>>3142988
Fuck yeah baby!

>>3142988
IT BEGINS

>>3142988
Now to end this year with a Bang!

>>3143397#

You dream the dreams of two worlds.

In one world, the heat is upon you, stifling. The light is in your eyes. From the dullest glow to a seething inferno, from nothing to everything in the beat of a heart.

You hear the constant clamor of the Forge, spinning towards eternity, despite the conflagration that engulfs you. The terrible light, overwhelming, all-consuming - Too strong to fight.

Your flesh is black upon you, and your bones are burned with the heat.

(...You remember the Athame being drawn forth, the great wound that let life gush out and let death rush in...)

In the other, your thoughts move with the same slow beat as your heart. Your eyes are open, and they twitch as though seeing things move in front of you. But there is nothing, just the ruins of the last city, the end of all things.

And so you kneel, and feel the ghosts of your lost limbs.

You have been pulled apart. Much of your form was diseased, shot-through with Lachryma and lacerations, with micro-punctures riddling the myomer. A contagion, taking root in endosteel layering as though it were flesh.

It is excised, with the sound of knives scraping over stone, with the humming drone of code. You feel - distantly, like an echo of someone else's agony - your Augment Frame pulled out from the roots. Feedback crackles through your half-slumbering mind, severed fibre-bundle cabling sealing over, swelling in momentary hypertrophy - neural connections engaging, interlacing, carrying your consciousness through the growing awareness of your self.

But you pulled the knife out.

The flames eat at you, eagerly. All the way to the marrow. Purifying, even as they gnaw your bones away.

The dreams are your home, now. Dreams of moving, of breathing, of being alive.

Sometimes, you feel pain. Blood in your mouth - the hollow pain of your missing eye, like a sea of ice and burning acid. Agony, juddering through you. Made worse by the knowledge that this, too, will pass and Hell will come next.

(For she was still your Hyades, and when she died, part of you died too, forever. Part of you was severed - quivering, between the brutal teeth of the vice - dragged into the places beyond, where you could not follow.)

The pain is diluted by numbness, and the passage of deep time.

You remember all of this, and you live it again and again, through the unsettled tides of sleep. Through the viscous blackness, the foetid stuff pouring into you, *through* you.

There is no up, no down. No world.

You are at the heart of it all now, frail as a whisper. Your consciousness, meshing with the machine - with your body of pistons, crimson alloy and servoes. A new form, cut from your old one.

And then you are waking, your fall into oblivion halted.

Awake again, in the brutal light of the first day.

(Continued)

>>3143608

The true world snaps back into being, sharp and unforgiving. Optical sensors integrate light and shadow into a flickering simulacrum of the world around you, trickling meaning directly into your brain.

There is a *CLANG* as the doors of the cage swing open. A brutal, leaden sound.

Thought becomes will becomes deed. Your legs articulate, lurching to life. A step, then another - then your balance fails, and the cold iron of the Forge's floor rears up to smash you in the face.

No.

The segmented fingers of your right hand flexes, blue sparks hissing from digit to digit. Your mono-optic sensor cycles, as black Lachryma drools and runs from the joints of your remade plate, leaving it peerless, gleaming, blood-red. Pistons ease, as you rise - armor seals hissing shut, your hands braced against the hull underfoot.

At the base of your spine, your primary reactor awakens - then the dorsal-mounted power unit, humming in time. You feel an enervating vigor throb through your plated limbs, a cold surge of inhuman strength as hydraulics hiss and clank. Diagnostic reports scroll across the bright green display of your HUD, an electronic murmur carried by internal systems-

Welcome home, Joker.

Welcome back.

You are...different, now. Pared down to your essential core. And within you-

You can hear the heart within you beating, the tempo strong and steady. You can hear the black blood pumping through the arteries that run into it from the walls of your form. The noise of it makes the same two-syllable sound every second, like a staccato backbeat to some song you should know.

A hand grasps you by the shoulder, tightens.

"Joker!"

Gold orichalcum, against black-threaded red. Kazuya.

Daegal's speakers turn his words into a brassy clatter, leeching nuance from his voice. But you can sense it, all the same - Surprise. Joy. Relief. And an uneasy tremor, one that he fights with every iota of his being to quash.

He sounds drawn. Wan.

"Come on," he says. "Come on - Up you get."

Unbidden, your Argus Sensor hums to life. On your HUD, his silhouette flickers into view - A cool green. Ally. Friendly.

But deep within - Dimly, as if from some flicker of intuition - you feel TRIGON move again. Faster, now. Closer, this time. Approaching.

Your arm over his shoulder, you struggle forward as your systems cohere. Away from the edge, from the vast drop into the unquiet sea of Lachryma below. One step at a time - One foot in front of the other.

"I - didn't know if you were going to make it," he's saying. "I waited, and waited, and *waited* - And the place kept *changing*, and I thought - I *thought*..."

(Continued)

>>3143753
The chamber has changed beyond all recognition. From a web of criss-crossing walkways, to a plane of scarred metal - Platforms rising, interlocking, like the parts of an intricate mechanism. The Forge's whirring mechanisms waft strange circles and distortions, like ripples in water. An eerie light glows above you, the strange half-real machine trembling like a lightning-struck tree.

You reach the upper platform - A broad area of deck, slightly sloping, away from the iron rig. Solid, underfoot.

The only way out of the chamber is the distant double-doors, now closed. Daegal hasn't been idle: A barricade bristles just before it, sealing you in. Overlapping layers of nanomaterial, arrayed in blunt spikes, wedge it closed.

Behind you, the industrial roar fades back to a hum. You can hear the great gears and hammers of the Forge beginning to chug and clatter as they decelerate. A ripple, then another, flows through the ever-changing structure behind you - Lachryma residue bleeding forth, only to be reabsorbed. Smoke threads the air, hanging like gauze in the eerie light.

"Yeah," Daegal says, taut worry in his voice. "Yeah, we're not alone."

"I did what I could, but-"

"...Turns out, they want *in* really bad."

The approximation of a rasp saws from his speakers, in a burst of white noise.

"Joker - Old buddy, old friend - I'm *really* glad you picked *now* to wake up."

As if to punctuate his words, a tremor runs through the chamber. The doors - their surfaces mottled and pitted now, battered - shudder. A great dent appears in one, as it buckles inwards a fraction with a groan of metal.

Corospant flickers. Pale energy crackles again, and the machine-clatter noise of the Forge starts up again.

"Oh, hell," Kazuya mutters - "What now...?"

Crusts of rime crackle, snakes of electrical discharge dancing around the ever-shifting superstructure. There is a *thump*, a series of rattling clanks. New protrusions, like spikes, like a crown of thorns, pushes from the black bulk of the Forge as it roars back to life.

There is a sound. A chattering sound, a chirring, a cackling, ticking hum.

The wind rises.

Memory stirrs. It is a sound you are intimately familiar with, now - the sound the Misericorde made in the Red Joker's hand, when it carved space. When it sliced through the fabric of reality, to open a path to somewhere else.

[ ] "How long was I gone?"
[ ] "How many of them are out there?"
[ ] "Kazuya, wait. The Forge - this might be our way out. Our way *home*."
[ ] "Those doors won't hold much longer. Be ready."
[ ] "It's good to see you too."
[ ] "Is there any other way out?"
[ ] "How are you holding up?"
[ ] Free

YOU HAVE CONTROL

>>3143809
>How long was I gone?
>How many of them are there?
[ ] Kazuya. Thank you. I learned a lot about what's happening and what I have to do and it's all because you were here to back me up. How are you managing?
>Those doors won't hold much longer. Be ready.
>Kazuya, wait. The Forge - this might be our way out. Our way *home*.

>>3143809
[x] "It's good to see you too."
[x] "Kazuya, wait. The Forge - this might be our way out. Our way *home*."

Bit dead in here huh.

>>3142988
Newfag here, what is this about exactly

>>3143809
[x] "Thanks. It's good to see you too."
[x] "The Forge - this might be our way out. Our way *home*."
[x] "Those doors won't hold much longer. Be ready."

>>3143858
One of the longest running quests, one that started way back on tg over 5 years ago. Welcome to the ride from hell

>>3143809

Kaz, wait, the forge might be our way home

>>3143858
Accel World meets Garo meets Giger.

It's about people thrown into a parallel world and become robots and murder the everliving shit out of each other, and the real world adjusts as necessary.

Starts as a cool anime quest and becomes existential horror and psychological thriller a little ways in. It has some of the best fight scenes I've ever read.

>>3143940
(Gentlemen - Unfortunately, I'll be at work for a few more hours. I'll post as soon as I get the chance.)

Equipment FAQ:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H08Ji7FI_KKb8k0dpPcIcvHJp5mnk22CzKOMLnfq3g4/edit?usp=sharing

Shit, OP wrote porn again.

>>3143809
>[ ] "Kazuya, wait. The Forge - this might be our way out. Our way *home*."

>[ ] Inspect The Forge

>[ ] ..."If i can figure out how to get it to work."

>[ ] "How are you holding up, are you alright?"

>[ ] "Those doors won't hold much longer. Be ready."

>[ ] Try and get a feel for your new body

>>3142988
good god i fially caught it live

welcome back, joker. I have a piece of art to share about the new FROST CESTUS gauntlet... and i'm out of tow nand its on the wrong computer. super cute tho.

When you get around to doing a proper modern write up for the new FAMILIARS and the revamped interceptor system, i was wondering if you could give up to date details on the lucifer bits relic? as far as i know we still HAVE them; its just slake turned off the interceptor system like a button. think they got forgot abot.

>>3142988
HE RETURNS!

>>3143858
Read the archives, newshit.

>>3143809
>[ ] "Kazuya, wait. The Forge - this might be our way out. Our way *home*."
"I hope the wait wasn't too uncomfortable. You have probably achieved zen just from sheer boredom."
>[ ] "Those doors won't hold much longer. Be ready."

>>3143863
Seconding.

>>3143809
Might as well charge up double Fusion Annihilators and let 'em rip when the enemies bust the door down.

