>>26275827
Hey, is it possible, that the last quest wasn't archieved properly? If so, did anyone save it in any form whatsoever?

>>26275913
((For whatever reason it's at the top.))

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>>26275827

Oh man, this is gonna be Dorf Fortress FUN.

>>26275934
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ghost%20Quest
Just saw it myself. Thanks!
By the way, really enjoying your work.

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The dropship sails over the burning wreckage. Multiple hull breaches dot the upper half of the battlecruiser. Several wraiths zip past and launch missiles at the overlords clamped on to the ship. The explosions give you some solace that, perhaps, the Zerg's numbers will be reduced by the time you land. The Dropship lands on top of the battlecruiser's head and drills it's way through. You and the rest of the Helldog team drop down into one of the hallways. Lightning is sporadic, and you can hear gunfire and screams echo from each direction.

>"This is Delta Phoenix. Team one is in position, over."
>"Confirmed, Daluke reads you, Commander."

Your team moves forward. There's no resistance, but as you approach the bridge you can hear gunfire and the cries of some Zerg. You have time to engage them on your terms as the door opens.

Loading available specialty rounds:
EMP Grenade
Flash Grenade
Hellfire Grenade
Irradiate Grenade
Lockdown Grenade
Sticky Grenade

>>26275954
I can see this mission going about as well as my rockets in Kerbal Space program.

I'll let you decide what direction to take that in.

>>26275997
>Flash Grenade

then
Sticky Grenade

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No discussion detected. Commencing vote.

>1 EMP Grenade
>2 Flash Grenade
>3 Hellfire Grenade
>4 Irradiate Grenade
>5 Lockdown Grenade
>6 Sticky Grenade

>>26275997
>Hellfire Grenade
Burn Zerg burn.

I doubt a flash will do much tbh...

>>26276100
>3

>>26276100
>2

>>26276100
>2

>>26276100
>3

Rolled 1

Rolling to determine between 2 and 3.

>>26276100
>6

>>26276109
>3

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>"Squad. Flashbang on my mark, enter and clear. Three... two... one... mark!"

You hear the familiar thunk of the grenade being launched and the subsequent bang. Your 5-man team moves in. Unfortunately the Zerg are, for the most part, unaffected by the flashbang and have ripped the remaining Dominion crew members to pieces, or worse. Two Hydralisks near the rear open fire. Elliot it instantly pinned to the wall and his lifesigns immediately drop.

Rio moves to his position, as you and the other two squad members attempt cover.

>"Don't go towards the light, Elliot!"
>"I'm ... hurt bad... here guys..."

The infestor whips nick with some sort of tentacle at Nicholas. He's unable to dodge, and meets the Zerg parasite with his face. Your team is forced back as he turns to open fire on you.

As you round the corner back outside of the door, Elliot's lifesigns read at zero. You hear Nick scream from the room, and his own lifesigns drop. Your squad is reduced to yourself and 2 members.

Remaining Specialty Rounds:
EMP Grenade
Hellfire Grenade
Irradiate Grenade
Lockdown Grenade
Sticky Grenade

>>26276376
Hellfire that infestor, concentrate squad fire on those hydras.

>>26276376
>Sticky Grenade

>>26276376
Er.. I thought.. Hellfire won?

Oh well. Doorknob chewing ahoy!

With psionic reflexes, despite the psionic abilities of the infestor, we should be right to feed it an irradiation grenade.

They'll all go feral, but we don't have a lot of choice here. Everyone is going to die thanks to the choices we made last thread.

>>26276410
Valid votes were even. 1d2 was rolled. 1 represented 2, and 2 represented 3.

>>26276376
As far as i know we tried to flashbang zergs before. With the same result. Why are we still doing that kind of shit?
Stop trying to save everyone, go in and kill stuff, do your job.

Hellfire all the way

>>26276458
Irradiate has been proven to off them before. And as we found out last time, removing the brood control massively reduces zerg combat efficiency.

We need ot get the hell out of here, and at speed. Those corruptors will be back with more zerg, and the best way to carve through these ones is to send them feral and pretend it's thanksgiving.

>>26276498
Er, slight addendum: Probably not the time to experiment, so let's stick with what we know.

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>>26276458
>"Commandah, you may want to exercise restraint in using explosives. We can learn more for the subject if it is still intact."

>>26276376
If we're following game rules, an EMP grenade should drain it of energy and render it effectively harmless.

>>26276627
FUCK THE GODDAMN RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES. We just lost some very, very, expensive hero units. Who should have had some kind of bonus, so I'm assuming we rolled incredibly bad. Fucking kill them all.

