>>754025
Oh boy, time to watch Jesus fuck everything up alongside his girlfriend.

Now, while we begin, you actually have a choice to make. It seemed to be virtually unanimous that you, as Caesar, are choosing love over duty. In light of that, I won't do what I originally said I'd do, and ask it again here. It's not needed.

Instead, I have a different question for you. Is Caesar the sort of person who would accept a bad tactical position in exchange for the moral highground of not striking first, or someone who would ensure optimal position for a strike even if it involved taking them by surprise?

This is a very important decision, but there's a lot of intro today, meaning you'll have a lot of time to make it.

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AWAKEN MY KESTRELS!

>>754046
Does warning shots count as "moral highground"?

Oh, also.

YOU ARE: Ensign Heinrich “Caesar” Merrow (Age 16)

Attractiveness: 7
Body Type: 7
Cool: 10 [5 normally] (Fast Talk & Persuasion +1)
Empathy: 6
Intelligence: 10 (Awareness +3)
[Education]: +3
Luck: 8
Movement Allowance: 6
Reflexes: 10 (Dodge & Escape +6, Mecha Fighting +5 Mecha Melee +7, Mecha Pilot +7, Melee +6, Motorcycle +2, Stealth +2, Zero-G +1)
Technical Ability: 7

Rookie Bonus: Anime Hero

Luck Points 8 (refreshes at end of session), Maneuver Pool 1 (refreshes at end of combat, otherwise identical to Luck)

>>754046
>someone who would ensure optimal position for a strike even if it involved taking them by surprise
At least in this situation, Caesar probably cares more about keeping Naomi safe rather then having the moral high ground

>>754067

The Swordfish isn't really built for warning shots, are those shots intended to hit and cut a mech in half or not?

>>754046
I think he is the sort of person who would check to see how all the non spastic members of his organization react before deciding to desert.
But if he did decide to desert I think he would do it as hard and as fast as possible.

>>754046
You know what? I want Jesus to shoot first. I want to see him fuck up some more. I don't mean we should leave Naomi open, but rather go to cover her retreat to the kestrels. After all, Keith is a bit player in all this and I want him to look the villain.

Also, give me an 1d10+13 Int+Awareness roll. You won't see its effects for a while, though, I'm just getting it out of the way now.

>>754046
Being morale is all well and good, but they threatened the love of his life, in a kneejerk fashion without even giving her, they teammate, the benefit of the doubt or a chance to explain herself.

He's gonna take them down hard first and worry about morality later.

>>754075
Its got that throwing weapon doesn't it?

Rolled 7 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>754084
Lets roll

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Rolled 6 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>754084
IT BEGINS

>>754046
I don't feel like Caesar is really the type of person to start a fight. Internet fights excluded.

When pushed into a situation where a fight is almost - but not quite - inevitable, I imagine he'd do his best to defuse the situation where at all possible and not be the one to throw the first blow and remove the 'almost' from the equation - all the while putting himself in the best tactical position possible should a fight actually come to pass.

>>754098
Forgot pic?

Since we're Caesar might as well post his mixtape for the fight
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6iimHE85EZZZjRoaWVwQ3U2ZFk

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“Have you gone completely insane?” You shove your mech between the Petronius' line of sight and the spot where you and Naomi are perched on the bow of the Archimedes. “Arrest her for what? Being popular?”

“You heard them, didn't you? She's clearly an Avalonian spy, unless you think all of these feral pirate kids are trained actors and this is some kind of ridiculous trap.” Keith's sniper rifle reminds you unaccountably of the tip of an aardvark's nose...an animal you saw once in a private zoo with your father on Europa...sniffing the air, trying to find some way to put a bead on Naomi, “She's treating her like a superior officer. Why?”

“Because everyone from Avalon is crazy. Because this one, in particular, is especially crazy.” You gesture at the asteroid facility, “You all saw her, she's snapped. She probably wasn't expecting to see two SOUL Lieutenants and Roarke Starwind at work. Did you see all the oil on their mecha? The Kaiser looks like some idiot bought the figurine and just dipped it in black paint then painted the sensor mask and called it a day, the white highlights and red on the claws are gone and because I have the kit I know that's not how it looks. Although I think it's out of date now, the shields look different I'll have to go on samubuy and...Ah, and the other two are soaked with it as well. From the few intelligence briefings we've had, we know that they have an extremely regimented system of serfdom and feudal nobility, and a quality-over-quantity approach to mecha. Getting torn through the way they've been doing to our smaller units, don't you think that would be a nasty shock? She's lost her nerve. You're trusting someone in the middle of a nervous breakdown.”

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>>754102
What should we choose guys? I didn't have time to watch them all yet.

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“So what if she's unhinged? People don't spontaneously fixate like that. If she had some kind of bond with Naomi, then maybe, but...” Keith tries to interject. You don't let him.

“With Naomi. Say it again, Keith. Lysa, fuck off, you're a noob. Keith, you and Naomi have known each other longer than I've known either of you. You were both on the Cincinnatus when I arrived there, and I gather you filled in her spot at A while she was in the hospital, recovering from that training accident. Like her or not, she's one of your fellow pilots, and more importantly SHE CAN'T BE THEIR GOD BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN WITH US THIS WHOLE TIME YOU STUPID FUCKING CASUAL! JOVE DAMN YOU! MAYBE THEY HAVE THE SAME HAIRSTYLE OR BOTH SWEAR THE SAME WAY, BUT NAOMI IS NAOMI AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT!” Your throat is burning by the time you realize you're shouting.

Naomi is cursing up a storm shutting off any comms that aren't from your fellow SOUL members, and by unspoken agreement the rest of you do the same.

“Don't treat Lysa like that.” Keith's voice goes from uncertain to deadly serious and as cold as ice, the barrel of his weapon pointed squarely at the S-Swordfish's belly. Your blood runs cold. Lieutenant Blanchett claims that his sister said Keith almost shot him when they met Roarke Starwind for the first time, and he could very well be the type to shoot a teammate. On the other hand...your repaired mech's hands tighten on its lance. Somewhere deep inside, you want him to try to do this, you want to smear him across the deck of this ship in front of everyone. Just looking at his mech in action annoys you. SOUL B clearly has access to funding A doesn't have, and hearing his stupid smug voice from inside his ripoff Thoroughbred X Mk. II with all the modern trimmings when you're still riding, essentially, your father's old mech with a new shield, makes you want to remove his head for the second time today.

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>>754107
Let's wait and see what the tone of the fight is first.

If it's a simple, 'fuck you I'm saving my girl and you can eat shit' fight >The Gate of Magus - SRW Original Generations.

If it's 'you just tried to kill my girlfriend right in front of me you scublord bitch' fight? >The Battle for Everyone's Souls - Persona 3

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“Don't point a gun at Caesar you egocentric son of a bitch.” The S-Puffer is abruptly right behind your mech, its beam magnums resembling mech-sized handguns despite the tremendous power they channel. Both of them are fixed squarely on Keith's cockpit. “I don't know what's going on, but I'm not going to let you put me in some kind of playpen arrest and embarrass SOUL while the LT isn't here to bully you into behaving and we're surrounded by pirates from the most dangerous and formerly-most-dangerous fleets in the Belt. That's how we get captured and...” Suddenly, a huge, smug smile spreads across her face, “Oh-ho, maybe that's the point. Tired of Keith already, Lysa? Hoping Roarke Starwind will be more exciting?” She smirks, “Too bad. When I was on Auditorium, I caught him and Red Siren having a moment. He's already got gold, why settle for silver?”

