>>897037
Vivian Helion

>>897037
Erin Sturm

Voting will close in 20 minutes.

>>897037
Sera Arnthis

>>897244
Just roll a d3 so you can continue with the rest, please.

>>897256
seconded

I'm going to go with a mix of these after five minutes. Other than that, next one to get a second vote wins.

>>897184
Seconded

>>897272
Well then.

You are Lady Knight Sera Helion of the house of Sturm. You are the first of the Phoenix Knights on this ship to awake.
You have been chosen for a difficult but incredibly important mission - establishing a foothold in the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster. You are to do this by any means necessary.

What do you do now?

>>897292
Get a full status report of everything since we've been asleep for 167 millennia.

>>897300
that goes without saying. inspect self, inspect surroundings, inspect equipment and transport etc.

>>897300
You ask the ship's computer for a status report.
"There is heavy damage to multiple systems. Most stasis pods' stabilization is non-functional. 11 more Phoenix Knights out of 25,000 are able to be reawoken. None of the 10 million Allies onboard may be reawoken safely. Current statistics:

>12/25000 Phoenix Knights available (including you)

>0/10000000 Allies available.

>Ship Health (overall): 2320/200000000

>Comms: Long-range (intergalactic) offline. Medium-range (interstellar) online. Short-range (interplanetary): online.

>Propulsion: Interplanetary: online. Interstellar: Online. Intergalactic: Crippled. Long-range cruise (intersupercluster): offline.

>Weapons: Point-defense: online. Broadsides: half-capability. Bombardment: quarter-active.

>Hangars: Undamaged.

>Engineering: Heavily Damaged.

>Stasis: Heavily damaged.

>>897336
Inquire as to the source of the damage, and if any messages were received during the trip.

>>897336
Maintenance crew is counted in the Allies number?
Hopefully a ship like that have some sort of auto-repair/maintenance mode or something.

>>897336
>>897343
>>897353
Allies are all aliens. Most of them do help in a support role, as Phoenix Knights are much better at combat, but there are some that can fight.
"The source of the damage seems to be collision. We probably impacted with an orphan moon in deep space, or something of the ilk."
Auto-repairs have already begun, but it will take more than a century to fix all the damage, as engineering is currently Heavily Damaged.

>>897387

Get yourself an analysis in the medical bay, just to check if your body didn't atrophy or suffer undersirable effects from being placed on stasis. Also include a brain scanning to check if there was any damage in our mental faculties or in our short/long term memory

>>897387
Nearby celestial bodies? Any communications in the area? Status of the armory.

>>897387
>it will take more than a century to fix all the damage
Jesus fuck, if we get Engineering up to speed will that reduce the delay by a significant margin?

We'll need a full report of everything that work, or rather doesn't work and what can be done to repair it.
Also get into contact with the others knights and starts heading to the different crucial systems to man them/repair/turn them on.

>>897400
The pod scanned you as you stepped out and reports no detrimental effects.
>>897401
You are within a system with 13 planets, and one Class-M White Star, and and asteroid belt. 3 of the solid planets possess an atmosphere. There are 7 Gas Giants, and 6 solid planets.
3 of the solids possess moons. All of the gas giants possess moons.
You detect no communication signals passing through the area.
The armory is mostly undamaged, but all stored weapons are built for Allies. Engineering can manufacture specialized weapons, vehicles, etc.
>>897464
Engineering repairs now focused. Estimated time of completion with current resources: 68 years.
Knight reanimation requires the presence of authorized personnel at the stasis pods.

>>897526
Any asteroids in the region that could accelerate the process?

>>897532
There is an asteroid belt, yes.

Please designate course of action.

>>897537

Use scanners to detect the ones rich in resources useful for us

>>897537
Head to the asteroid belt and build the things needed to get the foundries or whatever we use started on those repairs, head to the knights rendez vous points so we can review what's our mission and how to get out of this mess, turn all sensor to passive mode so we emit nearly 0 things that would make us appear on a radar.

>>897542
The ship moves to the asteroid field and deploys mining drones. They will strip all useful elements to be reconstituted later. (Repair speed halved.)

>>897553
The ship is passive except when actively scanning. It uses modulated frequencies and certain other methods for its communications and its scanners for its emissions to appear as background radiation.

>>897565
okay then, I'll just wait for you to post the Knights meeting.

>>897557
Clarification: repair time reduced to 34 years.

You raise your brother and sister Knights from their pods. They are:
Tech-Knight Malakir of Rubeus
Knight Tatania of Andromeda (Pegasus Armor)
Knight Markus of Ionius, an Arcanist
Knight Erzai of Teus-II
Knight Lizra of Chiron
Knight Maat of Trifesi, a medical specialist
Squire Morith, paired with Lizra
Page Torrin, medical training under Maat
Page Eezys, in navigation training
Page Estyra, mechanical training under Malakir
Page Soto, diplomatic and Arcanist training under Markus

You bring them to the bridge, and give them the status report. Malakir grumbles "I go to sleep for 167 milennia and the ship's already falling apart. I'll go see what I can do." (Repair speed increased. New ETR: 24 years.)
Markus and Soto comment that they can feel sapient minds on the fourth planet from the sun. The other Knights go get a bite to eat from the mess hall. You feel hungry yourself...

