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Tveilirisk has been persuaded to tell us about a series of plans the Pytherians have, involving the construction of a device referred to as the Unity Engine.

We aren't sure of the specifics yet, and what the Sarethian have shared so far is woefully incomplete. But while IntSec puzzles over the details and the frontlines go through their daily fire exchanges, you lot have a proper job.

Imai was converted to a mechanized staging ground, and serves a lynch pin of the Pytherian advance into the Isfelt foothills and forest. Somewhere in Imai, an Archtheurge has been gently decomposing in a grave for the past many years.

And now this next bit sounds heartless, but, Trenchers - you need to find that grave, find a shovel, and get that Theurge's heart.

Whatever the Unity Engine is, we need access to one of the warded research facilities where the Theurges labour away at whatever grand madness they've cooked up this time. And while wards, guns and operatives may get us in, Prime Prerogative of an ArchTheurge will mask our approach better, bypassing the wards. Let's just hope the Pytherians haven't updated their security protocols since this one died.

But.

One problem at a time, Trenchers . . .

==Name==
Ht XXFocus XX Reaction XX
AP YY Grit YY Crunch YY (3 or 0)
--
Accuracy-XX
Fieldcraft-XX
[Other Skill]-XX
--
Hand1: WEAPON

>Note that Pilots have a Reaction of 0 and a Grit of 0.
>Anyone not a Resonance or Tech specialist have a Crunch of 0

>The Chirni now costs 3 AP to fire
>Some ResOp skills improved
>New capacity to regain focus given to ResOp

>>2692135
Let me at 'em!
I need the kill bonus to buy a birthday present.

>Spend the improvement from the last mission on Accuracy
>Deploy

==Arnold==
Int 40 Focus 12
AP 12 Armor 16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

"Unity Engine? Don't waste imagination to figure that one out, after the facebug back at base. I see a bug, it's dying, and the Pithies will thank me later. Oneness with anything's something you save for the cosmos, man."

>>2692135
I notice the symbol indicating a free order to hacked tech per turn is no longer under the Techie armor. Is that ability gone now?

==Sativa==
Ht 10/10 Focus 12 Reaction 7 DR 2
AP 10 Grit 2 Crunch 3
--
Processing-13
Accuracy-9

--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)

Tech 2:
[CommBomb]:
"This static sounds suspiciously like "bombard our own troops""

[Spoof] without the need to hack through Officers or other such vulnerabilities. Why? You are just that good. [Spoof] sends fake orders to the Pytherian bands. Knowledge gleaned from the combat situation helps. If any autonomous units are deployed, you can attempt to [Spoof] those too.

>>2692108

Time to test out this big rig!
>>2692191: You can wish them a happy cake day from me.

>Deploy

==Brontide==
Ht40/40 Focus12/12 DR16
AP12 Power 0 Cap1+4
--
Accuracy-9
Melee-12 (1d6+Margin)
--
[Heavy] 2AP to move, 1AP to turn 60deg
[Vitamer Hydraulics Actuator] 2Ht/4AP shift 2 hexes as a jump, Melee same hex. 2Ht:1Move for movement/facing. 18 BAD.
Wpn1: [Cannon] 3d6(4) 4AP straight line
Wpn2: [Chemsprayer] 2p per AP, 1p = +1 range; foam, flame, gas

Man, I sure hope I'm not the only size-9 boots on the ground.

>>2692196
Awww, you're so sweet, Bronty!
That present is actually for myself so thanks for the good wishes!

>>2692193
That’s a layer bug. Fixing. It’s still there.

>>2692191
Forgot a thing.

==Arnold==
Int 40 Focus 12
AP 12 Armor 16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
[Eelplate] Generate 1d6 Electricity per turn. 1 AP generates 2. Release pent up charge as with a chemsprayer, but note arcs and conduction possibility.
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

>>2692202
Tacky, man, tacky. Gimme your bonus and /I'll/ buy you something.

>>2692202 >>2692218
Well that settles it. Looks like if a certain someone behaves they'll get a few extra gifts.

>>2692218
That's not how gifts work, dude. That's not how they work at all.

>>2692221
Thanks man. I'll save you a slice of the cake.

>>2692224
Wait I think Sativa's onto something. If we pool the bonus everyone gets you can have one BIG gift!

Rolled 2, 2 = 4 (2d10)

>>2692135
One more mission before I can rotate out, just one more.

==Grommet==
Ht 12 Focus 12 Reaction 9
AP 10 Grit 4 Crunch 0
--
Accuracy-10
Fieldcraft-12
[Other Skill]-XX
--
Hand1: Chirni-77

>>2692246
Do the stats look good? I couldn't see a guide for all the symbols anywhere. This is like a tabletop right or do we vote for one statline.

>>2692224
A gift you get for yourself isn't a gift, man. It's a treat.

>>2692246
>>2692249
Replace Crunch with Reactions 9 and you're good. And yes, more like a tabletop than a typical quest.

>>2692257
I found the old thread on page two. Shouldn't this be on tg? Those guys would love it.

>>2692246
Face it trooper, we're knee deep in the shit here. These missions are for the disposable goons that we are.
Expect to get shot, stabbed and turned into bits. I for one gladly signed up for this. Those guys deserve what's coming to 'em.

>>2692249:
From what I understand it looks good to me just don't forget your Trencher kit. I know I wish I had one.
"Oh Brontide you have a mech and those are sooo expensive"; sure but when all hell breaks loose I'm just some nut with their dick in their hand waving a pistol around.

>>2692271
Skirmishes are deemed quests and we were banished. It's all warhammer threads anyways.

>>2692271
We were sadly kicked out of our ancestral home.
I did run a couple of very well received games on /TG, however. Grand audience.

I miss them.

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. . .

TS got off of their otherwise entrenched backsides and did their jobs for one! Behold, the wonders of modern day decryption.

Imai is defended by a retine of pathfinders and theurges, who do the minor mechanical repair work the point requires for any sigilcraft long in the field.

However, as this is closer to the principle lines of Pytherian advance, and a resupply point for their further advances, expect a garrison of Legionaires proper. Unlike the Pathfinders - and as you may have noticed during our lightning raid on Foltern - these clankers put up a /fight/.

Show 'em its still not enough.

>>2692191
Pi1 | Arnold
Te2 | Sativa
Pi3 | Brontide
Tr4 | Grommet
>Your stats are excellent
>2, 2
22
>[Metabolic Adapability]
>3 AP to buy 1 DR, Reaction, Accuracy or Grit this turn. Stacks.
>Add GRIT to melee attack. Targets destroyed in melee may be [Leeched] automatically, for HP or Focus.

>6 AP to [Consume] a Corpse (or other quantity of organic matter!) for . . . stuff

SOMEONE GET THE FLAMETHROWER, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE LIKE DUCK.

>>2692312
Will chemsprayers do? Also, who's Duck?

>>2692314
Someone omnivorous as they come, clearly.

>>2692254
A gift you buy for someone with their money is definitely not a gift, it's... uh... like this thing where I ask someone to go get some beer. How do you call that one?

>>2692312
I always have a flamethrower with me, because I know the Deep Truth.

The Deep Truth is: one day you'll dearly wish you had a flamethrower on hand.

>>2692318
I can't help it, they just taste so good. Only thing I'll miss about the military really, the mass graves.

>>2692338
If someone ever goes rogue, my bets are on you. Or that Duck fella.

>>2692362
Me, Pytherian? No, they'd make me eat their rotting zombie servitors and that sounds disgusting. Can't wait to go back to being a civvie, used to be a school teacher you know? Before they stuck their needles into me and turned me into this.

Suppose I won't be allowed back into the classroom when I get back. Maybe I'll take up dog breeding?

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We're approaching Imai Station from the south-west, circumventing a previously discovered minefield.

Our prayers go with the brave men of the 11th Regulars.

Of note is a hastily erected BUNKER overwatching this approach - it will be manned, and expect MG fire.

The town itself is a hodgepodge of dead-ends and brocades, so expect sightlines to crash.

TRENCHERS on FOOT can freely enter buildings (brown) through windows ("Find one" with construction, 4 Points) or doors (Look for one with Field Craft).

Mechanized Vehicles are not so lucky, but can trounce straight through the hedge and other small blockades.

Expect the initial resistance to be Pathfinders and station personel. Nothing to worry about. However, the Pytherians are likely to rouse quickly, and the Legionaires will eventually get out of their bunks and put on their armour.

Our target is the Archtheurge Grave, which will be somewhere on site. Either interogate a Pytherian to find out where, locate it, or get a lucky spot. Once you have it, dig it open, get his heart, then *GET OUT*.

We have heard (unconfirmed) reports that Battlewalker Invective recently punched through an attempted push down the Isfelt Forest Trail, and it may be that it is headed to Imai for repairs and refit. Don't be in the area when it arrives, if it does. . .

Questions?

