>>35898006
As for who or what created this dream for you? Well, you don't really know who or what the Hollow Man was, nor his apparent opposite. But then again, does anyone really know how the psychic phenomena that manifest between you and your several lovers actually work? The universe is a big place: big enough to contain things that defy understanding, like the Hollow Man and his globular, white opposite.

What you CAN understand is the reason for the Sisters' original message, which you finally heard from them after driving off the Hollow Man. As it turned out, one of the guards Carya and Catrina took with them to meet their parents' “representatives” had been compromised, and sold them out to a group of mercenaries working for Riah to capture Newtypes for study. They were holding her captive and waiting for extraction when you and your team infiltrated their safehouse.

Though they all quickly and quietly died under a hail of your team's bullets, or at the end of your knife, or even throttled between Carrina's bare hands, it won't undo the damage they did when they captured her. Carya and Catrina's spirits remain unbowed, but Artesia quickly determined that Carya's left eye was damaged too badly to be saved and was forced to remove it.

Which isn't to say it's slowed them down at all. After three days' rest, Carya turns up in the ready room with a patch over her left eye, and crashes on the couch next to you right in the middle of a meeting.

“Sup?” she greets, leaning back quite comfortably into your arms.

“Should you be here?” Karen asks, eying the patch.

Defrah shrugs. “It's just an eye, right?”

Catrina nods in agreement. “It's not like I'm half-dead or something. I'll be fine.”

“Enough to pilot?” Audrey presses, concerned.

“Barely use 'em anymore anyway.”

>If you think you're good to go, I trust you on it.
>If you've got to be up and around, at least take it easy for a while.
>I'm putting you on restricted status for now

>>35898101
>>If you've got to be up and around, at least take it easy for a while.

>>35898101
>>If you've got to be up and around, at least take it easy for a while.

>>35898101
"If you think you're up for it, then you're on the active roster. Stay out of melee and stick to long range sniping for the time being though. The loss of your depth perception and half your field of view will fuck you over more than anything."

>>35898101
>If you've got to be up and around, at least take it easy for a while.

>>35898101
>>If you've got to be up and around, at least take it easy for a while.

>>35898101
>Catrina nods in agreement. “It's not like I'm half-dead or something. I'll be fine.”
So, was that intentional on her part, or what?

>>35898101
>>If you've got to be up and around, at least take it easy for a while.

Now that I think of it, has the Feds and Titans received anymore telemetry data as to where exactly Axis is moving? Is it moving towards the Earth Sphere or the outer solar system?

>>35898532

it should be in mar's orbit by now.

>>35898685
It was making a hard burn out of Mars orbit actually. Hence the curiosity of which way Panini was traveling. Earth Sphere or Jupiter.

>>35898101
"Well, that's good enough for me," you reply. "Good enough for you, Karen?"

Your Captain nods. "If you think she's fit to pilot, who am I to judge?"

"Good, but promise me one thing?" Carya cocks her head, training her one good eye on you.

"At least TRY to take it easy."

The Sisters' face splits into a smile. "Sure. Will do, Commander."

"Alright, so where were we?" Emma asks aloud. "Something about Riah being backstabbing bastards?"

Catharine passes around a set of files, which you and your teams pour over intently. They're a mix of schematics for mobile armors and pdf printouts: one of which seems to place a rather sizable bounty on live Newtypes.

"I know, right?" Reiko agrees with your silent assessment of the situation... the look on your face must have given your thoughts on the matter away.

"These were an internal memo," Catharine tells you. "We can't say for sure how many people in the Riah government know about it."

"I'm half inclined to send this along to Titans," Karen tells you. "It'll make a hell of a big stink, and probably turn Newtype research into a political third rail for a while."

"Can't be a bad thing, then," Audrey agrees, resting her chin against her knuckles.

"Anyone see a problem with having ALICE just send the data to Titans?"

"There is quite a bit in the way of personal emails between the mercenaries and the conservative politicians backing them," ALICE adds from one of the terminals behind your head.

"Nothing else official?" Roberto asks.

You see ALICE's red-headed avatar appear on the view screen across from you, shaking her head as her body seems to shimmer with an update. "Aside from this memo, no."

>Send it to Titans
>Don't send it yet: no need to add tension
>Other (write in)

>>35898818
>>Send it to Titans

>>35898818
How good are the republics contacts in Riah? Any chance they could handle this semi-quietly in the interest of not giving the Feds an example of an action by an independent Spacenoid government that they will definitely use to smear the Republic by association.

>>35898818
>>Send it to Titans

>>35898818
"We'll send it off anonymously to Space CNN, Fox, and BBC. Leak it anonymously on Space Twitter and Spacebook. With a bit of sockpuppeting from ALICE, we can make enough stink in the public to force the politicians backing this to quietly resign or hurriedly change their positions.

>>35898818
>Send it to Titans

Make sure to keep an ear out on what Titans do about this information... If they plan a big raid or such, we might want to send in our Second Team to 'assist' and insure that any kidnapped Newtypes are safely extracted... Titans might decide that they want to continue Riah's research...

>>35898818

>Don't send it yet: no need to add tension

So this is a choice of either making Newtype research politically more acceptable yet visible, or political suicide yet completely underground.

I'll go with not sending it, so that when the time comes where we can fully focus ourselves on the issue, we'll have a lot less of a horrible task tracking all of these people down instead of driving them to more illegal or underground forms of establishment and funding.

>>35898818
>Send it to Titans

>>35899013
Its kidnap. its already underground and illegal.

>>35898956
>How good are the republics contacts in Riah?
Mediocre. Riah doesn't really like the idea of associating with the Republic (because the name Zeon is involved).

>Any chance they could handle this semi-quietly
Depends on how Cima would want to handle it.

>giving the Feds an example of an action by an independent Spacenoid government
The feds know they're not much better.

>>35898818
>Don't send it yet: no need to add tension
Yeah, I'm actually in favor of newtype R&D. Just not the retardedly antiethical way they tend to go about it.

>>35898818

>Send it to Titans
But also to allot of media outlets. That way the Titans don't have the ability to hush it up if they want to.

>>35899040
So's Dom. The issue is that fact that they are going on about in a retardedly anti-ethical way. Honestly we should see about doing it our selves and getting our family involved if we ever take them off the colony.

>>35898818
>Send it to Titans
I don't want to give the Titans any fodder for their anti-Spacenoid agenda, but we can't just let this go. If Riah is willing to take the risks of kidnapping Federation officers in the name of expanding their military, they're probably seeing conflict as inevitable. They wouldn't chance it, otherwise. Best to cut this off here and now. As for how it will affect the public perception of Newtype research...well, that's trickier. On the one hand, it'll cut down on the unethical research practices. But it'll also make it harder for legitimate Newtype research to happen. Then again, all of our Newtypetechnology was developed in-house, so it might not hurt us so bad. I say we do it.

>>35898818
>Send it to Titans

>>35899130
We still know shit all about how newtype abilities work. We don't even know that newtypes can have highly special skills.

>>35898818
Could you describe the Mobile armor printouts? Any of them worth pirating.