>>26276643
I'm going to refer you to the thread that had us get captured in a psionic battle with some protoss.

Just.. no.

>>26276643
That is correct, Commander. Additionally it will be low on energy having just used an expensive ability.

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>>26276661
In the psionic battle you were not actually using physical rounds, commander.

More simply, it was all in your head, and by attempting to play the metagame, you lost the game at hand.

>>26276682
EMP, then. After that is fired, concentrate squad and personal fire on Hydras.

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Loading available options from suggested consensus:

>1 Hellfire Grenade.
>2 Irradiation Grenade.
>3 Psionic Reflexes.

>>26276705
I want to say I hate you, but I'm going to revert to my standard position of "I hate all the other posters, I'm the only smart one."

>>26276722
>2

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>>26276717
The EMP will not deal with the Hydralisks, Commander.

>>26276722
>3

>>26276740
Yeah I know, I didn't say it would. I meant use EMP on the Infestor and then concentrate traditional rounds on the Hydras. I must have miscommunicated, my mistake.

>>26276722
>3

>>26276722
>3

>>26276722
>3

>>26276722
>2

>>26276740
>2

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You round the corner and are able to sense both Hydralisks. You slide forward on your knees and take the shots. Both Hydralisks go down and dead.

Now it's just a matter of the infestor.

>1 EMP Grenade and take it alive.
>2 Kill it. Nelhav can study a corpse.
>3 Kill it with Hellfire.

>>26276887
>1

>>26276887
>1

>>26276887
>2

>>26276887
Fuck it, since we're in so deep now LET'S JUST GO EVEN DEEPER

>>26276887
>2
Irradiate, irradiate, irradiate.

>>26276921
>>26276924
for christs sake, people, its going to bite us in the ass.
Just kill the thing.

>>26276939
Vote not counted, extraneous information.

Holy shit, I hope I'm not too late

>>26276887
>2

>>26276887
>2

>>26276887
>2

>>26276955
We've greased the slope, but we haven't started jumping yet.

>>26276887

>1

seriously, why did we vote for Flashbangs?

>>26276887
>2

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You line up your rifle on the fleeing Infestor and take the shot. It's head cracks open and plasters the window the bridge with Zerg goo.

The remainder of your squad moves up to the consoles. You'll have the information you need from the bridge, at least.

>Loading mission parameters, Team 2.

>>26277048
so the L4D2 guys rolled badly, did they?

>>26277127
They did not perform well enough to outweigh your decision making skills, Commander.

>>26277127
"We" tried to flashbang Hydras and an Infestor.

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Your Medivac skips just over the hull of the Battlecruiser. You'll be entering through a breach to get that Egghead Mac some engine... doodads, or something. Barney, Jessie, and 4 nameless grunts are all Delta's robot lady gave you for the mission.

The ship lands next to the hole, all organic-like from being melted open by the Zerg. You step out of the Dropship and your boots magnetically stick to the battlecruiser's hull. A severed arm slowly floats past you.

>"Well looks like someone else is havin' a worse day than me."
>"Pretty sure that's always the case, Henderson."

Barney jumps down the hole first, followed by Jessie, then yourself. The ship's Schematics show up on your HUD and you so happen to notice that the living quarters - specifically the Bar, lie between you and the engines.

>1 Well obviously you have to go to the bar first.
>2 I mean it's on the way.
>3 Delta won't mind.
>4 They probably have some really good hooch.
>5 Awwww guess we need'a do the mission.

>>26277275
>5

ok, honestly, I don't know if Adj has something waiting for us there or if there's something that can help us and he's just trying make us paranoid.

>>26277275
>5

>>26277275
Important question, Adjutant.

DOES HENDERSON HAVE SUFFICIENT CIGARS FOR THIS MISSION.

>>26277275
>5

>>26277275
>5

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>>26277400

Since when did havin' cigars mean you were good at missions? That's just superstition, ya nut.

You got maybe 4 cigars on yourself right now, though.

>>26277426
My theory is cigars work like WH40k invulnerable saves for henderson.

Please do not rudely disabuse me of my notion.

>>26277275
>5

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You decide that against all better judgement you should complete the mission you were sent here to do and not collect hard liquor, you goddamn sissy.

>"Let's get walkin', ladies. Sooner we get the Boss those engine parts, the sooner we go home."

As you continue past the living quarters - specifically as you do not go inside of them - several red-shirted Dominion marines head your way, but haven't seen you yet.

