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>>44512796
The Captain switches to the next slide, which shows a bunch of ugly little Abyssals, that looked like babies with oversized black skulls and lugging a pair of massive torpedo tubes. Something about them made you instinctively sick to your stomach, moreso than the fish and other humanoid versions of Abyssals.

"This new strain of Abyssal, some sort of equivalent to PT boats, has been appearing in large numbers, conducting hit and run torpedo attacks on our ships. We've already had several ships and shipgirls heavily damaged, and we cannot afford to have them hounding our flank. This is where you come in."

The slide then switches to a zoomed in view of the atoll, which looked to be a large cluster of small islands.

"Intel believes these Abysal PT boats are operating out of this atoll. Satellite scans don't show any fixed facilities, so there's a possibility that they're operating out of a mobile facility or vessel. It will be your job to find it and eliminate it."

"Wouldn't the Science Team want to bring the new strains in intact for study?" Portland asks.

"It's not a requirement, but Vahlen certainly would like additional research material." The Captain nods.

>Screw that, we're burning them all down.
>I guess I'll keep that in mind.
>Other

>>44512821
>>I guess I'll keep that in mind.

>>44512821
>I guess I'll keep that in mind.

>>44512821
>>I guess I'll keep that in mind.

>>44512821
>>Screw that, we're burning them all down.
After how we reacted to the Wo? Better they burn than be brought in.

>>44512821
>I guess I'll keep that in mind.

Live, from /tg/, it's FRIDAY NIGHT
This week marks a little over 20 years since V2 o'clock. Have you done your part to break down borders
In other news, WoWS begins a collab with that other boatgirl anime today and KC receives its New Years CG update (holy fuck Nenohi's art quality spiked)
Also, fuck these little hellspawn

>>44512889
do it reluctantly, we reacted badly with Wo because she looks a lot like us. These things are easy to deal with it.

>>44512821
>I guess I'll keep that in mind.

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>>44512821
"I guess I'll keep that in mind." You nod somewhat reluctantly. "So, are we just going to be ranging out on our own?"

"No, you'll have some support on this mission." The Captain says. "It's rather limited, because the bulk of our resources being focused on encircling Kauo. No air cover, but with the sinking of that carrier group I don't expect you to run into any enemy air power."

"So we just have surface support?" Heerman asks. "What kind?"

"Two Littoral Combat Ships, the Freedom and Little Rock." The Captain says. "Considering the nature of the threat, we feel the LCSes will provide the most effective form of support for you."

>Are you sure? They look pretty dinky.
>Anything helps, I guess.
>Other

>>44513185
>>Anything helps, I guess.

>>44513193
please don't bring that up. Last thing any of us need is the KCQ curse spreading here.

>>44513185
>Other
"Elaborate."

>>44513185

>Anything helps, I guess.

>>44513185
>>Are you sure? They look pretty dinky

>>44513185
>>Anything helps, I guess.

>>44513185
>Anything helps, I guess.

>>44513193
Better question: who didn't?
Also on the plate, what are the implications of this?

>>44513185
>>Are you sure? They look pretty dinky.

>>44513185
>Anything helps, I guess.

>>44513185
>Are you sure? They look pretty dinky.

Fuck yeah, time for shipgirls!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL4RBZV7Wjc
>>44513185
>Are you sure? They look pretty dinky.

So's anyone else gonna be really disappointed if the Abyssals do turn out to be just mindless generic doomsday enemies like Nazibitch says they are?

And which of our friends do you think is gonna go Abyssal?

>>44513615
Nobody's going to go Abyssal on us! Especially when we have the power of our SOCIAL LINKS.

>>44513677
>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.
Getting surrounded by PT boats is a bad idea.

>>44513677
>Keep the slower ships back while the smaller ones engage directly.

>>44513677
>>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.
That also means we'll be in more open ocean, which makes torp avoidance that much easier.

>>44513677
Whoops, forgot my trip!

>>44513677
>>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.

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Sorry, I forgot my trip, so let's try that again!

>>44513185
"Anything helps, I guess." You shrug.

"And besides me, what kind of air support can we expect?" White Plains raises her hand.

"Both the Freedom and Little Rock have their own aviation facilities." The Captain explains. "You'll have two helicopters that can assist in reconnaissance and air support."

"So how do we approach the atoll then?" Portland asks, looking at the map. "Do we just sail right in guns blazing, or do we go in gradually from the edges and pick them off little by little?"

"Honestly, that is up to you." The Captain replies. "We don't believe these PT Boats are heavily armed or armored. In fact, we believe they're more fragile than the standard destroyers we have faced up until now."

"Hmmm." Portland frowns, obviously trying to come up with a deployment plan.

>Drive straight on in.
>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.
>Keep the slower ships back while the smaller ones engage directly.
>Other

>>44513677

>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.

Crazy, not stupid. Destroyers adopted knifefighting, PT boats were built exclusively for it.

They'd probably just fucking eat our bat.

>>44513730
>>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.

>>44513730
>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.
This scenario just popped in my head:
>Hey 'lil imps, want some candy?
>PTs excitedly gather one by one
>"Now All I need you to do is to close your visual scanners and radars and...."
>Hoel knocks them out with the baseball bat one by one.

>>44513730
>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.

>>44513730
>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.

>>44513730
>>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.

>>44513730
>>44513745

Wait, have we even met fourth OP shipgrill yet?

Has she become an abyssal due to the players' forgetting about her?

>>44513730
>>Secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little.

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>>44513730
"How about we-" You start.

"Oh no, we're going to be doing this by the book." Portland grunts. "We're going to secure the perimeter and draw them out little by little."

"But I was about to say that!" You pout.

"Sure you were." Portland huffs, not convinced.

Ohhhhh ,you were gonna get back at her for that after this. You had to remember.

Suddenly, a loud siren blares for a few seconds, ringing throughout the bowels of the Tarawa. The Captain raises his head up briefly and looks at all of you again.

"It appears we've arrived at our deployment point." He announces. "Head down t the well deck and prepare to launch. Dismissed."