Lysa's face, for once, isn't smiling. It's completely impassive. You can see her fingers in rapid motion on her instruments, but the S-Sensation isn't moving. Her voice is soft, but oddly penetrating, “Did you know that the story of the found child is one of humanity's oldest and most widespread fairy tales? An elderly, childless couple, who can be anything from peasants to royalty, find a child or children with singular or supernatural traits. How they're found varies, basket by the riverside, in a cut piece of bamboo, inside a peach, but inevitably they grow up to be exceptional...and I've seen your sim results. I admit, they are extremely impressive. You are an exceptional pilot. However, there's also the incident of the training accident that broke your superior officer's arm and sent you to the hospital for long enough to necessitate grooming a replacement pilot. Of course, you and Merrow haven't talked about that, have you? It's alright, I won't tell him, I'm sure you'd prefer to say it for yourself. You might find it therapeutic, admitting what happened when your HMIS synchronization rate spiked. Anyway, fairy tales. My favorite story of this type is the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, which I encountered when I was doing some indpendent study on the under-captains of the Iron Kestrels, but almost as interesting is the one I heard from my aunt.”

“HMIS synchronization is a meme.” You point out, “Yes, they used to think it was the future for determining aces in advance, but that was back when the science was practically superstition. Three of my best friends also made it into SOUL. The one with the highest HMIS synch rate, Simon, is the worst pilot by far, while Amos got held back a year because his synch was sub-par and he's probably the best of the team.” Of course, Amos' remedial training had been on board a starship and involved active combat, and he'd just finished it when you first met.

“My synch rate is-” Keith proudly starts, and Lysa unhesitatingly interrupts him.

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>>754138
>>754105
To be fair, we can always claim that as starwind we noticed the similarities because they Lori Litterally has 60 pictures of her on her ship. We investigated, and am happy to make Fairchild look like an idiot on JNN again if they decide to go full burn the witch

>>754121
>Caesar makes a reasoned, if emotional, argument, about why Lysa is talking shit
>Keith's response is to fixate on the shit-talking of his girlfriend
Sasuga Jesus

>>754128
Someday, we'll get that huge metal energy pool weapon and properly pull it off. For now, a drill stick. Though I guess we will have to wait for the general feel of the sit-
>>754138
Damn, kids. Those are some good burns and smack talk.

>>754146

As Roarke you recognized Naomi before you met Lori, even, Duke Eustace had a shrine of her on his ship and you recognized the resemblance then.

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>>754158
Ace pilots must always be the best of the "Smooth Talk & Sick Burns 101" classes at the academy.

>>754167
I think the big one is that this might be what Joshua was talking about. Making a new greenman, one they are capable of controlling. The Green Lady would have the most data and material, but all that is moot until we got empirical evidence or did some blood/body tests.

>>754167
Oh, I was lying about when we figured it out. I figure Fairchild's been burned by us enough times by us that I'd we put together a believable bluff there's a decent chance she'd buy it and back off. Especially since she's paranoid and suspecting that the colonels are plotting with us anyway

>>754138
>“My synch rate is-” Keith proudly starts, and Lysa unhesitatingly interrupts him.

Kek, even your shitty girlfriend doesn't have time for your stupid self-fellating.

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“In normal people, that is indeed most probably the case. However, Naomi Heim and her older brother are not normal humans.” Her voice sharpens, “I don't like you, Caesar Merrow. You're exactly the kind of person I dislike most, but right now I am being completely honest with you. Think. Think hard, you know something is wrong with her.”

“It was just a mechanical failure! The HMIS went haywire and started acting on noise signals, it was just a problem with the machine!” Naomi snaps, but you hear something in her voice that, thinking back, you've never really heard before. Fear. You've watched her laugh at the Green Skulls and be cheeky with pirates on Auditorium. She's always been so confident, it's a miracle you were ever able to talk to her without stuttering.

Wait a minute. How were you able to do that, exactly?

You've always been miserable at dealing with girls, and only managed to look remotely cool...in your own mind, at least...when you completely ignored them and had no reason to talk to them. Why were you able to banter with her from the beginning?

Sometimes, it's awful being as smart as you are, and admittedly so much of a cynical mess. Pieces click into shape, as you realize a common thread between the times when you've been able to absolutely focus and defeat another person with words. When approaching a battle. Somehow, subconsciously, you identified her as a threat.

[Continued]

>>754187
No one has time for Jesus' shit. The day he's open to getting his smug face slap by everyone will be the day where the universe's longest line will occur.

>>754203
what

>>754203
>implying trying to impress the girl you've fallen in love with at first sight isn't the biggest battle of all

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>>754203
OH BOY

>>754203
Ha! I knew you cant get over being a beta that fast.

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>>754229
IT WAS SPORES ALL ALONG
>mfw Not!Hunk was right and being a sane person.

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And afterwards, when you were awkward with her...it was after you had spent some time together. When your first impression had been overwritten by your experiences.

Realistically, you know that virtually everything in space is constantly moving, following the grand currents of the moving galaxy at tremendous speeds, but this is the first time you've ever felt everything tilt and wheel around you at once.


Lysa is watching you raptly, and she seems to be speaking directly to you, “Let me tell you about the fairy tale I listened to since joining SOUL. Once upon a time, there was a poor, middle-aged couple who were unable to have children and unable to afford the procedures available to the very wealthy to circumvent the woman's barren womb. They were landbound scavvies, living by salvage and theft after the Purging of Mars. Much like the bamboo-cutter, their backs were bent by hard, thankless labor. Then, one day, while peeling apart a bombed-out outpost for the parts, they found a secret basement floor full of treasure. A wealth of expensive technology, military equipment...and many damaged vitalization tubes, holding dead children. Only two were still alive.”

“This is bullshit.” Naomi insists, “Yeah, I was adopted from Mars, so what? I'm as human as anyone.”

[Continued]

>>754257
Shake the bitch of Caesar, you have the burning soul of a true warrior.

Your lady is threatened, and it matters not where she came from, she entrusted you with her love and heart.

This is not the time for doubt, nor is it the time for inaction!

Do your duty, Protect the Waifu!

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>>754257
>"That doesn't proove anything, even if you are speaking the truth... If general fairchild knew about this all along and still put her up in SOUL, what motives do we have to arrest her? "

Hey Wong do we know if any of the girls are inviting any family members to the wedding?

>>754257
so Lysa's big argument is "we should murder her because her parents might have been genemodded?"

Wow, talk about the moral low ground.

>>754293
More like she's a Greenman and a clone of the lady, kill her

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>>754289
Should Lori bring the Lady to the her wedding?
Oh it could be so nice! Imagine the Greenman and Fairchild seated side by side!

>>754257
And now it makes sense. The pieces are falling together, but not in the way Lysa assumes they do. The Megabass was a huge system that overloaded every mind that came into contact. How do you fix that? Get better minds. Ones that can handle the stress. How do you do that? By breeding/growing them. That talk about baby factories may have been less 'fuck til they get pregnant' and may have been literal factories using the women. So they grow the kids to likely have better HMIS control, but they might have added some stuff to make them sturdier. And what kind of mind is sturdier than a greenman who could do crazy shit already?

