>>1082116
Hopefully Moe, Caesar, and Pierre are alright.

>>1082116
Huzzah, love this quest. Since it's metal gear Mohammed again I am very happy. Also codec call incoming?

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You're a bit disappointed you didn't get to see whatever was back there in that building. Obviously, it was some kind of advanced mech, but you've never heard of a mech going berserk before. With one notable exception. You need your teammate for this one, you were busy shooting Knights down with the Zulfiqar when Caesar's girlfriend went rampant, but there was too much chance he'd be recognized and the three of you made a team decision to let Caesar make a quick shopping trip and then send him back to guard your concealed mecha. There was a risk with Pierre, too, but Caesar apparently has friends stationed here. Of your team, those two were the most at risk. You and Pierre weren't supposed to get separated, for that matter, but you had to wave him off when he tried to approach the groundcar.

The groundcar's tires screech to a halt and you let the pilots out. Although your face is impassive, your heart feels like it's beating about a million times per minute and you want to throw up. Driving during an earthquake is terrifying, but at least this is a model you're familiar with. It has big, almost cartoonishly rubbery treads for tough terrain, and it's heavy enough to be extremely stable. Still, when the pavement started to crack, you very nearly lost your cool. Being trapped in a crevice and crushed by the grinding jaws of earth is a particular horror to you.

The three pink-haired girls hurry off, along with the purple-haired boy, but the big one with the goggles and the round head stops a moment to talk to the blonde woman in urgent tones. You dig out your PC and start sending a message to Pierre about meeting up, when you see the blonde woman smile at the man as he's jogging away. You know that smile, you've seen it before numerous times on Auditorium. There may never be a better opportunity than now. You turn off the groundcar, open your door, and hop down to the ground, “Pardon me, ma'am.”

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She pauses and gives you an annoyed look, “You're not an official taxi, are you charging a fare?”

“No, of course not.” You hold your hands up, “Ma'am, you are one Irina Kim, no?”

The color drains from her face, “I changed my name, I came all the way out here, if you're some kind of bounty hunter hoping for something from my sister you can go to Pluton. One scream from me and Amos will tear your head off.”

“That is not my intent, I am just a messenger.” You hurry along behind her as she turns and starts walking away. There are an awful lot of guns around here. Four ugly, blocky Jovian cruisers and one more graceful Martian one, although you spot clan markings on it, and that makes you a bit nervous. You're from one of the more cosmopolitan cities on Mars, that kind of thing is foreign to you, but some of the provincials take the old family names and tribes quite seriously and have a lot more zeal.

“I'm not listening.” She informs you, “This earthquake isn't natural, I need to get to the ship's sensors.”

“Then I will speak to myself. Your sister is getting married, and the only thing she wants is for you to be there. I have no siblings, so I do not know, but surely it makes you happy to know that she is happy? Will you not at least consider trying to attend?” You plead with her.

“Where are your sunglasses and jacket?” She asks pointedly, turning to face you, “Damned space pirate, do you think I don't know what you are? So, my sister is having the happiest day of her life, soon? Good for her. She wants to swan around and have everyone she knows see how successful and happy she is? I don't have to indulge her. Do you have any idea how hard I had to scrabble for a future after my sister caused the death of Doctor Asphodel? What an embarrassment that was for the company? Just like always, she's out there doing exactly what she wants, playing the star, and expecting everyone else to just be an audience for her. Fuck that and fuck you.”

“It's not like that!” You protest. Although you're not sure you have a right to. You rather like Red Siren, she makes the Admiral smile and she's always been nice to you. Unlike this sister. That said, she is a bit of a showoff.

“You there, MP!” The woman raises her hand and waves to a knot of security guards, and you beat a somewhat hasty retreat back to the groundcar, gunning it and speeding away as she jogs over to them and begins gesticulating at your vehicle. Luckily there are too many people around for you to have to worry about them opening fire.

[Continued]

>>1082146

Well that went about as well as expected.

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“That's it, kidnapping is ABSOLUTELY back on the table...” You grumble as you speed away. You consider your next objectives and almost freeze up. You don't want to go back into the city. An enemy you can fight is one thing, but being killed by the planet itself is an awful prospect. A building could just fall on you, and that would be it, although with the armored groundcar you might be alright. Still, there are people in there still being evacuated, Pierre is back there somewhere, and there's someone else you're curious about. Bane. Or at least, the man the UJCIDF Lieutenant called Bane. You want to know what he was doing up there, and why the Lieutenant seemed to recognize him.

Officially, you know, this planet is facing an Avalon-backed native insurgency. Tourism is a large industry on Qu'lir, and the Jovian and Martian corporations invested in it could stand to lose a vast wealth of credits with terrorist attacks biting into their profits, hence the involvement of the SSL. Qu'lir also has a planetary gate, unusual for a backwater like this and a remnant of the days when the planet was involved in the slave trade. The Gate of Qu'lir is controlled by the UJCIDF, but up until recently Avalon had ships in the sky too, using the southern continent as a landing base up until a concerted Jovian attack led by a prototype battleship routed them. As far as you know, any remaining Avalonian ships have concealed themselves, and the Avalonians are assuming a defensive posture to wait for reinforcements.

You couldn't be more wrong about this, but you aren't as well informed as Colonel Luxol about the movements of Count Ford.

You steel yourself, your groundcar kicking up dust as you head back towards the city. The tremors seem a bit less extreme now, but you're still cautious. It saves your life. As you make your way through the residential district, a tremor hits and a two-story building teeters and falls. You slam the groundcar into reverse with a muffled snarl of, “Alqaraf!” You hit the gas pedal...an archaic term from the days when vehicles still used petroleum...just in time to avoid having the cabin crushed, but a lot falls on the front of the car, and a spar of metal stabs through your hood. The car's lights flicker, but don't go out, and you curse in ways that would have made Lady Ahmad twist your ear off. You're stuck. Maybe you can still drive, but not pinned like a butterfly to a bit of cardboard. You grab an emergency rain poncho from under the seat and hurriedly tug it on, then throw open the door and begin dragging bits of house aside, using a prybar and your own muscles to try and free your vehicle. You don't want to risk the edge of your paired monoswords hacking through this unless you absolutely have to. Those things are quite durable, but they can still be damaged.

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“As-salaamu alaikum!” Someone calls from behind you, and you look over your shoulder to see a pair of burly Martians in the uniforms of the Holy Militia.

“Akaikum as-salaam.” You reply, throwing a beam aside.

“Here, brother, let us help you.” The two of them join their efforts to yours, clearing away the mess. One of them wraps his headscarf around his glove and yanks the rebar out of the hood once the debris holding it down is gone, popping the hood to look at the engine, “Allah loves you, one inch to the right and your vehicle's life would have ended.”

“Truly, God is great.” You respond, shifting naturally into the Martian modes of address. There are a decent number of Martians among the Iron Kestrels, both from your original PMC band and from other Belt pirates who joined the Rhinehawk's crew, but it's rare to just speak in Arabic as a group because it's rude to the other Kestrels.

“God is great.” They echo at the same time, smiling.

“You are young, but your manner is quite dignified, brother.” The older one suggests, “You are not a resident of this town, I take it?”

“After all.” The younger states firmly, “Surely we would have seen you at the mosque, were you not a recent arrival. What brings you here?” Their manner is still friendly, but they both look quite curious.

“Guards? Where did you go? Don't leave me in the middle of a crisis!” You hear a younger, somewhat petulant voice, and a young man in the fancier uniform of a Martian Lieutenant stalks around the corner, “By Allah, I swear...wait, who is this?”

They both bow deeply, “Effendi, we were just questioning him, but he is of the faith and was in trouble, so we stopped to help.”

“Allah bless the Martian Holy Militia, the finest fighting force in the galaxy.” You say, and despite everything you mean it a little. Sure, Mars is poorer than Jupiter, with no SOUL, but your people are valiant and you're glad of the rumors you've heard that the higher-ups have started investing more in stronger mecha to supplement the traditional Martian fast-attack doctrine, “Without these men, I would truly be stuck.” You bow deeply as well.

“I can see that.” He frowns, “You have a strong posture befitting a warrior, and clear eyes. Clearly you are not one of these provincials, why are you here?”

You bow again, “As I was saying, effendi, I am Mohammed Al-Tabir, a tourist.”

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“Lieutenant Asim Rabban.” He looks around, “I do not mean to be impolite, Mohammed, but there is nothing here for tourists. This city has been fortified because it has been a target for enemy activity. Who would bring you here and risk death? If you had been here beforehand, and been caught up in things when the arrival of the accursed infidel piloting the Berenger...” He frowns as both of his underlings turn and spit in one contemptuous motion into the gutter, “Please, I share your sentiment but that is simply crass.” He scolds them, then turns back to you, “As I was saying, when that filthy slut of a she-devil arrived, perhaps you could have been trapped here, except for one thing...” His eyes narrow, “I have never once seen you at the mosque. Naturally, it is impossible for a good Martian not to attend services, especially in these times when Allah's guidance is needed more than ever.”

Your brain whirs, knowing every second of delay makes you more suspicious...but then it hits you, and you smile, “Of course, Lieutenant Rabban. Your logic is excellent, and you are completely correct. I, too, would have nothing but contempt for an infidel who did not show Allah proper reverence even this far from Mars. After all, I rely frequently on his protection.” You lie, wishing you had a bacon sandwich and your bipedal Zulfiqar right now, “I did show up in town recently, but when I say I am a tourist, I mean that I am one whose business lies exclusively in places of conflict.” You pull out a card, and flick it to him.