>>35899147
The more we dick off with our space magic, the weirder it gets anyway. There's a point when you stop asking questions and just fuck the pretty girl masquerading as Cthulhu.

>>35899280
A dude could heal blindless with his newtype abilities. If we had studied abilities more there's a chance we could have healed Carya's eye.

>>35898818

>Send it to Titans

>>35899051
Yeah this.

>>35899366
That's the point. Stop questioning and DO IT. We don't know until someone tries. Hell, Audrey could have a machine affinity. Rosseweisse could be sitting on a Reality Marble. Dominic is obviously a Pornomancer/Thrallherd with 2 additional dice for women, but that's all we know. Sitting aside time just to experiment is something that needs to be done.

>>35898818
>Other
"Roberto's on to something here. We gotta identify which places and persons within Riah we need to take out first before submitting the info to the Titans. Who's up for an infiltration mission?"
"Apolly. Roberto. Ready the Rick Dias— I mean your Barzams."

>>35898818
"The Federation needs to know what's going on with Riah," you sigh. "So ALICE, send Titans the data, but send it around the regular media outlets too. And try to make sure it's obvious that the Republic wasn't involved."

"Very well, Commander. Captain." ALICE replies politely, bowing her head as she disappears to go handle the task.

"Alright, one more thing before we can take a break," Karen announces. "Noel, where exactly are we?"

Lieutenant Anderson's brown eyes flick downward to the dataslate in her lap. "We're a day out of Luna II."

"And how close will Luna II be to where the raids were reported?" Haman inquires.

Noel takes a second to check. "Within another week's cruise to the centroid," she replies, meaning the centerpoint between the reported raid locations. "Captain Joshua's idea was to start our search there."

"It only made sense," Karen replies. "The raids' locations didn't seem to follow any pattern time-wise, so my guess is they have a base somewhere. Only issue is it's thousands of kilometers between all the sites."

"Could be am orbiting debris cloud," Audrey suggests.

Carya nods in agreement. "Zeon was using some of the Amirs and Atens during the war... Apophis, Mithra, and one of the numbered ones, I think."

"True enough," you agree. "Any of the larger bodies among the Earth-crossers could make an excellent mobile base for a small strike force."

"Or they could have sent a fleet," Haman suggests.

"How could they keep a fleet hidden?" Emma asks skeptically.

"Commerce," Rosse reminds her.

Also true... they could have hidden themselves as a freighter as well.

Karen glances over at you, seemingly curious as to your thoughts.

"I've got an idea," she tells you when you make eye contact. "But I'll let you go first."
>Focus your search on large Earth-crossing asteroids
>Focus on a "family" of asteroids that may be in the area
>Focus on the local shipping traffic
>Other?

Remember, there's a massive number of targets involved.

>>35899227
They're variations of the Dendrobium II. They're bigass weapons platforms that make up for the lack of numbers Riah can sortie by virtue of overwhelming firepower and extended patrol/cruise times.

>>35899580
>>Focus on a "family" of asteroids that may be in the area

>>35899580
"Local shipping seems unlikely. If mobile suits were launching from a freighter then it would have been reported by eyewitnesses. Asteroids, once again, seem unlikely. Federation and private companies would have set up mining operations on them. In addition, a seismic beacon placed would alert any outside observer to intrusion."

"I'm thinking we have a team actively moving from location to location. Check the local records for derelict Federation and Zeon ships in the area. Look for missing salvage crews that did not report back after heading for a wreck or debris field. We can start our search there."

>>35899580
>Focus your search on large Earth-crossing asteroids
They'd need a relatively large asteroid to sink their thermal emissions in. Even with Minovsky interference, it's still possible to spot a base at range from the heat it produces. You need mass if you're going to hide that.

>>35899580
>>Focus on a "family" of asteroids that may be in the area

>>35899580
>>Focus your search on large Earth-crossing asteroids

>>35899580
On one hand, asteroids don't emit M-Particles so it's easier to search them with the MPIWS, but we might not hit pay dirt in a while.
On the other hand, local shipping is a time honored hunting ground for pirates, so it's very likely for them to operate in those areas and thus have higher chances of intercepting them. Dunno if we can tune in to the shipping lane chatter either, due to Minovsky interference.

>Focus on the local shipping traffic
Why not disguise the Valk as a bulk freighter? Or is that too much to ask of Karen?

>>35899853
It's pretty clearly a mobile suit carrier. The modifications would need to be extensive.

You could do it, but it'd take forever and a day to finish.

>>35899853
Technically, the Nagato is a bulk freighter. A bulk freighter of a type no longer in service, that's been heavily modified to serve as an ersatz warship, but a bulk freighter.

>>35899580
Did we hear anything from those shipments we were tracking?

If they are using traffic to hide their ships, one of the ships with the tracking device will light up for us.

>>35899853
Even more of a reason to check derelict warships. The team could bleed off the helium and propellant stores on the Musai and Magellan wrecks to restore their stocks. Plus a leaking Minovsky reactor could easily cover the emissions of an active mobile suit or armor reactor.

>>35899580
So we're pretty much split between larger Earth-crossers, which could hide a large ship, or a smaller cluster of asteroids that are co-orbiting. The latter could easily hide smaller ships.

Five minutes, link back to this post and place a 1 or a 2 right below the link. No other text

1 is for Larger asteroids
2 is for a cluster of smaller asteroids

>>35900016
2

>>35900016
1

>>35900016
1

>>35900016
2

>>35900016
2

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>35900054
>>35900067
>>35900085
>>35900142
Nights like this one are the reason I drink.

>COIN TOSS

I heard King of Hearts wanted to run a Kantai Collection Quest, but there's a couple of them that ran ahead of him. I wonder what he thinks of the ones that went ahead...

>>35900220
No idea what that is but if King is running it I'll show up.

>>35900220
I want that.

>>35900016
"Well, if it were my call..." you begin, as Defrah looks at you hopefully. "... I'd probably hide out in a group of smaller asteroids. A few ships of a couple hundred meters each could disappear among some of the families of Amirs or Apollos."

Defrah's hopeful smile disappears. "It could get a bit hairy," she reminds you.

"I've got faith," you reassure her. "Between your piloting and ALICE's gunnery, we should be able to handle things."

"Speaking of piloting," Defrah continues, "I know you're fond of the Nagato. I like 'em big too sometimes, but there's a time and a place. And dodging asteroids isn't it."

You nod. "You're thinking we take the Valkyrie in close and use the Nagato as support."

"Right."

"Karen? You have any issues with that?"

Your Captain shrugs. "Who'd be in charge of the Nagato while we're gone?"

"I can fly a ship," ALICE's sweet voice offers helpfully.
>ALICE can handle most operations, right?
>Noel and Miyu can handle things here, Reiko and Catharine will handle their posts on the Valkyrie
>We'll only take a skeleton crew on the Valkyrie, with ALICE handling systems and Defrah steering
>Other?

>>35900376
>>ALICE can handle most operations, right?
trust in the cute AI

>>35900376
>>ALICE can handle most operations, right?

>>35900376
>>ALICE can handle most operations, right?

>>35900376
>ALICE can handle most operations, right?

>>35900376
>ALICE can handle most operations, right?