>>897692
eat

>>897734
You go and have a quick bite. Soto and Markus are sitting next to one another. Tatania, Lizra, and Morith are together. Maat and Erzai are talking with Eezys and Estrya.
Where do you sit and what do you eat?

>>897765
Soto and Markus

>>897773
So, you sit by Soto and eat Markus? Ok...
I'm not that dumb. You eat Generic Foodstuff(tm)

>>897765
You sit down next to Soto and Markus.
"Hello, Lady Sera," Markus says. "Some interesting news - all of the pods containing the command staff aren't stabilized. You are now the de facto commander of this mission."
Soto pipes up: "I was hoping we could investigate those life forms. I need practice in diplomacy anyways."
What do you say or do?

>>897820
First we need to secure a supply of food, water and repair material. after that ahs been done diplomacy may start.

>>897835
You have repair material coming in from the asteroid field. The ship has hydroponics - [ERROR-HYDROPONICS DAMAGED. FOOD SUPPLIES ESTIMATED AT {13} {MONTHS}. SECURE NEW SOURCE OF FOOD IMMEDIATELY.]
The ship can reconstitute water from unused hydrogen and oxygen.

>>897857
There should be water in the asteroid field too. WE can probably acquire fertile soil and foodstuff from the planet with the natives.

>>897864
So, move to the planet? (You can deploy a mining barge that'll bring the haul to the ship every 24 hours or so.)

>>897873
yes move to planet and deploy barge.

>>897894
"I agree on the point of the sapients, but our first and foremost concern should be resources. Our hydroponics are damaged, along with most of the systems on the ship. We need biomass and ore. Computer, deploy a mining barge and take us into orbit of the 4th planet."
You feel the familiar lurch of the Relativistic drives. You will arrive at the planet in roughly an hour.

>>897911
Look into any other issues the ship or crew may have. If they are none retire to our quarters for a shower and personal time.

>>897924
The ship and crew have no issues beyond those listed, mostly. They are all antsy and stressed from not having fought or done anything for millenia.

You retire to the Commander's quarters and shower. It feels incredibly relaxing to be out of your armor. You feel exhausted on exiting, however.

>>897938
Go to the infirmary see if anything is wrong with us.

>>897948
As stated before, your physical health is fine. you are simply tired.

>>897955

Just to make sure, check in the computer if the ship's envirnment is as sterile and sealed as it was millenia ago. With some systems malfunctioning as they do, we wouldn't want our unprepared immune systems to be caught off guard by a future virus or bacteria

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>897966
You check, just to make sure. Roll 1d100.

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>897976

Dice gods, don't fail me!

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>897976

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>897976

>>897985
>>898000
You feel confident there are no foreign or hyper-evolved bacteria here.
The way rolls work - if a challenged roll, I roll and that sets the DC. We're doing roll-above. If doing a basic roll, I'll set the DC based on what seems fair. All DCs I don't set are 40.

>>898068
Head back to our room, Time for some shut eye.

>>898101
You fall asleep quickly and easily. When you wake, you feel very well rested.
You are now in orbit of an unnamed planet, 4th from its sun.
Your visual scanners pick out feudal level technology and government systems.
The world is primarily comprised of forests with trees that naturally reach almost 2 km in height.

>>898068
Sleep, possibly after a nice self-induced orgasm , or not.

>>898125
Let's do some highest orbit bombardment of major city's.

>>898125

Debate with the rest of the knights if this planet is worth colonizing in the name of our ... empire was it? The natural resources sounds useful, but those primitive native lifeforms would be of no use for us and would take one or two generations to teach them how to handle technology to be our vassals.

>>898126
You have already slept, and have more important things to deal with then that.

Course of action regarding the planet?
PK Quest is not a lewd quest. If something of that nature happens, there will be a "fade to black." If you want smut, read Blatant Fetish Quest, on sup/tg/ under the tag of the same name. This is not a reprimand, just an FYI. I'm not confident to handle sex tastefully.

>>898162
See >>898154

>>898162
Blow the shit out of all major city's in a 500 mile Region and prepare to move in to fill the void In a month.

>>898154
You sit down with your fellow Knights.
"The natives may become useful Allies if allowed to prosper. I recommend peaceful contact," says Markus. "Of course, final decisions rest in your hands, my Lady."
>>898142
>>898182
"I am vehemently opposed to this! The unprovoked slaughter of a race hardly out of its infancy is the sort of thing the Great Enemy would do!" exclaims Maat. She seems concerned.
"We do need more resources, and having a few farmers on board might help the hydroponics," says Malakir.

