call the Great Crusade? Mid-day of Day 30, or early morning of Day 31?
If it's the former, we wait. If it's the latter, I'm going to consider sending in our own recon team to see what's going on at Kaneworld.

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>>21801771
>OP grows bored.
>OP writes a vignette.

“Elaine!” the girls said in unison, brightening up as she entered. Elaine offered them her usual smile, though her gut twisted a little inside.

“Elaine...” Ballistas said, taking her arm and leaning against her. “Did you enjoy your vacation? I wish you'd brought us with you. We all would've had so much fun...”

“Ah, er yes. That is to say, I had a good vacation,” Elaine stated, gently extracting herself from Ballistas' hold. “And I hope you all had a good few days as well. But that's not what I'm here to talk about. Girls...”

“Yes?”

Elaine took a deep breath. “Girls, I'm straight. You're all very lovely and I find your devotion to me touching, but I don't find women romantically attractive. I like men. I treasure the time we spend together, but I look on you like students and friends. If I love you, it will be platonic only.”

“Aaaaaw, NUTS!” Blasta said, snapping her fingers. “Ballistas was right!”

“I had a feeling this might be the case,” Ballistas said, sadly. “From the way you were acting, and certain comments made earlier... well, I suppose it doesn't matter.”

“We're not giving up!” Heat said, pumping a fist. “We're not giving up on you, Elaine!”

Elaine blinked. “...what?”

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>>21801815
Eh, I'll say Day 30.

>>21801856
“We're gonna get you to change your mind,” Blasta said, grinning widely. “You'll love us eventually!”

“Yeah!” another shouted. “When you see just how MUCH we love you, your heart will melt!”

“You'll swoon...” another said in a dreamy tone as she wrapped her arms around her sides. “You'll fall into our arms and look deeply into our eyes and-”

“Uh, well, even if that happened,” Elaine said, looking around the room. Her mind raced for an easy out. “What about your kinship? I don't want to come between so many sisters...”

More than a few snickered or grinned at the unfortunate choice of words. Ballistas' eyes shone.

“No need to worry. We've decided that too. We'll share you,” Ballistas nodded, a smile spreading on her face.

Elaine blinked again.

“You... huh. I see...” Elaine said. “Excuse me for a moment, ladies. I'll be back in a few minutes.”

Elaine got up and left the room, closing the door behind her only to jump as she caught sight of Mouse standing behind it.

“Elaine...” Mouse said, advancing. “Elaine, I will give you ALL of this month's pay if you just let me use your body.”

Elaine slapped him. Mouse sputtered.

“No! Not like that! Just let me set up a clone or disguise or something so I can go talk to your girls!”

Elaine slapped him again and turned to leave.

“Wait! Then just put in a good word for me?! Damn it, you're throwing away the chance of a lifetime!” Mouse howled as she walked away. “A LIFETIME, ELAINE!!!”

>>21801815

I'd second at least sending in some Observers with some self-annihilation measures installed. Getting some information is better than getting no information.

I think we should consider Philemon for this, but I'm not sure if we have any types of artifacts or information that he'd be interested in and that we're willing to give up.

>>21801771
Going into this, what about casting this with our Abjurers?
Magic Circle against Evil/Chaos - AC Bonus to Armor and Saves. Prevents possession/mind-control. And keeps elementals/outsiders/summoned things from touching the protected person.

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>>21801880
>>21801815
Morning of Day 32, you receive word back from Admiral Veleth.

"Our scouts sent to the world with Kane have not reported back yet," he says, darkly. "The other team has reported back that the coordinates you gave them led to a 20th century-era Earth. There are no obvious signs of things out of the ordinary. They are still reporting back and scouting."

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Everytime I think I'm done, I get another idea.

“It's funny, though. I knew a Shephard once,” Cheryl was telling the crewman keeping pace with her. “He was even from the army. He kept going on about his little brother. He seemed nice, though.”

“Cheryl,” Char said, stepping in front of her from an access corridor. He nodded to the crewman. “I am sorry to interrupt, but I can talk to you for a minute?”

“Sure. Catchya later Will,” Cheryl said, waving goodbye to her companion as she moved to walk with Char. “What's up?”

“I want to apologize,” Char stated. “You... were right. You... you were reminding me a lot of Lalah. I thought... I've tried to be a mentor a few times before. It hasn't always worked well. With you, I had thought that maybe I could wash away some of my past sin if I trained you properly.”

“It's OK,” Cheryl said, sighing as she crossed her arms. “It's not like you were stalking me or anything. And I guess trying to teach someone to be better at something isn't the worst way an issue comes out.”

“There's more,” Char said, putting his hands on Cheryl's shoulders. “I don't always succeed, but I try to learn from my failures. When all this is over, I want you to leave the Guard.”

“What? Why?” Cheryl asked, caught off guard.