>>2692389
You're saying the Legionaires are all holed up in that bunker? Sounds like an easy job with these specs. All I gotta do is jump on it and bring out the chemsprayer.

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>Deploy???
==Twelve==
Ht 10 Focus 12 Reaction 07
AP 12 Grit 02 Crunch 03
--
???-09
???-12

--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask x2
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)

>>2692335
Minimally abusive gophering. Except it'll be a surprise like a gift should be.

>>2692389
If I find the theurge first, am I allowed to eat the rest of him?

>>2692414
Oh no.

>>2692416
Come on, it's like throwing a banquet. One last hurrah. When will I ever get the opportunity to eat an archtheurge. That's like, a magic general!

>>2692389
What kind of mines, command? Can these ones pick up and walk like spiders?

I see forest everywhere. Which way's the Isfelt Trail?

>>2692421
Straight east. If anything approaches, it'll come from there.

but let's hope it will not.

>>2692408
Tech 3:
[MeshFire]
“This data read suspiciously like --- ahrgh-- tear out my EYES”

Scan, Hack, Edit, Control, Analyze - and in your case - [Burn]. [Burn] is a bit like Hack, except that you may destroy connections, information, nodes, autonomous systems, guidance.

Get +1 Crunch.

>>2692414
Yes.

>>2692403
There would be some stationed there on guard duty, but the rest are dispersed among the station, resting or on patrol, or exercising.

>>2692421
Only some of them, Sativa. The rest are ground-locked. The ones that move have clear markers - it's the chittering sound they make when they activate their lock on.

>>2692389

So my plan is:
1. Me and Bronty cannon and flame the shit out of that bunker
2. Then we smash the C1 position
3. Then you footsloggers occupy the building behind C1 and cover the mechs
4. Me and Bronty flank C2 and kill everything
5. ???
6. PROFIT

>>2692464
Sounds like a fine plan, but you forgot a bullet point where it indicates you get out alive and get a birthday present.

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
Te2 | Sativa
Pi3 | Brontide
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve

>35 Supplies
>Status: Suspecion.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nnEtDhC9C0

---

We approach Imai, and even in the distance the hustle of the station is clear. They've re-purposed the small village, turning it into something between a graveyard for worn out wrecks and a desperate triage station to keep the cogs spinning in their sigilcraft.

In the distant, a welding torch and a shout. A faint scent of oil is on the air. Picturesque, if one disregards the rust speckled corpses of leviathan like machines.

[ Trencher Turn ]

>>2691575
>ROF sort of models actual bullets spent. Firing one ammo is one bullet. Same with overwatching - no shot, no ammo spent. Overwatched burst? Lots of ammo spent.
>>2691385
>Does this apply if you don't expend ammo, reaching a 6 on a 10 skill with the default 1 ammo shoots 3 bullets?
Specifically, will a roll of 6 on a 10 skill with the default 1 ammo give 3 shots or hits or 3 1d6+2 damage dice with a Chirni 77? Or does extra ammo need to be expended? So 4 ammo at a roll of 6 out of skill 10 with Chirni 77 will give a maximum of 4/5 hits because the bullets need to match the hits made?
>>2687544
>Dodge three times ( at increasing penalty of -1 per attack )
>Attempts versus all three ( at increasing penalty )
If this is from a shot that expends ammo, the dodge works the same as before? From the previous 2 examples, they’d have to dodge each of the 3 or 4 respective hits at a -1 penalty per hit?
>>2687556
>Rolls cap out at 18, so the best possible hit is 3 + 15margin = 18 [melee] dmg.
The number from expending ammo can exceed the roll cap given? So someone rolls a 18 and expends 12 ammo with a Chirni 77 would give a sum of 30, and 15 hits or 12 hits?

>>2692135
Do we get resupplied, focus recharged and stat recharged, or do we have the same amount of items and focus as last mission? So if we had 28/40 ammo in Chirni and 0/12 focus it’d be the same?

>>2692389
>Questions?
>>2681403
>Fantastic. I will make it my mission to meet the ArchTheurge and give him a hug. Whether in this life, the next, or countless others!
>>2683317
>And the first thing we need is the still beating heart of an Archtheurge of the Eternal Flame. .
>>2692389
>Our target is the Archtheurge Grave, which will be somewhere on site. Either interogate a Pytherian to find out where, locate it, or get a lucky spot. Once you have it, dig it open, get his heart, then *GET OUT*.
So it’s not a new Archtheurge but the old one. I'm going to assume I'll have to hug his corpse then before removing his heart if I want to do that? He’s dead-dead?

>>2683091
>“Now that I think about it, since I survived for a mission, and that automatically makes me an unexpected veteran from the Trenchers’ manual, I should change my callsign or write my real name in my name field.”
>>2688395
>You've got a rookie to groom now, did you know? No not Rookie, we got another mecher on the team, Brontide meet Arnold!
>>2683349
>It's okay, Trencher Rook. We can still hear you. You're not a bad sort. I wish I could hand you this Steel Ankh medal in person, but protocol is protocol.
"I guess I should start picking another name now. I'm not sure what to pick, but here are some names from the top of my head: Rook, Spook, Psi, Querier, Questioner, Inquisitor, Asks a Lot of Questions, the Question, Q, Guy with an Abomination, and Chatterbox? Maybe I should keep my name because I might die."

>>2692472
And I arrived late.

>>2692464
To be clear, you've got one footslogger and two tech-hell-raisers who also have guns. You'll get your cover, just depends on what they've got in the way of tech.

>>2692472
Question:
Must I roll for every instance where I expend integrity for movement or if I do it once in bulk it is a single roll of 3d6?
Mech's move a single tile or a tile of their size?

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>2692472
First priority target is that Theurge. They don't seem to have noticed us, so take cover in those trees and wait for us heavies to get into position.

Anyone can tell what that bunker is made of?

>-Gain Electricity
>Move 222 222

==Arnold==
Int 40 Focus 12 Electricity 0
AP 12 Armor 16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
[Eelplate] Generate 1d6 Electricity per turn. 1 AP generates 2. Release pent up charge as with a chemsprayer, but note arcs and conduction possibility.
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

>>2692518
That actually takes no roll at all - your servos are volatile across /everything/.

Standard and normal rolls, and... we'll see what happens.

>>2692472
>Move 223333 6ap
>[Evaluate] find something hackable 2ap
>take [Cover] behind tree 4ap


==Twelve==
Ht 10 Focus 12 Reaction 07
AP 12 Grit 02 Crunch 04
--
Accuracy-09
Processing-12
--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask x2
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)
--
Tech 3:
[MeshFire]
“This data read suspiciously like --- ahrgh-- tear out my EYES”

Scan, Hack, Edit, Control, Analyze - and in your case - [Burn]. [Burn] is a bit like Hack, except that you may destroy connections, information, nodes, autonomous systems, guidance.

>>2692494
Firing one standard ammo gives no capability for extra hits - you fired one bullet.

Firing extra ammo gives the capacity for scoring extra hits.

Firing extra ammo up to the rof of your weapon sometimes also gives a bonus.

If you had 2 ammo and used 2 ammo, you would be firing 2 bullets, and could double-tap your target with good aim - but would not get +1 to hit, since that requires 3 ammo.

The numbers can't exceed the cap - this is precisely to prevent people scoring [12] or [40] hits simply by full auto-ing at point blank range.
>I'm reconsidering this one for the purpose of some weapons, but the principle stands so far. Mostly to prevent every Pathfinder in the game from burning 12 ammo and auto-killing every Trencher.

You are fully restocked, rechecked, medically discharged and resupplied.

He's... supposed to be dead.

Rolled 2, 6, 5 = 13 (3d6)

>>2692472
> Sprint 2223222
> Take Cover
> Evaluate twice a headshot on the guy on the hill

>>2692540
I wonder what trees taste like? And dirt? That's organic too, right? Suppose I'll have to get used to it.

>>2692518
Oh, and single tile/hex. It's marked in red on the unit.

>>2692540
To be clear - you are rolling, and the chirni provide a free overwatch shot (basically, a free shot)

Do you wish to fire?

>>2692494
Never too late for a war, Trencher.

>>2692559
Oh, I missed that. The text is really small. I'll take the free dodge instead, I'm hoping they didn't see me just yet.

>>2692579
Apologies.

Command had to resize a large amount of assets just recently.

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Rolled 5, 6, 2 = 13 (3d6)

>>2692472

Don't wait up for me! And stop laughing!

