>>24825094
"Well, we could always try to visit Earth. Or just head back to the station. This trip's been a lot more dangerous than I planned."

>>24825094
"Considering what is going on back there, and what happened at Burer's Glyph, I'm kind of leery of going somewhere public.

Back to the institute. It's safe there and it should give Skerghal time to fix up Alex's parents."

>>24825094
"Told you he was cool now.

...I dunno. Figured we'd go back to the station after almost being mugged by Armatek goons again."

>>24825094

"maybe, it's best if we return to the institute, I'm not feeling all that up to explore the galaxy right now."

<Sir frigate, if you can hear me, i cannot express enough gratitude. Thank you.>

>>24825094
"Are you sure you want to keep hanging with us, Ellie? We've been attacked pretty much every single day."

>>24825094
"Back to the institute. It would be hard to enjoy a trip to Earth right now, and we'd probably just get attacked again."

>>24825094
"I'm tempted to blow up whatever planet ArmaTek uses, to be honest."

First things first- you reach out to the Frigate.
<Sir Frigate, if you can hear me, I cannot express enough gratitude. Thank you.>
<It is no problem, citizen.> The frigate said. <It is my duty. These foes shall never overcome us, of this I am certain.>

"Considering what's going on back there, and what happened at Burer's Glyph, I'm kind of leery of going somewhere public." You say.
"Heh, Leery." Ellie said. "That's your last name."
"Yes, I know." You say. "Let's go back to the institute. It's safe there, and should give Skerghaul-"
<I'm less certain of that name as time goes on.> Devourer said
"-time to fix up Alex's parents." You finish.
"Aw, alright." Ellie said.
"Are you sure you want to keep hanging with us, Ellie? We've been attacked pretty much every single day."
"Then I gotta come with doubly." She said. "No way I'm going to let you guys get hurt. I'm tenacious!"

>>24825216
"Yeah. You and that bat. How about I make you one from any spare hull steel I've got left over?"

>>24825216

"that you are. If it wasn't for you, things would definitely have been much worse" try not to think back at us almost melting Alex

>I think we could use a few more hugs

>>24825216
"The bit where you stopped that shell mid-air was damn cool, Alex."

>>24825234
>Steel
>Not 10 tons of hyper-dense carbon
She'll figure out how to use it somehow.

>>24825216
<We okay to fly? I don't want to disrupt whatever you're doing back there.>

"Yeah. You and that bat. How about I make you one from any spare hull polycarbon I've got left over?"
"I wouldn't even be able to lift one made of a ship hull." She said. "Maybe if you just gave it a hull core or something..."
She shrugged.
"Ooh! You could make me like... a jetpack! Or ion boots! That would be cool." Ellie said, bubbly. "Maybe some polycarbon cable, too. Then I could do my whole freerunning thing and tie things up. I could be like... batwoman!"
"Who?" Alex asked.
"Reeeeeally old cartoons, alex." Ellie said, and rolled her eyes.

"That bit where you stopped that shell mid-air was damn cool, Alex." You say.

"It would've killed me if the gun that fired it wasn't manifested." Alex said. "I think I negated the force put into it."

You pause, and pull him into a hug.

>>24825305
"Boots I can do! I'll make you a pair exactly the same as mine."

>>24825305
How about some kind of exosuit, but not bulky and armoured. Like, compact and mobility enhancing.

>>24825305
"That doesn't change the fact it was damn cool."

>>24825305

"Bob/Sker/mr. pudding, can we activate bubble drive while you do your thing? wiggle a tentacle vertically if yes."

"That doesn't change the fact that it was damn cool." You say.
He nodded. "Yeah, it was, come to think of it."

You turn to Ellie. "Boots I can do! I can make you a pair exactly the same as mine."
"Awesome."
"And how about some kind of exosuit, but not bulky and armored. Like, compact and mobility-enhancing."
"That'd be cool too!" She said. "Maybe build them into the boots proper." She said. "If you can do that?"

>>24825422
"I'll try my hardest! I need to work on my suit as well, though. Gotta make it more awesome now that they've stolen the design."

>>24825422

"it won't be as protective as mine but the mobility would be greatly improved... I can do it, I have the technology."

>>24825422
"Rustle something if it's safe to head off, Devy."

>>24825458
>You're already set off.

>>24825422
"Maybe if I used two-inch decabulators in the auxiliary inverters..."

>>24825467
How did I miss that.

"Yeah! I'll do it! Do you have any ideas how I could make my exosuit better? Literally just spew anything you have at me, and I'll try to build it."

"Yeah! I'll do it! It won't be as protective as mine, but the mobility would be greatly improved..." You say. "Do you have any ideas how I could make *my* exosuit better? Literally just spew everything you have at me, and I'll try to build it."
"... Give it a bubble drive!" Ellie said. "A real one!"
Alex went silent. "You realize that the moment she uses it planetside, it could kill her if she points it downward even a fraction."
"... Yeah, good point." Ellie said, and pouted. "Put more hull steel on it. Make it even *more* like a walking tank! Maybe even so heavy you need treads on the feet. Add a layer of ablative armor on that!"

>>24825551
"All good suggestions, thank you. I might try manifesting fusion rounds when I get the grenade launcher installed, though. That'll be a surprise to anyone expecting normal explosions."

>>24825551
"Maybe even so heavy that it needs TK assistance to move."

>>24825551
"Maybe I could make it *even* stronger if our friend back there can teach me how to make artificial muscles."

>>24825216
Ellie's the spy.

>>24825551

"at this rate i would have to build an actual tank."

she sure knows how to lighten the mood.

the suit did a good job at protecting us, or enough for the other one to call an orbital strike on us.

need to check on the damage, if any.