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>>21801880

>>21801928

For the "normal" earth focus on Japan, try to find a high-school club containing a restrained potential goddess (female, yellow hair ribbon), as well as any other possible non-human life forms, as well as sentient stars.

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>>21801964
“I've seen too many organizations... too many armies like the Guard use people like us for their own ends. Even if the command crew of this task force are good people, eventually people like Walter Page will worm their way into power. Eventually you'll be caught up in a war that leaves you dead and your potential snuffed out. We have to fight for now, I know. But before that happens you have to leave. Try to make us of your power in some peaceable way...” Char grimaced. “Amuro... Amuro was right in that way at least. Newtypes... this sort of power wasn't meant for fighting. Using it like that is a perversion.”

Cheryl opened and closed her mouth a few times, unsure of what to say.

“I'll.. consider what you've said,” Cheryl finally stated.

“Please do,” Char said, releasing her. “If you don't... you might end up like Tosh. Or Lalah. Or even me.”

And with that, the pilot left the psion alone.

>>21801928
I've still got stuff for Day 30 and Day 31.
Egon getting the modifications he made to to turn the phaser arrays into proton beams ready to switch on as needed, and to make the adjustments possible for Federation phaser rifles.
Attempting to see if the facilities of the Protoss Colony and Sector HQ can produce a Containment Unit of some kind.

>Admiral
"Then things have escalated to such a degree than not even a Great Vessel can safely escape that battlefield? This is far worse than even our most pessimistic projections.
"If we don't make it out, Admiral, we'll try to at least send you warning. Force that star to go supernova if you have to; those forces must be contained."

>>21801928

Hmm. There's something important about that Earth, though it might not be immediately noticeable.

Perhaps we should send VP-98 and a detachment of scout probes there?

>>21801986
Admiral Veleth nods. "At the very least, this adds credence to your warning. A task force will almost certainly be dispatched now... I just cannot guarantee WHEN. If need be... I will consider containment protocols."

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The upside of waiting so long is that I get bored and write vignettes.

The downside? Well. We'll get to that later...

“Welcome back, Avatar,” Cheryl said, giving the Titan of Ether a light embrace and clapping him on the back. She stepped back, chuckling. “Did you have fun resting up in the shores of the Ether or wherever it is you went?”

“Not as much as you had with your vacation,” the Avatar said, smiling. “Is it true that you got drunk enough to suspend the gravity in the whole nightclub for a full ten minutes before someone was able to get you to undo it?”

Cheryl's face contorted, her mouth opening in silent indignation. She shut it and grimaced. “...maybe. Who told you?”

“As a Titan, I see and know things mortal men may not,” the Avatar rumbled, his eyes flashing blue. Then he grinned. “Or maybe Alicia and Lavian just can't keep their mouths closed.”

“Those sneaky little gossips!” Cheryl shouted, slamming a fist into her palm. “Oh, I'll find something for them to gossip about!”

“Easy now, no harm done. Besides, even if they hadn't, someone else would've probably said something. It sounds like you put on quite a show,” the Avatar lightly said, putting a hand on her shoulder. “No harm was done, and it honestly didn't sound that embarrassing. I could tell you things I've seen my companions do that were far more worthy of guffaws.”

“But WILL you?” Cheryl asked, crossing her arms. The Avatar grinned.
“Sadly, Honor requires me to be silent, and I need not violate Truth as long as I do so.”

“Bah,” Cheryl snorted. “Someone should remind Agrias to teach her pet squires about that.”

“Perhaps,” the Avatar said. The smile on his face faded. “You've seen the visions. Are you ready?”

>>21801995
It's possible that may be THE REAL WORLD, the place where all the Meta originates. If it is, we need to find MetaOP's house, he writes the story.

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>>21802083
“...yeah,” Cheryl said, face going distant. “Almost done, huh? Just this last mission and we can all go home.”

“Just one more, Cheryl,” the Avatar said, kindly. “One more, and you can go home.”

Cheryl laughed and rubbed her forehead. “All this... After all this... I wonder what my life's going to be like there. Maybe I oughta drop outta college and just start writing a book.”

The Avatar shrugging. “A thousand paths you can take. Each can lead to heaven.”

“You can quit with that wise man crap you know,” Cheryl said. “I get enough of that from the Farseers.”

“All right, good point,” the Avatar said, laughing. “It must be my age acting up.”

“Speaking of that, I need to go talk with Douglas later,” Cheryl winced. “I feel guilty. I haven't really been talking with him that much lately and he's stuck with me through thick and thin.”

“You are lucky to have a friend like him,” the Avatar said. “Go. We can talk later.”

“You sure?” Cheryl asked, surprised. “You just came back from the dead, after all. Kinda.”

