>>34627535
You decide that decorum should be maintained while in the workplace. There will be time for extracurricular training in the nearish future after all. The walk proceeds quickly, and soon you all arrive at the dojo. You glance around and order the rookies to pair off. “Remember kids, doesn’t matter what gender your opponent is, we’re all superhuman mercs here.” The prospective mercs pair off rather quickly, Chisaki challenging Marek with some well placed barbs involving his peepee and something called penis inspection day. Shrugging off whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean, you notice that Miyuki and Fausto have paired off. Probably for the best, those two don’t seem like the sort to want to cause serious injury to one another. You don’t want to be on the receiving end of an injury suit after all.

You turn your attention to Hikaru, and she pushes her glasses further up her nose. “Well Kostov-sempai, it appears that we are partners.”

You shake your head and chuckle. “I’ll try to be gentle.”

Hikaru flushes slightly at your words. You don’t get what’s with the japanese and their flushing. “Alright, people, form up, it’s time to train.”

A beat, and then you remember basic safety. “Right, everyone, take off and/or out any sort of e-glasses or retina HUDs. I doubt that there’s going to be any incidents, but one can never be too careful.”

The recruits walk off to take out their various bits of eyeware. You are surprised to see upon Hikaru’s return that she is still wearing glasses. “Hikaru,” you begin but the recruit cuts you off.

“My apologies for that apparent irregularity sensei. However, my parents were… more inclined to a naturalist outlook and they deemed my eyesight not worthy of correction.”

You shake your head, trying not to look too surprised. Pushback against extensive gene therapy has always existed, Hikaru’s eyes are just a more benign manifestation of it. Honestly, it does make sense in a way. She doesn’t seem the type to wear eyeglasses for vanity purposes. “Very well recruit. I suppose if it was an issue you would’ve washed out by now.”

Hikaru smiles slightly. “Thank you, sensei. Although I doubt you too require corrective eyewear.”

You reach up and realize that you’re still wearing your own pair of e-glasses. Suppressing a flush of embarrassment, you quickly walk back to one of the benches to stow it away. Just as you are about to remove your glasses, a notification icon flashes up. One you haven’t seen before.

>Check the icon, see what’s going on. This might be important
>Ignore and proceed with training. Checking your e-glasses is a lower priority than your obligation to the recruits

>>34627582
>>Check the icon, see what’s going on. This might be important
tell Hikaru you'll just be a moment while you check this

>>34627582
>Check the icon, see what’s going on. This might be important

WE'RE BACK BABY

>Check the icon, see what's going on. This might be important.

>>34627582
>>Check the icon, see what’s going on. This might be important

>>34627582
>>Check the icon, see what’s going on. This might be important
Something might be up

>>34628015
>Troll
>This obvious
git gud skrub

>>34628050
>trolling
No fuck off

>SciFi Slut Ques
That was fast.

>>34628073
>Such skrub
git gud skrub u fukin shittroll

>>34627582
>Check the icon, see what’s going on. This might be important.

I'm going to be disappointed if its just Cy asking if we're free to drink tonight.

>>34628105
Well at least that's accurate.

>>34628138
>baiting this hard
No

>>34628187
>Bait
no u

>>34628211
You first

>>34628243
no u

>ITT: literally six year olds

>>34628358
no u

>>34628015
...what? Have you even read this quest? Are you just an anti quest faggot here to shit up the thread?

>>34628105
>>34628015
Summers over kiddies, might want to get back to class

stop responding you retards

You gesture vaguely back to Hikaru and the other recruits for patience. Though odds are this is just some new toolbar demanding the right to ruin your minimalist HUD, you might as well check it out. You blithely open the icon and read the message within.

>Attention StrikeOut Alternative Interpersonal Relations Specialist SERIAL NUMBER ΣΨ0018129

Already that’s got your attention. That isn’t the usual public serial number StrikeOut has on hand for employee identification, that’s internal designation.

>This is a request from NeoLogos Security and Safety Subsidiary: Mymerkion Branch
>An incident has occurred in the Tyras District, Ismene Tower. A code 449 is taking place on the ninety eighth floor. Situation has escalated past the ability of local forces to manage. Requesting tactical support from all local StrikeOut personnel. Further information available onsite.

Beneath the brief message glows twin options, “accept” and “reject”. You scour your mind, irritatedly trying to remember what a code 449 means. Back when you were with NepCol it meant that someone was illicitly downloading copyrighted entertainment materials. You are hard pressed to imagine how some kid torrenting whichever iteration of Backdoor Sluts Go Nuts they’re on would garner police attention, let alone spiral so far out of control.

You quickly ping back:

>Request clarification, Code 449

A second’s pause.

>Code 449: Hostage Situation. Armed Perpetrators.

Well shit. Apparently Jimmy really wanted to get his rocks off. You spin around, barking at the assembled rookies, “this training is being put on hold due to… unexpected developments. We will continue as soon as possible.”

The groans of frustration are punctuated by a loud “bullshit,” from Marek. You ignore the recruit and continue walking forward. Hikaru falls in beside you. “Sensei, if it’s not too forward to ask, what exactly is happening?”

You consider her question briefly before deciding that there’s no harm in answering it. “Hostage crisis in Myrmekion.”

This revelation is met with shocked gasps from all the assembled rookies, with one predictable exception.

“Ride along,” asks Marek, hope evident.

>Ride Along?
>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort
>No, they’re just rookies and you’re not about to deal with the repercussions with HR if one of these bastards gets injured on your watch.

>>34628631
>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort

What better way for them to learn.

>>34628631
>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort

>>34628631
>>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort
Lets make mercs out of them.

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>>34627535
>Minor goof in the OP

This bothers me more than it should.

>>34628631
>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort

A good chance to show that what being a strike-out merc is like.

>>34628631
>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort.

Just remember, this is not a drill. People will probably get hurt. Our job is to at least reduce that chance.

>>34628631
>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort
But set some strict fucking rules so we dont get #REKT by HR

>>34628631

>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort

We need to get in there and axe those hostage takers some questions.

>>34627535
Gonna have to start archiving as soon as you start FG. That One Faggot™ gave into his retardation again and misarchived the thread.

>>34628813
Bummer. Spose I was lucky to last as long as I did without having to take such precautions.

>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort

>>34628813
Funny that he didn't bitch about the sexy elf pic thread. Guess that was truly relevant to his interests.

>>34628631
>Yes, this could be a good experience for them even if they don’t take part in the pacification effort

Fore everyone except Marek

>>34628882
Some assholes just can't get over themselves & insist on trying to ruin things for others.