The theory; On Psyche, they were growing children, possibly spliced with greenman genetics to be pilots for the Megabass.

>>754300
Put them at the same dinner table and sell the recording of it

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>>754246

>>754300
We aren't marrying Lori yet

>>754298
The sins of the father do not devolve to the son.

>>754310
Since she is a clone they are sort of the same person.

>>754304
Better yet, make it live and payperview.

We'd be printing money.

>>754307
I think we didn't exactly vote on that yet, some anons were up for it some threads ago.

>>754314
IF she is a clone you mean. And that is some extremely faulty logic there.

All being a clone would mean is some impressive family resemblance.

>>754314
Nature vs nurture, just because you got the same genetic material don't mean you're the exact same person down to the personality and memories

>>754298
Amusingly enough, the USA constitution has a clause that specifically bans such laws. It's almost never used because nobody is that retarded

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“Really? You actually visited the physical orphanage you came from? Viewed their records? I've seen the file you're not allowed to see on you. The couple, despite being tramps, were loath to abandon an infant and a toddler, so they took them in. They thought they could give them a quiet life, and didn't really understand what they had found...not until years later. Their haul let them get off-planet, to Luna, where the son of junk haulers became the first member of the Heim family to get an education and start his own business. Naturally, he was quick to realize what his remarkably talented children were, and for a long time he was paralyzed by uncertainty about what to do...according to the testimony that he gave to a certain member of the United Jovian Colonies Independent Defense Force. He was found out, though, and the Jovian government...on the advice of my aunt, who you insist on making crude jokes about when you think I'm not paying attention...opted not to have the two children euthanized, and instead offered the Heims and their children an invitation to Europa. It was during the early years of the Luxol administration, and the Chairman desired a new era, a time of Jovian-enforced peace and prosperity, one with no more room for bloody necessities. Mr Heim's income was supplemented through seemingly legitimate channels, they were allowed to live their lives as normally as possible to avoid alienating the children, and most importantly they were introduced to morally upright children from well-to-do Europan families, children whose families were prominent enough to justify constant surveillance and the presence of highly trained bodyguards. You had a lot of friends who were wealthier than you growing up, didn't you? I've noticed how you always try to look after Caesar financially even though he could comfortably live off his savings for years.” Her voice has gradually risen in pitch and tempo since she started talking. “Maybe you felt a little bit sensitive about not being born on Europa, maybe you developed a bit of a chip on your shoulder about your upbringing...but don't worry, those bodyguards didn't hover so closely because they thought you would steal something, but because they were UJCIDF elite troops prepared to dart you at the first sign of a rampage. Red Siren this, Red Siren that. So we both have pink hair, so what? You're the one who has the least right of anyone to make fun of someone else and call them a copy. Oh, but at least now you know who your real mother is, that's the first step to understanding yourself, right?” Lysa's smile recovers its usual vigor, as she brings up a screen for your two squads to see.

It's an image of the Avalonian commander in mid-rant, tears trickling down her cheeks. “Watch closely.” Lysa instructs, zooming in on the wall of the cockpit behind the Avalonian, and adjusting the angle and lighting. What it is is unmistakable.

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>>754319
>>754321
Bet thats what the martians were saying before they found out they were secretly being spored.

>>754304
>>754316
This is looking good, the problem would be how to prevent the place from being blowed up by the SSL even if Fairchild is inside

>>754319
>>754321
I mean when your race tries to exterminate Humanity you sort of can infer somethings

>>754332
>>754328
Wow. Under that logic, we should exterminate blondes and people with blue eyes because Nazis.

>>754326
So, it seems even Lysa somehow knew about Naomi's lineage and how her continued existence was explicitly permitted by the government.

I'm not entirely sure what license she's using to effect an arrest at this point.

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It would be an exaggeration to call it a shrine. A shrine implies more showmanship, more opulence, than this. An altar might be more precise. It's a humble wooden statue with some kind of incense burner, polished smooth as stone, and although the style is slightly primitive it captures the features of the young woman it's portraying exactly. You've kissed every inch of that face before, you know the shape of her cheeks and the curve of her nose and the landscape of her smile better than anyone else, you know the way her hair falls across her forehead when she holds her head like that. It's Naomi, there's nobody else it could have been sculpted of, and the artist must be someone who knew her well.

“N-no...no...” Naomi pants. She winces abruptly and clutches her forehead, “None of this is true. You're making it up, it's all a bunch of bullshit!”

Lysa shakes her head, “I was not supposed to tell you, but it's the only way for Merrow to see the truth of what you are. I suppose it was a cruel farce, permitting the son of Rudolph Merrow to have an affair with the clone of one of the Green Men, even if Colonel Stern was instructed not to hinder it for the sake of your mental stability...but now, the sun has risen, the dream-filled night has passed, and by day reason must set in. As you are specifically the creature of the Green Man using the people of Avalon as tools, we have to bring you in. Merrow, it genuinely brings me no pleasure to do this, but in the name of my aunt I must ask you to do your duty and help restrain her.”

“He won't do it.” Keith states flatly, “Let me disable him, he's been emotionally compromised.”

“I don't think that will be necessary. You can try to run from destiny, but it will always catch you in the end. Merrow's blood, and Merrow's mech, are destined to kill Green Men. He deserves the chance to prove himself.” Lysa's voice is so...calm, so placid it's opaque.

It doesn't help that you're paying a lot less attention to them, and more to Naomi, who's clutching her head and shaking back and forth in mute denial. You're not sure why you believe any of this, yourself. You're surprised you haven't already issued an order to have Lysa seized on grounds of insanity, but on the other hand...you've never really given an order before that you can remember offhand. You'd probably stutter.

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>>754362
Being a self righteous bitch with something to prove?

>>754359
Look I was just explaining what Lacus was getting at, I would rather kill Jesus and Lacus and be done with them. But this is more like Carthage and Rome then Hitler and the Jews

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“What's going on up there?” You receive a call from outside the UJCIDF frequencies. It's a woman's voice, smooth and educated, with a pleasant Martian accent. It would be very relaxing if it didn't have an edge sharp enough to shave with. The huge green bipedal tank mech turns towards your position, “Are the proud knights of Jove breaking formation? Stiffen your spines, these enemies are nothing, and my brave husband is undoubtedly keeping your commanders safe down below. I don't know what kind of prayer they are making, or to what, but it won't matter once they're space dust. Stay focused, children!” With an annoyed sigh, the Tarrasque cuts off comms.

Your eyes meet Lysa's over vidcomms. Strangely, you can't see the wheels turning in her head, but you know what she must be thinking about. There are a lot of Kestrels here. Granted, they're all from the Solar System and have no reason to love the Green Men, but it's not hard to tell that they might decide to interfere. After all, they're only cooperating with you to reduce casualties from the facility's guns opening fire on your fleet of ships when the inevitable clash occurs. Frankly, if you were the Avalonian commander, you would already be shooting. With beam cannons that size, even a few stray shots from beyond optimal range could change the course of a battle. Of course, it's possible they don't want to be on the facility when your fleet's combined firepower hits it, and are trying to delay the onset of the ship battle...but that doesn't mesh with what you've seen of their mindset so far, and it's the mindset of the people involved that concerns you. Mostly the space pirates. You're reasonably sure that the Iron Kestrels are no friends with Avalon, given their highly-publicized capture of a Paladin, but their Admiral has a certain reputation when it comes to girls and you can't be sure he would refuse to help Naomi. On the other hand, that isn't Roarke Starwind in the artillery mech, but a Martian, and Martians are known for their religious zeal. Even with all of that aside, it was Lysa who gave the order, meaning that if this incident disgraces SOUL it's on her head. No matter what happens, involving outsiders would bring additional scrutiny she has no reason to want.