>"We've got to get to the escape pods! They've spread throughout the living quarters, it's all gone to hell!"

>1 Shoot them. Nothing in your orders about survivors.
>2 Hide and let them go past you.
>3 Clearly this calls for negotiation. You should attempt to get them to stand in front of you while you continue the mission.

Whatever happens, we can't lose Barney and Jessie. WHATEVER HAPPENS.

>>26277625
on second thought...

>>26277605
>1

>>26277605
>2

>>26277605
>2

>>26277605
>2

>>26277605
1

>>26277605
>1

>>26277605
>2

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You decide for whatever reason that no confrontation is probably the easiest way, and have your squad duck into a nearby room. The marines hustle past you, with a few loud clanks.

This is about the time barney accidentally knocks over a stack of loud cans, which shatter several bottles, knocks over a bowl and somehow sets off a fire alarm.

As the bowl slowly spins to a very loud stop and the fire alarm's klaxon sounds, Barney rubs one arm and mumbles
>"Whoops. Soh-reh."

>"Contact! Something's in that closet! Light it up!"

Cigar one goes into your mouth, you crunch down as you grit your teeth and charge headlong into the combat situation. The hall has no cover for you or the enemy squad and that means only one thing: Target practice.

Sure, some people might say this is the kind of situation where combat shields would be useful. But you know what those people don't have? Two guns. And you know what's more useful than a shield? Shooting people to death.

A stray round ricochets from one of the walls and shoots the cigar from your mouth, before bouncing again and taking out one of your squad. That shot wasn't even close. You manage to mow down all of the Dominion boys.

You hustle your squad to the engine room. Scanners read empty, but you have a bad feeling. You'll need a sentry as the other marines get whatever engine junk Mac needs.

>1 Set Barney as the Sentry.
>2 Set a nameless expendable marine as the sentry.
>3 Stand sentry yourself, because you're going to be bored anyway.

>>26277922
can't we just use barney and a nameless guy?

>>26277922
I guess this is what we get for trying ot hide with Henderson

>>26277922
>2

>>26277922
>3

>>26277922
>3

>>26277922
>3

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>>26277922
And yes, I just got here, and yes I just saw people use a flashbang on Zerg

Why do you let us be so stupid, Adjutant? Can't we have a common sense roll or something?

>>26277922
>1

>>26277996
...
...
same. you'd think they'd have learned after that illusion from the protoss templar we faced.

>>26277996
Thinking about it, why did we even HAVE flash bangs?
This was supposed to be a Zerg only fight, we all went into it suspecting it'll be like that, so why do we have something that is ineffective against them?

>>26278141
EMP was in the load out, probably just in case we met internal security measures

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You stand as sentry at the entrance to the engine room in the vain hopes that someone will liven up your night by shooting at you. Naturally not one yellow-bellied Dominion boy or ugly-ass Zerg dares challenge you, leaving you to pull out a replacement cigar.

Several minutes pass before one of the Nameless marines steps up.

>"Sir, we've recovered the primary coupling, we'll be able to reverse engineer blah blah blah I'm a big egghead I don't even know how to hold my C-14 right."
>"Alright then, everyone pack it up, we're headin' back to the Dropship!"
>"I've got motion, sir! Something is coming up through the-"

Before the man can even finish, several Banelings pop through the floor paneling. Rounds and promethium pelt the blobby little things as they roll towards your squad. You hear the familiar pops and sizzle of acid.

>"Argh!"
>"Mother..."

The blast blows the Cigar clean out of your mouth. Hell, at this rate you'll never get one lit. Your squad is reduced to members you know the names of. That's never good...

>"Daluke to Team 2. Commander confirms the infestor is terminated. Expect all Zerg to go feral, over."

You wave Barney and Jessie on. It's time to get the hell out of here. Barney picks up the crate of engine junk and hobbles along behind the two of you.

>Loading mission parameters: Team 3.

>>26277996
i'm guessing it's because they wanted a live specimen. Really not worth it, though.

>>26278141
The round is standard for all deployments, commander. Additionally, there are Dominion forces on board, which flashbangs are effective against.

>>26278141
Because there are people onboard technically. See Henderson's fight for proof of that.
But you just don't use Flashbang on Zerg

You just...don't.

>>26278138
Well there the problem was anons tried to meta it too hard, instead of reacting to the vision. Protoss are so psionic, they can probably make mental shit actually hurt you a lot.

>>26278193
why do all the redshirts die?