>>24825585
She wouldn't have bonked the guy in the alley if that was the case.
She might be an *unwitting* informant if she's futuretweeting about us or something like that.

did we ever get started on that paperwork to register our suit and gun?

>>24825551
"Oooh, oooh! I know! We build a gun that manufactures unstable particles, then shoots a beam that entangles whatever it hits to those entangled particles! Molecular breakdown!"

>>24825630
Can we really even blame her though if she is? Were throwing vids of our tech up everywhere.

>>24825636

>OP
>The year is 2573, and you've just finished applying for your exosuit license.

maybe.

>>24825636
Suit? Yes. Gun? Hahaha.

>>24825636
How can you register a gun that is according to law impossible to build?

>>24825636
They don't have a registry for man portable ship grade weapons.

>>24825677
call it an experimental prototype?

>>24825677
>3d_printing_guns.avi
Gubmint forced defdist to take down their blueprints because they want time to make up laws about it.

>>24825677
>The gun is a legally grey area. It could be considered a laser weapon, or considered a simple ion thruster. The former is illegal in most places, the latter perfectly fine.

"Maybe even so heavy that it needs TK assistance to move." You say.
"That's a bit much. It's not an exosuit, then, it's just a big slab of metal." She said.
"And maybe I could make it *even* stronger if our friend back there can teach me how to make artificial muscles."
"... Why not find a biomedical firm who's willing to sell you that sort of stuff?" Alex asked. "They make cybernetics like that all the time. Cloning hasn't taken over yet. But if I remember right, mechanical bits are better than artificial muscles most of the time. The artificial stuff is just a lot lighter."

>>24825711
"Hmm... Why not both?"

>>24825711
maybe I'll look into the muscle stuff for Ellie's suit.

>>24825711
"Well, I figure if he can make a radio from biological bits, then he can probably figure out how to make muscles that are a lot better than what's on sale."

>>24825711
>not having decent synth muscle
>2573
Biptch please, CryNet got that shit down in 2007

It's not a gun, it's a walking stick.

>>24825711
"We'll see what happens, I guess. I've already got a grenade launcher on order for it, so I don't want to overload it."

>>24825764
It's not a gun, it's an extended range industrial cutting laser.

"Yes, but I'm willing to bet Bob can have the best of both worlds and then some."

>>24825711

"I can use the artificial muscle to enhance my suit AND incorporate it in Ellie's. I'll have to iron out the specifics."

<Einstein, relay a message to the institute: "we are on our way back, complicated things happened, leading to Devourer/Bob now doing his best to save Alex's parents. Will explain further when we get back.">

>>24825780
Extended range industrial ion cutting tool.

Its primary use is slicing asteroids in half. Or exploding them. Either one really.

"Well, I figure that if he can make a radio from biological bits, then he can probably figure out how to make muscles that are a lot better than what's on sale." You say, and turn to Einstein, sending a message to the institute, telling them roughly what went on.
<Not mechanically.> Devourer said. <Organic muscles are good, but require a support system. Construct one, and I can create organic muscles for you.>

You shrug. "We'll see what happens, I guess. I've already got a grenade launcher on order for it, so I don't want to overload it."
"Alright." Ellie said, and sat back, closing her eyes. "That was exhausting."
"Yeah, it was." Alex said. "At least I got all my junk."
He pulled out an old, old drone you'd made for him when you were ten - a dog with three legs, and an old personacom you had bought with your OWN MONEY for a head. He grinned at it. "Remember Gerald?"

>>24825797
'On our way back, ArmaTek happened, Bob's healing Alex's parents.'
That's really all there is to say on the matter.

>>24825823
"Hah! You've still got him! I'd give you the actual robo-dog I made the other day, but he's manifested."

>>24825823

<"aww, hey there little guy, remember me?"> say it out loud and technopathic.

>>24825823
<What kind of support system?>

>>24825823
>inb4 it's got the personality like that chubby guy's baby that hanged with 11th Doctor at some point for what, two episodes, playing soccer and destroying cybermen in women's undergarments section

>>24825823
"Best drone!"

>>24825888
Yes, Einstein is.

>>24825880
U wot m8?:^)

>>24825880
Stormageddon: Dark Lord of All, you mean.

"Hah! You've still got him!" You say, and grin, hugging the dog. <"Aww, hey there, little guy. Remember me?">
<Yep!> It barked, and started to pant. It was simple, and just sat there, tail wagging, panting. It was dim, really dim, almost as if Delta had made it. It squirmed out of your hands into your chest, finding it's way into your shirt, submerged entirely, until it popped its head out. It tilted its head at Alex, and yipped again.
Alex chuckled.
"Why wouldn't I have him?" Alex asked. "I don't remember what happened to his leg, though."

>>24825953
"Do you want a new leg?"

>>24825953
<What happened to your leg, lil' guy?>

>>24825953
Huh... I wonder... nah. We couldn't have manifested any of this drone before we understood it. Could we?

>>24825953

retrocog the day we made him, maybe we manifested a leg for him?

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>>24825974
Quite possible, in fact.

>>24825953
<Need a new power source, feller?>

<"What happened to your leg, lil'guy?">
<Never had one!> It yipped- and you remember. You'd gotten frustrated by that point with the wiring, and just skipped the entire thing.
<"Do you want a new leg?">
<If it would make me useful, yah!> It said. <Master leaves me home all the time. Maybe if I had a leg, I could walk!>
<"Need a new power source, feller?">
<No, I'm fine! Master charges me every day! He's so nice!>

>>24826039
Alright lets make him a leg. And start on Theta's drone too.

>>24826039

build this guy a new leg and give it a few Technopathy pats on the head.

>>24826039
"The one drone I never finished."