>>34628882
It's OK Fall, we have people that need to be axed to release the hosages

>>34628968
Anti-quest fags are become worse than they make us out to be.

>>34628990
Although it true that we cannot grammar...

Why not just start another one? You can copy and paste the relevant posts you already did in that one then.

>>34628930
Or Robo Waifu quest.

>>34629020
He can just paste the archive link in the pastebin like for thread 5.

>>34629196
Sure but then he still has the problem of those faggots messing up the name of this quest. It doesn't even have all the right tags!

>>34628882
How bulletproof are we out of our armor?

>>34629290
More annoying is that LL or whoever it was supposed to be in charge of it doesn't give enough of a fuck to fix any that misarchived/done maliciously.

>>34629479
A fair amount against small arms I would imagine. Anything bigger and it's another story.

>>34629563
Bulletproof pecs?

You scratch your chin for a second, weighing the cost of a potential HR inquiry against the benefits of… well something. Who knows, maybe you actually did intend to help train these rookies. “Alright. Ride along. All of you, get to the armory and get geared up. Doubletime.”

You march off to the Armory, the rookies swarming behind you, excitement evident in their voices. “... got doubletime. It means do it faster but isn’t it really saying take twice as much time,” seems like Fausto tries to cover up his nerves with irreverent observations.

“We won’t be directly involved in any fighting right,” Miyuki’s concern is evident in her voice.

You open the Camp Shirewoodsburgsfordbrad Armory, the doors sliding apart with an ominous hiss. “Alright, you all know what your weapons speciality is. Grab whatever they have available, get some body armor on and form up at the entrance.”

The rookies disperse, leaving you time to curse the fact that all you brought along in the flight down was your trusty tomahawk. To be fair, you couldn’t have predicted that some candyasses would try to take hostages while you were planetside, but shitty luck is shitty luck. You scan the racks of body armor. Wyrmskin Tactical Vests. Primitive, far more so than the stock armor you yourself owned when starting out at StrikeOut. They keep it around mostly for training purposes, where the weight and stiff articulation are desirable handicaps. You slide it on and grab one of the helmets. It’s odd, to wear an open faced helmet. Still the tactical HUD and comm suit seem to be working fine.

You walk over to the weapons rack. You forgot that generic weapons were a thing. Corporate logos filed off of the old but well cared for guns lying before you. You sincerely hope that NeoLogos Security have boomier things like grenades, because all you can see out here are duds.

>>34629580
And enhanced skellington.

>You already have your Tomahawk. What else will you bring?
>Assault Rifle
>Shotgun
>Heavy Machine Gun
>SMGs
>Grenade launcher, no live rounds available
>Grab some duds for shits and giggles.

>>34629609
>Assault Rifle
>SMGs
>Grenade launcher, no live rounds available
>Grab some duds for shits and giggles.

>>34629609
>>Grenade launcher, no live rounds available

what? No smoke/tear gas/nonlethal rounds?

>>34629609
>Shotgun

>>34629609
>Assault Rifle
>SMGs
>Grab some duds for shits and giggles.

Duds might be a good distraction

>>34629609
>>SMGs
>>Grenade launcher, no live rounds available
>>Grab some duds for shits and giggles.
Duds can be useful for scattering enemies and giving us a chance to move up.

>>34629609
>>Assault Rifle
>Heavy Machine Gun

>>34629609
Shotgun, grenade launcher and dud grenades.
If they try and say don't fire or we shoot the hostages we fire a dud grenade in and they will probably panic

>>34629587
>Assault rifle
>Shotgun
>One or two duds
See if there's a riot shield around.

>Heavy Machine Gun
>SMGs
>Grenade launcher, no live rounds available
>Grab some duds for shits and giggles.

We are heavy weapons guy! And these are our guns!

>>34629609
>>Grenade launcher, no live rounds available
>>Grab some duds for shits and giggles.
AND THIS is how you get them to let go of a hostage.

>>34629479
Kinda sorta bulletproof. Your soft tissues are quite bullet vulnerable. Your Skeleton is proof against small arms fire, but that could be a problem if the bullet bounces off and ricochets around your ribcage. You'd be badly concussed by headshots but would most likely not die

>>34627535
>High Impact Public Representative

Man, this actually sounds like something a corporate suit would come up with as a pleasant-sounding alternative title for mercenary. Kudos.

>>34629712
But we're shit at heavy weapons...

>>34629609
Assault rifle and shotty.

>>34629781
Yeah but they don't know that~! I'm saying we bluff until we manage to get in close and then pick them apart!

>>34629609
Either the Assault rifle or the SMG, but not both. Two rapid fire small arms would overlap roles.

Other then that, shotgun.

I don't remember did we ever get good or at least not as bad with the shotty?

>>34629868
You're competent with it.

>>34629868
We did GIT GUD with shotguns, back at the end of thread 41, before the summer hiatus.

>>34629911
Remember the Shotfun when we were in the BART?

>>34629974
Oh yeah that thing sliced niggaz in half. Good times.

Okay So I think Shotgun and AR are the winners here. Dud Grenades as a secondary. Writan.

>>34629974
Oh, yes I did.

I was thinking about alternate shotgun rounds a bit, including a slug round that, when it impacts, fires a short duration laser which burns through the target.

Now imagine that in the BART's launcher.

>>34630028

We paid off our debt right? I'm curious, could be buy other peoples debt? I could see us making quite the bit of money off of that. Even by decreasing the interest owed we would still probably make plenty of money and get in peoples good books so to speak.

>>34630092
Adventures in loansharking!

>>34630092
Why go to all that trouble when we could just be a straight up loan shark? That way when they get fucked over by other companies' interest they come back.

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>>34630073

>>34630127
Loanshark and space economy quest!

>>34629609

This is CQC, hostage situation in an urban environment.

We take:

SHotgun as primary weapon, because its -actually good- in these conditiions.
Backup weapon: SMG or AR, whichever we're better with.

Grab a sniper rifle, because they're useful for hostage situations, but keep it in the case - we can pass it off to someone else on the ground, like clayton or someone who's dropping with us.

Grab some dud HAND GRENADES for our eventual breach+enter diversion.

Taser side-arm, if they have it. This i a HOSTAGE situation.

And tomahawk, of course.

>>34630092
Wait until we start leveling out on essential purchases. We still need to invest enough in ourself between missions to keep surviving, ya know?