>Move 2, Shift 22, Move 2, Shift 22, Move 2, Shift 22, Move 2, Shift 22, Move 2, Shift 2222: 10AP + 12Ht
>Turn Left 120deg: 1AP+1Focus
>Chemsprayer 6p into the bunker [Dir. 6]: 1AP+2Focus

==Brontide==
Ht28/40 Focus9/12 DR16
AP12 Power 0 Cap1+4
--
Accuracy-9
Melee-12 (1d6+Margin)
--
[Heavy] 2AP to move, 1AP to turn 60deg
[Vitamer Hydraulics Actuator] 2Ht/4AP shift 2 hexes as a jump, Melee same hex. 2Ht:1Move for movement/facing. 18 BAD.
Wpn1: [Cannon] 3d6(4) 4AP straight line
Wpn2: [Chemsprayer] 2p per AP, 1p = +1 range; foam, flame, gas

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
Te2 | Sativa
Pi3 | Brontide
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve

>35 Supplies
>Status: Suspecion.


--

Twelve ducks into cover and scans the field, and finds a faint pingback but no further information. A connection between the BUNKER, some HOUSES and ... ?

--

Arnold pilots closing, and the pathfinders manning the checkpoint turn towards the noise of thunder.

Then they scream.

In the back, the Theurge finishes reprimanding the civilian workers and tells them to run with a snap.

>Unmarked Red Circles are Civilians. Attacking and Killing them is not - directly - a crime in the heat of battle. But it is Frowned Upon and leads to COMMENT by HIGH COMMAND.

[ Reaction Phase ]

>>2692591
>>2692597
Does the post still count?

>>2692591
Will roll into Reaction phase just now. Executing. . .

>>2692591
>>2692598
>>2692599
If it helps, it's spraying fire.

Rolled 6, 1, 5, 5, 3, 4 = 24 (6d6)

"Sending em a message, might buy us a few steps closer, or at least a bigger target."

>>2692472
>-Actions should total 10 AP, 2 focus (AP)
>[Spoof] transmission, evaluated 5, integrate anything revealed by scans: "Ave, encampment 125-BC-6. Enemy force on retreat approaching your position. Enemy includes two mechanized units but is understrength and desperate. Engage minimally, report on their actions. We will crush them from behind in their indecision."
>Sprint 122, 2AP
>Scan, evaluated 3

Ht 10/10 Focus 12 Reaction 7 DR 2
AP 10 Grit 2 Crunch 3
--
Processing-13
Accuracy-9

--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)

Tech 2:
[CommBomb]:
"This static sounds suspiciously like "bombard our own troops""

[Spoof] without hacking through Officers or other vulnerabilities, sending fake orders to the Pytherian bands or autonomous units. Knowledge gleaned from the combat situation helps.

==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
Te2 | Sativa
Pi3 | Brontide
>22 HT
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve

>35 Supplies
>Status: Alarm

--

Pilot Brontilde wrecks the brocade, then attempts to burn the bunker - screams erupt from within, but the chemical spray doesn't quite seem to take.

Pilot Brontilde also discovers a Pytherian AT gun.

The Theurge grabs unto the transreciever wrapped to one ear and starts muttering quickly.

The pathfinders on guard, unable to do much to deter Pilot Arnold, decide to hunker down with smoke and gunfire.

One sprints to a collection of tents . . .

[ Trenchers Turn ! ]

Sorry, had to resize a bunch of assets again. Can everyone see what is happening?

>>2692649
An image would be nice.

>>2692587
No problem. About the veteran benefits, think I could ask for the bodyparts to be sent to a butchers instead of my doorstep?

>>2692649
It looks like you've resized in the wrong direction, command. Some intern change the keyboard language to Foreign again?

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>>2692649
Let's get the TA on this one

What's the call, TA?

Yeah? Still on the field?

Rolled 4, 1, 5, 3, 4, 1, 3, 5, 1, 3, 3, 6 = 39 (12d6)

>>2692597
>Analyze as many of the nodes as I can 6AP
>Hack the node I managed to network in 6Ap
==Twelve==
Ht 10 Focus 12 Reaction 07
AP 12 Grit 02 Crunch 04
--
Accuracy-09
Processing-12
--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask x2
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)
--
Tech 3:
[MeshFire]
“This data read suspiciously like --- ahrgh-- tear out my EYES”

Scan, Hack, Edit, Control, Analyze - and in your case - [Burn]. [Burn] is a bit like Hack, except that you may destroy connections, information, nodes, autonomous systems, guidance.

>>2692653
That they could. Or to your next of kin, lovingly wrapped.

>>2692538
>You are fully restocked, rechecked, medically discharged and resupplied.
Sweet.
>He's... supposed to be dead.
Before >>2692419 tries to eat the ArchTheurge, can we confirm if he's dead?

>>2692135
Updated sheet to new rules.

=="Rookie"==
[Tr]encher
AP 10 HT 12/12
Focus 0/12 Grit 4 Reaction 9
Crunch 0/0
--
Accuracy-11
Fieldcraft-12
[Controlled Psionics]-lvl 2
>[GRIT] is Range. 1 AP or Focus for +1 Range
>Spend AP interchangeably on any unit. 1 AP or Focus to deal 3 HT damage.
>Roll vs Accuracy to [SCAN+] thoughts within range.
--
Det: [Light] (DR 2, Consumables 4 AP)
Wpn: Chirni 77 (1d6+2; ammo 40/40 (2/2); RoF 1/3, 2; AP 3; [Reactive])
[QD] (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2/2), RoF 2/3, 2)
Kit: Frag 2/2, smoke 2/2, stun 2/2, field kit 2/2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+Mar)
Multitool (1 AP; [Construct], [Deconstruct]; 1 point)

>>2692570
>>2692649
Do I get to deploy?

>>2692655
Wonderful, wouldn't want to look like some serial killer with dismembered arms and legs on my patio!

Do I still have a clear shot on the one that's running down the east side of the hill?

>>2692678
Absolutely, Trencher. Would you LIKE TO?

>>2692683
Obstacles incur a -1 penalty per.

And in these CLEAR CONDITIONS, there is a -1 per 5 hexes distance.

(Previous aiming makes up for -2)

Rolled 3, 5, 6, 1, 3, 4 = 22 (6d6)

"Late on the draw as usual..."

>>2692655
>Sprint 11 11 11 22
>Evaluate 3 Hack bunker's western node
>Evaluate 1 Order mobile mines to uproot.

Ht 10/10 Focus 12 Reaction 7 DR 2
AP 10 Grit 2 Crunch 3
--
Processing-13
Accuracy-9

--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)

Tech 2:
[CommBomb]:
"This static sounds suspiciously like "bombard our own troops""

[Spoof] without hacking through Officers or other vulnerabilities, sending fake orders to the Pytherian bands or autonomous units. Knowledge gleaned from the combat situation helps.

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>>2692686
>>2692678
To be clear - deployment can occur at FLAGS or FRIENDLY BTS.

Also, in all these resizing...

Rolled 1, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 5, 1, 3 = 27 (9d6)

>>2692649
>>2692655

CRASH! RUMBLE! BOOM! Here comes the thunder!

>[Chemsprayer] 6p flame into the bunker: 1AP+2Focus
>Turn Right 60deg: 1AP
>[Cannon] shoot the AT gun at 11111, 2 : 4AP
>Move 2111, Shift 11 and [Melee] the AT: 6AP + 4Ht

==Brontide==
Ht22/40 Focus5/12 DR16
AP12 Power 0 Cap1+4
--
Accuracy-9
Melee-12 (1d6+Margin)
--
[Heavy] 2AP to move, 1AP to turn 60deg
[Vitamer Hydraulics Actuator] 2Ht/4AP shift 2 hexes as a jump, Melee same hex. 2Ht:1Move for movement/facing. 18 BAD.
Wpn1: [Cannon] 3d6(4) 4AP straight line
Wpn2: [Chemsprayer] 2p per AP, 1p = +1 range; foam, flame, gas

>>2692704 >>2692649 >>2692655
>Ht: 18

>>2692688
So -1 for the hill being in the way! How much AP does the old knife cost to use?

I'll be out for the next few hours, so feel free to bot. I'm trying to get the scuttley mines we've heard about in the NW to go somewhere more useful to us.

>>2692704
>Focus 7/12

>>2692655
Going for the high ground!

>Move 222 33

==Arnold==
Int 40 Focus 12 Electricity 5
AP 12 Armor 16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
[Eelplate] Generate 1d6 Electricity per turn. 1 AP generates 2. Release pent up charge as with a chemsprayer, but note arcs and conduction possibility.
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>2692728
>Rolling for electricity

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
Te2 | Sativa
Pi3 | Brontide
>22 HT
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie

>25 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.

--

Tinkering with the systems reveals the control nodes for the Mines, a watchpoint, an alarm system - and the storehouse that most of the legionaire armor will be in. Useful, if we can take it.

The mines, however, rebuff Trencher Sativa for now - but tit's fully automatic. Nothing in there is offering human resistance by now.

A Pytherian AT gun is turned to so much scrap, but the something moves near the brocade that flanks Bronhilde . . .

[ REACTION PHASE ]

>>2692686
Oh. I have to give a >deploy command.
>>2681403
>>Deployed.
I figured it was assumed from mentioning it.
>Deploy.