>>26278193
>Banelings

...ruuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!! RIGHT NOW RIGHT THE FUCK NOW RUN FUCKING FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK RUN

>>26277996
seriously why the fuck do we even carry flash bangs anyway? it seems like anyone who would actually be vulnerable to the dam things would not pose much of a threat anyway.
>marines
lol visors

>zerg
fuck you i have 37 spare eyes

>protoss
I can see you with my BRAIN!

>>26278227
Henderson's squads tend to have an excessive casualty rate, Commander.

>>26278234
It is too late to order a retreat, Commander.

>>26278227
You answered your own question.
>redshirts

>>26278256
Flashbangs work despite the marine visor, I think, because they're specifically designed to do so...I might be wrong about that though.

And even if not, we fight plenty of folk without CMCs

>>26278256
Only specialist polarized visors are capable of resisting Flashbang visual radiation.

Only well-equipped mercenaries and private security forces will have these.

>>26278259
You enjoy our pain too much.
We really need to find that mercy file.

>>26278256
Well, if you remember in Wings of Liberty, Tychus threw a Flashbang at some Dominion marines and stunned them for a bit.

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Another suicide mission. You don't mind it. It's much easier to find a cause to die for, than find something to live for.

The Hercules will be pulling alongside the rift between the two ship halves. Your mission is to stabilize the reactor, then collect the primary coolant shield once everyone is ready to evac. It'll give you several minutes before the whole thing goes Nuclear.

The problem is that the reactor's actual room is connected to two different parts of the ship, and there's a lot of space between them. Meaning the entire back half of the room is missing, and part of the reactor is just floating free in space.

>1 Mag Lock next to the reactor room and walk to it in the interior.
>2 Have Hercules maintain position and enter via the open ship's wound.

>>26277922
I thank you for your careful attention to Henderson's supplies.

>>26278324
>2

>>26278324
>2

>>26278324
Um... doesn't the ship still have a lot of flying Zerg hanging around?

>>26278324
>2

>>26278367
they were chased off, all that remains is the overlords.

>>26278324
>>2 Have Hercules maintain position and enter via the open ship's wound.

Let's walk through - more dangerous, but we need the hercules and Mia needs plenty of space to ensure it stays 100% safe. She has air superiority, but what if zerg start firing on it from the ships wound?

>>26278367
You read the briefing. Don't go forgetting major details. Who are you, Delta?

The Zerg pulled out to reinforce. This is your only window of air superiority. There are no zerg fliers and your Wraiths are running interference on overlords. You can call in wraith or Valkyrie strikes if you need them.

>>26278324
>2

>>26278391
Your logic implies that the -exact opposite of walking- is the best choice.

You need to cut back on the stims before missions.

>>26278393
Yeah yeah I know, I just got here, trying to remember stuff... figure if we do the Hercules thing, it'll be a lot faster.

>>26278409
The hercules gets damaged or we do. I'd rather it was us.

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The Hercules flies alongside the cracked-open reactor room.

>"Attach tethers. Jump on my mark."
>"I'm ready, Baby. Let's do this."

You look over the squad. A medic, Marauder, and 4 marines. Not enough.

>"Mark."

The team floats from the open Hercules bay into the reactor room. You take position near the ledge, and the squad takes cover. One of the marines heads to the console.

>"I need a few minutes! The whole cooling system is venting, I have to reroute it!"

You hear a cry. Zerg. Low pitch, high volume. Repeats four times. You guess it's roaches.

>1 Stim Marines.
>2 Stim Marauder.
>3 Snipe roaches.
>4 Air strike.

>>26278496
Which has a better chance of working, stimming the marauder (whose weapons are best against roaches) or sniping the roaches ourselves?

>>26278496
>2

>>26278496
>2

>>26278532
Roaches are armored. Sniping works on light units.

Figure it out there, Chief.

>>26278535
No dude, Marauders are literally everything armored's weakness.

>>26278496
Can we have a wraith sit there and try to snipe any roaches that pop their ugly heads up rather than the wholesale destruction that'll come from an air strike?

>>26278496
>2

>>26278496
>2

>>26278573
Sure. Just have your only air support come in danger close and babysit you with heavy ordinance instead of taking out the massive amounts of reinforcements that are no doubt heading your way.

That's a good idea. Being alive is over-rated.

>>26278496
>2

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>"Tyrone. Stimpacks. Focus fire, squad."

The loud scuttle of roaches becomes more distinctive as they approach. They all scuttle through the door at once, going over walls, the floor, and the ceiling as they have to cling to something in the zero gravity environment.

>"Yeah! Get some! C'mon baby I can do this all day! All daaaaayy!"

