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AWAKEN MY KESTRELS!

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>>835961
Hi Wong-sama! How are you doing today? ^^

Any chance of more tourney's pilots appearing?

Also... Where is everybody? '-'

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You also found out about the downfall of a second Paladin at the hands of one Amos Wedge.

“If the two of you meet, getting a picture of you together will literally make my career!” Gretchen jumps up and down, clapping her hands, her usual dignity gone to the winds, “Don't you dare do it without me, got it?”

“He got lucky, this guy and Roarke are nothing alike!” Karen insists, crossing her arms, “Roarke is a real ace, this guy is just some rookie with good aim. He was piloting a Pumpkinseed!”

Gretchen glares at her, “Yeah, so what? The Pumpkinseed II is a fine machine and I'm still mad that I never got to interview the designer. There are things legitimate engineers can do that a pirate garage can't, you shouldn't be surprised if you get upstaged sometimes.”

Karen visibly bristles, then harrumphs and waves it off, “It's just a kit, underneath it's all the same old Bahamutcorp overengineered yet fragile Pumpkinseed parts. Someone just took someone else's work and slapped their own bits on...on top of...” She realizes what she's saying, “Oh.”

“Oh is right.” You cut in, “I don't care how green he is, he kept his cool and shot down a Paladin. He's an ace too. Now as for the pair of you.” Your hands move like lightning, the Undefeated would be proud of the speed you seize their twintails, “You're both biased. Stop arguing.”

They yelp simultaneously, exchange glances, and simultaneously swat you across the ribs while your hands are occupied. You wince and let go, and they high-five at this victory. Gretchen pats you on the head, “I've got an article to write about this raid, big guy, otherwise I'd stay and chat. I got some primo shots of those Harpies flying past, it's gonna look great when I do a segment with them on the screen in the background. Take care of this lummox, will you?” Gretchen winks at Karen, and strolls away, whistling merrily.

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>>835975
I'm here just popping in to say hi, I'm at work

>>835975

Let's just say that today would be a good day for you not to post all of your Megumins to avoid duplicate images.

>>835961
There we are. Got my snacks ready and the PDF out.

>>835977
>pirate garage
I'll remember that

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>>835987
>FANGIRLING INTENSIFIES
Ok, understood.

>>836000
>KEK HAS APPROVED THIS POST

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>>835977
>Roarke is a real ace
>cant even shoot down a paladin with a single missile

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Once Gretchen is gone, Karen smiles at you and daintily adjusts her glasses, “I really think I can work some wonders with the original Swordfish frame. It was made before Bahamutcorp developed a lot of their bad habits.”

“Their mecha are a little complicated to work on with limited resources.” You note.

She rolls her eyes in despairing acknowledgment, “The S-Betta alone usually needs me or Grandpa handling it personally for anything worse than routine maintenance, it's the most Bahamutcorp design I've ever seen. The frame, surprisingly, doesn't come from a Warmouth, did you notice that?”

“It's too slender and has too much head.” You remark, “I've never really fiddled with it.”

“Mmh, it's strange, I actually think it's...well, almost some sort of Archen clone.” She says uncertainly.

You suppress a snort of laughter, “That's ridiculous.” You think of Red Siren's borderline garish and undeniably showy mech compared to the simple colors and unobtrusive lines of Samantha's mech, and shake your head, “Possible, but ridiculous.”

"Oh yeah?" She grabs your hand and tugs you back into the mechbay, getting out her PC and bringing up an image of the Archen, holding it up and pointing at the S-Betta, "Look closely. Pretend it has all the frivolous bits and that skirt. Actually, look at the forearms! They have the same bulge on the underside where the weapons are mounted. It's practically identical aside from, you know, one having dual stake drivers and the other a continuous laser setup."

You grunt in acknowledgment. It's definitely possible. After all, Oda's Osano-Wo looks nothing like a standard Morgan II.

You also see Mohammed, with Shukriya clinging to his arm and chattering at him, waving a piece of paper in his face with her other hand. He keeps shaking his head and looks uncertain about something, but Karen keeps talking and it distracts you.

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“The weapons, defense systems, and outer armor are all easy to swap out, you know that. Even at their worst Bahamutcorp keeps their mecha appropriately modular. This one, though...it's as close as these things come to being purpose-built. It's useful for a lot of things, as we know, but think about how they assigned a fencing specialist to it instead of someone more well-rounded, you'd think an invisible mech with a gun would be a good idea, right? Instead they give it weapons for directly incapacitating a pilot. I think it was meant to defeat one specific person. Probably that girl the Swordfish's new pilot is in love with.” She sighs, “I want to help him. I know how it feels being in love with someone you think is out of your reach.”

You smile and tug one of her plaits again, “I wasn't ever out of your reach, you were always right there with me.”

Her cheeks redden, “A girl can be right behind you and still feel light-years away when she gets treated like just a friend.”

“And if he's older, a guy should be responsible. If I broke your heart, your grandpa would kill me.” You smile, kissing the spot where her glasses cross over her nose.

She laughs and puts her hands on your shoulders, “He would, so...so be nice to me! Um, not that you're not nice.”

“So are you. Prickly, sometimes, but you're kind to people who need it. That's one of the things I've always liked about you.” You wrap an arm around her waist, your hand coincidentally ending up on her backside as you hug her.

“Ahhhn! Roarke, people are watching!” Her voice, you can't help but note, is significantly louder than yours right now as she presses up against you, her soft chest squishing against your hard one. She's also grinning.

You call her bluff, “Oh, you're right. I'll keep it serious, then. How was your sweep of the facility?”

That's strange, you think you can hear music coming from somewhere. Rhythmic, dramatic chanting. Are some of your new recruits Reformed Catholics or something? That's odd.

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>>836046
Oh, boyo. RUN AWAY ROARKE! RUN AWAY BEFORE THE MADNESS CONSUMES YOU!

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>>836019
Either, 1)Shukriya is going to have her ass kicked or 2)She is asking Mohamed to get Not!Doan in the tourney.
>>836046
Things are about to get interesting...

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She makes a face, “I never said stop! Actually, I learned a lot! I'm going to be able to do so much with this place. First of all, everything relating to the Megabass project itself was wiped, but...it looks like the attempt to reverse-engineer a working drone system was successful and the plans for that were still in the system. It seems like whatever happened to destroy that colony and do so much damage on the asteroid itself, it happened fast, the people here had just enough time to wipe the most crucial secrets and the personnel lists and get out.”

“Ah, so something like the diary of the project's overseer wouldn't be any use, then?” You query rhetorically.

She yelps and hugs you tight, “You're kidding! You have something like that!?” Her small nose wrinkles with greed, “Gimme.”

“I'm not done with it either.” You protest.

“I need it more. Gimme.” Karen is as stubborn as she is cute.

“No!” You're fortunate enough to have years of experience in dealing with Karen, “We have what we needed, right?”

“I need more. I need all of the data.” She sticks her lower lip out stubbornly, then smiles as an idea hits her, “Why don't we make an evening of it? We'll have dinner in my room, and go over my plans to adapt the drone system to the Knuckle Kaiser and Flowerhorn. I'll need that diary, but we can go through it together. I can have the system itself ready by the time we're back at Auditorium, and I'll shoot for two drones at first, maybe four if initial testing goes well. Figuring out how to adapt the control system will be the hardest part. Although...right now, I think a hydraulics test might be in order. I need to, ah, check the pistons, make sure they're properly lubricated.” She runs her fingers down your chest, licking her lips slightly.

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>>836072
Poor Maxwell. His workload at the orphanage has grown immensely, the kids keep eyeing him like a piece of meat, and now he's got to take time off from his rock garden to participate in a mech tournament.

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“But senpai, you went over all of Teitoku-sama's mech's systems earlier! I used my special powers to watch you without being observed!” A squeaky but incredibly enthusiastic voice notes. The Latin chanting swells in volume, nearly drowning her out. You glance up...and immediately, your eye is drawn to the brilliantly pink mech occupying a spare rack, and to the tiny figure on top of it with her arms crossed, “Teitoku-sama, across the depths of space I heard your call for aid, and although my powers are cursed I, the Crimson Witch, could not deny you! Let my demonic might be joined with yours, for the glory of the Storm Dragons and Iron Kestrels!” The small, rather flat-chested girl poses dramatically with one foot on the edge of her cockpit hatch and her index finger pointed skyward.

“Great, a Red Siren fangirl.” Karen mutters, pouting.

“No! No no no!” The girl wails, pulling her oversized witch hat down over her eyes, “Watashi wa Storm Dragon!”

"Then why do you have an eyepatch?" Karen questions her, frowning, "Wearing an eyepatch is the sort of thing a Siren fan would do."

