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>>25333474
A. We need to help Steel-Arrow first. We don't want him downed in enemy territory.

>>25333474
B

oh yeah, predator quest!

>>25333686
>>25333713
One more vote for a tiebreaker.

>>25333474
B

Steel-Arrow is an experienced pilot, he'll be fine. I'd rather not tangle with whatever is in those drop ships though.

>>25333760
But... two fighters on his TAIL.

B won... If this means Steel-Arrow's death I will do things.

>>25333777
>>B. win!

Roll!

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>>25333865
I'm afraid of what my roll will do.

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>>25333888
>>B. Go after the dropships before they release whatever it is they're carrying. (Pass, DC:11)

You ignore the fighters and dive straight for the dropships. You shred two of them before they reach the ground. The remaining two attempt to pull up, but you have them square in your sights. Your gatling-cannon roars briefly, and the third goes down in flames. The fourth and last dropship, in an act of desperation, opens its cargo bay. Two exo-suits tumble out and smash in the surface below.

You look up. Steel-Arrow has destroyed one of his pursuers. There are only four left, but more are on the way, and you can't afford to tangle with endless reinforcements. You glance at your long range sensors. You detect LIDAR beams going active in a 1200 km circle all around you. Weyland is activating their SAM sites.

Do you:

A. Tell Burning-Scythe to take off and hug the ground, avoiding the AA.
B. Tell Burning-Scythe to take off and go into a vertical climb.
C. Tell Burning-Scythe to stay put for now.

>>25334043
>B. Tell Burning-Scythe to take off and go into a vertical climb.
and be quick about it, its time to leave.

>>25334043
A. Time to go.

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>>25334043
B

>>25334119
Shit, meant B. Not A. Sorry about that.

>>25334043
Can we shoot the Fusion mission down as we B) and pull vertical and away?

>>25334043
>B. Tell Burning-Scythe to take off and go into a vertical climb.

>>25334140
if someone seconds.

>>25334140
I second this.

>>25334140
Naaah, too obvious. We should save that fusion missile for something else. Plus might anger our superiors by such an overt use of advanced weaponry.

>>25334140
Ooh, i like that plan. I vote for NUCLEAR FIRE

>>25334140
wait, why do we want to nuke the site

>>25334245
It's a combat situation, not a hunt, and we are rescuing one of our own.
They'll accept we needed that nuke to succeed in our mission.

>>25334245
I'm with this guy. It seems like a waste of a nuke.

>>25334288
Because other servers might have information they got from Ashen's computer or ship, or data on his gear and what not?

Also, did wet get Ashen's gear?

>>25334140
>>25334227
Thirding it.

>>25334305
But... we don't need to use the nuke to succeed. We're pretty much home clear at this point.

>>25334357
Not really... Sam sites and general nastiness. Plus destroying the base would be good.

>>25334086
>.B. Tell Burning-Scythe to take off and go into a vertical climb.

"Go!" You tell Burning-Scythe. "Now's our chance. Climb hard, climb fast. We'll take out anything that gets behind you."

He acknowledges, and you see his ship decloak and lift off. Steel Arrow banks to follow, and takes down two enemy fighters as he goes.

You wait until the two of them are clear, and swing your craft around. You select your fission torpedo, and depress the trigger.

The warhead streaks through the air and slams right into the top of the facility. You twist your ship around and gun the throttle. A brilliant white flash hits your visors, forcing them to close momentarily.

The island cracks audibly and quakes the air around you. You watch as it crumbles from within by the force of the explosion. Whatever force holding it aloft seems to die as large chunks of the floating island begin to peel and fall.

"Good bloody riddance," you hear Mickey mutter.

"That got their attention!" Steel-Arrow yells.

You glance at your sensors. Four destroyers are beginning to shift their position in orbit, possibly heading towards you. Then, there's the matter of the high atmospheric mine field.

Do you:

A. Have Burning-Scythe wait while you and Steel-Arrow clear a path through the mine field. (DC: Medium)
B. Try cloaking your way through it, as you did coming in. (DC: Hard)
C. Have you and Steel-Arrow take the vanguard and shield with your point defences while Burning-Scythe follows close behind. (DC: Medium-hard)

>>25334418
C. Having them wait wastes valuable time. This is the safest way.

>>25334418
See motherfuckers? This is why we shouldn't have fission bombed them.
>>25334418
>C. Have you and Steel-Arrow take the vanguard and shield with your point defences while Burning-Scythe follows close behind. (DC: Medium-hard)

>>25334418
C

If they weren't pissed before, they sure as shit are now. We don't have time to be careful, or we'll have to fight through their entire damn fleet once we hit orbit.

>>25334418
C.

>>25334502
>If they weren't pissed before, they sure as shit are now. We don't have time to be careful, or we'll have to fight through their entire damn fleet once we hit orbit.
>>>
> Anonymous 06/09/13(Sun)01:56 No.25334502
>>>25334418 (You)
>C.
C wins, it looks like.

Roll!

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>>25334542
?

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>>25334542
COME OOON DICE GODS! I didn't mean those mean things I said!

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>>25334542
SHIP PLZ

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>>25334542

>>25334577
Unfortunately, the DC was 14, so we fail. Write-up inc.

Man, during the last few threads the dice gods have been unhappy with us.

C. Have you and Steel-Arrow take the vanguard and shield with your point defences while Burning-Scythe follows close behind. (Fail, vs. DC 14.)