He catches it, looking at the spray of red claws on a white background, and scans the code on it with his PC, “You are a member of the Crimson Talons mercenary group?”

“I am its leader. Do not judge by my age, I am more skilled than I look.” The best lies are closest to the truth, “Some birds fly at the head of their own flock rather than as part of a larger wing, but we all share the same Martian sky. I am come to Qu'lir because there is more honor in jihad against Avalon than in shooting down pirates.”

[Continued]

And I'll be back in about ten minutes, around usual starting time, I forgot to buy milk.

>>1082189
That better not be blood Io-
>>1082212
>It's Iok
Only bad things are down that path.

>>1082212

>Iok is here

Well, fuck. So much for our Martian allies.

>>1082212
Good news Jesus! You are now officially no longer the worst sniper on Qu'lur

>>1082246

Honestly, Jesus was never a bad sniper, as a certain pack of raptors can attest. It's the rest of him that's the problem.

>>1082212
Also, have an updated Supplemental Rogue's Gallery.

>>1082263
No worries, Iok has him beat there too. Especially after the latest episode.

>>1082264
>>1082212
For fucks sake: http://pastebin.com/LsnpqE7Y

>>1082212
> You lie, wishing you had a bacon sandwich and your bipedal Zulfiqar right now
KEK

>>1082319
truly he is the most martian man around
also we brought our mecha right?
we should be big damn hero's when the avalonians come.

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The Lieutenant smiles, walking over and handing back your card, “It is as you say, and I believe you are exactly who you say you are.” He dusts off his gloved hands, turning to walk away, “Arrest him.”

You have your hand on the hilt of one of your swords immediately, drawing it a few inches. Even as the rain pours down around you, pattering off your poncho, the snow-white edges of the curved blade gleams menacingly, “You are making a mistake, effendi.” You have a gun, but if you pull that the chance to resolve this nonlethally has been shot...no pun intended. Besides, better if they focus on the sword when they can't see the gun, and surprise them with it if needed.

“No, I do not think so.” The Lieutenant remarks, “I heard that the Crimson Talons failed shamefully in their honorable duty of escorting the Lady Fatima Ahmad to her betrothed's side, losing their commander in the process. The Lady Ahmad was kidnapped by pirates, and rather than return to Mars the Crimson Talons vanished. As the rumor goes, they stayed by her side, even when she chose to demean herself through marriage to the pirate who undoubtedly despoiled her.”

“Watch your words carefully, Lieutenant.” You warn him. He's right on several points, but showing disrespect to Fatima and Admiral Starwind is an offense you do not take lightly.

“Oh? Why should I? It seems to me you have forgotten your place...or perhaps you know it all too well. After all, I imagine a talented warrior, presumably Commander Ibrahim's second, would do well as a space pirate and the Iron Kestrels are keen to recruit skilled warriors of any world. This will be investigated fairly, and if if you are cleared, I shall of course apologize and allow you to join us in our fight against Avalon under my direct supervision, whether you come quietly or not. I always did wonder how Admiral Starwind pierced Mars' impregnable defenses so easily.” The Lieutenant makes an impatient gesture to his soldiers, then steps back hastily out of the way as a tall man wrapped in an enveloping black raincoat hurries by, carrying an armload of shopping bags.

You, personally, didn't think they were all that impregnable and there isn't much the Admiral can't impregnate in your opinion.

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>>1082384
>You, personally, didn't think they were all that impregnable and there isn't much the Admiral can't impregnate in your opinion.

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>>1082384
ha!

>>1082384
3ish posts in and I already want to give him a Rashad burial. Really living up to the Iok name.

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>>1082384
>You, personally, didn't think they were all that impregnable and there isn't much the Admiral can't impregnate in your opinion.
Can't wait to see what Iok fucks up.

Did I post Moe's stats anywhere more recent than Metal Gear Mohammed?

>>1082412
I just wonder what his monstrosity of a mecha is. Also, does anyone else find it Ironic that the Carta Issue expy is an orphan?
>>1082421
Presumably during the ladbowl.

>>1082421
I don't think so? I only remember you posting the Zulfiquar's stats.

>>1082426
I'm really worried it's the flying tank I shilled to Wong. I'd be kinda sad if we had ro smash it. Though on the other hand, I'd love to see it in action.

>>1082426
Its that 280CP Tank that Tank-kohai(Who is also Mai Uaifu) made, and its a monster.

But he is probably going to job on that anyway.

>>1082421
Check Cesar x Moe 2: Eletric Bogaloo, if you don't find them, then look at the Invasion of Mars.

>>1082439
>ro
to

>>1082439
>I don't think so? I only remember you posting the Zulfiquar's stats.
Yeah, you can reverse engineer his mecha combat stats from the rolls if he somehow lost the sheet. Also, the Zulfiquar is here >>1082280 Along with both standard martian mecha.

>>1082421
Does not look like it, not even during lad bowl, though his training must be doing well.. just hope we don't have to in person fight so many people.

>>1082445
Actually its 235.

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>>1082384
>You, personally, didn't think they were all that impregnable and there isn't much the Admiral can't impregnate in your opinion.
And now Moe is learning from the best who himself learned from the best.There has to at some point in the future (far or near) be a sacred tome published by the iron kestrels that is added to by every subsequent leader or other figures of significance. Banned in nearly every slice of space, and not suitable for minors. Never the less vigorously read.

Wait, i just realised something.
>some unknown ancient evil/Greenman bio-weapon sleeps on Qu'lir
>It may be close to waking up after the deal with the Squilla
>Iok is here

..........Fuck. Well, Simon does not need that hand anyway, he has a girlfriend now.

>>1082426
well since he's a proper non-bacon eating martian he's probably got a beast form mech...

fuck... I made a 22 MA big gun bird mech a thread or two ago and was asked what i'd do with a 280 cp limit... I gave it a giant cannon and some heavy beam guns in the 140 version but didn't really finish the 280 cp version
I hope its not that thing... actually if it is the 280 version I was dicking around with it has -7MV...

we'll just have to see.

Havnt been following IBO, who the hell is lok?

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>>1082453
>http://pastebin.com/LsnpqE7Y
PALADIN ANESIS (under Construction)

Light Heavy Torso: C/S/K 14, 7 tons
Light Heavy Head: C/S/K 7, 3.5 tons
Light Heavy Left Arm: C/S/K 8, 3.5 tons
Left Hand: 2 CP, 1 Space, 1 Kill, 0.5 tons
Light Heavy Right Arm: C/S/K 8, 3.5 tons
Right Hand: 2 CP, 1 Space, 1 Kill, 0.5 tons
Light Heavy Left Leg: C/S/K 8, 3.5 tons
Light Heavy Right Leg: C/S/K 8, 3.5 tons

Armor: Knight's Medium Heavy(8 SP, 12 CP, 4.0 tons) on all locations, does not ablate from damage caused by attacks dealing less than 4 Kills

Armament:
Double-Ended Plasma Sabre: WA +1, 8K (only 2K of structure), EMW (treats SP as 4 less than usual), Quick, 14 CP, 8 Spaces, 1 ton

>Oh wait... Where did I saw this saber before?
>...
>OH MY GOD HOW DID KATHERINE PUT HER HANDS ON LORI'S DOUBLE-SABER!? SHE IS GOING WITH AN PALADIN LEVEL WEAPON TO THE TOURNEY!?
We're screwed.

Attractiveness: 8
Body Type: 7
Cool: 8 (Fast Talk & Persuasion +4, Leadership +2)
Empathy: 10 (Human Perception +3, Seduction +4)
Intelligence: 8
[Education]: +3
Luck: 7
Movement Allowance: 6
Reflexes: 10 (Dodge & Escape 5, Handgun +4, Mecha Gunnery +6 Mecha Melee +7, Mecha Pilot +7, Melee +6, Rifle +4, Stealth +5, Zero-G +3)

You'll notice he's not quite as good as Amos, but Amos has a few years and a Paladin over him.
Technical Ability: 7

>>1082485
>I hope its not that thing... actually if it is the 280 version I was dicking around with it has -7MV...
Considering that Not!Iok probably has a subpar dicepool, Not Scared.

>>1082495

How did I fuck THAT up?

>>1082504
Wong probably made a better version if it is that mech, the 140 cp version only had like - 4MV, Made that thing when I was still getting used to mekton rules.

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>>1082514
Blue Milk. The choice of drugs among youths today.

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Rolled 7 + 8 (1d10 + 8)

“Why oh why did I have to drink so much at that bar? I already bought enough alcohol.” The raincoat man moans, “It's those damned cats, I just needed to get away from them for a while!”

The Lieutenant's nose wrinkles in consternation as his dramatic moment is spoiled, and his soldiers hesitate. The older one smiles a little, “Ah, this brings back memories.” He strokes his beard.

“A good Muslim avoids liquor.” The younger guard scolds the elder.

“A good Muslim has sometimes seen things that make him drink, cousin.” The older guard scolds right back, “Like your mother in the baths. By Allah, be thankful you have a skinny father.”

The man with the raincoat stops, looking around, “Dash it all!” He shouts, spotting a particular collapsed building, with part of a clearly-crushed groundcar beneath it. Alas, that vehicle was less loved by Allah than yours, “I rented that!”

“I was hoping to catch a glimpse of this particular servant-girl who was most comely beneath her hijab, but no, it was not to be. Instead, I beheld the behemoth.” The older guard shudders, “Not even wooing the sweet flower I dreamed of seeing and making her my bride has been enough to erase those ghastly images from my memories. Like a great brown plum, hairy as an ape...”