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>>754359
Nazis probably didnt have the technology to genetically program kill all human instincts into clones of themselves and they certainly couldnt produce mind altering spores.
And its more like killing all wolves because some wolves killed your buddies.

>>754390
So your argument is that she should be murdered because she could have "kill all humans instincts" - which she hasn't displayed, and she's had plenty of opportunities to go on murder sprees - and absolutely no other reason.

>>754427
If were talking about the lady then yes. If you genocide a race better make sure to get rid of all of them leaving any alive just leaves enemies with a deep grudge against you

>>754386
best girl

what a political beast

>>754427
Yes. The greenmen on mars didnt display any kill all human instincts until it was suddenly revealed that they were sporing everyone in secret. She might even be doing it without being aware of it. You cant hold a non-human to human standards.

>>754436
The Lady has actually committed said crimes. Naomi has not. That right there is a very important distinction.

>>754386
>"Hey she is the clone of their leader, so even if she didn't do anything wrong, we should imprison her and use her as we want to win the war"

This is exactly what Lysa is saying right now.

We should call the Tarrasque ,desert and ask sanctuary, now.

>>754447
Or at least stick her in jail or something. If they already knew all this and haven't killed her they probably wont kill her now.

>>754427
I think we can all agree that - while Lysa's argument basically calls for Lysa to be restrained due to some vague possibility of Naomi maybe having some inhuman Synch-rate-related power to fuck shit up that she may one day decide to use or lose control of - the call to arrest Naomi has not a leg to stand on, because everything after Naomi's birth has been entirely legitimate, and everything up to it was sanctioned by the government when they decided to permit her adoption and facilitate her raising rather than euthanize her at the earliest possible opportunity.

And I imagine we probably ought to bring that up to her face, possibly while subtly 'accidentally' broadcasting her response over the entire fleet so she can't wrangle her way out of her words.

>>754447
>non-human
Yeah, because mutants aren't humans.
Say that to everyone who has chromossomal problems.

>>754451
remember Fatima's stance on greenmen, she hates them the most out of all of the waifu's and has religious zeal backing that hate up. she's not a safe bet until roarke gets back.

>>754447
You can, however, hold a human to human standards. And even the Green Men were humans, if gene modded.

Plus, it's not like the unmodified humans were fucking saints either.

And furthermore,

THE SINS OF THE FATHER DO NOT REFLECT ON THE SON.

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"Even if that's the case, so what? If even your aunt could permit her existence, what kind of grounds do you have to arrest her?" You slash your lance through the air decisively, denying Lysa's logic.

She sighs, and shakes her head, "You're not thinking clearly, Merrow. SOUL A was built AROUND Naomi Heim, to babysit and nurture her until she reached her full potential. That's why the Cincinnatus had to remain on California Station in case something happened while she was at the hospital, that's why her teammates were test pilots instead of renowned aces like The Butcher and Lieutenant McAllister. SOUL B was created to contain her in the event of an emergency, and this incident IS an emergency. I wouldn't be giving you so much privileged information otherwise. Do you think it's coincidence that your mech, strong enough to pierce through the Puffer's shields, was placed in her squad? No, you were selected for the task of putting her down in the event she goes rampant, nobody expected you to bond and once the brass was aware of it it would have been more dangerous to separate you.

...It's strange, but you almost think you can hear something. A sound, like tinnitus or feedback over the comms, but it's somehow rhythmic, incredibly quiet and high-pitched, more felt than heard. It's annoying and distracting.

She taps her communications array, “Danforth Squadron, Murphy Squadron, launch and detain Ensign Heim.” She bows her head slightly to you, “Caesar, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you to help with this. You didn't know, and I realize it's a shock to you. Please, stand aside, I'm sure my aunt will treat her fairly.”

The six Pumpkinseeds from your own ship move in towards you from either side. They're the original model, with the heads that remind you of medieval frogmouth helms and the fold-out swords in their forearms. The IIs are sweet, though, and before SOUL was dispatched you had a briefing on some incident that happened with one in the Extrasolar Division scheduled, you suppose it's going to be pushed back now. Out of the corner of your eye, you see the two starships drifting closer. You're almost unsure why you're noticing this data, but somehow it's all important. Stand aside? Yeah, what choice do you have? You're a member of the military. You're an elite member of the military, actually. You're the son of one of the most famous people in space, you can't just disobey orders, and you know absolutely that despite the two of you being the same rank, being Fairchild's niece in Fairchild's SOUL makes her a superior officer in spirit. Jove damn it, none of this is fair. You were supposed to be done with the Avalonians by now, going back to Europa, and playing Bluegill Joe with Naomi in your underwear.

The Petronius swings slowly closer and closer to the Archimedes.

>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]
>[Pretend to comply and then Ave Caesar one of the SOUL mecha at optimum distance]

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>>754461
Someone say mutie?

>>754427

There was that 'training accident' you haven't talked about.

>>754473
>>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]

>>754479
The one that injured Naomi?

I'm afraid I don't actually remember any real detail about it.

>>754473
>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]

>>754461
There is a difference between an albino and a genetically engineered plant person who can grow mind altering spores and plant based giant robots.
>>754466
So you are telling me you shouldn't swat a mosquito just because other mosquitos have given you malaria?

>>754473
>>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]

>>754473
>[Pretend to comply and then Ave Caesar one of the SOUL mecha at optimum distance]

>>754473
>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]

>>754449
And I said leaving Naomi alone is fine since she doesn't identify as a Greenman. We should keep her under watch for programming coming up but I'm not that concerned over her.

>>754461
>>754466
When your race tries to wipe out humanity you lose the benefit of the doubt

>>754473
>[Pretend to comply and then Ave Caesar one of the SOUL mecha at optimum distance]

>>754487
First off, at that point it's too damn late, you've already got fucking Malaria.

Second, that's a false equivalence. Your argument is more along the lines of "we should kill all white people because Jeffrey Dahmer was white."

>>754473
>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]
I would enjoy it vastly if Lysa could explain in concrete terms how exactly the situation is an 'emergency', given that Naomi has literally done nothing except have a minor mental breakdown after someone decided to monologue at her about the illegitimacy of her lineage; but I doubt Caesar would enjoy it nearly as much.

Still, I think it behooves Caesar to at least try to seek an answer to that question.

>>754497
So all Jews should hunt Germans is your point

>>754483

Naomi was in the hospital for long enough that Samantha and Pierre had to use Keith to fill in, giving him some missions before he was formally put in SOUL B (and if Lysa is telling the truth, it's likely so that he would be familiar enough with Samantha and Pierre to predict their reactions in the event of Naomi going berserk, which is something Caesar can reason out). The incident also resulted in Pierre having a broken arm.

>>754473
>>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]
That noise bothers me and it might buy us time to escape. It also might be morse code, which we have used before.