You bring your ship into formation with Steel-Arrow's. "Get behind us, and keep that ship steady!" You tell Burning-Scythe.

"As best I can," he tells you.

"Ready?" You ask Steel-Arrow, as you maximize your throttle.

"Let's plow the way," he answers.

The pair of you scream through the atmosphere at an almost vertical climb. You gain speed as the air pressure around you drops. The first layer of mines hover into view.

Your point defence turrets flare and engage. Plasma bolts slice through the incoming mines. As you climb, you realize the mine field is denser than you expected.

Suddenly, you see an explosion flash on your left. And a second.

"I'm hit!" Steel-Arrow roars. You can hear the audible warning of alarm sounding though his cockpit.

A mine slams into your right side and detonates. Your entire craft shakes, but otherwise holds together.

You see a third explosion impact Steel-Arrow's ship.

The comms become interlaced by static. "My engine... shredded. Don't think... make it."

Do you:

A. Tell him to drop back towards the surface. You'll come back for him.
B. Move your craft in front of his to shield him, and continue to ascend. (DC: Hard)

>>25334812
B. Straight up Battlestar Galactica.

>>25334812
B. We can do this guys. We can do this.

No men left behind.

>>25334812
>B. Move your craft in front of his to shield him, and continue to ascend. (DC: Hard)

>>25334909
>>B. Move your craft in front of his to shield him, and continue to ascend. (DC: Hard)

B wins.

Roll!

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>>25334940
This is how the world ends.

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>>25334940
FOX, USE THE BOOST TO SLIP THROUGH!

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>>25334969
YESSSSS

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>>25334969
Ah. Critical success. Write-up inc.

>>25334969
you are my hero.

>>25334969
First crit success in, what, five threads?

>>25335098
I guess we get it done when we really need it

>>25335022
>>B. Move your craft in front of his to shield him, and continue to ascend. (Critical Success)

You grit your jaw. "Keep her steady!" You shout. You give every bit of power you can to your engines and bank left to position yourself in front of Steel-Arrow.

Your point defenses strain as it now needs to track mines from both sides, but it holds.

You ascend steadily through the exploding metallic rain. Two more mines slam into your ship. Ablative armor peels and burns away with each hit.

What seems to be an eternity later, you burst through the mine field and sail into the calm space beyond.

"What's the damage?"

"My left engine's gone. Reactor's bleeding plasma, but otherwise fine."

"Foldspace engine?"

"At the rate we're bleeding plasma, I'm not sure. Will give it a shot."

You say to Burning-Scythe. "Ashen-Blade?"

"Pod is steady. Still working. It doesn't look good. Even if it extracts the infestation, there may be permanent damage. Three-Claw, we need to get him home, but at this rate, I don't think he'll make the six days journey."

In the distance you see the human destroyers close in.

"Fold," you order. You power up the foldspace drive and engage. The three of you are on the way home.

Do you:

A. Ask Burning-Scythe about Ashen-Blade's status.
B. Ask Steel-Arrow about the damages to his ship.

>>25335328
B. then A.

>>25335328
>B. Ask Steel-Arrow about the damages to his ship.
A can wait for now.

>>25335328
why not both?

>>25335358
This is not entirely true. Excessive ship damages could mean the life of steel-arrow. He deserves a warrior's death, not a ship failure.

>>25335328
B.

>>25335380
Yea your probably right. Changing to B.

>>25335373
Dramatic Priorities.

Real reason? Choice Padding. To break up the quest and give me time to write. I try not to do it too much.

>>A and B

"How's your ship holding up?" You ask Steel-Arrow.

"It's holding. Foldspace is draining power fast, but it's steady. Would like to set down somewhere and get some repairs going."

You acknowledge, and check in with Burning-Scythe.

"What do you need?" You ask Burning-Scythe.

"A full medical facility, and a skilled surgeon. But it's not likely he'll make it. The pod can only do so much. We need a surgeon to operate on him. I can put him in cryo, but considering the stage of the infestation, I think it may do more harm than good."

"You have experience treating wounds on a warship. Can you operate on him?"

"I'm not qualified. But I can try."

"We're out of options."

"There is one... I can forcibly lase the infestation out, but it's latched onto a good section of his central nervous system. He'll be paralysed, if I succeed."

Mickey turns to you, and shows you a data slate. It's a galactic map. He zooms in on a section of space near you. "Station. Marines. My people. Big medical facility. Experience. Xenomorph. Can help. Friends. Mine."

You punch the coordinates into your nav calculator. It's half a day of travel.

You take a moment to think about your options.

Do you:

A. Ask Burning-Scythe to put him in cryo.
B. Ask Burning-Scythe to try his best to operate on him. (DC: Very Hard)
C. Make the call and have Burning-Scythe lase out the infestation.
D. Change your course and head for the human station.

>>25335485
>D. Change your course and head for the human station.

Do it.

>>25335485
D for sure.

>>25335485
D

Seems like the only option with a reasonable chance of success.

>>25335485
D. It's our only real chance.

>>25335485
D

>>25335485
D

>>25335533
You come to a decision.

"Divert course here," you tell your teammates, as you pass them Mickey's coordinates.

You emerge from foldspace 10 hours later over a small planet. Your sensors tell you it's a human colony, with a population of a few hundred thousand. Three destroyer-sized warships hang in orbit. They have "USMC" marked on the side.