You bide your time, waiting for the punisher grenades to blow off chunks of armor before you drill the weak points. The last roach goes down, losing it's grip on the flooring as it does, and flies off out of the rear of the room.

>"Team 3, this is the Daluke. Sensors indicate that you have a group of Zerglings and Banelings inbound. Looks like they're moving slow at the moment."


>1 Stim Marines.
>2 Stim Marauder.
>3 Snipe roaches.
>4 Air strike.

>>26278748
how about
>5 snipe banelings

>>26278748
3 should read Snipe Zerglings.

>>26278748
>3

>>26278748
do we have grenades? Sounds like a perfect time to irradiate something.

>>26278748
>1

>>26278748
>1
gmissuhb hat

>>26278780
You don't have a fancy gun yet.

>>26278748
>1

>>26278748
We don't have concussion grenades, or any other grenades for Whiskey, right?

>>26278748
>1

>>26278798
gotta remind Delta to let Mac reverse engineer that thing.

Alright, lets think about this. Those banelings will kill our entire squad if we let them near us.

>>26278748
>1

we should just snipe the banes and stim marines, let the marauder tank the lings

>>26278830
I figure that Adjy will do the common sense part of 'stim', then back up, while our marauder is up front.

Hopefully

>>26278855
((I ain't diamond from stimming marines for the attack bonus alone, buddy.))

>>26278869
Woo~

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>"Marines! Stimpacks! Disengage and focus the Banelings!"
>"Go go go!
>"Aww yeah."
>"Ch'yeah."

The numbers, however, are overwhelming. Your marines duck and dive, their stutter-steps are admirable, but even the greatest warriors make mistakes. A single baneling makes contact and one marine goes down, the rest are seriously wounded, but still in the fight. Hopefully your Medic will be able to get them back to normal.

>"Team three, this is the Daluke. I have confirmed the infestor is down. Remaining Zerg will go feral, over."

That's only part true, you know from experience. There's still a good chance an overlord could-

>"Team 3, Daluke over. We have an overlord inbound on your rear. It's moving quick."

It's probably carrying something lethal. Your best bet is to take it out before it reaches you.

>1 Stim Marines.
>2 Stim Marauder.
>3 Snipe the Overlord.
>4 Air strike.

>>26279003
>4

>>26279003
>4

Rolled 2

>>26279003
Uh, can we snipe it?

>>26279041
>>26279041
>>26279041
>>26279041
Shit, I didn't mean to type 4. DISREGARD THIS VOTE

>>26279054
Overlords are biological psionic units.

You should know what snipes are effective against.

>>26279003
Oh crap, I bet it has Ventral Sacs and is carrying a Ultralisk. Snipe the fuck outta that thing!

>>26279003
>3

Rolled 12

>>26279068
sorry, I'm only familiar with lore, not so much with game mechanics.

>>26279083
Don't worry bro, just ask, a bunch of us here are pretty sharp on that shit.

>>26279003
>3

>>26279003
>4

>>26279003
>3

>>26279003
>3

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((Votes need to happen before the 4 minute mark.))

>"Terminal Velocity here, I have a firing solution. Missiles away."

The overlord is blown into many, many small bits as the Valkyrie flies past.

>"Daluke to all units. We have multiple warp signatures. Zerg reinforcements inbound. Prepare for emergency jump out of the system."
>"Sir, I need more time, we can't get the coolant shield off that quick!"
>"How much longer?"
>"Just a few seconds."

You look at your scanners. Everything is inbound. You have your orders, but you might not be able to complete all the objectives.

>1 Hold the line with your remaining sniper rounds.
>2 Pull back to the ship. Leave the reactor data.

>>26279241
>1

>>26279241
>2

fuck any more losses, Delta's bad choices have killed enough people

>>26279241
>1

>>26279241
>1

>>26279241
let's not stick around for too long, shall we?

>>26279241
>2

>>26279241
>2

>>26279296
No, there are doorknobs to chew.

oops, voted for 1

>>26279241
>1

>>26279241
>2

>>26279241
>2

>1

Oh, gods, it's going to be a bloody tie again.

holy fuck I think people are deliberately voting stupid at this point.

>>26279371
Damnit, Space Cowboy, where the hell are you?

>>26279374
Nah it's just greed.
We have a problem with greed around here for some reason.

>>26279387
Whut? I'm right here dude. Already voted and everything.

>>26279241
>2

>>26279414
fuck, I must have overlooked you.

>>26279241
>2

>>26279402
We can always buy more people. That's how quests work, right?

I'm kinda pissed at losing half the L4D2 team... those losses were entirely preventable.