>>3142988
Couple of questions for you when you get back OP.

First for the INCOM's, is that 15% to spawn one fresh, or 15% per each INCOM active each round? Because if It's per round, thatsalottameter.

Second, does the Crux’s regeneration effect come into play at the start or the end of our turn, It doesn’t state when in the Equipment Doc.

Thirdly, when using the Carnifex there seems to be risk involved with a system malfunction. When using Black Frost however, it is said that systems cannot be damaged. In this case, would it be impossible to suffer the effects of a system malfunction/failure while Black Frost is active?

(On the way back, gentlemen.)

>>3144175

(The writeup for Familiars can be found here:

> https://pastebin.com/C5ZkTYqY

My apologies, I'll include it in the next Pastebin.)

>>3144683

> First for the INCOM's, is that 15% to spawn one fresh, or 15% per each INCOM active each round? Because if It's per round, thatsalottameter.

(It's the former. It's 15% to create a *new* Interceptor, up to the limit. Their cost per round is much lower.)

> Second, does the Crux’s regeneration effect come into play at the start or the end of our turn, It doesn’t state when in the Equipment Doc.

(Start of each turn. You'll have an option to pick what you want to regenerate.)

>>3144683

(Yes, you can suffer a malfunction if you're hit extremely hard with the Carnifex active. BLACK FROST effectively makes you immune to this drawback, for the duration of the ice-form.)

>>3143809
Spend 30% Booster on a pair of Cannon INCOMs so we've got our back covered as we go for the Forge.

>>3144694

(You naturally start with 5 Interceptors.)

>>3144701
Ah, then deploy a couple in cannon mode I guess.

>>3144689
How much of the player does the brass armor from the Carnifex cover? Is the Photonic Halo only used for the mantle now? We still have the Logos and everything else, right?

>>3144715
>>3144701
Someone please tell me we looted everything from The Forge pastebin.

Ensemble looks like a killer way to just farm EXP from correctors and dear god Deagal had better have taken the Dual shield generator.

>>3144719
Yes and yes. We took multiple familiars, Meridian blades, Logos, multiple parasite revolvers and rifles too.

>>3144727
Nice, did we load up on boosters? When we get back, it would be nice to toss VITAE's to our list of slowly diminishing allies. (Though with just Pazuzu and two Jokers left on the board, It would be questionable to bring anyone but Daegal into the fray, considering the sheer lethality of our foes.)

>>3144715
It just covers our arms, anon. I'm imagining up to the shoulders, but it might just be about to the elbows.

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>>3144689
Can we use the INCOMS in booster mode ( individually or in pairs) to act as.force multipliers for physical or close combat weapon strikes. I have included an image for additional reference to my meaning.

>>3144689
Did we get the Old Cowboy's Big Iron and Hat? or was it all just a dream?

>>3144748
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H08Ji7FI_KKb8k0dpPcIcvHJp5mnk22CzKOMLnfq3g4/edit?usp=sharing

Oh he gave us something alright.

I stayed up the entire night to ensure I wouldn't miss Joker quest, and now I've got to head to work and knowing my luck It'll be over before I'm back.

Well, here's my thoughts before i head out.

Plan for combat

Canifex - ON
Black Frost - 4 Cartridges (8 Rounds of supermode)
6 Missile barrage, VITAE, ARGUS Boosted
Activate BLUTSAUGER

Close the distance, using Chernobog in the left hand and PROVIDENCE in the right, using both AUSPEX and ARGUS systems for targeting into the nearest opponents. Use HERCULEAN STRENGTH from the Carnifex/VITAE synergy to obliterate the first person who gets in melee range with PROVIDENCE.
Activate BLUTSAUGER

And as free actions
Have the Crux Regenerate 60% Booster for 15% Encroachment
Unlock Both Bandolier SHELL and Bandolier CELL for 30% Booster
Unlock Kerberos for 20% Booster

If necessary, we can postpone the unlocks until the end of the turn, so that our regenerating booster and Meter will certainly be high enough to cover that.

Also

Don't do anything stupid

And if you haven't read the updated Equipment Doc, read it. We have *so* much new shit.

Really break out and abuse some of our higher tiered revolvers. We're going to need an extra special level of bullshit for Trigon (Read the forge doc, and see what it can do, It's nasty.) In particular, I bet Mistral would make short work of Trigons 350% assault shroud, and somebody break out the ANAXEL/CAESAR cheese combo.

Good luck everyone.

>that equipment sheet
Jesus Christ. I can appreciate the depth but this has to be the least intuitive system for combat of all time

>>3144765
Buddy we have no idea what we're even going up against, or if we're even in for a fight in the first place if we can just fuck off with the Forge ASAP.

Plus why would we burn so much shit without having any idea what we're fighting?

>>3144765
It's made of nanomachimes, lets just Absolute Zero it, freeze it solid and then blow it the fuck up with Nocturne or Anaxel.

Lets see how the combat goes.

>>3144767
I prefer it desu, it's rare you have *this* many options in anything.

>>3144765
>All these guns and weapons, Why Can't I use them all?
Goddamn, My mind is reeling from all of the Relics and weapons that we equipped onto our frame and systems. Imagine how different the Document would be if we went for a Innate Systems build instead of a Relic build.

>>3144773
Innate Systems would have been way more fun but we kiiiind of did? Plus, the old Joker seems to have been innate systems and we had a better build overall then him.

>>3144765

I think Providence is a good idea, but closing the distance isn't one. We want to keep our distance while we can. I'm not sure if I'm comprehending the situation correctly, but it seems likely they will break through one point first. Say if we focus our fire on that point with incom cannons, Chernobog and rockets, I guess we could deal some hefty damage while still being relatively save.

>>3144786
We do have a chokepoint.
And we have weapons that will murder anything as long as they hit.
Oh and we can see through walls, so we will know when they will start to break through.

Our situation is advantageous. Just need a strong alpha strike on priority targets during the breach.

>>3144773
>>3144786
>>3144789
Okay, here's what I'm thinking.
>Try to use the Forge to escape if we can
>If we can't, Glacial Wall, fire the Incoms and Photonic Mantle and then take out Logos. Wipe them all out.

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>>3143847
>>3143852
>>3143863
>>3143895
>>3144134

> [x] How long was I gone?

Daegal swallows – His autoloader cycling within him – dryly.

“Lost track, after a while. Days, maybe. Could be longer.”

A faint light flickers in the lenses of his gleaming helm, his Assault Shroud stitching itself back together, nanomaterial spun from nothing. Like thread on an astral loom.

“Found a way to keep busy…I didn’t know when you’d wake up.”

He nods at the distant doors, at the improvised barricade that pins them in place, spiking them shut. “Didn’t have much to work with – So I used whatever was on hand. I just hope it’s enough.”

There’s dread in his words. You don’t know how long he’s waited for his Assault Shroud to regenerate, only to shred it again and again for raw material. The ground shudders again, as another great impact slams into the doors from the other side.

“That, though-? That’s new. It must’ve taken them *this* long to find this place…”

You know what he’s thinking – If they’re here, now, they must have found the Armory. He’s doing the same thing you are – running through a catalogue of weaponry, wondering what they might’ve found, what they might be about to bring to bear.

The walls shudder. There is a hiss, an arc-welder’s flare. A plume of crawling fire.

Somehow, somehow, through the doors – You glimpse red.

“Fuck-”

There is a vomit of flame, brighter and louder than the hissing arcs of lightning at your back. An oozing, molten burn, as heat crisps and fountains against the barrier. The doors are buckled, but unbroken and still standing – the beginnings of a glow kindled within their battered surfaces.

> [x] "Thanks. It's good to see you too."

“That makes two of us. Y’know, I was just telling myself – ‘If he doesn’t wake up soon, this is going to end ugly for everyone involved’. I just hope you’ve got a plan, Joker…Otherwise, we’re in deep shit.”

> [x] “How many of them are there?”

“Hell if I know. You want to go ask?”
WHAM

Another impact, a terrible one. Dust rains down from the ceiling, the great mechanisms making a discordant sound. Lachryma glides over the iron gears of the dock, reconfiguring.

Daegal ducks his head, winces.

“All right – Lots, probably. And why not? They *know* it’s important. Bastards can’t wait to get in.”

His words are flippant, but the hand on your gorget trembles, slightly. There’s a tension in Kazuya’s voice, one that rather belies his affectless helm. It’s one thing to throw yourself into a fight: It’s quite another to know that you’re trapped, to know that it’s coming.

(Continued)

>>3144799
>“All right – Lots, probably. And why not? They *know* it’s important. Bastards can’t wait to get in.”
Oh right, scorched earth might be a good idea if our escape plan works. Wouldn't want them to have access to the forge.

Also, we might want to tell him about TRIGON.

Either way, Kazuya seems like he might have gone slightly insane while he was waiting.

>>3144799

> [X] "The Forge - this might be our way out. Our way *home*."
> [X] “…If I can figure out how to get it to work."

He stiffens. Myomer cords tighten, beneath his gilded plate. Actuators ratchet.

“Home,” Daegal says, soft. As if he’s longing for it, dreading for it at the same time. His free hand goes to his cuirass, and you know he’s thinking of the hideous, gouging wounds he’s suffered-

The moment passes.

“No shit?” he says – There’s hope in his words, mingled with a kind of dubious wariness. He tilts his head; the rippling, trembling shape of the shifting Forge no longer seems worthy of the name. Lines of brilliant electric force snaked and snap away from the pinions, before spiraling up into the huge empty space beyond. Spindle-engines churn within the Lachryma sea, glistening black shapes formed from the black oil-

It doesn’t inspire hope.

But you can feel the truth of it. The lightning is an overspill, from something taking place on the far side. Somewhere, deep within this shifting, changing construct, energies are being channeled. Waves of light play across you armor, as strange alien glyphs – fragments of code, hooked like a spider’s legs in the dust – twist into existence, boiling away as soon as they form.