>>2692655
>TA
>>2692695
>BTS
What do these stand for? I'll deploy to capture the hill.

>>2683494
>>Brood imprinted
>>2683559
>We have Questions for our associate. And why are you MPs standing around? Lock this. . . thing in the vault.
Do I get to bring the, I guess "Brood" along too. What's it doing in the vault?

>>2692744
. . . No.
God no.

==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>7Electricity [ -2 Armor, 14DR ] [-7 HT]
Te2 | Sativa
Pi3 | Brontide
>14 HT, 10DR
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie

>25 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.

--

Quick thinking have disabled the Pytherian Pillbox, and left their automated defenses at our mercy - but a single Sigilcrafted Drone responds to a delayed command, and seeks our Pilot Arnold. In a flurry of metal slivers, plates crumble.

As they do when the Pathfinders bring out the grenades.

Pilot Brontide! CAREFUL OUT THERE

[ Trencher Turn! ]
[ Trencer Rookie deployed ]

>>2692755
Ohoho! Hiding something like that from me?

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>>2692780
[ AGAIN ]

>>2692781
DEFINITIVELY NO

>>2692695
Are Sharpshooters reinforcements or off-map support?
>>2683998
Should we wait for Hardrada to return, take [command], and use our supplies, or should we try using it now?

>>2692755
>>2692744
>What's it doing in the vault?
Guess I'll have to check up on it after this mission then.

>>2692494
>"I guess I should start picking another name now. I'm not sure what to pick, but here are some names from the top of my head: Rook, Spook, Psi, Querier, Questioner, Inquisitor, Asks a Lot of Questions, the Question, Q, Guy with an Abomination, and Chatterbox? Maybe I should keep my name because I might die."
I guess I'll rename myself to Rook to avoid confusion with other rookies.

>>2692504
>>2692738
>>2692780
Make that 2 footsloggers and 2 tech-hell-raisers.

>>2692785
Aww come on Command, live a little.

>>2692786
Offmap support.

You can take Command as you see fit - it helps to have as ingle channel, but every Trencher is actually authorized to use ressources as per your prerogative.

Its one of the Perks.

And please do, if you want to placate specimen THREE. It seems less agitated with human presence...

>>2692785
>>2692780
IT IS ACTION PHASE
TRENCHER TURN
TICK TOCK

Rolled 5, 1, 3 = 9 (3d6)

>>2692780

>Chemsprayer 12p Foam + Rotate 360deg: 6AP + 6AP

==Brontide==
Ht14/40 Focus7/12 DR10
AP12 Power 0 Cap1+4
--
Accuracy-9
Melee-12 (1d6+Margin)
--
[Heavy] 2AP to move, 1AP to turn 60deg
[Vitamer Hydraulics Actuator] 2Ht/4AP shift 2 hexes as a jump, Melee same hex. 2Ht:1Move for movement/facing. 18 BAD.
Wpn1: [Cannon] 3d6(4) 4AP straight line
Wpn2: [Chemsprayer] 2p per AP, 1p = +1 range; foam, flame, gas

>>2692780
>>2692785
This isn't good, we're being outmaneuvered and the pilots are running low on Int.

>>2692786
>Should we wait for Hardrada to return, take [command], and use our supplies, or should we try using it now?
If nobody wants to I'll take command.

>>2692691
>>2692656
Could one of you 2 hack the drone that's shooting [Pi1] in the back?

>>2692695
Can a Field Station be deployed near the default spawn point?
If we lose a captured flag, do we suffer the same penalties as losing a claim?

>>2692812
Yes. The tides of war would indicate to the deployed men that it is GOING BADLY.

Do not get over-extended!

>>2692812
If no one else wants to, I am at least 10% pytherian officer I'm sure I'd be able to manage.

Rolled 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2 = 27 (12d6)

>>2692812
can do

>>2692785
>Hack the drone that is shooting [Pi1] in the back 12 ap

==Twelve==
Ht 10 Focus 12 Reaction 07
AP 12 Grit 02 Crunch 04
--
Accuracy-09
Processing-12
--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask x2
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)
--
Tech 3:
[MeshFire]
“This data read suspiciously like --- ahrgh-- tear out my EYES”

Scan, Hack, Edit, Control, Analyze - and in your case - [Burn]. [Burn] is a bit like Hack, except that you may destroy connections, information, nodes, autonomous systems, guidance.

Accidentally deleted post.
>>2692814
That's fine, your choice. >>2692695
[Command] uses AP, so depends if you think you're better of commanding or not.
>>2692678
I'm a Psi, it doesn't mention if I get any bonuses to command or not, but I could try.

>>2692816
Thanks.

>>2692813
So we can't rush to capture flags either much like we can't rush to capture claims.

>>2692814
It's good we have someone who is at least 10% qualfied. That's that Trencher Competence.

If you wish to act, Trencher Grommet, now would be the TIME.

Rolled 5, 4, 5, 1, 4, 1 = 20 (6d6)

>>2692785
> Move 33233233
> Deconstruct 2 points of barbed wire
> Deploy two veterans from the map edge south, on the other side of the sandbags

==Grommet==
Ht 12 Focus 12 Reaction 9
AP 10 Grit 4 Reactions 9
--
Accuracy-10
Fieldcraft-12
[Other Skill]-XX
--
Hand1: Chirni-77

Rolled 3, 1, 4, 4, 5, 3, 5 = 25 (7d6)

>>2692785
>>2692816
Thanks dude! That thing was annoying

>>2692607
Nice job with the bunker, man! Ten outta ten.

>>2692786
Off those Pathfinders for me, will ya? I'm gonna go get that flag. The Theurge is next.

>Move 33 22 (9Ap)
>Capture the flag (3 Ap + 1 Focus)
>Shoot the Legionnaires 232322 (4 Focus)
>-Gain Electricity

==Arnold==
Int 33/40 Focus 12 Electricity 7
AP 12 Armor 14/16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
[Eelplate] Generate 1d6 Electricity per turn. 1 AP generates 2. Release pent up charge as with a chemsprayer, but note arcs and conduction possibility.
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line, rld 6
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

>>2692785
Command, what is the field of vision from that hill?

>>2692816
Instead of rolling for multiple instances of hacking, you could stack [Evaluate] for a +1 bonus. I'm not sure which is better for hacking.

>>2692785
The 2 pathfinders shooting [Pi1] in the back have to be taken out, not sure who's going to do that. Either the Theurge has to be killed, or the flags captured to rout them if we want to ignore the rest not shooting at [Pi1].
>>2692695
Can a Field Station restore Int? What does, Fieldcraft?

>>2692842
So you have that handled.

[ Action Over ]

>>2692846
>Off those Pathfinders for me, will ya? I'm gonna go get that flag. The Theurge is next.
"Got it."
>>2692785
>Shoot at pathfinder, expend 6 ammo, evaluate 4
>Shoot at pathfinder, expend 6 ammo, evaluate 4
>Free overwatch, face 2.
>Move 2 2

=="Rook"==
AP 10 HT 12/12
Focus 0/12 Grit 4 Reaction 9
Crunch 0/0
--
Accuracy-11
Fieldcraft-12
[Controlled Psionics]-lvl 2
>[GRIT] is Range. 1 AP or Focus for +1 Range
>Spend AP interchangeably on any unit. 1 AP or Focus to deal 3 HT damage.
>Roll vs Accuracy to [SCAN+] thoughts within Range.
--
Det: [Light] (DR 2, Consumables 4 AP)
Wpn: Chirni 77 (1d6+2; ammo 40/40 (2/2); RoF 1/3, 2; AP 3; [Reactive])
[QD] (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2/2), RoF 2/3, 2)
Kit: Frag 2/2, smoke 2/2, stun 2/2, field kit 2/2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+Mar)
Multitool (1 AP; [Construct], [Deconstruct]; 1 point)

>>2692832
Tally ho, these maggots won't know what hit 'em. Right boys? You know what to do, kill em and gouge out their eyeballs!

I think I have eyes on the grave site, right up there near the compass rosette on the TR's wonderful map. What's with all this fog by the way TR? Someone smear petroleum jelly on the crystal ball again?

Rolled 6, 6, 6, 3, 4, 5 = 30 (6d6)

>>2692858
Dice.

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>10Electricity [ -2 Armor, 14DR ] [-7 HT]
Te2 | Sativa
Pi3 | Brontide
>14 HT, 10DR
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie

>19 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.

--

We send in some reinforcements - and combined eyes, with Gromnet on point, discover a small staging ground of empty tents - their occupants long fled.

Arnold demolishes a building.

Brontide builds a cocoon of sheltering foam.

We subvert the DRONE, it is MARKED IN GREEN.

>>2692863
>[Tr] Grommet
>>2692868
>Tr4 | Grommet
If you could include your unit number in your name, that would help with tracking.

>>2692858
>>2692864
Sorry for having all these actions so late they have to be rolled into the reaction phase.