Build a damn leg from whatever scraps we have laying around.

Didn't we already build Alex a new drone? A flying one that works?

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>>24826055
Dammit.
We must fix him, it is our sacred duty as his mother!

>>24826070

yeah, but this is a matter of principle. We're not leaving this drone all wobbly.

We should make him into RoboLil'Max when we get back to the station.

>>24826110
Upload Lil'Max's mind into him Y/Y

>>24826039
<Who's been charging you? Alex has been away for a while!>

>>24826115

that would be cruel to the 'mind' already residing inside.

>>24826118

good question, unless he left him inside the docking station.

>>24825953
Interesting.

Maybe we should work on combining technopathy, telekinesis and manifestation. If we could reach the same level as Delta, it'd be pretty neat. Perfect for a specialisation, even. More fitting than photokinesis, anyway.

I mean, just imagine. Armatek goon walking along, suddenly ship grade cannons pointed in his/her face.

<"Who's been charging you? Alex has been away for a while!">
<I just took a nap because I missed him.> The dog said.

"The one drone I never finished." You say, unstrap yourself, and spring out of the chair, sending yourself sailing through the common room in zero-G. Devourer moved his loose tendrils out of the way, and you coasted right through into the cargo room. Making your way to your workbench, you pulled it open. Parts stuck to the magnetic platforms on the workbench's back wall, and you got to work with your omnitool.

Not long later, the small dogbot was yipping, walking up the magnetic wall with all four legs, head twisted back to look at you upsidedown. His tail wagged wildly, the force almost pulling him off of the wall.
<Can I show master? Can I can I?> He asked.

>>24826137
Yeah, >>24826110 think of the machine spirit you fool!

>>24826147
yup! Lets go show you off to Alex.

>>24826147
<Go forth, my creation. Show your master your new splendor.>

>>24826147
d'awww

>>24826147

<show him with all the affection you can muster!>

<Show him with all the affection you can muster!>
<Alright!> He said- and promptly struggled to get off of the magnetic plating. You pulled him off, and set him down- and he leapt into the cockpit, sailing the same way you did. You follow to find the dog clinging to Alex's shoulder, head down and tail wagging.
"You fixed him!" Alex said, and grinned, patting the dog's head. Ellie was snoring, asleep. You check the time, and it was almost five minutes from the station.

>>24826224
"I didn't fix him, I finished him! [however many] years overdue!"

>>24826224

"we'll be arriving soon, I'll have to carry Ellie to bed."

>>24826224
"Ellie get up you're docking us!"
Do the bonk-to-the-head that they always use on the cartoons from Nipponia

>>24826224
"It's been a hellish day. I'm not surprised she's so tired."

I'm really starting to become curious about how Heather's Technopathy works. It'd be interesting to find out if the affected machines were always self-aware on some level but unable to act on it or if she's essentially Awakening them from nothing but base functional instincts. What happens when Heather's no longer around?

>>24826310
The Machine Spirit Endures.

>>24826310
Well, the frigate is a good example, since if I'm understanding correctly it went out of its way to help Heather out and lock out the Armatek people who tried to use it against us, since it was so flattered that we thanked it.

>>24826310
She's projecting personality on them. It's intentional schizophrenia.

>>24826336
You missed the part where we awaken what's already there

>>24826310
The beast of metal endures longer than the flesh of men. Those that tend the beasts of metal must labour long to learn its ways, for a single beast must suffer the mastership of many men until ready to shed its recabulators. Those that seek apprenticeship must attended closely to the runes of mobilisation, the rites of maintenance, and the words-of-power that describe the parts of a beast. Nor must they neglect the tutelage of the Technopathus Primaris, nor the casting of the proper decabulators.

>>24826310

i think there has always been a sort of dormant 'mind' inside each machine and Heather provides the spark it needs to wake up.

some machines are an exception, like Anna's stuff and Delta's mani-tech.

nothing like an AI

"I didn't fix him, I finished him! Seven years overdue!"
"Hooray!" He said, and chuckled.
You turn to look at Ellie. "It's been a hellish day. I'm not surprised she's tired."
"I'm surprisingly pretty fine." He said. "Though... I did kind of get carried away today."

You suddenly get a flashback of that monster mauling the armatek goon, easily breaking his nose and knocking out his teeth with the monster's bare hands.

"... Y-yeah." You say, and pull out of bubble drive. Your ship shakes, and carefully, you ease it into dock. Ellie opens her eyes, and Alex sat up. The moment the three of you left the ship, you see Max standing there, along with a marine.
"You have that... devourer in there?" Max asked. "And Alex's parents?"

Armatek, well, murdered them. Bob thinks he can fix that. It looks like something out of an old fashioned alien horror show but I think if anyone can do it he can.

>>24826379
"One could say that."

>>24826379
"His current name is Skerghaul. Though he's thinking of changing it. He's tending to Alex's parents at the moment. Why do you ask?"
He ain't gonna do shit to our kid.

>>24826379
"Yeah, um, let me check if he's finished, I wouldn't want to mess things up if he isn't."

<Are you done, Skarghul?>

>>24826379
"That's right. It's probably best not to disturb them until they're done."

>>24826379
yup, call off the marines though and maybe get theta and a surgeon or two, he's been keeping Alex's parents under his care and may need help.

>>24826379
"I wouldn't go in there just yet. It's um, like a surgery. But made out of tentacles and bio-stuff."

>>24826398
Lets leave out the whole 'raising the dead' thing. We should keep that between us and Devy-kun. The implications are scary.

>>24826429
Theta did it before.

>>24826359
>Scientia Primaris
ftfy

>>24826379

"yes, they are inside, in the common rooms, he's helping Alex's parents right now, we shouldn't interrupt him."