>>898209
While killing them might be wrong, with out our guidance they will still engage in slaughter of one another. However manat might be right so I'll leave it up to other anons.

>>898209

Peaceful approach then. Do we have shapeshifting armor/clothes technology? They could be afraid of our armor and ships and would be easier to deal with them if we use attires proper of their culture

>>898226
>>898229
Diplomatic approach is completely up to you. Work it out, I'll be gone for about 45 minutes.

QM off mobile here. Assume everything is possible, cause mostly, it is.

>>898229
Would you be open to the idea of spying on, killing, and replacing their leadership?

>>898290

As the advanced civilization we are, we should prove to be the better people and not use methods unfit of us. As for the approach, perform as planned, still wear our powerful armor in case we are mistaken for hostiles and attacked, but camouflage them with whatever technology we have to make it resemble protective gear from their culture and have the helmet display be off so they see how we are.

Take examples of our technology, basic harmless stuff like holographs and sound recording devices to prove we come in peace from a civilization way advanced compared with theirs and make proposals for a mutual agreement that will benefit both parties. They will agree to work their resources for us, mainly foodstuffs while we give them knowledge of better techniques for farming and mining suitable for their current technology level and then slowly introduce them to better tecniques and tools, so the change from using a pickaxe to controlling a mining drone isn't as drastic when enough years have passed.

>>898383
I think we might be better off making our own food, and instead having them provide us with a tithe of troops.
And we should take a more leading roll in their society due to our large tech lead.

>>898445

I'm not sure they would be useful troops considering their tech level, probably only good enough to deal with enemy feudal lords and native wild beasts, and I don't trust primitives enough to wear our cutting edge weapons and armor.

But you are right, we could take a more leading role, but only through diplomatic leads. Sure, OP said our mission was to colonize this area of the universe using any methods available, but i'm not sure it is ethical to influence too much the natural progress of a civilization that hasn't even developed space travel technology and probably is still trapped in the era of warrying states and is divided in several tiny factions. I guess we could flex some muscle and prove the factions of this planet that is wise to ally with us, but don't be too forceful on them.

Should have taken the time to study the locals, learn their languages see how they relate to "foreign" groups of their own.

oh well.

15-ish minutes till I'm able to post regularly again.

>>898509
We could still watch them while we harvest more goods.
>>898472
As far as troops if we take in a generation of children we could train them into skilled spiders because as long we take them from their primitive setting they will be as fresh clay to be molded.

As far as ethics go I don't think there is any need to worry as sooner or later we would encounter one another. Better to save countless lives from common disease and petty wars.

>>898623
y not bcome gods to theses people?
i mena we are 12 supersolders
with a big as space ship
become theree gods and then fuck there womans and man

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>>898509
The xenos are living in a feudal society. Their planet is monocontinental, odd for a world of its age. The ships computer needs auditory contact with a native to translate the language, but it should be easily done. If necessary, Markus or Soto could translate telepathically.
>>898689
This is an option, though the teachings of the Phoenix advise against false gods.

I think the best thing we could do is set up six bases on the land to harvest materials, and let the locals think they make the first move all while we spy on them.

Here are some basic options to get the creative juices flowing:
>Set up a base
You could set up a base built around a shuttle, say, quite stealthily. This would allow observation and you to make first contact. You could also land somewhere very noisily and wait for the natives to make the first move.
>Orbital drop
You could orbital drop straight into or outside of a city, and storm the castle from there. Or, you could drop in the middle of nowhere and sneak into a city.
>Omega Protocol
Your ship may be crippled, but it still has the capability to wipe this race off of the face of their home planet. This requires a voting pool of at least five and 4/5 majority to perform.

>>898970
Do we have enough shuttles to set up a base overseen by each knight save us and Tech-Knight Malakir?

>>899027
Yes. The ship carries a complement of 15,000 shuttles.

>>899040
Then I vote we have Tatania, and Markus set up stealth bases, while Erzai, Lizra, and Maat set up with a fair bit of noise and pomp.

>>898886
totalt should go in soft at frist and find out which state/ lord would give us the most power for us to aid them in takeing over all the planet but make it clear that se are in charge
im sure that this iswill turn into some sort of holy war even if we dont try to make it one since tech about a certin leavl will look like magic these people are both going to love/hate worship us regardless what we do.
same thing happened when the spanish came to the aztics
we should make one of the peopel the chosin ones

I'm going to wait a while for consensus.

>>898970
Supporting this >>899076

>>899076
You put this plan into effect. Maat requests to switch places with Tatania. Do you send anyone or anything else? Do you grant Maat's request? Any specific strategies or tactics to follow?

>>899232
Have each knight accompanied by their paired squire or page with Erzai going down with Eezys, along with Tatania going withEstyra.