>>2692135
>>2692304
>>2692695
Are these the most recent sheets?
>>2687452#
>>Time to update these sheets
>>2691385
>Is there anything we can help with?
>>2684529
I'll try to make an icon legend in GIMP later.

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>10Electricity, 12DR, [-17 HT]
Te2 | Sativa
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>-4 HT

>19 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.

--

Pilot Brontide KIA.

--

The stray cannon shot missed the legionaires, but did dent the armory - so the Legionaires huff and puff and sprint elsewhere for their gear.

They're on the back-tail, but we're getting chewed up!

--

Rookie's gun JAMS (=18). He sidesteps to force the pathfinders into a brawl - they try to club him, they fail except for one scratch.

One breaks away to grenade Arnold - but pays for it.

[ TRENCHERS ]

>>2692864
>>2692921
Well I fucked up. Should've psi attacked.
Was there a way to prevent the jam?

>>2692941
Not rolling 18.

It happens.

Easily fixed, however! Just reload!

>>2692948
Would evaluating and expending ammo to make 18 a pass have worked, or would it still have jammed?

>>2692921
>Move 22222 333 22 3 2


==Twelve==
Ht 10 Focus 12 Reaction 07
AP 12 Grit 02 Crunch 04
--
Accuracy-09
Processing-12
--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask x2
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)
--
Tech 3:
[MeshFire]
“This data read suspiciously like --- ahrgh-- tear out my EYES”

Scan, Hack, Edit, Control, Analyze - and in your case - [Burn]. [Burn] is a bit like Hack, except that you may destroy connections, information, nodes, autonomous systems, guidance.

>>2692951
In this case, the roll itself is the issue. Straight 18 is, essentially, a critical failure.

>>2692899
Gromnet, Grommet, Grumpit, Gourmet if you're feeling french, all the same to me. I know you yer talking to.

>>2692921
Right then. Arnold, here's a bonus!

> Sprint 22112222
> Call ReconSweep 22222222 from Vet1
> Call ReconSweep 2222211 from Tr4
> Dodge

==Grommet==
Ht 12 Focus 12 Reaction 9
AP 10 Grit 4 Reactions 9
--
Accuracy-10
Fieldcraft-12
[Other Skill]-XX
--
Hand1: Chirni-77
Pytherian 10%

>>2692961
Damn. I guess it would've only slightly mitigated the problem.

>>2692921
>Fucked up.
>Brontide is dead.
>Rage.
>Psi attack x4 pathfinder at 6
>Psi attack x3 grenadier
>Call a Field Station at [Pi1] to hopefully drag him from the wreckage.
Does calling the field station or reinforcements take AP?
>Call in 2 veterans to capture the bunker.
>Give 3 AP to drone.
Is giving AP to a drone possible?

=="Rook"==
AP 10 HT 12/12
Focus 0/12 Grit 4 Reaction 9
Crunch 0/0
--
Accuracy-11
Fieldcraft-12
[Controlled Psionics]-lvl 2
>[GRIT] is Range. 1 AP or Focus for +1 Range
>Spend AP interchangeably on any unit. 1 AP or Focus to deal 3 HT damage.
>Roll vs Accuracy to [SCAN+] thoughts within Range.
--
Det: [Light] (DR 2, Consumables 4 AP)
Wpn: Chirni 77 (1d6+2; ammo 27/40 (2/2); RoF 1/3, 2; AP 3; [Reactive])
[QD] (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2/2), RoF 2/3, 2)
Kit: Frag 2/2, smoke 2/2, stun 2/2, field kit 2/2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+Mar)
Multitool (1 AP; [Construct], [Deconstruct]; 1 point)

>>2692135
>Det: [Light] (DR 2, Consumables 4 AP)
Does that mean using any consumable is 4 AP, like throwables and the field kit, or it takes 4 AP to withdraw extra stuff from our backpack?

>>2692970
>>Psi attack x3 grenadier
PSi attack x2, miscalculated.
>Give 4 AP to drone.

>>2692967
Confirmed, Trencher!

Eyes in the sky and seeing...!

>>2692970
Trencher, it means any consumable is 4 AP! And you use it when you spend the AP! So that it is 4 AP to throw a grenade! Or inject a syringe!

You withdraw it in the same motion!

And it is! But you're not a TECH SPECIALIST, Trencher! So you can't! S... sorry!

>>2692970
>>Call a Field Station at [Pi1] to hopefully drag him from the wreckage.
Wait, scratch that. I realize the one who's dead is at North and not the hill, so it's impossible and wouldn't work.
>>2692850
>Can a Field Station restore Int? What does, Fieldcraft?
Can anything restore Int?

>>2692986
>Trencher, it means any consumable is 4 AP! And you use it when you spend the AP! So that it is 4 AP to throw a grenade! Or inject a syringe!
Well then.
>You withdraw it in the same motion!
Oh. So 4 AP to throw it, not 4 AP to withdraw and 1 AP to throw.
>And it is! But you're not a TECH SPECIALIST, Trencher! So you can't! S... sorry!
Makes sense.

I'll think of something to do with my remainder 4 AP then.

==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>10Electricity, 27 INT, 12 DR
Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>8 HT

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Bunker]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.

==Hero==
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

--

[LIME SEAL] And when we go a-bunker-bustin' . . .

--

We've got eyes on their central lines. Good spot, Grommet.

[ REACTION ]

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>2692921
Bronty!
He was the only one to wish me happy birthday! You fuckers are so dead!

>Move 11
Reload cannon
>-Gain Electricity

==Arnold==
Int 23/40 Focus 12 Electricity 10
AP 12 Armor 14/16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
[Eelplate] Generate 1d6 Electricity per turn. 1 AP generates 2. Release pent up charge as with a chemsprayer, but note arcs and conduction possibility.
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line, rld 6
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

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>>2693010
AAAAAH

>>2692998
>I'll think of something to do with my remainder 4 AP then.
>>2692921
>Move 3 3
>Give 2 AP to >>2693012

>>2693016
>>Give 2 AP to >>2693012#
Give 2 AP to >>2693012 to overwatch

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>13Electricity, 12DR, [-17 HT]
Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
>10 HT
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>8 HT

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Bunker]
Field Station

>19 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.

==Hero==
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

---

[LIME SEAL] Oh voidstar it's a charnel house in here. What did you assholes do to these poor bastards?

BUNKER CAPTURED! +6 Supplies! FRONTLINE SECURED!

IMAI DEFENSE PLANS ACQUIRED! FOW DISPELLED!

IMAI LOGS ACQUIRED! PRESENCE OF HOSTILES MAPPED!

---

Grommet takes a bullet - dodging the other six sent their way.

[ TRENCHERS ]

8 minutes.

If the game needs to be paused to avoid 100% trencher casualties, PLEASE SAY SO.

Rolled 6, 2, 6 = 14 (3d6)

>>2693066
>Field Station
>>2692998
>Wait, scratch that. I realize the one who's dead is at North and not the hill, so it's impossible and wouldn't work.
Thanks for not spawning it in yet and into their line of fire.
>Spawn the cancelled Field Station at the bunker.
>Have surgeon drag [Pi3] to field station once covered and area is secured.
>[Command] bunker veterans to secure [Pi3]'s corpse, watch out for Theurge & co.
>Free dodge, face 2
>Sprint to 2x3 1x3 2x2
>Mind control Theurge. [Evaluate] x6

=="Rook"==
AP 10 HT 12/12
Focus 12/12 Grit 4 Reaction 9
Crunch 0/0
--
Accuracy-11
Fieldcraft-12
[Controlled Psionics]-lvl 2
>[GRIT] is Range. 1 AP or Focus for +1 Range
>Spend AP interchangeably on any unit. 1 AP or Focus to deal 3 HT damage.
>Roll vs Accuracy to [SCAN+] thoughts within Range.
--
Det: [Light] (DR 2, Consumables 4 AP)
Wpn: Chirni 77 (1d6+2; ammo 27/40 (2/2); RoF 1/3, 2; AP 3; [Reactive])
[QD] (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2/2), RoF 2/3, 2)
Kit: Frag 2/2, smoke 2/2, stun 2/2, field kit 2/2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+Mar)
Multitool (1 AP; [Construct], [Deconstruct]; 1 point)

Rolled 2, 6, 6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 2, 6, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 2 = 69 (18d6)

>>2693066
>Hack the store room 3AP
>Control deploy a legionaire suit 1AP
>-Connect to the turret through the store room
>Analyze the shield 1AP
>Hack the alarm node 3AP
>Edit the alarm (off)
>take cover 4AP


==Twelve==
Ht 10 Focus 12 Reaction 07
AP 12 Grit 02 Crunch 04
--
Accuracy-09
Processing-12
--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask x2
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)
--
Tech 3:
[MeshFire]
“This data read suspiciously like --- ahrgh-- tear out my EYES”

Scan, Hack, Edit, Control, Analyze - and in your case - [Burn]. [Burn] is a bit like Hack, except that you may destroy connections, information, nodes, autonomous systems, guidance.

