Rolled 12

>>27812826
Turn 43
>A. Scavenge for food.
>B. Try to improve the base
>C. Try to improve weapons.
>D. Research technology.
>E. Pursue new mutations.
>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>H. Your choice
79 resource points

Population: 10500(3000 human 2300Enlightened,5000 Nomahur 100 Other)
Food: Plentiful
Water: Plentiful
Infrastructure: Vault. Megatower. UVAMC.
Weapons: Armored Vests, Personal Forces shields. Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns. Knives. Heavy.
Technology: Advanced Shields(Thermal+/charging, Stealth+). Advanced Barriers(cloaked, slicing).
Materials: Plentiful(supplies)
Defenses: Megatower. Vault Access.
Power: Geothermal. Nuclear

NEWS
our Scouts have returned. They didn't find Loocha Skav or even the wrecks of the fallen mobile base. They did however encounter a ghoulish warband snooping around and even a Zombie Horde nearby.

>>27812826
>Acquired Volcun, Volciv, Coba and cilcith mutant mercs. Their costly though and not from around here.
Ask them what their terms are.

Rolled 43

>>27813010
Supply/loot/tech is their preferred means of payment.

>>27812826
>Flesh Worker

>Strainz

>>27813089
Everybody wants the same thing I see. Expenses, expenses, expenses.
How about a deal? Unlike the other mercenaries, whom we've mostly hired temporarily, what would it take for them to be here longterm?

"We're tired of having to deal with the constant threat under our beds. Now, we'd like to think you guys aren't just another hired gun we can send down there to mindlessly hack and hack at our underflank. We're looking for someone with a mastery of the underground, and we're looking for it in you. We're thinking of asking you to set up a sort of. . .colony under us. We can arrange a continued supply of material gathered from down there, in a fair deal of course, and all we ask is that you take care of our tunnel problem for us. We can supply you with all the weapons and tech you need to deal with down there, and in exchange a handsome cut of whatever you can mine from underneath us."

>>27813174
I can second that

Rolled 40

>>27813202
"No deal we be mercs not colonists or Exterminators."

>>27813248
"A real shame. Tell me, what is it about this idea that puts you off?
You desire to return to your homes? This place can become like your home and more. What Sheba has that we do not, we can double our efforts to change that.
You seek riches and wealth? That we can provide in great abundance down there.
You have a reputation to hold? You can bring much honor and glory to your names by sending bounties of blessing and advances to Sheba.
You fear boredom and stagnancy? I can assure you endless action."

Rolled 96

>>27813373
"We are mercs because we are mercs for us to stay we require our payment if you do wish to pay then we do not stay simple as that."

>>27813524
"And so you have said it, if we can provide pay you have said you can stay. This is essentially what I am offering, a continued pay in exchange for your stay and guard our underbelly. So long as you continue to do this, you receive your pay. This is the basics of mercenary work, providing security in exchange for pay."

"As you and I both know, these days resources are valuable and loot is even more valuable. Most missions we have done have cost us even up to two loot. But we are willing to be generous, and offer you 2 loot and an entire resource point for each turn you stay and guard our undersides."

"Advanced Tech is even more harder to come by, but we can provide for some additional missions and goals when we require it. A fair deal for a fairly valubale asset no?

Ghoul Romba

Mercs (seriously guys, don't fuck up like last time. Do Mercs.)

>>27813699
My vote goes to this.

Rolled 24

>>27813666
"We do not accept resources as payment. Tech is can replace loot as payment depending on how valuable it is dictates how much its good for. Ways of payment or services may be arranged or rearranged as."

Votes
2 Flesh Worker
2 Strainz
2 ghoul Romba
2 Mercs

Don't forget to figure out actions.

>>27813666
What are you doing? No, stop it. I vote no.

>>27813851
"Very well. How does 2.5 loot per turn sound? We will even throw in some advanced tech just for you and your men for the first turn to seal the deal, though, additional tech to send home to Sheba or any other reasons will require mission work. And that, I promise, is never in lack."

>>27813895
I am trying to remove the threat of underground as a nonfactor,
We have 1000 loots to spare.
If you have criticisms, or objects, please voice them and explain why you think we should only hire them temporarily.

Rolled 25

>>27813898
Hm 25% raise and tech as bonus...most appetizing yes. In any case what is that you need done?

>>27813915
In russia we laik to say "fuck the bear that is willing, bear not willing is to strong, laik... ehhhh bear!"

>>27813851
Why do you always have to start these when I'm not somewhere i can use my computer?

Voting for Zombie Ilshie and Mercs.
>>27813898
Why are you trying to wheel and deal with people we paid in advance for? Are you TRYING to ruin the reputation of fairness and lack of bullshitting we've worked hard to develop? We'll give them an even deal and that will be that.

>>27813969
>Are you TRYING to ruin the reputation of fairness and lack of bullshitting we've worked hard to develop? We'll give them an even deal and that will be that.
And we are offering them a fair deal. 2.5 loots per turn, in exchange they stay underus and protect us from now on. Extra tech is provided for missions. They seem even. . .enthusiastic about it.

It's called haggling by the way, throw a low price and they raise it and you negotiate.

Rolled 20

>>27813969
First payment was to get them there now your renegotiating the terms it seems.

>>27814000
Sadly that only covers them all but the Coba who are considered elite tier thus requiring either tech or 5 loots a turn.

>>27813915
They clearly don't like the idea of staying, and now you've increased their expense by 25%+tech.
>>27813928
We're sending them downstairs with resupply for the paladins, to join the fight down there, and to relieve the Super Soldiers and Military Borgs. Give them their first turn of pay (at the increased rate the anon oh-so-skillfully negotiated) and one more turn of pay in advance, they'll be paid 2 loot per turn that they're down there and get a bonus if the Arch Paladin speaks well of them.

>>27814033
Well if you insist. We'll just have to keep calling them or someone else back to deal with the underground threat anyway. We had 1000 loots to last us 30 years on that deal, and not to mention we can resupply through scavange and trade.

Here I was hoping we could finally let the undergrond be someone elses issue.

>>27814024
Give the Coba an extra 2 loot this first turn, then normal pay. They get the same deal described here >>27814033

>>27814033
Why are you giving them the increased price if they're not doing the longterm deal? The bonuses were only there if they promised to stay.

Rolled 10

>>27814033
>They clearly don't like the idea of staying, and now you've increased their expense by 25%+tech.
That's not how negotiations work.
They didn't increase the price, we OFFERED them. Now you're just sealing us getting ripped off by applying payment to a different deal for a much cheaper service.

Rolled 75

>>27814033
Change it to 2 loot for this turn, and 1 loot and tech if they get commendations from Arch Paladin.

>>27814131
Yeah, if this is going to be a run of the mill mission they get the standard pay. Fair is fair.
The bonuses come later for good work. Though maybe 2 loot if they get commendation.

Rolled 82

>>27814063
The loot needs to be put towards improving our own forces, not paying contracts to Mercs. (Read some Machiavelli or Von Clausewitz quotes on Mercs). On that note.

>Basic 1
Pursue mutation: heightened senses. (who else is tired of our scouts getting wiped out all the time? I know i am)

>Basic 2
Send out scouts to see what the ghouls and zombies are doing, assess their strength, and etc.

>Basic 3
Equip a mobile base with Shields+Lasers

>Manufacture
Manufacture shields+lasers for the last unupgraded mobile base. If all mobile bases are upgraded then manufacture laser weapons for our troops, and any mercenaries who want them.

>Guidance
Mr. Light and Dr. Picli should look into detection systems so we don't get our asses snuck up on by an army like the Ravagers pulled off.

Rolled 10

>>27814090
>>27814103
>>27814157
They get the boosted pay because we offered it to them already, and we can't go "Hey, come here and we'll hire you at standard rate...actually here's a bonus...lol JK no bonus for you!!!"

At least we'll probably get an even better rep with mercs for this shit i guess.

>>27814231
Eh, it's .5 extra of a loot and just enough shields for their men alone.

That's peanuts.

Rolled 9

>>27814231
>At least we'll probably get an even better rep with mercs for this shit i guess.
That's kind of the point of bonuses. . .get good relations in deals.