“Do not speak of my mother that way!” The younger guard sputters.

“By Allah cousin, I would not say it if it wasn't true.” The older guard holds up his hands in an inoffensive gesture.

“Excuse me, gentlemen, is this your car? I really need a lift, I'll bring it back when I'm done if I can.” The man in the raincoat sets down his bags. Something about his posture and the confidence in his voice remind you of the Admiral a little.

“No.” The Lieutenant snaps. Then he pauses, “Can you say that again?”

“I really need a lift?” The raincoat man questions.

The Lieutenant frowns, “No, the whole thing. From the beginning. A bit faster, the way you said it the first time.”

“Excuse me gentlemen, is this your car? I really need a lift. I'll bring it back...what's the point of all this, don't you speak a civilized tongue?” The raincoat man glowers from behind a thick beard.

“I knew it! Guards, take him too! That's an Avalonian accent, that 'you' was practically a 'ye'!” The Lieutenant roars.

>[1d10+10!]

Reposting because I forgot something.

Mohammed Al-Tabir, Age 16
Attractiveness: 8
Body Type: 7
Cool: 8 (Fast Talk & Persuasion +4, Leadership +2)
Empathy: 10 (Human Perception +3, Seduction +4)
Intelligence: 8 (+4 Awareness)
[Education]: +3
Luck: 7
Movement Allowance: 6
Reflexes: 10 (Dodge & Escape 5, Handgun +4, Mecha Gunnery +6 Mecha Melee +7, Mecha Pilot +7, Melee +6, Rifle +4, Stealth +5, Zero-G +3)
Technical Ability: 7

Rolled 3 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>1082531

Rolled 8 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>1082531

Rolled 7 + 10 (1d10 + 10)

>>1082531
what

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Give me some 1d10+16s and oh bloody hell I forgot Mohammed's DODGE & ESCAPE went up too.

DEAR ME IN THE FUTURE THESE ARE MOHAMMED'S REAL STATS, NOT THESE. >>1082537


Mohammed Al-Tabir, Age 16
Attractiveness: 8
Body Type: 7
Cool: 8 (Fast Talk & Persuasion +4, Leadership +2)
Empathy: 10 (Human Perception +3, Seduction +4)
Intelligence: 8 (+4 Awareness)
[Education]: +3
Luck: 7
Movement Allowance: 6
Reflexes: 10 (Dodge & Escape +6, Handgun +4, Mecha Gunnery +6 Mecha Melee +7, Mecha Pilot +7, Melee +6, Rifle +4, Stealth +5, Zero-G +3)
Technical Ability: 7

Rolled 8 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>1082550

Rolled 9 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>1082550
rolling

>>1082550
wait he's only sixteen?

Rolled 10 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>1082550

Rolled 3 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>1082550
Luck an option? Because I am spending 1 luck.

Rolled 8 + 16 (1d10 + 16)

>>1082550

>>1082555
>>1082560
>>1082562
noice

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>>1082555
>>1082560
>>1082562
>>1082568
I see Moe's dedicated to putting Iok down as much as he deserves as well.

Rolled 2, 7, 3, 10 = 22 (4d10)

>>1082555
>>1082560
>>1082562
>>1082565

>>1082575
The fun part of Iok is that /m/ praises him as a /m/over of plot and more waifu destroyer than Terminator 'I AM GRAZE' Eins.

>>1082584
They got one lick in

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>1082584

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>1082592

>>1082592
>>1082598
Wait, why is the guy getting two swings in? Man I hope we are wearing something protective.

Rolled 6, 1, 9, 9 = 25 (4d10)

>>1082598

Good fucking lord Mohammed you really are learning from the best.

>>1082599
Dodge and parry roll, I'm pretty sure.

>>1082599

I'll tell you now that 9 was a Stun/Shock roll.

>>1082614
Guess I was wrong then.

>>1082614
jesus
this 16 year old can kickass!

Rolled 1, 4, 8, 8 = 21 (4d10)

>>1082607

>>1082607
Moe the Crimson

>>1082623
Crimson Mohammad?

>>1082629
The Crimson Jihad

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>>1082623
>>1082629
>>1082640
>Crimson Jihad
This is pure gold.

Rolled 10, 7 = 17 (2d10)

>>1082640
>>1082653
Wait, we're all doing this wrong.
The Crimson Comet

>>1082661
>Crimson Meteor
FTFY

>>1082667
Nah, that's not "cheap ripoff" enough.

>>1082667
this actually sounds pretty nice all things considered

>>1082661

We already have a crimson comet. Besides, Moe isn't really Char enough.

What colour is the Zulfiqar's paint scheme, anyway?

>>1082655
Hector, did you just slam some islam?

>>1082681
Kestrel colors.

>>1082681
Black and white. Painted by Miles much to her dismay.

>>1082681
black grey's and white. his blades are red
i think it's based on some form of gundam

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“Abdul, Achmed, get them!” The Lieutenant instructs.

“This is a mistake, boy.” The older guard warns you, drawing his sword. It's a monoblade too, like yours, and it's clear he has some skill with it from his stance.

“It wouldn't be the first I've made.” You can see he genuinely doesn't want to cut you down, which gives you an advantage. He's probably hoping to disarm you quickly. He's underestimating you, too, which is an awful mistake to make with any student of Oda Yoritomo. You back away slightly, which is a natural thing for a younger, smaller person to do against an older, larger opponent...and also puts your adversary between you and the Lieutenant in case he decides to shoot you.

As bombastic as your teacher is, he's very serious about swordplay...when he isn't trying to invent a three-swords fighting style...and has taught you extensively about the concept of iai, the art of drawing and cutting in one blow. Your sword is already in your hand, but its principles still apply for what you have planned. Your opponent whirls his sword in two great arcs, which you sidestep and step back from reflexively. The second cut, you bat the tip away with your swordpoint. You don't need to do that, but it accomplishes something important. For just a moment, his eyes are fixed on your swordtip, and that's all the time you need to lower your shoulders, lunge, and perform a cross-body draw of your other sword with the speed of an oncoming sandstorm, coming up inside his reach and putting the pommel into his temple with enough force to send him sprawling unconscious across the wet pavement. You nudge his face out of a puddle with the tip of your boot so he doesn't drown.

Meanwhile, the presumed Avalonian drops his shopping bags, holding his hands up, “Can't we discuss this?” He doesn't even sound like he wants to, you know the sound of someone spoiling for a fight despite his posture of surrender.

“Certainly effendi, we shall discuss this at length in an interrogation chamber aboard our-HEY!” The younger guard sputters as the Avalonian abruptly rips off his own beard and throws it into the Martian's face. You see laces dangling from the mass of presumably false hair. With a gesture that is both minimalistic and extremely practiced, the Avalonian whips the point of an extendable stun-baton into the spot just below the Martian's ribs, dropping him to the ground with a crackle of electricity.

[Continued]

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One left, and you're ready to draw your gun and hope you've got the faster trigger finger, when you realize that Assim Rabban's eyes are rolling up into his head. The Lieutenant sways, and abruptly drops to the ground. As he falls, you can see a cluster of needles sticking out of his back. Behind him, some distance down the street, stands a small, slender figure in a rainproof burqa, “Fou~nd you!” She crows as she strolls over, twirling her submachine needler around her finger dramatically and slinging it back into her gunbelt, putting her hands on her hips and sticking her chest out proudly, “Like the wind itself, I'll always find what I'm after.”

You stare at her in surprise, “Shuk, when did you learn to do that?”

You can tell she's pouting by the way her eyebrows pull closer to her small, cute nose, “Cousin has been teaching me since I was a young girl.” She shakes a finger at you, imitating Fatima Ahmad's slightly less squeaky voice, “'Remember, Shukriya, a Martian lady must be proficient in all aspects of womanhood. Her clusters on the target must be as small and precise as her stitching.” She crosses her arms, “Just because I'm modest doesn't mean I'm useless, I'm a better shot than your Jovian girl could ever hope to be.”

“I say, is this some sort of sectarian violence?” The Avalonian asks hopefully, “I support the freedom of all sapient beings, if you need a hand, I'm happy to provide it even to a Saracen.” He ruffles your hair vigorously, “Nice swordsmanship, boy, very clean.”

>[Explain it to him?]

>>1082727
>“'Remember, Shukriya, a Martian lady must be proficient in all aspects of womanhood. Her clusters on the target must be as small and precise as her stitching.”

how are martian muslims so based.

>>1082727
>explain we were here to invite someone to a wedding. probably going to kidnap her now honestly, if we don't then red siren will get sad and then the admiral will get sad.

>>1082727
Did we kill Not!Iok?

Also;
>Not particularly, the young Lieutenant was being a perceptive smartass. You should leave, out of respect and gratitude of helping me out this one time, Avalon Knight.

>>1082755
Unfortunately not. Unless he dies of sedative overdose.

>>1082727
Just someone who is trying to find his friends during this situation, ran into some trouble, and then dealt with the trouble. No mention of our duties to the enemy. That can go badly for us.

>>1082752
Better not. Our interests are still nominally with the SSL so far. Getting the Avalonian to help out would cause more complications than necessary.

>>1082762
who said anything about helping?
i just want to take reds stuck up sister and go.

>>1082727
>"So, effendi, where exactly do you need to go? You have my thanks and the lift you wanted... If its on the way."
>"Its... Complicated, my lady married a lord from out of the planet and my peers don't see it kindly... Are you really a Avalonian?"

We could use this chance to see if we can use him to assist the kidnaping plan, we could use a distraction.