You and the rest of your task force members instinctively stand up and salute the Captain before marching out. Fortunately, Portland had made sure you all knew how to get to the well deck, probably so you wouldn't embarrass yourselves in front of the crew. She always did seem like a stickler for appearances. Launching from the well deck was simple enough. It wasn't much different than from just summoning your rigs and stepping onto the water. The Tarawa's forward movement did the rest and soon enough you were out in the open air, the sun shining in your face. Behind you, you could see the stern of the Tarawa and that of its sole escort, the O'Kane. Trailing behind the Tarawa were the two LCS ships, Freedom and Little Rock. Somehow, they looked even smaller in real life than in the picture.

"Is that... a 57mm cannon?" Johnston frowns in obvious disgust.

"Looks like it." Heerman shrugs.

"Hey now, cannons aren't everything." White Plains adds in.

"Says the carrier that oneshotted a goddamn cruiser with one!" Johnston rolls her eyes.

"Please, the LCS has a very specific role and it's armed as such." Portland grumbles as she catches up with you. "Especially when they're equipped with the surface warfare package."

(cont)

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>>44514245
"Taffy 3, this is Freedom." One of the LCSes radios in. "Your Captain has given us the mission details We'll be taking up positions on the outer edge of the islands. Who will be drawing out the hostiles?"

"Heh, we can do it." You tell Portland. "Us destroyers are smaller and faster. Better able to dodge torpedoes."

"That's true, but..." Portland frowns. "The PT Boats have traditionally only targeted larger capital ships. I think we can guarantee to draw more of them out if I went out there. They wouldn't be able to resist a heavy cruiser."

"That's crazy. No way you'll be agile enough to avoid a mass torpedo attack!" San Diego says with concern.

"Heh, I'm no stranger to surviving torpedo attacks." Portland points out.

"What about the LCSes?" White Plains suggests. "I heard they can hit 40 knots, and their radars and detection capabilities are for sure better than ours."

>Have the destroyers act as bait.
>Have Portland act as bait.
>Have the LCSes act as bait.
>Other

>>44514265
>Have the LCSes act as bait.

>>44514265
>Have the destroyers act as bait.

>>44514265
>>Have the destroyers act as bait.

>>44514265
>>Have the destroyers act as bait.

>>44514265
>Have the destroyers act as bait.
This shit is our purpose. This shit is why we were first built.
So let's fucking do this shit.

>>44514265
>Have Portland act as bait.

>>44514265
>>Have the destroyers act as bait.

>>44514265
>>Have Portland act as bait.

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>>44514265
>Have the destroyers act as bait.
Surely nothing can go wrong.

>>44514265
>>Have the LCSes act as bait.
Let's fuck with the Abyssals' heads. See how the PTs like destroyer-sized ships that can match them knot for knot.

>>44514265
>Have the destroyers act as bait.

>>44514265
>>Have the LCSes act as bait.

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>>44514265
"Well, that sounds like a great plan and all, Sweet Pea, but..." You suddenly shove Portland and fire up your boilers, shooting off towards the atoll. Johnston and Heerman, correctly predicting your course of action, follow close behind. "If there's anybody that's gonna get shot at, it's gonna be us!"

"You goddamn glory hogs-!" Portland seethes, but it's already too late for her to stop you.

"Woooo! You showed her!" Johnston whoops as ocean spray splashes all over you three.

"Honestly, a heavy cruiser acting as bait? That's just crazy," Heerman shakes her head.

"Heh, I think she just wants to prove something to the Admiral~." You say teasingly.

"YOU'RE STILL TRANSMITTING." Portland growls over the radio.

"I know, Sweet Pea." You cackle playfully. A quick pulse of your radar shows the the rest of the task force, as well as Freedom and Little Rock, holding position behind you. You don't see any indication of enemies yet.

"Do you need air cover?" White Plains asks. "They can really help out."

"We could use an extra set of eyes..." Heerman starts.

"They'll just scare off the PT boats!" Johnston huffs.

>Accept air cover.
>Refuse air cover.
>Other

>>44514639
>>Accept air cover.

>>44514639
>Refuse air cover.
Just be ready to pump em out as soon as we get biters WP

>>44514639
>Refuse air cover.
Need to lure these little fucks out.

>>44514639
>>Accept air cover.

safely and steadily is the way to go.

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>>44514639
>>Refuse air cover.
Stick to the plan!

>>44514639
>Refuse air cover.
besides, we've already pinged on their threat radar with the Wo-capture, what's the use of air cover?

>>44514639
>Accept air cover

>>44514639
>>Other
Get a couple of Dauntlesses airborne in a search mode ONLY. Have the rest warmed up and ready for launch, but don't launch a major strike yet. A big formation will spook 'em. One or two search planes? Nothing big there.

>>44514639
>.
>>Refuse air cover.

>>44514810
This I kinda like.

>>44514810
this

>>44514810
>>44514639

Dosh.

>>44514639
>>44514810
That.

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>>44514639
All right, so just to make sure...

>Refuse air cover.
>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919

>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919
>>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only.

Someone get some MIDWAY! sabaton

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only

>>44514919
>>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919
>>Accept recon flights only.

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only.
>>44514955
I got you broseidon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuOnQpyP1nc

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only.
"I'm sorry, this is a recon flight, please stow away all guns back into their upright positions. And fasten your seatbelts, have a nice sortie."

>>44514919
>Accept recon flights only.

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>>44514919
"Just put up a few. Recon only." You instruct. "We want eyes but we don't want the Abyssals getting wise to us."

"Got it. I'll put up a few Dauntlesses." White Plains acknowledges.

"Remember, DON'T venture too close to the island!" Portland warns. "Only the LCSes can provide accurate fire support at that range!"

"Yeah yeah, don't worry. We'll be careful." You assure her.

>Head closer to the island and prod the hornets' nest.
>Remain in your current position and see if the Abyssals bite.
>Other

>>44515209
>Remain in your current position and see if the Abyssals bite.

>>44515209
>>Head closer to the island and prod the hornets' nest.

I hope the Fairy Pilots make it back safe.

>>44515209
>>Head closer to the island and prod the hornets' nest.

>>44515209
>Remain in your current position and see if the Abyssals bite.

>>44515209
>>Remain in your current position and see if the Abyssals bite.