Rolled 64

>>27814254
No its just not enough shields for their mercs alone. That might work with the basics but upper advanced and above that wont cut it as pure payment.

Rolled 21

Ah, good to see the threads started already.
Oh, been thinking of some ideas for weapons and potential mutants. Here for that anon who wanted me to right them down.
http://pastebin.com/wGavpxyb

>>27814192
Voting and roll

Rolled 95

>>27814192
Send MK Ninja for Basic 2 and it has my vote

Rolled 60

>>27814192
This

>>27814329

MK Ninja is downstairs with the Military Borgs+Super Soldier Company, and so unavailable.

Rolled 64

>>27814378
Ok then, missed that

>>27814378
Don't forget the Demons we sent down there.
When everything's cleaned up we had better take advantage and repair/push our barriers territory down there.

>>27814423

I remember. I want the demons to stay down there though, I'm sure the paladins and them will have some nice conversations and cool the demons' heads. If word gets around to the demons then maybe their hot-headed youth will come to us instead of enlisting as mercs, yeah?

The Military Borgs and Super Soldier Company, on the other hand are just perfect for taking care of certain Ghoul Warbands, Zombie Hordes, and a Busted Bunker. I don't like that our scouts didn't return from the Busted Bunker. I don't like it at all.

>>27814311

Awesome. I love it, though some of the mutant strains will take quite a while to implement.

>>27813851

Voting for Zombie Ilshie and Mercs.
Oh, EDE? After jumping between 4 different wifi-networks in 3 different locations, all of the Memor threads have at least 5 positive votes. Happy?

>>27814476
The Demons are bound to grow bored of underground fighting eventually and seek fun elsewhere though that is a pleasant thought.

Heh, Maybe we can turn it into some kind of demon fun zone down there? "Aduro Industries hellfire arena. The most exciting place on earth for young demons." Like a big party or something, lasers and shit.

As for the bunker, every single force, even scouting force, even heroic scouting force, we have sent there was a suicide mission. Will these guys do any better? I don't know. But on the offchance they're dead, least we won't have to pay them afterward. Of course, let's see the condition of whoever comes up from down there.

>>27814528
hey! he's not supposed to know we're doing that.

>>27814541

Yeah. I get the feeling that Alede won't let the Super Soldier Company (at least them) die though so that he can tear Dr. Picli out of our hands later.

>>27814541
My original plan was to just withdraw the Super Soldier Company...but then we had a Ghoulish Warband and a Zombie Horde show up in our crater. So I figured we might want to have a little more military might on hand.

I could've sworn the super-soldiers had orders to come back up this turn or next turn, or last turn. I guess we'll finally get a sit-rep on what's happening down there.

>>27814627
I'm half expecting them to bail with Picli when they come back up.
. . .if they come back up.

If is good.

Rolled 13

>>27814192
Mutation Heightened senses is being pursued mostly the overuse of lasers and speakers upon our volunteers

Scouts sent out to the ghouls and zombies find out some interesting things mostly but running into a chatty ghoul who decided to tag along...despite being so chatty the fucker was amazingly sneaky. Who informed our scouts of a meeting going on between a the Ghoul Warband Leader and the Zombies. Shit the ghoul even knew about our lost hero stating Loocha got taken by the ghouls along with the lost mobile base. Meanwhile we found out that the ghouls are around thanks to lethal levels of nastiness thus are looking for around and the zombies meanwhile were attracted to all the fighting. The meeting between the two our scouts barely managed to get close enough to over hear them discussing plans mostly about the underground and turf/lair claims there was even a discussion of a pact.

Mobile base equipped

Manufacturing continues

Mr. Light and Dr. Picli are debating the best way to do this they have an idea for some basic detectors though.

Votes
2 flesh worker
2 Strainz
2 ghoul Romba
4 Merc
2 Zombie Ilshie

Turn 44
>A. Scavenge for food
>B. Try to improve the base
>C. Try to improve weapons
>D. Research technology
>E. Pursue new mutations
>F. Explore in a direction/something
>G. Scavenge for raw materials
>H. Your choice
75 resource points

Population: 10500(3000 human 2300Enlightened,5000 Nomahur 100 Other)
Food: Plentiful
Water: Plentiful
Infrastructure: Vault. Megatower. UVAMC.
Weapons: Armored Vests, Personal Forces shields. Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns. Knives. Heavy.
Technology: Advanced Shields(Thermal+/charging, Stealth+). Advanced Barriers(cloaked, slicing).
Materials: Plentiful(supplies)
Defenses: Megatower. Vault Access.
Power: Geothermal. Nuclear

Alerts
Mercs have been dispatched underground.

We have received a strange messenger...a member of the mysterious mutants who live underground. Who carries a message from its own and our forces.

Rolled 20

>>27814541
>Heh, Maybe we can turn it into some kind of demon fun zone down there? "Aduro Industries hellfire arena. The most exciting place on earth for young demons." Like a big party or something, lasers and shit.
Ee'll call it the YDCA (Young Demons Combat Associatoin).
Rig up the place with strobes, lasers, and amenities and it's a demon party down there.

Been a while since we pulled off a PR stunt.

>>27814688
>We have received a strange messenger...a member of the mysterious mutants who live underground. Who carries a message from its own and our forces.
Here it comes.

These guys better have a good reason for picking off our miners. On the offchance they do and they're not a certain race I'm sure reparations are in order for both sides.

Rolled 4

>>27814688
The messenger stated that we are fools that broke the delicate balance down there. Now that of which was contained due to be paranoid from their strikes fooling it is no more. As in the forces we sent have force it into action.

The message it brought back from our forces stated that the underground was crawling with ghouls, zombies, bandits, monsters and worse. It was proving to be a huge clusterfuck. They were doing reasonably well until the shit started hitting the fan when they cracked into some strange tunnels...

>>27814733
"could not afford new faction to add to the trouble as is too much was pouring now it is is all irredeemably fucked. All thanks to YOU the others were happy enough to kill each other but not you oh no your forces just HAD to be good enough to crush them and to break through..."

"Its all your fault that of which is about to happen sticking ones noses where it doesn't belong, not even bothering to wonder just WHY the underground was the way it was. Its going to come for you now. Its got someone to truly focus and finally knows where to strike."

>>27814830
>The messenger stated that we are fools that broke the delicate balance down there.
>"could not afford new faction to add to the trouble"
Don't try to shove that horsecock of blame down on us.
When we met some demons, we invited them to dinner.
When Urgsha came and swindled us, we invited him to our home later.
If this precious balance of yours was so important, all you had to fucking do was walk up to one of us and talk. Instead you slithered around like worms and killed our men without mercy.

Who are you anyway

>>27814688

Goddammit, I suspected they had gotten the Mobile Base Wreck. Fuck, AND an engineering hero.

What are the numbers on the Zombie Horde+Ghoul Warband? Would our Mobile Bases and Mobile Fortress be able to (sneak up on them because they're goddamn undetectable) and then destroy them?

There's only 1 Mobile Base left that hasn't gotten upgraded shields+lasers, right?

>>27814830
Ask them if they'd like to help us take whatever this force is out. We'd gladly give them favorable conditions for living in the underground if they'd assist us.

"It is unfortunate that we've stumbled into the tunnels without knowing what we were getting into, but now that the gates have opened...perhaps you would consider an alliance with us? If you help us take out this 'thing' that we've stirred, or provide us with information on it and the other dangers down there, we will treat you in kind. We reward our friends quite generously, and bear no ill-will towards you."

Rolled 60

>>27814916
"We are those who keep IT contained. Make it thing there is an overwhelming force out there, make it paranoid, make it dig it and hide. Now its ALL RUINED. At least the other groups had the good graces to NOT kick everything else's ass so hard that they had only one part left to break into.

>>27814937

Numbers range in a thousands. Proximately 1000 ghouls as the talker stated were none feral have no idea what that means, they also have 4x feral it seems and at least 10x that zombies. They don't have much in the ways of heavy vehicles though.

You can try.

About right.

>>27814937
"OH HELL NO we going to be running very soon very fast. That thing would love some payback and we like to live. For a long long time that meant tricking it now however that means fleeing."