>>26279451
Not our heros, and that's not how we really want to look at this story wise either. It affects moral, which means it hurts our group in the long run too.

This isn't EXACTLY like the game where you just take another base and build more shit.

>>26279513
Yes it is. We should stop purchasing marines and firebats and just mass produce hendersons, anyway.

>>26279472
these days, the quest starts up at the most inopportune times for me, and what things I could prevent usually pass.

>>26279544
>Mass produce Hendersons
Oh god the horror. There wouldn't be enough cigars in the world for that much Henderson.

Also Mia would probably die

I fully expected to die when we went inside the Mothership, Adjutant's mercy processors must have had a sudden surge or something.

At the rate we're losing heroes though we obviously aren't ready for the ramping up of these more dificult missions.

Not with the choices we make at any rate.

>>26279551
>>26279472
That's true for a lot of things we do, but I'm looking on the bright side, that is that the thing with Whiskey went swimmingly, despite the one death. Injuries heal, deaths don't.

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>"Get the data! All units, defensive positions!"

You look behind you. The sun you orbit is blocked by the numbers coming into space. Everyone goes silent. Not a sound to be heard in the vacuum of space.

Their sweet caress grazes the ship. It's loveless. Their hooks sink in. Behind an angel's disguise, an insect flies. Mandibles cut like a knife. The reckoning...

Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds. Louder, the tattered wings they sound. Descending down. They come. The swarm of Locusts.

>"Contact - all vectors! There's too many of them!"
>"Open fire! Open fire!"
>"Cover me I'm reloading!"
>"Tyrone! Get back! Use your stims!"
>"MEEEEEDDDIICCC!"

Your position is hopelessly over-run. Your men fall back, those who don't are torn limb from limb. Tyrone jumps past you, possibly the only survivor apart from the marine with the case full of shielding. He falls to the ground as seven or eight Zerglings swarm over him. His last living action is to throw the brief case towards the Daluke. You intercept it, then push off into the space between ships. Tyrone is already onboard, his hand extended to grab you if you get close enough. The wave of Zerg has leap after you, zergling wings twitch pointlessly as they snarl and swipe at your feet. One tangles with your cord and pulls itself up to your face. Your rifle is knocked free.

You draw the combat knife sheathed on your shoulder and gut the Zergling, before you're pulled aboard the Hercules.

>"Get us the hell out of here, Ensign!"

>Loading Mission Parameters, Daluke Actual.

>>26279564
No. I'm pretty sure Adjutant would drop acid, watch Evangelion for a bit and come back with a world-ending event where the ego of the various Hendersons overpowers everything - Terran, Protoss, Zerg, Xel'Naga and the galaxy becomes a hegemony.

>>26279611
Oh, great, we lost all the marines and a medic.

>>26279611
...So...low roll huh?

... damnit, those poor Marines.

Commend the marine that tossed us the shield, find if he has any family.

>>26279625
Does it end where Henderson's face is the sun?
Also
>Implying you need acid when watching Evangelion

>>26279625
It keeps tumbling down tumbling down tumbling doooown

>>26279673
Remind me again, why were people so caught up on getting Battlecruiser specs?

>>26279611
This wasn't actually that bad, to be honest. We didn't lose Tyrone or Whiskey.

>>26279698
Bad case of greed. I like that this, unlike Shadowquest, isn't too afraid to let us hit the sharp rocks at the bottom of the cliffs we keep jumping off. Granted, we've had some serious "Oh god I pity you" moments, like on the mothership, but still.

>>26279698
No clue. We can always just buy them later for 1000000000000 credits. Better then this

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>"Teams 1 and 2 reporting successful engagements, sir. They're moving to their dropships."
>"Team 3?"
>"Almost done, sir. They'll be ready for Evac immediately."
>"Sir! I have multiple contacts on all sensors! They're back!"

You turn to the holographic display. Mutalisks, Corruptors, Overlords. Well this will be fun. The Mutalisks will engage dropships. The Corruptors will engage your fighters and the Daluke. The Overlords will engage your ground teams.

You have wraith wings, Valkyries, and the Daluke at your disposal. You need to protect the dropships.

>>26279744
>>26279745
>>26279611

Did we get the survivors at least?

>>26279698
No real reason, it's just hardly better than anything else we have

>>26279781
OH WAIT you mean those guys we fucking killed?

Wraiths on Overlords
Valks on Mutas
Daluke on Corrupters.

Don't be afraid to use the Yamato

(If I screw up due to gameplay related reasons please tell me, I do not play.)