Fist-sized spheres rise from the inky depths. They hover in place, seething with charge of their own. A second mesh of overlays ripple across the vast device, like a hugely complex web of moving streams. It looks organic, like the lattice of blood vessels in a body.

> [X] Try and get a feel for your new body

You focus. You feel the power in your limbs, in the suddenly-warming, suddenly active flex of myomer muscles in your armor’s inner skin. You feel the throb of your reactors as they obey your thought-commands, as they yield full power.

You feel the pulse of the black heart, and you know – You know – there is much left for you to do.

You stand. A gentle push eases Daegal back, as your INCOMs detach – They hover around you, like a squadron of pilot fish. Like a hollow crown, cannon-mouths humming with silent charge.

“Hey-” Kazuya’s gaze goes to you, to the stock of the Beam Magnum that rises over your shoulder. Without the power source, it’s dead, lifeless – But the brilliant element locked with the Joker’s Memory is the only thing powering the Gate as it emerges, as it takes form.

“…Where did you get that?”

Later. Time for that later.

Unless there’s no time left at all.

You make a fist, and the shutters of your Helix Gauntlet iris open. The Nihl Sphere sheds an unlight, that eerie glow. Daegal turns kind of sidelong, leaning away as if he hasn’t quite made up his mind whether he should bolt.

“…Do you know how to use that?”

You don’t have to. You’re already connected to the Forge. The energy’s being used for something else.

“Like what?”

Quiet. This is trickier than it looks.

(Continued)

>>3144809

All it takes is a moment’s concentration. Data – images – swim into focus, inside your head.

There.

> RECONFIGURATION: 2%
> ENERGY: 76%

(The FORGE is currently reconfiguring itself into the GATE, for transit to the borders of the underworld where egress can be effected. In order for this process to be completed, the process must proceed – Without interruption – until RECONFIGURATION reaches 100%.

The FORGE has a significant store of material and energy that can be utilized to assist in the defense. This store – once depleted – gradually regenerates. However, this regeneration can be accelerated by providing a significant Essence source i.e. Feeding Players and Correctors to the FORGE.

The list of FORGE enhancements are attached: https://pastebin.com/dN2rpSNL )

> [x] "Those doors won't hold much longer. Be ready."
> Also, we might want to tell him about TRIGON.

“Fuck,” Daegal breathes. He swipes his gauntlet across his helmet’s crusher, with a faint screech of metal.

“All right,” he says. “All right.”

His grip tightens around the hilt of the Condemner, static rasping from his speakers. There is cover, rudimentary cover in the raised consoles and railings and stanchions of pitted iron that surround the Gate as it emerges. The writhing structure casts a flickering, convulsing shadow, as his fist closes convulsively around the Immolator.

“Oh God, this is it,” he’s muttering, almost to himself. “They’ve got an army out there, and it’s just the two of us-”

[ ] “Not quite.”
[ ] “You can do this. One more fight, Kazuya.”
[ ] “Stay in cover. Let them come to us.”
[ ] “Whatever you do, stay close to me.”
[ ] “Stay behind me. I’ll do what I can to protect you.”
[ ] “Remember, we have to protect the Gate at all costs. It’s our only way out of here.”
[ ] “Follow my lead.”
[ ] Free

YOU HAVE CONTROL

>>3144832

(Gentlemen, as an addendum - You can spend the Forge's ENERGY reserves now. Note that you can continue to spend it each turn, as it recharges.)

>>3144833
>[ ] “You can do this. One more fight, Kazuya.”
>[ ] “Remember, we have to protect the Gate at all costs. It’s our only way out of here.”
For the forge, generate the shield and one armoury guardian.
Anything remaining into.weapons

>>3144832
[x] "Not quite."
[x] “Stay in cover. Let them come to us.”

> CREATE ESSENCE ACCUMULATOR
> ANIMATE REVENANT x4
> ANIMATE ARMORY GUARDIAN

>>3144832
>[ ] “You can do this. One more fight, Kazuya.”
"Don't worry. We have just what we need to take on an army or two."

>>3144832
OP, how many times can these defenses be bought? Also you mentioned another pastebin with the Familiars?

I suggest we buy 1 Essence Accumulator and Weaponisation: Source. We can automate its defense and make melee a nightmare for the Invaders.

Give Daegal Rubicante and Cagnazzo. Tell him to use his biggest guns and hangback to clear any who get through.
>Daegal, I want you to hangback at the start because you've taken damage. Kill anyone who's damaged and pick them off until you're healed, then move to support me. Remember, we have to protect the Gate if we want to get out of here and get home. Also, the more of these guys you kill, the more you'll regenerate, the closer you come to level up and the more liemly you'll be alive in the real.

Fire all 5 Icoms. Have them in gun mode. Make the Photonic Mantle. Then, fire the Logos up the tunnel. Don't let them come to us, fire at them.

>>3144843

((i) and (ii) may be purchased once, each. The rest, as many times as you like. (vi) may be purchased up to three times.)

>>3144832
>[ ] “Not quite.”
ANIMATE GREATER REVENANT

Get ourselves five Revenants. They will spread the enemy's fire.

Also activate Desperado.

>[ ] “You can do this. One more fight, Kazuya.”

Prepare a surprise for the enemies.
We should open up with double fully charged Fusion Annihilators. Just obliterate the entire doorway the moment they try to charge through.
Use AUSPEX and ARGUS SYSTEM to determine when the right moment has come.

Afterwards fire chain mines and concussion missiles at them.

"Let's use the chokepoint to its full extent first. I'll fire, on the second barrage you join in, then the Revenants will charge. Once the melee has started up, we'll take down the important ones."

Depending on how the melee looks, we'll either want to do a massive barrage or cause havoc in melee. If an opportunity presents itself, this might also be a good chance for the railgun.
Also, don't forget to let the Cannon Interceptors have take shots as well.

Should we activate Carnifex? The sped-up perception should be good for target selection and to react quickly to the choke breach.

>>3144839

Seconded, as long as we take the 35% barrier I'm cool with this.
I also think we should alpha strike em as hard as we can.

Maybe we should go with Chernobog and Providence, activating Carnifex as well as the Photonic Mantle. Using the triskelion rockets seems good as well. I'm not sure about priming one of the revolvers, what do you guys think?

>>3144843
Changed my mind supporting this

>>3144848
>>3144846
>>3144842
>>3144841
I think Weaponisation: Source would be better as it allows the Gate to defend itself and automatically assimilate/drag enemies in and makes melee hell. Plus, it has no health bar and can't be destroyed, just disrupted.

>>3144848
>I'm not sure about priming one of the revolvers, what do you guys think?
Mistral fires monofilament explosions.
I think that would be perfect for a ball of enemies.

>>3144852
I think you're right; I was worried about the weakness to flame, but if setting it on fire doesn't actually damage the Gate then it's almost certainly better than ESSENCE ACCUMULATOR.

>>3144856
>>3144852
The disadvantage is that we lose out on essence, though. Both in terms of meter and in terms of level-ups.

>>3144841
Ideally we want as many warm bodies as possible.

>>3144832
OP, will Greater Revenants use the weapons created by Weaponization, or do we have to man those ourselves?

>>3144862
(No. The weapons created by Weaponization are effectively turrets. They'll target and fire independently. The Greater Revenants have their own equipment and abilities.)

>>3144858
It probably just leeches some; I'd be amazed if we lose all essence.

>>3144864
Will we still get essence from kills? How does weaponisation: source differ from normal weaponisations?

>>3144832
>"We're at a FORGE Kaz, Why worry about recruiting an army when we can MAKE one?"

> Create 1 Essence Accumulator, Animate 3 Greater Reverents and 5 Reverents.
This setup should give Anon and Kaz enough manpower to hold off the initial wave while retain free utility to fight as they please.

I wonder about something:
How would our enemies react if we told them about the gate?

I assume they are too far gone to be reasonable enough to cooperate.

I think people should stay aware that we can't let the FORGE get hit. That's why it's important we take the barrier so we can make sure no projectiles hit it. It also gives us the oppertunity to barrage them while earning potentially stupid amounts of meter. That in turn lets us use the high meter melee options when they enter into melee range.

>>3144874
True, I vote in favor of getting a barrier.

>>3144874
I don't think the Forge is that fragile but with the amount of enemies. Plus, Typhon can close quick enough to get through the barriee.

>>3144839
>>3144841
>>3144842
>>3144843

> [X] “You can do this. One more fight, Kazuya.”
> [X] "Don't worry. We have just what we need to take on an army or two."

He stares.

“What do you-“

The light shining down from above is brighter than before. It looks sickly, unclean, like the glow of something toxic and contaminating.

Energy flares. Dark, unhealthy, like troubled synapses. The emerald bursts writhes and fire out from the twisting shape of the emerging Gate – Static buzzing, buzzing, as the clattering machinery emits a dull grinding sound. A painful meshing of gears.

A thick stream of electricity explodes forth. It slams into the ground, doodling destruction across the floor. A shape, a form, hits the ground – Like corpse-fruit, fallen from above. Another. A third. A fourth. There is a metallic shriek, like nails on a chalkboard.

“Holy-“ Daegal stammers out. He’s against an iron stanchion, as he fumbles for his sword – A kind of horrified fascination in his stance. “Joker, look out, they’re-”

They’re on your side.

They are skeletal things. Horrors, that look like they have been burned and fused. They lurch to their feet, crackling with green electricity, moving with a kind of shambling determination.

The first is a vaguely humanoid form, hewn in shades of copper and bronze. Vast curving sheets of metal define hunched shoulders, barrel-thick arms rent and tattered, Lachryma bleeding through. Dented steel fingers press into the floor. The thing’s chest is a massive mesh of exposed gears, all twitching and whirling, corospant sliding along the bare mechanisms. A vaguely insectile head lolls on a broken neck, key-like teeth chattering.

The second is a scarecrow – narrow frame, long limbs – gearwork clacking, pneumatic tubes wilting around the joint. Large convex dents marring a domed skull. Metal gleams brightly, where the tarry black grime no longer clings to it. Extra limbs protrude from mangled shoulders.