>>27815002
And you are those who have lead to the events we both find ourselves in now.
The other groups didn't bother you? Well then the other groups didn't have the saftey of their people in mind when they heard strange slithering things under their feet and men mysteriously vanish without a trace.

YOU could've told us this situation of yours, but instead you acted like preying monsters and killed them. YOU could've begin contact with the numerous scouting parties we sent down there and told us this long ago. YOU could've prevented us sending in armies out of our own fear and paranoia of things rising out to kill us, as your forces have acted time and again.

>>27814937

You know what's even better? THEIR Mobile Base is a Military-Specced Mobile Base and Grandmaster Loota can repair anything even better than it was before.

>>27815002
So 15k infantry total
-1k Sent. Ghouls
-4k Feral Ghouls
-10k Zombies
With very little Heavy Vehicles. Did our scouts notice any particular zombie mutants or if the horde had a lot of zombie mutants?

>>27815002
Tell them we'll give them a considerable amount of food+water for their flight if they tell us everything they know about "IT", but that if they stay and help we'll give them the best of homes an excess of food+water, weapons, stealth shields, and whatever else is in our power to give.

>>27815110

Don't antagonize these guys, we're trying to ally them. Don't get defensive towards a potentially useful NPC group.

>>27815140
I know. I'm just pissed they are trying to play the blame game on us.

>>27815219

It's quite frustrating, I know. But they're NPCs, EDE is TRYING to make us lose our heads so we can't ally them. They might be our only hope at figuring out what's going on in time down there though.

>>27814937
>>27815117
And you what else?
Ghouls love radiation. We have radiation.
We have never attacked a ghoul, though we have come under attack by them and defended ourselves (with help).
We've yet to encounter zombies.

Just throwing out possibilities.

Rolled 20

>>27815117
Zombie strains are prevelant exact numbers range anywhere from 1/10 or 1/4 couldn't get to close to really tell thanks to the whole being made of tasty flesh and all.

>>27815110
"The other groups stayed away from the underground. They knew better both the killer heat that makes the surface pale in comparison, noxious toxic prevalent gasses and finally the fact that not many ever came back. Pretty clear message to stay away."

"don't try to fix what isn't broken. what we did worked until you showed up but you stuck to small range so we were willing to forgive. Then you reached out far so far and finally you sent your forces down."

>>27815117
We don't know much about it other then it feeds and turns things against itself it terrible bizarre ways. We ourselves nearly found our selves consumed by it but we evolved in order to survive. We kept it contained, starving, and paranoid for its survival. We knew couldn't finish it off but that didn't mean we could give the illusion of us being much stronger then we actually are. Enough so to keep it holding back and paranoid. Made it think it was safe...as long as it kept a low profile and kept largely to its self."

>>27814916
>>27814937
im so glad some of us are diplomaticly inclined
vote for these

>>27815400
Those aren't actions, they're discussions.

in any case, I'll just drop this argument, we have more important things to discuss. But they're still toting a crock of shit if they think we are entirely the cause of all this.

Forgiveness isn't killing men and leaving no trace. It isn't attacking us while at the same time we were attacked from above. And a message isn't a hostile enviornment. A message is spoken.

>>27815311

Well that gets them their departure bonus.

"We appreciate the information, and you will get what we promised you. We feel we must implore you, one more time, to stay and help us fight this foe! You are the only ones who have dealt with it extensively, and you've evolved past whatever its twisting abilities are. Having you on our side would be an invaluable boon, and we would be willing to pay dearly for it.

That aside, do you really think this monster will forgive you or forget the creatures that kept it contained for so long...in it's view just waiting until they could unleash an army down into its domain to deliver the killing blow? Because if I were in its position, I would never cease my hunt for the ones that tried to kill me until I was sure that every last one of them had been wiped off the planet.

You might run and you might hide for a time, but so long as this thing lives you'll never be able to truly rest. If you join us, on the other hand, your enemy will be eliminated and homes and plenty will be yours to enjoy."

Rolled 89

>>27815456
"....Indeed we are not strong enough to finish it off ourselves or perhaps even with your help. However now we plan to accept a certain offer that was offered a long time ago. With behind us then we can finish certainly finish it once and for all. Its just we never felt the need we kept ourselves going strong planning to one day finish it off. Sadly we ran out of time...now we must accept that offer and our selves for that failure. In any case I suggest fleeing if I were you it never had true stable target before and its going to take complete advantage."

>>27815519
"Well, if you must leave then certainly you can see the logic of giving us your tactics and abilities to hold off this thing long enough for you to make your escape. Certainly, staying in touch with us as we defend against the creature and cooperating with us is of a boon to us both"

>>27815519
"surely you would not be so cruel as to leave us to this fate without even the knowledge that you have gathered in your time battleing this threat? we understand that you feel that you are no longer able to continue your endevors but that doesent mean that they have to end with you."

Rolled 38

>>27815519

"Thank you...what do you call yourselves? If you ever require any help then feel free to ask. Our apologies for our blundering, maybe things would've turned out differently if we could only have known. We can not move, so we will do our best to hold the line. Godspeed and good luck."
Give them the promised "considerable amount" of food+water. Adero Industries can't be getting a name for not fulfilling their promises.

Anyway, sounds like we're going to have to ask Isabella for a shitload of Mercs next time she comes by so we can have a hope of holding our own. (We need to make it a sort of...bulk purchase. Get a shitload all at once and send them down into the tunnels, because I don't expect many of them will survive, but as soon as that becomes common knowledge Mercs will be more hesitant to join us).


>Basic 1
Send scouts out to check out the Ghouls+Mutants again, this time have them bring along a few prototype detectors of Picli+Light's design if they're available.

I don't want to march our Mobiles out there just for them to get caught in a crossfire between our salvaged Mobile Base and a Military-Mobile Base that we just hadn't seen.

>Basic 2
Develop our laser combat vehicles more, emphasis on integrating all of our shield technologies into them. (Picli)

>Basic 3
Pursue mutation: Heightened/enhanced sense

>Manufacture
Equip the last Mobile Base with its upgrades

>Guidance
Continue development of detection systems (Mr. Light)

Ask Overseer No-Mad if he knows anything about the (Lurklas) mutants, or about what's in the tunnels. Ask him if he thinks the ghouls would be open to parlay for our hero, and if he thinks it'd be advisable to attack them. Ask him generally for his recommended course of action.

>>27815638
>(We need to make it a sort of...bulk purchase. Get a shitload all at once and send them down into the tunnels, because I don't expect many of them will survive, but as soon as that becomes common knowledge Mercs will be more hesitant to join us).
That might just make things worse though. But extra muscle is never bad.

What I'm also wondering is how and where these guys will go. We have other remnants (though far away and logistics are a nightmare for anyone not made of living energy or water). And who offered these guys a deal.

Rolled 15

>>27815638
Vote

I wonder if this is how those "greater good" faction felt when the Memor tried to blame them for. . .bunkering down and safeing up their home.

Rolled 89

>>27815578
>>27815628
In exchange for additional payment such as tech we can certainly share what we know.

Rolled 76

>>27815638
this is in desperate need of a good roll

Rolled 8

>>27815638
Has my support.
>>27815694
There are a few similarities.

>>27815718
And now they're trying to rip us off too.
I severly dilsike these guys.

>>27815718
im sorry but are these the same guys that we just led a crusade so massive against them that they no longer have the forces to hold their ground? and these arrogant assholes are demanding PAYMENT?! i was open to being plesent with them but that is rediculas, i say we break out the thumb screws (they have thumbs right?)

Rolled 8

>>27815673

Yes...I'm wondering too. I'm desperately hoping it wasn't Umbra Corp...though whoever it is it probably doesn't make much difference, because they seem to be miles out of our league.

>>27815718
Very well, give them thermal shields and personal shields and laser-cannons if they want them.

I'm tempted to give them stealth shields, because they could strike against IT where-ever they goddamn want to with their stealth shields and stealth abilities...but then they could also strike against anyone anywhere with their stealth abilities and shields if they had them.

Actually, stealth-tech is already pretty common apparently. Might as well be the ones profiting off of giving it to them.

I vote for giving them some Phase-Shields for their information.

Alternately, if people disagree...we give them loot. 5 units ought to do it.