>>754497
>When your race tries to wipe out humanity you lose the benefit of the doubt
So we should murder German infants because Nazis tried to exterminate the Jews? Or Serbian infants because the Serbs tried something similar? Or, hell, Cossacks hunted down Russian Jews at one point, too. Should we murder them in their cradles?

>>754502
If all white people were capable of shooting mind control gas out their ass then you should kill them.

>>754502
Jeffery Dalmer wasn't an entire race and didn't kill over half of humanity

>>754509
If a Jew told me they didn't trust me because I was German I wouldn't like it but I would understand it

so... is it time for newtype bullshit psychic wave nonsense?

>>754509
Jews and germans are both human. Do you know how much fucking around with genes you would have to do to get a greenman? Humans probably have more in common with chimps.

>>754473
>>[Pretend to comply and then Ave Caesar one of the SOUL mecha at optimum distance]

>>754473
>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]
>>754487
They are still human, both of them, and there is weirder things out there than albinos, like people with XXY Chromossomes, or very specific and rare mutations that gives them aspects that seem just out of fiction

>>754497
No, you don't, specially when there is less than 10 of you and you are amicable and not hard to be watched upon 24/7.

>>754523
probably.

>>754502

The Green Men are responsible for cleansing entire worlds, though, I think that's the point the other Anon is trying to make. Two thirds of humanity died.

I guess it was a long time ago that we talked about this, but the Green Men clones were used as officers and some actually served a "second body" function for the more powerful Green Men.

So, what are the odds that if Soul got her they would put Naomi in the Not!Psycho Gundam?

>>754530
A dog and a wolf are both different species by now even though they are similar. Just because they started of as humans it doesnt mean they still are.

>>754534
That may be the case, but those who fight monsters must take care lest they become the very monsters they fight.

>>754518
If they killed over half the people I know I would say yes

>>754530
They aren't amicable, their is one left and look at all the fucking trouble she's causing. If the lady was killed this war wouldn't be happening

>>754544
As long as no one turns themselves into mind controlling plant creatures I think we can safely avoid that.

>>754473
>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]

>>754541
fact remains that even if she's a bioweapon she's still a sentient sapient being. or at least she seems to be anyway, if she ends up having programmed kill orders in her head she loses that consideration.

>>754561
Best to get rid of her now and make sure it never has the chance to spiral out of control. Its sucks to be her but thems the breaks.

And here I am waiting for Oda to come out of nowhere and BANZAI the fuck out of Jesus and scream about how one can never betray their waifu because the one channel they did not close was Oda's by sheer chance and accident.

>>754576
Oda is old enough that greenmen are statistically likely to have killed most of his family.

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>>754541
>>754546
Naomi is amicable and is not shooting spores everywhere because if she was Fairchild would never get near her.
Also, i think they created the spores in laboratory, not in their asses.
And to finish, "huurr duuur the chimp is more like an human!" argument is not an valid excuse, what matter is their minds and they obviously aren't that different from humans in that aspect even if each of them are genius level in many things and can think 10x faster than a normal human, they still are inteligent being capable of following rules and everything, so we shouldn't kill Naomi just for being one of them, she still has her free will.

>>754581
He's also a fucking loony and follows the teachings of the home-dwelling sages of olde.

>>754473

>[Tell them to belay that order and try to stall]
>Naomi isn't rampant. On what basis do you jumped up wannabe harlot judged it so? That the enemy knelt down to her?? By that logic, all the Avalonians have to do to kill our aces and generals is to build a shrine out of them and worship them a few years to make us crucify them ourselves. And even if she's actually a Greenman, we're surrounded by their lackeys. Did you really think they would sit by and watch us take Naomi into custody?

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>>754581
Even in that case...
He would still say that Ceasar has to protect his waifu to the end.
THEN we would duel him to the death for the honor of killing naomi.

>>754582
>she still has her free will
But you dont know that. She would if she was a human but because she is not she might never have had a free will and this all might be an act.
>>754590
This is also true.

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"Belay that order." You instruct, plainly, holding up one of the Swordfish's hands and relaxing your mech's stance.

The two Pumpkinseed squads halt. So what if Lysa is the General's niece? She's a newcomer and the regular UJCIDF grunts should know that. Fairchild isn't here and you can pull seniority, "Soldiers, this woman has lost her composure."

"We understand, sir, but she was just messaging the Captain and showed him her credentials. She has authority enough to command everyone else here, and the General's personal authorization making her second-in-command of all Jovian forces for this mission. It's above our paygrade." Danforth Squad's leader's Pumpkinseed salutes your mech, and moves past you.

Lysa smiles like a saint. You, personally, are feeling very betrayed. Nepotism was supposed to be your friend, after all.

“Get away from me!” Naomi's voice is panic-stricken, and as one of the Pumpkinseeds grabs for the Puffer's arm, her larger mech turns and kicks at it. Her strike connects, and dents the Pumpkinseed's chest. It goes stumbling away, but comes back with its gun up. For just a moment, that sound gets louder.

>[What do?]

>>754567
I'm reminded of a comic I found on imgur once upon a time.

A little girl found the corpse of a monster, huge and imposing. In that corpse was an infant, innocent and afraid.

With care and love this little girl raised this monster, and in turn the monster loved her with all its heart.

One day the monster's existance was discovered. In fear the magi and other soldiers of the girl's land gave chase.

The girl, trying to protect the closet thing she had to a child, lost her life.

The monster, just an innocent child, watched his mother die in front of his face.

Understandably, he broke.

By trying to kill the monster they made the very beast they feared.

Are you willing to repeat their actions?

Naomi may be a greenman, she may be 'programed' to destroy humanity.

But if you try to kill her you would only make the same monster you were trying to destroy.

Either in her should she survive, or in yourself as you consign an innocent person to death because she didn't have the right species of parents.

The same way the greenman consigned countless other humans to death for the great sin of not being a greenman.

>>754610
BEGIN NEWTYPE BULLSHIT POWERS!!!!

>>754613
Except that story doesnt work when there are only 3 of them left and one of them is already trying to kill you.

>>754582
Look I don't want to kill Naomi either but say"hurr their sentient so they must be moral individuals". That is wrong. What about the Assyrians? They were sentient people and human to boot, they still killed plenty of people and were fucked up. What about the Monguls? Or the Belgians during the colonization of Africa? What about the Azetcs? Are you telling me that all of these groups just had a couple bad eggs leading them and all of the rest just went along with it? It sucks but thats the way the world works sometimes you have to kill your own heart to protect the people you care about.

>>754610
>Start attacking Jesus/Lacus, Naomi can handle herself and they should be able to pierce her shield

>>754610
Open private comms to roarke. Request asylum.

>>754604
Do we have free will, anon? Or are we shackled to our biological directives from the begining? Just slaves to things we cannot even notice?

we can't know for sure, and that isn't a reason to shoot her without being certain, as we might even be incapable of proofing our own free will.

>>754629
Then kill the one that's attacking you in self defense and leave the others be.

A man should not be killed for the sins of his father, let him be judged by his own actions.

>>754632
A lot of what you just cited as examples would be examples of clashing cultural ideals rather than anything else. Morality is kind of what you make it rather than anything set in stone.

>>754632
I'm down for killing everyone who has done shit, but i won't attack someone who hasn't done nothing yet just because their are descendant from nazis,assyrians,aztecs,belgians or monguls...