Mickey turns to you. "Hail. I speak."

You open up a comms beam with the lead destroyer.

You hear a gruff human voice respond. "What the hell. This had better not be a joke. Who is this?"

"Captain Flanner, it's Mickey Rourke."

"Well I'll be. The hero who saved my colony. It's been a long time Sarge. We'd all be dead if it weren't for you. That's a funny looking ship you've got there."

"Not mine, Cap. But these are friendlies. One of them needs medical attention."

He hesitates for a moment. "I'll need some ID on your ships. I can't match their signatures to any in the database."

"Right. And you won't be able to. Remember on my report in the defence of the colony?Remember the extraterrestrial ally who helped me hold the xenos off?"

"That's them?"

"Yeah. And one of them is hurt. Bad. We owe him, Cap."

"Yeah, suppose we do. Shit. Don't suppose I can get you guys to power down your weapons."

Mickey looks at you.

Do you:

A. Agree to divert reactor power away from your weapons systems and retract your plasma turrets.
B. Disagree, and maintain your weapons power.

>>25335715
A.

>>25335715
>A
Though we won't relinquish weapons when we go down. These are the marks of a hunter, and we'll need them if the surgery goes bad.
Imagine the looks on their face when two squads of Yautja Hunters walk in.

>>25335715
A.

Keeping our personal weapons though. (plasma casters, combo sticks, etc)

>>25335715
>Mickey Rourke
Oh you dog you.
>A. Agree to divert reactor power away from your weapons systems and retract your plasma turrets.

>>25335715
A

But we keep our personal weapons. Its a cultural thing.

>>25335741
>>A.

You divert reactor power away from your weapons systems and retract your plasma turrets, and ask your teammates to do the same.

"Right. Thanks. Set'em down at the space port. I'll have a medical team waiting."

Mickey directs you to a landing zone on the surface, next to what looks to be a large military garrison.

You adjust your course and begin to make the descent.

You touch your ships down on top of the pad, and lower the ramp.

You exit, to see a large number of human soldiers pointing a variety of weapons at you.

A short distance away, you see Seeking-Eye's targeting beam power up in response.

Their leader steps forward. "Right. Put your weapons on the ground. We'll treat your wounded, but we can't take any risks of you shooting our colonists up," he tells you.

Do you:

A. Agree, and place your weapons on the ground.
B. Stay still and do nothing.

>>25335858
>B
Do nothing.
Honestly, we'll retract our ship guns. But if they want a Hunter's weapons, they better damn well be ready to kill us for them.

>>25335858
C. speak some ooman, we've heard enough, its only a matter of making the sounds now

"He dies, everyone dies."

>>25335858
>B. Stay still and do nothing.
Tell Mickey to tell them we have no intentions of harming their colonist, but walking into an unknown facility full of armed guards simply doesn't sit right with us.

>>25335858
B.

>>25335858
Too far. Target Mickey. Make it clear he dies if anything goes wrong with our friend. This is a trap, and that 'hero' has led us in to it.

>>25335858
B

Its not going to happen.

>>25335858
>B

I don't think the fact that they're all dead if they cross us, regardless if we are armed or not, has crossed their minds.
Have Mickey explain

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>>25335858
mfw they doubt our honor.

>>25335858
B can't do it its as hunters its our personal weapons.

>>25335858
>B. Stay still and request that Mickey explain why that request is dumb

>>25335881
>>B. Stay still and do nothing.

You remain still. You have no intentions of putting your weapons down.

Mickey step forward in front of you.

"Colonel, look, that's not gonna go well with these guys. It's a... okay, it's a cultural thing. They don't put down their weapons, and they don't shoot anyone who doesn't shoot back. If you read my report, and I'm sure you have, these guys are really into the whole honor codes. Now I'm gonna ask them to promise, on their honor, to not kill any colonists. Look Colonel, I've just seen these guys nuke a whole island into rubble. If they wanted you dead, you'd be dead."

He turns to you. "Promise me you won't harm any colonists or shoot first," he asks you.

Do you:

A. Agree.
B. Disagree.

>>25335979
>A. Agree.

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>>25335964
>mfw, they doubt our honor.

>>25335979
>A
Agree.
We're not here to hunt, we're here to get that blasted xenomorph parasite out of our friend.

>>25335979
A. But make it damn clear, that if they harm us, or Ashen-Blade, everyone single one of them will die

>>25335979
Agree. Very reasonable contract.

>>25335979
A

>>25335979
A

Of course. If they help us in good faith then we will get along just fine.

>>25335979
>A. Agree.

>>25335979
B

There's a massive fucking loophole involving our friend that's asking for treatment.

>>25335979
As long as they promise the same. Yes.

>>25335979
Just to point out, remember to leave a Hunter on each of the ships, and warn them against playing with them, or trying to put trackers or something stupid on them.

>>25336076
Yes this is important.

>>25336076
Yeah totally also we gonna need to make sure a hunter keeps an eye on the medical operation just in case.

>>25335999
>>A. Agree.

"I agree. But they must also hold their bargain."

"They will," Mickey tells you. He turns to the Colonel. "They agree. Look, one of these guys helped defend this colony. Come on."

The Colonel squints his eyes, and waves his hand. " At ease, men. We're marines. We pay our debts. Doc, do your thing." The marines hesitantly lower their weapons.

A few men step aside to make way for a dozen or so humans dressed in white. The female, dragging a gurney, leads them. "Who's hurt?" she asks Mickey.