>>27815718
"Tell me, if you considered us a threat and never bothered to check up on us, how is it you know of our tech? That implies you studied us, and if you studied us, it implies you specifically chose to not contact us knowing our ways. But we digress, what is it you want?"

>>27815788

Nooo, nooo...I know it's galling, but that's EDE deliberately trying to make you make a bad decision. We've done well, thus far. They'll be gone soon, let them have their parting gifts on good terms and it'll pay off later.

>>27815812
Not the phase shields, only gives a boon to those trying to outrace us in the shielding department. Plus, you never know whose hands it will fall into.

Regular stealth shields and potentially loot is good.

Rolled 94

>>27815906
They wont take ordinary stealth shields.

>>27815937
What about thermal shields? Our advanced Personal Force shields? Laser cannons? Loot?

>>27815839
or it could be our opening to the ever elusive "option 3"
but i admit i cant come up with anything besides additional pressure because we have the upper hand and they know it

>>27815967
Well, the way these guys act it makes me want to open up a can of ption 4 on their asses.

Rolled 90

>>27815638
Scouts sent to the ghouls and zombies...they are no longer there it seems. Going to have to figure out where they went off to.

Laser Combat Vehicles we hit a snap mostly drawing forth enough power that wont shuttdown, have too much, or fry things.

Mutation successfully developed our forces have acquired it.

Last Mobile Base has been upgraded.

Mister Light hit a snag with detectors muttering about waves and energy with lack of reactive elements.

Turn 41
>A. Scavenge for food.
>B. Try to improve the base
>C. Try to improve weapons.
>D. Research technology.
>E. Pursue new mutations.
>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>H. Your choice
71 resource points

Population: 10500(3000 human 2300Enlightened,5000 Nomahur 100 Other)
Food: Plentiful
Water: Plentiful
Infrastructure: Vault. Megatower. UVAMC.
Weapons: Armored Vests, Personal Forces shields. Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns. Knives. Heavy.
Technology: Advanced Shields(Thermal+/charging, Stealth+). Advanced Barriers(cloaked, slicing).
Materials: Plentiful(supplies)
Defenses: Megatower. Vault Access.
Power: Geothermal. Nuclear

>>27815951
We have no interest in that stuff as we can get it on our own enough. Those phase shields on the other hand....we would some for that info while their creators are still around.

Rolled 36

>>27816024
Damn it meant turn 45

Current votes

2 flesh worker
2 Strainz
2 ghoul Romba
4 Merc
2 Zombie Ilshie

>>27816024
What about Overseer-No Mad's suggestion on the Ghoulish Zombie situation?

A pact is a most odd thing for the two races. And knowingly, a pact opens up possibilities as we have shown no hostility towards them.

>>27816137
Waiting on this to post actions...

>>27816059
I think Merc is the way to go, I don't know about the others. But flesh worker strikes me the most.

Can someone go back and look up on the factions and lay of the land?
If I recalle
Urgsha - Mutant supremacists with Capn' Morgan, now working with a Gorza that he doesn't like for reasons. Ignore our last attempts at a meeting.
Bandits - Made a stunning return to the land. Allied with Reavers and ghouls alongside us and destroyed other tech factions. Urgsha and No-Mad felt it apt to fight them
Reavers - see above, only known to work with bandits and ghouls
Ghouls - Ghouls attacked us alongside the bandits and reavers. Uknown relation to those proposing a pact with zombies
Zombies - just met them

Is that correct so far?

>>27816200
I'm torn between the flesh worker (whom I suspect is below us) Strainz (who I also suspect is below us) Ghoul Romba (I want to know what the deal between the zombies and ghouls is) and Zombie Ilshie (I want to know what happened to Shadow Extin and what the deal between the zombies and ghouls is)

Rolled 27

>>27816059
Voting Mercs and Ghoul Romba

Rolled 53

>>27816024
News

Coming charging down from the tunnels we saw a mixture of borgs and Super Soldiers running for their very lives.

YOU FUCKING BORGS JET LEGS IS CHEATING.

SCREW YOU SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST BITCH.

AHH THEIR SO CLOSE I NOT ENOUGH BULLETS TO KILL THEM ALL EVEN WITH ONE SHOTS OR TRICK KILLS FFUUU

That was abruptly the borgs turned and the super soldiers seemingly ducked down sliding.Which was the signal for the borgs to open fire mowing down the menace.

AHAHAH WERE ALMOST*RUMBLING*

OH SHIT THEIR COMING THROUGH THE WALLS- as the wall collapsed pouring forth a tide flanking them.


FUUUUCK GODDAMN USE BLINKERS TEAMS GO BORG SHADES DEPLOY.

Were not sure what happened after that as our cameras got wiped out. Other then some very battered forces came panting out.

Oh shit fucking ballsacks. Ain't expecting that.

No kidding there was no signs of that sort of thing lurking down there.

Ain't got enough bullets...

eh what about those reinforcements sent down there?

The others looked at the guy as one.

Unless they made it to the pally force their on their own.

Come to think of it why the did the paladins keep fighting anyway?

Something to do with a crusade. Morons don't plan to retreat until the Crusade is declared over.

Crazy bastards.

Hey at least they made an excellent distraction!

Tell that the the fucking horde of those monsters wanting to bite my ass off.


>>27816137
"I don't deal with ghouls or zombies that so I don't know. Can say this though if they agreed to something that means their willing to share."

>>27816260

Yeah, that's right. There's more than one faction of bandits though, the ones we've dealt with are the Zeppelin bandits.

Ash Bandits-Like flying around in (apparently highly advanced) zeppelins. Allied with the Ravagers (not Reavers) to attack Adero Industries.

Ghouls- Inhabit a Military Base that apparently had a Mobile Base in it, and some stealth tech. The military base area is highly irradiated. Numbers unknown, seem to have access to extreme long range artillery. Currently holding our hero captive, captured/salvaged a Mobile Base of ours in battle after we made a retarded move with it.

Rolled 25

>>27816260
You got reavers mixed up with ravagers.

>>27816302
We did't pay those guys to retreat. C'est la vie.
Holy damn, 3 elites and the Coba reinforcements.

>>27816260
>>27816302
So the way I see it. We can
>Talk to Ghouls and Zombies
>Talk to the surviving tech factions of the land
>Buy mercs out the ass (and make a better deal where they get half pay now and half pay after the job is done. . .or something. Presuming isabella comes [highly doubt that])

>>27816024

Fine, give them their phase shields, with the minor extra condition that before they leave for good/sever contact with us they scout out the Busted Bunker and tell us what's going on there.

>>27816059

Voting Flesh Worker and Mercs.

>>27816302
Did the heroes survive? What can they tell us about what's down there?
>Basic 1
Send the Mobile Fort+Mobile Bases out on a monster-clearing mission in our general area. Keep them together so they're safer.

The underground may be a festering shithole, but we sure as hell shouldn't let the surface become the same.

>Basic 2
Pursue mutation: toughened hide I want Rix-style armor plates eventually

>Basic 3
Produce turrets to fortify the tunnels we've secured with.

>Mad Science
Work on the detection systems! (Dr. Picli)

>Guidance
Work on our Energy-Weapon Combat Vehicles. It's possible that this would be best done by looking into how to modify the power output of our infini-batteries. (Mr. Light)

>>27816385
The Coba were the only elites. The others were just underground-combat specialized.

The Super Soldier Company had orders to return to the surface after 2 turns, the Borgs didn't. We sent down the other mercs to relieve them both... but it sounds like they never made contact.

So things must be so bad the the Super Soldiers and Borgs deemed it a military necessity to withdraw together...holy shit.

Rolled 56

>>27816302
Isn't that your fault for having such a delicious looking ass?

HEY wasn't my fault that ass augmentation worked out that way.

Oh shut up, ordered the Colonel remember thanks to your leader behind to fight borgs your under my temporary command.

Eh but we ran.

We weren't getting paid enough for that mess. Besides we cleared the entire underground. How the fuck were we supposed to know where those things came from. More importantly why the hell the damned paladins charged forth there under and into a fucking volcano known as No-Smokey.

I don't know sir in any case...

Yeah this place wont qualify at this rate.