Allow Maat to swap places, but if Tatania does not have a more low key set of armor in the place of the Pegasus suit they should use a stealth base as well.

For tactics we should have Maat take samples of the local life forms as better medicine will bring the most good will.

The rest of the loud groups should set up a perimeter and enforce peace within it. Along with taking local samples to look for biomass harvest and mining nearby.

>>899313
Tatania wears standard armor - the Pegasus suit is akin to an exoskeletal attachment that allows flight and high speed maneuvering.
Your medical procedures mostly rely on nanobots, but you can synthesize a chemical treatment as well.
Clarify: one large base as the perimeter, or multiple small bases in an uninhabited or neutral area? Taking land from a government would most likely provoke aggression.

>>899346

Small bases in neutral ground. It's not like they really can do anything against our technology, so small bases should be enough in case we end up proving aggresion anyways.

>>899376
Clarification accepted.

You dispatch the Knights in shuttles. They all look eager to do something.
Tatania and Eezys go in fast and loud, along with Erzay (Estera) and Lizra (Morith). Maat and Torrin set down just outside a city. Markus and Soto do the same at what looks to be the most powerful city.

>>899398
You still here?

Yes, but it seems we're winding down for the night. Dinner calls! We will resume tomorrow!

When we pick up tomorrow can you tell us what the shuttles found?

Phoenix Knight Quest is back in business, baby!

The shuttles deploy the bases inside them with little incident. Natives soon appear at the "Loud" bases. They're humanoid, slightly shorter than the average Knight at 6', and quite thin, but lanky. Their frames are built for speed and agility over power, so they require their tamed beasts to do most of the farming for them.

>>901608

Make the base computers analyze their speech patterns and linguistics, probably they are talking each other about our bases and then use the data to add a translator app to the armors and computers.

>>901648
The ship's computer has analyzed and decrypted their language. All Knights can now understand it.
Alright, to clarify - nothing is really a barrier unless I specifically mention a problem (mostly). Minor things, like translation, water, etc, take care of themselves because EDVANCE TEKNOLOGEE HURR DURR.

>>901717
Take solid sample and local plane life samples.
Save plant life and look into what this world is predominately made of ie: iron, silver, or what other metal might make up the bulk of the terrain.

>>901717

Check if the atmosphere of this planet is breathable for your species. We can always terraform it later, but we could skip that step if we confirm this planet has the right amount of oxygen and doesn't present any substance in the air toxic for us.

The predominate ores on this planet are silver and iron. The atmosphere is breathable. You recover edible plant life. (Hydroponics repaired, food unlimited.)

>>901795

Engage into diplomatic encounter with the natives. Mention you come from an advanced nation and you request a meeting with the highest authority figure in those lands.

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>>901795
At each loud base have construction started on one tower near the perimeter edge. Build them in a style like pic related.

>>901826
Eh, let's do this instead.

Clarify: Do you personally parlay with the natives? Do you go to a city and request audience with the highest authority?

>>902235
Have the knights on the ground parlay with the native that go near or live near the shuttles.
They should inqure about culture, governments, and disputes.

>>902262

Sounds good to me. Listen from the common people what to expect from this world before dealing with the nobles

>>902262
>>902377
Tatania invites some natives into a shuttlebase, but they refuse to enter, claiming that they fear that entering the realm of the angels would destroy them. They are responsive to your questions. They reveal:

>"Our world is called Sreti. We believed it to be everything, before your arrival."
>"Most of our Kings are content to sit in their {HIGH PLACES} and watch us work to feed them. Some are kind, however."
>"If two cities do not belong to the same kingdom, they are at war, or at best indifferent. No exceptions, really."
>"On our world, height confers power. The taller you are, the more favorably you are looked upon."
>"The beasts in the forest are strong and fast, but they cannot climb. There are no climbers better than we Wreth."
>"Watch the skies for pale string on the solstice, for it means the arrival of a demon."
[Note: the solstices appear to coincide with the time that the 4th and 5th planets are nearest.]
Other than that, they mostly just bow and thank the Knights for the peace they enforce. They gently rebuke this behavior, and send them on their way.

>>904021
Have the knights on the loud ground begin building structure in the local style around the shuttle bases.
While we have Lizra and Morith retire to the ship to get ready to head the fifth planet to look for life on it.
While they travel do some basic scans of it.

As a side note a there any chance on recovering anyone still in stasis.

>>904136
You order Lizra and Morith back to the ship. What do you send them to the fifth planet in?
>Move the whole damn supercarrier
>Send them in a shuttle (scientific, gunship, other?)
>Send them in a battlecruiser
The knights begin the construction of highly vertical structures. They are still using advanced technologies to build them.

"Computer, is it possible to wake another Knight? How about an Ally?"