>>44515209
>>Head closer to the island and prod the hornets' nest.

>>44515209
>>Remain in your current position and see if the Abyssals bite.

>>44515209
>>Head closer to the island and prod the hornets' nest.
Of course, we have a decent amount of organic fire capability against anything less than a heavy cruiser...

>>44515209
>Remain in your current position and see if the Abyssals bite.

>>44515331
>inb4 baBBy hordes arrive

>>44515209
>Head closer to the island and prod the hornets' nest.

>>44515209
>>Remain in your current position and see if the Abyssals bite.
Maybe yell something to Abyssal, like 'yo momma stink' or something.

>>44515392
What about the Wo-class we captured. Could be a sore point for them.

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Rolled 7, 7, 14 = 28 (3d20)

>>44515209
"We'll hold position out here." You say, following Portland's suggestions. "Everyone, keep an eye out."

"Got it." Heerman nods.

"Roger!" Johnston says happily.

You meanwhile concentrate on your radar, pinging in the direction of the atoll.

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>44515502

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>44515502
Blood and Thunder!

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>44515502

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>44515502

>>44515528
>>44515536
>>44515550
damn, we broke even on the highest but won the rest.

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>>44515502
You focus your radar on the atoll. Normally, on the open seas, it wouldn't be much of a problem since everything was flat and easy to see. However, with the atoll, the numerous small islands served as obstacles, directly blocking your radar from getting a good read of the situation.

Suddenly, you can sense a... blob. A big blip on your radar heading out of the atoll and into open water, and moving FAST.

"Hey, I'm picking up a large contact coming out of the atoll." You radio. "Anybody have eyes on it?"

"I see it!" White Plains responds. "Looks like, ten PT boats, fully loaded and heading out at full speed!"

"That's not a lot..." Portland mumbles.

"Maybe it's just a probing force?" San Diego suggests.

"Hoel, can you and your sisters engage that group on your own?" Portland asks reluctantly. "I don't want to give away the full extent of our firepower if we can help it."

>Of course we can!
>We might need a bit of help on this one.
>Other

>>44515692
>>Of course we can!

>>44515692
>Of course we can!

>>44515692
>Of course we can!

>>44515692
>>Of course we can!

>>44515692
>Of course we can!

>>44515692
>>Of course we can!

>>44515692
Show them what we're made of
>>Of course we can!

>>44515692

>Of course we can!

>>44515692
>>Of course we can!
"...but dial in a firing solution on them yourself, just in case they get a little *too* frisky in close."

>>44515692
>Of course we can!

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>>44515692
"Of course we can!" You say confidently. "Just watch!"

You, Johnston, and Heerman blaze forward, guns raised and ready to fire. You quickly get a better view of the PT boats, and decide that they're much more unnerving and ugly in motion than in the picture. They don't really skate as much as dance and waddle over the water, as if they really were newborns. However, before you can get an accurate firing solution, the PT boats appear to see you approach and fire off their torpedoes in a wide spread. You scowl. The PT boats were already turning around to flee back into the relative safety of the atoll. If you maneuvered to dodge the spread, you were certain to lose them. Then again, with their torpedoes expended, it would certainly take them out of the fight until they could be reloaded...

>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.
>Avoid the the spread.
>Other

>>44515977
>>Avoid the the spread.
How many torpedoes could they possible have?

>>44515977
>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.

>>44515977
>>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.
If there's nothing trying to pin fire on us, this is fine.

>>44515977
>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.
>>44516026
PTs often carried 4 at most.

>>44515977
>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.

>>44515977
>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.
Time for Kantai x Touhou!

>>44515977
>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.

>>44515977
>Find a gap in the spread so you can fire as soon as possible.

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>>44515977
You could count almost 20 torpedo wakes headed towards you. Fortunately, they were spread out enough to try and ensure a hit, but the good thing about being a shipgirl was that you were a MUCH smaller target than you used to be, so it would be much easier to slip through the gaps in the torpedoes. However, the problem was that it was still pretty dangerous, especially if said torpedoes had magnetic detonators...

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>44516253

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>44516253
Duck and Weave!

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>44516253
Here comes the surf!

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>>44516270
YOOOO!

So you guys just rolled a 20! Do you want to bank that for a FATE POINT? Your current count is 0!

>Y
>N

>>44516303
Y

>>44516270
Do we get a Special Magical Baseball Card for this which teaches us to slide to Base?

>>44516303
>>Y

>>44516303
>y

>>44516303
>Y

>>44516303
>Y

>>44516303
>>Y

Bank! It's not like this needs to be extra-spectacular anyways, the real danger is always from the critical fails!

>>44516303
>>44516303

>y

Also, Merc, who does the art for the girls?

>>44516303

Y

Also can you answer (the first part of) >>44513798
?

>>44516374

Pixelfag, if I remember right.

He's also done things for Pararescue Witches, Planefag's KCQ, and Homeless Mutant Quest.

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>>44516374
>Also, Merc, who does the art for the girls?

Most if it is from a combination of Pixelfag and Mudhen.

>>44516396
Ah, I thought I recognized that style.

>>44516419
That file.
Those swimsuits.
That scowl.
Those hips.

Damn, doing good work.

>>44516491
Maybe we should get some for our group later on.

>>44516491

Plus they're lesbians.

If you've ever wondered what /aceg/ does during sowntime, wait no longer
Presenting, /aceg/ goes full Belka!
http://youtu.be/ar8TScfCszE

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>>44516303
>FATE POINT gained!
>You now have 1 point!

Sailing through the gap was easy as pie. The two torpedoes on either side of you hiss loudly as they pass by harmlessly, thankfully not exploding right under you. That would have REALLY sucked. With the immediate danger gone, you sight in on the PT boat pack with your 5 inch guns and fire away. Similar booms from your flanks indicate that Johnston and Heerman have also begun firing, and the effect is immediate and brutal.

One of the PT boats explodes in a cloud of oilblood when it eats a direct hit, showing black goo and gore all over the water. A second and third are quickly blown in half from just grazing hits, shorn off limbs flying in all directions with their only armored part, their giant, oversized heads, dropping uselessly into the water. You take out a fourth with another direct hit, punching its big black head clear off and leaving the body thrashing and twitching wildly on the water's surface. Johnston scores another hit, landing a shell right under the trailing PT boat and blasting its legs off, leaving it rolling and thrashing in the water as well.