The girl stomps her foot, "I'm not imitating her!" She reaches up to touch the small square of cloth over one eye, "This is a powerful seal my teacher gave her life to create in order to seal away my explosive, demonic powers. Without this, everyone would be in terrible danger!" She has to raise her voice to be heard over the chanting...but the music slowly dies in volume and ends midway through her sentence. She whips her PC out and restarts the track without even a lick of subtlety, looking a little flustered "C-come, senpai, Teitoku-sama, let us all walk the bloodstained path of explosions together!"

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>>836108

Wait, he had a name? Let me just...edit my notes a little...

>>836072

By the way, what's Akai's last name? I should have asked earlier.

>>836112
Eh, it was a name I came up with. Maxwell C Hammer. Like many of my ideas, I am ok with taking it or leaving it. Either way, up to you. I want it to work well after all and make it easier for you.

>>836108
Dude, phrasing.

>>836112
Inazuma, Akai Inazuma.

But thats isn't her REAAAAAL name, just her Storm Dragon's batism one.

If she remembers her real name or if it was lost in her infancy or something, i leave that up to you.

>>836111
>Bareknuckle head sandwich massage
Little girls shouldn't be playing with explosives. And take off her eyepatch.

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>>836111
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THIS IS GOLD.

I can't explain how happy i am at finally seeing this become reality... Wong, if you ever come to Brazil, please let me repay you the favor somehow XD.

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“Do I have to explode?” You question her uncertainly.

She shakes her head vigorously, “No! Only the bad guys!”

“Right, then we'll do that. Who are you, anyway?” You would honestly be much, much more confused and disconcerted if she hadn't said she was a Storm Dragon. Some things you've learned to just...take in stride by now.

“Uwaaa! I was so busy being cool I didn't introduce myself!” She claps her hands to her cheeks, then poses again, this time forming a V with two fingers across one eye. You nervously gauge how close she is to the edge of her cockpit hatch. It's rare, but people DO fall and forget to turn their electomagnets off, especially rookies. “Watashi wa Inazuma Akai! Za Demonic Crimson Witchu and Provisional Bosun of the Storm Dragons, nyon!”

“Inazuma? Aww, that's a cute name for a girl, I've never heard it before.” Karen smiles warmly.

The Crimson Witchu frowns, her mouth forming a sharp inverted V, “That's my last name. I'm Akai. We...I...Papa and I had a different last name once, but we changed it when we joined the Storm Dragons. Papa...Odo-san, I mean, he...he was Taishou-sama's First Mate until...until...” Her lower lip quivers, but she straightens up, she's a tough girl, “But even if Papa isn't here anymore, I still am! I promised him I'd be a good girl and look after everyone, SO!” With a flourish, she whips out a piece of paper neatly folded into the shape of a shuriken and flicks it down to you.

You unfold it, it's an entry form for Space Jam. Her letters are neat but so large and bombastic that they overflow the lines. Still, it's legible.

“Teitoku-sama and Taishou-sama avenged Papa and the others so...so I want to prove myself! I'll fight hard for the honor of the glorious Storm Dragons and Oda-sama's dream! Someday, I want to see Mount Fuji too, and the places where hot water comes out of the hills and people swim in it, and, and see high schools where people in love eat together on the roofs and all that!” She puffs up with righteous certainty.

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>>836190

We've found Oda's waifu.

>>836196
Imotos are for bullying, not for waifuing.

>>836196

She is much too 3D and much too young for that. What you have found is what happens when weebs raise children.

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>>836190
>father
i'm okay with this.
>weeaboo lingo and shuriken
*ANIME LAUGHTER*
>bosun
What exactly does a bosun do? I never quite understand that perfectly...
>people eating together in roofs
I'ILL PROTECT IMOUTO-CHAN SMILE UNTIL THE END OF MY DAYS! DESU~

>>836204

Hikaru Genji Plan. Its weeb enough to work on them.

>>836216

A combination of Commissar and Human Resources generally in this setting. How much so exactly depends on the Captain.

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Wonder if we can combine Auditorium with our new base to make Axis

>>836233
I dont think it can jump over there.

>>836243
We'd probably have to fly it over, thought that would really depend on how far away they are from each other

>>836233
Well, right now it's becoming a sort of Solomon in terms of defense and production power. Giving it mobility would likely require a demi gate or something along the lines and I don't think we could get the hardware for that.

>>836196
Imoutos are for caring, not waifuing.

Oda is a man with a vow of chasity, to use his powers of a wizard to restore Nippon and ascend to Emperor.

>>836252
Eh, it think it would be worthy it. I mean the key strength of Pirates are their mobility so if we can get an Axis tier flying space station we'd probably start being able to raid planets

>>836273
Considering how many colonised planets in the solar system, that would make the space station a ridiculous strategic threat and be the focus of a campaign for its destruction.

>>836291
And declaring our own kingdom and taking over an important trade route will do the exact same thing. Besides we could probably just go and raid Avalon for a while

>>836216
Also...
>her mouth forms a sharp inverted V.
I've seen japanese maids do MOE faces that defied the limits of anatomy as we know in the west... WITH MY OWN EYES! I-i still have problems to believe that... And sometimes ponder if it wasn't caused by some kind of hallucination created by an akihabara's elder god of madness and waifus.... But i'm never going to forget the scene of a maid trying to explain to me why they had a katana for maid use in a MaiDreamin, in broken english and doing moe faces in confusion....

It looked something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4MR25p6fBQ

>Maid is having moe overdrive because her english can't understand my stupid question.
>Me: "Ahhh, just forget about it, ok?"
>Maid: "Uwaaa...F-For...Four-Geto?
>Maid: >.< "Uwaaaa WAKARANAI!"

>>836273
Well, the issue here is cost and if we can actually do it. The things a bit too big for a standard gate device, the thrusters would likely need to be super massive, and we'd need to structure the place for travel since I don't think colonies were designed for that. Having something even close to a Gate like Mars or Jupiter will draw attention(and cost many fortunes to get), and a mini Gate would be a incredible undertaking. As is, getting it functional should be our first duty. Any upgrades or plans afterwards will come after we know what we have to work with.

>>836301

Declaring a kingdom and taking over trade routes just means that there is a big sign "DO NOT ENTER/PAY TO ENTER".

Its also away from their home bases of power and so our new faction can be treated with.

The moment we raid a planet, the space station will be shown to be a singular warship with the power to hold a planet hostage that we have to qualms using. The factions of the solar system will be forced to keep a substatial portion of their fleet on home defence or move to destroy such a moving threat.

Considering that they are in a hot war with avalon, they will choose to destroy the station rather than be forced to be on the back foot and only defend their home planets.

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Also, guys, i know that now may not be the ideal time, but when we have the opportunity... What about robbing a museum? We could make a absurd amount of money in a "small" operation, get interesting things for Roarke and our waifus and maybe even "reclaim" more animes to the Storm Dragon's archives!

>>836327
We would be taking the belt and cutting off trade from the inner solar system to the outter. Thats more then enough to cripple Sol's warfare against Avalon and they will take us down

>>836327
>Declaring a kingdom and taking over trade routes just means that there is a big sign "DO NOT ENTER/PAY TO ENTER".
Yeah, because anyone can just declare themselves a country, take over a major trade route and get away with it.

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You know what? Fuck it. You decide to encourage her. Yes, you could look down on her for pretending to be a witch and taking herself so seriously...but it's cute. She seems like an earnest kid and she has good intentions. You give her a huge grin and a thumbs-up, “Thanks for being on our side, Crimson Witch. Welcome to the Space Jam! Although really you were supposed to give this to Miles, she handles paperwork.”

The girl wrinkles her nose, “I don't know what she looks like. You're easy to spot, plus I have a poster of you so I know what you look like.”

“You'll learn, I'm honored to personally accept your application this time.” You would pat her little head if she was in reach.

Akai is clearly struggling not to look gleeful, and you hear Karen mutter “Fangirl.” Under her breath. She's smiling, though, and seems charmed by the kid's enthusiasm.

The little witch musters a serious, confident expression...or what she thinks is one, she still has kind of a goofy smile, and salutes you, “Hai Teitoku-sama! Starwind banzai! Iron Kestrels banzai! Karen-sama's piston tests banzai!” She pauses, then brightens up in sudden remembrance, “Oh, right. Karen nee-chan, I...um...I had a question for you.” She pokes her fingertips together.

Karen smiles, puffing up with pride at being looked up to, for once, as an older sister. As far as you know Avi has never listened to her and your other women are all at least a few years older than her. This must be a new and invigorating experience for her, “Anything you want, Akai, go ahead.”