But do not commit to anything, we have no idea if we can really trust him yet, and we don't want to get seriously involved with them.

>>1082727

>It is a long story, but suffice to say that the lieutenant here has issues with my lady and her husband. Unfortunately, he has carried them all the way here, even during an earthquake.

The best lies are those that are completely true.

Beyond that, thank him for his help and get to more pressing matters, like reaquainting with Shuk, meeting up with your team, and not dying in the middle of a natural disaster.

>>1082748

The War. Hakim. Hakim being extremely ruthless when it came to certain ideas and behaviors.

>>1082773
Telling the Avalonian and getting him on this WOULD get them involved. It would also blow our disguise which is bad enough considering the target and local authorities know our face. Might be better to just know where he is going.

>>1082773
Then why are we explaining to the AVALON KNIGHT that we're here to kidnap the most important UJCIDF researcher on the planet

>>1082784
Bad idea, brazilanon. See above.

>>1082762
No? We want Belt independence and vowed to ignore the war as it isn't really our problem...
And in this exactly case, what are you planning to do? Storm the ship and fight soul on one-on-one? We should use any help that we can if the price isn't really high.

>>1082792
oh, well ignore my vote then.
also he doesn't really know us?

>>1082795
this.
i want to exploit both sides to hell and back
>>1082792
how the hell would he know we aren't talking about some civilian? for all he know's it's a martian were kidnaping not a jovian

>>1082793
Do not explain it at first, give him a ride, let him speak and get info, then maybe reveal that we are from a third faction and could use some help on a special mission if they are interested, if he start naming prices and wanting too much as payment or something just say that we'll think about and drop him where he wants to go.

>>1082795
Why the hell would you try to even go on the ship? Our initial duty was giving the invitation. Putting Roarke in the Avalonian camp by kidnapping a Jovian with Avalonian aid is a bad idea ESPECIALLY since Irina made it known we are a pirate. There are ways to get what we want. Even a trade using the Avalonian as the trade item, but as is, we want to not directly contest the navy.

>>1082795

The problem is that allying with the Avalonians would make Mars and Jupiter see us as, you know, allies of the avalonians. Allies of their most hated enemies. Just chilling in the asteroid belt.

The moment the Kestrels openly work together with the Avalonians, is the moment that Fairchild gets carte blanche to destroy Auditorium, Psyche-16, and any man, woman or child affiliated with the Kestrels.

>>1082805
>give him a ride

This is worth a vote itself, will you give Hector a ride? On the one hand, Avalonian. On the other hand, an Avalonian with nothing to gain from betraying you who might have information.

>>1082820
sure

>>1082820
We don't really need to (the other martians have a ride for him to steal probably) and we don't want to make it seem like we explicitly support Avalon. On the other hand a quick chat before we part ways could be beneficial, especially if we have to kidnap a certain sister and her badass squeeze.

>>1082820

Nope,we have our own problems to deal with. besides, how would an Avalonian help us get onto a Jovian ship and deliver a message? It would make a lot more sense to just send Pierre, Ceasar or even Shuk over once the worst commotion has died down.

>>1082820
>>give him a ride
he wont ever forget

>>1082809
Man, Rosita asked Roarke to bring her sister to the wedding, she wanting it or not... and I don't see how we are going to do this so easily if her on that ship and everything.
And my plan isn't to really go all out with an avalonian alliance, is just to see if we can time our plan with one of their attacks and get the Jovians by their backs when they are least expecting it... Or getting info on the jovians with the Avalonians...
>>1082811
Fairchild herself is spreading the "Kestrels are allied with the SSL" view through the media... Doing this at this point would make her lose the only thing she got from that Psyche episode... and I'm saying to "MAKE THE AVALONIANS USE THEIR KNIGHTS FOR US" I'm just saying that we could use their plans on our advantage... Whats the point of being a third part if you can't use the other guys to fight one another?

Also, we are already on the run from the jovians forces and are going to get shit for kidnapping Irina anyway, attacking the Jovians by their backs or not is not going to help or image.

>>1082820
>Give him a ride.
But do not reveal much to him at first, try to get info out of him first before anything.

>>1082820
Yeah sure.
also... how effective are scattershot incendiary rounds and how much of a pain is it to work out the damage?

>>1082820
>>give him a ride
but we agree we mutually dont speak of this

>>1082820
Disguise himself up again, no funny business, and worse case you have us as a hostage. If it comes to it, Moe's stalker would likely needle him to sleep and we get a negotiation tool.

>>1082844
>and I'm NOT saying to "MAKE THE AVALONIANS USE THEIR KNIGHTS FOR US"

>>1082855
This could work too...
But how are we going to trade him for Irina? "Hey, do you want to trade your best engineer for this POW? What could go wrong?"

>>1082844
We'd try it. Emphasis on try. We know where she is and if the attempt to actually get her is too risky, there is no point in trying. Both may be sad if we fail, but both would be even sadder if we got caught, imprisioned or killed. Information in of itself from all thats happened will serve as a means to redeem this operation.

>>1082820
>>1082820
Hey Wong, a quick question. How deep is the secrecy on SOUL-A's "undercover mission"? Are, for instance, captain Clearwater and colonel Luxol informed that their defection was just an undercover operation? If so, we could probably just send them in to talk to Irina.

>>1082820
>A Muslim wanting to help an Avalonian
Pull my other leg

>>1082820
Ride

But no revealing what we're here to do.

>>1082844
No. Because that's what Fairchild wants. She's forced to concede us 16-Psyche because we're more of a pain and strangely more effective against the Avalonian War effort. Not to mention the fact that we have Colonel Stern, General Hatsheput, and the Luxols protecting us indirectly We cooperate with Avalon to kidnap Irina, say goodbye to the welcome wagon on the Belt and hello 2 Wels and a Mekong on the doorstep of the Auditorium.

Let me emphasis one thing, WE ARE NOT READY TO FIGHT A WAR YET.

>>1082878
I want to laugh at this Idea.... But after that part about bipedal mecha and bacon I can't see Moe as an Muslim anymore.

What can we call him instead now? Does he care about Roarke's gods of rock or Oda's metaphysical waifu?

>>1082876
Here is the problem... We don't have how to know that... As it seems, both Ceasar and Pierre really believes that they're out for good, the only way to discover that again would be to spy on the jovians, get some high-rank officer with this info or Hack their ships... And everyone of the options is complicated.

>>1082907
It doesn't matter if he's religious or not Martians hate the Greenmen for what they did to them during the war.

>>1082844
And for you other point Roarke is willing to work with a lot of people but I don't think he would ever work with people who follow the Lady considering what the Greenmen war did to his mom and the fact he said he would crucify one himself

>>1082907
We call him Moe, Bacon Eater.

>>1082907
It has been Established Moe is not a Muslim, He is a Pirate, So really we should not help him since he really did not help us.
I mean roarke treats avalon with indifference unless they are in his territory

>>1082876

You have it backwards, perhaps. Fairchild hushed up the defection by claiming that SOUL A is on assignment, with enough mystery to make it seem like it's undercover. Those extremely in the know would be the only people who would realize it was a defection. Maybe, for instance, people with access to the Petronius and Archimedes and their respective crews?

>>1082907
>What can we call him instead now?

The red blade
the fluffiest swordsman in the belt
Eater of cakes, destroyer of skulls

Or, you know, Moe.

>>1082932
Annd those are the ships that came as reinforcements. Surprised they haven't found and strangled Jesus yet.

>>1082932

Ok, that makes more sense. Certainly more than the idea of their defection being covered up with an "undercover infiltration", since that only works if most of your people don't know that it's an infiltration mission,

But more to the point, the Colonel probably knows, so just walking in will not work.

>>1082926
I'm agreeing with Thunder here. We give Hector a ride, try to pry some info about him. Let him off this one time for helping out and consider the debt cancelled.

>>1082954

Believe it or not aside from him shooting first (which he could officially justify as trying to get Caesar out of the way to stop Naomi), the sympathy on those ships might be more towards Jesus than Caesar WITH the limited information they have about what went down. Authority figures don't always care about your personal problems. It wouldn't be unreasonable for someone who isn't Naomi's boyfriend and confidante to go "she was a danger and you had a duty to arrest her. Altered HMIS systems that can control a human being? What are those?"

>>1082905
Anon, I know that you are worried, but calm down, we are not going to use their troops or anything, just get some info out of them and maybe agree in a course of action that would be advantageous for both but that would not screw us by working with them or something...

I what I have in mind is to time our plan with what they have in mind to get the jovians when they are in trouble, or to give the Avalonians the time of our attack so that we can having they using the opportunity to make the mess even greater, allowing us to escape blaming it on "Oh, it seems that they were watching for an opening! How lucky for us!" or something.

We are NOT fighting alongside them, and definitely NOT protecting them against the Jovians.

Use them in our favor, do not get really involved, that is my plan.

I also would do the same the other way around if needed to, its true that I shill for Avalon but the Kestrels are much important to me in the end.

>>1082926
You guys were seducing Lori and being a bro with the Duke much before even joined, Roarke hates the Greenman but he didn't go out of his way to crush everyone of the Avalonians in Psyche-16 because of it, remember that cockpit that ejected and almost got smashed by Priest-san... But you guys could prove me wrong or something, the thing is that I find that hard to believe after the Lori thing... Which happened even before I joined the game.

Guys, please, if you cast a vote link to the post where I asked for a vote. It makes it much easier to count than when you link someone else's post and go "I agree with them" or just state your opinion without linking anything.