>>35900220
Haven't read 'em.

And yes, I did post in that QTG with my trip on like a fool. Yet another thing to blame Jura for.

>>35900376
"Let the AI handle the whale."

I was thinking we could run triangulation. Nagato takes one corner of the search, Val Varo and Second Team take another. Valkyrie and us take the third. We run them down by eliminating the places they could hide if our search of the asteroids prove fruitless.

Another thing, the Zeon team could have a base on the moon and be funneling off supplies from Luna II. Kelley had a similar setup on Von Braun after all..

>>35900376
>Noel and Miyu can handle things here, Reiko and Catharine will handle their posts on the Valkyrie
Don't underestimate bridge bunnies. They can be capable captains in clutch situations.

>>35900376
>ALICE can handle most operations, right?
>Other?
She can handle it for now, but we should acquire a backup bridge crew. I have faith in ALICE, but I also have a strong belief in redundancy.

>>35900579
Let's just say, actually playing the game and doing some background work helps.

>>35900376
“Whaddya say, ALICE?” you ask. “Want to take over on the Nagato for a while? Can you manage?”

“Mhm!” she informs you enthusiastically. “I have unlimited access to weapons, navigation, sensors, helm, lighting, and environmental control...”

At that last item, several heads turn nervously towards the AI's terminal.

“... I read in my spare time, Commander, Captain,” ALICE explains. “Specifically, all the works of Bradbury, Asimov, and Clarke. I know that rogue machines are a favorite topic of human entertainment, so I did not access any vital systems so as not to alarm you.”

“But you DO have access to them?” Karen presses.

“Affirmative, among many other secondary systems which are too numerous to list in full.”

A long list of systems, most of which are trivial or at least non-vital, scroll slowly across the screen behind ALICE's avatar.

“Good,” you confirm. “But I'd still like to get all our bridge team to train on both ship's setups. I have faith in ALICE, but redundancy never hurts.”

“Alright,” Karen concludes. “The plan will be to sortie the Valkyrie with a full bridge staff and skeleton crew. Second Team, including the Val Varo, will coordinate with the Valkyrie and Nagato to sweep whatever targets we find, then First will sortie to eliminate them. Sound good?”

Your various teams seem to agree immediately to the plan.

“Good. Meeting adjourned... Reiko, get me the notes in full by tonight.”

“Yes'm,” Reiko replies, folding her notebook of shorthanded scribbles shut.

>Pass time training on the mobile weapons and testing new tech
>Pass the time training Newtype senses and abilities: Audrey could use it
>Pass time relaxing: always time for a bath
>Other

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>35901017
>Pass time training on the mobile weapons and testing new tech

MORE TRAIN.

NOW

>>35901017
>Pass time training on the mobile weapons and testing new tech
See how the sisters are doing. If they want to stick around, they can help us with the boring part of calibrating our weapons and systems.

>>35901017
>>Pass time training on the mobile weapons and testing new tech

>>35901017
>Pass the time training Newtype senses and abilities: Audrey could use it

>>35901017
Newtype training with Audrey and Rosse. The Good Doktor, Lucette, Emary, and Audrey have had enough time to rewire the Schnee Weiss psychommu to function with funnels again. Have Rosse practice controlling more than two funnels at once with the Schnee Weiss psychommu. Have Audrey sortie solo in a Newtype suit. Rosse uses Audrey as target practice while Audrey concentrates on her precognition.

>>35901017
>Pass the time training Newtype senses and abilities: Audrey could use it

>>35901017
>>Pass the time training Newtype senses and abilities: Audrey could use it

>>35901017
>Pass the time training Newtype senses and abilities: Audrey could use it
And can Carrina really back up what she said when she mentioned she barely uses her eyes anymore?

And Audrey would need some getting used to on Newtype abilities, if the nightmare acid trip is a regular thing and she gets caught up in it at an unfortunate time.

>>35901017
>Pass the time training Newtype senses and abilities: Audrey could use it

Still need to work out the 'rules' of this whole 'Newtype Bonding' thing...

Oh, stick a team on eliminating likely locations where the Zeon pirates could be. And contact Cima for her insight. She was a pirate at one point remember and could probably give us an idea as to where a small team or squadron of ships would hideout.

>>35901017
>>Pass time training on the mobile weapons and testing new tech

>>35901211
This

>>35901017
August 26th, UC 0084.

Rosse struggles as you add the fourth funnel to the mix, and Audrey struggles just as much to keep up with her.

"ALICE? How are their brainwaves looking?" you ask loudly after switching your mic off.

The 3D image of ALICE flickers in what you suppose is the digital equivalent of a sigh. "Lieutenant April is unimproved from yesterday's readings. Lieutenant Junior Grade Rossweisse's brainwave output is slowly improving: however my estimates suggest she will be unable to continue maneuvering the fourth funnel while continuing to evade with her own machine."

You shake your head, leaning back into Carya's arms. "You can call them by their first names, you know."

"Affirmative. However I find an air of professionalism helps others accept my participation. Not everyone among this crew is as accepting as you are, Dominic."

You shrug, and continue watching the mock battle over the large projector in the officer's lounge on the Nagato.

>Give some advice to Audrey
>Give some advice to Rosse
>Advise both

Die rolls will be requested next update: "Advise both" would require a 2d100 and will take the best average of the first three rolls.

>>35901601
>>Advise both

>>35901601
>Give some advice to Audrey
Recently awakened newcomer first.

Rolled 92, 95 = 187 (2d100)

>>35901601
>Advise both

>>35901674
Holy shit, no one else should roll.

>>35901601
>>Advise both
>>35901674
he doesn't want them yet

>>35901601
>Advise both
>>35901674
Damn that would have been a good one.

>>35901601
>Give some advice to Audrey

>>35901601
>Give some advice to Audrey
She's newest to it.

>>35901601
pls tell me this counts>>35901674

>>35901601
>Both

"Audrey, don't Think about dodging. Be like the currents in the ocean. Let your instincts guide."

"Rosseweisse. Don't struggle. Clear your thoughts and focus on where she Will be. Move one Funnel at a time while concentrating on piloting. One shot is all you need."

>>35901601
> Advise both

AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TAKE THE PREMATURE EJACUALATO-.....ROLLER

Rolled 91, 83 = 174 (2d100)

>>35901601
Alright, roll me 2d100.

Rolled 24, 88 = 112 (2d100)

>>35901971
inb4 1

Rolled 44, 58 = 102 (2d100)

>>35901971

Rolled 61, 94 = 155 (2d100)

>>35901971

Rolled 64, 57 = 121 (2d100)

>>35901971

Rolled 70, 54 = 124 (2d100)

>>35901971

Rolled 21, 76 = 97 (2d100)

>>35901971

>>35901992
77.5 for you
87 for the Sisters

Several degrees of success were had.

>writing

Rolled 18, 33 = 51 (2d100)

>>35901971
Hm. Let's test our own Psychic bullshit. See if we can assist Audrey by being that psionic amplifier. Boost her precognition slightly.

>>35902026
Eh could be far worse.

Least the Sisters still got it.

Also if she doesn't have an eye there anymore Can we fuck the eye socket?

>>35902089
No.