>>27816455
>Produce turrets to fortify the tunnels we've secured with.
More than turrets we ought to install laser holes in the walls that can pour an endless stream. Or incinerating burning shield walls.

But for now turrets are good.

Still no sign of the aquatic hero
*sigh
Bet he's been kidnapped by some other corp.

Remember that one comparison of sending out Tabula was the equivalent of sending out a walking pile of gold?

>>27816481

Hmm...Drats. Ask them what they'd advise we do to make our location more secure.

Rolled 25

>>27816455
Colonel here the entire place was sweeped clean up to the surface or facilities. Problems arose when we were finishing up we paladins punched through some strange membrane and out came forth a gigantic tide of monsters. We could deal with that but not when they started pouring in as if we were in the middle of a cube. We may be good but that not good. Don't got enough bullet for something like that or energy cells for something like that. Paladins charged inward we charged outward. Excpet for Supah who took its more...'eccentric' borgs with it following the paladins. We got the hell out or tried to anyway. As for whats down there monsters on steriods *shrugs* we thought the ordinary ones were bad enough but hot dahmn."

>>27816554
'just' a pile?

>>27816572
"Fuck if I know those things be awfully good at moving around."

>>27816615
>energy cells for something like that.
Well we do. Wish we could've sent some down.

And no, to be precious it was more of a giant golden golem with rubies for eyes and diamond teeth, with hair made of money.

Rolled 78

>>27816615

Well, we might have to learn how to make ourselves some nukes out of the weapons-grade uranium we have lying around and send it with several elite groups to fuck that shit up.

Forgot my roll for this. I have a horrible feeling a 1 with terrible consequences is going to rear its head soon...it feels like it's been too long.

Rolled 90

>>27816554

We sent him out with an escort...I thought he'd be able to defend himself, what with his "Portal to a strange realm" and ability to summon water elementals and such.

>>27816685
We'd need No-Mad to organize the detonation. . .or you know, tell us if that's actually possible.

Rolled 58

>>27816720

And we should probably check and see if it'd even do anything first too.

>>27816615

So how mad would you be if the Arch-Paladin turns out to be our Glowy Joe and your world-ending threat down in the tunnels is beaten to a pulp by the GLOWING RIGHTEOUSNESS of the holy paladin order?

Rolled 98

>>27816059
4 flesh worker
2 Strainz(voided)
3 ghoul Romba
7 Merc(locked)
2 Zombie Ilshie

>>27816777
Glowy Joe is a bandit and bugshit crazy arch paladin is neither if it did happen I would be more confused then anything

>>27816809
>Strange memebrane
>Tide of monsters
>Underground

This all sounds vaguely familiar. Are you fellow boardmembers sure Flesh Worker is the right choice?

>>27816821
Let's not forget
>It takes things and turns on itself
>It nearly consumed the (assholes who never bothered to tell us their name when we asked and we never bothered to ask what they looked like)

>>27816821
>>27816847
It's clearly the wrong choice
so it must be the right choice.

>>27816821
Check out "Strainz" (voided) >>27816809

Whatever this thing is, it appears to be biological in nature.

Voting for...Fuck if I know. Someone else decide.

>>27816847
>Strange membrane that unleashes tide of advanced monsters
>Underground (tunnels, some covered in flesh, some new)
>Takes things and turns them on themselves
>Nearly consumed the Lurklas (stealthy motherfuckers)

I'm not sure Alede would repeat broodmother so soon though...You know, we never found out what Giggles' powers were...

>>27816904
Sharks with Frickin Laser beams.
Would've been useful for us. What with our aquatic hero and tunnels.

Rolled 83

>>27816904
Giggles had the best secret story never told.

As for the Strainz its voided do to you picking mercs.
>>27816935
That was Torg's favorite pet except meaner and more AWESOME.

>>27816969
Torg? I thought that was Alexis' pet.

Rolled 92

>>27816809
Fleshworker

>>27816809

>Paladin charges through the whole tunnels with 7k men and no logistical support
>Charges through membranous barrier into the heart of a volcano
>Suddenly monsters, monsters everywhere
>Fuck yeah. Let's smite us some evil and not get any support either.

>Tries to say the Arch Paladin ISN'T bugshit crazy.

>>27816969

Would you mind telling us now? I forgot to ask when the Memor died...

Rolled 82

>>27817017
He is just that much of a badass anon.

>>27817035
Nope you missed it forever. I gave everyone a chance to know that sorta stuff at the very end cause I am not complete dick

>>27816983
Giggles was something else entirely.


In any case Fleshworker Locked


Downloading now Flesh Worker and Mercs chosen. If you survive you will enjoy the merc benefit.

>>27817076

Oh Gods Dammit, what did we unleash this time?

>>27817076
>yfw every single insignificant/ignored thing in the quest has a major story behind it
>Carl
>Fucking Jenny
>The mysterous wasteland
>Finger biting fish
>Giggles
>the digga nigga

>>27816904
More like stealthy assholes

I have to leave for a while. Try not to die to whatever EDE's writing up before I get another internet connection.

Rolled 53

You are a Flesh Worker awaiting attending a certain meeting.

Mother Clora your appearance and aid has done wonders for your work if you may could you-

No one but my children my refer to me as 'Clora'.

Ah my apolagies but in any case-

Cease and desist while your ahead I did what I could get away with I can not avoid to have my cover blown.

But what you are capable of you could...

That was when you felt someone tugging on your suit. Looking down you saw little little Rizal you seems to want you to follow you did. Ah the pain of being chosen so you followed along. Who knows where this journey will take you. Unlike her Mother she was more then happy to travel around. Ah god it sucks be a lowly mook and follower. Yet for some reason you though looking over as you are strapped in before take off you got chosen by this little miss. Well it DID get you promoted so you can't really complain to anyone as they consider you lucky...but they don't know the truth.


Actions?

>>27817180
I think to myself "what in the world got me into this mess. Oy vey, what was my mission again?"

>>27817201
Seconded
Clora, holy shit man

Rolled 60

>>27817180
If you mean real actions then >>27816455
seems suitable.

Rolled 89

>>27817119
Haha yeah you know whats even funnier? For every hero/special figure that reveals themselves thanks to a hero there are 2 you don't know about lurking.

>>27817157
Don't worry anon they'll die soon enough.

>>27817201
You got in this mess because for some reason YOU were the unfortunate bastard who got chosen. As for what is your mission who knows you never actually do get orders rather you sorta just tag along really. Your guide her around the facility.

Now you can feel the aircraft take off and then when you are far out enough you get picked up by....whatever it is that was arranged this time. That was when you dived under where ever it is going to who knows where this time.

Rolled 63

>>27816455
The surface seems pretty clear but they killed a few monsters that stuck their heads out.

toughened hide is tough but luckily we got some dead monsters to give us a base for it.

turrets constructed.

Dr. Picli came up with a some basic detection equipment.

We got the weapons figured out with our energy weapons.

Special trait vehicles are faster when not using their weapons.

Turn 46
>A. Scavenge for food.
>B. Try to improve the base
>C. Try to improve weapons.
>D. Research technology.
>E. Pursue new mutations.
>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>H. Your choice
65 resource points

Population: 10500(3000 human 2300Enlightened,5000 Nomahur 100 Other)
Food: Plentiful
Water: Plentiful
Infrastructure: Vault. Megatower. UVAMC.
Weapons: Armored Vests, Personal Forces shields. Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns. Knives. Heavy.
Technology: Advanced Shields(Thermal+/charging, Stealth+). Advanced Barriers(cloaked, slicing).
Materials: Plentiful(supplies)
Defenses: Megatower. Vault Access.
Power: Geothermal. Nuclear

>>27817299
"Well, whatever. Another day in my miserable existence. At least the flight won't be- stop kicking the back of my chair Rizal. No, we aren't going to Carlson World, it doesn't exist anymore. No, we are not there yet"

Rolled 60

>>27817397
>Basic 1
Start disseminating the detectors around our facility and safe zones of the tunnels
>Basic 2
Pursue Mutation - Healing Radiation, based off the ghouls we've encountered
>Basic 3
Construct more inner defense turrets for the Mobile Forts
>Mad Science!
Pulsed Imupulsive Kill Laser - An invisible laser pulse which, upon contact with the target, ablates the surface and creates an amount of exploding plasma. This produces a pressure wave that stuns the target and knocks them off their feet, and electromagnetic radiation that stimulates all nerve cells causing a painful debilitation sensation at best, a completely burnt nervous system (death) at worst.
>Guidance
Upgrade the base shield barriers to electrical incineration shields, which delivers a huge charge of electricity and burns on contact.