The remaining five pick up their speed and continue to make a run for the safety of the atoll.

"You should break off!" White Plains warns. "There's some low cloud cover over the islands so my planes can't get a good visual!"

>Keep chasing them!
>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.
>Other

>>44516601
>>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.

Let's not press our luck

>>44516601
>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.

>>44516601
>>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.

>>44516601
>>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.
Time to complete an objective.

>>44516601
>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.

>>44516601
>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.
That cloud cover might be from whatever mobile base the PT's are using.

>>44516601
>>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.

Pet midget acquired!

>>44516601
>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.

>>44516601
>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.
More Science!! for Dr. Vahlen.

>>44516637
>pet midget
No. Fuck these little bastards with their bugged evasion

>>44516601
>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.
>Other: Treat the damage PT with TLC. Try to be surrogate mommy.

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>>44516503
Come on, anon. Skintight outfits were for last quest.

>>44516503
Group?

>>44516748

>Prove that Abyssals can be befriended/allied
>Rub Vahlen's Nazi face in it

>>44516601
>>Recover the damaged PT boat and regroup.

>>44516777
>Rehab damaged PT to point where it becomes friendly
>Make videos of 'lil imp PT actually being friendly.
>Release it on internet
>???
>Profit:
>Acquire Wo-class
>Put Wo-class through shipgirl rehab.
>Profit

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>>44516769
The rest of Taffy 3, I presume. And maybe Portland if we feel nice.

>>44516811

>Further rubbing of Vahlen's face ensues

>>44516777
>>44516811
>>44516748
>>44516637
Man, I can't wait to see you get proven wrong, and to rub your faces in it.

>>44516851
ey mate, I never said anything about rehabilitating the lil bastard. Just chain it to a wall and poke/feed it every now and again and it still counts as a pet.

>>44516892
A rather crippled pet considering its legs have been blown off.

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>>44516601
"All right, let's recover that damaged Abyssal and regroup with the others!" You say. "Hey, Sweet Pea, and luck on finding their base?"

"Not yet. The recon helicopters are still combing the area." Portland responds.

"At low altitude?" White Plains gasps. "Isn't that dangerous?"

"The pilots didn't seem to think so." Portland responds. "I don't really have a say in it, anyways."

Both you and Johnston move in to recover the damaged PT boat while Heerman provides security, her 5 inch cannons drawn and ready for any potential ambush. Up close, your instinctive revulsion for the PT boat just increases. It was barely even half your size, with a tiny pale body and the typical black armored bits grafted to it like all other Abyssals. What REALLY unnerved you was the sounds it was making. It sounded like.. like..

Like it was crying.

The shrieking and sobbing were unmistakable, loud and high pitched. It sounded EXACTLY like a crying baby.

"Oh jesus, can we shut this thing up?" Johnston wrinkles her nose in disgust.

"Just bear with it." You sigh as you grab the PT boat bit its oversized skull and drag it through the water behind you.

As the three of you transport the wounded Abyssal back to the main fleet, the PT boat gets even more agitated, its thrashing becoming more violent and unpredictable.

(cont)

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>>44516913
Suddenly, the PT boat lets out a scream even louder than any you've heard before, penetrating to your very bones and even causing your rig to vibrate.

"AGH!" Johnston cries as she uselessly tries to protect her ears. "What's it doing!?"

"Damnit, shoot it!" Heerman urges.

"Wait, it's sending out a radio signal!" The Freedom interjects. "Let it keep broadcasting! We might be able to trace the signal back to its base!"

"But the Abyssals will know where WE are!" Portland responds.

"This is Kilo one," One of the recon helicopters calls out, "we're picking up movement around the islands! Looks like lots of the little bastards are getting riled up!"

>Keep it crying.
>Shut it up.
>Other

>>44516901
All the better, means it cant run away!

>>44516924
>>Keep it crying.

>>44516924
>Keep it crying.
This is perfectly good bait.

>>44516924
>Act as Surrogate mother get all motherly and such. Pick it up and cradle it like it's an actual baby.

>>44516924
>>Keep it crying.

Can we somehow be motherly (and possibly out of character)?

>>44516943
think of the screams of drowning and dying sailors crying for their mothers. use that as ptsd fuel to awaken motherly instincts.

>>44516924
>>Keep it crying.
We've got a Fate point banked in case this turns out to be a reaally bad idea. :P

>>44516924
>>Keep it crying.

>>44516924
>Keep it crying.
Kidnapping is fun.

>>44516924
>>44516933
>Act as Surrogate mother get all motherly and such. Pick it up and cradle it like it's an actual baby.

Let's see if this works the way WE think it works, or the way Vahlen thinks it works, hmm?

>>44516851

I'm not actually assuming we do it here (if I'm reading it right, we blew the fucking thing's legs off, doubt that's endeared it much to us), but I'll repeat what I've said before: having the Abyssals be mindless generic doomsday enemies would be incredibly boring, disappointing and lazy writing on Merc's part, and I have too much confidence in him as a QM and a writer to believe he'll go down that path.

Which means the Abyssals WILL eventually be proven intelligent.

Which means Vahlen WILL eventually be proven wrong.

Which means that we, as an emotionally mature and calm shipgirl, will absolutely remind her of the fact that she claimed they were mindless beasts and that she was well within her rights to torture and experiment on them (incidentally the same track as fucking Mengele, though her claims of her victims being dangerous are actually valid).

>>44516999
As much as I want to prove Chibs and his ilk wrong, we have a mission to accomplish here, which can directly lead to the saving or losing of lives in the future.

>>44517016
Or that just makes the Abyssals worse, since intelligence means they're willingly killing people and committing mass murder.

>>44517032
Fine, you'll have your joy of burning the nest in the island, you monster. But I WILL stand by my decision for being the PT's surrogate mother to prove Vahlen wrong.

>>44516924
>>Keep it crying.

So very much want to go for the treating it as a baby option, but not sure if it can work, especially when it has been hurt already. After the fight has been finished maybe, but not now.