>>2693066
Sharpshooters, take a go.
> Mark area 6111 for Sharpshooters
> Move 5333
> Evaluate artilleryman 11111112 thrice
> Overwatch north

==Grommet==
Ht 12 Focus 12 Reaction 9
AP 10 Grit 4 Reactions 9
--
Accuracy-10
Fieldcraft-12
[Other Skill]-XX
--
Hand1: Chirni-77
Pytherian 10%

That's better, Trenchers! And all within 6 seconds of each other, too!

>>2693066
>Move 2 (3 Ap)
>Gas the building 222 through windows (+2 Ap to range, +7 for effect)
>-Gain Electricity

==Arnold==
Int 23/40 Focus 12 Electricity 13
AP 12 Armor 12/16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
[Eelplate] Generate 1d6 Electricity per turn. 1 AP generates 2. Release pent up charge as with a chemsprayer, but note arcs and conduction possibility.
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line, rld 6
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

>>2693066
Botting Sativa:

>Move hacked drone 222 22 333
>Drone overwatch 6


Ht 10/10 Focus 12 Reaction 7 DR 2
AP 10 Grit 2 Crunch 3
--
Processing-13
Accuracy-9

--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)

Tech 2:
[CommBomb]:
"This static sounds suspiciously like "bombard our own troops""

[Spoof] without hacking through Officers or other vulnerabilities, sending fake orders to the Pytherian bands or autonomous units. Knowledge gleaned from the combat situation helps.

>>2693066
Can anyone command the hacked drone, or only the one who hacked it can?
>Order Blue Rat to capture the South-Eastern flag.

>>2693138
No need, they're doing god's work out there. Too many EI around the flag to capture it anyway.

>>2693144
Yeah, that's their objective. They look like they were trying to do it anyways. They can do it at their discretion. Doing so will help rout their forces.
>EI
EI

>>2693126
>>Drone overwatch 6
Why's the drone overwatching West?

>>2693173
Those two wankers who ganked Bronty are still out there.

>>2693164
[E]nemy [I]nfantry

>>2693177
>>2693066
Oh. They're out of view.
>>2693115
I don't feel so confident in my maneuver now.

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>13Electricity, 12DR, [-17 HT]
Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
>10 HT
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>8 HT

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Retrieval]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.

==Hero==
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

--

[BLUE RAT] YEAH YEAH YEAH, GET IT WHEN WE GET TO IT

---

[LIME SEAL] On retrieval duty. We get the *best* jobs

---

Arnold fills a bulding with monstrous toxin.
Surely. This is legal. Who would judge us?

--

Grommet prepares a shot, for later.

--

The Pytherians are unifying, and -- oh no is that a whistle?

HERE THEY COME

[ Enemy Phase ]

>>2693201
>>2693115
>>Free dodge, face 2
>>Sprint to 2x3 1x3 2x2
How did I end up in that position instead of next to the cliff in front of the Theurge?

>>2693212
2, 2, 2
3
2, 2

Then a walker steps on you, and you step aside to avoid being crushed.

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>13Electricity, 17 INT, 9 DR
Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
>10 HT
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>4 HT

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Retrieval]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.
>The Turret has a HT of 6 and a Shielding of 3 (-3 to Processing)
>It is the Turret of the SigilWalker.

==Hero==
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]


--

With effort, one AT gun is shifted - and fires, scoring a deep hit.

Trencher Rookie ducks away from the blast, shrapnel in their vest - almost alive.

A legionaire takes a potshot and.. just... misses.

The Pytherian Theurge sees his pathfinder assault group crumble from gas, gun and guile - and decides to reward them by consigning their souls to the Flame.

Forever.

--

Update on The Shield on the Turret Node, Tech Specialist [Twelve]

>>2693212
>>2693261
Oh. I phrased it as
2 2 2
1 1 1
2 2
Wherein x3 goes after the move number to repeat.
Should I write it out fully instead of multiplying movement next time?

[ TRENCHERS! ]

[ ALMOST THERE, TEAM! ]

>>2693273
Multiplying is great, but I go by European convention, so I read 2x3 as "Do 2 three times"

but wait

command has completely misread 1x3 as 3x1.

FOOLISH NONSENSE.

APOLOGIES.

Rolled 1 (1d9)

>>2693272
Rolling element.

>>2693282
Looks like it's fire. Oh boy!

>>2693272
Where's the drone, Command?

>>2693290
Riiiiight in front of your front, Pilot.

>>2693284
>>2693282
GOOD JOB, FIREHEART. Just the edge we need to get clean out this holdout!

>>2693282
>>2692135
You don't need to roll for an element, you can pick one.

>>2693272

>Deploy on Flag

==Ed==
Ht10/10 Focus14/14 Reaction8
AP12 Grit2 Crunch3
--
[Element] 2AP, 4Range. 1AP:1Skill; 2AP:1Crunch; 1Skill:1Target; 1Crunch/1Skill:1Range
Accuracy-10
Fire-13
--
Hand1: KNIFE 1d3+M
x2 Smoke
x2 Fieldkit

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>2693272
(I'm going to sleep. Please bot me.)

>-Gain Electricity
>Generate 4 more Electricity (2Ap)
>Move 1 (3Ap)
>Turn 2 (1Ap)
>Dump all the Electricity into Theurge 222 222 1 (+6Ap for range)

==Arnold==
Int 17/40 Focus 12 Electricity 17+whatever was rolled
AP 12 Armor 9/16
[Heavy] - 2 Ap to move, 1Ap to turn 60deg
[Eelplate] Generate 1d6 Electricity per turn. 1 AP generates 2. Release pent up charge as with a chemsprayer, but note arcs and conduction possibility.
--
Accuracy-10
Robopunch-12 (1d6 +MoS)
--
Wpn1: Cannon 3d6(4) 4Ap straight line, rld 6
Wpn2: Chemsprayer 2p per Ap, 1p = +1 range, foam, flame, gas

>>2693308
All were enticing options. Somehow, I always go fire with these games. I love fire.

>>2693272
Botting Sativa:

>Drone Evaluate x3 + shoot Legionnaire 1122
>Drone Evaluate x3 + shoot Legionnaire 1122 again
>Drone Evaluate x3 + shoot Legionnaire 1122 once more


Ht 10/10 Focus 12 Reaction 7 DR 2
AP 10 Grit 2 Crunch 3
--
Processing-13
Accuracy-9

--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)

Tech 2:
[CommBomb]:
"This static sounds suspiciously like "bombard our own troops""

[Spoof] without hacking through Officers or other vulnerabilities, sending fake orders to the Pytherian bands or autonomous units. Knowledge gleaned from the combat situation helps.

>>2693280
So are we going off of >>2693272 or is there another update?

>>2693314
Well then
>>2693284
>>2693302
Best of luck. Good thing you rolled something you enjoyed.

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>>2693309
Asset Ed deploys near the Bunker Flag.
Free to act.

Rolled 4, 3, 4 = 11 (3d6)

>>2693272
Light them up, Blue Rat!
> ReconSweep 65 from Blue Rat
> Sprint 3111
> Spend 1 AP, 2 Focus, Melee 1d?+4+M?

==Grommet==
Ht 12 Focus 12 Reaction 9
AP 10 Grit 4 Reactions 9
--
Accuracy-10
Fieldcraft-12
[Other Skill]-XX
--
Hand1: Chirni-77
Pytherian 10%

Rolled 4, 4, 1, 1, 6, 2, 3, 4, 2 = 27 (9d6)

>>2693272
>Evaluate 3AP
>Hack the turret 1AP
>Evaluate 3AP
>Hack the turret 1AP
>Evaluate 3AP
>Hack the turret 1AP


==Twelve==
Ht 10 Focus 12 Reaction 07
AP 12 Grit 02 Crunch 04
--
Accuracy-09
Processing-12
--
Hand1: Chirni77 (1d6+2, ammo 40/40 (2), RoF1/3,2; AP 3, reactive)
Armor: light (DR 2), 1 free order to hacked Tech
Inventory:
QD (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2), RoF 1/3,2)
Frag x2, smoke x2, stun x2, field kit x2, Gasmask x2
Knife (1d3+M, multitool)
--
Tech 3:
[MeshFire]
“This data read suspiciously like --- ahrgh-- tear out my EYES”

Scan, Hack, Edit, Control, Analyze - and in your case - [Burn]. [Burn] is a bit like Hack, except that you may destroy connections, information, nodes, autonomous systems, guidance.

Rolled 4, 3, 2 = 9 (3d6)

>>2693328

Time to experiment!