“I'll manage. Besides, I could use some time to center myself, recite the mantras, that sort of stuffy, boring, virtuous thing,” the Avatar said, waving. “Go talk with your guardian.”

“Gotcha,” Cheryl nodded, waving. “Seeya later, Avatar.”

“Farewell for now, Cheryl.”

>>21801995
I would wager the important part of that Earth is it's a Haruhi Suzumiya canon.
Within the Open Door story, that canon is a "weak spot" in a vast Quarantine Wall and is one of the primary methods of New Chaos accessing the greater Meta.

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>>21802086
Good luck with that.

>>21802086

We won't know unless we send a scouting party. Some Observers with self-destruct mechanisms should be a minimum, at the very least. Maybe one of the VF-25s could do some scans from a few light years away. It was hinted that there may be an advantage to checking out that mystery Earth while we deal with Kaneworld.

>>21802086

And then what?

Sic a multi-penile horse on him?

>>21802120
...Attempt contact with the Data Integration Thought Entity, or keep a low profile?

>>21802142
We only have the Light Transport, and the regular VF-25's don't have the sensor range for that, and the RVF-25's sensors are only good out to 1 light-day.

We can't afford to wait too much longer, in any case.

>>21802162
The DITE is alien in its thought processes. It is supremely logical and will cut off sections of itself without hesitation if it calculates that it is required.
Until we can provide evidence of an impending New Chaos invasion (by which time it would be too late), it will likely respond in a hostile manner.

>>21802258
Too bad we don't have any Vulcans.

>>21802296
A Vulcan couldn't see the advantages of signing a peace treaty when it was the most advantageous to do so until a FERENGI pointed out inconsistencies in her logic.
As vaunted as Vulcan logic is, it's got its share of blindspots.

>>21802142
That world already has a Great Crusade recon team going over it, though.
Wouldn't it be better to have our recon team pop in to Kaneworld, get an idea of how many ships are in the Sol system and where, and then pop out before it gets shot at?

>>21802216

Our time is up. We need to decide on scouting measures to take stock of the situation. Or see if there are any favors we can curry with deities/entities that are willing to give us information and see if we can pay their price.

>>21802384
No. The Crusade Recon team will take him. And between the two teams one might catch something the other missed. Different perspectives and all that.

Send a team down? Or at least some observers. If anyone asks, we're an acting troupe promoting some movie or game or something

>>21802471
>will take him
will take time*

I want scouts in Japan to check to see if this is a Suzumiya canon.
If it is, begin searching for any wormhole type things or perhaps Chaos residue?
Some way of tracking New Chaos to their home canon.

>>21802481
Also, ask Dr. Spengler what the approximate size of a Ghost Trap needed to contain a couple billion souls would be, and whether any existing shops could be modified like that Al'Kesh was.

>>21802471
>>21802481
Come on. If you're going to suggest that, at least do the research to make it faster to actually do it.

Have the Observers go down to Japan at two locations, Kobe City and Nishinomiya City, and look for North High School (make sure to catch the High School's name at the front gate and make sure it's actually North High, not Nishinomiya North High).
If they find it, then we can be reasonably sure it's a Haruhi Canon of some kind, and the Observers can return back to the Transport to be picked up and report back to the task force.

Do your goddamned work.

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>>21802533
Egon frowns. "You'd need to build a containment grid at least one hundred times more powerful than what we used in New York City. I'd estimate it'd be about half the size of the Guardian."

Alright so Yellowman thinks it's a very good idea to stop New Chaos first, before dealing with Kaneworld right?
But did he specify actually defeating New Chaos, or merely "Closing the Open Door"?
Because technically we could just fuck with Haruhi from a safe distance (like the next universe) and hope she solves our problems for us.
Like I'm not sure we can take the four chucklefucks who run New Chaos in a fair fight ("fair" meaning cheating and fighting dirty on our part), which makes me suspect they're one of them puzzle bosses like Sapphirus.

>>21802652
Fair enough, lets do that thing then.

>>21802652
Not all of us sit in /a/ and fap over fucking Haruhi. I supply the knowledge I know, if I don't know it someone else can refine the plan.

Now unless you want me to send Kiryu and MechaGodzilla down there to start wrecking shit, shut the fuck up.

>>21802653
Hm, given that it would make things easy on us, I'm not sure if it would work.
But is that chance that it will work worth expending the time/effort?

>>21802655

>“Listen! I don't know how long this... ...will hold. I'll try to be quick. Black Ops is headed for the warzone, they found... ...component for that damn machine they're... on. You can't let them have it! You can't let ANY of them have it! You, you're the ones... ….use it or destroy it. Your call. When they find out, everyone else... ...there too. But that's not all. If you can beat New Chaos there, they'll probably... ... show up in person. If they do, and you can take them down, then send a team to... ...and be VERY careful! Close the Open Door!” Yellowman looks around, biting his lip. “I'll... I'll deal with... ...DAN. Take this file, just... ...it. Remember, be fast! That world is already like a beacon, and the longer... …strain will... snap it like a rubber band! So...”