>>1082975
We were never being a "bro" to Kirito he had us out gunned we went and talked to him listen to what he said and then immediately decided we didn't want to side with him. Lori was just Roarke wanting to trick her into following us back to Auditorium so we could capture her. Then we found out she was pretty and Roarke can't control his dick around pretty women who are good pilots

>>1082989
and mechanics

>>1082977
Ok.
Hey Wong... If the jovian mechanics and engineers get the Knights on the dam, how much time would take for adapting them with other weapons and such? Could we make use of them in time for battle? What would be the jovians opinion on using them to increase our number of mechas?

>>1082975
>Agree in a course of action that would be advantageous for both

Which would link us the Iron Kestrels to Avalon when Irina "magically" appearing at the Space Jam. Which of course gives the Jovian Senate the go ahead to Greenlight a strike force against the Auditorium.

>>1082999
Aside from fortifaction buffers or defensive weapon placements/traps, knights are not really useful and the time frame is too short to work on them. Might work as a decoy by making the enemy assume the dam is still theirs, but not much else.

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“It's a long story and we're short on time.” You haul the three unconscious Martians up away from where anything could fall on this. “Suffice to say this man has issues with my former employer and her husband, who is my current employer. Unfortunately, those issues have burdened his journey all the way to Qu'lir, alas.”

The brawny man in the raincoat nods, “I see. It's a familiar situation to me. You see, my liege-lord and my wife's liege-lady are political enemies with wildly different viewpoints. In fact, she's probably the reason he got sent on such a damned dangerous mission in the first place. Don't tell Liza, but I'm quite sure there IS a factional difference between those most loyal to the Queen and those most loyal to the Lady.”

You frown, “If your masters are enemies, how ever did you secure their blessing for marriage?” This is a problem you have, too, given the fact that Regina isn't just part of the Jovian military but someone occupying an extremely prestigious role in it.

He winks, “I forgot to ask for it. Besides, I know the Duke would approve, he's a good sort.”

The two of you share a hearty chuckle. He doesn't seem like a bad person to you, he doesn't even seem to be hiding anything. For the cultist of an abomination that needs to be purged, you rather like him...but you suppose even good people can be brainwashed with enough cultural reinforcement. People like him, and like poor Countess le Kennedy, make you want to put your monosword through the Lady's heart all the more. Awful people being taken advantage of by an awful person, like the Green Skulls being taken advantage of by General Fairchild, are bad enough. Decent people being used as pawns to be callously discarded light-years from home in the name of fanaticism makes your blood boil, it harkens back to the dark old days of your people before the Nuclear Conflict, before the nation of India unleashed atomic fire upon Mecca and Medina in revenge for the atomic weapon detonated in their capital.

“Ah, by the way.” He asks once he recovers, “What's an Iron Kestrel?”

“A bird native to a certain asteroid belt.” You reply, smoothly.

He raises his eyebrows, “Must be a funny sort of bird. By the way, my manners are slipping. Sir Hector Van Damme, at your service.” He bows.

You bow back, “Mohammed Al-Tabir, and you have already done me a service.”

“In that case...mind giving me a ride? Just out of the city, I promise no tricks. You're giving me a rather suspicious look.” Hector smiles, gathering up his groceries...then looking up, up over the buildings, his smile vanishing, “By the Lady, he's gone and got a bigger one.”

[Continued]

>>1082989
Okay, but what about that cockpit guy? He didn't surrender, he just got ejected by force, why did we spare him? Why didn't we fight to the death with Morgana, we could have killed her if we wanted to as she even expected it.

The way I see it, it seems more like Roarke hates the Lady but don't really hate her followers just for being stupid enough to fall into her plans and fighting for their nation, or he would just kill everyone of them without any mercy or chance of surrender like we did to the greenskulls.

>>1083011
>Which would link us the Iron Kestrels to Avalon when Irina "magically" appearing at the Space Jam.
Bro, just...What?
We aren't going to use them to steal Irina, from where did you get that? The plan is to MAYBE using them for distraction, either to attack or to escape, doing things that we could blame on "watching for an opening" or on "spies", not by sending them to kidnap her for us!

And that is just a possibility, it heavily depends on what info we get from him on this ride.

>>1083042
Just because he doesn't kill people who surrender doesn't means he will work with the group

>>1083034
Now THIS is useful info. Two factions with one for the Queen and one for the Lady. If we weaken the Lady faction but strengthen the Queen faction, then we could possibly divide Avalon and keep it functional after dealing with the Green Lady. Also, looks like the Delphinus is getting a show.

>>1083059
Wasn't his main objetive just to sick both of them on each other and make money on their war?

Also, the guy on the cockpit DIDN'T surrendered, he decided on fighting to the death, then received a powerplant hit and had his cockpit taken out by his commander... In fact, we denied him death and made him live in deshonor... Also, we killed even the greenskulls that ejected, why didn't we did the same on the Avalonians if we hate them like greenman?

>>1083042
MAYBE using them for distraction, either to attack or to escape, doing things that we could blame on "watching for an opening" or on "spies", not by sending them to kidnap her for us!

Let see headlines:

>AVALON ATTACK ON QU'LIR GARRISON, HEAD RESEARCHER MISSING IN ACTION

>MISSING HEAD RESEARCHER FOUND AT AUDITORIUM! IS RED SIREN A GREEN MAN SYMPATHIZER?

Yeah, if we kidnap Irina during an Avalon attack, that's what will give Fairchild the opening to take us out with overwhelming firepower.

>>1083086
Because he was our prisoner not Josiah's. And the Avalonians haven't done enough to us for us to murder everyone we meet. The Greenskulls killed our friends and Captain.

>>1083104
Personally, my main reservations with helping Avalon are tactical. I actually like them at least as much as Jupiter, and more than Mars.

>>1083111
As far as I'll ever be concerned fuck everyone who isn't us especially Avalon but ESPECIALLY MARS

>>1083111
If the Duke is from the Queen faction, then I respect them more than the Lady Faction.. which can explode if they don't see whats wrong with this whole thing. Think Belph would go for the Lady too if he believes in the strong.

>>1083089
>We attack the ship or something
>Take Irina and make a run for it
>Before SOUL appears Avalon attacks another target and make them decide on either follow us or protect their ships/soldiers.

OR

>Avalon attacks on another place.
>SOUL goes there
>Then we attack the place where Irina is and kidnap her when they are occupied fighting.

We can blame this on just observing them and waiting to get an opening, or on having a spy that notified us on when they got out of the ship.

Or "Look, the avalonian spies leaked vital info on your problems again".

It doesn't automatically puts the heat on us.


>AVALON ATTACK ON QU'LIR GARRISON, HEAD RESEARCHER MISSING IN ACTION

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, like the Iron Kestrels are subtle when they kidnap someone... Remember last time? We destroyed a entire music room, had a duel with a professional fighter, Made a cinematografic scene with the Kaiser appearing from nothing and even made Keith pass out from light-years of distance with just a text...

We both know that this is going to be crazy even if we opt for trying black ops on them.

>>1083104
So we don't hate them like the greenman, this is what I'm pointing at.

>>1083133
And I'm saying Roarke will never work with them or side with them because they're lead by a Greenman

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“Ah-ha! That's great! I felt a bit bad about last time...” Hector's brow furrows, “But that thing is just...it's too much. Now I'm the one that feels at a disadvantage.”

You turn around and spot what's clearly a pair of SOUL machines raining plasma fire down on a target in the streets, presumably the berserk mech, “More SOUL mecha? The UJCIDF is going to go bankrupt at this rate.” You grumble.

“Be nice.” Shukriya scolds you, pulling on your ear, “They're making them for us in the long run.” She comments with a smile almost innocent enough to cover up her real meaning. Loot. As clingy as she is, you suddenly want to give her a big kiss. You settle for a hug, which seems to satisfy her.

“Soul? Those things don't have any soul. They're not Paladins, whatever they are.” Hector crosses his arms, “That one, there, the one that doesn't look like a frog.” A smaller mecha zips around the two big ones, with the slender forward-thrust head reminiscent of the old Palomino series, “Not that one. The blue one with the cross-shaped sensor slit, that's the Blue Knight's strider.”

You frown, “Who is this Blue Knight, again?”

Hector chuckles, “The top ace of the Gas Knights and by far my favorite Jovian. It's nice to see the solar aborigines have learned some chivalry, as if you weren't an indicator of that, little friend.” He ruffles your hair again.

You gently but firmly push his hand away, “Thank you. You may ride with us out of the city, if you don't mind telling us about the situation on this planet.” Even though you are resolved not to besmirch the reputation of the Iron Kestrels or endanger your fleet's position in the Belt by directly working with Avalon information is still information and always useful. Besides, if the rest of your group does support kidnapping Irina Kim or whatever she calls herself over simply enduring a disappointed Red Siren's inevitable tantrum, it's not collusion to quietly abduct her during the middle of an offensive operation against Avalon that leaves her ship lightly defended...right?

As for your tastes, you think the Zulfiqar is the pinnacle of efficient mecha design. This one is a bit less symmetrical, but it's stylish in its own way, you're aware of your biases. Aside from your unconditional love for your own mech, your favorite SOUL units are those like the Flowerhorn and S-Betta that favor subtle weapon placement.

[Continued in an hour so Wong can eat]

>>1083133
There's a difference.
>Remember last time? We destroyed a entire music room, had a duel with a professional fighter, Made a cinematografic scene with the Kaiser appearing from nothing and even made Keith pass out from light-years of distance with just a text...