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>>44516924
"We'll keep it crying! It's perfect bait!" You declare."

"Argh, fine!" Portland groans. "Just leave it with us! We'll handle the PT boats while you head in and take out their base! You're the only ones fast and maneuverable enough to do it!"

Already, White Plains begins launching more attack planes. Both the Freedom and Little Rock begin to turn away, no doubt to gain more distance between themselves and the quickly approaching Abyssals. Portland and San Diego both interpose themselves between the atoll and the rest of the battlegroup.

>Sure thing.
>No way, you can't hold all of these off by yourselves.
>Other

>>44517051
Whereas mankind, intelligent and rational creatures as we are, has never done this before?

>>44517016
Your 'subversion' of the accepted mindlessly evil enemy is so cliche by now that it's just as boring and disappointing as a cookie-cutter plot.

Say the Abyssals are proven intelligent.
Then they have intentionally and with no warning gone after civilian targets with no intention of leaving survivors. They, when captured, would rather starve to death than provide any cooperation. They CHOSE to do everything they have done so far.
What makes you think that they would choose differently when they made a conscious decision to refuse all attempts at dialogue?

It'd be a refreshing change of pace if the merciful protagonist were to be proven wrong and the ruthless characters be proven right.

>>44517116
>Sure thing.

>>44517116
>Sure thing.

>>44517130
but then it would fall back to the generic undiscovered sentient alien race that wants to wipe out humanity because they are the current dominant species shtick.

>>44517116
>>Sure thing.

>>44517116
>>Sure thing.

>>44517116
>Chiaki Matsuda was the name of the first captain of the Yamato
>MGNQ pre-dates KanColle

>>44517051

But WHY are they doing it?

A prelude to an alien or Lovecraftian invasion?

An instinctive hatred of or revulsion towards humanity?

A belief that they're saving the Earth by killing the things that are constantly killing it?

Can we introduce effective communication with them? Can they be reasoned with? Can we bring this war to a peaceful end without the genocide of either side?

None of these questions, questions that encourage discussion and interest in the characters and story, exist if they're just generic mindless doomsday enemies like you and your ilk seem to want them to be.

>>44517130

See my response above, plus the bit below regarding the "conscious choice" to ignore communications.

How do we know they're CHOOSING to not communicate? They could just be incapable of recognizing our communiques, just as we're largely incapable of recognizing theirs. Do you know how hard it is for a deaf-mute man and a blind man to communicate without outside assistance?

Who's to say they haven't broadcast warnings that "We are going to destroy X in Y hours, anyone there will be considered an enemy combatant" or "Cease your blasphemic raping of the shorelines" or whateverthefuck REASON they have for attacking us, and we just haven't been able to comprehend it?

If they can recognize our communications and HAVE ignored them, then we get to ask WHY, as above.

The 'subversion' might be as cliche as the accepted mindless enemy, but it opens up a fuckton more possible story options.

>>44517116
>>Sure thing.
I'm sure Sweet Pea and co. can handle themselves.
Question is, do we (Taffy 3 destroyers) have enough firepower to take out the (mobile) base?

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>>44517116
"Sure thing." You nod.

"Tracking the signal..." Freedom updates you. "Almost there!"

Suddenly, a new sound joins the the cacophony. A louder wail emanates from the atoll, but unlike the high pitched shrieking of the PT boat, this wail is much more feminine and more consistent. Another Abyssal maybe?

"Got it! Transmitting coordinates to you!" Freedom says somewhat happily. You receive a picture over the radio, appearing over your eyes as a map that marks a spot in the center of the atoll.

"Go!" Portland yells.

Up ahead, you could see more PT boats arriving as a thin black line over the horizon. There had to be sixty, at least, each lugging two torpedoes...

"We have to go!" Heerman hisses.

>Try to circle around the mass of PT boats.
>Drive straight through the middle of them.
>Other

>>44517338
>Try to circle around the mass of PT boats.

>>44517269
That's why Shipgirls exist. Between Humanity and the Abyssals, they are the links that bridge the two. Either be a puppet to the bigwigs of humanity, or attempt to reach out and explore the connection they have with the Abyssals at the cost of being forsaken by humanity. That's the dilemma that the shipgirls face. There is a connection between abyssals and shipgirls, its just that the higher-ups/leaders of humanity want to exploit the shipgirls as a convenient tool. Haven't you seen the treatment humans gave to Hoel and the other shipgirls as soon as things weren't going their way? Implied threats of scuttling, abuse of the chain of authority, and gun barrels pointed to their head.

>>44517338
>Try to circle around the mass of PT boats.
Must attempt to restrain stupidity! It's almost working!

>>44517338
>>Try to circle around the mass of PT boats.

Let's try to at least draw them away from the target.

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>>44517355
>Implied threats of scuttling, abuse of the chain of authority, and gun barrels pointed to their head

I don't remember anything like that.

>>44517338
>Try to circle around the mass of PT boats.

>>44517338
just to ask: are we still lugging the legless PT around?
To be more specific: who's holding the PT baby? Hoel? Johnson? Heerman?

>>44517338
>Try to circle around the mass of PT boats.

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>>44517355

Ex-fucking-actly.

>>44517378
It's been left with the main force.

>>44517378
If it's missing its legs, maybe it's small enough to lash onto our deck or something? Don't Fletchers have boat cranes?

>>44517370
When we called out Vahlen for the experiments conducted on the Wo-class. One of the human guards gave us a rough shove treatment with his rifle when kicking us out. Also San Fran warned us that the bigwigs in the US took notice of our capture of the Wo-class implying that they might know something from the data gathered by Vahlen's team that they don't want us to know. Hence the rough treatment.

>>44517401

T'be fair to the guard, he apparently lost his family to the Abyssals and was somewhat pissed at our defending them. Still doesn't excuse his abuse of us, though.

And there is certainly some shady shit going on.

>>44517370
To quote from Thread 8 of Pacific Strike:
>"The kind eyes that would like to put you in situations that will get you killed." San Fran sighs as she finishes off her second pancakes. "There's the Abyssals, too. The bigwigs in DC like to pretend they're all mindless animals, but they just don't want to admit what they really suspect. The Abyssals know you're a threat to them now, and they'll be coming for you."