Rolled 48

>>27817397
Man I am beganing to loathe running civs if my players vanish whenever things get interesting. Seems like not even my writefaggotry is enough to keep them around as it used to.

Rolled 100

>>27817616
Voting this

>>27817625
Interesting things can be scary. Plus, it's friday night and you know how that can be.

>>27817646
Hell yes!

Rolled 18

>>27817625
I was waiting for you to write about the mercs
>>27817646
Fuck yeah

Rolled 44

>>27817646
Goddamn it 1s where art thou?

>>27817616
>Pulsed Imupulsive Kill Laser Incinerator
>P.I.K.L.I
>Invented by Dr. Picli

Rolled 30

>>27817616
Detectors have been completely disseminated around our facilility and the tunnels in a overlapping grid.

Grid Detection Network unlocked.

Healing radiation was figured out when that strange ghoul came by and we dug into some old plans about unusual shield components/plans that were cancelled. We got healing radiation now.

inner defensive turrets have been constructed and placed into all the Mobile Forts.

The P.I.K.L.I has been designed and comes in different level strengths.

Electrical Incineration Shields have been constructed that are even capable of turning foes into cinders.

Turn 41
>A. Scavenge for food.
>B. Try to improve the base
>C. Try to improve weapons.
>D. Research technology.
>E. Pursue new mutations.
>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>H. Your choice
60 resource points

Population: 10500(3000 human 2300Enlightened,5000 Nomahur 100 Other)
Food: Plentiful
Water: Plentiful
Infrastructure: Vault. Megatower. UVAMC.
Weapons: Armored Vests, Personal Forces shields. Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns. Knives. Heavy.
Technology: Advanced Shields(Thermal+/charging, Stealth+). Advanced Barriers(cloaked, slicing).
Materials: Plentiful(supplies)
Defenses: Megatower. Vault Access.
Power: Geothermal. Nuclear

WARNING
tunnels are being swarmed with monsters.

WARNING
strange fliers have been detected.

WARNING
Strange creatures have broken through the surface around our base and began spewing out monsters.

WARNING
Strange spires have arosen surrounding our base.

WARNING
Mobile bases detected approaching.

Rolled 95

>>27817804
Choose

Fleshworker

Arch Paladin

Ghoul Romba

Zombie ilshie

MK Ninja

>>27817804
I want visual details of all.

>>27817834
Hmm, give me a minute

Rolled 6

>>27817845
Of what exactly the WARNINGS or something?

Rolled 88

>>27817834
Fleshworker

>>27817877
Of course the warnings. The spires. the Aircraft.

Choosing Arch Paladin

Rolled 23

Arch paladin.

>>27817834
Fleshworker
Already chose him this far.

Rolled 94

>>27817834
>Strange aircraft
Fleshworker
Want to see what he or the little tyke are up to.

I'm back now. What'd I mi-Holy shit!

Too bad we never installed those turrets for the tunnels.

Voting MK Ninja, because you know that motherfucker is somewhere important and knows stuff that other people won't.

>>27817960
Yep. Bout that time.
Tried to think my best and got a 100 to boot.

>>27817998
Oops, well, least we have some nifty incineration shields.
If we can hold out we ought to put those down there and manufacture more P.I.K.L.I. rays.

>>27818007

I'm glad we have a sensor network, though I would've just gone for developing more advanced sensors. Oh well, pretty good list overall. I hope all the upgrades to our bases actually contribute to functional performance.

>>27818069
Yeah. On the brighter note, our forces have the bonus from the leaky reactors and anywhere radiation happens to be in abundance.

Rolled 34

>>27817920
The tunnels are crawling with monsters who seemd to be a much more evolved version of usual monster fodder or something outright new. Either way very nasty as they are trashing our defenses surrounding us completely underground.

Strange fliers are coming form volcano No-Smokey Otherwise known as Nosmoy. They upon closer look are revealed to be monsters and are heading this way. They are blocking us from the air. They are so thick in number as one cannot even see the ashen grey but just waves of carapace, claw, fang, tail, and scale.

Creatures that broke through the ground are being belched forth from fleshy holes that are slowly spreading a sickening amount of strange growth over the land. The monsters are similar to the ones underground, at least some of them anyway.

Strange Spires seem to be made of chitinious material and are spewing forth strange spores, growths, and a membrane connecting them to each other.

Mobile bases sighted are 5.

The ghoulish military one.

Our former one apparently salvaged and manned.

Followed by two others in the opposite direction approaching. One of whom is veering of towards the Urgsha base. The other meanwhile has halted and seems to be watching.

Finally the fifth...is floating around in the sky overlooking everything and keeps its distance from the monstrous fliers.

Okay, anyone else expecting Aquam to surf in atop a giant Water Elemental and be the hero we need to save us from certain doom this time...which is the 2nd time in as many threads?

Really though, I wonder where he is/what he's up to.

>>27818093
Yup, and we have radioactive material in abundance.

>>27818100
Oh God-Dammit.

>>27818100

Does the Colonel, No-Mad, Picli, Mr. Light, some low-level mook, anyone have any advice?

Well...I'll post a pastebin of our heroes... ;_;

Rolled 15

>>27818141
The Colonel is busy making preparations. He states that next time look around before you dive and most importantly test the water first. Especially considering your a Corp.

No-Mad suggests making a bargain with horrors and nightmares.

Picli states that the answer can always be found in SCIENCE!

Low level mooks have no idea but one from customer service. Who suggests dealing with their leaders and points out three.

1 on the surface
1 underground
1 in the air

>>27818184

...Well here it is... :(

http://pastebin.com/gH8AX0wA

For the record, whoever instructed the Paladins to declare a Crusade last thread can go die in a fiery hole.

>>27818232
Oh so we're going to have to choose actions this turn?
Well we'll think of something.

> He states that next time look around before you dive and most importantly test the water first.
Surely he hasn't heard how many times we sent scouts down there to just look. Only reason we sent the crusade was due to an equally powerful army coming up to get us on top of ravagers raining from the sky.

>>27818273
Yep. Well, better make the best of it.

>>27818280

The problem wasn't in sending the paladins down there, it was (essentially) a typo. The person who sent them down there named it a "Crusade" action, and so they were locked into killing everything down there until there was nothing left to kill.

>>27818232
>1 on the surface
>1 underground
>1 in the air
Let's try some diplomacy then.
Can we open up channels to all three or are we limited to one?

Rolled 71

>>27818184
And to think I haven't even unleashed the other groups yet. Seriously though you weren't supposed to encounter this threat so soon...or possibly ever really.

>>27818280
" You look but you do not taste or test first the water first. You do not check to see what you may use to your advantage nor do you work to uncover what lurks."

>>27818327

"Could you give us a standard template on how to do that, Colonel? We might be able to transfer that knowledge into another realm of existence, and perhaps our successors will fare better than us..."

>>27818327
Is everyone in this setting trained to speak in analogies?
Damnit, sometimes you can appreciate No-Mad for being so straightforward.

Rolled 33

>>27818320
To one only, no telling what happens if your branch out...plus how do you plan to get in touch with them exactly?

votes
3 flesh worker
1 Mk Ninja
2 Arch Paladin

>>27818346
you don't really look but peek instead. Or you go too far believing you already know everything.

Rolled 85

>>27818320
Let's see who'll listen to us

>>27818375

Bah, I knew it was a greater loss than I could impress upon people when we lost our scout hero.

Rolled 67

>>27818375
Aren't we a tower with the best radio capabilities in the land?
Hail the base in the sky.

>>27818407
And we didn't even lose him on a crazy mission or scheme. An event took him while he and our best ninja were scouting underground just trying to get a sense of the land. I think.

>>27818375
Voting Fleshworker and speaking to the flying base.

Rolled 100

>>27818411
>>27818445
"Whatchu want?"