>>34630127
Dang it! Its not Loansharking if we give better rates then the company.... I mean it~! :p

>>34630239
As an instructor we can probably pick out those likely to go far in the company and invest in their future. Paying their debt basically and offering better rates is our way of saying we expect great things from them. Its a compliment! It means they don't have to worry so much about finances and can consider their survival more. Less attention on money in the beginning and more attention on better armor and weapons.

>>34630489
It also helps that we do technically make money off of doing that. They aren't going to immediately pay off their debt so there will be some small amount of money made from the interest rate. Hopefully though one of them won't simply ignore their debt and let it get out of control. We do need the money for ourself after all.

>>34630239
>>34630489
>>34630735
I hope you guys aren't serious about this. Part of the loan system is to encourage proper spending habits.

what if they die and never pay us back ?

>>34630922
Then we clearly made a bad investment and really suck at picking out those with potential.

You decide to pack a shotgun for that sweet sweet close range engagement and an assault rifle for mid range. And some dud grenades because why the hell not? Aside from the obvious fact that they just don’t work. In all seriousness they could come in handy for any ploys you might have in mind. You turn around and see that the rookies are all by and large prepared for action. Although Th- Miyuki seems to be straining her Wyrmskin a touch.

The six of you roll out of Camp Shirebradsburgford… wood and into a waiting SWAT van. A rather worn looking officer is sitting in the back of the vehicle, waiting to debrief you. He seems surprised at the number of mercs clambering into the back of the van. You address him. “Ivan Kostov. I got the call to duty. What’s the situation?”

The officer shakes his head, rousing himself. “Right. Well, it frank-fucking-diddly could be a hell of a lot worse… and I wish to shit it was.”

That statement draws several curious grunts from the rookies. The officer shrugs. “This is an awkward situation. Just messy enough we need to call in you people, but not quite out of control enough for the LoGAds to request a strike intervention.”

“Why not,” inquire Fausto, seeming genuinely curious.

“A lot of people don’t like the idea that there’s a merc company with legal authority floating around in space with zero accountability to them,” you reply as memories of PR training bubble up. “So we’ve gotta make sure that if we do a domestic drop into Atlas it’s for a damned good reason otherwise people will get so sidetracked over our extra-legal status they’ll ignore the fact we just saved their asses.”

The Officer nods in agreement. “Yeah. And while these loons are packing, it sure as shit isn’t some goddamned martian invasion so we gotta keep your involvement in this quiet.”

“Speaking of,” you say turning your attention to the officer, “What’s the situation over there?”

“Shitfire,” grumbles the officer. “Right. So Ismene Tower is one of NeoLogos’ premier research facilities into neuroshit. The guys who have busted in there are noncoms-”

“Noncoms,” asks Chisaki, confusion evident.

The officer snorts with obvious irritation while you quickly explain, “Noncoms are Non-Contributors, or basically people who have voluntarily withdrawn from all corpro-citizenship subscriptions. Usually called that because they by and large exist outside of society and don’t contribute.”

The Officer grunts. “They’re a bunch of crunchy ass fruitbats. But they’ve got guns and at least one of them knows how to use them-” he forwards an image of one of the hostage takers. “We have tentatively IDed this perp as Antonin Dubsky, a former security officer for the Ismene Tower. He’s probably the leader of the group, or at the very least the reason why they were able to get in there in the fuckity first place. And most likely the reason why they were able to get their hands on NeoLogos brand OMPs in the first place.”

“Wait all they have are OMPs,” you ask, slightly outraged that the police needed your help at all for a bunch of lightly armored nitwits like these.

“Yeah. And those OMPs are packing proper rifle rounds. Got a few officers before we realized what was going on.”

“Shit,” you mutter. “How many hostiles?”

“Eighteen total,” replies the Officer. “And they have twenty two civilians held hostage.”

“No negotiating?”

“They want NeoLogos to cease all research and development into Neuroware to cease immediately. So no.”

“Fuck. So what’s the plan?”

“Well,” replies the officer, smiling hawkishly, “I’ve got a suggestion that I might make to you. If you act on it, that’s entirely your problem.”

Seems likely whatever he has in mind isn’t approved in the NeoLogos Security charter. “Okay…”

“Well, one theoretically could commandeer a local news VTOL, use it to get in close to the roof of the Ismene Tower. Once these enterprising folks passed out of our line of sight they would become Schrodinger’s Commandos. Both on the roof and still in the ‘TOL.”

“And from there they could take out the opposition while the police distracted the hostage takers?”

“In theory yes. Of course, we would never contemplate doing such a thing. After all, NeoLogos Sec can only commence a raid of a building from marked vehicles and even then only after announcing their intentions.”

“Interesting…”

>Do you
>Back the Officer’s plan
>Suggest one of your own

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>34631313
>>Back the Officer’s plan
Good enough.

>>34631313
>Back the Officer’s plan

>>34631313
>Back the Officer’s plan

Sounds good to me

Rolled 6, 5, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>34631313
>Back the Officer’s plan
Guy seems more cunning than I pegged him for

>>34631313
>Back the Officers plan.

We can always get a can of spray paint and paint the top of the vtol. Its then properly marked but they aren't going to see it.

>>34631313
>>Back the Officer’s plan
It'll work. We'll change any fine details on the fly.

>>34631418
>Guy seems more cunning than I pegged him for

in the 30 seconds we interacted with him ??

>>34631461

And announce it by shouting out the window, where the engine sound will drown it out.

>>34631489
I make judgments really quickly.

>>34631461
>>34631494
Yes, it's stupidly clever and in character.

>>34631313

Hear me out here, although I'm sure this plan has enough flaws to just not work.

Send the trainees on the roof. Their "Training Mission" was to secure the building and prevent their instructor from reaching the roof. To facilitate this, radio silence was engaged a couple of hours prior to the mission.

When the trainees secured the roof, they realized the gravity of the situation, but upon "poorly considered priorities", refused to break radio silence and simply held down the roof until their instructor arrived.

During this, the instructor sneaks in through a backdoor and starts taking down hostiles...okay this is stupid.

>>34631313
>>Back the Officer’s plan

>>34631599
Yes it is

OH SHIT FALL GUY DROPPED THE NEW THREAD WOI I'M SO READY IVAN DA BESS GONNA TOMAHAWK SOMEONE IN THE DICK YEAH

While I write, which rookie do you predict will cause Ivan the most trouble in the mission? Building on that, will Ivan acknowledge his trainees if they meet in the Bar, or will he ignore them as an elder sibling would?

Marek

>>34631821
Marek might do something stupid. And if there's one thing Darius taught us it's be cool with your rookies so yeah we can hang out.

>>34631821
Marek I guess. He'll probably do something stupid, I can feel it.

And I think he would acknowledge them if they did good work.