The third flickers with lambent ghosts, green lightning dancing in and out of the hole in its visor, the larger one in its throat. A great blade sweeps back and forth, like a pendulum. You wonder how many it has killed with this ancient hide-scraper, a snaking nest of cables – like dreadlocks – spitting lightless sparks.

The last has fists full of in-built blades, wrapped in a ragged, half-rotted dust-shroud. It hobbles forward, luminous target-pipper eyes cycling, flickering through a mass of destroyed lens and half-cohered optics. They take no notice of you whatsoever, turning with insect patience, angling towards the battered doors-

“*Fuck*,” Daegal breathes out, appalled. “Fuck.”

(Continued)

>>3144885
Definitely get the shield. That's going to give us a massive advantage when they break through.

>>3144885

The air seethes. Your sensors bristle, oily with charge.

The phantom taste of ozone-

There is a flash. A swell of smoke and heat. Your view of the world through the emerging shield-bubble distorts and blurs from the energy, the hammer-beat of impacts muffled, now. Kazuya flinches, but rallies – Even as waving fronds push from the base of the emerging structure, antennae and accumulator-cilia tasting the air within the field.

> Why worry about recruiting an army when we can make one?

He stares.

“This is it? *This* is what you’re calling in?”

Daegal’s helm turns – He looks away. He looks past you.

He looks *down*.

“…How many of them – How many people – down there…?”

More than you can imagine.

You reach for RUBICANTE, the big revolver twisting in your grasp as it comes free from the holster. Daegal checks a step, as his hand closes around the weapon – Then CAGNAZZO, blued-steel in his gleaming gauntlets. He stares down at them, and some kind of focus seems to enter his gaze.

This is real. This is about to happen.

And the only way out is through.

> [x] “Stay in cover. Let them come to us.”
> [X] “Remember, we have to protect the Gate at all costs. It’s our only way out of here.”

His gauntlets clench down, around the grips of his borrowed guns. Amber light flares from the charging elements – Golden filaments amble across them. Gilded inlay spirals across each weapon – tiny glyphs flaring to life, like kill-markers, on RUBICANTE’s barrel.

“Yeah,” Kazuya says. He crouches down behind the sturdiest-looking obstruction, puts his back to it. “Yeah.”

You think he might say more. He might want to, but – Even though his voice issues from his armor’s speakers – the outthrust jaw of his helmet has clenched, tight, in spindle lock.

(Continued)

>>3144899
We have an essence accumulator now, yeah? Can we command revenants?

>>3144899

You kneel, too. Around you, the shield boundary shimmers, like clear gelatin. Schematics sketch themselves into existence, your fists bristling with charge-discs and energy-lines as your Fusion Annihilators take form.

Not much longer now. Not much longer at all.

One charge.

The doors glow red-hot. Distantly, you hear metal *shriek* as it crumples. Though your visual field is distorted, you glimpse them buckling, all over again – A shaft of pale light issuing forth.

Two charges.

The heat is gathering in your fists. Twin condensers cycle up with gathering charge, fitful lightning dancing across the feed-lines.

The doors shiver. A split low-down – A tear in the metal – branches up into jagged cracks, weeping heat, as they’re forced open. It is like watching a leafless tree grow, a time-lapse as forever narrows into now.

Three charges.

The end comes swiftly, without warning. The great double-doors buckle as they are torn down, blasted off their hinges by some terrible force. Ribbons of molten metal spray outwards, in hissing, lethal arcs – And dark, hooked bodies come spilling in. It is a black tide, a scuttling hail of shapes – orphaned hands, scrabbling their way forward. You glimpse the shapes behind it, a rough line of assembly, in the shadow of a fallen Armory Guardian-

There is a tremendous fusillade of gunfire. A hail of it, against the shield. Maggot revolvers and parasite rifles. Crude explosives, made from Essence cores wired together in hellish jury-rigged munitions. Tongues of crawling fire, lashing out – spreading noxious green flame across the barrier’s rippling surface. Shard-bursts, pinging off the curving arc of the shield – Scattering motes of blinding light. There is smoke, blending with the patches of remaining darkness, threat markers blossoming in your sight as the wave of disembodied hands scrambles forward…

THOUSAND HANDS.

But there are many more than a thousand, as they *swarm*.

But then it’s your turn. Your turn, as you swing out of cover. As you raise both Fusion Annihilators.

The world turns to white brilliance. Light, terrible light, surges forth.

The twin beams are white. So pure and white, they seem to own the quality of holiness. They turn the air to polished gilt, the smoke to grey silk. Furious scribbles of lightning lash out, the feedback of the momentous discharge shooting static through the shield – It hits the scrambling, swarming carpet of hands head-on.

They burst. They burn. It is a wave of utter annihilation, shearing through them. Less than Players, they cease to exist, melting like falling snowflakes in sudden sunlight. Some topple from the great plane of metal, trailing plaintive smoke, plumes of fire blossoming across the surface of the ocean of Lachryma. Red, ruddy flame spirals to life.

(Continued)

>>3144931
Uh-oh. We're not supposed to set the Lachryma on fire were we?

>>3144935
No, there is so much lachryma present that it can't be damaged. The pool is separate and distinct from the machine.

>>3144931
Can we fire a Boosted chainmine down the tunnel?

>>3144931

There were others behind them, of course. Not all, but some. The most eager, the most careless, the most insane. Crowding forward, heedless of the danger. Some hunch behind the raised pavises of Meridian Shields, others half-invisible behind shield-bubbles of their own.

Three are incinerated instantly. When the beams hit the ground, they excavate a huge trench of superheated, fused metal. Those in the immediate vicinity burst into flames, as heat-sear ignites their reactors, their ammunition.

Then the terrible blast comes, sudden and bright, hot and vast, and their forms become stick-figures sketched against a killing dawn.

Essence streams past you. Not *to* you, past you. The attraction of the Gate’s accumulators – like moths to flame – are far greater than your own. As metal vapor gusts back at you, in a swirling cloud shot through with phosphor flickers, you can see silhouettes through the mist. Advancing, relentlessly. Closing the distance. Meridian blades catch the light-

(ENERGY: 32%)

No hesitation. They must have been waiting for this, before the first bodies even hit the ground.

The charge is on. The end begins.

There are thirty of them, at least. The ground shakes at the combined impact of their footfalls. Eerie green light reflects off gashes in metal skin, off spined shoulders, off carapace-plate. There are shouts, harsh cries, roars.

Too many of them, to see more than impressions.

A saurian-helmed monstrosity-

Something in deep, iridescent blue armor, stark in the blinking flare of gunfire as CAGNAZZO’s shots slam into its form-

A gore-spattered specter, gunning cyclic blades as it accelerates into a lurching run. It has no hands, because it lives to kill-

“Joker-” You realize – in the blank seconds – that Daegal is speaking over the Dirac channel, distorted by his frantic shots. “It’s not going to work – There’s too many, we can’t *hold* them-”

A moment. That’s all you have before they reach the field. Already, your revenants – the line pitifully thin, compared to the horde they face – are lurching forward to meet the charge.

And then the killing will *truly* begin.

HP: 180.0%
VITAE BOOSTER: 192% (SIGMA CHARGE ENABLED)
ASSAULT SHROUD: 150%
METER: 48%
CRUX: HP

YOU HAVE CONTROL

>>3144942
Chill hermano, let's see how op ends the post first

>>3144948
Can we level up from this fights?

>>3144948
Ok activate the glacier wall with the lachryma enhancement place it JJ UST Infront of line we have crashed in the ground with the fusion annihilator. Generate the Incoms in cannon mode. Take out logos to.below a hole.down the middle it's time to go.wild

>>3144953
(Definitely. With the caveat that most of the Essence is going to be absorbed by the Gate.

My apologies, gentlemen - It's extremely late for me, and I must turn in. However, I'll continue it tomorrow at the first opportunity. Good night and God bless - And have a happy new year.)

>>3144948
Spend Energy on 2 Weaponization.

Start converting Encroachment for Booster. Load in 2 Silver Cartridges and unleash Fimbulwinter.

Activate the Photonic Array Halo and do a sweep with Mistral using our free hand.

Spend energy on weaponization,
Activate the Photon mantle and equip the Providence. I'm partial to using it together with the plasma caster while boosted. First of all I think we need to fire either missiles or use the chainmine together with the incoms in cannon mode. I Think we should also use the Carnifex while we can.

>>3144956
To you as well, you absolute legend. Happy New Year, OP.

>>3144956
Happy new year to you as well OP.

I gotta log off, but I can still make an uninformed post.

I suggest we load cartridges to use an area denial ice attack. Even if it just freezes our enemies, that will be good.
EXEC_SWARM and a few interceptors should be able to slow our enemies somewhat.
Don't forget to call in even more utilities from the forge.

Maybe it's time for either an AoE or overpenetrating revolver.

If we go into melee, Blutsauger will be helping us cause a lot of havoc.

>>3144948
Can we command Revenants OP? Do they listen to us at all?

Here's what I'm thinking.
>Spend 30% energy on 3 Greater Revenants as it'll pair better with the 4 we have active right now.
>Open with Photonic Mantle and boosted Chain Mine shot down the tunnel
>Follow >>3144964 this anon's suggestion of Fimbulwinter with either 2 or 3 cartridges.
>Form Axanael and the Caeser, use the Auspex to pick targets and open fire.
>Tell Daegal to keep taking shots when he can until he's strong enough to close into close combat.

>>3144948
>>3144956
hey OP, does ceasar work with any weapon held in the opposite hand?

like for example, a spent chain mine launcher?

if so...

summon desperado and energy bandolier, fire a chain mine, summon ceasar, fire all six bullets, reload, and empty the chamber again.

if it works thats 13 chain mines.

follow it up with missles and fimbulwinter just to be sure, have kaz target weakened opponents

>>3144832
>[ ] Free
"Its worse than you think. When the gate opens - these are things trapped in here. We don't want to let them out either."