Burning-Scythe exits the ship, bringing Ashen-Blade's surgical pod out with him. He presses a few switches, and the cover slides open.

The female human rushes up and examines Ashen-Blade. "Advanced stage of xenomorph infestation. Stabilized, but not excised." She turns to her team. "Go. Set up the bio lab. Get Doctor Hartmann." She points to Burning-Scythe. "You! carry that pod and follow me."

Burning-Scythe glances at you, and follow.

The doctor turns to Mickey.

"I've read about his species. I'm reasonably certain I can help him, but the infestation has had too much time to latch onto him. I can't promise a full recovery."

Do you:

A. Tell her to try her best, and that you know it's not easy.
B. Threaten her to give him a full recovery or you'll flatten this garrison.

>>25336151
A

I mean that's about as good as we can do.

>>25336151
A. You can't intimidate a medical operation into success.

>>25336151
>A. Tell her to try her best, and that you know it's not easy.

>>25336151
A.

She won't work at her best when she thinks that everyones lives depend on her

>>25336151
A

No need to antagonize the puny hoomies.

>>25336151
>A. Tell her to try her best, and that you know it's not easy.

>>25336151
A and say if he fully recovers some of us yautja we be indebted.

>>25336151
A, and ask what help you can give. Blood transfusions, anatomical advice, etc.

>>25336165
>>A. Tell her to try her best, and that you know it's not easy.

You tell Mickey to ask her to try her best. The doctor nods, and hurries after Burning-Scythe, who's carrying the pod into the garrison.

Do you:

A. Follow them.
B. Stay where you are.

>>25336212
>B. Stay where you are.
No need to get in the way and best to stay with our ships.

>>25336212
A. maybe we can help if the doc needs to know stuff about Yautja anatomy, but leave some guys with the ships

>>25336212
A follow them but make sure to have one hunter stationed at each ship at least. The rest may do whatever.

>>25336212
A. You want to observe. Make sure to leave someone to guard the ships.

>>25336212
>A. Follow them.

Just in case we have to play "Baby Predalien Roundup". Can't be too careful.

>>25336212
B

To be honest, I'm really surprised by how welcoming this clan is to a group of aliens bristling with weaponry.

>>25336243
Seconding this.

>>25336291
I'm not, they're Colonial Marines, not a corporation, which is the human equivalent of Bad Bloods

>>25336242

>>A. Follow them.

You proceed to follow. The marines part and allow you to pass. Mickey trails close behind.

You stop outside a large and well furnished surgical room, as watch as Burning-Scythe lifts the unconscious Ashen-Blade from the surgical pod and lay him down on a large operating table.

Several humans begin their work. You wait tensely.

Suddenly, you see the Colonel storm towards you.

He turns to Mickey. "We've got a problem. Pirates!"

He stuffs a data-slate into Mickey's hands. Mickey glances at it briefly. "Pirates my ass. Those are Wey U ships. Where are they?"

"In a standoff with our destroyers. The Captain is having trouble holding them off. They've managed to sneak a few dozen dropships through him, en route to the surface. I'm ordering a civilian evac from the outer farms.

Do you:

A. Go back to your ship and help the captain take out the fleet.
B. Help deal with the forces that have landed on the planet.

>>25336359
B. we suck in space

Does patching up a Pred if he's wounded and can't do that himself count for something? Would that doctor or whatever be 'bloodied'?

>>25336359
>B. Help deal with the forces that have landed on the planet.

>>25336359
B.

Can we have the others use our ship while we stay down here?

>>25336359
B. That could actually improve our reputation with the colonists.

>>25336379
>'bloodied'?
No, but they would be considered a friend of the pack, and with a mission as vital as this, maybe even a friend of the empire.

You need to go on a blooding hunt and make an honourable kill to be blooded

>>25336379
I think it's just a nice thing to do.

Earns a thumbs-up.

>>25336379
No. As helpful as they are it's not a hunt.

The human here who deserves a trophy is Mickey... assuming he doesn't end up betraying us.

>>25336411
Predators don't do things just because they are nice. Young-bloods do not become blooded warriors through medicine. Warrior is the key word here.

>>25336359
B

The Marine's duty is to protect the colonists.

Because they are helping us, the colonists are in danger.

Thus, honor demands we protect the colonists.

We really need to find a rogue Ai that we can recruit to our team to pilot our ship as top cover when we are on the ground

>>25336451
Yeah that seems like Yautja logic.

>>25336373
>.B. Help deal with the forces that have landed on the planet.

You open a comms to your team. "Steel-Arrow! How's your ship?"

"Grounded, until I can get this reactor patched."

"Right. Take Ashen-Blade's. We've got inbound in orbit. Sharp-Strike, take mine. Follow Steel-Arrow. I'll deal with the ground f..."

You're interrupted by a massive series of quakes. Dust spalls from the ceiling and one of the pipes along the wall snaps in half, billowing gas.

"Artillery!" You hear someone shout. "Get down!"

Another quake shakes your footing.

The Colonel rushes over and taps the glass window to the operating chamber. "You need to get him down to the bunker, NOW!"

"Negative, Colonel. We're at a critical juncture. I move him, he dies."

"I'll take that risk. Get to safety!" He roars.

"Can't do that," she responds calmly, absorbed in her work. Another quake hits the facility.