It was suggested by a bulb-hint that we could send a scouting group to look at this mystery-Earth for telltale signs of importance, and send the heavy hitters to see what we could do at Kaneworld. From what Yellowman says, we will have to deal with the leaders of NuChaos eventually.

>>21802653
What about the possibility of modifying phaser rifles to output a proton stream, like how the Indefatigable's phaser arrays were modified to do so?

Also, bring in Mustadio.
Can he and Egon use the containment grid of a ghost trap, a Gate spell, and BPM 37093 (the dwarf star that's a diamond) to act as a giant magical containment crystal to act as a self-powered containment grid?

>>21802653
Can we see if we can raise Yellowman and get the last of that file? I will be kicking you all in the ass if it's something useful.

>>21802717
...Alright so if it is Haruhi Earth, Yellowman appears to be making it clear that we should be very, very careful.
Also New Chaos might already have some presence here.
It seems like he wants us to go to Kaneworld first, and beat New Chaos there?

>>21802712
It's the product of a 30 second Google search.
http://haruhi.wikia.com/wiki/North_High

So you're saying that you can't even do a basic search for information? We don't need your knowledge of Kiryu and MechaGodzilla, we can already search for them.

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Your time has been extended by my sense of whim and foppery, but after this goes up, I'm going to move things.

Event: “Showtunes.”
Time: Day 31, late night.

There was still some lighting in the Officer's Lounge, but it was dim and hard to see in. She could turn it up, but she didn't want to just yet.

Lyla tiptoed over to the karaoke set near the bar... and promptly crashed into someone already in the midst of turning the equipment on.

“What are you doing here?” a curious, quick voice asked.

Lyla blinked and pushed her hood back, out of her eyes. “You? What are YOU doing here?!”

Dr. Mordin Solus blinked, stood up, dusted himself off, and replied.

“Oh... nothing much. Once in a while, I come down here to sing when no one else is around. Personal interest of mine, slight. Hard to manage during the day, so much work, work, work. Also, hard to do during normal time for lounge, bar is always packed,” Mordin said, pacing. “Thought to... indulge a little.”

“By... singing?” Lyla asked, blinking. “You sing?”

“I don't understand why people get so surprised by that,” Mordin said, blinking. “Studied different cultures, picked up a few things I liked. Gilbert and Sullivan mostly.”

“Gilbert and who?” Lyla asked. “Who are they?”

Mordin smiled. “I will show you. My old commander seemed to always enjoy hearing this, maybe you'll like it too.”

Mordin cleared his throat and spread his arms.

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>>21802786
“I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!
I've studied species, Turian, Asari, and Batarian!
I'm quite good at genetics as a subset of biology,
because I am an expert ,which I know is a tautology.

My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian -
I am the very model of a scientist Salariaaaaan!”

Lyla immediately applauded at the conclusion, a grin slowly spreading over her face.


“Ha! You remind me of my dad!” Lyla laughed, smiling. “He loved to sing, but he was always embarrassed about it because he thought he was terrible. So every once in a while he'd sneak out into the woods where no one else could hear and just wail for an hour or so.” Lyla giggled. “He claimed he was going to the tavern!”

“You didn't answer my question, though,” Mordin said, pacing. “What are you doing here?”

“The same thing, pretty much,” Lyla said, reaching over to pick up a microphone as she finished turning on the karaoke machine. “Wanna sing with me? I bet we could do a duet on this thing.”

Mordin smiled. “I'd love to.”

>Vignette store exhausted.

>>21802757

It seems so. He seems to be of the opinion that NuChaos or Void Engineers or Black OpSHODAN or Kane getting their hands on the STOB parts (or some other technological item of great import) would spell very imminent bad things happening very quickly for everything.

The mystery coordinates are also probably important, but may be less urgent than the stuff going on at Kaneworld.

>>21802771
Why should I search when you seem to be so uptight about knowing everything about Haruhi? And you can search for them, but that doesn't mean you know shit about them. Honestly, we don't need faggots like you who think they're better then everyone else. Or do you want to do this whole fucking thing by yourself?

>>21802812
Alright then, since we're pretty much out of time, lets just head to Kaneworld?
Maybe start working on the Giga Ghost Trap on the way?

>>21802786
I'm voting to have the recon team do a very quick pop in, scan, and pop out of the Kaneworld so we can try to position ourselves instead of going in blind.
Use the Light Transport, RVF-25, VP-99.
Transit in 4-5 light-years above the plane of the Sol system, scan real quick to get ship estimates, and then transit out before anyone can get a target lock.