>>34631821
Marek.
I expect he would acknowledge them. Just as our trainer did.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>34631821
Well, I am afraid that the thundertits sis-err the himawari Force will cause some problems if they try to prove themselves to Ivan.

Marek may cause some shit too.

>>34631821
Marek.

Ivan's a cool guy. He'll hang with anyone off the clock,

>>34631821
I am personally hoping our trio gets assigned to our he advisor. For comedic value. Also should suggest to the armorer that she run a training course or two. I think it would do her good.

>>34631821
Fausto, by trying to defuse an argument with Marek and sweetcheek there he'll give away their position or will be taken by surprise.
Big guy shoulda just bashed their heads in instead of being diplomatic in this case.

>>34631821

I reckon Chisaki. She'll probably get too rambunctious and treat the whole thing as a game.

yo shit. Another question. or request I suppose. Write in some shit Ivan might say while pretending to do a news report on the hostage situation.

>>34631821
Both Marek and Chisaki. They both instigate, and that's not good, especially with hostages on the line.

We should have a talk with the whole group before we get on da choppah.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>34631996
Malcontents have infiltrated Ismeme tower and have taken hostage several product testers.

How could our society work without the help of these wonderful product testing individuals?

>>34631996
might as well have him question their motives and shit

>>34631996
"Pointing in directions that endager everyone except hostage, the malcontent threatens the hostage's life."

what are some really trashy old movie references?

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>>34632109
Guess they are really going to need 3 seashells once the security comes over hahaha!

>>34631996
accuse the kidnappers of being communists or various hangers on

>>34631996
Somebody quote that reporter Richard Thornburg from Die Hard/Die Hard 2

>>34631996
"If only there were some meddling kids who could stop them!"

>>34631996
This just in, a group of mad gunmen have taken over Ismene tower and have hostages.
Due to the fact that only terrorists do things like this they are probably just some insane Martians.
Lets hope these dumbasses are dealt with soon.

>>34631996
"Some fuckfaces, I mean anti-corporation dissidents have assumed control of Ismeme tower and taken multiple hostages.

Believed to be led by Hans Gruber, a terrorist also known by the alias Rickman, their demands are the cessation of research and development of Neuroware, but are actually after a magnetically sealed vault in the building. If only John McClane was here to save us all."

>>34631996
"This just in. Non-contributor terrorists have taken Ismeme Tower. They ask for a ransom they know will not be satisfied. NL Sec prepare for a possible raid." *Ivan breaks into the building* "We'll keep you updated!"

>>34632230
Seconding

>>34631996
On today's news we have a report on why taking on the employees of a corporation that has it's own private military force as hostages when you're a bunch of untrained shits with peashooters is a bad idea. Also I show you how to filet a prime cut using only your skill, a tomahawk and a dumbass.

>>34632230
>>34632256
>>34632274
Goddamit I like all of these

>>34631996
Honestly, I could imagine Ivan doing a sarcastic, Russian version of Walter Cronkite when 'reporting' this news. I'm not really sure why though.

“Alright guys, I’ve just had the most brilliant idea. We commandeer a news’TOL and break into Ismene Tower from the roof. Hopefully the Sec Fors might even be trying to engage the hostage takers in another round of negotiation while we’re doing so. How does that sound?”

A round of nervous assents.

“Excellent. Officer…?”

“Officer Nikas.”

“Officer Nikas. Do you think the local Sec Fors will have frags and flashbangs? Unfortunately we just came here from Camp Shirebradwoodsburgford and they only had duds on hand.”

“Ah, I was wondering where your extra assistance came from, since they weren’t on the roster. Fresh from Camp Woodsburgshirebradford? Yes, I know for certain we do.”

The van comes to a stop. The rookies pile out and acquire various grenades from a nearby supply truck. You make sure to grab a fragmentation grenade and three flashbangs. You also make sure to put them on the opposite hip from your dud grenades. You’d very much not like to throw the wrong one during the heat of battle.

The six of you climb into the VTOL. Your thumbs up garners a nervous smile from the pilot. The craft takes off and begins to climb straight up. As it climbs you position yourself in front of the camera. "Some fuckfaces, I mean anti-corporation dissidents have assumed control of Ismene tower and taken multiple hostages.

Believed to be led by Hans Gruber, a terrorist also known by the alias Rickman, their demands are the cessation of research and development of Neuroware, but are actually after a magnetically sealed vault in the building. If only John McClane was here to save us all."

“What the fuck?”

“Somehow I figured you’d be an uncultured nitshit Marek. Maybe it’s a good thing. Idiots die hard.”

You return your attention to the camera. And are promptly interrupted by Hikaru. “Kostov-sensei, excuse me, but I think it would be prudent if I took position on a nearby roof instead of joining you for the insertion. My sniper rifle lacks the portability for use indoors.”

“Yeah, good idea Hikaru. Pilot! Drop off Hikaru on the roof on your six.”

The pilot complies and soon Hikaru has an overwatch position established on the rooftop. You gaze down at the rookies sniper trying to remember what’s wrong. Then it clicks. A spotter.

>Assign a rookie to be spotter
>or no spotter

>>34632990
>>Assign a rookie to be spotter
gIVE HER A DOOD

>>34632990
>Assign a rookie to be spotter
Spotter be safe job. Put Marek up for it, since he doesn't want to appreciate earth culture anyway.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>34632990
>>Assign a rookie to be spotter
The big passive dude ough to make a good spotter

>>34632990

Assign Fausto as the spotter.

>>34632990
>>Assign a rookie to be spotter
Fausto? Is there another long-ranged specialist for the rookies? Any support or back up is better than none.

>>34632990
>>>Assign a rookie to be spotter

Fausto. Hostage situations don't really require heavy weapons.

>>34632990
>Assign a rookie to be spotter
Fausto sounds reasonable.

>>34632990
Assign Fausto

The other Heavy Weapons specialist is Miyuki and we want her for her assets - I mean because she's an asset to the team as a field medic.

>>34632990
"Fausto, keep overwatch, provide cover when needed."

>>34632990
>Assign a rookie to be spotter
Fausto

>>34632990
>>Assign a rookie to be spotter

Give the policeman something to do! he can't ENTER the building after all. But he can stick around outside and look for Reasonable Cause!

By the way, I just got the reference on Marek's nickname "Funky Bunch" You are a clever man FallGuy very clever.

>>34632990

>>34633268
that little tidbit of cultural trivia never ceases to amuse me

>>34633268

And the peacock reference didn't give it away?