You listen with interest, wondering if the Storm Dragon is a mechanic too.

The smaller girl smiles innocently and points at Karen's chest, “How do I make mine get that big?”

>[Help Karen]
>[You're on your own, Karen!]

>>836337
Turn 360 degrees and walk away.

>>836337
>>[You're on your own, Karen!]
Roarke's got a lot to do today no time to waste

>>836337
>[Help Karen]
Do what you can, but when it comes to the deeper bits walk away from the madness.

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>>836337
>[You're on your own, Karen!]
BEGIN THE SPACE MADNESS!

>>836337

>[Help Karen in the most deadpan manner]
Milk and massages.

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>>836337
>>836350
>pic related

>>836337
>>[You're on your own, Karen!]

How ya doin' Wong. Finally got of work.

Does anyone happen to have links to downloads of Mekton Zeta and the ATM? I can't go into details for fear of revealing my secret identity, but my computer got destroyed and I lost all my PDFs and sheets, including all my Mekton stuff, characters and mechs both.

>>836389
I have it. But you'd need to wait for 7+ hrs until you get off work.

>>836389
Earthquakes get you?

>>836406
Plumbing issues. Scalding water, slipping and going head over heels, laptop flying out of hands, that sort of thing.

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>>836389
Why would we need details senpai?
....Also, thanks for confirming that you work for illuminatti.
Core:
http://www.4shared.com/office/hwhZ_pI6/mekton_zeta-core_rulebook.html
ATM:
http://www.4shared.com/office/CmbkIMbCce/Mekton_Zeta_Plus_-_Advanced_Te.html

>>836384
Welcome back bro!


Also, is anyone here hyped on the winterball?This year is being very good to /m/-tan...
... And very autistic to /r9k/

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>tfw I just realized I could have made my pilot Chris-chan

>[Help Karen]

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"Well, that was a good talk. Karen, go ahead and answer her and we can go...you know, have dinner." Your expression is as innocent as Akai's.

Karen splutters, "R-Roarke, you can't just...you don't just ask someone something like that!" She harrumphs, crossing her arms over her substantial assets and blushing furiously.

"Mmm." You answer, full of noncommittal admiral wisdom.

"It's not as if everyone has the genetics for it!" Karen continues to sputter.

You and Akai both nod at her wisdom, and remain silent. Waiting.

Karen harrumphs, and covers her face with her hands, "J-just drink lots of milk and eat three meals a day and you'll be alright!" She fumbles around until she grabs your sleeve and starts to pull you away.

"Farewell, Oneesama! Farewell, Teitoku-sama! Witness my magic, I'll prove my authenticity by vanishing right before your eyes!" She dramatically throws back her cape, and pulls out...a grenade?

Oh no.

Before you can react, the girl throws it down at her feet, and a puff of crimson smoke covers her. You exhale in relief.

The smoke clears, and she's indeed gone...but then you hear a tiny little cough and see the tip of her hat just visible from inside the cockpit of her mech.

Karen shakes her head, smiling, and pulls you away, "Roarke, do you think I'd make a good mom someday?"

"Better than I'll do as a dad, I'm sure." You admit.

Karen smiles brilliantly at you, "We'll just have to fumble our way through it. We'll make it work somehow."

[Continued]

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>>836446

No.

>>836464
You're right, I wouldn't want to steal your basis for the end game boss

>>836446
pretty sure he considers himself a she now. Bugger has always been weird though.

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You proceed to have a truly splendid, relaxing evening. Karen is alight with the passion of artistic inspiration and so eager that she's quivering before you even get her cheongsam off. She's the appetizer before dinner and the dessert afterwards, when you're both feeling more relaxed and she can take the time to make it slow and sweet. Her last words before she falls asleep are a soft, breathlessly happy whisper of “I love you.”

Things are finally quiet. Your day is over, the prisoners are completely secure on the colony with no mecha or shuttles, and you're as relaxed as you ever are these days. You're in Karen's room on the Rhinehawk, the dim light of her starchart and your PC's screen illuminating her soft, slumbering body curled up next to yours, her head and one of her hands resting on your chest. In the morning you'll be going home...that is, back to Auditorium. It's strange, you can't really think of it as home, or California Station, or Io for that matter. 'Home' has been the Rhinehawk for an entire decade of your life, 'home' is space itself...and somehow, that thought is the loneliest thing you've ever experienced.

You're trying to do things nobody else has ever done, and even though you're surrounded by friends, lovers, and people who give at least halfway good advice, ultimately the entire belt and the lives of all your followers depend on you. It's a heavy burden, and one you're only now starting to feel now that you have a colony of your own in your hands. You know the risks, but they're worth it.

[Continued]

>>836487
Don't make me post the picture anon

>>836492
Wonder how Fairchild is taking the news of Lysa and Jesus fucking everything up for her? They're probably back by now.

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Over the occasional light snore from Karen, you're listening to the voice of one Gerald Biggs explaining his work and his personal life. Despite the fact that his second entry included finding out one of his staff was pregnant with his child, he doesn't mention her further, focusing instead on his work. A few recordings in, and Fairchild has stopped appearing.

“Our initial test pilot has, I believe, reached the point where her data will be of limited further use to the project. I intend on declaring our prototype design a success and allowing her access to it to placate her, but our true work has only just begun. No, to pilot this behemoth Megabass we will need a pilot with the will of a behemoth itself. How fortunate, then, that I discovered the existence of Project Neverland and was able to secure for myself new, superior test subjects. The children we have been given are quiet, quite polite, and already their aptitude rivals that of a grown ace pilot. Their sole flaw seems to be the one physical trait they all share, which I hypothesize stems either from some odd fetish of the project head or comes from a desire to identify them easily. One can only imagine the heights they will reach upon achieving maturity. As many taboos as this violates, or at least that I can deduce it violates, I must confess I understand the necessity...and indeed, I imagine I would feel perhaps a shred more guilt stress-testing regular children rather than these.” You're beginning to dislike Gerald Biggs, “Nonetheless, if I had to dissect a thousand baby apes to save one human child, I would do it, any scientist would. Surely that is the answer reason dictates.”

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>>836524
Welp, that sounds like a whole lotta Puru going down there.

>>836543
Gotta wonder what the flaw is

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>>836584
Nanomachines.

>>836607
But thats not a physical trait

>>836584
Well, project Neverland reminds me of a certain four eared catgirl. It is possible to 'modify' them so they never grow old, at least in terms of outward appearance. Likewise they could have something like elf ears or a certain condition to them. As is, hard to tell as is unless it stands out.

>>836611
I dont know mate, big spike sticking out you back sounds like a physical trait to me.

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The recording ends, and you flip to the next one.

“Hello, friend, it has been some time since we last spoke.” Gerald doesn't look quite himself, rumpled and unshaven. His beard is growing out, and his glasses are just slightly askew, “I have been tremendously busy and had so little stress that confiding in you has become somewhat less necessary. I apologize, although you have no mind to forgive me with.” He adjusts his glasses, “I watched my last entry, and was astounded by my own folly. No, my conclusions were correct, but my reasoning was naive, prosaic, even quaint! No, this is not sacrificing apes to save humans. These children are miraculous, wonderful, their results continually exceed expectations. I am testing them because they are our future. With each improvement to the machine, with each one that burns out from interface overload, I am chiseling humanity's future out of the crude clay nature supplied us with. I push them hard, harder than I ever dared to push Lieutenant Fairchild with her established career and wealthy family, and I confess there have been losses...but oh, the gains! There is so much to learn! So much to understand! Finally, I see why the Green Men were allowed to exist for so long when they were so clearly a danger...yes, because humans were fascinated by the actions taken by an objectively superior being! That part of us that loves science, the sheer RUSH of learning and seeing things we never believed were possible, that part of us that longs to transcend even science and touch the realm of gods and magic itself, insisted on it! Is it not wondrous to create wonders!? Is it not terrific to be terrified by the great and terrible apex of man's potential!? Yes, with this Megabass, I shall create something that could pull down even Jove from his throne! I must be the devil in this new cosmology of gods, that which questions the miracle, that which creates knowledge from suffering, the ultimate necessary evil!” He's nearly shouting, a strange light gleaming in his eyes, but at last he seems to realize how dramatic he's being and calms down, clearing his throat, “A-hem. I was informed today that despite Ensign Harrow's sickness, her child was able to be saved. I have arranged for caregivers to be paid from my accounts on Europa to raise the boy, and have informed the doctors that he is to bear the name of my own father, Simon Biggs. He is apparently small and underweight, and cries often. A pity. After partaking in the upbringing of such perfect and ideal children I cannot imagine suffering through the raising of an utterly mundane one. If he proves of value, I can always reassess this, but for now...I cannot spare the time.” The recording ends.