>>21802841
Let the Recon Team deal with the Mysterious Earth. We can call TSAB for a report and recon if you're that much curious about it.

>>21802815
>>21802771
Both of you shut up and eat like... a Snickers bar or something.

>>21802815
If it means being without you, I'd gladly take it.
And what your ignorance indicates is that you're unwilling to do any kind of research on what we're getting into, so why should your opinions be considered at all?

>>21802866
You seem to be an uptight bastard who thinks he knows everything, why should your opinions be considered at all?

>>21802815
>>21802771

Guys, calm down. Let's get to hammering out a plan before MetaOP forces bad stuff to happen and we have to react to it.

1.) We want to scout out what's happening at Kaneworld. Do we wait for further news of the Crusade's scout force (which may be wiped out, seeing as how they never reported back)? I'm of the opinion that we should at least send a few observers to see what we're going to warp into and make battle plans accordingly. Yellowman seemed to hint that we need to take care of shit here fast or one of the bad guys is going to take control of whatever STOB or STOB accessories are located there, resulting in bad news for all of the metaverse.

2.) Mystery Earth: probably plays a vital role here, but may be less urgent. Crusade scouts are still gathering info, but two sets of scouts is better than one. Sending an Observer to scout out likely areas here would be a good idea, and see what canon we're dealing with.

>>21802879
I think any scouts we send will just be wiped out almost immediately due to the high levels of bullshit.
Yellowman's cryptic warning appears to indicate that the mystery Earth can wait.

>>21802900
Like as much as I hate going in blind, I fear all scouts will do is waste time for MetaOP to force the issue.

>>21802875
You are arrogant and revel in your ignorance. Why should we listen to the opinions of someone who obviously won't put any effort into his thinking?

>>21802900

The idea of sending scouts to Kaneworld was to get a good idea of where we should warp to so we don't get into a mass exchange of fire between NuChaos and Void Engie fleets, and possibly SHODAN forces. We can at least spare one observer to do so.

We can also spare at least one Observer to see what's going on at mysterious Earth, and we repaired the Light Transport for just this reason. If push comes to shove, we can set a rendezvous point so we can collect any scouting assets we dispatched to Earth-M.

>>21802958
You are arrogant and revel in your perceived intelligence. You're like a goddamn 12 year old who thinks he knows everything. Then again, if you don't want to listen to my opinion, why are you taking so much goddamn offense? Or is your ass just hurt from all the raw pounding?

>>21802841
Since this is only taking an hour (prep, leave, scan, return), I'm going with this while the debate rages about what to do concerning Mystery World.

The Light Transport transports in and detects large fleets operating all around the solar system, with heavy fighting around the moon and Earth. There is also fighting over the other planets as well to various degrees. Getting a precise count of anything proves impossible with the Transport's gear. Powerful ECM is being jammed everywhere. The Transport was able to note several extremely large space stations present in the solar system, and there was heavy settlement on the moon.

It also receives a communication.

>>21802979
I don't know, if it is the Haruhi canon, an Observer might not be able to avoid the detection of the DITE, which is something we wish to avoid for now.

>>21803000
what does it say?

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>>21802993
>>21802958

>>21803000
>It also receives a communication.
TELL US YOU COCKTEASE

>>21803015

The Crusade is already there, which means that they may already be detected. If we're not deploying scout assets there, we should at least give Veleth a heads-up of what his scouts should be looking for. That way, both us and the Crusade could get vital information.

>>21802993
If my opinion is so childish, then why do you keep taking offense to it?
You're immature as much as a 12-year old, who can't take any kind of criticism and immediately attacks any one who calls you out on it.

>>21803000
About fifteen minutes after arrival, the Transport reports its communication channels hissed with static for a full minute before emitting these words:

“Attention unidentified vessel! Heed this warning! This drone speaks with the voice and authority of the Technocratic Union! This world is under quarantine, and may not be approached for any reason! Choosing to attempt to violate this ban and land planetside will result in dire consequences possibly up to and including the erasure of your vessel from existence. In addition, attempts to intercept any fleet may be construed as an attack or a reinforcement for an enemy. Turn back immediately! This is your only warning!”

The ship did just that at that point.

>>21803048
True enough.
This probably isn't their first time dealing with a powerful reality warper.

>>21803000

I have the feeling that this communication is not good news. But put it through anyway.

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>>21803072

Sure is Ur-Quan in here.

>>21803058
No, I attack people who act like a pompous overbearing jackass who thinks he's better then others because he spent half a minute looking up garbage on google. We have a group for a reason.

But this is getting us nowhere, like I said, you're like a goddamn kid screaming NO U! Enjoy the butthurt.

>>21803072

Oh hello, Void Engineers. I don't suppose we can talk about this, can we?

>>21803072
That's probably for the best.