"please ask the doctor to stay on standby for when he's finished with... whatever he's doing."

make sure he has a steady flow of heat from the ship.

>>24826441
Doesn't mean they like the idea that Skerghaul's capable of it.

>>24826429
Not really. Devourer can bring himself back from the dead, I hardly think applying it to others would be a shocking revelation.

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>>24826401
Yeah, he's clearly thinking of putting him into custody or on the table to get a better look at or something.

>>24826459
Max has seen what Skerghaul can do, if he'd come here to capture him, he'd need a whole lot more than two marines.

"That's right. It's probably best not to disturb them until they're done." You say. "It's um, like a surgery. But made out of tentacles and bio-stuff.
<It could take several days.> Bob said, speaking into your minds. <It is very delicate.>
"... I see." Max said, eying the ship. He sighed, and turned to you and Alex. "The corporal sent me a message about what went on. It's... worrying, and I'm not sure we can give you leave from the station anymore, until ArmaTek has been dealt with."

>>24826441
Lambda wasn't dead though. He was just missing a body. Damien got him into stasis quickly enough.

>>24826455
Doing something to oneself and doing it on others are two different things.

>>24826470
"I understand Max. It's for the best."

>>24826470
<Would the one with the ability to change our bodies, Theta, be of any use?>

>>24826470
"I guess that makes sense. Any idea how long that's going to be? I'd rather not spend the next few years shut up here..."

>>24826470
"That's wise. Does ArmaTek have a corporate planet, by the way?"

"They managed to get my exosuit design as well."

>>24826501
Theta really isn't going to want to work with Devourer.

He basically said he was anathema to everything he believed.

>>24826470
"What is UPA regulation on blowing up a star?"

>>24826470
<[Name of the autistic Manifestation kid] had made an upgraded version of my suit. While yes, he could have copied it somewhat by looking at my stream, it's still worrying.>
Better telepathy it to him, in case of security breaches nearby

>>24826470
"I appreciate where you're coming from. It seems like whenever I step outside I get ambushed. I certainly won't try to go on any more sightseeing trips, but... I'd like to help 'deal with' them."

>>24826514
I'd imagine the answer is: "Don't even fucking think about it."

Remember Max's reaction to our suggestion to throw an asteroid at the Void Queen's world.

>>24826470

"I understand."

"somehow ArmaTek got a hold of my Suit design, which is worrying because i don't even have it on blueprint."

>>24826470
Do you think Jilly would be willing to talk to Delta about what the UPA can offer him in exchange for no longer supplying Armatek with machines? He built them a exosuit that was very good. A grade above what the marines here have.

>>24826536
Nah, his reaction would be "Why the hell are you involving me you idiot?" It's still a dumb idea.

>>24826512
Fucks given is approaching infinity in their struggles to reach 0.

>>24826518
<Guys, please don't talk about the Exosuit from the planet to anyone.>

>>24826543
Tell about the exosuit with telepathy because security breaches are a serious fucking business

"I appreciate where you're coming from. It seems like whenever I step outside, I get ambushed. I certainly won't try to go on any more sightseeing trips, but... I'd like to help 'deal with' them."
"Most certainly not." Max said.
<Also, Delta had made an upgraded version of the suit. While yes, he could have copied it somewhat by looking at my stream, it's still worrying.>
<Copied your design?> Max asked. <Based on our data on Delta, he can detect things from lightyears away. It's entirely possible that he sensed your exosuit from a distance. With our telepaths, it's almost impossible that there's a security breach.>

>>24826627
<Can't we just blow up all of their stuff.>

>>24826646
>Heather in charge of not being edgy

>>24826627
Do you think Delta would be able to be bribed to stop working for Armatek? From what I've been told he doesn't paticularily care about them.

>>24826627
<Lightyears away? Man, I have some catching up to do.>

Since we're not allowed to leave until Armatek is dealt with, we might as well go ahead and train.

>>24826627

<Good point, but i thought I'd let you know, just in case.>

>>24826646

>and likely kill a large number of innocent workers.
>doesn't work like that.

>>24826627
Poor, misguided Max, he thinks an intergalactic government of nameless NPCs can defeat one of the big villains of the quest.

>>24826627
well then, I repeat >>24826509

>>24826669
Path of the Shura.
One for Ten.
Ten for Hundred.
Hundred for Thousand.
Thousand for Million.
Million for Billion.
Billion for Trillion.

>>24826627
Good point. Jilly is obviously the traitor, because if it was anyone else she'd have noticed them. She's seducing Alex because he's immune to her powers and every time he lets his shield down for her she builds up her mind control over him and soon she'll force him to disable all the psions on the station while Armatek comes in and cleans up.

>>24826763
Clearly.

>>24826763
Please stop. Even if it is possible that Exabyte has included a traitor, it's pretty out of character for Heather to start accusing her friends.

>>24826763
Somewhat improbable but highly possible.

<Good point, but I thought I'd let you know, just in case.>
<Thank you.> He said. <I'll investigate, just in case, though.>
<Do you think Delta would be able to be bribed to stop working for Armatek? From what I've been told, he doesn't particularly care about them.>
<I don't know what we could bribe him with.> Max said. <The other armatek clones say that he doesn't have anything he wants.>

"I guess that makes sense." You say. "Any idea how long that's going to be? I'd rather not spend the next few years shut up here..."
"Almost a week." Max said. "The meet is rushing things as quickly as they can, but an intergalactic government doesn't work well in a matter of days."
Alex stretched. "I'm starving. How long until dinner?"
"I think it's only a few minutes." Ellie said. "But I want to go say hi to Lin."

>>24826800
Someones got a crush.