Give them a chance, kill them if they went bonker anyway.
(Don't be idiot o the point of being in their fire range when they have a chance of screwing thigs up, though....But ceasar do'nt care about being in Naomi's firerange.)

>>754644
I know a rat with certain parasites will be forced to find a cat and get itself eaten because its brain is being controlled.
>>754648
Better to kill them all and ensure they are never a threat again. Its not like this isnt something people havent done with other species before.

>>754610
Move in to defend and protect her. We aren't going to let anyone go through with this shit, especially due to some spoiled princess who thinks she can get away with murder.

>>754673
She isnt a descendant though, she is a manufactured weapon.

>>754610
>Use the Pauldrons to remove the mechs restraining Naomi
Request Roarke directly for asylum.

>>754658
That doesn't take away the fact that if their enemies genocide them they would be justified and they show that just because a group is sentient they aren't always reasonable people who will do the just thing.

>>754648
And thats fine when its an individual case, when you entire culture tries to wipe out the human race and almost succeeds you have to realize its more then just one bad egg

I'd just like to say that I think the very extent of this argument you're having shows that Lysa does have good reason to be cautious and that Caesar has good reasons for having absolutely no intention of putting up with this bullshit.

>>754676
well, if we're talking mindcontrolling plants/fungi, lookup cordyceps (iirc that was the name), type a fungus that infects ants and controls them, moves them high up on a plant, then causes the ants body to burst with spores spreading them over a wide area.

>>754610
>Protect Naomi, request Asylum from Roarke

>>754610
>Defend Naomi

For my input? Naomi may not be human, but that don't make her a Green Man. She's not a genocidal monster dedicated to her race's superiority. She's a genuinely good person who deserves a chance.

>>754702
Exactly, those ants dont want to go up a plant and die but they are being made to biologically. People capable of growing space capable giant robots out of plants could easily do worse than that.

>>754685
That isn't smart since it puts us in range of Jesus's gun and lets them know what we're planing, better to just go straight for the only person who can get through her shields

>>754700
Oh she does have good reason, but she's done it in the dumbest way possible. Rather than remaining calm and waiting for after a battle, she has been agitating her and over stressing her, causing a incident. Which makes me think; while those magnums are pretty awesome, why such a barrier for something they must kill in the first place? Got a feeling her machine is going to be using a very special type of bit weapon very soon.

>>754699
Just and unjust is a meme. "Morally" speaking Naomi is innocent, and killing or imprisoning her because of what she might do or be forced to do is unjust. But at the end of the day no one really gives a shit.

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>>754610
>STAND PROUD in front of her
>"In the name of my lineage, my name, the King Swordfish Mk II and all that is sacred, i swear that i won't allow this injustice and wrongdoing continue... Attack me if you must, but only if you prepared to have my blood in your hands because i will not backdown when my duty as a man calls for my courage"

>INTIMIDATE THE SOLDIERS

What do i roll?

>>754720
Can't shoot through cover thunderbird, and if we do it right, we are one hell of a piece of cover for her. Besides, going for Jesus opens us up to Lyra and every navy unit to go for dealing with us.

You've chosen to engage with the UJCIDF mecha and contact the Kestrels. However...how honest do you want to be with them?

>>754718
Hell you could argue her cozying up to Caesar is part of her plan so this exact situation happens when they are ordered to take her in. Why else would she be so dogged about getting with some moderately attractive beta pretty much the instant she saw him?

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>754729
a d10 like anything else?

>>754740
Eh, just be vague about it till roarke gets here.

>>754739

Jesus can shoot through you if he takes enough shots, though.

>>754744
>tfw you're going to end up giving Caesar girl-related PTSD

>>754739
And our mech is cover which means taking a shot from Jesus's gun which is a very stupid idea, and the entire navy is already told to take Naomi they're going to fight regardless

>>754740
Lie about why your both deserting. Just say something like you can't be a part of Fairchilds war any more

>>754740
It'll come out eventually, but full explanations can wait until Naomi is safe

>>754740

Talking is not a free action.

Look roarke in the eye, promise to come clean completely when Naomi is safe.

But before then, as a man who is trying to protect his woman, to another man who has, ask him to trust us.

>>754749
Best to make sure the Scrub bitch doesn't get the chance then.

>>754740
Lie through your teeth boy, lie through your teeth. Fatima is right there and she will put holes in your green waifu.
>>754752
Didnt he already have that pretty much?

>>754759
Also seconded, fight first talk later.

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>>754752
It happens to everyone sooner or later, anon.
Even to girls themselfs '-'


ANYONE ELSE WANTS DO INTIMIDATE THEM?
I can't do this alone guys '-'

>>754740
A guy is trying to protect his girlfriend from crimes she did not do because Jesus is itchy with his damn trigger finger. Any price for our asylum will be offered.

>>754740
Tell them what happened, but not Lysa's accusations. The accusations aren't immediately important, and can wait until we can discuss it with Admiral Starwind directly.

Caesar would have Cool 10 for that, but considering his antisocial nature he really doesn't have Intimidate trained. I would assign him a few small, secret, esoteric bonuses though...but at base you would roll 1d10+12 plus any Luck you're expending.

Also even if it fails it might give you IP.

Rolled 1 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>754805
For the sake of saving Naomi rolling

Rolled 10 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>754805
>>754807
Damn Thunderbird.

>>754805

Er, 1d10+10.

>>754805
>I would assign him a few small, secret, esoteric bonuses though...
Bonuses from being subtly mind controlled?
>>754807
Kek.

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>>754740
Tell the mysterious martian woman that they are trying to arrest your girlfriend because of Fairchild crazy non-sense and that you'll pay any price to desert to them.

Rolled 4 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>754812
Damn it Wong!

Rolled 5 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>754812
>>754805
inb4 nat1 again

>>754811
>>754807
I don't...

>>754805
Worth a bloody shot.

Rolled 3 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>754812
very well, two luck.

Rolled 8 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>754805

Rolled 10 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>754807
MIND CONTROLL SPORES POWER ACTIVATE!

>>754819
>Fatima's face when she finds out she was duped into protecting a greenman

>>754832
Those are some damn good spores...

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>>754832
AVE CEASAR!

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>>754835

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>>754835

>>754843
Multiply that by about 5 and you got it nailed.

>>754851
Forgot to translate to arabic too.

>>754812
>>754832
Does it count?

>>754864
No we don't have crits active in this quest

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You hail the Tarrasque privately, and speak quickly, "We do have a situation up here, actually. Your husband took our commanding officers with him, and now the newest member of our group is trying to arrest my girlfriend over a rapidly-escalating catfight and the fact that she thinks she can use her as a hostage somehow. She's getting away with it because she's related to General Fairchild, and although I'm trying to keep things reasonable we could really use an adult or two up here to keep her behaving. Also, um, congratulations on your wedding, Lady Ahmad. I'm very happy for you, and, uh, I hope you and Clemmy are getting along. She's a good person when you get to know her."

"She is, isn't she?" The Martian woman's voice warms up, "Fierce, yes, but she's loyal and zealous and very strong. I'm glad she's my sister-to-be. I've heard a few very unflattering things about this...General...from certain other people, it does sound like her to invest some brat like that boy with the white-winged mech with undue authority. I'm on my way with two of my husband's household, we should be there in just a few minutes. So, why does she think that this girlfriend of yours would make a good hostage?"