>>35902089
No.

>>35902089
Yes.

>>35902089
Yes.

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>>35902124
> No

>>35902089
>>35902142
>>35902158

No. Just No. In all ways shape and form. No.

Rolled 43, 30 = 73 (2d100)

>>35902089
I want her to have a miniature drone eye. She pops it out of her socket and places it on the ground, controlling it like a remote control car.

>>35902026
“You're thinking too much,” you scold Audrey. “A normal ace anticipates using reason and experience, a wet behind the ears Newtype reads the instruction manual once and feels their way from there. You're both, so use both! Think AND feel!”

“Same goes for you, Rosse! Commanding the funnels is more than half about instincts!”

Haman sits quietly behind you, simply feeling the maneuvering pilots with her mental senses. Her pinkish-blonde hair is bowed in deep concentration.

“Rosse,” Catrina adds. “Think of it like driving a car on the ice...”

“She's never done that,” Carya interjects.

Catrina shrugs their shoulders behind you. “Whatever. It's not important to the point. The POINT is that you only need to do one thing at once. Keep your senses open, and either move your funnels, attack, or move your suit. Then switch focus. But don't try and do everything at once, or you'll lose control!”

Over the next several minutes, both Rossweisse and Audrey seem to improve noticeably.

“Good,” you tell them as the exercise concludes. “Come back in, refresh yourselves, and we'll run one more.”

“Roger.”

“We'll land in about thirty seconds. Support team, prepare to refuel.”

Carya pats your stomach from behind with her hands. “So, what now?”

>We could take a turn at maneuvers
>We can try sharpening our senses
>I want to try pushing things with my mind
>What was that you said a few days ago about not needing eyes?
>Other

Rolled 74, 89 = 163 (2d100)

>>35902280
"Well, the fledgling Newtype and the Cyber seem to be improving. Put them both in the Iris and we go out in a Barzam and the Kampfer?"

>>35902280
>I want to try pushing things with my mind


I want to blow things up.. with my mind.

>>35902280
>I want to try pushing things with my mind

>>35902280
>>What was that you said a few days ago about not needing eyes?

>>35902280
>What was that you said a few days ago about not needing eyes?

>>35902280
>>What was that you said a few days ago about not needing eyes?

>>35902280
>We can try sharpening our senses
"Maybe this time, we'll feel any ambushes that may have been set up before it's sprung."

>Other
"And we could also mentally toughen up Audrey to deal with pain feedback or strong killing intent as her sensitivity improves."

>>35902280
>>What was that you said a few days ago about not needing eyes?
"Where we're going..."

>>35902280
Bring Rosse and Audrey in and have them play Chess now. Thinking ahead is vitally important and it forces them to think strategy. Newtype sensory information will also help judge their opponent's next move as well.

Take the Twins out in a non-newtype suit. No cheating. See how they handle without one eye.

>>35902486
>Where we're going
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTr5CjpSp-g

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>>35902486
... we won't need legs?

>>35902280
> What was that you said a few days ago about not needing eyes?

>"So, uh, when we're going at it, you're not gonna knock my lamp off while grabbing for my Lil Dom cause of depth perception. Are you?"

>>35902280
"You said something about not needing eyes?" you ask quietly. "A few days ago, I mean?"

Catrina gently butts their head into the back of yours. "You wanna see what we meant?"

You nod.

"Okay. Stand up, Dom."

You do as the Sisters request, before turning to find Carya positioned as if ready for a fight.

"Hit me, Dominic," Carya insists. "Pick an avenue for victory and make your strike... you can even hit my left eye if you'd like."

>Refuse
>Head-on: keep it fair
>Slide into her blind spot and land a hit from there
>Other

>>35902815
> Slide into her blind spot and grab their ass.

What?

>>35902815
>Slide into her blind spot and land a hit from there

>>35902815
>Other
Sweep the leg.

>>35902815
>>Slide into her blind spot and land a hit from there

>>35902864
Or just slide behind her and get her in a bear hug.

>>35902815
>>Slide into her blind spot and land a hit from there
CQC!

>>35902864
I approve

>>35902815
That's fair. We don't fight fair. Shoot at her with a rubber bullet.

>>35902815
>>35902864
seconded!

>>35902815
>Slide into her blind spot and land a hit from there

I like the rubber bullet idea. Hit me Dom if you can! slide BANG. Got you.

>>35902864
Or accidentally trip and grope her tits. Then on our way down grab her ass.

>>35902864
Roll for tactical ass grabbing action.

D100 best of three

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>35903189

DICE GOD GIVE ME A NAT 100 PLEASE

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>35903189

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>35903189
Hopefully she grabs our ass. Come on 1.

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>35903189

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>35903189
Pulling off a Rito.

>>35903214
Well...a 68 might get us an ass grab, but she grabs our ass at the same time.

An ass grabbing draw.

>>35903271
Like a cross counter, but with butts. I like it.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>35903271
Quickly escalates into Dominic and the Sisters vying for dominance over who can grab the other.

Haman wins.

>>35903325
You fucking Newtype! I was thinking about her sneaking in when I said that!

>>35903348
>>35903325
I like this idea.

>>35903189
You slowly shift your way towards the Sisters' left side, intending to take full advantage of her blind spot and to test how well she fights without the eye on that side. When you feel the time is right, and you're sure they can't see you, you strike.

Your right hand easily finds Carya's left asscheek, giving it a firm but playful squeeze. For her part, she makes no effort to stop you, and actually cracks a smile... before striking back.

A quick strike of her left hand to your right wrist knocks your hand away from that sweet derriere, and it's followed by a backhanded slap from the same hand. At no point does Carrina turn her head to face you.

"I'm flattered you find my ass so irresistible," she admits, "but please try to take this seriously."

"Right," you reply, barely able to stop a fast kick from her left leg in time.

With your arm around her knee, you step in to throw your right elbow at Carrina's ribs, but find your strike blocked by her own left elbow: all without the Sisters being able to see you.

After locking in that position for a second or two, Carrina lifts herself up and places her right foot against your hips before pushing off.

You come to rest several meters apart from each other after drifting into the deck.

>How did you do that?
>You know she's just sensing your presence: see how she responds to having an object winged at her
>Other

>>35903482
>You know she's just sensing your presence: see how she responds to having an object winged at her
What sort of range can they do this at?

>>35903482
>>You know she's just sensing your presence: see how she responds to having an object winged at her

>>35903482
>>You know she's just sensing your presence: see how she responds to having an object winged at her

>>35903482
Motion for her to come at you.

Then grab her tits.

>>35903482
>>You know she's just sensing your presence: see how she responds to having an object winged at her

>>35903669
Alrighty then, go ahead and roll for sneaky object throwing.

D100 etc.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>35903809

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>35903809

I throw an unknown dragon dildo!

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>35903809

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>35903809

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>35903809
Mime throwing something. Go for that delicious derriere.

>>35903849
Stop it.

>>35903886
No.

>>35903818
>>35903809
With an increased wariness, you move your way back into Carrina's blindside as a curious crowd begins to gather, including Haman, Audrey, and Rosse.