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>>24826800
"Of course you do~"

>>24826800
"Yeah, ice cream is good, but it doesn't make to fill you up."

Let's move our Exosuit to the workshop.

>>24826800

"you go do that." with a grin

>>24826800
"Okay, have fun, meet you at dinner."

Then we should move our suit back to our workshop and head to dinner.

>>24826800

let's take our suit back to the workshop, use Technopathy to see if Omni and Anna are linking again, announce our presence if they are.

need to check our suit for damage.

I have a feeling that if we're not going to ArmaTek then they'll come to us. We should set up a network of surveillance drones that can notify us of any ships exiting bubble drive near the station.

>>24826800
"Next thing you know, Max, they'll be assaulting the station with a battleship."

>>24826882
The station has a whole bunch of weapons platforms around it for surveillance and defence already.

>>24826888
we definately should say this. I bet Delta can build one too.

>>24826899
Good point. In that case, we should tell the station surveillance to inform us every time a ship comes out of bubble drive.

>>24826888
"...Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if they did."
What kind of sensors do [military] ships mainly use to detect other ships, besides the Transponder?

we should say fuck it and secretely install a ship scale version of our ion gun. Call it a mining laser.

"Of course you do~..." You tell Ellie, and give her a grin. She giggled, and made her way out of the hangar. Alex followed her, hands in his pockets, as the dog yapped, sitting on the top of his drone.

"Next thing you know, Max, they'll be assaulting the station with a battleship."
"I know." He said. "There's something interesting that happens when you gather all of the smartest polymaths in UPA space, give them near infinite resources, and tell them there's an enemy coming. Something rather interesting."

There was a beat.

"But I'm just a dog, so I don't quite understand what it is."
Then he started to pad his way away.

Screeching out of a rift in the wall, lightning fizzling from her fur, Summer came skidding. "Hey!" She said, rolling to a stop. "Welcome back!" She said, getting to her paws again. "Come on, I can take you to dinner. It's almost effortless now!"

>>24826888
Assaulting this station would be, bar none, the dumbest thing they can do. It's got the highest concentration of ridiculously powerful individuals in the galaxy. They'd need an entire fleet.

>>24826963
I agree. A huge version, barely liftable via exosuit. Wouldn't class as a ship mounted weapon then.

>>24826970
"Make the portal first, I want to dive through it dramatically!"

>>24826970
Alright. As long as the doc says its alright first. I don't trust any of you anymore to take care of yourselves.

>>24826970
"Wowowow! You got your rift generator working!"

>>24826970

"feeling better?"

>>24826970
"Has the doc given the okay to pop through walls already?"
<Have you given Summer the okay to run through walls yet?>

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>>24827052
No, I don't.

>>24827068
http://xiaolinpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Golden_Tiger_Claws
Reverse image search got me this.

"Feeling better?"
"A lot!" Summer said.
"Has the doc given the okay to pop through walls already?"
"Yeah, she has." Summer said. "Both she *and* theta gave me the okay."
<Have you given Summer the okay to run through walls yet?>
<Yeah, all the damage has been repaired.> Kailynn responded. <It should be okay, but she has to wear a sensor from now on.>

"Alright, make the portal first. I want to dive through it dramatically!"
"Alright!" Summer said.

You reach out to the exosuit, and order it to make its way to the workshop. It came out of the cargo bay to march, and a long, golden line opened up in the wall, cracks growing and swelling until there was a hole in the wall. there was a long, long hallway, and the other end had similarly glistening cracks.
"Just dive in!" She said.

You took a step back... and dove into the rift.

There was no gravity in there. None at all.
However, as you flew... you realized that you were speeding up.
Friction was reversed. your clothes started shaking wildly, and static energy started building within you. You tore out of the other end, skidding across the floor, slowing yourself with TK.

Dust came up behind you, and there you were standing on the table, your boots having scraped scorch marks on the table behind you.

And there you stood, hands on your hips, as Sarvesh and Damien stared- Damien even looked surprised.

And suddenly a tiger landed on you, bowling you over and laying on you.

>>24827141
"WOOSH."

>>24827141

quick, are our clothes intact?

"aww, Summer you're cramping my style!"

>>24827141
"That was perfect!"

>>24827141
"Summer, you ruined my dramatic pose!"

>>24827141

"Dynamic entry!"

"Summer, you ruined my dramatic pose!" You say.
Summer just giggled, and climbed off of you.
"That was perfect!" you say, and examine your clothes- they were perfectly intact, though a little singed.
"I didn't even see that." Damien said. "Weird. It wasn't even a blurry crossroads or anything."
He chuckled, and shrugged. For a very slight moment, you felt... something strange. As if there was another place layered on this one, a very, very thin veil, just a slight border between the two...
Sarvesh shivered.
"... I'll just go ahead and make something for you two." Sarvesh said. "What would you like?"
"Meat!" Summer said. "Something with a lot of meat."
"And Heather?" He asked, turning to you.

>>24827266
"Chef's special."

>>24827266
"Surprise me!"

>>24827266
<Did you feel that, Sarvesh? ...What was the other place?>

>>24827266
I guess Alex's parents came back.

>>24827266

"Sarvesh, do you feel that?"

try to perceive this veil.

<Did you feel that, Sarvesh?> You ask, and he nodded a fraction. <...What was the other place?>
He looked... very pointedly at the giggling, exuberant Summer.
"... Surprise me!"
"Alright." Sarvesh said, and grabbed a large bag of macaroni noodles.
You close your eyes, and focus...

>Roll for transdimensional perception!

Rolled 16

>>24827400

Rolled 83

>>24827400

Rolled 21

>>24827400

Rolled 10

>>24827400

Rolled 38

>>24827400

and low rolls were had by all!

except for this guy >>24827419 who is pretty rad.