Thoughtful pause, rumination.

"When we have a connection, do you have enough charge to bring the red comet in? I think..."

"I think we actually are going to need to drive them off and hold the forge. This is about endurance. Pure and simple."

>>3145050
I don't think saying this is a good idea.
1. Telling him beyond the Gate is pointless because we don't actually know where we'll appear or whether we'll get options to go somewhere else.
2. Using the Comet in such an enclosed environment with such heavy fire will probably result in its destruction but it could work later into the fight. Maybe summon it after we've used the three dead Armory Guardians which I think would be better at the midway point.

Also, semi-related, do you think we should just jump out of here at first chance or should we kill them all? They may not be able to work or use the Forge but I think leaving them here is a bad idea.

>>3145073
We kill them all and before we leave, we destroy the armoury or close the entrance so that it can never be opened from the outside. Thread forge should be able to do something.

>>3145080
Lets see if we can seal it off but destroying the Armory is a secondary option. Hopefully we can get some goodies for Daegal and some level ups for ourselves in this brawl.

I want to focus on core systems/Golgotha/Oblivion's Husk from now on.

>>3145084
Agreed. We're already kitted out with SO much Relics and Loot, I think it's an appropriate time to focus on Oblivion's Husk now for Leveling up.

>>3145080
>We kill them all and before we leave, we destroy the armoury or close the entrance so that it can never be opened from the outside. Thread forge should be able to do something.

Actually, remember what the joker said about 'having the sun and the forge?' I think our end goal is to link the forge into our teritory - by having daegal claiming the forge for teh hollow sun, like other poeple do with territory.

Once the gate is open, rather. We should be able to do that; but we do need a lul in teh fighting, or a conclusive victory.

The red joker hasn't led us wrong so far, and I think we can manage our resources well enough to turn this around. Morale for daegal's going to be the hardest part to keep up.

However, we've been out of touch for so long - the biggest resource is going to be being ale to bring cherubim familiars in once the teleport homer has a link.

Anyway, plan on not destroying the forge. Its too valuable to ruin.


What this does mean is that we need to head hunt whomever's controlling the correctors.

I also think that the bell-of-corrector summoning is a great asset, in that we can use it to draw fire away from the forge. load it up on a familiar or something. This fight is going to be all about creatively using our resources and selling our HP/meter dearly, and pouncing on chances to come out ahead.

I also think we should bring as many Daeodands as we can to the hollow sun. The last memories (something like exec_reap, maybe?) to study would be amazing. There's so many questions about hte cycles of the red and black worlds we have to ask in order to break it. This place seemed to be more in tune with it, and its a shame to waste it.

I'll try to do a write up later.

>>3145101
>>3145084
I find it funny how we always change our plans before a level up, and then do something else entirely when it's time to vote, and finally make a different plan after the level.

I still want to level up our base weapons and defense. Our relics are incredibly powerful and only become more so, but they can break and be lost.

Core, then Golgotha once, and finally oblivion's husk, in that order

>>3145110
On this subject, the Orgel is interesting to me as well. Definitly worth bringing back to study, but not using ourself. Augmenting the sun's arsenal of codebursts would be outstanding, and I think any hacking wizardry the forge has is going to be essentail to reversing some of our clusterfuck.

Whatever's in there is so valuable they had a player brain hijacked to store it, persistent after death. If there's a manual for teh forge, its probably buried in there.

>>3145111
I think we ought to be preparing for the endgame and a final show down. Our chances to level up may be few and far between -

Focus for the Instrument, I think. even with 2/3 of the parts, its probably going to be a capability we are wanting to explore.
With all our new gear, I think leveling up our ability to HANDLE it - to cope wiht encroachment -- is going to be our priority. Our greatest strength right now is flexibility, bending and adjusting to meet the needs of the moment, and the thing that holds ourselves back too much is encroachment.

Thats our biggest bottleneck right now.

>>3145113
It seems to be a repository for code bursts. Most of them are contained in things like that; the codebursts we got from that fuck Vertiagon, the optional codebursts we could have gotten from Imago and now the Orgel. Plus, removing it will disable Emulator and thus, completely fuck our new ability to become walking artillery.

Also, anyone else pissed over the fact that the Athame upgrade we got and the Slake we got as a prize were completely lost? I'm not too mad but with the fact we got Limiter so late it's kind of a kick in the balls.

I'd probably just go for Golgotha first. It's a core weapon like the Beam Magnum and was made in the same way. It's the melee equivalent I think.

>>3145118
We can't upgrade the Instrument, it's nonfunctional right now. Also, coping with Encroachment seems like a secondary concern as the main sources for it now are
>healing
>lachryma cartridges
>blutsauger
>fatalism
>golgotha
With only Fatalism being nonoptional.

>>3145121
To be clear, I don't mean equipping the orgel, I mean studying it. Its been a while but the hollow sun does have a 'research this' option.

I'm not mad. Power at aprice was the athame's whole deal and we were willing ot pay for it. We got experience and a jaw-dropping awakening for it; and i have a modest suspicion that we haven't actually LOST experience that was granted by it; but its changed shape into equivalent value for something else.

Slake's neat but... I'd really like to see an upgrade for the assault shroud that replicates mild hands, at least for reloading things.

Did anyone else notice the emulator module being able to copy two things at once? I'm really liking the idea of being able to fake the axel grips and never fire the 'original', only the extra. Nasty surprise for infighting.

Whats our best weapon for building meter without spending it during this opening?

>>3145152
Meter is generated by mass damage so the best way to generate it as fast as possible without using Meter is probably dual wielding the Chernobog to burn everything in the tunnel to slag. Alternatively, we could charge the tunnel and shred them all with Golgotha.

We can't emulate non-core systems yet, sadly. I think that the Forge made us go through a few Zenith Upgrades considering the Defense, Power, Synthesis and Meter unlocks we got.

>>3145121

Lets see. I'd say the most 'risk' for encroachment comes from non-optional sources.

Mimetic aegis is one.
Forebode is another
Crux is another and its a sort of 'too good to not use' but also 'using it all the time may tip the scales badly if other effects trigger'

Regardless, this is an important question for JQOP: can we use the Crux to regenerate the Forge faster? It does say ANY resource.

ALso, for the cartridge/lachrymya thing: Is the encroachment an additional or replacement cost if we use a tainted shell? and any guidelines as to how much it costs?

>>3145160
Here's what i was thinking; CHagan-> heavy weapon via Talon function,

and I think the emulator can do relics now, the current thing it can't do is 'meter weapons'. The axel grips aren't.

Didn't we have access to a hollow sun heavy gatling rifle at some point? not chernobog, but the other one other one.

>>3145177
Forbode is free to use and doesn't cost anything anymore, Mimetic Aegis is an optional usage and the Crux, while amazing, doesn't have to be used. There's nothing on how much a Cartridge of Lachryma costs yet.

The axel grips occur on both hands but I think OP has changed the description so I can't actually tell if we can now use it to copy Relic weapons. It would be handy if we could. Also we used to use a Gravity Cannon but the gear we have now is better than anything the Sun has. Maybe you mean the Mauler? That got destroyed.

>>3145202
ah yeah, hailfire/mauler.

https://pastebin.com/5Bs9QgfY also this.

JQOP, what else are you able to tell us about the Lost Number and secret marks?
Are... are these sort of a lost language/tribal identity? Where you can buy into a culture or overarching wordly concept?

This sounds almost like the foundation that the hyades are building upon - certain universal trends, personified. Cutting out the middleman might be nice..

but I also think that if we 're to use THE INSTRUMENT we need a song, and the right words to play upon it.

Darn knowledge/time presure.

are tehre any other semi-recent pastebins/updates we should remind each other exist, potentially? there's a few here and there that i can't quite remeber,

And a question for the thread:

Engrave the lost number and/or see what it does?

It sounds like this is sort of a meta upgrade - one that can be shifted on/off in a 'one at a time' thing.
EXEC_HARROW's fairly cheap/temporary, and I think worth investigating.

I'm also intrigued by the possibilty that symbols having meaning, and our own joker crest becoming one through use. I think its how we claimed territory in the red in earlier eps, too.

I sorta wish we'd managed to hijack the old RJ armory guardian instead of destroying it, and I think if we get the spare resources we might want ot see if the FORGE can make another one - not a standard armory guardian - buy the old RJ enhanced model.

Should still be in the forge's database, yeah?

>>3145250
That's... going to take LOTS of Forge energy. And Time. We're up against a HORDE of Insane Lachryma infested Players and Correctors.

>>3145250
>>3145259
OP said the Forge could make anything so

>>3144948
Can we be more specific with the creations we want the FOrge to make?

>>3145259
Maybe. I don't think so - an armory guardian is 35% material.

I'm 99% sure an armory guardian's going to do more killing than 7 lesser revenants or 3-4 major ones.
At the same time, revenants are useful for dragging corpses back to the forge.

Part of this fight is definitely like a 'tower defense', where we need to gain resources while not losing hp, and prepare for the next wave.

Actually. that's exactly what it is. Red world tower defense.

trying to contain leakers and all.

A 'red joker' armory guardian is probably a similar cost to one already there.

If we're lucky, its already outfitted like that. ( This isOG RJ's crashpad after all.)

>>3145263
>OP said the Forge could make anything so

What we actually need to do is hook deagal in/give him access. Hollow sun's lord was made for to grind the gears of industry and war.

Bring cherubim to hell. They were MADE to kill correctors, after all.

>>3145273
He can't use the Forge, it's for Jokers only. It's why only the Memory can trigger it.

>>3145270
I think spending Armory Guardians now is a bad idea. Lets pure out 3 Greater Revenants so they can work together with the weaker ones. The main points of Revenants and the defenses in general is to delay and harry, not kill. Having more of them to distract is probably better until enemies like Typhon or that prick Vovoid appear and we need bigger guns.

I'm really curious why the Lachryma combat upgrade is so high though, even higher than reanimating the Armory Guardians. Apparently, it can be bought multiple times as well?