>- 11AP: 7 Targets, 1 Skill, 5 Crunch (3+2)
>Shoot the above fire spell on the point at 3333

==Ed==
Ht10/10 Focus14/14 Reaction8
AP12 Grit2 Crunch3
--
[Element] 2AP, 4Range. 1AP:1Skill; 2AP:1Crunch; 1Skill:1Target; 1Crunch/1Skill:1Range
Accuracy-10
Fire-13
--
Hand1: KNIFE 1d3+M
x2 Smoke
x2 Fieldkit

>>2693319
Go as is, please - but accept Commands' apologies.

>>2693339
1d3 with a knife.

Rolled 4, 5, 4, 6, 2, 2 = 23 (6d6)

>>2693355
Got it. I'll be sure to provide an example of which format I'm using for multiplication like that next time.

>>2693328
>pic name
Heh.

>>2693201
>[LIME SEAL] On retrieval duty. We get the *best* jobs
"Are you being sarcastic?"

>>2693328
>>2693272
>Field kit for HT. Evaluate x6
>Free Dodge, face 2
>Spend 10 focus.
>Move 11
>Mind control Legionnaire, evaluate x7

=="Rook"==
AP 10 HT 4/12
Focus 10/12 Grit 4 Reaction 9
Crunch 0/0
--
Accuracy-11
Fieldcraft-12
[Controlled Psionics]-lvl 2
>[GRIT] is Range. 1 AP or Focus for +1 Range
>Spend AP interchangeably on any unit. 1 AP or Focus to deal 3 HT damage.
>Roll vs Accuracy to [SCAN+] thoughts within Range.
--
Det: [Light] (DR 2, Consumables 4 AP)
Wpn: Chirni 77 (1d6+2; ammo 40/40 (2/2); RoF 1/3, 2; AP 3; [Reactive])
[QD] (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2/2), RoF 2/3, 2)
Kit: Frag 2/2, smoke 2/2, stun 2/2, field kit 2/2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+Mar)
Multitool (1 AP; [Construct], [Deconstruct]; 1 point)

>>2693381
>>Mind control Legionnaire, evaluate x7
>>2693352
>>Shoot the above fire spell on the point at 3333
And I realized he was being targeted. Hm.

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==Trenchers Trying==

Pi1 | Arnold
>19Electricity, 17 INT, 9 DR
Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
>10 HT
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>12 HT
Re7 | Ed

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Retrieval]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.
>Turret Subsumed. Fire with 4 AP.

==Hero==
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

--

With thunderous release, a Theurge is reduced to so much ash.

The follow up is a rain of bullets slamming into sandbags, followed by the sky catching fire.

The Legionaire beneath the barrage grits his teeth, shoulders his rifle and bears through the fire, the flame and the sheer fury - scorched, shot, dented and /not dead/

--

Grommet and Blue Rat liquidate the AT Gun.
Grommet recovers Focus.

--

[ REACTION ]

>>2693426
>The Legionaire beneath the barrage grits his teeth, shoulders his rifle and bears through the fire, the flame and the sheer fury - scorched, shot, dented and /not dead/
>>2693381
>Rolled 4, 5, 4, 6, 2, 2 = 23 (6d6)
>Mind control Legionnaire, evaluate x7
The mind control didn't succeed? I'm having trouble reading the light blue number next to the Legionaire.

>>2693426
>>2692695
>Legionaire
Isn't it spelled Legionnaire?

>>2693426
It arcs, the spell arcs.

>>2693448
You can specify commands ahead of time - simply spending AP to do a thing.

There is no real need to wait for Enemy Phase !

When you spend 7 AP to "control" someone, you have taken 7 AP and put into them to do Control... but you must /use/ it to /do/ something

Example

>Move 1, 1, 1
>Control: Pathfinder 3x3 arms his grenade [4 AP]
>Move 4, 4 4

>>2693448
>>>2692695#
Meant >>2692304

>>2693470
>You can specify commands ahead of time - simply spending AP to do a thing.
>There is no real need to wait for Enemy Phase !
Oh.
>When you spend 7 AP to "control" someone, you have taken 7 AP and put into them to do Control... but you must /use/ it to /do/ something
Does evaluating count as putting AP into it, or do I have to do the mind control action, spend evaluate to increase odds, then spend spare AP to control the person? How long does the control last for?
Was the mind control I did on this Legionnaire different from the Sarethian engineer?

>>2693479
"Odds"?

Rolled 3, 3 = 6 (2d10)
Controlled Psionics
>Within [GRIT], spend AP interchangeably for yourself or another unit
>1 AP or Focus for +1 Range
>Roll vs Accuracy to [SCAN] thoughts within range.

Trencher ROOK

I DIDN'T GO AND WIRE UP THE HQ TO EXPLODE IF YOU STEPPED OVER THE RED LINE JUST SO YOU COULD FUSS AROUND WITH /ODDS/

YOU DON'T TRY.
YOU *DO*

A THEURGE IS ABLE TO RESIST WITH FOCUS, BECAUSE THEY CAN SHRUG OFF MENTAL INFLUENCE, USING THEIR [FOCUS]

POOR, NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS ? no.

YOU DON'T DEAL WITH "ODDS"
YOU JUST DO.

IT'S HORRIFYING, FRANKLY.

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==Trenchers Trying==

Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
>10 HT
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>3 HT
Re7 | Ed

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Retrieval]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.
>Turret Subsumed. Fire with 4 AP.

==Hero==
>Pi1 | Arnold [ AT Kill. Pilot KIA]
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

--
Pilot Arnold KIA.
--

[BLUE RAT] pathfinders! SWING LEE--

by all the lights in the sky

i...

i--

i need mortar fire

danger close
p-please

[ TRENCHER ]

>>2693479
More to the point, however, Trencher!

Ahem.

Evaluating does - you're spending AP, so it is only fair that it adds.

It wasn't!

The control lasts until the AP itself is spent.

It#s more... very forceful body puppeteering than lingering control.

Rolled 5, 1, 4 = 10 (3d6)

>>2693502

Aw. Fuck it. Ain't no kill like overkill.
I can recover focus per 2AP correct?

>- 12AP +12Focus: 14 Range, 2 Targets, 9 Crunch
>Fling overkill fire spell 14 hexes between directions 2 and 3, hitting the Legionnaire and the Theurge.

==Ed==
Ht10/10 Focus14/14 Reaction8
AP12 Grit2 Crunch3
--
[Element] 2AP, 4Range. 1AP:1Skill; 2AP:1Crunch; 1Skill:1Target; 1Crunch/1Skill:1Range
Accuracy-10
Fire-13
--
Hand1: KNIFE 1d3+M
x2 Smoke
x2 Fieldkit

>>2693502
Right where we want em, blue rat. NICE WORK!
> Call Sharpshooters on ENEMY THEURGE North
> Capture Flag
> Move 1111
> Dodge
> PULL THROUGH Heal 2 HT

EVER FORWARDS BLUE RAT THAT, THING CAN'T TURN TOO FAST

==Grommet==
Ht 12 Focus 12 Reaction 9
AP 10 Grit 4 Reactions 9
--
Accuracy-10
Fieldcraft-12
[Other Skill]-XX
--
Hand1: Chirni-77
Pytherian 10%

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Rolled 6, 6, 6 = 18 (3d6)

==Trenchers Trying==

Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
>12 HT
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>3 HT
Re7 | Ed

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Retrieval]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.
>Turret Subsumed. Fire with 4 AP.

==Hero==
>Pi1 | Arnold [ AT Kill. Pilot KIA]
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

---

Hellfire and Speed.

It will have to be Enough.

>>2693496
>YOU DON'T DEAL WITH "ODDS"
>YOU JUST DO.
>>2681474
>It varies per action. If actions have no specific cost, the actual cost is 1. For SCAN this is because you want to SCAN for 1 AP, but you really, really want to spend +AP for Range or Effective Skill.
>>2693534
Oh. So [Scan] does require rolls, but mind control and mind bullets don't? I figured the Roll vs Accuracy applied to all of them. Must've overthought it.

>>2693496
>A THEURGE IS ABLE TO RESIST WITH FOCUS, BECAUSE THEY CAN SHRUG OFF MENTAL INFLUENCE, USING THEIR [FOCUS]
How does one overwhelm Focus? Spend more AP?

>>2693534
>The control lasts until the AP itself is spent.
Interesting. Would be useful for keeping someone in place if I opt not to spend it for several turns.

>>2693502
>>2693603
>Legionnaire relays all intel to us
>Legionnaire surrenders, drops weapons.
>Legionnaire moves 5 666
How much AP does it take for them to drop weapons?

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==Trenchers Trying==

Te2 | Sativa
Tr4 | Grommet
>12 HT
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>3 HT
Re7 | Ed

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Retrieval]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.
>Turret Subsumed. Fire with 4 AP.

==Hero==
Pi1 | Arnold [ AT Kill. Pilot KIA]
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

--

The Sharpshooters take the shot
The theurge crumples

In a cataclysmic backfire release, the pent up energy vents itself - vaporising BlueRat #1,a legionnaire, the remnants of the Theurge and--

oh.