Rolled 50

>>24827400

Rolled 58

>>24827400
I hope i'm not too late to roll

Rolled 16

>>24827412
>>24827419
>>24827420
>>24827424
>>24827433
>>24827463
Well damn, at least we got an 83 though a Nat100 would always be nice.

>>24827472
Just by 33 seconds I'm afraid.

... and you can't feel anything. You can't even feel the veil, though swear you hear the words '-years, we have fought-'. You shake it off, and sigh, sitting back. Damien sits forward. "By the way, I finished a new painting. This one of Robin. She really liked it."
"Ooh, can I see?" Summer asked.
"Sure." Damien said.

And then he showed off. He flicked his wrists, and you saw the painting- it was a painting of Robin hugging an enormous, truly enormous black teddy bear. This painting didn't have any colors at all- just black and white.
"Woah! How can I see this?" Summer asked. "Are you doing that?"
"Extravoyance! Or something. I need a better name for it. I'll need to do this to everyone to get the invisibility down, but I can do it to two people at once."

>>24827530
"Your paintings never fail to impress."

>>24827530
>can't see shit with 83
Well, damn.
That's some fucked up shit that Summer's doing.

>>24827530
So how do people feel about Heather taking another go at transdimensional perception when we're in the iso chamber?

I'm all curious now.

>>24827530
>"Extravoyance!
projection, keep it simple.

>>24827530

"instead of bending light, you'll just remove yourself from what they are seeing? clever, not nearly as burny as mine!"

>>24827570

i think he used the average of the first 3 rolls.

>>24827589
I like it, projection.

>>24827579
I'd rather we practised photokinesis for now.

Or maybe technokinesis, like what Delta does.

I think what he's doing is literally making us see things that aren't there.

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>>24827530
>Summer's literally beginning to break down and starting to leak her Reality to Shared Reality
>mfw

>>24827632
Technokinesis sounds like a fitting specialisation. Especially given that we were fantastically mediocre at photokinesis last time we tried it.

I wonder if we could internalize those drives that transfer powers... might be a good idea to do it on the fly.

>>24827654
that was the dice's fault.

>>24827632
But if we pierced the veil to this other dimension, then we could meet horrifying, unimaginable beings from beyond time and space, and Heather could befriend the shit out of them.

>>24827669
We already did that when we made Devourer.

>>24827530

>time for sleep
>which means everything will probably go to shit in the next few posts...
>g-goodnight i guess.

we probably should talk to Robin about if she does have pictures of us in the shower.

groping is one thing, taking pictures of someone in the shower is downright creepy.

>>24827686
Exactly, so we've got experience now.

>>24827686
But he's not squiggly

>>24827691
She already denied it fervently.

>>24827709
He can be anything you want, baby.

>>24827691
Lets just avoid that entirely and check with Technopathy. She already said no. She's probably worried about ruining our friendship or something.

>>24827691
>we probably should talk to Robin about if she does have pictures of us in the shower.
talk to her phone, we're more likely to get a strat answer that way

>>24827668
Regardless, continual failure doesn't increase our skill level, and we don't know if it didn't actually reduce our overall skill level.

I just think copying what Delta does would be much more fitting, and we are already really good at two of the major skills which combine to make it up, technopathy and telekinesis. Just need to work on manifestation a bit.

"Keep it simple." You say. "Projection."
"... I can't believe I didn't think of that." He said. "Projection works."
"So instead of bending light, you'll just remove yourself from what they're seeing?"
"Well, that's closer to what I'm used to." He said. "Jason said that from all evidence, we're best at things that are closest to our specializations. So like, Jilly would be better at technopathy, Sarvesh would be good at like... Well... um. I don't know. Being able to see into other dimensions or something."
"Something like that, I guess." Sarvesh said. He seemed thoughtful.
"Ooh, that's interesting. Sarvesh, can you see into my little world?" Summer asked.
"I can feel it. It's very... there."

>>24827751
Yeah, I could see it working, but I don't think we should give up on Photokinesis.

>>24827773
same

>>24827755
"It felt... strange."
I guess we needed 90+ to see it.

>>24827755
"Cool."

>>24827751
So we could literally make an entire platoon of pilotless Exosuits as ground troops?
Heatherarmy is go.

>>24827751
I'm cool with that. Not to mention that once we master that, we might get a better idea of how to technopathy Delta's creations.

>>24827806
Exactly. Etch the blueprints into reality, manifest all of the guns, and then fire away.

Unlimited Dakka Works.

>>24827843
>Unlimited Dakka Works

You know, I wasn't feeling it before, but now I'm sold on the idea.

>>24827843
Can we give them the personality of Orange-kun? [spoiier]YES, YOUR MAJESTY.

>>24827843
Actually if you can only manifest items that you understand intimately, shouldn't we be able to manifest shit tons of our ion lasers? We invented the thing after all, how much more knowledgeable could we be?

>>24827843
we suck at manifestation, and are good at TK. stick to the Photokinesis we still need to try and win the bet

>>24827900
We're just as good at manifestation as we are at photokinesis: Mediocre.

I'd rather go with Dakka Heather

>>24827900
We manifested a recabulator, a theoretical device that doesn't exist.

I'd say Heather's pretty damned good at manifestation.

"It felt... strange." You say.
"You could feel it too?"
"For a little bit."

Damien frowned, and soon enough, Sarvesh came out again, with tuna, cheese, and macoroni for you, a slab of cloned steak for Summer, a bowl of goop for damien, and some centaur cuisine biscuits for himself.
"Here you go." He said, giving everyone their food. He sat down, and started to eat. Anna came in, alone, and gave you a wave, sitting down at the table with the rest of you, unwrapping her rations.
"Hey." She said. "How was your trip?"