>>34633268
OUTTA MY WAY MARTIAN FUCKING SHITS

>>34633300
I got the movie reference and the hint hint aspect of Marek's name, but the music reference was lost on me. Even though I've heard of MarkyMarks career before.

“Fausto. Spot for Hikaru. Heavy weapons might be overkill in an office building.”

Hikaru looks concerned. “Then by the same token, shouldn’t Miyuki spot for me?”

You grunt. “Perhaps, but Miyuki has medical training I hope to the big bearded man in the sky we won’t need.”

Hikaru nods, sated but not pleased with your response. You mentally promise to not let Miyuki get shot to shit. Well, not that you intend for any of your rookies to get shot to shit…. okay maybe Marek. The VTOL begins its ascent once more, and after a few minutes you are hovering over the rooftop of the Ismene Tower. You check your belay.

“Alright kids. It’s time to get an on the ground exclusive report.”

And with that you leap out of the VTOL, carefully sliding yourself down a rope until both feet touch down on solid roof. You pull out your assault rifle and screw in a silencer. Unlike its 20-21st century counterparts, this actually does silence gunfire. Mostly anyway.

You look around the roof top and are faced with a choice.

>Descend through a maintenance stairway
>Descend along elevator shaft
>repel down the side of the building baby!

Rolled 1, 1, 1 = 3 (3d10)

>>34633630
>>Descend through a maintenance stairway
The terrorists probably expect us to make a flashy entrance.

>>34633630
>Descend along elevator shaft

It's what John McClane would do

>>34633630
>>Descend through a maintenance stairway

We're getting too old for this shit.

>>34633680
Jesus Christ

>>34633680
And everything suddenly goes wrong. Again.

Bye bye Miyuki.

>>34633680
HOLY SHIT... good thing we didn't need a roll

>>34633680
That doesn't count, right? He didn't ask for rolls.

>>34633680
Trips, nice.

>>34633680
HOORAY

I'm no longer alone on the pantheon of terrible rolls.

>>34633630
>repel down the side of the building baby!
I'm going for rule of cool with this op

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>>34633752
Pretty sure crits override. So yeah, we take a massive hit off the bat.

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>>34633680

>>34633630
>>Descend along elevator shaft
Live free or die hard.

>>34633680
My, God. You, fool! What have you done!

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>>34633680
pffft.

Good thing there wasn't a call for rolls yet

>>34633752
nah, don't could unless he asks for rolls

>>34633782
we ain't rolling yet you tard

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>>34633680
You. You do not fucking roll when FG calls for it.

>>34633630
>Descend along elevator shaft

>>34633680
Anon pls.

Pls

Rolled 3, 4, 9 = 16 (3d10)

>>34633814
How are you going to stop me?

>>34633630
>>Descend along elevator shaft

Rolled 6, 5, 8 = 19 (3d10)

and again

>>34633630
>>Descend through a maintenance stairway

Ask the Rookies which course of action they think would be best. Just because we are on a Job, doesn't mean we can't teach and test them...

While Repelling down the building and climbing down the elevator shaft are 'Cool' moves, they can compromise us from the get go; be it though spotting us Repel, or the elevators being used... Also, since the targets aren't expertly trained, or looking for us, so it will be easier to take them by surprise.

Also, fun use for the dummie nades; If the targets hole up in a room with the hostages and threaten to kill them if we enter the room, just toss in a dummie, let the freak out and try to scramble for cover. shortly after throwing the dummies, throw a flashbang or two, so when they look from their cover to examine the 'dud' grenade, they get a facefull of flashbang.

Actually, I'm calling for rolls now. We're going down the elevator shaft.

3d10

Rolled 3, 7, 5 = 15 (3d10)

>>34633941

Rolled 3, 3, 3 = 9 (3d10)

>>34633941
TERRORIST FUCKING SHITS

Rolled 9, 1, 3 = 13 (3d10)

>>34633941

Rolled 7, 10, 5 = 22 (3d10)

>>34633941
What happens if we trigger grit mode in the elevator?

Rolled 3, 2, 5 = 10 (3d10)

>>34633941
Fuck! Lets do this

Rolled 1, 10, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>34633941
wow these rolls are terrible

Rolled 3, 7, 9 = 19 (3d10)

>>34633941
WELP

Rolled 6, 4, 9 = 19 (3d10)

>>34633941
FUCK DESTINY

>>34633956
Trips, nice.

>>34633973
Guess I'll never know

Rolled 4, 3, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>34633941
Time for tactical shafting

>>34633954
>>34633956
>>34633961

Seems like, not entering the scene by drop pod is trully fucking with Ivan, just like the Idol Merc mission

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>>34633954
>>34633956
>>34633961

>>34634082
Yeah but remember how fuckin' epic the Merc Idol thing ended?

Ivan went from QWOP-tier to top-tier

>>34634142
>It's time for Jack to let 'er rip 2 merc boogaloo

>>34634189
Exactly.

>>34634189
Let 'er Rip 2: Jackment Day

Can someone post the Svenja/Ivan lewd pastebin? I need to fap but I want to stay on topic.

“Ready your belays again rookies,” you say, walking towards the elevator shaft. “We’re going to figure out what a TV dinner feels like.”

Okay, so it’s an elevator shaft, not a vent but you’ll take what you can get. The doors comply with your demand to open. It seems like someone has given you override privileges. Either that or these bastards are too scrub to actually subvert local systems. Never credit to competence what could just as easily be incompetence. You attach your belay and begin to slide down into the dark shaft, listening carefully to the sound of the rookies sliding down behind and above you. Everything seems to be going well until three floors down you hear a very ominous noise. Something slipped.

As it turns out, someone slipped. And as it turns out, it was Miyuki. And as it turns out, Miyuki’s chest can make a formidable weapon when it’s encased in a vest of overlapping ceramic scales. The two of you free fall nearly fifty feet before you finally manage to regain control of both of your descents. There may have been a bit of screaming during the descent. Some of it might have been you. Either way, you’re fairly well convinced that someone might have heard you guys.

Something tells you that it would’ve been an even worse idea to take the maintenance stairs.

The two of you climb back up to the ninety eighth floor, where Chisaki and Marek are waiting for both of you. Chisaki leans down and whispers, “We think we heard someone standing outside of the shaft door.

>What is your plan?

>>34634325
pastebin does not, to my knowledge, exist anon.

>>34634325
MysteryAnon never got around to writing that one. Pretty sure the link to the FTB pastebin is in Thread 7 or thereabouts though.