>>44517431
And just because they're intelligent doesn't mean that they want to have peace.

I hope that it does turn out that the Abyssals are intelligent, and that Vahlen's research is completely justified.

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>>44517338
>>Try to circle around the mass of PT boats.

>>44517418
Of course, in some ways this is X-COM the quest while not being an outright X-COM quest.

>>44517450

The fact that they're intelligent at all proves Vahlen at least partly wrong.

And Vahlen's research will NEVER be completely justified. Or are you one of those chucklefucks who supports Unit 731?

After all, the intelligent beings they experimented on didn't want peace either.

>>44517450
You're also ignoring the part about the big wigs in DC. "the kind of eyes that would like to put you in situations that will get you killed" implies that the Big wigs in DC would also love to see any non-obedient/not-useful-to-their-cause shipgirls dead. They would find any shipgirl that either knows to much or too dangerous and send them off on suicide missions in order to get rid of them. Why because we're girls made from warship. We're literally weapons of war made to kill stuff and die for it. but the problem here is that now those scuttled weapons of war are back from the dead and now have sentience.

>>44517482
So you're saying that XCOM's alien interrogations weren't justified?
Because that's a far more accurate comparison.

>>44517338
>>Drive straight through the middle of them.

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>>44517482
said intelligent beings trying to deny their tormentors/captors the satisfaction of compliance and die trying. They'd rather die than to suffer at sick hands of their enemy. Which brings to mind of all the KanColle hentai rape doujins of shipgirls getting horribly abused by their naval officers and foreign naval officers.
>mfw reading those things.

>>44517491
So they should ignore ships voicing doubts about fighting for the continued survival of Humanity?

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>>44517338
"Come on girls, let's get around them!" You yell, "Put those boilers to max!"

Meanwhile, behind you, the main battlegroup does what it can to try and thin out the numbers of PT boats before they can get into range. White Plains' aircraft buzz overhead, dropping bombs and diving down to perform strafing runs in the mass of PT boats. Bright flares of light lance through the sky as Freedom and Little Rock begin disgorging missiles. Like before, these missiles maneuvered and twisted through the air as if they had a mind of their own, relentlessly hunting down the PT boats no matter how many maneuvers they tried, and explosions rippled across the entire line.

However, the moment they get in to Portland and San Diego's gun range, they're already disappearing from sight as you gain distance from the main mass of Abyssals.

"I think it's safe to start going into the atoll now." Heerman advises.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Johnston whoops.

Overhead, you can see a pair of helicopters circling in the sky above.

"Hoel, this is Kilo One, we and Kilo Two have visual on the target and will provide whatever support we can!"

"Thanks, Kilo." You nod as you look around. Even though a ton of PT boats were drawn out, you couldn't be totally sure ALL of them were drawn out.

>Keep a tight formation. You can better concentrate your firepower.
>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.
>Other

>>44517532
more like they would acknowledge it, but send them on more dangerous missions in hopes that they would fail and die in said mission to silence those voices of doubt. After all who in command likes a rebel?

>>44517541
>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.

>>44517541
>>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.

Things have been going rather well...

>>44517541
>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.

>>44517541
>>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.

Bossfight ho!

>>44517541
>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.

>>44517503

Nope. Last I checked, most of those creatures were slave races and not even really actively malicious towards us so much as being forced to fight us on threat of death or being genetically/mentally fucked into it.

The only potentially justifiable interrogation is that of the Ethereal, because THOSE chucklefucks are actively malicious towards us for exclusively selfish reasons ("we're expanding our empire and want you as another slave race").

Also see >>44517526.

>>44517541
>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.
brace for ethical dilemma of an abyssal mother crying for their kidnapped child.

>>44517548
No one in command wants a rebel that could decide to defect at the wrong time and lead to the death of an entire battlegroup.
Same with all of the sailors that have to fight alongside the shipgirls; they don't want to be next to a ship that might turn their guns on them in the middle of a fight.
If they can't trust a ship to not go rogue in the middle of a battle, then what should be done with that ship? Just have it rust in port?

>>44517571
No, the Ethereals were preparing humanity for something much bigger and nastier. It's why they didn't hit Earth with everything at once, and just started with Sectoids.

>>44517541
>>Keep a loose formation. Protect against possible ambush.

Abyssals love ambushes.

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>>44517573
Or a very pissed off big mama.

>>44517580
they would decommission it, disarm it, dismantle it, and then scuttle it. To a shipgirl, that's the equivalent of being sent to die by a firing squad for no real reason other than because she had doubts. It's a slow agonizing torment and humiliation as you lose your rig, then your rights, then being sent on a boat filled with explosives and waiting for the boom before drowning in the sea.

>>44517580

Keep it on base, let it voice its concerns, explain their reasoning, foster dialogue and trust with it. Offer a non-lethal out if it remains unconvinced.

Deliberately killing an asset (one from a limited population) because of a slight chance at it potentially going rogue is a fucking stupid idea.

>>44517582

Oh, damnit, you're right, I forgot. Thanks!

Amending >>44517571 to "No, none of the interrogations were justified."

>>44517627
I think interrogating Ethereals is justified.

I mean jesus christ you don't just attack the earth and get away with it.

>>44517609
oh she would be pissed alright. humanity has been butchering her children for some decades. And then some scrappy little girls that look like distant cousins of themselves now walk in, butcher some more and claim to work for humanity. how fucked up is that?

>>44517571
The races took enjoyment in their fight against Earth, and would have done it on their own, though.

The Sectoids because they're a cruel and vicious race that enjoy tormenting those less developed than them because of their own weakness and frail bodies.

The Mutons because they've got a warrior culture and they want to fight.

The Chryssalids are pure animals that want to hunt and lay eggs.

The Thin Men are the only ones who did it on orders, that weren't programmed to do it like the Floaters and Cyberdiscs.

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>>44517541
"All right, loose formation! I don't want us getting ambushed on the way there!" You bark.

"Roger!" Heerman nods.

"Moving!" Johnston raises her cannons in the ready position.