Let's try and make this a stealth mission. The Indefatigable has a pretty nifty cloak. Let's try and start testing their sensor net. Jumping in at 10 light years out with our best cloaking tech, and seeing what works as we gradually move closer.

>>21803072
>>21803109

At any rate, it looks like there's too much ECM and junk in the system to get a good reading on who we might be fighting. Merely warping in this here system will piss off and/or alert any of the fighting parties.

Unless we want to do more in-depth scouting amidst all of that firepower and ECM, we may be faced with the decision to go in and be ready to fight off a fuckton of people.

>>21803114
You're an arrogant ass who does nothing but attack others for their ideas when they don't agree with yours. You do nothing but get butthurt when people don't agree with you or your pre-conceived notions of how things work.
And I'll always call you out on it and call you an idiot for it.

>>21803175
>You're an arrogant ass who does nothing but attack others for their ideas when they don't agree with yours.
Says the Pot.

>>21803109
Sorry, it had to be done.

I've been waiting to make that reference since I started this quest.

>>21803185
To the kettle, dimwit.

>>21803205
Yes. To the kettle. You managed to catch the reference. Would you like your banana sticker now?

>>21803216
I'd be satisfied if you'd stop posting or leaving this thread for good.

>>21803072
MetaOP. Let's just scout the surface. No use in holding it off. Maybe it'll get everyone back and focused on the quest.

>>21803224
That makes two of us. So I tell you what, you go first and I'll be right behind you.

>>21803194
So, about those phaser rifles and modifying them to shoot proton streams; can it be done?
I'm expecting incorporeal enemies from the Warp at some point, and we're severely low in weapons that can damage them.

>>21803205
>>21803216
Should I just call it for the night here and let you two wail on each other?

>>21803138

On the other hand, the Indefatigable could be overwhelmed once it is detected. Does it have the fast meta-drive, or just the regular one?

Would it be safer if we warped our whole fleet into the system a couple of light years away?

>>21803231
Wait what?
You mean the same planetside that the Void Engineers said would prompt obliteration?
And given I don't see any Great Crusade ships, they appear to be able to make due with their threats?
At least try a plan.

>>21803245
might as well.

We'll use what's left of the thread to try to stitch together a plan while they argue.

>>21803245
No, just ignore them. It's probably close to their bed-times anyway.

>>21803255
Yes. Let's go planetside on the planet we just left. No, the other goddamn planet.

>>21803243
Data believes it can be done. With the help of the research team, he's sure he can rig something up.

>>21803231
OK. Give me your plan. Which surface?

>>21803249
The Indefatigable doesn't have a Meta-Transit Drive; only the Storm, AUH, the Looter Team, and now our Little Transport do.

>>21803138
This might work, but we'd have to check the Psi Shielding on it again. The Warp and New Chaos might detect the crew through the cloak.
We could try a fully synthetic crew, but Chaos can sometimes detect and corrupt advanced computers (unless that got retconned out when Chaos took over an STC).

>>21803266
The surface of the mysterious world. At least send some observers. We'll look for any signs or clues as to what might make this place so interesting and see if we can identify it and it's canon.

So put one down in Tokyo, maybe New York and London? If we can, see if we can grab news reports or broadcasts. Have the Observers try and stay out of sight and not interact with anything. If they get captured self-destruct.

Hopefully anyone who sees them will think they're a weather observer or some shit if their cloak fails and they're spotted.

>>21803266
I think he means the Mysterious Coordinates Earth. The one that we don't run the risk of getting vaporized immediately by.
I think the plan from >>21802652
is still good. Just the Transport and some Observers. The Observers can actually send their reports directly to the Great Crusade Scout Ship, since it appears to have a Meta-Comm, and then we can get the information from Veleth, instead of leaving a non-cloaked Light Transport in the middle of space waiting for the Observers to get back.

>>21803298
>Self-destruct
But... we have teleporters.
So many teleporters.
And might as well check for North High School first, just to cross it off the list.

>>21803316
We have teleporters, but so does the enemy. If it's New Chaos, anyway, and the Mysterious Coordinates are in their territory.
Warp teleportation could be faster than Federation and Asgard teleporters, at least in acquiring locks and initiating.

Rolled 8

>>21803312
OK, you send out your Transport ship again...

Oh, before I forget.

Day 32.

>>21803298
>>21803312

Just to keep the ball rolling, what's the plan for Kaneworld? Warp in our battlefleet a couple of light years away from Earth and approach carefully? Do we want to test the extent of their detection fields, and keep our fleet within the RVF-25s ECM fields?

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>>21803349

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>>21803349
Great. Since we're going back into combat, it appears our regular luck returns.

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>>21803349
Through your relay with the Great Crusade ship, your Observers go down to Japan at two locations, Kobe City and Nishinomiya City, and look for North High School.

They report back they find it.

Then you lose all contact with them, just after one of them transmits this picture...