"Better be good Corp(s)es otherwise we wont just kill ya!"

>>27818427
I actually had to triple check the action that caused that to happen because I couldn't believe it.

>>27818427

Actually, they were just down there "doing overwatch" while we expanded our living quarters (for some reason). That's how he died.

Rolled 34

>>27818474
...all my wut.

>>27818474

Well. I wonder what that will do.

Well, presuming we don't make it, Mr. Light will just have to leave and head off to another remnant of Aduro, in due time. This isn't the first time he's revealed himself and the shadow has snuffed out the light, but it won't be the last.

But there are other places the light may return. Even other forces with the power to spark the world. Smarter ones. . .under the ground, waiting, biding.

>>27818479
Yep. All his I SEE and MK Ninja by his side did no good.

We weren't even expanding into new territory, just prepping the stuff we already made safe for living.

>>27818474
The true Gods of Energy will not see the light snuff out so quickly.

Let's see what happens.

>>27818493

Do we need to do dialogue...or are you writing something up?

Rolled 7

>>27818523
"Oh oy Jendo we got ourselves Corp Crazy over here we moight have some real funzies!

"Really"

"yeah this crazy bastards first worship the 'true Gods of Energy".

Hah thats hilarious.

Even better they claim they wont be snuffed out!

HHOWHOFHEOh-*laughing so hard you can only hear weazing then silence as they out of air."

"OH shit Jake died from to hard"

Hah well looks like we got some FRESH MEAT for the pot!

YEEAAAHHHH*cheers continue*

>>27818590
I'd hope not, let the 100 go unmolested by our meddling ways.

>>27818593
Are you seriously taking that as a dialogue?
That's not a dialogue.

>>27818624

Shush, there's either more or now they're willing to help us. After all, we just made one of their crew laugh so hard he died.

Rolled 40

>>27818624
>>27818638
excuse for me being tired. As is still trying to figure out how that 100 is going to be used. Problem is it still wont be enough to save you. Got to make it interesting though.

You know, it is kind of nice to see what EDE's End-Game for this setting is though.

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Fucking paladins, unleashing stuff they could've let well enough alone.

>>27818657
Not even 2 near consecutive 100's. . .

Rolled 81

>>27818682
?

In any case actions or call up someone else/something?

Rolled 68

>>27818657
Oh yeah? Well what if I link to it like this?
>>27818474
Dice Gods, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Dice Gods... so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!

>>27818682
End Game?
The post apocalypse never ends.

Rolled 43

>>27818699

Ask the flying guys what/who they are and why they're here?

>>27818699
We still never got that Mercenary bonus, and personally however relevant the fleshworker is i'd like to put the 100 there.

That said, I have a small idea of how we can still get out of this.

Rolled 86

>>27818712
>>27818699

I meant for this zone that we're in right now. The End-Game for the volcanic caldera that we occupy.

Rolled 97

What if we chose to sacrifice Mr. Light (I presume that hero-sacrifices scale to their power level to some degree) and got 2 linked 100s?

Also, anyone else wonder what 3 linked 100s would get any given Civ.?

>>27818734
Oh. Well, the difference is Aduro isn't inherently evil quite the contrary. This is more a case of a candle snuffing out than unleashing a storm. Mr. Light retreats to find another spark, with the Guding Light safely. I don't know about our tower though, but hey, charging the reactors and out with a bang.

if the sliver of light I envision can't pull us out of this one

>>27818699
>>27818778
Firstly, Mr. Light can't die. Secondly, if he is going to save this base I have a better idea on how but it's dependant on how the QM feels. ANd if two 100's can cover.

Rolled 16

mfw yet another game over happens...

So how do you plan to turn of the lights?

Rolled 11

>>27818816

We haven't given up trying just yet...

Captcha:
ThatBo Down

If only Captcha was less cryptic...

>>27818816
>>27818847
Yeah.

If I can remotely envision a way out of this, will you allow it?

Rolled 45

>>27818816
If you plan to end the game I will allow the 100 to effect it.

>>27818847
Then come up with something. The 100 doesn't have to go there I know how to use it but it be enough by itself.

Rolled 68

>>27818860

I'm...trying...

How about for the moment I vote for the Flesh Worker and we go from there?

Rolled 77

>>27818879
More writefaggotry it is then. Cause Flesh Worker is locked at 5 votes with that post.

>>27818879
That's exactly what I'm trying to get at.
And I know a way to go from there.

Rolled 87

>>27818859
What is it exactly?

Rolled 33

>>27817421
You are a worker of the flesh and your ride just ended as you can feel your craft being expelled...your not exactly sure where. Really only that you somehow escaped the clusterfuck of the seas. That was when you were directed in land by the little miss. So you veered of that way and decide to ask why.

...Going to find out more about Umbra no way better then that then their arch nemisis.

Eh you could always visit her you know.

I did and she told be much but I need to understand our Umbra Corp operates what better way that then their enemies?

She had a point there you admit so you continued the craft flying inland rapidly passing over the landscape. You will admit you would love to know how she modified this craft the way it did...it seemed alive and only grudgingly allowed you to use it almost.

Besides I want to check out Carlson world already and Mister Light told me me some stuff about it sounds like fun.

...when did you meet Mister Light?

remember Carlson World?

You shuddered.

>>27818957
Its this
>>27818991
Excuse me while I scream in joy

Rolled 76

>>27819016
Someone picked up on the hints. I am happy by the way you know those choices you have? They are all occurring but you are only allowed to see one of them. That is what the voting is for to determine which. Still might not be enough you know.

Remember you can try to communicate(how) with one of the three monster heroes(choose 1).

Can always call someone else up as well.

Rolled 60

>>27819104
I am not going to allow you to be saved by a previous civ's heroes otherwise you will just keep bringing them back. New Civ new heroes might make an appearance of the older ones.

Not to mention brood mothers are rather evil and prefer darkness over the light.

Rolled 84

>>27819157
Basically vetoed for a number of reasons cause there are certainly a number of them.

A crit can nullify 1 reason while excellent points can eliminate more.

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>>27819157
Very well.
>5 minutes of universal rewind

"So, you're these so called "Gods of Energy? Eh?"
The 5 glowing creatures stare at Mr. Light, speaking to him beyond words. Their heads bowed down.
"Hmm, quite ironic. I designed your type to protect people, and bring hope and peace, not convince others to behead them and toss them down a pyramid and bow down to you. Very well, while the Saal restart and mop up the park and do some serious reconsideration, you guys will have to atone. Get to work,"

Rolled 47

In any case what shall you do?

Beg for mercy?

Reason with the monsters?

Option 4?

>>27819222
Point of note, there are 5 of these Jinn and 5 WARNING events.
I can imagine, interesting uses for them.

>>27819303
How about a "sacrifice" of new heroes? >>27819222
The death of the false gods of energy.

Rolled 53

>>27819322
I am not going to let up pull something like that out of your ass. Cause then you will just use fluff to use it to get out binds even if said contents of said fluff may or may not be far away. Leaves a bad taste allowing a get of jail free card for whenever just because you are willing to burn some fluff.

>>27819367
Well that was the last of the fluff I was planning on making. After that things are set in stone, and these guys are the only ones left.

Rolled 46

>>27819367
Not that this>>27819222 didn't happen just that you can't use it as throw away fate point. I life fluff I don't like it when efforts not used to secure it and you try to burn it anyway.

>>27819395
Are you still asking for input or writing?

Rolled 97

>>27819395

Can we sacrifice...
Goddamn, we only have 3 accessible heroes...and I get a feeling that No-Mad will result in a Voss/Vass situation...oh well, better to live to fight another day...
*sigh* So it's come to this...
No-Mad.

Goddamn I hate the bitter taste of losing a hero.

Rolled 76

>>27819521
Need input

>>27819544
Not nomad! That guy survived far more than you can imagine.
If anyone is to survive, let it be him. Let him escape the otherworldly force a 2nd time.

I'd like to see how Arch Paladin or MK ninja saves the candle light, if only a little longer.

Rolled 1

>>27819564

We chose to view the Flesh Worker, so even though the Arch Paladin and MK Ninja have made their decisions we don't get to know what they were.