One's the action of dashing rogue who are against the Authority but still is a patriot to his home nation. The other's a traitor who aided the enemies of the nation to sabotage the war effort.

>>1083129
Ah yes TB. Fuck them or FUCK them.

This is basically Thunderbird in a post. Kill or seduce.

>>1083152
Family comes first

>>1083150
"Odd. I was under the impression that the top Jovian ace was Colonel Stern. He fought the Duke and his escorts over Mars singlehanded."
Lets scare the crap out of him for giggles.

I'm just putting this out there. I will not condone a kidnapping operation on Irina until someone can convince me or put together a plan that will not implicate the Iron Kestrels are allied with Avalon.

>>1083133
Wouldn't you use your enemies to make them screw each other and make your life easier? Specially when you dislike their leaders?
We aren't "helping" them, we can work with one and the other just to screw both of them...

But there is another question, Roarke doesn't really know about this, but he would probably use the faction split between them to his advantage, even more if he can use it to directly screw the lady by making her lose political influence on her on planet... And while he don't even know about it yet, he already saw that even a paladin started to have doubts when he confronted with reality, and this could give him ideas on the possible applications of this fact... In other words, it is not impossible to sabotage her influence, and this could be a weapon of personal revenge or justice for him to use against her.
But to make it work, you would need to have at least some contact with them, thats why I want to have the belt as neutral ground even for avalonians if possible... IF they aren't trying to dominate us.

>>1083042
>
There is no money in killing them, Or in those cases ransoming them back is better
>>1083086 Don't hate Avalonians, Hate their leader, Until that Immortal bitch is dead there will be no working with them

>>1083188
>>1083143
Oops, linked to the wrong post

>>1083133
just observing them and waiting to get an opening
>Or we could actually just watch and wait for an opening

>>1083193
They would also have to admit their god was a giant shithead and deserved to be executed

>>1083181
>>1083150
Absolutely. Bonus points if we mention some crazy rumor about a boxer fleeing his wrath long ago.

>>1083185

I'm obviously not taking sides, but I will point out that Lysa Fleur is a Jovian asset too.

>>1083208
No point salting the wound there thunder, Her just being dead would be enough

>>1083227
Problem with that is their still allied with a monster that almost destroyed humanity. And if we do kill any Avalonian that still believe in her will want to kill us super hard and most moderates would still dislike us. The only way we can work with them is if they realize how shitty the Greenmen are.

>>1083223
wait i thought the pink haired jovian had not much of an ass

>>1083223
Lysa Fleur has a prior engagement at the Auditorium and it's still in line with the dashing, rebellious rogue image we have.

>>1083215
>>1083150
I approve. Horror stories of Col. Stern is a must.

>>1083238
But they are subserviant to her not allied, Also What made you think i was suggesting WE kill her, The jovians will do that on their own.

>>1083326
They love her and almost all of them are willing to kill themselves in her name. And because we already said we would if we ever met her and come on this is a mech anime, we're going to end up fighting her

>>1083150
>>1083181
This
>>1083193
The ransoming part might be true, but we wouldn't ransom Fairchild or First Mate, so we don't really hate the Avalons per se... and about working with them I don't exactly agree, as negotiating with the Duke isn't working in favor to the Lady, and just helping the jovians and martians against them would end with both of them forcing us into a vassal state by pressing us from both sides... And there is the fact that the Lady actually wins if Duke Kirito dies in his mission as he is her most powerfull opposition inside the paladins, but Roarke doesn't know that.

I think we should be open to negotiations and offers when it go in favor to our objectives... And that we could pull a bahamutcorp on these guys and try to avoid having the Duke killed, as his presence make everyone focus on them and give us more freedom of operations.

>>1083338
You mean the second strongest Paladin who she raised up? The one whose only goal is to be back home with his wife and kid? That Paladin?

>>1083261
Irina has even more reason to be there, and we can be even more dashing if we went to another system and kidnaped her during a battle when we were risking getting shot by both sides.

>>1083335
At this point I'm not certain on it, I expected to have Roarke fighting her... But that is getting more and more harder to belive when taking in consideration that he isn't goin to be the POV in generation two.

I think that this is going to depend on how far wong will let this plot go, and how relevant its going to be in the next generation, because after the Duke goes away.... What reason will we have to take our armies there to end the war and risk losing what we already have here?

>>1083387
Remeber his backstory, he isn't faithful as his wife, is skeptical with all the mysticism and ooga-booga, wasn't even to be here, is a Duke and more loyal to the Queen than to the Lady... And was send to a suicidal mission with the two of the most problematic Paladins.

My guess is that the lady plans to make him a martyr and to get even more inside his wife head when he is gone, making her a even more powerfull paladin and sending her to get revenge on Sol.

I also bet that she has things to win in the case Lori and her cousin die, I'm almost certain of it.

...And if you want to see her like an old one with centuries of experience to call upon, she could even have handpicked everyone on their ships to cause a certain result on this mission and maybe even Victor is a piece on her bizzare and complex plan.

>>1083387
Perhaps, but from the sounds of it, being raised up does not mean devotion to the point of stupidity. Of the higher paladins we met, He's the more moderate of the lot and seems more for the Queen. Having those who support their country over their 'god' will help. Especially if it means fracturing the power base. Remember, Roland also fancies the Queen. If 2 of the top 4 Paladins with Seniority go 'Fuck the Goddess, the Queen is more important', then we may be able to divide them. Makes the final strike on the green lady easier and snuffs Fairchild's plans in that regard.

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You help the Avalonian load his groceries into the trunk of the groundcar and he climbs into the backseat, while you take up the driver's position and Shukriya rides shotgun, “That's odd.” You comment, “I was under the impression that the Jovian top ace is Colonel Ziemowit Stern. He reputedly dueled Duke Eustace of the big golden mech singlehandedly over Mars, according to a man who was there.”

“And he survived?” Hector stares, flabbergasted.

“By all accounts he came as close to winning as possible, but the man I heard it from said both were damaged, and he's one of Stern's pupils. This Blue Knight is a decent pilot, but the Jovians have much better ones. The Butcher, for instance.”

“She retired.” Hector is quick to respond.

You shoot him a suspicious look, “How did you know that? For that matter, how did you know that the Butcher is a she? One would normally assume that to be a man's nickname.”

He shrugs, “I heard it from a certain well-traveled man. The story goes that the Butcher was a Jovian heroine of extreme beauty and ferocity, more devil than woman, yet love softened her heart and when she fell on the battlefield she abandoned war to pursue the object of her affections.”

“That's remarkably detailed.” You confess, “Except for the part where you make it sound like falling in love turned her into a demure, blushing maiden instead of a love-crazed efreeti with a blade.”

“You sound like you know her.” Hector remarks.

“I do.” You reply, “I've crossed swords with her.” And you have the bruises to remember it by.

The Avalonian laughs, “By the Lady, I can hear you wincing. I confess, I wasn't quite ranking Gas Knight aces by skill with a strider, but rather by how well they lead and work with their resources. It's one thing to win a duel, it's quite another to retake an entire captive ship with one companion and nonlethal rounds.”

“What about destroying an entire pirate fleet with one Bluegill and a sword?” You query.

He raises his eyebrows, “Anyone who can do that would be a terrifying foe, whatever a Bluegill is.”

“The little cute ones with the cute bucket shaped heads and cute monoeyes and cute little legs that remind me of cute little boots.” Shukriya clarifies.

“That's one.” You point at one of the local defense force's mecha as it rumbles along an adjacent street.

“In one of those!?” Hector stares, “That's tiny!”

“Even the greatest pirate of the Solar System has taken pains to avoid entering battle with Stern.” You nod your head wisely, “Even devils fear him.”

“By the Lady...” The knight slumps back into his seat, his face pale.

“Did you message Pierre?” You ask Shukriya quietly.

She nods, “He's waiting for us, take this route...and he'll be here.” She displays a holomap on her PC. You adjust your course to match her route, relieved that the worst of the tremors seem to be over and done with.

[Continued]

>>1083465
That would work if the queen isn't all for the lady. If she is I doubt Roland and Kirito will betray her and without those two no one else will rebel

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>>1083471
Stern OP pls nerf

>>1083471
colonel stern is a god damn badass and one of the only reasons i don't want to destroy the jovians.
the avalonians are right to fear him.

>>1083474
We don't know the exactly situation yet... But there is a chance of persuading them to do a "intervention" on the queen if they learn about the spores and start getting paranoid over it.

>>1083471
Tell him about the butcher... Them tell him about Lori, lets see if he breaks under the shadow of the Black Ogre!

>>1083505
>Stern OP pls never nerf

FTFY.

>>1083523
He knows a lot about clemmy already, and moe already let on that she's still as fierce a fighter as ever in that same post.
telling him about Lori would be pushing it too hard, I think we've said enough, anymore than this and we're the one letting info slip.

>>1083471
It's only appropriate that the man with 11 in his pilot skill should be a legend.

>>1083471
>>1083523
actualy i would love to tell story's of the black ogre, knuckle kaiser whatever.

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“So, how is Qu'lir treating you?” You enquire.