>>21803496

Well, at least we know what canon it is. Pass the info along that we have confirmation of the native canon for the coordinates, but not whether it is the expected transit hub for New Chaos.

Prepare another set of Observers, this time transmitting a low-detectability data packet that only someone like Yuki could intercept to try and establish comms with her.

Assuming she isn't corrupted, we might be able to get a lot of intel from her and the DITE about what ships are deployed.

>>21803496
Did the Observers send back any information while they were going down about the cities?
Population figures, estimates on information output, and the state of the city?

>>21803496

Dammit.

What was the complement of the ship, again?

>>21803581
What? No, you just lost the observers.

>>21803537
Your crews get to work on setting this up, should be ready in a few hours.

>>21803538
Everything seemed pretty quiet, normal, even.

>>21803537
We can, and should, transmit what we have in our databanks about the Suzumiyaverse to the Great Crusade Scout Team, and to Admiral Veleth. They'll need to know what entities are there, so that their scouts know what they're getting into.
http://haruhi.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

We can try to have an Observer contact Yuki, and through her, the DITE, but that specific Interface is considered a bit of a rogue; should we try for another one?

>>21803614

Oh phew. I thought we lost the entire ship + crew.

>>21803621

I don't fancy our chances of catching Kimidori Emiri, and she's the only other Interface I can think of. Worth a shot, though, and even then, the DITE always wants data, so even a rogue interface would be welcomed back if it had new data to provide.

>>21803621

Can we just aim a burst transmission, uncoded and aim it to that region of japan? No one else should be able to pick it up and Yuki would be able to read it.

>>21803649

There's others who can pick it up, there's probably Chaos agents, Kimidori, and Suou Kuyou, to name 3, and I'm not sure I want a sentient star around.

>>21803675

Ok, I'm not familiar at all with the opposing team and its later events. I'll stay out of planning.

>>21803675
Sending in an Observer with a targeted data transmission might work better.
What do we offer the Interface and the DITE? Information about the Meta for information about any ships transiting through here?

>>21803738

We want intel on New Chaos fleet movements, ship types, complements, missions if they know.

What they want, well, we'll have to find out.

>>21803761
So we're going with the 'Send Observer with a data-equivalent of "please don't deconstruct me from reality, I come in peace" negotiate with the DITE' plan?

>>21803776

"Hello Nagato Yuki. This autonomous drone is here to open communications with you and the Integrated Data Entity that created you for an information exchange. Please do not deconstruct it."

>>21803072
>hissed with static for one minute
Okay. The Void Engineers now know our communication frequencies and protocols. Their drone probably probed our network and caught our data packets and took out all the flags.
At least we'll be able to talk with them easily enough.

>>21803802
Your modified Observer is ready by late afternoon. Are your giving it this message and sending it out? What other information/orders are you giving it?

>>21803832
That message, orders to act as a relay between us, the Great Crusade scoutship, Yuki, and the Data Entity.
Perhaps also include "We have detected an extra-dimensional threat to your universe. We are attempting to stop it."

>>21803832

Scout Nishinomoya, specifically the last known location of the observer there, keep telemetry up.

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Rolled 12

>>21803880
You deploy your modified Observer with its orders.

DC is rather low for this one due to reasons.

>>21803945
>Ha HA! Internet!

Your Observer silently flies around trying to locate Yuki Nagato.

It doesn't succeed.

Rolled 25, 41, 69, 97, 7, 83, 34, 66, 29, 11 = 462

>>21803945
>>21803987
The dice seed is obviously weighted low right now.

>>21803987

Keep looking, keep broadcasting.

If we can find Kimidori Emiri, too, that would work as well, as she is an interface as well.

Try the School, her Apartment, and any hangouts from the show.

Rolled 38

>>21803987
I tell that probe to try harder dammit!

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Rolled 94

>>21803999
The DC increases, and it is now evening.

>>21803987
Have the Observer continue looking and broadcasting; it might get picked up by another Human Interface.

As that's going on, we need research and engineering.
We would need to drop all research to research the modifications to the phasers.

>>21804034

I love you VP-99

You come through everytime.

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>>21804040

>>21804034
The Observer finally locates Yuki, shepherding Haruhi, Kyon, Asahina, and Koizumi to an apartment building. Yuki pauses as they enter, and stands still for a moment. When she does, a burst of information hits the Observer. She then continues leading everyone into the building.

The Observer takes a moment and then decodes the burst. In a highly complex mathematically-based code, it asks...

"Do not approach. What do you want?"

>>21804089

Open communication with to trade information regarding what we believe are warship movements through your reality. Please tell us what you desire in return.

Should we reveal who/what we are and our mission, guys?

>>21804100
"Desired information is your purpose, motives, and intentions here. It is unknown what else you have of interest. Please make an offer."