>>34634577
stack up on the door, with Miyuki ready to lay down cover fire in case we need it, then open the doors a tiny bit and roll a flashbang through, when it goes off, breach and clear

>>34634577
Hug the sides of the shaft, wait for the thugs to open the doors, then when they look down, grab them and have them meet eternity by elevator shaft.

Rolled 7, 2, 6 = 15 (3d10)

>>34634661
>stack up on the door, with Miyuki ready to lay down cover fire in case we need it, then open the doors a tiny bit and roll a flashbang through, when it goes off, breach and clear
Good enough

>>34634717

I propose a variation. If there's only one, grab him and hold him over the shaft to... ask him some questions. Don't kill him if he answers because we're nice.

Then take his comm because reasons.

Rolled 1, 5, 4 = 10 (3d10)

>>34634577
>>34634717
Seconding

I think we need to try for quiet even if our posistion was given away. They have hostages if we breach and clear we will endanger their lives.

Try to kill the investigating NonComs silently I say.

>>34634769
this sounds good

we should combine all these, get ready for a breach, but let them open the shaft, if theres only 1, we grab him and ask him some questions, if theres more, we breach and clear and make sure to take one alive

Rolled 3, 3, 9 = 15 (3d10)

>>34634661
Standard SWAT tactics got the Johny Law shot to bits. Rifle ammo nowadays can easily pierce thin metal doors. I don't want to think about what future rifle ammo can do.
>>34634577
To the best of our knowledge, these guys just have tons of guns, not tech or explosives. So I want to do what this guy: >>34634717 suggests.

Alright, I think most people are leaning to wait on the hostage takers to open the shaft before we yank them down into the oblivion/steal their comm device.

Need Rolls

Rolled 6, 5, 4 = 15 (3d10)

>>34634976
Come on...

Rolled 1, 4, 8 = 13 (3d10)

>>34634976
Jebus

Rolled 8, 10, 1 = 19 (3d10)

>>34634976

Rolled 7, 9, 1 = 17 (3d10)

>>34634976
Fuckin dice, man...

Rolled 10, 5, 4 = 19 (3d10)

>>34634976

Rolled 5, 6, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>34634976

If there's more than one guy, steal at least two comms. Then we can strap them together microphone-to-speaker and send a massive feedback loop through them.

Rolled 5, 6, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>34634976

Rolled 10, 4, 6 = 20 (3d10)

wow, not a roll over 20 this set...

Rolled 3, 10, 7 = 20 (3d10)

>>34635196
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>>34635013
>>34635024
>>34635027

Slightly better than last time, so yay.

>>34635306
HOORAY FOR MEDIOCRACY!!!

>>34635483
Give the dice time. They will remember their love of grit mode and stupid insane stunts soon enough. Also, how much they hate letting us doing simple things.

“Take up positions around the side of the shaft,” you mutter. “I’ll splay out directly beneath the door.”

The rookies comply silently as you move into position. Now you play the waiting game. A few tense seconds pass. Then a sliver of light appears in the shaft. Your heart has a hard time not leaping into your throat. You swallow as silently as possible as the opening grows wider.

Both you a Marek reach out at the same time, seizing upon two different patrolmen and yanking them into the shaft. Unfortunately for you, your grip on his ankle wasn’t exactly the firmest, and the Noncon slips out of your grasp. You clench your jaw as the man issues a blood curdling shriek as he plummets down the elevator shaft. It terminates in a soggy crunching noise.

You wince again as the first crunch is followed by a second.

“Oops.”

“Could’ve been worse,” you sigh more or less irritated that you let your butterfingers get the best of you once more. “C’mon, we should go mobile before someone comes to check out the death screams.”

You lead the rookies out of the shaft and into a generic looking office building. Wherever you are, this must not be the research area. Probably administration. Research wouldn’t have quite so many motivational cat holos. You wave the rookies forward as you proceed down the hallway towards the area on your tactical map marked by the Sec Fors as the most likely location for the hostages to be stored. You walk down a few more corridors before indicating a halt. Waving a hand for silence, You think you can hear some people talking.

God you wish you had brought those darts of yours….

>Do you
>Stay and listen
>Scan the area and begin the plan of attack

Rolled 10, 5, 4 = 19 (3d10)

>>34635821
>Stay and listen

>>34635821
>>Stay a while and listen

>>34635821
>Stay and listen

Rolled 6, 2, 8 = 16 (3d10)

>>34635821
>>Stay and listen
This is a sneaking mission.

Rolled 6, 9, 3 = 18 (3d10)

>>34635821
>>Stay a while and listen

You direct your rookies to maintain overwatch while you remove your helmet and close your eyes, listening intently. Although it’s hard to make the voices out, you can catch snippets of their conversation.

“... just kill them. They’re collaborating after all.”

“No! ...they’re doing. They’re just pawns.”

“Pawns are still a piece on the board. They ... doing.”

“And what? It’s not like they re... We’ve got secretaries and paper pushers. This whole thing stinks.”

“Are you questioning Antonin? Have you been subverted?”

Unsurprisingly it seems that tensions between the hostage takers are rising. Also unsurprisingly, they seem a bit detached from reality.

>Continue listening
>attack

>>34636525
>Continue listening
614

>>34636525
>attack

>>34636525
>>Continue listening
>>attack

put on our best non-russian, white person accent.
On radio: "Hey, take a look outside. I think they're getting ready to do something - is that a news chopper?" *vague assertions of going to the other way than we're breaching from, make them point guns away from hostages for JUST a moment as we breach)

Then
>attack

>>34636525
>>attack

>>34636617
through open channels. We don't have a radio.

>>34636630

oh

>>34636525
>Continue listening
I think we can get more data from them.
If we do end up attacking them, try to keep one alive so we can question him.

>>34636525
>>attack
don't give them more time to fuck things up

>>34636525
>Continue listening
Lets see who to make sure dies and who might deserve just a kick in the balls.

Although the rambling debate of the mentally unstable might prove interesting you guys really have to take care of business. The longer Dubsky has those hostages, the more chances he has to blow them all to shit. You can’t help but think that might reflect badly on your resume when the time comes for consideration for the next payrank. You gesture Marek and Chisaki to the other side of the corridor, while you and Miyuki press up against the wall, glancing around the corner. Although you can’t see the full room you are sure there are at least two hostiles in there. They’ve got the scrambler blinds down, a common feature in many corporate R&D buildings to prevent long range spying by competitors.

It essentially means that Hikaru can only fire blind at the moment. Might as well not fire at all.

The room seems to be your normal conference room. You can see the tail end of a long table in there, surrounded by chairs. You’re fairly certain that there aren’t any hostages in there. You doubt even the slightly delusional would openly argue in front of their captives.