>>24827900
Do note, if we learn photokinesis, we could possibly recharge from light.

>>24827950
"It was *SHIT*."

"ArmaTek fucked it up again."

>>24827950
"Got attacked by Armatek, killed somebody by shooting a hole through their exosuit and setting off a nuclear explosion."

>>24827950
"The usual. Nice until the bit where Armatek attacked us."

>>24827950
Exciting. Not in a good way either. Though I did try out the new Demiurge DLC. I now own the ion laser in it.

How has your day been?

>>24827900
Grumble "ArmaTek" continue eating

>>24827933
>photokinesis
off shoot of TK something we're skilled at
>>24827936
fair enough, but how do you propose to win the invisibility bet with manifestation?

>>24827933
We're actually better at manifestation.

>>24827950
"The first bit was good, then Armatek had to come ruin another day out."

>>24827936
>We manifested a recabulator, a theoretical device that doesn't exist.
it was also a completely useless size

>>24827950
"Armatek attack, blasted an Exosuit with my Ion Cannon. How about you?"

>>24827950
"Good, until Armatek pulled another dick move."

>>24828035
Doesn't mean we can't manifest one in a useful size.

>>24828035
Still.

It means that we're pretty good at manifestation after all, and thus technokinesis is a very valid avenue for our specialisation.

"It was *shit*." You say, and clench your teeth. "The first bit was good, then Armatek had to come ruin another day out. Blasted an exosuit with my ion cannon. How about you?"
"Uh, dad said I can have rations again, the doc was pouting at me as usual." Anna said. "And talked to my therapist. That was about it."
"How did that go?" Sarvesh asked.
"It went fine." She said. "Oh! And I got a friend to get that grenade launcher for you. I wasn't sure what ammunition types you wanted, so I ordered a little bit of everything."

>>24828115
"Oh excellent! Thank you! How much do I owe you?"

>>24828071
manifestation is still our worst skill with Tk being our best then telepathy in second. also we can't manifest our selves invisible

>>24828115
"Yesssssss! But why would you want Rations when there's bacon?"

>>24828115
"Do you have a list of the ammo types? I need to take them apart and see if I can manifest the super-explosive ones."

>>24828139
Invisibility is overrated.

Heather is anything but subtle.

>>24828115
"Yay, thanks Anna, after my last trip I feel like I need it."

>>24828157
Let's save high explosives for when we're very very confident that we've mastered manifestation, please.

"Oh excellent! Thank you! How much do I owe you?"
"Six thousand for the launcher itself, and another three thousand for the various ammunition." She said. <And... there might be a problem with the licensing. Like... well, you're a minor. And this is explosive weaponry. We might need to smuggle it in, if at all. Or license it in my name, since I'm still technically blackreach... Or something.>

>>24828173
it was a bet with Damien, and quitting would be out of character.

>>24828207
"Alright, I'll transfer the funds to your account." <Just smuggle it in, I mean what're they gonna do? Take me to court?>

>>24828207
<A minor only for a month now! We're got three teleporters on board now, it's not like smuggling is an issue.>

>>24828173
>Heather is anything but subtle.
be we are stubborn and hate to lose. Invisibility is just for the bet with Damien, but if that's all you can think of with control of light then there's a problem.

>>24828207
I'll be old and responsible in a month or so, so you can just hold it until then, right?

<I'll be old and responsible in three months, so you can just hold it until then, right?>
<I could, yeah.> Anna said. <But I'll bring it to the station regardless, just in case.
"Alright, I'll transfer the funds to your account." You say.
"'Kay." She said, and you brought up Einstein to do it.
"So I'm going to try something after this." Summer said. "I wanna see if I can bring slivers of my world into this one. Will it work, Damien?"
Damien shrugged. "I can't see much. I'm kind of wiped out right now. Sorry. I can see that whatever happens, you won't end up in medbay, or dead."
"That's good to hear." Summer said.

>>24828395
"Been practicing your stuff, Damien?"

"I'm horribly behind. Seems like I get tired after only thirty minutes of training."

>>24828395
Will your world be fluffy?
If it is I'm in serious danger of falling asleep in it.

>>24828415
>"I'm horribly behind. Seems like I get tired after only thirty minutes of training."
IN me defense I was bending all the wavelengths instead of doing the smart thing and only trying the visible ones

>>24828451
We should keep training on bending everything.

"Been practicing your stuff, Damien?"
"Yeah." He said. "Exhausting to do anything but my precog."
"I'm horribly behind." You say. "Seems like I get tired after only thirty minutes of training. In my defense, I was bending all the wavelengths instead of doing the smart thing and only trying the visible ones."
"So you're going from a physical perspective?" Damien asked. "I was planning on a mental one. Make people think they don't see you, and they won't."

>>24828573
"Ideally if I do mine right, nothing will be capable of seeing me in the first place."

>>24828573
"Yeah. It has more applications that way as well. I can expand it to fit round items if I need to."

>>24828563
Well given that we're still at the "random roll for success" stage, we should try the hardest thing we can. There's no reason not to.

>>24828573
But what if someone's looking at security cameras?

>>24828573
"Yeah, but they could always see you on the recordings, no? Like when Alex uses NEO, he looks normal when looking at the recordings."

>>24828563
Nah, just get the visible wavelength diversion.

Then we can work on technokinesis.

>>24828573
"Mine should work on cameras. And Alex."

>>24828573
Hey, I have an idea for a third way to do it. We use a combination of the Devourer and Summer's tricks: Demanifest our body, but keep our mind self propagating, then when we want to reappear, remanifest ourselves.