A young lieutenant rushes over. "Gunships are taking off again. They're firing missiles at us. We've also got reports from the outer farms of... xenomorphs moving into the sewer systems."

"Xenomorphs? Oh hell," the Colonel mutters.

He flips the data-slate over. "More dropships are breaking through."

"You got any good news, kid?"

The young marine shakes his head. "No sir."

Do you:

A. Tell Steel-Arrow and Sharp-Strike to patrol the airspace around the garrison.
B. Tell Steel-Arrow and Sharp-Strike to intercept the inbound dropships.
C. Tell Steel-Arrow and Sharp-Strike to help drive off the Weyland fleet.

>>25336520
A. If this garrison takes any direct hits Ashen-Blade is dead.

>>25336520
Tell Steel Arrow and Sharp Strike to handle the dropships, tell Colonel Jiggles we'll handle the Xenomorphs.

>>25336520
A?

Also I was unaware that WY had enough pull to be THIS brazen.

>>25336520
A)

We should stick around here. Ashen-blade could become a xenopred. Humans would have no chance.

>>25336520
A.

>>25336520
A

If this place takes a hit, not only will Ashen-Blade die but there is a chance the Predalien will get loose. And that CANNOT be allowed to happen.

>>25336520
B. Dropships, THEN gunships.

WY is essentially the East India Trading Company in space. You'd be surprised at the kind of shit they can get away with.

>>25336520
C. We can't just have them patrol. The humans are sacrificing lives for us.

>>25336588
If anything, we'll deal with the Xenomorphs. Humans are kinda shit at killing them.

>>25336550
>>A.

You open the comms and tell Steel-Arrow and Sharp-Strike to patrol the airspace around the garrison. They acknowledge.

The Colonel turns to Mickey. "Who the hell are these guys? We've been having trouble with pirate raids but this is a full goddamn invasion."

"It's Weyland, sir," Mickey explains.

"The corporation? Hell, I know they're practically their own empire, but why the hell would they be after us?"

Mickey looks around. "Wiping evidence. Weapons testing."

"You got any proof of that?"

"Shoot down one of their ships and we'll see."

"Right. Whoever they are, they'll regret fucking with my home."

He turns and hurries off.

Mickey turns to you. "Xenomorphs. They'll shred the colonists to pieces."

Do you:

A. Suggest you hold your position and defend the garrison.
B. Suggest you actively seek them out in the sewer systems and hunt them down.

>>25336642
B. Better to get them in the source. A sewer acts as a good funnel.

Funneled into this narrow corridor, their numbers count for nothing.

>>25336642
>B
Humans are shit at killing Xenomorphs.

>>25336642
B

Head them off before they start tearing into colonists.

>>25336642
Make sure we leave a hunter here to protect the Doctor and operation, and to kill the Xenopred if shit goes bad or facehuggers get in here.

Off topic, why is Mickey speaking in Yautja to us? I appreciate the cross-cultural effort, but our mask fluently translates his native language.

>>25336675
...That's a good point.

>>25336675
At first I thought it was a quick way to identify him as an ally. I'd assume not many humans can speak predator. Now I just think he doesn't know we can translate whatever he says.

>>25336688

Well can we tell him? He won't be too happy about that, but I'd rather be speaking my native language in a combat team against Xenomorphs.

>>25336675
Perhaps he's unaware of the translation ability. He might just believe that Ashen-Blade was gifted with languages.

>>25336642

B. You had us at the word hunt.

>>25336661
>>B.

You suggest to Mickey that you should actively seek them out in the sewer systems and hunt them down.

He agrees, and leads you down through a corridor leading to a large garage. Parked inside are several APCs.

Mickey follows a squad of marines as they begin to board one of them. "Hey, Sarge!" One of them greets Mickey.

"This thing going underground, corporal?" He asks.

"Yessir."

"Right. We're hitching a ride then.'

He steps inside. You follow. The ceiling inside is too low for you, and you're forced to duck.

One of the marines slam his fist against his rifle, and remarks "Let's kick some alien ass!" He glances at you. "No offence to you, you giant scary-ass motherfucker."

The APC's engines roar to life.

You find yourself driving through some sort of underground transit system. You hear several audible blips. "Movement!" a marine shouts. The APC slows to a stop, the doors open, and the marines disembark. You follow.

The main passage is well lit, but there are several smaller corridors extending from every junction.

Do you:

A. Stay with the marines as they slowly proceed forward.
B. Run up and scout ahead.

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>>25336661
Ahem

>>25336773
B

>>25336783
Exception that proves the rule.

>>25336773
B. Your senses are sharper; use them.

>>25336773
B.
Switch to EM Vision as well. (Or whichever one it is that sees Xenos. I think it's EM.)

>>25336773
tacticool

>>25336773
You know, I can only imagine this in Tabletop form and wonder how high of a point game they're playing if the Marine Player can field a number of experienced Yautja, and the Corp player can field Xenomorphs.

Everyone is remarkably chill about having a heavily armed predator wandering around.

>>25336773
B.

God damn they should have just gotten OP to write the AvP films maybe they wouldn't have been complete and utter shit

>>25336379
Doctors/healers are in the territory of non-combatants (unless they're also hunters).

You need to kill something and be recognized for it to be blooded. This is usually done on a blooding hunt which is mostly a method of going 'are you going to be a liability when hunting?'.