>>3145279
Well, its clearly like the hollow sun - there's permissions involved. Giving an ally access should be within our capabilities, easily.

I think the combat upgrade should be eyed with waryness. its like.

Do we REALLY want to wake up this noah's necro-zombie arc and let it spiral out of control? Becaues the way i read it - and lachrymia's desire to be used/corrupt and twist desires - we don't want a 'little pet shop of horrors' scenario where we give the bio-forge the ability to feed itself, which is what that upgrade entails.

There's also no guarantee it won't try to eat us when /if the corrector's run out.

Anyway, the reason i'm hoping the gate is two-way is because this scenario is exactly what the leukocyte was made for, depending on how it works out.

>>3145279
See, I disagree with this. I think we can get better mileage out of our own remote weapons, fueling interceptors and familiars ourselves. With the photonic mantle and use of cover, there's even the potential for them to gain us meter, which seems to be the risk/worth it factor.

>>3145279
>He can't use the Forge, it's for Jokers only. It's why only the Memory can trigger it.

Actually. If its a passkey, we can hand it over for a moment before the fighting thickens. Kinda like wi-fi. AUthorize once, stay connected

>>3145202
Lacryma Cartridges, the way I interpreted it was that if we had chrome cartridges loaded and we wanted to imbue it with Lacryma, we would just pay the cost of a single cartridge just fully in encroachment, so 30 Meter and 30 encroachment.

>>3145160
I agree with this statement. Dual chernobog is the way to go. I'd suggest putting the Photonic mantle up and letting the Incom's go crazy by boosing them and throwing them into melee. On top of that let's play the long game. Put three silver cartridges in, so we can get FIMBULWINTER up and murdering next turn. (I'd say 4, but the shrapnel property might be too dangerous for the forge). On top of THAT, let's just have the Crux regen BOOSTER and unlock the first two Revolvers, Kerebos and THE JUDGE. We have nearly all the meter in the world now, let's use it.

>>3145295
>Permission's involved
Not really. It directly interfaces with the Joker system and reads the Joker's Memory to open and be used; that's how it's able to derive Joker specific material like the Beam Magnum, Carnifex, Icoms and other bits. I don't think it's something you can do if you aren't a Joker and besides that, Lachryma is anathema to Daegal and the Forge/Gate is made from it.

>do we really want it to feed itself
Yes. The Forge is an integral part of the dual Joker system as it seems to be what derives the technologies that are specific to them. We have an intimate, deep connection with it and can control it when linked to it like this. It won't try to eat us because 1. we control it 2. it's defending the gate 3. it's the same reason none of the other defenses are targeting us either.

I don't see what you're disagreeing with when it comes to 'get better mileage out of our own remote weapons' to be frank.

>>3144948
>bring out Dual Chernobog and Photonic Mantle. Build up the meter and Get all the equipment ready that need meter to exist for this Encounter Like Bandolier Cell, Bandolier Shell, Caesar, Axanael, Pay it off with the Meter gained from Chernobog.

Also in conjunction with Fimbulwinter, Why not we also use Hoarfrost to create additional barricades from the mob? The Ice Spikes and Frozen bodies will turn the tunnel into a giant Chokepoint.

>>3145357
I like your idea of Abusing Chernobog for meter gain to get most of our equipment active.

>>3145270
>>3145358
>>3145295
All of this discussion is nice and all, but these plans won't mean anything if we don't put them down as a vote/idea.

>>3145250
>>3145270
>>3145295
Baseded and bluepilled.

>>3145160
>>3145357
>>3145381
Based and redpilled.
We should also pay as much as possible out of our Booster while having the Crux generate more for us.

>>3145381
>>3145406
Already voted for my idea >>3144976

>>3144976
Seconding.

We have 30+ enemies moving rapidly into Melee range.

The best plan is to load brass cartridges and use shatter burst to slow all of them then open up with chernobog.

The brittle armor, armor penetration, and massive rate of fire will be glorious.

>>3144976
Voting for this

>>3144954
>>3144964
>>3144965
>>3144974
>>3144976
>>3146576

Far below the dock, the darkness winks and flickers. There is a sudden glow, red and dull, that swiftly grows brighter, more intense. The Lachryma at the base of the platform has ignited. Smoke hazes upwards, dirty and black, a murky, toxic smog swirling around the tower as shadows dance above the furious chemical fire-

And still they come on.

The reavers spill out of the roiling haze, sweeping over the crude nanomaterial barriers erected by Daegal, swarming over the sectioned walkways and railings like an avalanche. Jagged blades whirl, glittering in the curiously dull light. There is no regimentation, no order of battle - Just a pounding advance, relentless and without hesitation, surging like a single entity towards the translucent umbrella of the barrier. Gunfire - thrown missiles, explosives - burst against it every second, dimpling the cloudy energy, making it ripple and wobble. From inside, it looks as if the world is blossoming with fire-

"Fuck-!" You hear Daegal curse, as he flings down CAGNAZZO and RUBICANTE. "Fuck, fuck-!"

The red light of his VECTOR TRAP swells. He swings up a Fusion Beamer, the huge cannon wedged against his hip. It shudders in his fists as the charge builds - And then it exhales a single discordant blast of blue-white power, the sun-bright force searing across the rapidly-shrinking distance. Something tusked and cyclopean, something with trophy-chains of helmets draped across spined shoulders, clatters down in a heap of armored limbs as the shot disintegrates a hole clean through the thing's torso, one large enough to put your fist through-

And then it gets back up. It hauls itself to its feet, horrific eyes still shining, heedless of the hole that's been blasted through it. It lurches back upright, as the wave of the charge breaks around and over it - A barbed fist smashes a lesser Player aside, slablike cleaver raised like a banner of singular and lethal intent as it keeps coming.

You have to thin their ranks, somehow. They've forgotten fear, forgotten pain entirely. There is an atonal howling, utterly unlike anything natural, their motions juddering in the strobing light of the emerging gate...

(Continued)

>>3146664

Your Fusion Annihilators cycle, expended. They vanish with twin thunderclaps, as the greater bulk of the Chain Mine's launcher locks in place.

Missile exhaust roars around you as the Chain Mine kicks off it's launcher, arrowing forward on it's first and final flight.

The front ranks come apart, as the Chain Mine detonates in the heart of them. Bodies fly like steel leaves caught in an autumn tempest. Limbs and gears and components fly through the air, bursting around you - The tremendous blast quaking the ground underfoot, as the steel plane ahead vanishes in a fireball.

There is an ungodly sound. An earth-shattering crack. A crack like the sky splitting. Shrapnel hails down, the sound oddly distorted as the shield reduces the debris to fire and dust.

(ENERGY: 58%)

High above, protrusions on the vast structure flicker to life. A massive lamp-light construct rotates, projecting down a beam of streaming energies - A devastating column of churning devastation, blasting armor and myomer apart like ash in a gale. It doesn't shoot so much as dissolve its victims, iron railings and silver consoles slewing away in a waxlike sheen of melted surfaces and burning components, ribbons of liquid metal drizzling down in a searing rain-

Lightning. More lightning, slashing down from above. Forms, crackling into existence as the air fumes with green light. A figure in tarnished silver, flexing claw-fingers as corospant slides around it - Galvanic energies seething and dancing from the splintered hole beneath the grille of a crested helm. Something slablike, brutal, two arms grasping a chirring glaive almost as large as it is - A third raising a pitted black shield, all iconography scored away by countless eons down in the dark. Something white, pale as moonlight on a grave, three eyes flaring to life beneath a triparite-cloven helm-

The lesser revenants mill around them. Less figures than shapes, fluid and ever-changing, partially disarticulated by their first deaths. A slablike, beaked thing - Blunt in form, alloyed armor scuffed and worn - rakes a massive billhook through the air, the barbed point whistling as it slices the intervening space, seemingly marshaling the shambling defenders into something resembling order-

For the first of the reavers has plunged through the shield envelope, and he is not alone.

(Continued)

>>3146668
To Daegal
>"Keep firing! The more we take down, the more firepower we can get from the Forge. Don't hold anything back."

>>3146672
Are you implying that Daegal is NOT doing his best to survive what might be the final showdown down here?

>>3146668

Five meters tall. A flat, lightless black. Interlocking plates of armor, coating a gargantuan form. A low-slung, angular helm, with a dark narrow slit for the optics. The armor on his shoulders and chests is worked in scenes depicting armies marching, tanks rolling, enemies crushed underfoot. There is a raised crest set in his cuirass, a disk bearing the likeness of an eagle, mouth open in a scream. In its claws, it grasps a swastika.

WOLFRAM KRIEGER

Massive fists clutch smaller Players - One in each hand - by the metallic scruffs of their necks. KRIEGER braces-

You realize what is about to happen the moment before it does.

"Oh *shit*-"

With a mighty *heave*, KRIEGER hurls them through space towards you. The thrashing, kicking projectiles lance through the air, shrieking whirlwinds of bronze and unfettered rage.

The first one slams into your crude barricade with disarticulating force, and detonates – The impact is like a small bomb going off, a plosive *roar* overwhelming your aural sensors. The surface of the dock peels away in a blizzard of flying metal shards, and the shockwave slams into you as all significant charge is unleashed in one bright flash of energy.

You wrench the Sinistral up, as the expanding ball of heat and light envelops you. The blinding explosion blows the Chain Mine’s expended launcher apart, and takes your cover with it – Metal shatters, stanchions buckling and spinning away, your feet leaving the ground for one lurching second as your Assault Shroud stiffens to take the impact-

(Continued)

>>3146679
are we fighting a fucking nazi corrupted player?

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>>3146679
I really want to know the story behind that guy. Is it a reinactment guy that got waaay too much into his role, or some kind of Japanese Neonazi? Is it this guy? Is it some kind of ww2 guy that got stuck in the black since way back then?

What the fuck.

>>3146679
>WOLFRAM KRIEGER
Sounds like he's got good heat resistance.