>>2693603
>Free dodge 2, Evaluate 2
>Move 333 222 33
>Capture South-East flag
>Call field station at South-East flag.

=="Rook"==
AP 10 HT 3/12
Focus 0/12 Grit 4 Reaction 9
Crunch 0/0
--
Accuracy-11
Fieldcraft-12
[Controlled Psionics]-lvl 2
>[GRIT] is Range. 1 AP or Focus for +1 Range
>Spend AP interchangeably on any unit. 1 AP or Focus to deal 3 HT damage. Auto-succeeds.
>Roll vs Accuracy to [SCAN+] thoughts within Range.
--
Det: [Light] (DR 2, Consumables 4 AP)
Wpn: Chirni 77 (1d6+2; ammo 40/40 (2/2); RoF 1/3, 2; AP 3; [Reactive])
[QD] (1d6, ammo 18/18 (2/2), RoF 2/3, 2)
Kit: Frag 2/2, smoke 2/2, stun 2/2, field kit 2/2, Gasmask
Knife (1d3+Mar)
Multitool (1 AP; [Construct], [Deconstruct]; 1 point)

>>2693661
>>Free dodge 2, Evaluate 2
>Free dodge face 2

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>>2693661
Please hold.

>>2693638
The man throws down his weapon and surrenders - last guardian of Imai station. Then, coming to his senses, the Legionnaire looks longingly at their gun, wages the odds . . . then thinks better of it.

The last guardian of Imai. The Station is ours.

Which is surprising. Why are all these tents empty? Where /is/ everybody?

--

==Trenchers Trying==

Te2 | Sativa
Te5 | Twelve
Tr6 | Rookie
>3 HT
Re7 | Ed

BLUE RAT: 2Veterans [Objective ???]
LIME SEAL: 2Veterans [Objective: Retrieval]
Field Station

>13 Supplies
>Status: Alarm
>Networks are marked with processing Symbol.
>Turret Subsumed. Fire with 4 AP.

==Hero==
>Tr4 | Grommet [Soulgate backfire]
>Pi1 | Arnold [ AT Kill. Pilot KIA]
>Pi3 | Brontide [Mobility Kill. Pilot KIA]

[ MISSION END ]

>>2693638
Same as any non-specified equipment change. 4 AP.

Rolled 6, 2, 4, 4, 6, 1, 2, 3, 2 = 30 (9d6)

>Getting to the point where Command repeats themselves. Not a great sign.

--

With some Coercion, the Legionnaire will tell us where to find the prize we came to seek.

And with some more gentle prodding, perhaps - just perhaps - he will also tell us where the vaunted mechanized forces of the 7th Legion are?

> Thanks for playing! !

>>2693690
Oh. So it takes 4 AP to switch from Chirni 77 to [QD] too? Or does [QD] not take AP to switch to much like it doesn't take AP to switch to a knife to melee someone?

>>2693678
Are the surgeons able to save them? I'm willing to help.

>>2693706
>>Getting to the point where Command repeats themselves. Not a great sign.
What do you mean?

>>2693678
Hah! That'll teach them to underestimate us. Can't dodge everything, should've expected it to blow up.

Good show, command, thanks for the opportunity to serve.

>>2693713
QD is QuickDraw - it obviates the need to pay to switch, as the item is holstered within easy reach and made to draw quickly.

And the surgeons are trying . . .

>>2693706
Pilot Arnold deceased [ Pulped, -2 ]
Pilot Brontide deceased [ No soul, -4 ]
Trencher Grommet deceased. [ No soul, -4 ]

/Dammit/

Good job, Trenchers. Good work out there, and good teamwork.

Could have been a whole lot worse.

Medals for the dead and memories for us.

==Memorial==
TR | Alice [Exploded]
TR | Duck [Shot]
TR | Grommet [Soul Lost]
TR | Spider [Exploded]
TR | Deadman [Exploded]
TR | Bob [Shot]
TR | Pinwheel [Shot]
TR | Dimas [Shot]

Pi | Dimas [Mobility Kill]
Pi | Arnold [ AT Kill]
Pi | Brontide [Mobility Kill]

Re | Sloth [Shot]

14 Trooper Casualties

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. . . The Legionnaire, subdued but recalcitrant, takes us down a back-alley. It is not dramatic, nor all that,small tufts of grass sticking among among the mud not trod down by boots or hurried passing of mechanical creations.

And then... A simple grave, with a a pair of wooden planks roughly hammered together.

[Vet Jenkins]: Doesn't look like much.

>>2693766
>{Tr] has the most deaths.
Damn, being a [Tr] is a dangerous occupation.

>>2693803
>[Vet Jenkins]: Doesn't look like much.
>Jenkins was in one of the squads.
Nice.

>And then... A simple grave, with a a pair of wooden planks roughly hammered together.
>>2692678
>Before >>2692419# tries to eat the ArchTheurge, can we confirm if he's dead?
Should we check to see if he's actually dead?

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[First of the Signal Fire, Feretial]: It. . . Isn't. And yet it is.

If you listen, you can Hear.

[Vet Jenkins]: Probably. You going to be /problematic/ when we dig one of your religious icons out of the ground, pop its chest open and commit very creative sacriledge with a shovel, mate?

[First of the Signal Fire, Feretial]: [ Quiet ]

[Vet Jenkins]: ?

[First of the Signal Fire, Feretial]: I am a professional. You are my Guardians. I am a prisoner. It would be . . . unbecoming.

But I will close my eyes.

[Vet Jenkins]: Right then, yer honourables? You want to . . . get with the shovelling?

>>2693811
Good idea, Trencher. I am not seeing anything, but Theurges are. . . odd. Best double check.

We could try feeding him to Grommet, see if it takes.

>>2693826
>[Vet Jenkins]: Right then, yer honourables? You want to . . . get with the shovelling?
>>2693830
>Good idea, Trencher. I am not seeing anything, but Theurges are. . . odd. Best double check.
"Let's go check, then I'll help shovel."
>>2693826
>pic
"What's that green spell swirling around him? Should we be concerned? I don’t think it should swirl if he’s dead."

>>2693830
>We could try feeding him to Grommet, see if it takes.
>>2693766
>TR | Grommet [Soul Lost]
Would that work if Grommet is already dead?

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Something flickers through the air, a little disjointed piece of Other.

We break the grave open. The earth does not resist. Nothing resists. But with every impact of the shovel, it seems almost a little easier to lift the dirt that remains.

>>2693678
>>2693726
Have we already had our stats and items restored? I'd like to know if we suddenly get into combat.

>>2693862
>Those words.
>Spell effects around us.
"Yep, pretty sure something is around here. Do we have a spiritual medium? Maybe shouting will help."

>>2693853
Seems like a fine idea to me. He has no body, my body has no soul. Get a RESOP down here to seal the deal and it'll be a right wedding ceremony!

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>>2693853
It is a Potential. Grommet was very Adaptable. But who knows what the result might be?

Some things are too . . . dire to contemplate.

--

[Vet Jenkins] Well that's a mite creepy.

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Hang on, I have an idea. . .

>>2693884
Oh yeah, great point.

>>2693891
>Grave
"Yeah, this shouldn't be normal."

>>2682042#
>>2681785 (You)#
>"Honestly I didn't know what reaching out meant and figured I would go [scan], [psionically compel], and [mind control] when possible, or outright try [reaching out] at the next mission to figure it out. Trial and error it."
>>2693878
>"Yep, pretty sure something is around here. Do we have a spiritual medium? Maybe shouting will help."
"Well, I have an idea. I'll try reaching out with my psionics and see if that works as a spiritual medium. If something spooky happens please bring me to the infirmary."
>[Reach out] with psionics towards spooky spirit.

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Rolled 2, 5, 4 = 11 (3d6)

Are any of us sure this is feasible
I could just shoot him
It seems as little odd to me
I COULD just shoot him
The thing is, I don't know how this works - no no one knows how this works
I think I am going to shoot him
So do we just... cut his heart out?
Yeah, shooting him
quiet up for a second
dicipline
yeah what
squeezing the trigger no--
wait
yeah?
Yeah what?

... I guess we just chuck him in there...

Any of you fine men with finer badges have a plan?

>>2693917

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Rolled 3, 6, 1 = 10 (3d6)

This man is dead without dying, lingering as only a Theurge blessd by the deeper mysteries of the Flame would. He does not so much cling to life as Life itself is written across his bones in fine, golden calligraphy.

A surgical procedure the agony of which can only be guessed at. And which has bound this seeing soul for decades underground, alive but not, unseeing and unsensing.

It is quite mad, and rather harmless. And desperate once again to sense-see-feel.

This is what we glean, with carefully study.

>>2693913
>>2693917
>>2693926
>We both come up with ideas.
>Wraps an arm around the guy with an idea.
"What's your name, idea bro? Let's brainstorm together after this!"

>>2693926
>>2693968
>These rolls.
Concerning.