"One second, things are escalating." You momentarily return to UJCIDF channels, move directly in front of Naomi, slam the butt of your lance against the deck, straighten your back, spread your shoulders wide, and bark at them, "In the name of my lineage, the Merrow family, the King Swordfish Mk. II and the entire Pantheon, I swear I will NOT allow this injustice to continue! Attack me if you feel you must, but only if you are prepared for Jovians to shed Jovian blood, because I will not back down when my duty as a man calls for my courage!"

They freeze momentarily. The Petronius, according to your instruments, is now 600m away.

"I repeat, what value does she have as a hostage?" Fatima and the way she's phrasing that worry you a little, but better to be a hostage of the Kestrels than have Naomi locked up in a lab or something.

"Merrow, this is ridiculous. There are things I am not allowed to tell you, but right now she is a ticking time bomb and has been ever since she was greeted by her worshippers. Self-realization will corrupt her identity, which may be a falsehood but is still an elaborate falsehood into which she has poured most of her personality. What is beneath may not be capable of reason." Lysa's voice sounds, for the first time, angry.

>[Ignore her]
>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]

>>754894
>>[Ignore her]

>>754894
>>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]
let the pwn fest begin. This gonna be good.

>>754894
>>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]
Keep teh Channel open with Fatima so she knows why we aren't answering her

>>754894
>>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]
Fuck Lysa she's been nothing but a Cunt to Caesar no reason to not insult the shit out of her before defecting

>>754894
>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]

>>754894
Naomi is going to be the final boss, calling it now before I go to sleep.

>>754894
>>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]
Right then, lay down righteous fury upon her. After all, for all her talk of peace and understanding, she is REALLY acting the opposite. A ugly personality hiding under a young face.. with too much makeup.

>>754894
>>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]

>>754894
>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]

>>754894
>>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]

>>754919
>implying it won't be a Greenman Roarke that Fairchild made after she gets the Avalonian Lady and does some sciency bullshit and all sorts of other newtype bullshit heaped onto it

>>754894
>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]
Let Fatima enjoy the show if yor are not going to reveal the greenman problem.

>>754937
>implying it won't be Fairchild using Naomi as a proxy to control Psycho-Gundam.

>>754937
I'm locked in for Nanomachine Mech using Triple C's corpse as a pilot on souls side, and Belegor hyped up on Greenman mods on the Avalonian side

>>754894
>>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]
"How odd, you were just preaching about the importance of love a second ago. I suppose it doesn't count if it results in things that go against what you want, does it?"

>>754937
It's going to be Fairchild and the Green Lady fused together wanting to destroy everything while REEEEEEing in the Knight of Gold. Multi-form boss fight, with rehashes of fallen bosses.

>>754894
>[Scorch Lysa with the solar winds of your contempt. Unleash burnmageddon.]

>>754962
Boss rush before the final boss is the best in any game whatsoever

>>754962
Is this the part where Stern and Master Asia come out of nowhere in a co-op mecha shiva?

Since things are escalating rapidly, so I'm just going to post the pastebin of the final version of the Libra and drop back to the background

http://pastebin.com/jz4itAHw.

Biggest change was shaving off the torso compartment and the WA bonus on the grenade launcher in order to get just enough spare CP to move up to MA 8, so the wings are no longer required for flight.

>>754955
Tolerance for me, but not for thee.

>>754974
This isn't Maverick hunter quest. It'd be Mecha-Asura with shining finger swords. That or some other rival who joins our side in the last mission even though I never got to upgrade his mech and his ACE bonus is shit. I'm talking to YOU Skull Knight!

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"What's ridiculous is that you have the guts to talk about peace and understanding without even trying to empathize with Naomi. You're the one making her freak out, you and this stupid overreaction you're having. Yes, it's creepy what the Green Skulls are doing down there, but you just revealed classified information to someone who has every reason to be disgruntled with the military right now, isn't that treason? What's ridiculous is that your aunt thinks a rookie like you belongs in charge, and then you sit there, on your high horse, spewing empty bullshit you clearly don't believe about the importance of love. I suppose it doesn't count if it goes against what you want, doesn't it? Or do you have some condescending response to that, too?"

Lysa's mouth forms a firm, hard line, "I am not so inexperienced as you think, Heinrich Merrow. Nor am I insincere. As for treason, I've been careful to keep this information between the four of us."

You spot a trail of light, like a shooting star, far away, a streak of gold that appears and then disappears.

"Exactly." You level your lance at her, "You can't expect me to just ignore all the evidence of corruption I've seen since joining SOUL. It doesn't even surprise me that you're trying to use Naomi like this. This isn't what I signed up to do, and more importantly you're not arresting her you stupid, hypocritical, pink cu-"

>[Roll 1d10+12]

Rolled 5 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755010

Rolled 1 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755010

>>754993

There you are. You have my permission to have a beam bayonet on the Libra.

Rolled 1 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755010

Rolled 4, 9, 7, 4, 8, 10, 8, 3, 3, 3 = 59 (10d10)

Well my dice are shit right now, Gonna clear out the system a bit

>>755010
How many? Going to throw some +2 from the maneuver value here.

>>755022
...never mind, back to the drawing board.

Rolled 8 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755033
If I can roll worth shit here.

Rolled 10 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755010
>>755018
Thunderbird WTF?

>>755039
Thunderbird is Cesar.

>>755039
welp.

Rolled 2 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755010

>tfw Jesus is the slowest motherfucker in a draw ever

Come on, don't lose your head again.

Rolled 7 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755010

>>755047
Well, he got the initiative at least. I think thats the initiative at least.

Rolled 5, 2 = 7 (2d10)

Oh, right.

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You dodge on instinct, the lance of plasma roaring past your head. Your sensors are momentarily frazzled by how close it came.

"That was a warning shot, Merrow." Keith warns. Warning shot your ass, it nearly hit you.

Which is when Naomi opens fire on him, jets of plasma singing the ship's hull around Keith. None of it hits him, either, but she's outside her optimal range with those guns and you know it. The S-Puffer's shields flick on.

"She's fired on an officer! Take her down! All units, take her down!" Keith shouts.

>[give me a 1d10+13 plus whatever Luck you spend]

Rolled 8 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755095
Add 2 luck

Rolled 10 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755095
here you go

Rolled 7 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755095

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>>755095
>"She's fired on an officer! Take her down! All units, take her down!" Keith shouts.

Rolled 10 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755095
Get fucked knockoff Siren

Rolled 10 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755102

Rolled 3 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755095
Hurr ya go.
>>755124
He's hiding behind the blatantly transparent excuse of a 'warning shot.'

>>755132
Still lost Jesus

>>755102
>>755132
Just by 1. Man I am getting flashbacks from how the thoroughbred X died. Drilled through the chest. Karma right there.

>>755139
It's more he genuinely believes that there is a difference.

>>755151
He knows damn well that wasn't a warning shot.

He also doesn't seem to believe that it matters he opened fire first, which does support your conclusion, though.

>>755151
Now here's the big question; Is Jesus smart enough to hit the eject button?

>>755178
hopefully not

NOW this is the final Libra design. The bayonet is now an EMW.

http://pastebin.com/NdBadMXs

Am I finally free of the hell that is the ATM?

>>755220
No anon. No one who has looked upon that forbidden tomb is free of it. I am still making Dutchman variants using bits of old designs I had and using new knowledge. It never ends.