"The risk is great - 90% probability of death without stabilization. I cannot allow you to wake a Knight with those odds, but Allies are expendable."
>I'll take those odds. Wake up an Ally. (Specify what skills you want from said Ally.)
>It's too risky. Leave it be for now.

>>904254
This is me.

>>904254
Send a gunship they should possess good sensors and have the means to protect themselves. Both of which we need for the scouting trip.

Wake up some maintenance personnel allies to help with repairs and they are expendable. Even if we lose some they are easy to train up. So long as we don't lose any engineers who can teach them.

not worth the risk waking up the more valuable personnel.

>>904320
Require consensus on the point of reanimation for the allies.
Gunship confirmed. Sensor module upgrade complete.

>>904353
>>904320
So long as there is anyway to better their odds on survival we should let them sleep.

Is there anyone left in the thread? Please respond if so, otherwise I'm gonna shut down for the night.

>>904897
Still here.

>>904910
Cool.

The away team of Lizra and Morith has been dispatched. While fast, the gunship isn't quite as quick as the supercarrier, which you've just realized doesn't have a name. You should expect a report back in about two hours.

>Name the supercarrier
>Decide on a course of action regarding diplomacy

>>904931
I suck at names. So just keep bringing it up in the OP until anons agree on something is what I would suggest.

For the diplomacy...offer moderately better tech a bit beyond what they possess. To the aliens who agree to help us supply us. For the groups who agree introduce them to each other to help facilitate trade and alliances. Thereby insuring increased security for them and enhanced trade among themselves.

Can't give them too advanced technology given they wouldn't be able to make sense of it, but the stuff that is a bit ahead them currently should be enough for them to understand and make the correct use of.

Fertilizer for instance and crop rotation are good techs to offer them in the beginning. Which would be beneficial to us as it would increase their yields thereby aiding in our supply issue.

>>904969
They already know the basics of fertilizer and crop rotation. You could offer them genetically-enhanced crops or nanitic fertilizer if you so wished.
The city-states all already know of and about each other. When I said diplomatic policies, what I really meant was how do you go about making contact with the city state you choose? Barge in the front gate or politely request audience?

>>904931
>Decide on a course of action regarding diplomacy
Invite peons to fist our newly built towers, talking with the people, trying to find the person or group that is doing the most good will to lead a popular revolt.
>Name the supercarrier
Wings of the Void, or First Wing
I want to play on the wings because we are in the pegasus-Pisces supercluster, and are fire bird knights

>>904993
Perseus-Pisces, anon. Perseus was the rider, Pegasus was the horse. I do like the names, but I'm gonna wait a while to set one in stone.

There are no real resistance movements. Some kings are quite awful in regards to how they treat their people - Maat is especially concerned with how many whip wounds she has to treat near her city.
The towers are now open to inhabitation by the locals. The Wreth express gratitude towards how comfortable the structures are. Many refuse to abandon their homes, however.


Achievement activated - ERIS: https://discord.gg/GmqzmyM

>>905030
Show in video and picture how poorly they treat the other Wreth, and tell them all we have can be achieved when lead in a government by the for the people can do. What matter not is the height of your head but the height of your morals.

>>905030
Also what is ERIS? I have no discord,and will not for prolly a while.

>>905114
Eris is the Greek goddess of Discord. She threw the Golden Apple that caused (eventually) the events of both the Iliad (Trojan War) and the Odyssey.
Most Wreth agree that the monarchic system needs to change, but you can't really show it to anyone who can do anything - many people in the cities don't even know you exist.
There's now a pastebin: http://pastebin.com/HE9QQtag

>>905157
Offer to sell the people higher quality manufactured luxuries in exchange for metals, and whatever we need to make more goods.

Selling these ought to draw the nice and powerful to us so we can take stock of them all along they way.

>>905202
I seem to have more spelling errors than an illiterate.
Rich and powerful*

>>905157
Do we use any kind of combat droid or robot?
Could we make them?

>>905202
Receiving metals from the locals is less efficient than having your drones strip the atoms you need from the soil, but that might traumatize the Wreth. In any case, it's a gesture of good faith. You have the shuttlebases begin manufacturing high-quality clothing. You give it to the locals in exchange for tithes of whatever useful materials they can bring you, as only the high-class have any real access to ore.

>>905210
You have stores of combat automatons. Most any technology you could have use for is available for manufacture.

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>>905218
Let's have Malakir take a shuttle down to the planet to engage in deep sea mining, and deploy thirty combat droids to mill around each base to look good to anyone they might have spying on us.

PKQ is closing down for the night.

>>905260
Sweet dreams Orange.

>>905263
G'dnight, lemon. Thanks for being awesome.

>>905286
Nah OJ, thanks for the fun and unique quest.

PKQ is back online!
You deploy 10 drones to each loud base. They form automatic patrol routes. Their intimidating appearance both keeps away the rare bandits and much more common beasts.

>>907154
Speaking on droids, can we make bots to look like common city Geth?
If so make two thousands, give them some small sum of money, and begin sending them into every city to observe city life.