>Plan of Attack

>>34636960
Flashbangs, then take them down fast. Speed is the essence of attack in this sort of situation..

>>34636960
how many doors into the room are there?

if there are 2, have both our stacks breach through and take the hostiles before they can raise an alarm, preferably if we can disable one of them, hit them in the shoulders or arms and get them to talk, we need more info

>>34636960
Let's sneak out of the shaft then break the cable to the elevator and have it crash to the bottom. While they're all looking at it, open up on them and turn them into paint.

>>34636960
>>34637015
Seems like a good tactic. I second.

Fallguy how are the scrambler blinds work? Would it be simple enough to open them? Also do they have multiple setting or the like?

>>34637118
uhh anon, we've moved on from the elevator shaft, we moved one several updates ago

>>34636960
Can we go around them and bust through a wall? The axe still has the seismic module, right?

Have everyone else do the flashbang routine and make sure nobody dies.

>>34632230
This is great.

>>34636960
ohhh boy.

>>34637153
Damnit. Well, at least it would have been distracting...

If we could bust through the walls like the Kool-Aid Man, like >>34637258 mentioned, I'd be all for that.

>>34637258
>Can we go around them and bust through a wall? The axe still has the seismic module, right?
I want to save that for when we'll no longer have the element of surprise, we don't want to do that now and have the baddies kill the hostages

but if they won't be alerted by it, then by all means go for it

>>34637144
Scrambler Blinds are a somewhat colloquial naming. They are not in fact physical obstructions but a type of radiation absorbing screen that can be activated from within the window itself. Radiation in this sense refers to light, thermal, electronic, anything on the EM spectrum. If you want to deactivate them it'd have to be done from a command console

>>34637399
>The command console
FIND IT

>>34637399
>>34637419
Agreed, let there be light... that passes through the visual spectrum so our sniper can kill us some terrorists.

So anyway, I think we're going a flash bang followed by a sweep of the room?

Let's roll for that shit friends.

This will also be the last update of the night. Since I don't have class tomorrow I'm willing to lurk and answer any questions you guys might have. I understand I might've gotten some new players so if any of you are here now please feel free to ask anything that might be confusing to you.

Rolled 1, 1, 3 = 5 (3d10)

>>34637521
>Let's roll for that shit friends.

FIRST
DANCE
MODOOOOOO

Rolled 3, 7, 4 = 14 (3d10)

>>34637521

Rolled 9, 7, 9 = 25 (3d10)

>>34637521
'K

Rolled 5, 6, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>34637521

Rolled 4, 8, 1 = 13 (3d10)

>>34637540
jesus fucking christ we suck tonight

>>34637521
well here goes, rolling to break this streak of mediocrity and suckage

Rolled 9, 9, 7 = 25 (3d10)

>>34637540
Oh dear god

>>34637521
>I'm willing to lurk and answer any questions you guys might have

Did you offend some kind of gypsy psychic while the quest was on break or did you simply draw the ire of the dicegods with your hubris?

>>34637540
Really? Someone activate grit mode so a rookie doesn't die please!

Rolled 7, 5, 3 = 15 (3d10)

>>34637551
THANK YOU ANON

fucking finally some decent rolls

>>34637580
>>34637551
this works

>>34637521
Just answer those ask.fm questions whenever. I think I've got a few more ideas now.

Rolled 6, 8, 6 = 20 (3d10)

>>34637551
>>34637569
GRIT MODO

>>34637569
If only you'd linked that...

>>34637540
whyyyyy

>>34637551
Oh thank Christ.

>>34637540
That's it. Go into the corner. Of existence. Now.

>>34637620
Don't thank me, that 25 isn't enough since its later in the roll sequence.

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>>34637656
One day, we will use moves so slick, panties and bodies get dropped harder than in 'master exploder'

One day.

One day.

>>34637694
But it's nighttime anon.

>>34637616
Aww dammit. I wanted that to count. Sorry guys.

Alright guys, I need to pass out. Try to keep the rooks alive. Peace out.

>>34637572
I'm pretty sure the dice gods are always giving out ire regardless of ambient hubris.

>>34637600
Weapons ideas won't be answered in order to make them more easily accessed in the future as the ask page (hopefully) grows in size.

>>34637832
Will Svenja get the Himawari force as their HR rep? That could lead to shenanigans of the amusing variety. Especially when she is asked for advice about Ivan.

>>34637832
Sorry if this was talked about before, but how do the dice mechanics work? Are they the first three rolls averaged out, or are they best of the first three rolls? I've always got confused about that, ever since we got rid of "Rules of Nature".

>>34637881

"d-d-d DONUT GO THERE"

Rolled 4, 3, 2 = 9 (3d10)

>>34638009
its explained in the combat mechanics pastebin

>>34638009

Action Chains. IIRC up to 3 rolls per action, with a best-of mechanic; over rolling helps the next in sequence, under-rolling breaks the chain and forces a tactical re-evaluation.

and, uh... limit of 3 or 4 actions per start?

Idea being to be tactical operator in action hero land, so you can do things like Knee Slide Into Position, Tomahawk Some Unlucky Jackasses Knees as you Go By, and Fire Your SMG At Everyone Else in one go.

And if you roll well, its HOLLYWOOD TIME - really well is bollywood time - and poorly is fucking up the kneeslide and having all the other enemies drawing beads on you.

I think. Its been a while, but thats how i recall its supposed to work.

>>34638009
dice mechanics are the same as they've always been. Action is broken into a sequence of events, called the action chain. Each part of the action chain is rolled for with each dice roll in the sequence. So in this case throwing the flashbang was the first action rolled for, going down along the hallway was the second, shooting at one target was the third and so on and so forth.

>>34637881
HR reps usually don't take on any more than one merc at a time. Two if there's a staff shortage. Mercs generate an insane amount of paperwork.

>>34638090
>HR reps usually don't take on any more than one merc at a time. Two if there's a staff shortage. Mercs generate an insane amount of paperwork.
Awww...

FG you still there?

>>34638017
I am 100% glazed.

You pull out one of your three flashbangs. Actually, they’re just flashes. The bang bit might be a teensy bit of a giveaway. These are designed for situations such as this one in mind, where a dispersed enemy remains in auditory if not visual contact. You pull the pin and roll the grenade out across the floor, into the conference room. The dull bouncing of its passage along the carpet sounds like distant thunder.

The rumbling stops short. And then it gets louder.

“SHIT! COVER EYES HIT DECK!”

Your order comes out just in time as the rookies fall to the ground, trying to face away from the detonation of the flashbang. It works. Sort of. Your vision explodes in white, although not in the searing head pain of a full blast of flash. Small blessings.