Near a desk you find a wooden broom, and lift it. Again, Carrina isn't turning to face you. What you're planning may not be nice, or honorable, but you reckon you have to know for sure. So you close in a little, and chuck the broom at her.

And she catches it without turning.

She spins the broom around with her right hand with a flourish, and gestures to you with her left.

"C'mon," she tells you, and you oblige.

Rushing forward you dodge and weave all around the broom as Carrina swings and thrusts expertly at you with it, until you can pin it between your arms and ribs where you snap it in two with a palm strike.

Now that both of you are armed, you strike and parry at each other for several seconds, neither of you able to gain advantage. Finally, you step away from each other, sensing that the point has been demonstrated.

"Okay," you ask breathlessly. "How'd you do it?"

Carya is just as tired out as you are. "My left eye can still see... it just doesn't see the same things as my right eye."

"... you can see the future?" you realize, astonished. Haman and Audrey are nonplussed.

Carya, however, merely nods. "Just a second or two... but yes. It seems to have evolved out of our natural ability to sense danger, though now I see much greater detail than before."

>Reaction?

>>35904060
>Reaction?
"Holy shit..."

>>35904060
Cool. Let's buy a lottery ticket.

>>35904060
slowly reach for her bottom.

>>35904060
"Remind me to never play cards with you."

>>35904060
"We need to get you a baddass briefcase."
Anyone have that pic from Black Cat?

>>35904060
>"So you KNEW I was gonna grab your ass ahead of time!"

>>35904127
youre thinking to small. we should go to another casino

>>35904060
"Does it let you see in multiple directions at once, too? Because you weren't facing me when I threw that broom. Is it something like you being able to see from every angle you possibly could be?"

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>>35904163
Does a shitty fan translation count?

>>35904181
Payday 2

>>35904060
"Is it wrong that I kind of want to try this for myself, now? Like, chop off my hand and see if my phantom limb can still touch things."

>>35904060
"So wait," you frown, "you knew I was going for your ass?"

Carrina laughs to herself happily. "Yeah, but it's not like I'd mind. You've done far more to my ass in the past than just grabbing it, you know."

Haman stares at the Sisters, still not quite comprehending what they just said. "Wait, so you're like a clairvoyant or something?"

Carya nods, her one good eye sparkling blue. "I guess so."

"Amazing," Rosse mutters quietly to herself.

Audrey glances over at you nervously. "Sooo... I guess this kind of shit's what I have to look forward to?"
(1/2)

>>35904540
>"Sooo... I guess this kind of shit's what I have to look forward to?"

Oh you have no idea, little grasshopper.

>>35904540
I would have figured the freaky mindsex would be weirder to Audrey than a little butt loving. It's literally the biggest high you can get.

So wait. THAT'S why women fall head over heels for Dominic. He's basically a walking aphrodisiac.

>>35904540

Nope. like X-men, there are different types of powers. I don't see the future. I just have the ability to attract talented women...

>>35904540
August 29th, UC 0084.

You sit patiently in the cockpit of the Lilium, listening to the reports back from Second Team and the Nagato as your ships prowl around a nameless cluster of asteroids, spinning in a slow orbit a few tens of thousands of kilometers out from the Earth/Moon L3 point.

"We've got movement!" Emma announces. "Mobile suits, three of 'em! ALICE, confirm type!"

ALICE's vice from the Nagato almost sounds worried. "Unknown, they seem to be GM variants."

"They're not responding to our hails," Reiko reports.

"Keep trying," Karen orders, "Defrah, get us in range to support!"

Defrah laughs nervously. "Don't blame me if it's a bit bumpy!"

>Second Team will sortie: shoot to disable
>Second Team will sortie, treat the new machines as hostiles
>Second Team will remain in reserve for now while Reiko tries to raise the opponents' comms
>Other

>>35904773
>>Second Team will sortie: shoot to disable

>>35904773
>Second Team will sortie: shoot to disable

>>35904773
>Second Team will sortie, treat the new machines as hostiles

>>35904773
>>Second Team will sortie, treat the new machines as hostiles

>>35904773
>Second Team will sortie: shoot to disable
Get creative with the clay bazooka, Emma.

>>35904773
>>Second Team will sortie: shoot to disable

>>35904773
>Second Team will remain in reserve for now while Reiko tries to raise the opponents' comms

>>35904773
The Nagato is a whale of a ship. Sortie now and treat the incoming suits as hostile. Keep the Val Varo in reserve to engage any suits that slip through Second Team's net or to engage and breakup a second assault while the other team is engaged.

Don't commit fully yet.

>>35904869
The Val Varo is part of Second Team: basically, it's everyone but the two Lilium-Ikebana machines.

As per the earlier plan, you're aboard the Valkyrie right now, and ALICE is handling the Nagato.

>>35904915
I know that. I'm just saying don't commit all of Second Team's suits to engaging the hostile machines. There may be a second enemy squadron lurking around here waiting to pounce while they're tied up dealing with the first group.

>>35904773

Deploy second team, demand Identification or assuming hostile intentions.

Rolled 18, 43, 76 = 137 (3d100)

>>35904773
"Alright, First. We're going," you announce over comms. "Clay rounds and heat wires only until we know their intentions."

"Roger," Carya replies.

It takes mere moments to grab the bazookas off racks sitting nearby your machines, and you launch out to meet the strangers.

You find them maneuvering against your Second Team, trying to paint positive locks on as many of them as possible. They scatter at your arrival, but you get a good look at them: white machines, similar to a GM Sniper II but modified (though not nearly as much as the original Liliums).

Clay rounds are loaded...
>D100

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>35905224

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>35905224

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>35905224

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>35905224

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>35905224

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>35905224

>>35905224
... and one slams into an enemy GM, immobilizing its arm. Catrina puts another round into the head cameras of the second GM, and the third squeezes off a harmless burst of rifle fire before Rossweisse's heat wires find his machine and shock it into submission.

Suddenly, your opponent seems to decide he wants to talk after all.

"What's going on here?" he demands angrily. "Who are you, and why aren't your machines registering?"

>Response?

>>35905342

"Should have tried talking high and mighty when we hailed you the first time. Explain yourselves first, then maybe we can tell you about us."

>>35905342
You are under arrest!

>>35905342
"We could ask for the same thing. Identify yourselves and tell us why haven't you responded to our hails?"

>>35905342

WAAAGH!


-or-

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

>>35905342
"O'Hara of the Grim Guard, speaking. What in the Hell were you thinking?"

Look for identification markers, unit insignia, anything to ID these fucks.

>>35905342

I am Master Asia, Undefeated of the East! What worms dare oppose me? Domon Kashu, is that you?

>>35905452
Huh that good,

>>35905342
>>35905452
seconded

>>35905342

>>35905452
This if we want to fuck with them

>>35905417
This if we want to be serious

>>35905452
No. This is stupid. Don't say this.

>>35905342
"My name is Commander Dominic O'Hara, EFF Special Forces. What are you doing here, and why haven't you responded to hails?"

>>35905452
You just went full crossover.

Never go full crossover.

>>35905570
This is a pretty basic thing, so I'll throw my weight behind this.

>>35905625

Can we at least get a hilariously racist gundam?