If you survive, kill something and dont piss off the huntmaster congrats either he will etch his symbol into your forehead or you'll come up with one of your own. Blooding hunts are most often done against xenomorph drones - because while the average drone is no smarter than a dog they make damn good prey.

>>25336798

You take a few leaps and begin to run forward, scanning the surroundings with your visor as you go.

You sense movement ahead. You stop, crouch, and zoom in. You see several drones moving quickly in your direction. At first, it's difficult to count their number, but as they get closer, you see there are at least thirty of them. Their glossy head carries a tint of blue - it must be a new strain from Fey'lenn, you gather.

You instinctively thumb your mine dispenser. You have five mines left.

Do you:

A. Lay down the remainder of your mines and retreat to the marines.
B. Fight a running battle and try to take out as many as you can while retreating. (DC: Medium)
C. Stand your ground and try to take them all on. (DC: Hard)

>>25336881
B. We may need those mines later.

>>25336881
I'm all for explosions.

>>25336881
>B. Fight a running battle and try to take out as many as you can while retreating. (DC: Medium)

>>25336881

C, I'm feeling frisky.

>>25336881
B

We're on limited mines at the moment, so lets conserve them until we really need them.

>>25336881
C

We can do this!

>>25336881
B.

Best take them out as a group

>>25336881
B. No reason for unneeded risk.

>>25336881
C Let's not risk any human fatalities.

>>25336939
B it is.

Roll!

>>25336866
If op teams up with a good director, has the monies and keeps the draw fags it will work. After all there is at least one hollywood exec on /tg/. A certain movie will confirm it. If we get that exec on board...

>>25336881
b

>>25336881
B. We have humies to help us. Teamwork.

Rolled 11

>>25336951

Rolled 14

>>25336951
This is how the world ends.

Rolled 12

>>25336951

Rolled 16

>>25336951

Weeeee

Rolled 4

>>25336951
>roll 1
>run back to humans
>private dickwad panics and puts a half a mag into us

Rolled 16

>>25336951

>>25336961
>>25336967
I think we got this. Medium is usually 14, right?

>>25336661
Actually humans are pretty decent when they're prepared. Colonial Marines do rather good jobs when they've got a full explanation and wey-yu isn't going "HURR KAPTORE IT FOR UUUUUUSSSS"

>>25336961
We pass, vs. DC 11.

>>B. Fight a running battle and try to take out as many as you can while retreating. (Pass, DC 11)

You lay your targeting beam into the mass and fire. Your plasma-caster whines and disgorges one bolt after another. You snap off as many shots as you can before the gap closes, and you're forced to sprint away.

You continue firing as you run. Several screech and drop from the ceiling as they're hit. Others leap from wall to wall in an attempt to dodge your shots.

You manage to take down at least eight or nine before catching sight of the marines. Mickey shouts an order, and the marines form a neat gun line with discipline.

They open fire. Aimed shots pass over your heads to the hard-meat behind you. The screeching intensifies. You reach the APC and slide into cover beside it. Its auto-cannons twitch, and begin to chatter at a steady pace of two rounds per second. The drone horde begins to thin under the withering fire.

Suddenly, they disperse, and disappear into a nearby passage.

Do you:

A. Leave the APC and chase after them.
B. Hold your ground, and proceed slowly.

>>25337001
They're fine as long as things go according to plan, but if the xenos catch them off guard it can turn in to a bloodbath very quickly since they have little answer once inside melee range.

Its also not uncommon for them to have morale issues against the xenos, since not every Colonial Marine is a rock-chewing whiskey-chugging hardass.

Honestly, Hudson is probably closer to the norm than Hicks or Vasquez. Confident as long as the lights are on and the xenos are safely in his arc of fire, but when the lights go out and they start coming through the walls...

>>25337048
A) They use simple traps without leaders... and the first part in avoiding a trap is knowing that its there. We want trophies damnit.

>>25337066
Xeno's only get really smart when there's a queen. Unless there's a queen here they're slightly smarter than dogs.

>>25337048
A. Speed is of the essence.

Rolled 20

>>25337048
A.

Leave no survivors. I doubt they're smart enough to lay down a trap.

>>25337048
B

>>25337079
thanks for wasting a 20 jackass.

>>25337048
>A. Leave the APC and chase after them.

>>25337075

And what's to say there isn't a queen?

What's the effective range on a queen anyway? Does she need to be within a few miles, a continent, or just somewhere on planet?

>>25337098
Generally its a hive based function. So a few miles, with drones getting dumber the further they are from the queen.

>>25337048
A

We've thinned their numbers, lets run them down before they pull something tricky.

>>25337075
>Xeno's only get really smart when there's a queen.

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if Wey-Yu used a captive Queen as a C&C node. If they've reached the point of deploying xenos shock troopers it wouldn't be a huge stretch, the increased efficiency would be worth it to them. Not to mention the ability to recover surviving xenos after the battle, which would be nearly impossible if they were feral.

>>25337048
A. I think us scouting ahead of the humans is a good strategy

>>25337077
>>A. Leave the APC and chase after them.

You rush forward and follow them into the passage beyond. Behind you, you hear Mickey ordering the marines to form a cordon around the APC.

You catch a fleeting movement ahead give chase. Suddenly, an air vent above you snaps open and two large warriors leap down in front of you. Ahead, its comrades continue to flee. One of the warriors whips its tail at you.