>>26279797
well, there were pockets of survivors at stern and bow, right?

>>26279777
Use everything we have to defend our transports, we need to get our men back alive.
Send the wraiths against any mutalisk threat coming in, use the Valkyries against corruptors and let the Daluke shoot down any overlords.
Then jump the fuck out of the system.

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>>26279777
Valkyries should go and bully the Corruptors, being air superiority fighters, while our Wraiths go and pick fights with the mutalisks. The Daluke should pick off anything it can get a clear shot at.

>>26279777
Stick the Wraith wings and a single Valkyrie on the Mutas. Remaining Valks and Daluke engage Corruptors.

>>26279874
Valkyries are missile frigates, Wraiths are your air superiority fighters.

>>26279777
The Valkyries should tear up the mutalisks, the Wraiths should try to fend off the Corruptors, and the Daluke should hit the overlords.

>>26279858
Overlords are basically just supply units, though they may be able to carry ground troubles inside them

Mutalisks are fast and lightly armored units that have an attack that bounces from target to target, one of the best harrassment unit in the game.

Corruptors are the 'heavy anti air' unit, but they work better against capital ships.

overlords don't have detect anymore, right?

>>26279894
My bad. Other way around. I'm tired.

Whatever we do: DO NOT HAVE THE DALUKE ENGAGE THE CORRUPTORS.

>>26279918
Overseers do, and Overlords can change into Overseers.

>>26279918
Overseers are in the fleet, additionally. Stealth will not give you an advantage against a Zerg force this size.

>>26279918
Don't try to metagame the quest, dumbass. Overlords are psionic creatures, they'll see through cloaking.

>>26279945
We're just stalling for time, right?

Use our Air superiority to take down the Corruptors before they get close enough to hurt our capital ship, and use the Daluke's cannons to hit the mutalisks, since I assume they'd get shredded by the batteries

You're having us discuss a course of action, I assume?

>>26279958
bitch, please, we're a ghost. This is info we'd know.

>>26279971
The Yamato is a single target weapon.

>>26279993
I am aware. I said the missile batteries. We have like, 25 of them.

>>26279990
You mean like we knew that flashbangs would be ineffective against Zerg?

>>26280008
I'm pretty sure they teach marines that on their first day...

Right along with "this end makes things die."

>>26279777
>>26279874
Wraiths on corruptors, valkyries on mutalisks, Daluke on overlords.

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You don't have any more time to think. It's time to engage the enemy.

Wraiths:
>1 Engage Mutas.
>2 Engage Overlords.
>3 Engage Corruptors.

>>26280040
Just gonna say, we probably don't need to worry about the Overlords. They're the ones controlling the horde, but there's no way we'll be able to kill them all, the swarm would protect them if we tried to target overlords specifically.

We're just stalling for time, not trying to kill them all.

>>26280058
>3

>>26280058
>3

>>26280058
>3

>>26280058
>3

>>26280018
>>26279990
Christ I hate you namefags. Anyway, we should have the Wraiths hit the corruptors as they'd be best at killing the slow moving, slow firing fuckers. The Valkyrie should tear up the lightly armored mutalisks and the Daluke is faster than Overlords and can run them down.

That sound alright?

>>26280063
Three target groups for three attackers, though.

>>26280058
>3

>>26280058
>3

>>26280092
Fair enough, I hate you, too.

>>26280058
>3

>>26280092
...I don't really know why you hate us for making jokes, but I agree with you actually.

>>26280058
>1

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>"Daluke to Dolphin 13, Engage Corruptors. Maintain defensive positions, don't let them take any of our ships out."
>"Roger that, Daluke. Mia moving to engage."

You watch the sensors as the wraiths fan out. A handful of green triangles against a sea of red points.

>"There's too many of them!"
>"Danger, pull up! Pull up!"
>"They clipped my wing! I need to eject! Arrrugggh!"

The triangles start to disappear. They're doing as well as could be expected against such numbers.

Second Deployment: Valkyries.
>1 Engage Mutas.
>2 Engage Overlords.
>3 Engage Corruptors. (Reinforce Wraiths)

>>26280177
>1

>>26280177
>1

>>26280177
>1

>>26280177
>1

>>26280177
>1

>>26280177
>1

We're not going to have much of a fleet by the time this is over.

>>26280177
Ok, I think we may have underestimated their numbers.

>>26280177
>1

not to sound like a dick or anything but we're not doing so good are we?

>>26280253
((I'm going to put it like this: If you rolled 1 lower, Mia would be dead.))