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“Sorry.” You aren't sure who you're talking to. Naomi? Your dad? The Pumpkinseed pilots caught up in this. You bounce slightly off the ship's hull with the Swordfish, time slowing to a crawl as your HMIS catches your intent and plots an optimum course. White fire roars from your overclocked thrusters, while your drill spins up as you kick off the deck.

Keith is, for all his faults, as good as you are in a mech, and his is a lot more expensive than yours. It doesn't matter. You're fighting for the woman you love, and you've been wanting to do this since you met the smug prick.

He's fast, he nearly sidesteps you, but your mech compensates dozens of meters away and you're still going full speed as your lance hits the S-Slinger squarely in the chest. It breaks. It breaks in half, the whirling drill wrapping dangling cables and parts of the frame around itself and ripping them asunder as it goes all the way through. The cockpit ball pops out, and you dismissively smack it away from the ship. You suddenly remember that ridiculous conspiracy theory Ionians have about your dad bringing down Floyd Beck, and send a message to Keith, “Two for two.” You rip your lance out of the destroyed S-Slinger, leaving it drifting in two pieces.

“KEITH!?” Lysa's voice doesn't have a scrap of composure in it, for once.

>[Roll 1d10+5]

Rolled 10 + 5 (1d10 + 5)

>>755258
IT ALL COMES TUMBLING DOWN

Rolled 2 + 5 (1d10 + 5)

>>755258
For The Waifu

Rolled 5 + 5 (1d10 + 5)

>>755258
Time to end Lysa

>>755258
Damn, that felt so good I think I need a cigarette.

Rolled 4 + 5 (1d10 + 5)

>>755266

Thanks, that song wasn't stuck in my head for entire Amos threads enough already. At least it's catchy.

Rolled 3 + 5 (1d10 + 5)

>>755258

Rolled 4, 8, 1, 6 = 19 (4d10)

Oh, also. Half-hour break so I can eat super-fast. I'll be handling Naomi's turn during, though.

>>755258
Welp looks we might get a new toy for Miles.

Rolled 9, 5, 2, 4, 6, 10, 8, 2, 10, 4, 10, 9 = 79 (12d10)

>>755282

Two hits with all three shots in the burst...and one's a crit.

>>755274
Welp, thats over 5 in terms of difference. Did I crit Lysa and give some goodies to Miles and Richard?

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>755295

Rerolling the 9.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>755295

Rolling the other crit...ignore the last six results, I forgot Naomi's weapons are CROSS linked.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>755309

Rolled 10, 6, 3, 5 = 24 (4d10)

>>755295
Let's see. Left side hit twice, right side hit once, Torso twice, and a hit to the power plant. Not sure what is what, but whatever limb IS hit won't be there much longer.

Rolled 6, 5, 1, 6 = 18 (4d10)

>>755111
>>755119
>>755127
>>755139

Using these as your attack rolls to save some time.

>>755412

One hit, one crit. Tell me where you were aiming with your first shot and give me an unmodified 1d10 roll.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>755419
Lysa's cockpit

>>755419
No idea who is getting smacked, but the torso seems safe.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>755419

Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>755423

Rolled 7, 1 = 8 (2d10)

Oh, right.

>>755468
Oh I hope we broke something fragile with that.

And give me Dodge rolls at 1d10+12

Rolled 9 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755488
Like a ninja!

Rolled 3 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755488

Rolled 9 + 12 (1d10 + 12)

>>755488

I wonder how old man Merrow's going to take the news that his son got his dick caught in a venus fly trap and defected?

Rolled 9, 4 = 13 (2d10)

>>755492
>>755498

>>755506

Using this as a Parry roll with appropriate modifiers added by me.

>>755511
I'm going to assume not well

>>755518
First attack is auto parried, second attack you look to have made it with the parry.

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“Caesar...” You hear Naomi's voice, it sounds ragged and feverish, “My head hurts. It really, really hurts. I don't understand why I'm so angry. I mean...I mean it's all stupid, right? I haven't done anything wrong? Right?” The S-Puffer's arms sweep out, the guns spraying death. The leader of Danforth squad, the one she kicked earlier, has his rocket launcher shot out of his hand, then his sword arm blown off, then two bolts of plasma to the torso tear his Pumpkinseed apart, the cockpit ball ejecting safely. The leader of Murphy squad is targeted too, plasma nearly opens his torso completely as well, the edges of the cockpit ball visible in the rents in his armor. He tries to jump away, only to have his right leg shot clean off. A stray jet of plasma slices through the armor of his powerplant, and you brace yourself for an explosion...but he's lucky. Very, very lucky.

Two of the Pumpkinseeds break off to hammer her shields with their forearm blades in vain, covering for the remaining two dragging their commanders clear. The sound of her breathing grows louder, and louder, Naomi sounds almost aroused, “Caesar...thank you, Caesar...you're so good to me, you're even willing to fight for me...that's why...that's why I can't surrender. I'll kill them all if I have to, so I can be with you.” She looks up, and smiles bravely, “Yes, my head isn't hurting anymore. Nothing hurts. It all feels good. So good.”

[Continued]

>>755258

Damn son.

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“Naomi, keep it together. We're going to be okay.” You promise her, whirling around and lunging at Lysa. She shouldn't have been so close to Keith, an oversight likely born of either inexperience or affection. Shards of the S-Slinger's broken armor and parts glitter all around you. Your father used to take naps on his favorite couch at the mansion you grew up in, and sometimes he would wake up sweating and feverishly ranting about metal rain. You'd always assumed he was remembering flying through storms of munitions, but suddenly a new explanation strikes you. How many mecha did he shatter just like this?

Lysa doesn't move like an inexperienced pilot, no, the S-Sensation dances in the void. Your first thrust nearly rips open her torso as well, (-1 SP, 3 Kills remaining), and although she deftly avoids two more, she isn't quick enough with the heavy S-Slayer pattern shield pauldrons. You skewer one of the nanofiber flail emitter ports on the inside of her left forearm, your lancetip leaving a long, messy scratch that fouls it completely and renders it useless.

“You...you little...I'm sorry, Merrow, I'm trying not to take this personally, but you're forgetting your place in the grand story of the Solar System. I'm going to have to remind you.” Lysa's voice is shaking with rage. The other flail whips out. It's a nanofiber cord tipped with an ultradense, thick, stubby rod of hyperdense materials, studded with spikes and microjets to control its movement. She swings it in a broad circle, the cord crossing hundreds of feet. Her blows are deadly accurate, coming at unpredictable angles. Your shield epaulet blocks the first (-1 shield SP, -1 torso SP), and the second (-1 shield SP, -1 torso SP, -2 Kills to the Torso leaving 10 remaining) but the spines prove to be tiny drills too, digging gashes across the S-Swordfish's cuirass.

>[Feed me more 1d10+13s!]

>>755543

Don't forget to specify if you're adding luck!

Rolled 2 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755543
Hope we kill her here

Rolled 4 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755543

Rolled 6 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755543

Rolled 4 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755543
Adding 1 luck to this.

Rolled 4 + 13 (1d10 + 13)

>>755543
add 1 luck

Rolled 6, 3, 10, 4 = 23 (4d10)

>>755548
>>755553
>>755554
>>755555

Rolled 9, 7 = 16 (2d10)

And give me some 1d10+12s.