Do you:

A. Take the two warriors down with your plasma-caster. (DC: Medium-Hard)
B. Take them with your combi-stick. (DC: Medium)
C. Attempt to roll past them and throw your disc behind you, while continuing pursuit. (DC: Medium-Hard)

>>25337153
C

>>25337153
C

>>25337153
B

>>25337153
C. Let's go with Stylish.

>>25337153
C

>>25337153
C.

>>C

wins.

Roll.

Rolled 16

>>25337181

Rolled 1

>>25337181

Rolled 15

>>25337181

Rolled 6

>>25337181
SSStylish!!!

Rolled 2

>>25337181
Nat 1. Nat 1. Nat 1.

Rolled 2

>>25337181
You could have stopped it.

Rolled 6

>>25337188
NO NO NO NO NO NON ON ONO

Rolled 17

>>25337188
How shocking...wait...nope, its not.

Rolled 11

>>25337181

>>25337181
I'm going to crawl in a hole forever.

>>25337188
Okay. Write-up incoming.

>>25337188
god damn it, we could've been stylish

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>>25337188
>>25337196
>>25337197

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>>25337188
Why didn't you stop it?

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>>25337208
>>25337188

>>25337208
>>C. Attempt to roll past them and throw your disc behind you, while continuing pursuit. (Critical failure)

You roll over its tail whip and dive forward. The beast suddenly twists, however, and swipes its sharp claws at your back. You feel a sharp pain across your shoulders, and stumble forward.

You scramble around just in time to deflect a tail swipe from the second warrior.

The first hisses, and pounces upon you. It lands on your chest and knocks you into the ground. It digs its claw into your chest plate and hisses, dripping drool all over your mask. It prepares to strike.

Do you:

A. Push it off you and roll clear. (DC: Medium)
B. Sink your wrist-blades into it and twist it off you. (DC: Medium-Hard)
C. Rear back and slam your head into its skull. (DC: Medium)

Rolled 1

>>25337255
>B. Sink your wrist-blades into it and twist it off you. (DC: Medium-Hard)

>>25337255
C. Head butt that mofacka

>>25337262
STOP IT.

>>25337255
B.

>>25337262
I am both extremely glad that didnt count and extremely glad I wasted that roll.

>>25337266
Calm your shit.

>>25337255
Wrist blades mofo

>>25337255
B) We need to show those marines we strong.

>>25337278
B wins!

Roll it!

Rolled 15

>>25337283

Rolled 20

>>25337283
let this redeem the 1

Rolled 3

>>25337283
Rolling another nat 1 just for this guy>>25337266

>>25337289
nice one, buddy.

Rolled 1

>>25337283

>>25337289
FUCK. YES.

>>25337255
B

We now 'celebrate' our first critical failure against xenos.

>>25337294
thank god your shitty roll didn't count in the top 3

>>25337294
Dont roll 1d1's it doesn't troll anyone if thats what you're going for and anyone can check the email field and see a 1d1

>>25337289
We have been redeemed

>>25337289

Critical success! Write-up incoming.

>>25337255
B.

>>25337278
>Don't worry Marines, we've got Predator backup! These xeno bastards don't have a chance!
>Uhh, Sarge? I just saw what looked like a severed Pred arm fly out of that tunnel.
>Yup, there goes his head too. Definitely dead.
>SQUAD MORALE BROKEN

>>25337312
Ah well, I got one piece of butthurt at least.

>>25337289

Maybe we won't have to retire as a warrior and become a bitch for horny initiates.

We'd damn well better be blooding mickey after this shit.

>>25337360
Don't you mean killing him?

This entire colony has to be glassed after we recover our comrade.

>>B. Sink your wrist-blades into it and twist it off you. (Critical Success!)

You roar in defiance and sink both your wrist-blades into its chest. It begins to screech in pain. You twist your torso and throw the beast aside.

You notice the second beast charging towards you. You twist, and with a roar, batter him aside with the body of the first beast. You charge forward and slam both against the wall. You rip your blades free, and despite the pain from your injuries, decapitate both with one swing.

Your breathing becomes ragged as the adrenaline leaves you. Your shoulder and back flares in pain, but you suppress the hurt and look down the passage way.

The band of drones you were chasing are long gone by now. Suddenly, you hear sporadic gunfire towards the main passage. You turn and begin to head towards it.

____________________________

END Episode 30

Thanks for playing guys!
See you next time!

>>25337374
good session, PQ! Thx

>>25337371
>This entire colony has to be glassed

Uh, why?

>>25337371
No, no it doesnt. If they keep their mouths shut we're golden.

>>25337374
Archived http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/25333474/

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>>25337332

...but seriously, don't fake rolls people. It's been done, it's not particularly funny, you get maybe two reaction images from people who don't bother to check the E-mail.

>>25337389
I can guarantee the doctor's getting some very nice information from our pal at the moment. They've got genetic information, information on what our ships look like, how our weapons work- they'll be getting a shit ton from us. If we go home WITHOUT glassing them, we'll be in deep shit.

>>25337416

Or we could just, you know, wipe their cam footage and data archive.

>>25337416
And none of that matters a bit if they're honorable enough to keep quiet. Limited contact with humans is fine - it's been happening for millenia

>>25337441
In the middle of a hostile base of marines? Really really not safe.

>>25337470
That's why you ask nicely. Glassing them is so retarded of an idea that I'm convinced you're trolling.

>>25337457
Throwing a flintlock at a human, sure.

Giving them genetic material and god knows what else from our friend? No way in Hell.