There's a knock on the door, then Richard's voice over the intercomm. He sounds as sleepy as you feel. "We've got a priority call from Jovian High Command on Europa, I think it's that bitch again. You know the one."

>[Answer]
>[Nah]

>>836641
>>[Answer]
Best to be painfully polite

>>836641
>Answer

She doesn't call us just for fun.

>>836641
>>[Answer]
Well let's see what she wants now. Either way, it's a good chance to see her REE in real time.

>>836641
>[Answer]
Time to be a giant asshole once again

>>836641
>>[Answer]
Okay, I'm betting that the children Gerald worked with are an army of Reis, and the distinctive physical trait is weird hair color

Anyone wanna make bets on which tourney pilot shows up next?

>>836641
>[Answer]

Hi Wong

>>836501
Thunder, for the love of god, please don't
also, might need to steal you for some rolls in a another quest

>>836584
Since we're mostly a Gundam anime expy, I expect:
Psychopaths, malignant narcissts, sociopaths

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You gently dislodge Karen's arm and sit up. She complains and hugs you, you promise to be right back and she finally accedes, settling back into her blankets and rolling over as you climb out of bed and slip your clothes back on. They're rumpled, but there's no helping that, and one of the amazing features that sets the leather jacket apart from other garments is that it always, always looks good. You fish a comb out of one of your pockets and run it through your hair a little as you open the door and nod to Richard, "Let's go. You patched it through to the usual comms room, right?"

He nods and claps you on the shoulder, "Let's is wrong, you're going alone. Miles is...she's in a good mood, Dude. A real, real good mood." His craggy, barbaric face creases in a smile.

You glance down at the pocket of his leather jacket and the cannister sticking out of it, "Whipped cream?"

He nods solemnly, "Whipped cream."

"Godspeed Rich." You clap him on the shoulder and head off alone down the nearly silent corridors, while he walks away in the opposite direction. Whistling.

General Fairchild is onscreen when you arrive. Her desk is different than the one she had the last time she called you, you notice. She has her fingers steepled on her desk in a manner oddly reminiscent of Gerald Biggs' habitual thinking pose, and her expression is like a shuttered window. Her voice is clipped and precise, "Well, Starwind, let's hear your explanation this time. Consider it a change of pace."

>>836714

Hello! Also hello to everyone I was too busy typing to say hello to earlier!

>>836730
"You'll have to be more specific."

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>>836730

Oh, yes. Forgot the last part...

>[Explain yourself, Starwind!]

>>836730
Your niece is a vindictive bitch and her boyfriend is an impulsive idiot. Joys of nepotism, I suppose.

>>836738
This.

>>836730
We were all having a good old time beating up avalonians and then someone played a dumb video and then your guys started fighting each other and a paladin showed up, kicked everyone's ass and ran away. We werent even there for most of it.

>>836741
>What no how are you? I have the distinct feeling you don't care about this relationship

>>836730
>I decided to take some new ships on a test drive. Shake down some new crewmembers checking out an abandoned military base. Maybe pick up some tech to Help reverse engineer the Colt if you military types were sloppy with Data security. A milk run. I never expected to find what I did. I mean, recordings of you singing children's songs on Geralds orders?

>>836738
Yep, this.

>>836766
Nah can't tip one of our aces so soon, leave that one for later

>>836730
Well your niece intentionally fucked up your plan to keep an eye on Naomi, Jesus was busy jobbing to everyone, and then a giant Avalonian ace came and made everyone else job. I wasn't even around, 90% of this is on your guys. I just wanted to steal stuff from the base.

>>836766
>>836730
I like this. Maybe add "I believe I'm seeing where you got you hatred of men from. He really is a revolting specimen isn't he?"

>>836741
Let's see. This spiked flail was doing his own thing. Planning on looting an abandoned station for something nice, and all of a sudden I found myself caught in a three way between a muscle lovin' crazy chick and a sleezy fellow who somehow managed to get a navy ship. Was a bit of a stalemate, then your boys came around, and we had a nice bit of dueling.. before your first ship unleashed all it's missiles and the other decided to bring children into a adult's fight.

Then it was me, Clemmy and Josiah having fun cleaning up a bunch of knights while the kids rough housed. I think I won in terms of Knight kills though. Still, I should be asking that question myself. I leave SOUL alone for a bit and I find Jesus screwing everything up for everyone involved. My own men got damaged by a surprise Paladin combo, and I had to take in a teen who just got his girlfriend stolen. The spoils were pretty good though. But seriously, why do you keep Jesus around? I honestly feel sorry for Josiah when it comes with dealing with him.

>>836766
>I mean, recordings of you singing children's songs on Geralds orders?

Nix that. She doesn't need to know we know.

>>836766
> by the way, you have a lovely singing voice. Ever thought of working with your niece?

>>836730
Why, General. I was following a lead on Green Skull remnants. Now imagine my surprise when I discover the Green Skull base fought over by a UJCIDF cruiser and a Avalonian gunship. Now, being a Solar Patriot, I cooperated with SOUL to deny Avalon a base of operations.

>>836766
Noooo letting slip our new bits of data. That is stuff that could cause more trouble than the hilarity.

Anons don't tell her that we know she was a pilot she likely has no idea that we have Biggs files and letting her assume we have isn't going to help us

>>836810
She already wants to kill us. Have fun with it

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Actually, you've all raised a very salient point. Do you want to reveal that you have Gerard's diary or not?

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>>836730
>>836741

Okay, do this in this order:
First this:>>836760 and this >>836738
Then when she awnsers, continue with this:
>>836794
and this >>836779 , but focusing more on Jesus jobing.

DON'T MENTION THE RECORDING OF BIGGS! SERIOUSLY, NO!

>>836825

No, keep it under wraps.

>>836825
I vote nay.

>>836825
I want to reveal the songs, if not the diary itself

>>836825
Nope, save for later usage

>>836807
Furthermore, in the midst of battling the enemy commander, we were broadcasted a video, to which I find perfectly embodies SOUL, and the Avalonians surrendered. Unfortunately, one or two of your pilots decides to settle grudges there and then, fires on his own teammates while his girlfriend tries to arrest another. Really, General? Is this what passes for military discipline these days?

>>836820
Yeah, I'm against telling her that. And pertty much anything else she doesn't need to know, like that we were there to become a super robot, er, get fist drones.

>>836825
NO!

>>836825
Hell no, that just gives her time to prepare and lets her know that we know she's a skilled pilot and about Project Neverland

>>836830
How else would we know about the songs

>>836825
No.

>>836825
Nah

>>836825
Nope. Never. It's a bad idea, if we ever have to fight her she'll think she has an edge because nobody could know, but she really doesn't. I don't know how well a fight against 12+ drones'll go, though...

>>836825
Nope. Gerard's diary is powerful tool for negotiations with the upper brass of the UJCIDF. A silver bullet to kill Fairchild's career if she assomuch as look funny at us.

>>836825
Yes
>>836836
Through a separate recording, duh

>>836841
It'll be easier when we have 12 of our own

>>836825
No revealing the diary. I want to read it fully before letting it spill.

>>836841
Clearly we need to fight her in the traditional criminal manner. By ganging up on her with a bunch of our buddies.

>>836844
Other than "hate filled glare" that's the only way she looks at us.

>>836826
Honestly, I would also like to give her a honest congratulations for catching a paladin with Wedge's aid. Guy seems a better poster boy than Jesus in every way possible.

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"What, no 'how are you'? No questions about my health or whether I've been eating right? I'm beginning to think you don't care about this relationship." You frown, adjusting your shades.

Her neutral expression tilts into a glare, "Oh rest assured, I care very, very much about the state of affairs between you and I. Start talking."

You spread your arms wide, "I was just trying to make a living."

"We imprison people who make a living the way you do, Starwind, we find desolate little work camps on barren little asteroids where there's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide and we grind them down slow, day after day, until there's nothing left of their smug little expressions, Starwind. I have five or six in mind just for you." She says flatly.

"It's sweet that you think about me so much." You waggle your eyebrows at her, "Anyway, I was following a lead on Green Skull remnants, looking for something nice to take as a souvenir from their base, when I found myself interposed between an Avalonian cruiser and one of your own vessels...apparently captained by a former pirate. Can you imagine that? I guess he somehow got...missed...when you were assigning people to prison camps for making a living. In fact, you seem to have made the man a Captain."

She snorts derisively, "He was willing to work with us and paid off his debt to society. I seem to recall a similar offer being made to you involving SOUL."

"And the fact that I've said no shows the difference between me and him. So, the good Captain Pomade..." You try to continue, but she cuts you off.