>>21804089
"We require information concerning the movement of inter-dimensional warships and military forces through this universe. We have intelligence reports indicating that your universe may be targeted for inter-dimensional invasion. We are open to negotiation for this information."

>>21804123

Our purpose is to, at least for now, collect intelligence on any New Chaos fleet movements through your reality, including if possible fleet compositions, ship types, technical data, and ground force complements.

Intentions are simply information gathering, at least for now, that may change depending on future events.

Our motives are to limit damage to other realities from New Chaos and other factions battles.

>>21804123
"Our purpose and intention here is currently purely information-gathering, concerning certain inter-dimensional military forces. We are currently authorized to provide information concerning these forces, their modus operandi, their projected invasion vectors and methods. We are also prepared to provide technical information concerning space-time anomalies, wormholes, and temporal mechanics."

The last bit is from Federation science records.

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>>21804124
"Numbers and movement of warships will be released to you upon submission and verification of said data plus aforementioned data."

>>21804166

See >>21804152

As for the invasion, we believe it is via memetic vectors, but we have no hard evidence. We're not native, and we don't have the time to gather it.

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>>21804154
There is a pause. The Observer sees Yuki exiting the building alone.

"This trade is acceptable. Transmit the data."

>>21804185

Addendum: It is less invasion and more espionage. We believe agents may be trying to suborn the entity known as Haruhi to allow for easier access to this reality and easier use of it's resources.

>>21804190

Do so, the entity is already meta-aware.

However, censor anything related to meta-travel. If she asks, it's because of regulations against proliferation of specific technologies.

>>21804190
Transmit data from the Open Door crossover fic we have in our databanks concerning New Chaos and their gods, how they enter a Suzumiya Canon and use it as a way into the rest of the Metaverse. Include their operations on the Earth, and how their agents operate to corrupt individuals. Include that Haruhi Suzumiya is the most likely target for memetic attack and corruption to Chaos, most likely through targeting Kyon.
And also transmit the Federation's science files on wormhole physics and temporal mechanics.

>>21804214

Woah, woah, nothing so blatantly contaminating.

Just the science shit for now. If she needs more data, we'll give it, but we have to be careful.

>>21804245
We can eliminate names, but we still agreed to transmit the methods that New Chaos are likely to use to infiltrate and take over Haruhi, and using Kyon is the obvious tactic.

>>21804272

That's obvious, but we can't just blatantly rip the fic to her, we need to phrase it like an actual dossier on likely methods to subvert HVTs in this canon.

>>21804283
I thought I had made it obvious that we're not transmitting the fic but extracted summaries of specific parts. We're sending her wiki entries, not the fic itself.
But they still need to be from the fic itself.

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>>21804283
You transmit this information and Yuki considers it.

"Much of this we already knew, but there is new information among the old," she replies. "I will give you information on New Chaos in return."

The Observer receives a burst of data from Yuki that is swiftly decodes into reports of ship movements over the last month. The movements show a steady influx of ships to various worlds corresponding to areas in the warzone. About a week ago the amount sent to one world spiked dramatically, and you recognize that world as the Kaneworld. New Chaos has sent about four hundred ships through the portals here to it in the last week. The average deployment to other worlds was about six to ten. Of those ships, about 25% are New Chaos vessels. The others seem to be 'allies' of varying sources.

>>21804338

Do we have intel on shiptypes?

Fleet commanders? Ground forces?

Can we trade for additonal data?

>>21804338
Get ANON identifying those allied ships; we need to know what we're going up against.

I assume that the Great Crusade Scoutship is already doing it, but once we have those ships identified, send the report of their capabilities along to the Great Crusade.
Also, do the same for the TSAB.
Hell, even send a report over to Shin-Ra; New Chaos is on everyone's shit-list, may as well.

What about the location of the portal that New Chaos uses; is it always in the same place?
Once we engage their forces at Kaneworld, they'll likely call for reinforcements. It'd be nice if the Great Crusade could mine the area with sub-space mines.

>>21804355
Yes, no, no, and yes.

>>21804373

What do we need to trade to get intel on their commanders and ground forces?

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>>21804371
"The portal is not always in the same place, but it is always within the same vicinity. I will give you that information now."

ANON: There appear to be a rag-tag number of ships from the "Star Wars", "Star Trek", and "Stargate" canons.

>>21804383
"Identify who you are, and give additional information on your faction."

>>21804399

Looks like they've been busy sinking their teeth into their little pet projects.

At least they probably don't have any SSDs.

>>21804402
The DITE has already become Meta-Aware, or at least, Inter-Dimensionally- Aware. Withholding this information now, could be detrimental.

>>21804402

"We are Task Force 38 of the Transpace Guard. Our mission to preserve the realities of our assigned area from rogue elements. We do this through many means."

Anything else we should add?