>>3146686
With all the weird Greek names Players have had over the past arc I'd say we've been going up against people from throughout history who've ended up down here for one reason or another.
So this guy is probably a literal Nazi and not a LARPer.

>>3146689
Or maybe he met a nazi and felt inspired.

>>3146679

Something about the blast utterly scrambles your sense of time. You leave the ground in the arms of the shockwave-

And then there is a terrible sound, a shriek of metal rending. Part of the platform breaks away from the top, like an iceberg calving – wrenching away from the catwalk supports, tumbling down into the sea of flames below. It falls, grinding and screeching, bending and crumpling, as you sprawl amid the flaming debris. Static buzzes through your sensors, a terrible shape looming above you: Bare metal bloated by sensor-cilia and augmetics, the shrieking teeth of a cyclic blade churning the air-

EISEN ABATTOIR

He is fast. Hellishly fast. You roll to the side, as the humming edge carves a jagged furrow through the metal right next to you, in a streak of red sparks. As you reel to your feet, a kick stamps into your shoulder, hard – Hard enough to crumple the pauldron inwards, hard enough to tear the myomer muscle beneath. The churning blade sweats arcs of lightning, as ABATTOIR lunges – You wrench your arm up, and the blade hits the SINISTRAL’s hard-light field, the turning chain-teeth inches from your helm as it presses forward-

There is a monstrous strength in ABATTOIR’s rust-pitted limbs. Pistons and cables bulge from the joints of that scarred, scored arm, dirty fumes coughing from vents in his plate. ABATTOIR’s shape is hulking, almost simian, as the buzzing weapon churns against your shield, fragments of energy-chips flaying away from the buzzing field.

Around you, lightning blasts down, indiscriminately. There are impacts all around – Heavy, metallic *thumps* as Players slam into revenants. Bodies crash into bodies, as the charging line meets the ragged row of your ad-hoc defense, forms slammed clean off their feet, crunched aside by furious body-blows-

ABATTOIR’s right hand ends in long claws, each one tipped with drill teeth. They spin to life as they gouge at you, raking across armor plate as your sensors cohere – You piston the Crisis Arm forward, and there’s a splintering crack as shattered metal bits spin through the air…

-Only for the howling blade to rake at you again, slicing across your cuirass, armor fragments spraying from the teeth as your enhanced armor takes the impact.

> FOREBODE ACTIVATED

A flicker of premonition, from behind you-

(Continued)

>>3146695

You twist aside, a great maul whistling through the space your helm formerly occupied. It's a furious, clubbing blow, a blow meant to pulverize you in a single terrible impact - The thwarted weapon shrieks as it whistles through the air instead, a second challenger storming forward. ONYX BISHOP's backswing misses you by inches, as you give ground - the tall, solemn figure's joints glowing red with lava-heat, gravimetric suspensors humming serenely overhead as a four-pointed crown rotates in constant motion-

They come at you together, without any particular order but with the ease of a lifetime of war. ABATTOIR's servoes growl, as the Player lumbers towards you - ONYX BISHOP circling, Meridian maul held like a scepter as sickly energies play across the flanged head-

In your right arm, the CESTUS cycles. Cartridges ratchet into place, the chambers rotating – Feeding munitions into the breach. Coolant vapor hisses from the joints of your arm, the cold wisps dissipating in the swirling smoke and heat of the nightmare chamber.

HP: 162.0%
VITAE BOOSTER: 152% (SIGMA CHARGE ENABLED)
ASSAULT SHROUD: 129%
METER: 20%
ENCROACHMENT: 12%
CARTRIDGES: SILVER – SILVER – EMPTY - EMPTY
ENERGY: 27%

CRUX: HP

YOU HAVE CONTROL

>>3146700
How much Energy does the Forge have left now? What defenses are left/still working?

>>3146708

(At present, it has the following:

i) WEAPONIZATION: 2
ii) REVENANTS: 7
iii) GREATER REVENANTS: 4
iv) SHIELD (GREATER)
v) ESSENCE ACCUMULATOR

>>3146710
And the energy left?

>>3146713

(27%. My apologies - I'll put it in bold in the next posts.)

>>3146700
I'd say this is the time for PROVIDENCE and the Carnifex.

Load two brass cartridges so that we can use blizzard rush or shatter blast once the opportunity arrives.

Has the photonic mantle already been activated?

Our priority target should be EISEN ABBATOIR due to his assassin-like build. Keep ONYX BISHOP at bay with our bits - not sure if we should use cannon or sword.

>>3146705
>CARTRIDGES: SILVER – SILVER – EMPTY - EMPTY
So we could fire our silver cartridges right away, but I would suggest waiting until we got four Silvers for maximum BLACK FROST.
OP, can we refresh BLACK FROST by burning more cartridges while the effect is still active?

Let's use brass, as well as the Carnifex' effect that allows us to use those cartridges right away, to get a few solid hits in. The double speed/reaction boost should be enough to make this advantage overwhelming.

>>3146716
I think its better to use Fimbulwinter right now. We should save Black Frost for when we've thinned the horde but right now, the goal is to thin these guys out. You can also only load 1 type of cartridge at a time and they all get fired at once.

>>3146705
Can we fire the Havoc launcher while moving around at normal speed because it's just changing the Triskelion warheads or will we be slowed down like it's a heavy weapon?

>>3146716

We can only load one kind of cartridge at a time Anon.

I think we might need to use Fimbulwinter and make sure to keep Onyx Bishop in check with the incoms in either cannon or blade mode. Maybe after using Fimbulwinter we use Providence to cut Abattoir up since he seems the least armored of the two.

>>3146722
>We can only load one kind of cartridge at a time Anon.
Not quite, but my suggestion was wrong anyway:
>Any number of Cartridges may be loaded each turn, but the CESTUS can only contain one caliber at any one time. The maximum capacity of the CESTUS is four Cartridges of any one type. When an attack is utilized, all Cartridges are discharged simultaneously.
So yeah, gotta do those Silvers now.

>>3146716
>OP, can we refresh BLACK FROST by burning more cartridges while the effect is still active?

(No. The duration / potency of the effect is decided at the initial activation, for balance reasons.)

>>3146721
>We should save Black Frost for when we've thinned the horde but right now, the goal is to thin these guys out.
I actually think it's advantageous to have a semi-invulnerable + AoE debuff state while we are encountering a horde of enemies where attacks may come out of nowhere.
Once the numbers have dwindled down, we can focus more on targetted attack and defense.

Either way, I'd say Eisen Abattoir is the more dangerous one right now. If we turn our back, he'll stab us.

>>3146705
>Fire Fimbulwinter now, place it directly in front of the Gate so nothing can get through the Gate without going through it.
>Load the Triskelion Launcher into Chagan, get the Havoc Launcher. Fire half Maser Rockets, half Concussive Rockets.
>Activate Blutsauger and the Entrophic Field
>Deploy the 5 Incoms and have them go blade mode, slice Bishop immediately before he gets a chance to notice.
>Deploy the Photonic Mantle, take out Golgotha and crush Abattoir with it using the Sigma Charge.

>>3146715
I suggest 1 weaponisation, specifically a long range turret which can thin the horde as it tries to come down the tunnel. A sniper or laser weapon like Nocturne would be excellent. We save the rest as we're going to buy an Armory Guardian next turn I think.

>>3146705
Activate incoms in cannon mode watching our 6.
Code burst Harrow on eisen abattoir. Load up on bronze cartridge and perform smoke out. Equip providence for precog and let's have at eisen abattoir.
>Instructions for daegal
Tell daegal.we are about to.use smoke out, and pick off anyone trying to.escape.the cloud
>Instructions for revenants.
Incircle the smoke out cloud and keep.as many of the named fighters in the cloud and in our killzone

>>3146727
>Load the Triskelion Launcher into Chagan, get the Havoc Launcher. Fire half Maser Rockets, half Concussive Rockets.
We can now just fire the payloads without chagan.
>Entrophic Field
IIRC it's a replacement of our intertia field, meaning it's always active.

>>Deploy the Photonic Mantle, take out Golgotha and crush Abattoir with it using the Sigma Charge.
>Golgotha
>two-handed melee weapon against speedster
What could possibly go wrong?

>>3146731
Unlike other superheavy weapons, GOLGOTHA - in the hands of the RED JOKER - weighs no more than an ordinary weapon, allowing it to strike with vicious speed. However, due to the nature of its creation, the wielder suffers from a 30% ENCROACHMENT penalty that cannot be reduced, as long as GOLGOTHA is wielded. (i.e. Your BASE ENCROACHMENT cannot be reduced below 30% as long as GOLGOTHA is in hand.)

>>3146728
Apologies ignore what I said about the smoke out move. The rest however I think still works with fimbulwinter

>>3146732
Dude, it's still a two-handed melee weapon, just not as heavy as being a neutronium weapon would normally mean.

>>3146732
It weighing next to nothing still doesn't make it a good weapon against a fucking speedster and it being two-handed horribly limits our options in a fight against multiple opponents.

Just use Providence .

>>3146734
>>3146736
Golgotha will let us blender everyone around us and this guy's not fast enough to match us with the Sigma Charge *and* he's not going to be able to block Golgotha. I don't want to end up breaking Providence off a Meridian Weapon again as well.

>>3146738
Us being faster than Abattoir is conjecture, and as an other anon said, using Golgotha right now is risky since we'd lose the use of another weapon i.e. can't use Crisis Arm while using Golgotha.

>>3146738
In a fight with this much shit going on I think we need the precog edge.we have the crisis arm intergrated we can lead with that it's force will augmented by the carnifex as well

>>3146740
Golgotha's already shown it has the destructive capacity to match two weapons; look what it did to the Armory Guardian. A cut from it will instantly kill anything it hits.

>>3146741
We don't have the Carnifex out.

If people prefer, go with Providence and maybe create the Mistral in the other hand and fire that into the crowd. I still think Golgotha would be better for thinning the ranks but if too many anons are nervous about it.