>>35905625
thats Norg territory

>>35905342
Hmm...custom-modified white GMs, found while investigating attacks believed to be Zeon Remnants. And we know from Rossweisse and Audrey that Advance of Zeta is canon here. Did we find the Keraunos Squad?

>>35905342
"Commander Dominic O'Hara, Titans Grim Guard. Who the hell are you, and do you have a fucking death wish? Why didn't you respond?"

"Not allowed to usually," the man on the other end replies. "No," he adds tensely, as if to a third party. "There's no need for that, they're friendly. Yeah, Titans."

"Who are you talking to?" Audrey asks angrily. "If you've got reinforcements out there waiting, bring 'em out nice and slow."

"It's our mothership," the pilot explains. "I can't believe you'd be out here for any other reason than to chase down our targets with us... so maybe we should share our intel."

Looking his suit over for identifying marks, you note a symbol on the left shoulder armor: a fanged skull resting on a pile of chains. Other than that they're unadorned, in a plain light gray and dark blue color scheme.

>Okay, we'll work together.
>No dice. Give us your intel and unit name and we'll be on our way.
>We're leaving. We have no interest in you.
>Other

>>35905797
>>Okay, we'll work together.

>>35905797
>Other
"Care to tell us who you are, first?"

>>35905797
>Okay, we'll work together.

>>35905797
What's the unit patch of Slave Wraith?

>>35905848
This.

Don't these fuckers have some manners?

>>35905848
this

>>35905797
"Got a name, buddy? I'm willing to work with, but all of this cloak and dagger stuff never sits well with me. What have you uncovered so far regarding the Zeon units out here anyway? It's just been rocks and dead-ends. Like they're ghosts."

>>35905888
A fanged skull resting on a pile of chains.

>>35905888
Skull on chains. These guys are Slave Wraith.

>>35905848
Yep.

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>>35905947

>>35905797
"Right, If you won't tell us your name or unit we need a callsign for you so everyone knows who we are talking about. How does Slave Wraith 1 sound for a callsign?"

>>35906002
Hah!

>>35906002
Do it!

>>35905797
"Alright, but if we're going to work with each other we'll need something to call you... how's 'Slave Wraith One' strike you?"

There's a moment of stunned silence.

"How?"

You give a short laugh. "I'm well-connected. I may not know everything about you, but I know that symbol. Tell your mothership to recover you and your friends before you asphyxiate, and come on out of the stone field you're hiding in. We'll be waiting."

"Second team, fall back to rally Alpha," Emma orders, and she and her team leave the area. The Val Varo lingers a moment longer than the rest, and Ilia regards you carefully before joining them.
(1/2)

>>35906224
>"How?"

Huehuehue

>>35906224
What's wrong, Ilia? Feeling weird meeting a penal battalion considering your own status with the team?

>>35906224

Still say we should've identified ourselves as Master Asia, Undefeated of the East

>>35906224
Slave Wraith contacts you upon leaving the asteroid field: they have one of the new escort carriers, as it turns out. The ship is literally half a Columbus class with a "flight deck" on top, and a cramped couple of decks between that and the hangars below. A miserable ship to serve on, but quite efficient. Its standard compliment is eight mobile weapons.

"So," the captain of the mystery ship addresses Karen. He's an older man, haggard and gray with lines all over his grim face.

"So," Karen repeats. "You're looking for the mystery raiders."

"Aye," the older captain replies. "And they're not here. We've been searching nearby clusters for three days now."

"Any clues as to where they might be?" Karen replies carefully.

The man shrugs. "Could be a larger asteroid."

"Is that the best you can do?"

"Aye. I'll send you some of our data."

Karen quickly gestures to Reiko and Catharine, who prepare to handle the data transfer.

Ilia, who has joined your teams on the bridge, gives you a strange look of expectation.

>Anything to ask the Captain? He's barely been helpful so far, but seems willing to talk. A little.

>>35906364
>If he's Scottish

Ask for actual GOOD alcohol while insulting him for being Scottish.

> If a fellow Irishman

Get together, get drunk and get good alcohol

>>35906364
Not really?

>>35906364
"Care to come onboard? Not sure how long we'll be working together, but while we are you might as well get out of those cramped quarters. We've got the space."

>>35906364
"Have you looked into any of the derelict Musai and Magellan hulls floating through this neck of space? I had a theory floating about in my noggin that they may be using a dead ship's reactor to hide their own emissions. A salvage OP's crew vanishing could be an indicator as to where to look..."

"Something on your mind, Ilia?"

>>35906364
>Ilia, who has joined your teams on the bridge, gives you a strange look of expectation.

I forgot... What do we know IC that Ilia wants again?

>>35906507
FULL FRONTAL STOLE THAT TRICK OFF DOM, CALLING IT NOW!

>>35906528
What does she what?

>>35906507
The war never really came through this part of the Solar system: and if it had, the damaged/destroyed ships would have been placed into a shoal zone by now.

>>35906364
"What's the Minovsky density like in the three days you've been in this sector? We got some more precise detection equipment, so just point and guide us to where it's the thickest."

>The ship is literally half a Columbus class with a "flight deck" on top
Huh. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it's almost a perfect platform to conduct a false flag op against the raiders.
But if there's one thing you shouldn't do, it is that you do not insult a Captain's ship, so I'll just shelf this idea and try to come up with something else.

>>35906528
She was a prisoner on our ship for months until we threw her a bone. Now she's face-to-face with a penal legion captain. She's having a moment thinking about how close she came to being fucked for life. And not sexually either. Her respect for Dom grew today.

>>35906507
>"Something on your mind, Ilia?"

At the very least, ask this.

>>35906549
At this rate I half expect that Full Frontal is going to be made from Dominic's DNA and psychowave echoes, not Char's. Except we're not going to die, so the original Dominic will be around to mock Full Frontal's name and help Banagher not be so awful.

>>35906651

Believe that happened in Z3.1 if i remember lurking /m/ correctly

>>35906581
>The war never really came through this part

Huh. Color me surprised. I would've assumed there's several dead space hulks floating in this sector for salvage crews to gut. Looking into missing persons and the local paper for said persons could've pointed us in a general direction to track their movements.

But alas, that's a dead end now. Maybe. The Moonbase isn't off the table though. They've gotta get their propellant from somewhere.

>>35906364
"Ilya?" you ask quietly as Karen continues to get nowhere with the other Captain. "What's wrong?"

"They're a penal legion, right?" she asks. "Isn't that... I dunno, cruel?"

"It's illegal too," you reply. "But it's backed by Titans flag officers, so there's not much that can be done just now."

"Shouldn't someone at least say something?" she asks. "They're practically slaves over there!"

"Hm?" the old Captain mutters as he notices Ilya speaking with you. "Somethin' on your mind, miss?"

>Let Ilya speak
>Tell her there's nothing that can be done
>Tell her you'll have Haman sneak a tracking funnel onto the hull of the other ship: you'll deal with Slave Wraith at a better time
>Other

>>35906745
Could easily be from their asteroid base. Plenty of volatiles tied up in carbonaceous asteroids, just waiting to be converted into propellant.

>>35906762
This you, KoH?