Our "3rd option" here has something to do with communicating with one of the 3 commanders...Maybe the underground commander? Maybe have Mr. Light talk to it?

Goddamn, fuck you Lurklas. You were supposed to come back and kill this for us.

>>27819556
Alright, how about Arch Paladin? Twas his sword that released this foe, and his heart burns with the fury to end that which he unleashed.

Rolled 68

>>27819564
Feel free to sacrafice a hero even if they arn't there.

>>27819599
NOW the fucking 1 shows up.

As for the Lurklas ran far and fast.

Rolled 87

>>27819599
THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WAS DISCUSSION

>>27819599
Phew, thank god that was a discussoin.

>>27819611
Fuckers, a simple line of communication was all it could've taken.

Alright, I'm thinking of something.

>>27819611

Can we sacrifice the Scoutmaster's soul, floating in the aether not here?

>>27819631

We still have the option to establish lines of communication with any of the commanders. Time has not progressed from the point that the spires erupted out of the ground and such, we've just gotten a glimpse of what went on somewhere else.

>>27819599
I was thinking having Chrysopoeia speak to them.
But if that can't be done, Mr. Light can attempt diplomacy.

>>27819665
Picli has a silvetongue as well.

Speaking of which I wonder if our neighbors have been rudely awoken right now.

Rolled 73

>>27819633
If their dead then they can't do anything.

>>27819665

Chrysopoeia? Is that one of those energy gods?

>>27819682
>>27819665

I'd be willing to bet that No-Mad might have some as-yet-untapped/undiscovered negotiation skills. Being purely logical and all. He also suggested making a bargain with one of the factions.

>>27819685
Yeah, the false ones. But we can't just burn them like fatepoints.

Still thinking.

>>27819694
If the ghouls were around, we have radiation capabilities out of our ears. And they have zombies.

>>27819721

I'm not sure the ghouls would be open to parlay with us. They probably see themselves as in the position of strength (even before all of this nastiness).

>>27819746
Which factions do recommend then?

Rolled 64

>>27819770
No idea you got several to choose from and you could always talk with others.

>>27819746
The surface one seems more logical, the air seem like bandits or something. Underground hates us for what we did.

>>27819770

The Underground Commander. Let's initiate communications with them. Have Mr. Light be visible if possible, I guess.

>>27819798
I don't know...for some reason I'm feeling like the key is the underground commander. I could be wrong.

>>27819808
Well if the voice of reason is wrong, then the quest is unsalvagable. I will support that.

>>27819822

Now don't go saying that, it's just a gut feeling, I have no idea what I'm doing in this instance. Just fumbling at straws that I think my subconscious might be granting me glimpses of.

Rolled 86

>>27819872
Well your got feeling might of had a point.

>>27819808
Why that one?

>>27819902
Because to spread the light, you must understand the dark. And underneath us, we must find out the source of all this.

Rolled 21

>>27819959
In any case you can only try to communicate(how) with one so choose carefully.

1 vote underground
1 vote surface

>>27819902

I honestly don't know...I guess maybe since all of the primary problems here are originating from the underground/biological faction, we only happened to discover flesh-lined tunnels by the barest chance (the double-100) and that just set alarm bells off by itself, what the Lurklas said about the thing they had been fighting underground (I'm still not quite sure on what the significance of its corruption and them having to evolve against it are though), No-Mad suggesting we strike a bargain with Horrors and Nightmares...

It's (almost entirely) intuition, but that's the supporting evidence I can recall off of the top of my head.

guys mabey if we are going to have peacefull talks with the underground guy we will have to call off the crusade which is good and bad
good: we get the paladins back alive for resupply and might make headway with underground dude
bad:that crusade seems to be going strong (possibly still fueled by the roll that started it) we will lose the ground we gained under ground and we will lose our small chance of strikeing a fatal blow underground (sacrifice)

>>27819991

I'll look for more...

I wonder what that film at the volcano and the significance of the volcano is...I wonder why the underground is so noxious and hot and why there's lava everywhere (like the Lurklas said, we never stopped to think WHY the underground was like it was)...

>>27820007
>getting them to call of the crusade
Easier said then done. Even abandoned by all they are still charging forward.

>>27820027

Additionally, I wonder why you asked me these questions: >>27819902 ......Where have you hidden the answer this time...I never did have time to look over the other threads thoroughly.

>>27820034
well ede said that the crusade wont end till we call it off implying that we have some control over it

>>27820081
Problem is communication with them. If we still have it, how are we going to justify calling it off?

Rolled 5

>>27820073
With some critical thinking its not hard to figure out the monster commander who will be most willing to talk even without trawling over the threads.

>>27820073

There's some connection between Mr. Light and Rizal and whoever's commanding the biological forces (they have command over monsters, and can evidently build them too. Distinctively broodmother-esque features)...the Paladins are hitting the tunnels hella hard and have been for a while, and they get a bonus against evil things but monsters aren't evil by default I don't think so they had to be being controlled.

Somehow there were ghouls and zombies down there too. Were they getting attacked by monsters?

>>27820133

Oh.

>>27820133
Okay, that was a freebie.
Next hurdle, what to say to him.

So, underground communication anyone?

>>27820124
"hey guys this may all just be a big misunderstanding" wow that sounds weak even to me i dont know someone could fluff somthing up im terrible at these diloge thing. i got hired on into the R&D department to come up with fancy new gadgets (of which i have a few ideas but this hardly seems the time)

>>27820152
>>27820133

Is it that simple? We have a force of 7000(minus casualties) elite+badass level warriors in the underground commander's HQ, and they get a buff to fighting its forces...so it's willing to make a deal?

>>27820168

I think that an issue entirely necessary before what to say is how to speak to it.

Rolled 62

>>27820174
Don't forget the other 2 commanders. It may or may not be that commander. You also must wonder...who is the commander in chief? You would of known this if you had chosen the Arch Paladin(a hint) or MK Ninja(a certainty).

In any case chat with which commander?

Air
Ground
Underground

>>27820174
I highly doubt if it's a deal we're making, we're going to have leverage on our side instead of the otherway around. Whatever the matter, I'm going to pay great attention to how this goes.

Rolled 31

>>27820215
Don't forget there are other forces around you can try reasoning with or whatever your heroes might know about.

>>27820202

I knew voting for MK Ninja was right. Goddamn I need to go with my gut more often.

And that's what I might do here, I suppose...though it's very, very odd that there's a Mobile base on the surface that's just watching us.

Goddammit, it's hard to decide because our survival rests on the decision and I can't get a confirmation!

>>27820257
Listen hard and well to your gut. Get a damned stethoscope if you must.

>air
doubt it because of reasons i am too tired to comprehend
>ground
possible because there were spore things and spreading grouth all over. the commander might be overseeing all that also maybe wanted to get out and strech his legs (or horrible tenticled apendages)
>underground
i think most likely here because if you control the tunnels you can expand anywhere and control anything. everythings gotta come down to earth eventualy

Rolled 77

>>27820257
You may only try to communicate with one Monster Commander. You already called up the flying base(didn't do much though). Could try some other group...or use your actions to see what you can find.

Rolled 67

>>27820323
Free hint for how they monster commanders will react.

1 will laugh
2 will listen
3 will hate

>>27820282
But to give ground to the ground, heh, just because the powersource is underneath us doesn't mean the head is on the surface.

Lest we forget how the heart and SHW was under control miles and miles away.

>>27820354
Erm, fix the grammar in that and you know what I mean.

>>27820282

The air base is solo (and Cajun) so I'm agreeing with you there

The ground forces are the Mobile Bases that showed up, I think that the spires and flying fleshbeasts count as part of the underground forces because they came from underground.

I don't see any clear lines of coordination between the 'underground forces' and the mobile bases (except for the one mobile base that's staying still and watching us while the others go off to fuck the Urgsha...though I'm pretty sure the Urgsha have more than enough cards up their sleeves). So I don't think it's them in charge.

The underground we know next to nothing (heh, we've forcibly been made wise) about, except that advanced monsters spewed forth after we broke through the volcanic membrane and all this shit went down likely as a result of that too.

>>27820348

Wait a second, Monster-Commanders? Is the "Monster Commander" of the surface in one of the mobile bases?