"Is dead or imprisoned after you attacked his ship."

"Is probably going to die, yes, after he opened fire on one of our vessels and met a retaliatory barrage." You explain.

She sighs heavily, "Such a fool. Very well, so long as I don't have to see him again, I don't care. Get on with it, I'm curious whether your assessment of events matches with the accounts from SOUL B."

[Continued]

>>836874
She had nothing to do with Wedge, he isn't under her command

>>836874
We could say that it still doesn't lessen the value of our paladin, considering it's still one less paladin against the forces of the SSL

>>836886
You guys know that they are going to cruxcify AND burn her alive on live TV....Right?

>>836906
Not our problem.

>>836909
Roarke's penis would beg to differ. Also me, because she's a waifu and thus will give us a perk when Roarke gets it on with her. All the waifu perks have been useful.

>>836906
and you do know that we're not letting Lori go either way right? We're using Fairchild as a stalking horse for the maximum value of her ransom.

>>836918
We dont even know she is a woman yet. We only saw her mech get critted to death.

>>836922
Oh, you were talking about the other chick, Not!Bloodborne Lady. I thought you meant Lori.

The other chick's probably a secret waifu for Amos.

>>836906
She's not in Fairchild's jurisdiction.

>>836922
We're talking about Lori, not Bloodborn

>>836920
If we're doing that we need to find a way to make the diplomats cause a scene so we have reason to kick them out. If we just say no then they can start running "Roarke is a traitor and is conspiring against Sol"

>>836934
Well, the Duke just needs to give he best deal and while the auction may start with money, ships, hostages, or other terms can sweeten the deal.

>>836934
I was talking about Bloodborn, she is the one in SSL hands, and i think that she still have a high chance of being executed on live stream even if she isn't on Fairchild hands exactly...

>>836940
The only problem is if we take the offer from the Duke then Fairchild can play s like we're the bad guy. And we're totally going Art of the Deal on this, start out high with things we don't even want and work them down to what we do want

>>836945
All the better for us then

>>836945
Not our problem.

>>836951
Thats if the Deal is only favorable for us. To raise the 'price' we can do other demands that the others would like aside from Fairchild. A ceasefire, return of PoWs that we can ransom back, plenty of means to do so that allows us to use our new wealth. Buying time would only help fairchild and the Navy due to their tech, so it would be hard to spin.

>>836951
Fairchild is going to call us evil whatever we do. Hell, she's already tried to get permission for an all out military strike on us several times. Stop worrying about pissing her off and have fun pissing her off.

>>836957
I don't think Lori is going to take the public execution of her mentor very well

>>836968
Anon I enjoy pissing Fairchild off just fine and I know she's going to do it regardless, but that doesn't give us any reason to not think how she can spin things we do. If she gets people to believe we're siding with the Greenmen then we lose all of our good will from the people of Sol and we'll most likely have people desert or try and mutiny. We have to be careful of what we arm her with and what we have to counter her

>>836934
To the UJCIDF and Mars, Lori becomes a POW/Ambassador under the Iron Kestrels. One time payment to ensure she will never fly again against Solar interest for the duration of the conflict. If the Avalonians managed to pay her ransom, she is to be appointed Ambassador to the Auditorium with conditional diplomatic immunity.

>>836978
She's already accused us of MASS MURDER. Everyone now knows that she was either lying or wrong. So in addition to her willingness to make shit up and manufacture evidence, people are less likely to believe her anyway

>>836970
Still not our problem. If you start wars you have to be prepared for people to die.

>>836987
She'll have evidence if we give her over to the Duke

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"As a true patriot of the Solar System, I mercifully let the Cleander survive and took it under my protection. I run a welcoming group of people, and I'm especially welcoming to another missile cruiser. Thanks for that, Fairy, you're a real princess." You lift your shades to wink at her.

She has an expensive-looking lotus-shaped paperweight of orange and red glass on her desk, and her fingers close around it as her shoulder tenses in preparation to throw...but she lets it go, "Every time, Starwind. Every time I think you cannot possibly sink lower, you prove me wrong."

"I enjoy proving you wrong, I hope to do so many more times in the future. Relationships are a journey of discovery, after all. Anyway, I was pleased to see my esteemed compeers, Lieutenants Blanchett and McAllister, leading the unlucky Captain Pomade's reinforcements. It's a little odd, Lieutenants outranking Captains, isn't it?"

"SOUL enjoys special privileges, as you could potentially have discovered for yourself. It's necessary in these times." She responds smoothly.

"I'm sure it is. So, I was pleased to see my brother-in-law, and an old friend of my father's. After a brief conversation in which Ensign Young's mech was unfortunately damaged due entirely to his own stupidity..." You continue.

"Mmmh." You see something unusual, Fairchild smiling, "Oh yes. I saw that on the Slayer's sensor recording. That was...that was perversely enjoyable."

"Don't take perverse enjoyment from my wife's sharpshooting." You chide her.

She slams her fist down on the deck, "Then don't take perverse enjoyment from MY PILOTS!" She rubs her chin contemplatively, "I think I'll take my first vacation on Mars this year. Yes, Martian women are so, so lovely sometimes..."

"There are people I like having this kind of conversation with, you aren't one of them. Anyway, after that, we had a sporting little duel between two junior pilots who'd had a previous encounter." You shrug nonchalantly, "Mine won and tied up their score."

"You mean you wasted military resources on a glorified cockfight and damaged two ace mecha with a base full of Avalonian troops and pirate scum sitting right at your back." She quips.

You frown, feigning injury, "Some of my best friends are pirate scum, how rude. At any rate, the adults decided to join forces, purge the station, and share the data remaining in the facility's computers...a condition that Captain Pomade had previously had some difficulty complying with."

[Continued]

>>836980
UJCIDF just wants to kill her in the most dramatic way possible...

Mars MAY be okay with us keeping her prisioner of war.... As she is an augmented being with mysterious and very possible dangerous capabilities... but i think they would prefer to just have her killed in the most dramatic way possible too.

People said that i'm shill for Avalonians, but being shill with Martians can be almost as bad, don't forget it, they are still religious fanatics for most part.

>>837000
Not only is bloodborne chick it not our problem, helping her would look like a big glaring sign that we are on Avalons side, which we are not. People wont just accept that we are on the side of our penis.

>>836995
Oh boy, this is getting good, i can't wait to get on the jobing part.

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>>837000

>>837015
Anon, please, calm down, i've never said that we should go to help her, i just brought attention to the fact that she is probable going to be executed in the most dramatic way on live stream... What is true.

But i don't even know how we could help her with her being on the other side of Qu'lir, stop with the non-sense.

>>836970
Is she her mentor? I don't remember that... but as sad as this can be, i don't see how helping her could do us good... And the fact is, soldier know what they are in for, and Jupiter isn't the only one killing people... Even if you could argue that they may be the most dramatic and maybe sadistic about it.

>>837000
When they murder 2/3 of Humanity wanting to kill all of them is completely justified

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"...And then Josiah, Clemmy, and I went and tore most of their Knights apart." You smile at the memory. It was a good fight, although you'd have preferred to take everyone hostage instead of being forced to kill so many skilled pilots. You don't mention the other squads, better she not be thinking too hard about the Blanchetts right now, they still have family on Europa.

Fairchild, however, is determined to disappoint you, "Along with the Blanchetts and one of the participants in the cockfight."

You shrug grandiosely, "I thought it would be nice for the twins to spend time together. Anyway, just as we were winning, your niece broadcasts this...this thing. This cheer."

Fairchild glowers, "And what exactly is wrong with a morale-boosting team cheer? Focus groups suggest..."

Now it's your turn to cut her off, "No. It was terrible. The people who join focus groups are terrible. Everything about it was awful, especially the part where one of SOUL A's pilots is apparently the clone of their goddess and they saw her face."

General Fairchild's mouth twists, "Nobody knew that Naomi Heim was a clone of, specifically, the Lady of the Woods these Avalonians venerate. We assumed her progenitor was deceased, and I think the course of action we chose was best. We kept an eye on her, let her grow up normally, and had trained personnel on hand to deal with her if the situation went sour. What would you have done, Roarke? Killed a bright-eyed little girl whose only crime was being a bit of a brat? Told her what she was? What then? She'd know how hated she would be if people knew what she was, what do you do if she cracks under the weight of that malice? Or if she sympathizes with her own people? Can you honestly say you would have done anything different?"

>[Yes (specify what)]
>[Not really]

>>837028
I always forget, was it 2/3 murdered or 2/3 lost during the war? Because I remember a reference to Jove toasting more than one planet for not siding with them.

>>837015

She's also on Qu'lir and somewhat out of your reach unless you come up with a daring plan to sneak through the Gate of Jupiter aboard a troopship or something.