Rolling onto your back you fire blindly up and towards the corridor, shooting through the walls. Your efforts are rewarded with an agonized gurgle as your clip runs dry. Cursing, you scramble against the floor, the carpeting as hard and unyielding as cement in your adrenaline fuelled flight as you pull Miyuki back and away from an explosion of OMP fire.

>>34638456
Double glazed now.

Too disoriented to properly reload your assault rifle, you seize upon your shotgun, slamming it against your shoulder as you try to blink away the dazzling bursts of white light. You shudder with something terribly akin to fear as bullets whizz over head. This is not going nearly as well as you’d like it to. Honestly, you don’t see this going very well.

Chisaki’s scream as she charges forward breaks you out of your brief reverie. “Nippleshit! You fucking idioooooooooooo-!”
Your voice comes out in a strangled scream as you barrel into the hallway after her, and stops short as you use your free hand to slam her out of the way of a burst of OMP fire. The bullets connect with your Wyrmskin armor, leaving some truly nasty bruises, probably even some soft tissue damage. Spinning from the impact your right hand whips around, and depresses the trigger of your shotgun. The gun bucks against your hand, sending a spray of shot down the hallway.

You stumble sideways and into Chisaki before sliding down the wall, groaning in pain. You look across the hall, somewhat dazed as you see the second Noncon fall backwards, a meaty crimson crater where his sternum once was.

You look around vision a little blurry. Your voice croaks as you speak.

“Headcount.”

>>34638473
Oooh triple glazed

Alright. Well I'm gonna watch Demolition Man and answer questions if you guys have any.

G'night all

>>34638624
Oh a scale to one to ten. How likely are you to eat at Taco Bell?

Rolled 3, 4, 3 = 10 (3d10)

>>34638624
thanks for the thread FG, next thread when?

>>34638624
>>34638649
Also thanks for running. Fun as always mate.

>>34638624
Please get donuts tonight.

For Svenjaaaaaaaaa,

>>34638649
Haven't blazed in a while, but there is a Taco Bell fairly close by anyway.

In the next month... 4/10

>>34638664
Tuesday

>>34638670
I doubt any donut shops are open where I am

>>34638624

“Headcount.”

>>34638624
You cliffhanging bastard. Thanks for running.

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>>34638699
Guac, rice, beans, hot sauce.

Taco bell vegan burrito. Not on the menu but you can them to make you one.

>>34638624
Is it possible for us to learn how to make our own custom ammunition? I want to get a chance to make explosive buckshot, monofilament net shot, nanite disassembler shells...

>>34638649
Personally, I'd rate it "OH JESUS FUCK, MY SMALL INTESTINE IS KICKING MY COLON'S ASS, PLEASE GOD STOP THE BURNING" out of ten.

>>34638473
Jesus we are lucky the non-comms are retarded.

>>34638819
Oh, I've got it!

Shells

that shoot BEES!

>>34638819
Hey, pitch the ideas, and we can make all your wildest ammo related dreams come true anon

>>34638848
Noncons are usually somewhat mentally disturbed. Think the rough equivalent of the homeless, but with extensive social safety nets in place so that any rational person has no reason to become homeless. Basically they tend to be people just crazy enough to ruin their lives but not crazy enough to be institutionalized.

Rolled 2, 3, 3 = 8 (3d10)

>>34638819
>Is it possible for us to learn how to make our own custom ammunition? I want to get a chance to make explosive buckshot, monofilament net shot, nanite disassembler shells...
I'm sure we could make up some designs and license them to the Armorer to get them made, and we can get royalties from them.

>>34638965
>>34638990
Well, I mentioned the laser slugs beforehand.

There's a few other ideas I had floating around since the hiatus.

Cultured Diamond flechettes
Chaff shot
Ceramic fragmentation shot
Obsidian slugs for getting past security

>>34639120
Could you go into more detail with the obsidian slugs?

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>>34638473
>>34638624
A cliffhanger??

>>34639120
>Obsidian slugs for getting past security

security chases down and beats the slugs for being black.

pass through check point while the secfor is occupied.

>>34639220
Basically, cultured obsidian sharpened by lasers into a vaguely slug-like shape with a sharper point. Honestly, there's more then a little overlap with the diamond flechettes, since this was from my old, OLD notes.

Other ideas are heavy plastic rounds that use non-standard gunpowder that most manufacturers don't use because they're costly, but with the upside being that they can get through scanners set for gunpowder due to its chemical make-up, or rounds that spin tighter to penetrate further into the body, explosive gyrojet slugs that can be fired underwater...

That's just what I remembered to put down though...

FG-senpai, you answered my question on perspectives. Yay.

I do enjoy the perspective flips. For all your self-doubt about writing characters, you do a good job of letting us know that we're really in someone else's head, Tin Man's chapter being an excellent example.

>>34639220
Is there a chance (assuming we didn't fuck up with that 5 we rolled) we could someday perspective switch with one of the Himawari Force team members?

>>34639375
kek

>>34639396
ahh now I understand. Nifty idea anon

>>34639455
hahaha thank you kindly anon. I try pretty hard during those segments but I do stress a little while writing them

>>34639482
I mean, I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility. I honestly didn't foresee them becoming quite as popular as they did, so I need to put some more thought into them as characters before we'd do anything like a perspective switch.

>>34639523
Other then Sniper Megane, Tombabe, and Thundertits, who are you most surprised at being popular with your questers?

>>34639523
>>34639587
Oh, I like this question. Good question Anon.

>>34639587
Those three were the biggest surprise easily. Just did not see them as being anything more than throwaway characters. Hmm... aside from them I'm not really sure. I'd say that the rest of the characters I wrote with some expectation that they'd be well received. I guess there haven't really been any breakout successes in that regard, except for maybe Svenja and Darius

>>34639850
Pear Alium dream PoV where we try to educate Ivan unsuccessfully when?

>>34639850
Bob POV thread when?

Seriously though, thanks for the game and for answering questions. I'll see you next week!

>>34639911
>>34639978
that would be fun, like everynow and then a random PoV thread from NPC's who are seemingly inconsequential

>>34640002
>>34639978
>>34639911
Fruity PoV likely never, it's too PLOT significant.

Should I find the time... and it looks like I'll have a lot of that with my current course load maybe PoV pastebins? There could be a vote on the next one everytime I post a PoV pastebin.

>>34639978
We could try to get him and the Armorer to shack up together as a goal!

>>34640070
If you remember canon, they have pretty different worldviews - I'm not sure they like each other