>>907223
Yes, although you have Markus, Soto, Maat, and Torrin all available to infiltrate cities. Markus and Maat do so regularly, in fact.

>>907352
Alright then, have Soto, Maat and Torrington infiltrate city's to look for revolutionaries or people we could mold in them.

>>907398
Markus quickly responds to you:
"How about you come on down and I take you on a tour of the city myself? It'll be faster and we can knock heads to make a strategy."

>>907774
"Agreed, it's time to stretch my legs, and you can remind me what it is we feed you for."

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>>907907
"It is time to stretch my legs. I look forward to the tour."
You board a shuttle and take it down to Markus' campsite. His base is buried under a tightly knit group of trees, in the forest to the east of the city. The city is on the western side of the continent, and is relatively prosperous.

As you arrive, Markus and Soto greet you at the door.
"How nice it is to see you! The locals can get tiresome after a while. They've developed the notion that I can see the damn future!" Markus grumbles.
"Want to get off this rock already?" you joke, and Markus smiles. "No, no. They've got some great ingredients for stew! Soto, pull up a seat."
Soto bows, and pulls up a chair to their table, in the cargo hold of the shuttle. The Arcanist hums to himself as he wanders into the engine room and comes back out with a big steaming iron vat.
"It's stew, from the surrounding forest. The locals bring us a bunch of food as payment for my wizarding services, and well... it has to go somewhere!"
Soto serves you up a bowl. You're pretty hungry, so you give it a taste - then almost immediately wolf down the rest. Having eaten reconstitute all your life, this is the first real food you've ever tasted, and DAMN if it doesn't taste good. The Arcanist and his Page are watching you eat with a shit eating grin and a look of fascinated horror, respectively.
"If you're done, my lady, you wanted a tour of the city?"
Ah, finally - character development! Interaction! Dialogue!

>>908063
Sounds a fine idea for you to take me out on the town, and remind me why they think you are a wizard.
As in what does an arcanist do.

Yo'ull get character development over my corpse orange.

>>908210
Arcanists are psychic PKs of considerable power. They are trained specially, outside of the usual system, as only another arcanist can help them learn to control their power. The most powerful Arcanist on record, Zephyr, managed to cause a star to go supernova.
Arcanists can do a lot of combat oriented magic as standard training, but can specialize. Soto and Markus are both telepathy specialists.

>>908216
THEN I SHALL RIP IT FROM YOUR SEVERED HANDS, LEMON

also join the discord
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>>908063
"A tour would be lovely. We need menials for repair assistance. How suitable will the locals to be to such? How far inferior is their technology?"

>>908228
"Their technology seems to be in the iron age. They construct most buildings from wood, but many defensive or important buildings are made of stone bricks. Their most advanced hand-held weapon is a rather ingenious crossbow-like design that uses small rocks as ammunition and has a hopper mounted on top. Nothing they have is of much danger to our Aegis suits, but they might get lucky. I've been using a sort of 'I'm not worth noticing' psychic field to move inside the city freely. Would you like a demonstration?"
>Yes
>No
>Write in

>>908249
>Write in
No point in showing off here, show me when we get to the city.

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>908270
"Okay. It might be best to work out the field outside the city, though."
The walk to the city is short and uneventful. Markus hums random tunes that all flow into each other.
When you arrive at the city, Markus says:
"Alright, spell time."

>>908275
Roll 1d100.

Rolled 42 (1d100)

Rolled 56 (1d100)

Enjoy the nat 100

>>908275
>>908278
>>908281
Suddenly, Markus vanishes from your perception. He just kinda... stopped showing up. He reappears where he was standing.
"Forgot to make the spell selective," he says sheepishly. "Should be fixed now. Nobody pays attention to us. If we reveal ourselves, we look like especially tall Wreth, nothing else."
"Damn good spell, Markus. How long will it hold?"
"Long as I'm alive."
>Enter the city
>Write in

>>908285
>Enter the city

>>908285
>>908288
You walk in the front gate. Roll 1d100 vs 20 (you get 5 chances)

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>908295
ill take all five right now bby
high roller

>>908302
Welp, you succeed, barring any nat 1s
still gonna make you roll the remaining four cause im really fuckin mean

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>908295
Ok.
>>908285
"What would you say about the locals suitability as menials for repair work. We have a lot of ship to correct.

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>908295

>>908306
"I'd say the Wreth are more suited to piloting than to menial labor. Their physiology makes them fast and good climbers, but physically weak.
There's something bothering you...

>>908307
whats with this just sneaking around bussnesss
just be the boss and show off

>>908311
If you want to drop the illusion now for dramatic effect, you need consensus.

>>908313
yer but every one shems to want to take the quit way
but if we are going to be all dramatic nees to be for a reasion, like a fight. overthoughing someone etc

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>908309
I bet someone is seeing through it, walk proud in the middle of the street onwards to the place.
Illusion up tho.