The knight sighs, “Poorly. Ostensibly, the Solar forces are attempting a soft takeover of this world, and because of their cultural stance on genemodded humans a resistance faction formed. It was initially nativist, and if I had my way it would've stayed that way. Sadly, I'm not in charge on this planet. In keeping with our government's policy, we came here to train Qu'lir's people to defend themselves and give them the means to seek independence...but then Count Lucas Ford was placed in charge.” He scowls, “Count Ford believes that this is all propaganda, and his cynical views cause him to view this as a pure duel for control over Qu'lir and its resources between the Solars and Avalon, with the natives as nothing but pieces. I don't understand what the Lady is thinking, sending two fanatical Paladins to this world instead of my Duke or the warrior Belegor. The Duke is a true hero, and despite Belegor's brutality he has no interest in titles or influence beyond defeating every enemy that stands in his way. He is respected by his subordinates and could undoubtedly have marshaled a more effective defense. Or he would simply have killed every solar aborigine in his path. I would take his blunt pursuit of his own dark dream over Ford's twisted charisma any day. Initially, this world was a side-thought to the true war, but then tragedy struck. A second paladin, the fanatic witch Duchess Maria Carnegie, the rival of my own master...and again, don't breathe a word of this to Liza or I'll be sleeping alone for a month...the mother-in-law of nightmares herself, was dispatched here to acquire a specific person. Apparently our sources in the Solar System delivered information that the youngest son of Jupiter's highest noble had a psychological profile indicating potential sympathy for our cause. Now, Count Ford believes that the goal of retrieving him was to make him a Paladin, cast out poor Countess le Kennedy of the fallen Anseis and abandon her to the wolves, and break the morale of Jupiter with one of their own princes at the forefront of our army...but I do not agree. I think it was hoped that, perhaps, he could serve as a bridge between our peoples and negotiate a peace. This constant escalation of the war, this squabbling over worlds and colonies, all it will do is bring back the horrors of the conflict that erased the Lady's people. I cannot believe she would seek such a thing again. Instead of either scenario, the worst possible thing happened.”

“What's that?” You ask, suspecting you might already know.

[Continued]

>>1083620
Bad Formatting Mr.Wong. Wallotext hurts my eyes.

>>1083620
You, uh, might want to split this one up a bit more Wong.

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Hector smiles bitterly, “The Duchess was shot down and taken prisoner by the Blue Knight. Suddenly, this planet became important to the Jovians, a symbol of their strength and determination. That is why they dispatched additional forces here, likely in hopes of bagging another Paladin. I fear without reinforcements of our own we will inevitably lose this world, and if we get them Qu'lir will vanish into an ocean of blood as both sides refuse to yield.” He shakes his head, "I dream of a galaxy of free planets, with no empires and no superpowers...but it is only a dream. I am a man grown, and such a thing may never be possible. I have to live in the real world, in what exists."

“How much do you know about the Countess' loss, speaking of downed Paladins?” You inquire.

He grins wryly, “Enough to know that an Iron Kestrel is a strange bird of the asteroids indeed, and that Mohammed Al-Tabir tells the truth as opaquely as possible.”

You nod silently, acknowledging the point. Up ahead, you see Pierre, his civilian clothes stained and thoroughly disheveled, a rain poncho keeping the downpour off of him. He looks up with a grumpy expression on his face, spots you, and gives you a desultory smile and wave as you slow to a stop.

“Took you long enough. Did you run into any trouble?” He grumbles, climbing into the groundcar.

Hector gives him a cheerful wave, “Hail, friend, I hope you weren't too drenched.”

[Continued]

>>1083663
>>1083674

And now it's too late. I'm sorry, guys, I would have deleted it and reformatted it if I hadn't already posted the rest.

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Awyes it's Moe time.

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>>1083708

>>1083708
one supped up Exia

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>>1083717

>>1083680
>Hector gives him a cheerful wave, “Hail, friend, I hope you weren't too drenched.”
Wong is making me like him more and more...

What do you guys think that we should ask next? Should we throw a bone to him and see how him reacts?

Wong, please tell us when we are approaching the end of the ride, as we are probably going to wait to end before being more talkative...

For now, lets see how these two will interact... And hope that they don't end in a duel or something...

>>1083731

Now would be a good time. Or, rather, after the next post.

I still feel guilty about that formatting, were most of you able to get through that wall of text alright? I just now realized it might be pretty awful for phone users.

>>1083766
I'm on my laptop, luckily. I just highlight lines I've already gone over. It makes it a lot easier to read.

>>1083766
I'm alright. I am use to much worse and doing so myself. Just take it as some advice and keep with doing a good story.

>>1083766
>>1083776
same

>>1083034
>> it harkens back to the dark old days of your people before the Nuclear Conflict, before the nation of India unleashed atomic fire upon Mecca and Medina in revenge for the atomic weapon detonated in their capital.

I see Cyborg Ghandi lives in this timeline, truly the darkest timeline yet best.

>>1083766
It was just a bit hard to read in a moving vehicle but no sweat wong.

>>1083731
The thing is what should we mention. And I am rather curious about the intention to bring back garma to negotiate a peace settlement.

>>1083791
It's funny how while we worry about people not dying making this entire scenario seem 'dull' by anime standards, but then you realize that after ALLLL the shit humanity has been through including the Revenge of Ghandi, green men, and losing 2/3rds in general, being easy on the murder is probably one of the more logical steps for humanity.

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Does the Zuqlifar look like this now?

>>1083791

There's also the fact that India and Pakistan both have nukes, share a border, and despise the ever-living fuck out of each other. For real I think they're more dangerous than North Korea.

Let's just pretend the Civ reference was intentional, shall we?

>>1083842
Agreed, most likely it would have been one of the provisions of any Conventions done in regards war drafted by the survivors.

>>1083850
To be fair, even Japan's military is more dangerous than North Korea's. And their aircraft carries can only carry attack helicopters.

>>1083801
Stories of the past are cool and all but we really need to discover what is their next step...

I think that we could try to shill him for the Kestrels, be shady about Roarke's relation to the Duke and try have him play along into feeding us info by telling him things that aren't much important, like what the Kestrels really are... What happened to the butcher, Stein background, the invasion of mars... You know, adventure stories with superficial serious info.

... We could also try to spill the truth about why we are here, but I'm not sure about how far we should go on this.

>>1083850
Oh it was Wong, I suspect you and I share a hive mind somewhere out there given our shared Jesta love.

>>1083847
Wait... Did you paint that yourself?

>>1083842

People are still dying in this war, for sure, the Kestrels just haven't taken many losses because Roarke is awesome at being Roarke and has also avoided killing SSL troops so far. Now that I think about it, there's been rather a lot of death, it's just generally been offscreen when it hasn't been happening to people Roarke absolutely needed to kill.

>>1083863

I love the Jesta so much I retconned it out of being the Palomino II to make it the SOUL MP Mustang.

>>1083872
Ah, no my Exia is just metallic Blue on Blue, some random guy on internet, BR :)

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It's not something you think people often notice about Pierre Blanchett, he's not the unbluffable, subtle creature his sister is, but you have come to realize after spending some time in his company that Pierre Blanchett is a natural squad leader for a good many reasons and one of them is his remarkable perceptiveness. Unlike the unfortunate Lieutenant Rabban, he doesn't need to hear the sentence repeated. He leans across Hector and pulls the handle for the door on that side, making it swing open as he throws his weight against the Avalonian, “Out, veggie-lover!”

“Steady on, I was invited!” Hector shoves back, grappling with Pierre. He still nearly gets thrown right out of the groundcar, but manages just barely to stay inside, one foot hooked under the seating bench and a hand tightly gripping the internal ceiling gunrack this model came with.

“I don't know what you're playing at or trying to talk the kids into, but the ONLY reason I'm not dragging you to those cruisers parked outside the city and telling them to give you their least-comfortable cell is because I've got business of my own here.” Pierre gets a canoe-sized boot planted on Hector's chest, “Out out out out OUT!”

You try to focus on driving and not on the wrestling match going on in the backseat as Hector twists and angles his body to absorb the force of Pierre's kicks on his armored civilian-model flightsuit, a Jovian design that stands out a lot less than the more knightly variants you've seen on Loriette's people. Shukriya, though, turns around with a scowl and snatches Hector's shock baton, “Boys, behave!” She brandishes it at them, and they both shrink away from it to huddle on the bench trying to avoid her scolding swings and the tirade of angry feminine Arabic denouncing them as savages and brigands.

“Shuk, stop that, those really hurt.” You wince, and pat her thigh.

She sighs and smiles at you, “Only because you asked me to. Those two are spoiling our extended date.”

“Extended date?” Hector asks Pierre.

The Jovian shrugs, “Don't ask me. I don't know. I don't wanna know. She insisted on coming along and according to her cousin, who I've seen for myself is a damned good pilot, little Shukriya here is a pretty deft hand with jetform mecha. We thought she'd be useful for scouting.”

Shukriya smiles sweetly, “Jet combat is a lovely and feminine hobby and the best way to support my cute Mohammed.”

Pierre and Hector trade uneasy glances.

>[Anything else you want to bring up with Hector before you let him off outside the city limits?]

>>1083896
Oh, okay...

>>1083881
>>1083842

It's still a good point though that there's a BIT less emphasis on killing with the population so reduced.

>>1083901
>Nothing, you don't want to betray the trust of the Admiral by going out information that isn't yours to give out
Moe isn't a squealer

>>1083901
So....Hector, Shuk wants a pet Veggie lover.....
I mean err Avalonian.

>>1083901
>tell some stories on how (rightly) awesome the admiral is.

>>1083901
Moe moe you have got a fucking keeper here

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>>1083901
>they both shrink away from it to huddle on the bench trying to avoid her scolding swings and the tirade of angry feminine Arabic denouncing them as savages and brigands

Say nothing. Hector just SEEMS stupid.

>>1083901
>Jet combat is a lovely and feminine hobby

Hakim Best Caliph. Of all time.