>Roll 1d20

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>>44517659
HAIL SATAN

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>>44517659

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>>44517659

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>>44517659
fuck Vahlen!

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>>44517659

>>44517648

"I think torturing POWs to death is justified.

I mean Jesus Christ you don't just attack America and get away with it."

>>44517668
>I mean you don't just attempt to enslave an entire species and destroy their civilization and get away with it.
ftfy

>>44517582
I just finished playing through the last mission, and the Supreme Ethereal's dialogue was more about having found a species that they could use, because their original bodies had reached their physical limits.
They wanted a young race that had both strength of body and psi strength (the Gift) on par with their own that they could then use to finish ascending. Their original attempt had failed, leaving them in bodies that required feeding on the weaker Gifts of lower races.

>>44517685
have they even tried "asking for help?" Gee, where the fuck is all the common sense?

>>44517695
>Hello humanity. We want to attempt a Dio Brando stealing Jonathan Joestar on you. Would you kindly help us?

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>>44517659
"Watch out, PT boats spotted!" Heerman warns. "Starboard side!"

Indeed, just seconds later your radar pings with a large blob of contacts coming in from the left. You turn to see almost twenty more PT boats speed towards you, trying to get an attack in on your flank. You seethe. These bastards were going to delay you-

"YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAW!" You radio blares in your ear as you hear the roar of helicopter engines. "Looks like a good ol' fashioned turkey shoot!"

At that moment, a helicopter screeches over your head, barely a hundred feet in the air. Even more egregious, you notice, is that it looked as if the copilot was leaning out of the door, held in place only by a single bungee cord as he fires his assault rifle on full auto, the bullets forming a small curtain of water across the front of the PT boat formation and forcing them to turn away, breaking up their formation.

Then, Kilo Two roars past overhead, even lower at fifty feet this time. And not only was its copilot hanging out of the door, the PILOT was also leaning out, his assault rifle held in one hand as they both unload streams of bullets into scatter PT boats, knocking down more than a couple.

"We got these lil bastards!" One of the Kilos whoops. "You three keep going and take out that big nasty!"

"Jesus what are those guys?" Heerman looks on in bewilderment.

"I dunno..." Johnston similarly can't keep her eyes away.

>They're fucking crazy!
>They're fucking awesome!
>Other

>>44517695
Are human morals and sensibilities applicable to alien races? To be honest, I don't know the answer to that one.

>>44517695
What fucking good is asking, if the subject needs to be tested in order to see if it can develop the skills needed?
And why ask for help when the whole idea was to basically use humans as new hosts for Ethereal minds?
I mean, sure, you might be able to get a Cabal together who will help you in your plan to test humans and direct their development towards the goal of ascension, with the promise that they retain power over the other humans.
But that just invites the Cabal to attempt to work behind your back to set up a Resistance that will try to overthrow your entire project.

Did you even think this through?

>>44517724
>>They're fucking awesome!

>>44517724
>>They're fucking awesome!

"I WANT ONE!"

>>44517724
>>They're fucking crazy!
>>They're fucking awesome!
Why not both? :D

>>44517724
>They're fucking crazy!
>why the fuck are they in the millitary? They would have a Sargent or the admiral yelling their ear off for doing that and breaking protocol!

>>44517724
>They're fucking crazy awesome!

>>44517724
>They're fucking awesome!
This isn't the time to be hypocritical.

>>44517658

The sectoids are also mentioned as absolute cowards who had to be forced to come to Earth.

The mutons don't have a warrior culture, they're incredible morons who have all of their tactical knowledge written into their brains by the Ethereals and who have been genetically designed and modified for combat.

The chryssalids are, like you said, mindless animals. I don't support torturing dangerous animals that can't be kept away from humanity, I support killing them as painlessly as possible.

>>44517724
>>Other
"thats CRAZY AWESOME!"

>>44517724
>>Other
"That's CRAZY AWESOME! I wanna be like them!"

>>44517724
>They're fucking awesome!
I don't know if this is stupid in an awesome way or awesome in a stupid way.

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>>44517724
>Then, Kilo Two roars past overhead, even lower at fifty feet this time. And not only was its copilot hanging out of the door, the PILOT was also leaning out, his assault rifle held in one hand as they both unload streams of bullets into scatter PT boats, knocking down more than a couple.
why does it feel like that shit's reserved for broforce?

>>44517758
>who had to be forced to come to Earth.
That's not implied at all. Only that the Sectoids are a cruel race because of their frailty.
>The New One faces the earliest effort of the Ethereal Ones, the first… failure. Though possessed of a certain… brilliance… they are marred by their cowardice and frailty… which made them cruel… and ultimately useless.

>The mutons don't have a warrior culture
Then you're ignoring the fact that they have tribal tattoos and ritualistic markings on them, and this line from the autopsy:
>It may be this tribal nature that has led to the Muton's use of a "Warcry" in battle,

>>44517779
It needs more random explosions to be truly Broforce.

>>44517724
>>They're fucking awesome!

>>44517724
>They're fucking suicidal!

>>44517779
Kiowa pilots in the real world are at least that crazy on a regular basis.

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>>44517724
"Fucking CRAZY AWESOME, that's what!" You whoops as you wave happily to the circling helicopters. You see one of the pilots actually return the gesture with a thumbs up before circling around for another attack run. Either way, you didn't have to worry about those PT boats.

The three of you continue forward with no further encounters. You round the final island separating you from our target, and nearly screech to a halt.

Well, you found the base, all right.

On first sight, the base looked to be a Wa-class transport, though much, much larger. However, after some examination, you could tell it was very different. Its massive bloated body was a mass of arms, nozzles, and orifices. Huddled all around it was a mass of PT boats, like baby animals drawn to their mother. You could see bony, mechanical arms picking up PT boats and rocking them gently as more arms reloaded their spent torpedo tubes. Other PT boats used their oversized mouths to suckle the numerous hoses and nozzles dangling off the side like teats, while numerous orifices were continually ejecting new PT boats, wailing and screeching like newborns.

And at the end of that massive, horrendous body was a tiny, half humanoid shape. Just the upper body, head, and arms of a very pale woman. She was awake, and gazing off in the direction of the main battle. No doubt wondering how the battle was going.