>>837033
how about not playing something that would mindfuck her in the middle of battle.

>>837033
>I would have left her wherever I found her and forgotten her

>>837036
Because they were being mind controlled by spores mate.

>>837028
First: I've never said on this thread that this isn't justified.
Second: They didn't, the Greenman did, avalonian isn't the same thing even if the last greenman are leadering it, and they never went on "LETS KILL ALL THE SOLAR ABORIGENES!" plan this whole quest.

Third: Martians aren't exactly dangerous only because of their greenman hate, the problem is that the only thing that may be stopping them on going on a holy war with everyone else now IS Avalon, they are RELIGIOUS extremists, and you can never trust them to be completely reasonable with you if you don't share their point of views.

But i'm almost okay with them, and think that their leader may be a more moderate guy than he lets on.

>>837033
> I would have told her the truth in a controlled environment, rather than have someone shove it down her throat in the middle of a war zone.

>>837036

Lost. A lot of people were killed by the Green Men. A lot of people were spored or collaborators and consequently killed by the SSL. A lot of people were caught in the crossfire. Some places, the entire population died just because the war interrupted the shipments of some essential thing for survival to the location of their colony or world.

>>837033
Yes, by example, not letting a military situation be determined by a 16 hormonal jumped up wannabe pop idol.

>>837054
>talks shit about religious extremists
>while defending religious extremists
Never change Brazil.

>>837054
They worship a Greenman, they kill themselves for her. They deserve what they get.

>>837033
>>[Yes (specify what)]
For starters? Talk about this sort of stuff in a controlled manner and explain things to her, allowing her to form a rational decision and give her the help she needed. She had a break down to the point where it caused the situation because Jesus and that other pilot kept hammering her IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE FIELD. There was no trying to reason with her or teaching her how to control herself and due to that, this happened. Hell, if we have the data from the Swordfish, Jesus shot first, instigating things and Naomi went to protect Caesar.

>>837054
About as moderate as a not!Taliban warlord with a literal cult of personality can be.

>>837033
>[Yes (specify what)]
Not be stupid enough to take the chance she could be recognized, even if she wasn't a clone of the Lady the Avalonians might still know what the other green men looked like.

Also just leave her with her family instead of giving her special forces levels of training and making her one of the best pilots in the galaxy. It would be a much better idea to just leave her with her family and watch her, to make sure she doesn't do anything bad. It's like keeping something a secret, if you don't want people to know you don't draw attention to it. If you don't want a greenman to start a second greenman war, you don't teach them how to do it.

Obviously you can use whatever writer's discretion you want Wong. Really only the message of "You made the problem worse than it should have been" matters.

>>837000
Isn't that's why we're negotiating? We're making sure we're getting both the cake and eat it too.

>>837033
>[Not really]
From what i remember the only reason why we are in this situation is because Fairchild put her niece and Jesus in charge.
Im sure if it was anyone eles things wouldn't have escalated to the breaking point.

>>837066
THIS
>>837064
It isn't hard for me to understand a perspective of "HAVE TO KILL EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T AGREE WITH ME" or "LIVE TO SERVE X CAUSE", seriously, and thats why i'm not exactly "angry" at any of them to think this way, neither angry about Avalon or the Martians, even if i get angry about they being dumb to the point of thinking that this is really a good plan or that it is necessary, and sad because they are really going with it and killing themselfs that way. But exactly because of this i know that there isn't any point of TRUSTING ANY OF THEM, because any time they WILL trun on us if they belive that this is for the better.

At least the Avalonians are dumb enough to challenge you on a duel or be dramatic at this, with makes them a little less psychotic than the martians that will kill you in your sleep.

TL;DR: I'm not saying that they are wrong on being crazy fanatics, but you can't trust them anyway. One man's hero is another man's monster.

>>837068
From what we heard of them now... I don't think he is the fundamentalist type that puts his scripture above everything else... And thats why he got on power, because he seems to believe of doing whatever is best to protect his people and faith on the long run, including creating things on the fly "Lets ban humanoid mecha to create a market for Martian mecha" and adapt to the circunstances "Let make an religious interpretation that reflects the need of the state right now...".

This is the vibe i've got from him, from everytime his actions were commented on by wong.

So whats the over under that Fairy records all of our conversations? I mean she got a pretty damning sound clip from the last one

>>837106
Fairchild? 75%
Bethany? 99.99%

>>837066
Hell, the whole idea of designing machines SPECIFICALLY to take her down would have caused stress for ANY ace or pilot. Greenman or not. I mean, this entire thing was going to happen one way or another because these are teenagers! Hormones! Bad decisions! Trying to figure themselves out! They require some actual guidance and control rather than all this subterfuge which has proven to not really help if Orange Pekoe is an example of that. How did that turn out? 1 became bluegill joe, one fathered us, one became Josiah, and one murdered the other and later became a Paladin. Hell, we're pirates and we don't even do this sort of shit 'for the greater good' or not!

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"Yes." You immediately reply.

The silence stretches out for a moment, before the General gestures impatiently for you to continue.

"Instead of telling her in the middle of a war zone I would have told her the truth in a controlled environment and explained things to her, allowing her to form a rational decision and give her the help she needed..." You start.

Fairchild slams her palm down on the desk, "Idiot! A controlled environment? Rational choice? You mean put her in a padded cell and tell her that her options are to serve the ones who destroyed her people fr the rest of her life or to be executed on the spot? Give her help coping with the fact that she's a living weapon? Great plan, Starwind. Just great. I'm sure she'd handle that so well."

You can raise your voice too, and raise it you do, "Then I would have LEFT HER WHERE I FOUND HER and not given her special forces training and made her into one of the most lethal pilots in the UJCIDF ON THE FRONT LINE AGAINST AVALON!"

"We don't have a choice!" General Fairchild snaps back, "We need every skilled pilot we can get, and she's too talented to ignore. If we didn't husband the development and expression of that talent, it could have manifested in some less controllable way. In all likelihood, she would have signed up even without our interference."

"Alright, barring hypotheticals about the childhood of a girl I barely know, I can point to one big mistake, and you can't weasel away from this one. Your niece, a hormonal teenager with probably the same jealousy issues as her aunt, hammered her with the fact of her heritage on the battlefield, at the worst possible moment. At least, according to Caesar..." You start.

Unfortunately, you're interrupted again, "Caesar? Who?"

"Heinrich. Merrow. The one with the Swordfish. Apparently his friends call him Caesar." You clarify.

She nods, "I'm not his friend, so I'll stick to calling him Ensign Merrow...and a damned disappointment."

"I'm not disappointed at all. He beat most of SOUL B on his own." You point out. "He ripped their mecha in half."

She rolls her eyes, "Yes, I know you're very, very impressed by crude butchery of all sorts, I've seen your videos. Someone who attacked his allies and allowed a prime military asset to be stolen by Avalon doesn't impress me in the slightest."

You tap your fingertips on the table, "According to the flight recorder for all three mecha, Jesus shot first. He opened fire on Caesar, and Naomi Heim retaliated, Caesar was acting in self-defense."

Fairchild pauses as though she's just thought of something, then nods. There's a satisfied, catlike smile blossoming on her unpainted lips that you like even less than her usual sour mien, "To summarize, mistakes were made by B's junior pilots, violence broke out, and then...Merrow sought your protection and you accepted, only to get ambushed by the leader of the Avalonian fleet and defeated, correct?"

>[Yes]
>[No!]

>>837120
she's trying to pin Noami's kidnapping on us.
Clever girl

>>837120
>>[No!]
>I never fought him and as far as it being my fault Naomi was captured, it never would have happened if the two idiots didn't decided to act up and Josiah didn't try and keep me from getting out there to fight

>>837120
You really aren't fooling me with this wordplay shit Fairchild. If you want to say something, say it because this PR and manipulation of what happened is not helping either of us.

>>837120
Don't try to say it's my fault, your pilots are the one that made the problem as bad as it could possibly be. There's no way to get around that. Well, you could lie, but that didn't turn out so great for you last time.

>>837120
>[No!]
>I wasn't even there, Asteroid?Knights? Remeber? Do you have short term memory Fairchild? Don't you have the recordings of Josiahs mech?

>>837120
You know, I really don't know why I bother answering your calls anymore. You obviously aren't prepared to accept the fact that you made a mistake putting your niece in SOUL.

>And fucking hang up on her

>>837127
Calm down. It's obvious she is trying to play us one way or another. She is going to make the Paladin the fall guy. A 'uniting threat'. One we will have to work together to face. My bet is she will just want to keep the follies mum.