>>1083901
Mention that there is talk of free lands in the belt that will most likely remain neutral in the war. He can take it or leave it, but either way it is what it is.

>>1083901
"You talked much about the past, effendi, but what about the future? Strange birds of the asteroid like us wouldn't want to get in a cross-fire while we're staying here... And I think that if your Duke is like what the Admiral told us, he wouldn't want that either."

Do not confirm anything, but imply that our misfortune wouldn't be in the best interest of his Duke... What is partially true, as he seems to not want to have kestrel blood on his hands for now... And try to see if he would like to be a buddy and tell us sweet and useful info.

As a second choice...

>[Be cold to Shukriya and tease her]
>[Be warm to Shukriya and give her affection]

>>1083950
>[Warmly tease her]

>>1083950
>[Be warm to Shukriya and give her affection]

>>1083950
>>[Be warm to Shukriya and give her affection]
But not much, don't want to spoil her.

>>1083952
>>1083950
dis
light teasing in a kind and loving manner

>>1083950
>[Be warm to Shukriya and give her affection]

>>1083949
He's not going to betray his homeland stop trying to get everyone to join us. That's how you get spies in your organization who will try to assassinate you which is exactly what happened

>>1083950
>Warmly tease Shukriya
Unleash All that you have learned from The Admiral

>>1083950
>>1083952
Seconded.

>>1083957
We'll not just teasing her, we'll be teasing the two in the backseat. Because 'get a room'

People, I know that friendly chat with Hector is cool, but we have to make him spill something out, something more usefull than just that, even if we need to give some info too in exchange.

>>1083964
I never said that we should interact with him again, just try to take out the info we can for now and leave him be, conspiring for long isn't worthy enough for the risk.

>>1083950
>>[Be warm to Shukriya and tease her]

Honestly, Wong. Were you expecting anything else from the great-disciple of the Legendary Ozark?

>>1083972
Almost every person in the military who knows any important information and isn't an emotional teenager won't let info slip. They get trained how to never do that.

>>1083901
Perhaps we could mention that if the intent to sue for peace is sincere, he could send word to his duke to try sending someone to the belt.

It wont be a fast thing but with pirates being a more relatively neutral 3rd party in the conflict, save preventing another incursion of green men, it could be a neutral meeting ground.

>>1083982
>never

Hahaha, no. You resist until you hit your line, you give them as little as possible when you do break, and you make them start back from the beginning when they come back. The only thing never gets you is a bullet to the brain.

>>1083982
Part of the point of SERE training is to show that you always break. Its only a matter of time.

>>1083982
There is no problem in trying, he knows that we aren't friends of sol after seeing that fight there, and probably already suspects of our involvement with Roarke, worst case he is just going to say no, thanks us and go away... Best case he will give us a tip and maybe try to propose something, which we can just deny.

We have nothing to lose, and other anons want to just tell him some adventure stories and maybe make him a better Roarke impersonificator

>>1083991
>>1084005
Really? Didn't know that, thought for the most part they trained you to give nothing and just take the bullet for your country. Learn something new everyday.

>>1083731
You tend to like literally anything avalon.

>>1084026
dead soldiers make for pretty bad soldiers. Likewise, knowing your limit and supplying little information prevents them from doing big things and giving them a lot of information when you break.

>>1083881
>I love the Jesta so much I retconned it out of being the Palomino II to make it the SOUL MP Mustang.

Which one is the Mustang again?

And I too love the Jesta.

>>1084055
But point is he won't give us any worthwhile info right?

>>1084059
the point is to last as long as you can for rescue to come for you

>>1084026
Part of what they train you in is techniques to increase your resistance and how to disassemble and give half truths before you give in.

This way at least your captors will get any time sensitive data late enough that it doesnt matter.

>>1084041
It is more because of his personality than Avalonian elements.
>>1084059
He probably isn't going to give us any info that could be used against him and his people, but there is a chance of him getting curious about the reason we are here and see this as an opportunity... If we bait him into thinking that we mean trouble for his enemies.

And we are trouble, and have no reason to try to hide it now that Irina has warned them about us.

>>1084059
Yes, but not for the reason you're thinking. It's literally not worthwhile because the benefit of true intelligence is almost always outweighed by the time cost. Even if you get something good out of a prisoner, there's always the chance that it has become outdated and that chance increases every minute he's in captivity.

Professional interrogators have jobs for a reason.

>>1084056

Well, while all of the non-MP SOUL mecha are individuals, most have the same frame. All Bahamutcorp Medium-Weighters use the Bass frame (advanced melee versions have Light Heavy arms), while the Bucephalus ones use the Mustang frame. You've seen almost no new Mustangs so far, though, because the Mustang is literally a remake of the Thoroughbred MP and until recently they were doing things like using a War-era Thoroughbred MP to construct the S-Flowerhorn or copying Thoroughbred-X to make the S-Slinger.

MP SOUL mecha don't have individual project names, they're called something like "Bass Trooper" or "Mustang Sniper".

One early Mustang frame, incidentally, is in the Zulfiqar.

>>1084092
Admittedly, Interrogators who operate on Psychology are FAR more effective than this who use torture.

>>1084083
An opportunity for what? He isn't going to betray Avalon most people won't betray their country and family just because someone was nice to them.

>>1084092
Interesting, thanks for the info anon

>>1084097
Huh, interesting.

Is the Mustang a Mediumweight mech then?

>>1083338
Also I missed this Post, But Brazil Negotiating is not the same as working with. Negotiation is fine, But Actual cooperation? no. as i said before Roarke as we have played him views Wider Avalon itself with indifference,but hates the lady, Also How could mars and Jove press us from both sides when we are on the outside of them?

And it would be retarded of them to consider doing so since it would ruin the status quo if anything Mars will eventually try to invade, and jove will either support us or stay neutral

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Shukriya looks at you sidelong, seeming a little hurt, “Did I say something strange?”

You find yourself smiling a little. It's true you miss Regina. It's true that Shukriya has spent much of your time together prior to you becoming a pirate finding new and creative ways to annoy you. It's true she stalks you and doesn't always remember you have personal space. Still, the Admiral was right, you don't want to hide in a cupboard from her. You're objective enough to admit that you've grown really used to having her around, that she's a piece of your life whether she forced her way in there or not...and you're glad she did. You shake your head sorrowfully, “Only when you called this an extended date.” You frown, “I thought all of our time together since Mars had been one long date? Did you have other reasons for leaving the homeworld? Alas, my poor pride is crushed underfoot, I thought I was the reason you came to space.”

She squeals, covering her mouth, “M-M-Moe!? Oh no, no you do not understand, I came to be with you! I wanted you back! Pirates can take everything else, but I won't give you up even if I have to become a villain or worse, lose all inheritance and lands!” She promises. It would be threatening if she didn't have such a cute expression.

Pierre makes a retching sound. Hector clears his throat loudly, “Sir Mohammed, we're still here...” You gloriously ignore them both.

By Allah, how have you spent so much time moping? You can and WILL get Regina, but you are a disciple of the Black Ogre! A disciple of the Black Ogre does not close his heart in the face of obstacles, he opens it! You casually, blatantly put your arm around her, “Space is too cold for me without you. I couldn't ask you to leave Mars, or even think of it, but I'm glad you came.”

Her lower lip wobbles, “Moeeeee~”

>[Lay it on thick]
>[Show restraint]

>>1083850
Let's be honest, North Korea will never be a real threat.

And while India despises Pakistan, Indian foreign policy is much more concerned with China and Russia.

>>1084121
>>[Show restraint]

>>1084121
>[Show restraint]

A true warrior knows his limits. We have not yet attained the glorious heights of our master.

And while Moe might be following the Path of Ozark, he's still, well, Moe.

>>1084110

Technically it's a frame, but it's also a mech, yes, if you're referring to the MP versions...although really you could say all new-model Bahamutcorp Medium Weight machines are Mustangs since they technically retired the Thoroughbred MP line. Every mech Roarke has identified as "an S-Slayer", and Irina made the same mistake so you can't blame him for it, is basically a Mustang.

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>>1084123
You underestimated their hate. India and Pakistan is basically an extended civil war.

>>1084121
>>[Lay it on thick]
Imagine your talking to your mech Moe

>>1084121
>[Show restraint]

I wonder what Caesar is up to.

>>1084121
>By Allah, how have you spent so much time moping? You can and WILL get Regina, but you are a disciple of the Black Ogre! A disciple of the Black Ogre does not close his heart in the face of obstacles, he opens it! You casually, blatantly put your arm around her, “Space is too cold for me without you. I couldn't ask you to leave Mars, or even think of it, but I'm glad you came.”
Fuck yeah Moe.

>[Show restraint]
But we do have to check in with Regina before going full martian marriage.

>>1084137
oh jesus
>>1084121
>[Lay it on thick]

>>1084121

For once I'm casting a vote.

>[Lay it on thick]

>>1084121
>[Show restraint]

>>1084133
Hummm. I want to steal some.

>>1084121
>>[Lay it on thick]

>>1084121
>[Lay it on thick]

>>1084121
>>[Lay it on thick]

>>1084121
>>[Lay it on thick]

>>1084121
>[Lay it on thick]
I want to make both Avalonian and Jovian feel the discomfort and unite under it.

>>1084139

I'll give you a hint, it rhymes with Snideo Hames.

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>>1084121
>[Lay it on thick]

>>1084145
Well fine.

>>1084161
Did he even notice the Earthquake?

>>1084137
>>1084103
So... Is this what you guys called Psychological torture? Because Hector and Pierre seem on the edge of breaking!