>>35906651
Come on Banana, his name is Full Frontal
Surely you can come up with some sort of joke about it
I have to say infuriating one's enemy until they try to kill you with hate has to be a requisite to get Dom's approval to court Mineva

>>35906762
This is me.

>>35906745
It's on the wrong side of the Earth Sphere. Most of the colonies are at L1 and L2, which are on either side of the Moon, and L4 and L5, which are the largest areas of "stability". L3 is opposite the Earth in its orbit, and you're investigating objects that rarely breach Earth orbit at all and are beyond L3.

During the war, L3 was also the least populated area of the Earth Sphere due to its remote location.

>>35906762
>>Let Ilya speak

>>35906762
>>Let Ilya speak

>>35906762
> Let Illa speak

Time to unlock and level up our Social Links

>>35906364

I doubt the CO of the Penal Division will give us a straight answer about the conditions of the prisoners...

We do still need to see if Titans are capable of doing Penal Divisions correctly without mistreating the convicts... Though we'd need to get that from the cons themselves. Find out what the deal for service is, what the living conditions are like... that kind of thing...

>>35906762
>Let Ilya speak
Though consider the tracking funnel idea, anyway.

>>35906762
Shake your head at her slightly. Mutter under our breath.

"Be civil. He's still Titans. Tell him off *nicely*. We don't need another Incident."

>>35906762

>Tell her you'll have Haman sneak a tracking funnel onto the hull of the other ship: you'll deal with Slave Wraith at a better time

>>35906905
this

Rolled 14, 70, 7 = 91 (3d100)

>>35906762
"Tell him off nicely," you warn Ilya in a low voice. As she takes center stage Haman catches your eye, and quickly disappears off the bridge. A little display ALICE overlays onto a nearby screen for you shows she's heading for the hangar...

"How many of your men are prisoners?" Ilya demands.

For some reason, the Captain seems willing to respond: either he genuinely wants her to know, or he's just being overly confrontational.

"All of our pilots save one, and half the rest of the crew. The others are mainly Military Police."

"And this is sanctioned?" Ilya presses. "On whose authority?"

"On Titans' authority," the old man replies. "I'm under no obligation to tell you anything else."

"And so you'll just throw these soldiers into the grinder till they die, I suppose?"

The Captain nods. "That is the general idea, yes. Now if you're quite done, I have several missions to pursue and new pilots to pick up... this last batch dropped like flies against the Principality remnants."

Ilya barely manages to keep from shouting obscenities long enough for the Captain to cut the communications line. She's left stunned by the interaction: she's used to how you deal with prisoners, no doubt. It probably just occurred to her how unusual her circumstances are, and how close she's probably come on numerous occasions to being as comprehensively screwed as Slave Wraith's pilots.

While she's still fighting for you, there IS after all a difference: you expect her to come back when she's done, rather than expecting her to die for you.

"We have their data," Reiko offers. "They're on the level: none of the asteroid clusters around here seem to be what we're looking for."

>Suggest you check local shipping
>Suggest you check asteroids large enough to hide a ship.
>Other

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>35907266

>>35907266
>Suggest you check asteroids large enough to hide a ship.

>>35907266
>>Suggest you check asteroids large enough to hide a ship.

>>35907266
>Suggest you check asteroids large enough to hide a ship.
Heat sink, propellant source, shelter...seems like the most likely.

>>35907266
> Check out shipping lanes and transports

Also is the Captain Scottish or Irish? Throw some local vulgar insults his way. We're a Commander, we can do that.

>>35907367
His accent sounds like a typical old English man.

>>35907266
Look into setting up a Bait Boat. A scrapped freighter we can retrofit into carrying our mobile suits. If we can't find these fucks, we can at least draw them out with a bit of ingenuity and "easy" pickings.

>>35907398

Then throw in some appropriate insults I know you know make 'em pissed.

All I know is LOLTEETH and that's pretty much it.

Could help gather some positive rep with the pilots just in case we run into them again.

>>35907266
Defrah even takes the unusual measure of accelerating past the escort carrier rather than turning around, but it's no use. Haman radios the bridge as the Valkyrie returns to dock with the Nagato.

"Sorry," she tells you. "I couldn't sneak a tracker onto their hull without a serious risk of it being detected."

"You tried," you reassure her. "Tricks like that won't always work... we'll just have to find them again later the old fashioned way."

Ilya walks past you, clearly frustrated at the whole experience, but pauses to speak with you.

"Thank you, Commander. For indulging me just now, and for everything else."

"Of course," you reply. "We'll deal with Slave Wraith at some point, I think. So don't worry too much that we lost today, alright? We'll win in the end."

The pale-haired young woman gives you a smile before heading back below.
(1/2)

Rolled 12, 20, 11 = 43 (3d100)

>>35907538
Back aboard the spacious bridge of the Nagato, your teams turn their attention to a list of minor planets and large asteroids in this area of space that could hide a Zeon vessel.

There are so many of them, but it has to be one that's fairly large to confuse normal sensors into thinking it's all one object. It has to be moving at the right speed, in the right location... everything has to be juuuust right...

>d100

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>35907594

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>35907594
Should've went with the bait boat...

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>35907594
Shouldn't be too hard, then, if it's so specific an asteroid.

>>35907604
Oh wow!
I not rolling now.

>>35907604
Welp.

>writing

>>35907638
>>35907604
here, fucking newtypes, right?

>>35907594
"THEY ALL LOOK THE FUCKING SAME!" Karen shouts after several minutes.

"I hate to say it," Audrey admits morosely, "but I can't see any reason to pick one of these over any other."

Haman and the Sisters have simply remained silent, and Rosse has gone off to grab a pot of coffee. Even ALICE is muttering to herself about "search parameters".

Then it hits you: a bolt from the blue.

"3200 Phaethon," you declare, sliding the dossiers on several objects clear of the screen to reveal an old image of the object in question. "It's one of the few large bodies that crosses Mars, Earth, Venus, AND Mercury on a short enough orbit, and it's big enough to hide a ship."

Your teammates stare at the image of Phaethon for a moment.

"It's like a natural ticket into the inner Solar system," Haman mutters.

Karen cocks an eyebrow. "It's the best we've got. Punch it in, Defrah. ALICE, get Defrah any navigational data she may need, and the rest of you should get to work."
(1/2)

>>35907774
September 1st, UC 0084.

As you close in on Phaethon, the sensors aboard the Nagato pick up a ship hiding on the far side of the asteroid. On average the body is about 5 kilometers across, and it's fairly well rounded. So looping around Phaethon in a two-kilometer long ship seems like it'd leave you vulnerable.

You can also sense the same thing your Newtype teammates can: there's at least one powerful Newtype on that ship.

>Sortie the Valkyrie and both MS teams
>Sortie the Valkyrie and the Liliums
>Just sortie the Liliums

Remember, you're facing at least one to three Newtypes. This could be exceedingly dangerous for anyone else involved aside from your "core" pilots in the Liliums.