>>837138
CommanderShepardintensifies.gif

>>837120
I would say Caesar wasn't officially inducted until later, so he actually asked us to help us get her back, not to protect her. The loss of their precious eugenics clone is on them, who failed to protect her, after they opened fire on her.

Honestly her trying to get sound clips and doctored audio is so apparent it hurts. Even more so when there will be so much evidence against it that it hurts. I don't see how anyone believes a word she says. GYchan was right.

>>837120
>If by defeated you mean being unable to clean up after a mess left by your inexperienced officers before their mistake escalated out of control do to unforeseen outside intervention while simultaneously capturing an Avalonian strong hold in the belt? Then yes

Took a lot longer than I thought it would to deal with stuff today, But I am here now

>>837144
Space Hillary anon

>>837144
GYchan is always right

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>>837144
>tfw GYchan /pol/ was right all along, space madness is a meme, the jovians are controlled by the jews and meme magic is real.

Also THIS

>>837145
Hello senpai, how are you doing?

Just had a horrible thought. What if Jesus and Darth Idol are actually Project Neverland subjects? That 'Jesus' is a mask persona donned by Young because of a Hero Complex that also hampers his piloting skills. Which explains why Darth Idol has the piloting skills of Rejoice! And why Fairchild favors them so much.

Good morning from europe.

>>836524
>Their sole flaw seems to be the one physical trait they all share, which I hypothesize stems either from some odd fetish of the project head or comes from a desire to identify them easily
Soo, albinism? Or the hair?

>>836705
Yeah, Reis for sure.

Rolled 2, 3, 2, 4, 4 = 15 (5d6)

>>837150
ignore these rolls. gotta make a sacrifice to the Dice Gods

>>837153
I'm good, Happy to at least catch the later half of the thread live
Enjoying Wong trickling the Space Jam pilots into the story

Glad I caught this while it was still running. Usually only get to read it after the fact. Really enjoy this quest Wong. Hits a lot of notes for me, and makes my day enjoyable. Anyway, was putting a mech together for the space jam and was hoping someone would review it and tell me how shit it is.
http://pastebin.com/yAXfHGSK

Rolled 5, 4, 2, 5, 4 = 20 (5d6)

>>837168
You done fked up anon.

Rolled 4, 4, 4, 5, 1 = 18 (5d6)

>>837168
Do better

>>837175
it's why i'm sacrificing rolls.
gotta 1 on the opening blow in a fight against Not!Armstrong

>>837170
Not a bad little machine. It's pretty average at everything but covers a lot of weak points. GES I can see causing trouble in space since it can't propel you, but it's a pretty simple set up.

>>837170
>>837184
Also no energy pools for space jam I'm pretty sure.

>>837170
Hey man, from the perspective of someone who has been a watcher for this whole time, how would you rate our namefags in a scale of 1(TOP Douchebag) to 10(Actually pretty cool)?

Or you can just rate me if you want... i'm curious.

>>837188
they at an 8. not as bad some others on this site and definitely not Planefag tier

>>837190
As long as I'm better then Sleepy I'm happy

>>837169
>http://pastebin.com/yAXfHGSK
Oh man, i'm really enjoying this, i never had really understood the autism level of our pilots before seeing Not!Hunk and Akai on action... And it seems to just get better!

>>837193
who was that again? i seem to recall a tripfag of that title, from where i don't remember

>>837195
She's in a lot of quests. She used to be here but threw a fit when we went with the Harem route and left

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"Are you trying to pin Naomi's kidnapping on me? Because I'm getting real tired of this wordplay shit, Fairchild. If you want to say something, say it, I got out of a very warm bed for this and I'm regretting answering this call more and more every minute. Your pilots are the ones who fucked up, and there's no way to avoid it, other than lying about it...which, I believe, could end up backfiring spectacularly." You cross your arms.

Her smile only widens, "Now why would I do something like that? Naturally YOU had nothing to do with Naomi Heim's kidnapping. In fact, you've done absolutely nothing wrong, and I'm going to make sure EVERYONE knows that. Why, tomorrow morning, we'll be airing footage of you, Lieutenant McAllister, and Clemmy fighting the good fight together, tearing up Knights for the good of the Solar System...and we'll be airing it a lot. A lot. We'll make a recruitment commercial out of it, in fact. What happened with Pomade can be dealt with, and seeing as I doubt Ensign Merrow was ever OFFICIALLY inducted into your pirate band...why, you're going to walk away smelling like roses. I'm sure even your valiant efforts to protect the Heim girl from being taken by the dreadful enemy Paladin will come in useful, Lieutenant McAllister's mech recorded that too. Roarke Starwind, Solar patriot. What a man for children to look up to." She applauds slowly, grinning. "Of course, SOUL A will officially be placed on deep-cover assignment...for now...and between you and me Lysa and Keith are on Shetland Maintenance Bay Duty for this. The public doesn't need to know more about what happened OR that Naomi Heim is a Green Man clone. It would be awful if you told anyone, Starwind, the girl does have a family who could suffer awfully as a result." Her eyes gleam.

"What possible incentive do I have to protect your reputation rather than showing off my new ace pilots and ace mecha and smearing your reputation to the press?" You question, quite reasonably.

"Because you get 16-Psyche. Or would you rather I take my flagship and whatever Wels and Channel classes I can get by expending all the favors I'm owed to go hunting you with? Your fleet would have to be split right now, correct?" Her eyes narrow slightly, "I wonder...are more of your ships with you at 16-Psyche...or back at Auditorium with your dear Red Siren? Help the war effort and get a base that made even those pathetic Green Skulls into a force to be feared, or fight me head-to-head. Obviously, only one answer is sane and logical...but part of me hopes you'll pick the other one. Your choice."

>[Your response?]

>>837197
How do you know that was Sleepy? I thought that was just some random drawfag

>>837201
No drawfag was a different person, she did that too

>>837194
Oh... the pastebin just got there on accident.

>>837190
Also, no energy pools anon, and the GES seems kind of useless if our battles happen to be on space(which is the most possible outcomes).
Good idea on the phalanx, though.

...And i was making a mecha called Chimera to... Now i need another name.

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>>837194
He had a lot of time to perfect his autism

>>837184
Thanks. Was kind of worried that it might be under par considering some of the other entries. I see what you mean about GES, and I think I might have confused the fact that Thrusters can be used as GES at no cost for being GES.
>>837187
Right, back to the drawing board then.
>>837188
I'm going to have to agree with >>837190
on this. Especially since I was there when Planefag first started his quests. This quests namefags are on the tame side.

>>837198
Clever, clever girl. we play along and everything will be fine. we don't and both fleets will get attacked and hunted down

>>837198
>I'm going to enjoy killing you and by Jove I'll make sure its slow. Play the damn recording.

>>837208
we went through a fuckton of namefags in Planefags quest. like around 10 to 15 maybe?

>>837198
I'd figure you'd have read those psych profiles on me enough to know that threats are the absolute last thing you should be using.

>>837198
Well, I called it. She's got us there and as is we do need to solidify before trying anything. Go right ahead Fairchild.
>>837211
Might want to tone down the rage. We'll get her yet, but this will have to do for now until the Space Jam.

>>837220
Roarke's a pretty angry person when you threaten people he loves

>>837212
The only notable one that left any impression on me was panzerhexen. The rest were mostly obnoxious and we are better off forgetting.

>>837198
>Your right, its insane, but you make it very, very tempting. Are we done here?

>>837198
"Alright, fine but you know that means you're going to have to help rescue naomi from the avalonians eventually if you run that story."

>>837224
Yes, but rage right now will push her to get what she wants.. which is destroying us. We WILL get justice, but for now we need to gather things up. Put that rage into our training and reading. We will take her down yet.

>>837198
"Fine, air whatever press release you want. Makes no real difference to me. But ask yourself one thing Hermione: what would my mother think of the person you are today?"

Then hang up.

>>837198
>If you throw in some video footage of Jesus and your niece on shetland duty I suppose we can work something out. Besides Clemmy wants for us to get along so badly.

>>837230
Its a character flaw Roarke has though, its not the best course of action by far but its how he is

>>837198
>Sure that works. No need to go out of my way to make you look bad, you do that just fine by yourself. Ill stay out of eachothers hair just this once. But dont get it twisted Fairchild if you ever threaten my people with anything more than empty words, you can consider yourself a dead woman.

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>>837198
>>837220
>>837224
>>837227
>>837228
>>837233
>>837234

Guys... I'm very sleepy now, to the point of talking about "understading why people can think that genocide is okay" and "of course the avalonians and martians are in the same level of autism: Because one man's hero...", so please help me understand this...

WHAT ON VALHALLA IS SHE ASKING OF US?