And then the PT Mothership gazes in your direction and gives a loud, high pitched shriek. A shriek that all of her "children" mimic and they all glare at you.

>You need to fall back.
>Charge forward before they can regroup!
>Other

>>44517880
>>You need to fall back.
Time to draw its attention while everyone else wails on it.

>>44517880
>You need to fall back.
Operation Kick The Hornet Nest successful.

>>44517880
>Charge forward before they can regroup!

>>44517880
>Charge forward before they can regroup!
We need to hit those torpedoes to get them to blow up, and plug those holes that are pumping out PT boats.

>>44517880
>>You need to fall back.

>>44517880
>You need to fall back.
>Other: try not to throw up.

>>44517880
>>You need to fall back.

>>44517880
>You need to fall back.
Torp and run!

>>44517880
>>You need to fall back
>>Other: Throw up while falling back

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Only a matter of time before they send an unholy lovechild of an Abyssal and the Predator to specifically target shipgirls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlicWUDf5MM

If we fall back, we're going to run headlong into the other PT boat formations that the Kilos and San Diego are keeping busy, with a mass of PT boats behind us.

>>44517880

>Charge forward before they can regroup!

>>44517880
>Other
Fire off a torpedo spread to blast what you can, then you fall back at flank speed.

>>44517930
and we'll lure the vast them into the kill range of the LCS leaving the "mother port" vulnerable for either destruction or capture.

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>>44517923
I believe it's called Re-class

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>>44517880
"Uhhhh, I think it's time for a 'strategic withdrawal.'" You suggest as you gaze at the unworldly horror and all of its little hellspawn.

"You mean run away?" Johnston asks aghast.

"No, STRATEGIC WITHDRAWAL." You clarify. "We're not REALLY running away, okay?"

"How about stop talking and more shooting?!!" Heerman butts in, punctuating with blasts from her 5 inch cannon.

"Full reverse!" You bark. You consider firing off your torpedoes in addition to your cannons, as they'd definitely put a bigger dent in the Mothership, but with so many PT boats in the way, you're not sure if you'd have a clear shot.

>Launch torpedoes at the Mothership.
>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.
>Other

>>44518001
>>Launch torpedoes at the Mothership.
Probably slow it down a bit.

>>44518001
>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.

>>44518001
>>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.
>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.

>>44518001
>Launch torpedoes at the Mothership.
Feel the sting, bitch!

>>44518001
>>Launch torpedoes at the Mothership.
i hope we have reloads.

>>44518001
>>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.
>>Other
Fire main guns at the PT boats, gotta do some suppressive fire.

>>44518001
>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.

>>44518001
>>Launch torpedoes at the Mothership.

>>44518001
>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.
LESS SHOOT MORE BAIT

>>44518001
>Save your torpedoes for a better shot.
>Cole uniform.png
you mean Hoel right?

>>44518001
>>Launch torpedoes at the Mothership.
FIRE EVERYTHING!

>>44518066
drinking game for Kancolle Pacific Strike Quest:
1 sip when Merc write Hoel as 'Cole'
1 sip when Red and/or Section appear
1 sip when Anna get 'malfunction' because Hoel
Finish your glass if we roll natural 20
Finish your bottle if we roll natural 0

any addition/fix?

>>44518106
1 shot when Merc posts that fucking cat.
take 5 when Merc rolls ridiculously high on a d20
Chug the bottle if merc rolls a 20.

>>44518106
3 shots if we ever roll 3 numbers consecutively.
Like 13,13,13

>>44518106
1 sip if he calls White Plains Morgan again
Full shot when the thread starts talking about the Wo Waifu
Two shots if they also talk about proving Vahlen wrong
Get wasted if the legendary 3 nat 20s return again

>>44518106
>Finish your bottle if we roll natural 0
that should be a 1
>take a sip if merc rolls a 1

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>>44518066
As if I'm really going to go back and retroactively change all of the filenames!

>>44518001
You decide to hold off on the torpedoes for now. You had a limited supply of them and they were you only real shot at taking out the Mothership. Instead, you ready your cannons and keep up the fire on the PT boats as you reverse, in hopes of thinning out their numbers.

>Roll 1d20

>>44518131

Three shots if Vahlen's called a Nazi

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>>44518147
WTFWTFWTF

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>>44518147
OF ALL THE FUCKING TIMES YOU ROLL A FUCKING 20! FUCK YOU AND YOUR DICE

>>44518159
Sooooooo.... about that bottle....

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>>44518147
>>44518120

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>>44518147
COME ON!

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>>44518147

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>>44518172
So close

>>44518172

Well at least we'll have lube for the rape

>>44518147
>>44518172
FATE POINT! FUCK YOUR 20! I'M BREAKING THAT SHIT WITH OUR EARNED FATE POINT!

>>44518147
I think this is why PnP games use set ranges for enemies instead of rolling the dice for them.

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>>44518223
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>>44518147
Between the three of you, you and your sisters manage to take out quite a few PT boats. You yourself account for five of the little bastards, drilling 5 inch shells through them. Hell, most of them weren't even loaded with torpedoes, having returned to the Mothership specifically to rearm. However, what you didn't take into account was that with their tubes empty, they were MUCH lighter and therefore MUCH faster.

The little bastards rush forward towards you. Your sustained fire takes down another four, which ends when one of the PT boats lunges forward and latches itself to your shooting hand. Seconds later, more PT boats dogpile on you, grabbing onto your arms and legs and your Rig, severely restricting your movement and weighing down, slowing your speed to a crawl.

"Nnnnngh, bastards!" You grunt as you try unsuccessfully to shake them off. Then the sound of distant splashes lets you know that the armed PT boats have released their torpedoes. These little bastards were willing to sacrifice themselves for the mothership!

"Hoel!" Heerman shrieks.

"Get out of there!" Johnston calls.

Unfortunately, your sisters both have their own hands full trying to keep the PT boats away from them, and can't come to assist. Not that you would want them to. They might get caught in the torpedo blasts.

>Try to shake the PT boats off.
>Tell your sisters to shoot the PT boats off.
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>>44518240
>>Try to shake the PT boats off.

>>44518240
>Try to shake the PT boats off.