>>26280177
>1

>>26280253
I would like to point this out: I really didn't want to come here.

>>26280267
our rolls have been very bad lately aren't they?

>>26280276
duly noted

>"Daluke Actual to all frigates. Engage mutalisks. Protect the dropships."
>"Copy command."
>"Woo, cleaning up."
>"Hey Bad News, bet we get more than you do."
>"You're on, Star Reaper."

The dots vanish like dust in the wind as the Valkyries fire their barrages. You won't have to worry about the Mutalisks any time soon at least.

Final Deployment: The Daluke.
>1 Engage Mutas. (Reinforce Valkyries.)
>2 Engage Overlords.
>3 Engage Corruptors. (Reinforce Wraiths)

>>26280292
((You've rolled below a 10 about 4 times now. I picked the right subtitle today, let me tell you.))

>>26280318
>2

>>26280318
>3

>>26280318
>3

>>26280318
Two questions Adjy:
A. Are the Overlords really gonna give us anything if we kill them and
B. Would shooting at the Corruptors put the Daluke at extreme risk? I don't want to draw the capital ship killers over this way if we can help it.

>>26280318
Almost everyone is aboard dropships, and to meta it, we know Whiskey gets back (Kind of) alive. The Wraiths are being pounded, so any help to them is definitely worth it. The overlords will keep.

>>26280364
>anything
any trouble*

...guys. Corruptors love killing capital ships. What the fuck are you thinking?

>>26280364
The Overlords are transporting reinforcements aboard the Yelon. You still have 2 ground teams moving to their dropships for Evac.

The Daluke will take damage regardless of it's engagement. Forces are too numerous. Directly engaging Corruptors poses the greatest risk.

>>26280318
>2

>>26280391
Gah...crap, then we should engage the Overlords I think. Get the most people out on foot at the very least.

>>26280318
>2

>>26280391
>>26280391
>>26280391
LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING SAID.

ENGAGE THE OVERLORDS, PLEASE.

>>26280318
>2

>>26280318
>2

>>26280318
>2

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Rolled 1

You can't decide between 2 and 3. Guess you'll flip a coin. You're drunk anyway, not like your own judgement is that good.

>>26280464
OH THANK GOD

>>26280464
Alcoholism and cigars are what makes Delta's stupid plans work.

>>26280464
Holy shit, just that close to getting utterly fucked.

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Rolled 1

>"Lieutenant. Bring us in close. We need to support ground teams. Focus all batteries on the overlords."
>"Aye sir. Bridge to weapons control. You are weapons free. Engage Zerg reinforcements at your discretion."

You put the pipe to your mouth as you look at the window. Missiles and red death light up your bridge as they streak through the stars. Guardian angels blow apart overlord after overlord. The carnage is unlike anything you've ever seen before. But the window closes as they make contact with the damaged battlecruiser halves.

>"Status report, Lieutenant."
>"Sir... Zerg casualties are at 37 percent."
>"That's... it?"
>"That's an optimistic estimate, sir."

You watch the scanners, waiting for the shuttles to depart, or radio contact from your ground teams. The charge of lasers still drones on in the background as the batteries pound away at everything they can.

>"Black Earl is away! Prep a docking bay and send us an escort, Daluke!"
>"Healbus is away. Heading in."

>"Dolphin 13 to Daluke Actual! They've broken through! We're falling back! We can't hold them any more!"

>"Centennial Falcon. We're hit. That damn armor is still weak from our last engagement! We're going critical! Pod jettisons underway! Mayday, mayday, mayday! Chewy, get that gravity locked down! Get me power to the right eng-"

The sensors no longer read Centennial Falcon.

>1 Move Valkyries to rescue.
>2 Wait for the other Dropships to unload before you attempt a rescue.

>>26280648
Who was the Centennial Falcon carrying?

>>26280648
>2

Rolled 1

>>26280672
Passenger Manifest of the Hercules-Class Dropship Centennial Hawk:
Ensign Mark Solo
Petty Officer Steven "Chewy" Graves
Tyrone Winston
Whiskey Phoenix.

>>26280648
Crap, we lost our Hercules. And Not!Han Solo

>>26280648
Will the Daluke cover the rescue operation if we move the Valkyries in?

>>26280708
let me guess, the dice didn't roll well this time, either.

>>26280746
You're just not lucky today.

>>26280733
Yes.

>>26280648
>1

>>26280648
>1

>>26280648
Hm...the Valkyries did a great job, didn't they? The air should be clear where they are?

Trying to decide if they can spare to help the Hercules or would only leave us more exposed.