>>35907857
>Just sortie the Liliums

>>35907857
>>Just sortie the Liliums

>>35907857
>Just sortie the Liliums
But have the others ready to hop out to help

>>35907857
>>Sortie the Valkyrie and the Liliums

>>35907857
Valkyrie and Liliums. Take Pazom and the VV out as well. Pazom circles the asteroid on full burn with the cruise module attached. Get a flanking bonus with the Val Varo and send the data back to the Valkyrie so She can hit the enemy vessel with her big guns over the horizon. Shoot through the asteroid.

>>35907857
>Sortie the Valkyrie and both MS teams
Let the Valkyrie hang back and concentrate on dumping missile barrages on the enemy ship. Doesn't matter if it hits the ship or not. Any misses that strike the asteroid will mess 'em up with the debris.
Second team can take care of ship defense and any enemy grunt stragglers.

Play that ship fightan music Defrah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY0ey0mukIY

>>35907857
>>Just sortie the Liliums

>>35907857
Karen keys her comm to speak with you. “What're you thinking? Keep Second in reserve?”

“Yeah,” you agree. “Sortie everyone, then send 'em in if we get into trouble.”

“Roger, I'll tell them.”

“Gundams Lilium III and Viola III,” you hear Miyu's voice announce. “Cats are prepped, load up. I'll be your operator this time.”

“Got it,” you reply, launching headlong out of the Nagato's port side and regrouping with the Sisters and Audrey, who launched from the starboard.

“Five kilometers and closing,” Miyu informs you, and your keen senses are already telling you that the Newtype, or Newtypes, you will be facing have been alerted to your presence. Strange, though...

“They seem confused,” Haman notes. “Barely even aggressive. More playful, even.”

“Second Team sortied,” Miyu informs you. “Standing by.”

“Call us when you need us,” Emma adds.

“Establishing visual,” Carya announces as a single Chivvay-class ship comes into view, hanging close to the far side of Phaethon.

The ship quickly opens up with its cannons as it disgorges its mobile suits: the former are a mix of slow, inaccurate particle cannons that are too few to pose any serious risk, along with machine cannons that would hardly scratch your Lilium's paint even if they hit you. But the mobile suits are five modified Gelgoog machines with broad, thruster-laden shoulders and a trio of familiar black suits: Tusche Scwartz units, each modified with large particle cannons on their shoulders.

Their pilots feel similar to each other, at least to your mind... possibly sisters, and they regard you with that same curiosity as they send out a wave of funnels which dart around without firing.

“Weird,” Rosse observes nervously.
>Don't engage just yet, have Haman and the Sisters 'play' with the enemy funnels
>Engage the Tusche Schwartzes, nonlethally
>Engage the Gelgoogs lethally
>Engage everything lethally
>Other

>>35908203
>>Engage the Tusche Schwartzes, nonlethally
ITS PURU TIME

>>35908203
>>Engage the Tusche Schwartzes, nonlethally

>>35908203
>Don't engage just yet, have Haman and the Sisters 'play' with the enemy funnels
There's gotta be some reason they're not attacking.

>>35908203
>>35908278

Engage everything lethally

Death to the Purus!

>>35908203
>Engage the Tusche Schwartzes, nonlethally
Here come the clones!

>>35908203
>feel similar to each other

IT'S FUCKING HAPPENING.

Offer the enemy ship and suits terms for surrender. If they fail to respond to our hails, engage and eliminate the Gelgoogs by forcing them into melee. Send the telemetry data back to the Nagato for her big guns to start working on the Chivvay. Those particle cannons should punch right through the rock.

>>35908278
ITS TIME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PouA2_Y7vHs

>>35908311
You evil sadistic motherfucker.


You are literally worse than Hitler

>>35908203
>Don't engage just yet, have Haman and the Sisters 'play' with the enemy funnels
Only a matter of time 'til one side does the equivalent of a Newtype tableflip. It ain't gonna be us.

>>35908203
>>Don't engage just yet, have Haman and the Sisters 'play' with the enemy funnels

>>35908378

You just want the Purus to have sex with them. Fucking pedo

>>35908203
>>Don't engage just yet, have Haman and the Sisters 'play' with the enemy funnels

>>35908203
>>Don't engage just yet, have Haman and the Sisters 'play' with the enemy funnels

>>35908420
The Purus are not for sexing. They're daughterus, or imoutos at most.

>>35908420
>have sex with the Purus

We're not Char though. We only collect lolis.

now the question is which purus are we facing, since i doubt Bernini or Glemy would send elpheo or 2 so far away

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>>35908420

FUCK NO man. Marida Cruz in 0096 yes, but little Purus are God-Tier Little Sisters, I rank them 2nd only to Illya

>>35908456
this

>>35908458
And corrupt lolis. Mineva is going to have Banana going full Shirou.

>>35908456
>The Purus are not for sexing.
Tell that to all of Marida's customers.

>>35908526

when we get the banana on board he is going to be surrounded by puru onee-sans.

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>35908203
I'm so fucking happy you didn't vote to engage the Purus directly. I don't think I have that long a fight in me

"Haman," you encourage your Newtype copilot. "Send out your funnels, but don't shoot."

Quietly, she obeys your rather strange order. You can feel Carrina and Rosse following your lead as well. Your machines' funnels are slightly longer, and more cylindrical compared to the tapered, almost floral-looking funnels sent out by the Zeon machines. They dance back and forth for several long seconds, little trails of compressed gas marking their adjustments. A pair swirl in a tightly-matched duet, another group form a wagon-wheel and dogfight between your mobile suits. For a time, nobody shoots.

You can feel the pilots of the three Tusche Schwartzes following with rapt attention, and a mix of curiosity and playful enthusiasm.

It's not to last, however, as one of the Gelgoogs takes a potshot...

>>35908551
not ok man

>>35908551
>Tell that to all of Marida's customers.

There are fucked up people in the world. This is surprising how.

>>35908551
Why ya gotta be like that anon?

>>35908566
>You can feel the pilots of the three Tusche Schwartzes following with rapt attention, and a mix of curiosity and playful enthusiasm.

And this is why you don't make little kids pilots of mobile suits.

>>35908566
>Gelgoogs takes a potshot...
Not cool man!

>>35908613
Maybe one of the Purus will shoot him in annoyance for interrupting playtime?

>>35908613
>Not cool man!

As long as we take out the funnel pack we should be good.

>>35908566
... and misses cleanly, only serving to scatter the funnels.

The three pilots are even more confused, and angry at the Gelgoogs, more of which are opening fire on you and the Viola.

"What's going on?" Audrey asks in confusion. "Why are those three so upset?"

"Unclear," Rosse replies.

Haman is too focused on moving her remote weapons into firing positions on the Gelgoogs, when you're suddenly confronted by a stark realization: one of the three Tusche Schwartzes just unloaded its cannons at the first Gelgoog that fired.

>Engage the Gelgoogs
>Provide cover for the Tusche Schwartzes
>Separate, allow Audrey to help against the Gelgoogs while you take on the Chivvay
>Other?

>>35908669
>>Engage the Gelgoogs
>>Provide cover for the Tusche Schwartzes

Rolled 72, 81, 83, 18, 75, 60, 77, 84, 46 = 596 (9d100)

>>35908669
Dice are needed on my end, sorry.

>>35908669
>>Provide cover for the Tusche Schwartzes