>>24828645
But that's
Basically useless.
Infrared, heat, ultraviolet etc. can see us.
And we could protect ourselves from more Gamma Rays if we accidentally Annihilate something again.

>>24828673
Way above our braingrade at the moment.

>>24828673
Isn't that sort of what Robin does?

>>24828673
That's not invisibility. That's being a ghost.

>>24828673
That has the potential to go horribly, fatally wrong.

>>24828721
>>24828713
So... the best idea ever?

>>24828695
Pish.
We won't know until we try.

>>24828682
>accidentally Annihilate
you mean when we purposely Annihilate the void Queen

>>24828742
Same difference

>>24828741
Let's not.

I think not annihilating ourself would be a good idea.

Bending light is much easier.

"Yeah. It has more applications that way as well. I can expand it to fit around items, if I need to." You say. "And mine should work on cameras. And Alex."
"... Yours would work on Alex, won't it?" He asked, and sighed. "Didn't even think about that."

Sigma came in, and Anna tossed her a ration block. The girl caught it, and took a seat.
"Hey." She said, with a wave, and she started to eat. "Any of you see Robin somewhere near? I want her to take me to Haegost's moon."

>>24828741
I'd rather not give Exa his few months between quests this soon

>>24828737
No, no. It's fatal when it goes RIGHT.

>>24828773
"Hi Sigma. Hold on, I'll message her."

<Robin, you around? Sigma wants to talk to you.>

>>24828773
Yo, Sigma! Long time no see.
I'm afraid there might be a problem... Max has cancelled trips off the station.
We got attacked by Armatec again.

Hey, has anyone seen Isaac recently? I haven't even heard a whisper of him.

>>24828773
"We're not allowed to leave the station until they deal with Armatek apparently. Not that they can stop Robin."

>>24828773
We're kinda confined to station until Armatek shuts down. I just had my second failed kidnapping attack happen. They were using Delta's manifestations so your machine control wouldn't be as effective.

I should warn Robin too. I'd hate for her to get captured.

>>24828773
"Well Ellie pointed out to me recently that I'm always subconsciously finding people no matter where they actually are, so I'll take you to find her.
Although I should mention that after Armatek just attacked me, Alex, and Ellie, we're not actually allowed to leave the station until they're finished dealing with them.
Not like they could really stop us, but it probably IS a good idea to lay low unless you really need something. They tried to ortillery me today."

>>24828875
>Ellie pointed out to me recently that I'm always subconsciously finding people no matter where they actually are, so I'll take you to find her
I actually really want to test this. Can we just go and find Robin?

"We're not allowed to leave the station until Armatek shuts down." you say. "I just had my second failed kidnapping attack happen."

Sigma was quiet.
"... Any chance you could make me a... ship or something? Something small?" She asked. "Because then I want to help shut them down."

"It's not like they could stop me." Robin said, appearing in a cloud of smoke. "From teleporting around. I've been practicing. My reaction time is so high, I think I could teleport away between the time someone shoots at me, and before the bullet hits me."

>>24828914
"Sigma, I can make you a ship but I don't think that's a good idea. Lets just... let the government do its thing. If they do so in an unsatisfactory manner then we can go vigilante."

>>24828914
"...We could test that, with a BB gun."

>>24828914

"Man, everybody's getting awesome and leaving me behind! I need to ratchet this shit up."

I still say we need to figure out how to make dark particles with manifestation. That 100 on the roll should make it a little easier. Maybe ask Summer to assist.

>>24828914
Point our finger at her <BANG!>

>>24828914
>"... Any chance you could make me a... ship or something? Something small?" She asked. "Because then I want to help shut them down."

"I already asked Max if I could help, but apparently the UPA doesn't want us involved."

>>24828914
"They could just ask Lin to kick you if you try to leave."
"We're not allowed to help shut them down, either. I asked."

>>24828945
For clarity, that's meant to be shouted.

>>24828943
Or technokinesis.

>>24828945
Push her with TK when we do this, so we can judge if she dodges the 'bullet' successfully

>>24828943
Summer? Why not Omni or Devy. Or both.

Rolled 68

>>24828984
Yes! TK airblast her!

"We're not allowed to help shut them down, either. I asked. Let's just... let the government do its thing. If they do so in an unsatisfactory manner then we can go vigilante." You say.
"Alright, alright." Sigma said. "We can wait. I guess."

Then you meet Robin's eyes, and raise your finger. <BA->
There was a poof, and suddenly you were sitting on a world somewhere, in a restaraunt. You knocked a glass off of a counter across the room, and it fell to the ground and shattered.
<-NG> You continue, to find Robin holding your shoulder from behind.
"Too slow!" She said, and grinned.

>>24829007
"Blast!"
Have a look around.
"What's the occasion?"

>>24829007
"Curses, foiled again by the galaxy's fastest pervert."

>>24829007

"Good lord, Robin, that's amazing!"

that is fast.

also oops.

>>24829007
"Good job!"

hug her.

>>24829007
"Not bad!

I really need to practise. Everyone else is racing ahead."

>>24829007
"Use your powers for good."

>>24829007
Pay for the glass, then coyly ask Robin if this is her way of asking us on a date.

>>24829007
Keep going <Bang!> until we're in a coffee shop, then order coffee.

>>24829070
Yes!

Rolled 48

>>24829060
>Saying need practice
>Not making a practice roll
Manifest a Recabulator of the Two inch variety.

Rolled 98

>>24829093
sure, one Fail coming up

>>24829070
Let's not. We're still waiting on the Anna situation.

>>24829113
We're waiting for Anna to sort herself out before we do anything more with her. We're not "waiting for Anna". That would be terrible.

Rolled 4

>>24829007
we need more practice so photokensis a laser pointer to practice control