Another roll for luck

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>908334
Sheeit

>>908334
but where was roll

Rolled 6 (1d100)

rollan rollan rollan

>>908346
well.

You just walk through the front gate. Most others are stopped, you just stroll right through.
You are standing in a large main road. Bohrim (large beasts of burden) pull carts up and down it. You are in the lowest part of the city, the slums. It's... well, you are grateful for your helmet. There is the castle at the top of the city - "north," slums to the east and west, and further north but below the castle are merchant districts.
>Where do you go?

>>908353
castle

>>908354
We have a discord here, if you haven't seen:
https://discord.gg/GmqzmyM

>>908357
thanks il get on that but now its time to sleep gg

>>908353
castle
we should being spying on the heir to the throne so we can replace him with a geth bot.
Thoughts?
We could make him become sick for a number of years, replace him, and the new and healthy him will be enough to secretly take the throne and unite the Geth.
>>908360
Sweet dreams perp.

>>908354
>>908361
You go north to the castle and are eaten by a grue. Restart? and enter. The court doesn't notice. It's quite a beautiful building, for this era.
"The king's throne room will be at the top of the tower. We're in the reception atrium right now."

And with that, it's time for me to sleep. Keep well the fires of the Phoenix, brothers and sisters.

>>908364
The atrium is quite beautiful, for the technology they had to build it. The Wreth have incorporated designs reminiscent of tree trunks, complete with branches that spread into the ceiling. It's all quite impressive. You think you could jump to the balcony ringing the top.

Something's still bothering you...
Waiting for you guys to think on what's wrong. >:)

>>910241
Let's do a quick roll call for Markus, us, Soto, armor, guns, and ammo.

>>910685
You have Markus alongside you, as well as your Deathdealer. Your Aegis comes equipped with a deployable physical shield on your left arm, and has the capability to charge its surface to shock attackers. You don't have any attachments equipped. The ship automatically transmits ammo into your weapon as long as it is within one orbital range unit. Soto remained back at the cottage. You and Markus are wearing your Aegis armors. Markus' is specialized for channeling his power over defense.

>>910708
Alrighty then, lets ignore that feeling and snoop around to look for the heir to the throne.

>>910853
You look around the bottom floors and find no one but servants, who don't see through Markus' field.
"The King and Court will be on the top floor. I... actually don't know if there is an heir. I haven't dealt with the nobility too much..."

>>910928
"well then, lets watch just how the king carrys out court."

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>910939
You get to the top floor, and don't even give in to your urge to jump it.

The court is laid out like a pyramid, with a lower, wider base of less powerful nobles on the bottom and a single seat on the top, occupied by the king.

>Roll 1d100

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>910941

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Rolled 49, 17 = 66 (2d100)

I think our thread looks like pic related in terms of population. I'm rolling remaining 2d100 myself.

>>910970
Well, I sure can't roll.


The court doesn't notice you, but you can't pick up on who the heir is, if there is one. All the Wreth on the second layer look the same, because their faces are masked.
"I might be able to psychically scan for the heir, but that would drop the field. We'd need to find a hiding place to go unnoticed."

>>910980
"I see... Given the Wreth's love of height perhaps the answer we seek lies at the top of the highest tower. Lets search"

>>911010
This is, in fact, the top of the tallest tower. But there is actually a ladder behind the king.
"The ladder leads to his personal chambers, most likely," says Markus.

Somethings really bothering you. It's getting distracting...

>>911021
Alright then, lets slip off into a side alley and drop the illusion and check for people following us.
From there Markus can mental scan for the heir, and if the heirs of any of the second to the top step nobles.

>>911046
Side hallway, castles don't have alleys.
Like a servant's entrance.

>>911046
>>911050
>Roll 1d100

Rolled 18, 59, 5 = 82 (3d100)

>>911061
I guess you will want three.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>911061
Rollin

Rolled 15, 91, 49 = 155 (3d100)

>>911068
>>911077
A few things almost go wrong - a maid turns a corner unexpectedly and almost knocks into you - but you manage to find a quiet, unused hallway where Markus can work his magic...

>>911084
He drops the spell, rather noisily, but not enough to attract attention.
He sits down, and starts to channel. You see some hardcore shit - a giant, silver thing with teeth, a world's atmosphere boiling off, other disjointed flashes. When you come out of it, Markus is helping you to your feet.
"Sorry, that was a bit of a wide-bore spell. I'm still not used to working with others. Good news or bad news first?"
>Good
>Bad
>Ugly

>Bad, Always get the bad news upfront

>>911104
>Bad

>>911109
>>911114
"Well, that spell went really far, and there's no heir to the throne."
"And the good news?"
"That was the good news. Sorry. The spell went system-wide, and I couldn't feel Lizra or Morith anywhere."
>What do you do?