If i'm reading this well... Is she asking us to give Ceasar and Pierre back? Is she asking us to pose patriotic with her? Is she asking us to ally with the jewvians(as Gychan calls them) officially?

Meh, we can take on two Wells, and i REALLY DOUBT IT that she can send more than one here.

I didn't even know Sleepy was a she. I wonder if the harem thing put most femanons off, but...it was something I was strongly considering from the beginning. Greater acceptance of marriages structured like Roarke's is a natural result of 2/3 of humanity being gone. Gotta get that birthrate up.

Tell me the Planefag stories, I only read the first SWQ until around the point where the original protagonist and Redheaded Wolf Butt Girl Minna Whatshername got together.

So, bets on the next tourney pilot to show up?

I'm torn between McClintock and Maxwell.

>>837243
I think she's just saying dont stir shit up and I wont come fight you.

>>837243
She is saying she is going to air the footage. We keep everything and she gets PR which is a major win for her and makes the best of a bad situation.

>>837243

She's asking you to play along with her official propaganda line in exchange for 16-Psyche.

>>837226
i remember some of the drawfags. at least they made some good shit

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>>837249
I bet Akai's monthly box of chocolates from samubuy on Maxwell.

>>837249
I'm going to go with the old lady

>>837252
Wong, do we know how many wells they have on this system? It doesn't seem like a hard thing to know when they are so big and rare nowadays.

They need at least one of them on each gate all the time, and we can't take on one or maybe even two, guys.

Yeah, i know i'm going full Thunderbird here, but i really think it is feasible.

>>837261
Sorry
> we CAN take on

>>837245
Did we even really have femanons?

>>837253
Speaking of drawfags I wonder what happened to ours? We had that guy who was doing the sick Kaiser on a sheet of paper, the one who did the op images, the guy who drew maid Clemmy, and the other one who did Amos's squad

>>837261
Woah there. We are in no shape to take on a Wels fleet with something much bigger. It's not a matter of 'we can take them' its a matter of our forces being split. Wherever WE are, they won't go for. So we'd lose half our forces AND our base if we decided to be spiteful for no reason.

>>837253
I still have a couple of the pics from back then. Wish I could post one of them, but they're on my laptop, and my tablet cord has been freaking out a lot lately. Still, the quality is superb.

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>>837273
I was kinda curious and wanting to ask about this for some time... But this being 4chan, and with the "there is no girls on the internet thing" i was just going to let it go.

But in the name of sheer human curiosity, what is your genders kestrels?(If you are okay with answering this...) Do we have any femanon here?

>not that i may be a girl or anything...baka

>>837284
just forget about it, you are right, it must have been the eurobeat getting me hotblooded,

>>837293
I sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter.

>>837245
That's about where that quest died, though he came back. A couple of years ago and started up a KanColle quest, with much the same turn out. He recently tweeted that he'd start it back up if Trump won, but we'll see if he actually does. I'm personally not holding my breath that he will.

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"You're right, it is insane, but you make it very, very tempting." You tell her, your eyes locked and neither of you giving an inch.

"It's a very mutual feeling, what's your answer?" Static practically leaps between your eyes, a raw live wire of hatred.

"Go ahead and air your footage, show whatever you want. It will make Clemmy happy to see us getting along. We have a deal, but..." You clench your fists, leaning forward slightly, "I'd have figured you would have read my psych profile enough to know that threats are the absolute last thing you should be using. One of these days, I'll be the one to bring you down, and by Jove I'm going to enjoy it."

"Again, that feeling is entirely mutual." Her voice is nearly a hiss.

"You know this means for your story to hold water, you'll eventually have to help rescue Naomi Heim?" You question her.

Her answering smile is as hard as the alloy that composes the Kaiser's knuckle armor, "Oh yes. And you, of course, will be right there with me, won't you? I hope Gretchen Colburn is nearby, what a photo opportunity that will be."

"I'm sure." You grit your teeth.

General Fairchild smiles patronizingly, "Give my love to Clemmy, she deserves better than you. Nonetheless, this could be the beginning of an extremely profitable friendship for you. Don't disappoint me."

"Hold on." You manage to say while she's reaching for the button. Her finger pauses. She's curious, you can tell, and secure in her triumph, "You obviously knew her for a long time, what do you think my mother would think of the woman you are now?"

Instead of an answer, Fairchild terminates the call. Really, you expected nothing else. You feel like you've won, but it's a hollow victory.

For now.

You lean back in the chair and let a smile creep over your face, wondering how she'll react when you swipe Naomi for your crew. The thought calms you down, and bed with Karen sounds so good that your limbs ache just from not being swaddled in blankets and cuddles. Yes, back to bed, that's a good idea.

>>837301
you will note planefag never actually specified which year's January he'd restart the quest.

>>837298
Ha

>>836139

I might visit Brazil someday, and if I do, sure!

>>837314
>10 years later

>>837193
Oh man, watching sleepy go full retard in real time because we went down harem route was hilarious.

>>837321
Sleepy went full mental in nearly every quest

>>837321
It felt pretty good considering she ruined Wrestlequest and lead to it being dropped

>>837321

Really? I only remember ignoring one post she made about it.

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>ITT: Sleepy's tripfag stories.

>>837318
>i'm already having ideas of many cool things to show you during a week, including BBQ and maybe a visit to the Summer Palace of the Last Emperor.

>>837313
>[Continue]?

>>837338

Yes, continue tomorrow.

>>837335

Sugoi!

>>837329
Man, sleepy was complaining a lot about Sam and how Anons were betafags trying to go for both and then stormed off when you made it canon. Only to fuck up Fortress Sky quest and others.

i didn't realise sleepy was a turbofemanon. Way sleepy wrote was more towards a dude if anything else.

>>837346
I'm not entirely certain she isn't a guy who does it for the attention. I mean his hate of Sam was a little weird

>>837343
Thanks for running Wong.

How much did that last jab affect Fairchild?

Can you weigh in on the Tourney Pilot appearance bet?

>>837249
Not!Doan makes more sense unless Wong can write in why McClintock is at the Auditorium 3 months early.

>>837350
He's VERY eager.

>>837346
Man, I'm usually against harems myself since they always come across as the lazy way to deal with waifu wars, but goddamn I've never shit up a quest about it.

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>>837343
>pic related

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>>837355
>>837343

>>837249
>Gareth spends 2 months drinking his way under ever bar table on the Auditorium

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>>837348
>implying that most women doesn't automatically dislike traps.

>>837354
Almost this, i don't like most of harems because they seem artificial and out of place... what isn't the case of this quest, but i still think that Roarke have it almost too easy to keep them happy... And that the uneding number of descendants will make things very problematic in the future...
But i'm not having a fit and storming out of this quest because of this.

>>837349
I too would love to know how this jab hurt for her XD

>>837343
Thanks for running Wong... This was a pretty good session too, even if we didn't do anything major. It is also being a blast to have the challengers introduced this way XD.

>>837355
>>837357

I wish I still had some vacation time left this year. Also money. Brazil is so comfy.

>>837354
Only waifus I need are the mechanical multi-ton sort.

>>837377
Lies of a denial fag. Everyone needs a waifu, whether it be text, 2D, or even 3D.

>>837368
>but i still think that Roarke have it almost too easy to keep them happy...

Things would be much, much, much worse without Fatima around. Rosita also deserves some credit, I almost didn't realize at the time what a huge deal it was that she taught Clemmy some respect for Roarke's other women, because it got her out of the "Roarke is mine because I'm the strongest and love him the most and will savagely beat up any hussy in my way" mindset. Clemmy would otherwise have likely been a time bomb for harem drama.

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>>837379
I have plenty of waifus

>>837383
Anon, I don't know how to tell you this but thats a man

>>837387

No, that's a hygogg.

>>837343
It will be interesting to see what upgrades are offered to us as well as dealing with the after effects of this. We certainly have the CP for it.
>>837249
Whatever fits, fits I say. Maxwell would make sense when it comes to sending the kids to an orphanage and is likely one of the few people who knows Moe's pain when it comes to a certain Martian girl's singing.

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>>837390
Ceasar knows it too... which made me remember something.
Guys... I think that Ceasar should made it up a little bit for Shulkrya... Not in a romantic sense, but it seems that child Ceasar didn't depart from her life on the best terms, maybe he should talk to her a bit about it to check if she is really cool with him now.
(and maybe hear what she have to say about her feelings for mohamed, it would be kawaii *-*)
>>837371
Depends on where you go and how you plan to spend your time, this country is crazy in many creative ways, and you could go on all sort of life-threathening adventures if you so desire... But i wouldn't recomend it.
But i live surrounded by a florest in a relatively calm place on Rio... So i can testify on the possible confyness ^^