>>25337480
"Hey, can we wipe your computers and make you pinky swear that you won't take any of our information?"

Rolled 6

>>25337481
We swore on our honor that we would not betray them.

End of discussion.

>>25337489
That's going to bite our ass and crawl up in the hole.

>>25337481
>>25337470

The colonists are under a full-scale assault from WY, and it's pretty unlikely that the corporation would just stop attacking once we leave. So the colony will have to be evacuated anyway, they're fucked and they know it. I believe yautja honor mandates we help them evacuate. And in exchange, we wipe their databanks.

>>25337416

They already know all of that, we're hardly the first Yaukta humanity has encountered at this point. Hell, some Yaukta helped defend the colony from the last Xeno infestation. But more importantly, they're at the very least enemies of our enemy WY. At the moment, that outweighs any indirect technology leak. And we're certainly not gonna respond to their cooperation and assistance by wiping out their planet.

>>25337513
Okay, that'll work. We still need to worry about the doctor, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it.

Make it clear any evacuation comes with getting rid of data. ALL data.

>>25337470
Not only did they agree to help us for no other reason than the honor debt they owed Ashen-Blade, but doing so brought all this shit down on their heads.

Provided they don't do something stupid like trying to steal our tech, we leave them alone. You don't just go around killing people who have been good to you.

>>25337513

And if anything is missed, it ends up in the hands of Weyland-Yutani.

Enjoy fighting plasmacaster-equipped predalien android mercenaries.

>>25337524
/tg/ sociopath murderhobo gunna try to sociopath murderhobo.

>>25337524
Seriously, it sets a bad example. Every man reaps what he sows.

>>25337515
>>25337524
We just aren't acting very, y'know, predator-y. We're being like white knights with plasma casters at the moment.

>>25337513

I think honor mandates we provide them shelter in Yautja space. We brought them into a massive shitstorm, we owe it to them to at least get their people to safety.

>>25337527
This! THIS RIGHT FUCKING HERE!

Is no one else thinking? Predators aren't just 'muhh honorrrr', they think too.

>>25337527

Maybe those would be an actual challenge to hunt.

>>25337540
Predators hold honor in high regard. They're not sociopathic manipulators who reward kindness with slaughter.

>>25337527
The same wey-yu we're planning on completely and utterly destroying?

>>25337540
"WHY ARENT YOU BACKSTABBING THE PEOPLE HELPING YOUR FRIEND!!! A REAL PREDATOR WOULD BACKSTAB THE PEOPLE DOING HIM FAVORS". No true scottsman from a retard. Yaujta society is largely honorable - sometimes we hunt humans but its rare, not backstabbing people who helped you isn't 'white knight with plasmacaster' its called common fucking sense and honoring an agreement.

>>25337550
Doesn't matter. We don't slaughter a colony is risking everything by helping us.

>>25337556

They're also not idiots that will put their promise to bipedal animals above protecting the technology and knowledge that has actually kept their species existing.

Personally, I feel a lot like /tg/ are playing softball because MUH MARINES.

>>25337374
Op you bastard why do you play with my heart this way? I can't hold all these feels.

>>25337527
>somehow in the process of helping remove an alien chestburster, the colony manages to do mass weapon tests on our instantly replicated technology and clone our friend through a small amount of genetic material.

You are being this retarded.

>>25337571
>>25337566
We do it AFTER we get our friend fixed, and deal with the immediate threat. If we do it thoroughly enough, no witnesses, no problems.

>>25337550
Are you legitimately retarded? How are they going to get any of our technology out of this? We aren't going to leave any behind. The most they could conceivably get is some genetic information from Ashen-Blade, which Wey-Yu probably already has.

We have ZERO REASON to randomly slaughter a bunch of Marines and Colonists who have dealt honorably with us, and are fighting against Wey-Yu.

>>25337550

Even in pragmatic terms, these colonists are a layer of ablative bodies and gunfire between us and Weyland. They're sheltering and helping Ashen-Blade, in the same way as a medpod would. There's no sense in wrecking the medpod when it's treating a patient, and there's no sense in turning on the colonists when they're assisting our cause.

the very fact that some of you want to wipe out this whole colony who is under attack only because of us, and are still defending us...

what the fuck is wrong with you

>>25337580
No. But they get all the information they need to get that same info BACK to other planets to then perform testing, readying countermeasures, and genetic information to make anti pred bioweapons.

Survival of the fittest. They aren't our species.

>>25337584
No, we don't do it at all. because doing it would be retarded. It would fuck over ashen-blades credibility, it would fuck up our word of honor and it's completely sociopathic and there's no reason to actually do it aside from a small number of screaming retards who want to be sociopathic murderhobos.

>>25337595
It's cause some people think Yuatja are some edgy-only race that can only solve problems by killing people.

>>25337575
HOW WILL THEY GET OUR TECHNOLOGY?

We have not given them our technology.

We are specifically on the lookout for them messing with our stuff, just in case.

If they try to steal our technology, then they are no longer acting in good faith and we waste them. But they haven't tried to do that, nor have they shown any indication that they intend to do so.

>>25337599
THEY ARENT TOUCHING ASHEN BLADES WEAPONS IDIOT. THEY AREN'T GOING TO DO ANY FUCKING WEAPONS TESTS OR ANY CLONING OR ANYTHING AT ALL. QUIT BEING A FUCKING RETARD.