>>911131
Lets bug the fuck out, all troops (except the robots) back to the ship asap. We are finding out just what happened to Lizra.

>>911150
You frantically recall all the Knights to the shuttles, and almost take off running yourself before Markus catches you on the shoulder:
"I need to put the field back up. Then we can get out of here."
>Yes, put up the field
>Fuck that, we're bugging out NOW

>>911221
>Yes, put up the field
Oh, I thought you went to bed.

Rolled 27, 67, 9 = 103 (3d100)

>>911221
>>911294
Markus focuses, channeling his power...

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>913359
The field seems to hold, but you can't be sure. You start back out the way you came.

>>913370
Miraculously, you don't run into anybody. You get out into the city undercover. You get out of the city by simply leaping over the gate, and sprint away into the forest. You just barely stop yourself before slamming into the shuttle. You almost rip the door off, tumble inside, and yell at Soto to get his ass in gear.
"We're leaving right fucking now! C'mon!"
The shuttle gets off the ground and back to the ship which still doesn't have a name and docks. The whole thing takes maybe half an hour.
Back on the ship, you tell it:
"Set course for the fifth planet from the star, maximum speed."
<Complying.>
>What do you do as you travel?
>Go to the armory
>Get Markus and Soto to try to find the missing Knights
>Go train
You have limited time, so only two of these actions can happen.

>>913470
>>Go to the armory
>Get Markus and Soto to try to find the missing Knights

>>914028
You head down to the armory. Malakir is there, beating a machine into submission - he doesn't seem to realize you're there, as he continues grumbling curses almost constantly as he bends things back into alignment. Or maybe he does know you're there and he just doesn't care.
You have quite a few options in terms of modules and weaponry, but the armory is still crippled and can only produce 3 of the following options:
>Additional plating (+10 health, +10 to all Endurance rolls, -10 to all Agility rolls)
>Seraphim Pack (Allows flight, -5 health, new Critical point)
>Breaker Sword (rends through flesh and steel alike. Provides second melee attack per turn. Anti-Armor.)
>Flamethrower arm attachment (area of effect, additional ranged weapon. Short range. Provides new Critical point.)
>Auto-targeting shoulder weapon (long-range, high accuracy, low damage. Additional, uncontrolled, attack per turn.)
>Command crown (Super-powerful comms/sensor suite.)

>>914202
>Auto-targeting shoulder weapon (long-range, high accuracy, low damage. Additional, uncontrolled, attack per turn.)
>Command crown (Super-powerful comms/sensor suite.)
>Seraphim Pack (Allows flight, -5 health, new Critical point)
Once the crown is put on ask Markus if he found anything new.

>>914202
>>914248
This

>>914248
>>914591
Confirmed.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EoN56Kc7lCpSuTTo5TslQRBPBKTvlr0i7-Td7WKIDSI/edit?usp=sharing
OJ got his shit together and made an actual character sheet? Pigs are flying outside my house!

>>914248
After your armor has had everything installed on it, you head to Markus' quarters. He's meditating on the ground, but gets up as you come in.
"Hello there, Lady Sera. Nice new gear."
"Thank you, Markus. Can you do another psychic scan for the missing knights?"
He frowns, pondering for a moment. "Yes, with time. A more focused scouring may pierce whatever veils the Knights - if they are veiled, and not dead."
Roll 5d100 (+1 from Psi Mastery, +1 from focus time)

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Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>918380
Let's get da natty hundo

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>918577
If I get five numbers in a row do I win?

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>918581
What if I get a sixty and a fifty and a fourty?

Rolled 62, 53 = 115 (2d100)

>>918584
>>918577
>>918581
Sorry, lemon, no special rules for special numbers. not yet, anyway. However, the holy number of the Phoenix is 3.
Rollan last two.

>>918577
>>918581
>>918584
>>918617
Five fucking successes, but no critz.


The Arcanist concentrates. After about five minutes, you are lifted off your feet, along with all of the loose objects in the room. Energy crackles through the atmosphere. You feel a static shock -

You are breathing hard. Some great... thing... with a million shifting teeth is facing you. Broken bodies lie on the ground around it. It makes a hideous shrieking sound, that pierces both your ears and your mind.
[Gained temporary mystery trait.]

Deja Vu hits you as Markus pulls you to your feet.
"That should not have happened. I pierced the veil, but my own psychic power was reflected back at me. I reacted without thinking and...deflected onto you. Dammit! Why can't I cast a single simple spell right!?"
He breathes. "Before I was... attacked... I felt our brother and sister Knights on the planet. They're alive."
>There there.
>Good job.
>Cry me a river.
>Are you OK? Maybe the ship's computer should scan you.

>>918625
>There there.

>>918625
>Your just rusty

goodnight thread!

Is it?

>>921058
i mean i posted that at like 1:45 am so

also we've moved threads:>>921146