>>3146738
Fuck off, there's absolutely no reason to believe that's true and Joker in general just isn't a good match against melee-specialized combatants. We have only ever been able to deal with them either using our build's flexibility to surprise enemies or by blatantly beating them down with a higher stat stick we get thanks to the Carnifex.

Right now you're advocating for us willingly sealing off options for no good fucking reason just because you want an excuse to use Golgotha. It's a stupid fucking decision.

>>3146744
>Golgotha's already shown it has the destructive capacity to match two weapons; look what it did to the Armory Guardian. A cut from it will instantly kill anything it hits.
We don't need a heavy weapon. The guy is a fucking SPEED BUILD.
What we need is to GET A CLEAN HIT AND NOT GET HIT IN RETURN.

>We don't have the Carnifex out.
Nothing prevents us from changing this state of affairs.

>>3146746
>>3146749
The Joker's been entirely reformatted for close and long range combat with the upgrades to the Crisis Arm and the Cestus Cartridge system. Did you not read the upgrades? Our speed and melee damage are insane now and we have harder armour so any stray hits won't cause half as much damage. Plus, we still have the Leech Module so all damage we cause is fed back to us as health. I thinkt he both of you are massively underestimating the Joker's capabilities now and also underestimating the utility of a superior Neutronium weapon which was able to delimb the RJ Armory Guardian in one swing while still moving as fast as a normal melee weapon.

>>3146746
>>3146749
To be clear, I'm happy to use the Providence as well if that'll settle the tie, I just think you guys aren't properly considering the changes we've gone through or how effective Golgotha has proved when we used it.

>>3146751
>Our speed and melee damage are insane now
This just means, as you can see from the last fucking post, that we can barely keep up with EISEN ABATTOIR.

It does NOT mean that we are impervious to being outpaced by a dedicated assassin build.

>Plus, we still have the Leech Module so all damage we cause is fed back to us as health.
We don't, only kills and the Crux heal us now.

>I thinkt he both of you are massively underestimating the Joker's capabilities now and also underestimating the utility of a superior Neutronium weapon which was able to delimb the RJ Armory Guardian in one swing while still moving as fast as a normal melee weapon.
WE DON'T NEED TO DELIMB A FUCKING ARMORY GUARDIAN RIGHT FUCKING NOW YOU FUCKING ONE-TRICK PONY AUTISTIC PIECE OF SHIT.
WE NEED TO KILL A HIGH-LEVEL PLAYER WHO IS FOCUSED ON EVASION AND CRITICAL HITS.

>>3146751
Again, none of that fucking justifies using Golgotha. It's not a weapon Joker should fucking wield against Players specialized in close combat while being in a disadvantage. It's both the most limiting and least versatile option you could chose in this situation.

Everything you say is based on nothing but conjecture.

(Gentlemen, I apologize for the singular update - However, tomorrow's a work day for me, and I need to turn in. I'll continue at the first opportunity.

Good night, and God bless.)

>>3146757
Leech Module is still in the equipment guide anon.

He's not an assassin build either. He's huge, strong and a powerful melee build. This isn't Bell Zypher and not only did we block his attacks, we crushed him with the Crisis Arm a moment later. We dodged his first attack, he kicked us with the second, blocked his third, he got us with a sneak attack and then we smashed him with the Crisis Arm.

>>3146760
I don't know where you're getting us being at a disadvantage from and it's literally made for close combat.

Either way, >>3146727 lets go with Providence and the Mistral then.

Let's also discuss what we want daegal, the revenants and the forge to.do anons. We have alot of pieces in play. We can use the revenants and daegal to ock down abattoir for a golgotha kill. We need to body as many of these fuckers as possible before they overwhelm us. Keep the battle.focused on us so daegal.and the revenants can snipe and kill players we weaken

>>3146770
I suggest we have the Forge produce a sniper/long range weapon to trim the tide as it enters the tunnel. The two we have working now seem to be close range. The rest should be saved to activate an Armory Guardian I think.

>>3146768
>he got us with a sneak attack and then we smashed him with the Crisis Arm.
Except it barely dazed him and he got another hit right after.

>>3146773
You piston the Crisis Arm forward, and there’s a *splintering crack as shattered metal bits spin through the air…*

-Only for the howling blade to rake at you again, slicing across your cuirass, *armor fragments spraying from the teeth as your enhanced armor takes the impact.*

That's not barely dazed and we took 15ish percent damage between his 3 attacks and the suicide bomber players that were thrown at us.

>>3146705
>YOU HAVE CONTROL

Unleash all interceptors, familiar, rifle bits - we have meter, deploy them. But send them after correctors; we dont want them swatted instantly by players.


Axel grips - reserve - but load into SLOT 1 for Emulator MOdule - use in CQC to add punch/surprise. Go for leg shots/crits.

Primary weapon: Plasma Casters.(we still have these, yes?): Use the smart choke & sigma charge for the narrow choke/double ROF: Emulator module for twin-link, if we can use a second slot for it now, otherwise another doubling(tripling) of axel grips.

Vector trap away from plasma caster to Providence + (surprisingly) a Meridian Blade.(if we haveone) & Activate Terrible Swift Sword.
Let sinistral recharge(a little), but sigma charge the adaptation properties into the Tachyon Damage that is being used on us (time scramble is tachyon damage) (by which i mean don't use it as an offensive tool this turn)
Crux to Booster.
Exec-harrow on Providence(10% engraving), activating LOST NUMBER SIGIL.
Argus ON. Pass targeting data to our interceptors and whatnot.
Photonic mantle ON.
Aquila to Hover mode(for evasion)


PUt our new upgrades through the paces. Shotguns and melee is what this calls for. We can be a sticky target. Mainly, we want the prowess in parrying/deflecting melee, and to explore Protocols.

I want to say 'aim the sotto vocca down the kill corridor' but really, just pop a maser missile towards the oncoming second wave - its cheaper.

>>3146791
We don't have rifle bits any and I think using the 5 Incoms to kill Bishop is probably a better use for them. I also think using a meridian blade is a bad idea.
We don't have:
Terrible Swift Sword
Sigils of the Righteous
The ability to emulate the Axel Grips because they're already weapons you use in both hands.

Providence/Mistral are probably better for close range to dismember these guys and the Incoms are killing machines. I'd hold off the Familiars for now as we can't replace them and they're likely to be broken this early.

Dammit, I just thought of something ludicrously creative yet dangerous but the current situation tells me that now is not the right time.

My idea: If we do have a breather for a even a moment (not engaged in combat), Use Abruption Jets and Tempest Scrander (Or Trigon depending on which one we have equipped) to Dash and Jump up over the crowd with Dual Chernobogs aiming down Directly at the crowd and firing non-stop and slightly forward. The Recoil of the Chernobogs will both serve as Vector thrusters and as a way to maintain lift and control our hovering al la Jetpack joyride.

>>3146766
Hey Joker OP, I can't find the entry for TRIGON in the Joker Armory Doc.

>>3146705
Additionally:

Give Daegal SYSTEM ACCESS, since the Lord if the hollow Sun carries the blueprints and designs with him - start printing hellons instead of revenants

>>3146812
Stop making up dumb fucking shit that's obviously impossible to do.

>>3146791
This is the first time that I ever said this to someone, but you should really work on your reading comprehension.
Your suggestions don't make any actual sense. We cannot use axel grips all the fucking time. In fact, they are one-shot equipment which we shouldn't fucking waste on the first guy to enter our range.
At the same time, there's no need to specifically call out vector trap use (that's done automatically when switching weapons, the description itself plainly states that switching weapons has become a free action), the smart choke is the effect of an upgrade for the Plasma Casters and thus part of their physical makeup, and I have no fucking idea what you mean by slots.
We also cannot micromanage combat enough to make suggestions like "let the Sinistral recharge for a moment".
Lines like "pass targeting data to our interceptors" is about as appropriate as "don't forget to breathe".

And, FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ALL OBLIVION'S HUSK ABILITIES UNLOCKED.
I have no idea how you would even get the idea and I'm not sure whether you are the fifth guy to make the mistake or the same dude making the same fucking erroneous suggestion five times in a row.

>>3146814
Chill out hun


>>3145259#
OP said the Forge could make anything so

>>3144948#
Can we be more specific with the creations

A major plot point is the "gold joker" has a technological singularity and represents the sum total of what the hollow Sun knows as of last time he synched.

This is why he carries the teleport homer btw.

Anyway, our they Lord of industry in charge of building defenses , tia. (This is what Hellions were exactly made for).


Try turning down the salt tho, it's but good for your health :(

(On the subject of impossible things, I think it's also prudent to deploy a void anchor in the forge once the gate opens. Originsl Rj said we would need both, so we really should heed his advice - This is what the arsbreacon is for btw) (assuming the hs hasn't been rekt while w been out)

>>3146803
>My idea: If we do have a breather for a even a moment (not engaged in combat), Use Abruption Jets and Tempest Scrander (Or Trigon depending on which one we have equipped) to Dash and Jump up over the crowd with Dual Chernobogs aiming down Directly at the crowd and firing non-stop and slightly forward. The Recoil of the Chernobogs will both serve as Vector thrusters and as a way to maintain lift and control our hovering al la Jetpack joyride.
On the one hand, this is abso-fucking-lutely not how powered flight would work in any universe that's even resembling sane.

On the other hand, it makes me remember that we have regained our ability to fly.


I vote for activating Aquila for the movement bonus. Outright flight is likely not a good idea, as we are working underneath a shield bubble that we probably shouldn't be escaping if we want to avoid stray shots.

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>>3146828
>This is why he carries the teleport homer btw.
Dude, he carries the teleport homer because we gave it to him.

Also, learn English.

I don't even disagree with the basis of your idea, but stop being an emoticon-spewing zoomy fuckface.

I'm also not sure whether a void anchor wouldn't just start eroding the forge if we planted one here. It is, after all, a fucking resource harvesting device.

>>3146828
Mate, you sound like a retarded pothead and both your "facts" and suggestions are utter nonsense. Fuck off.

>>3146819
Actually you need to breeze over the armory doc, soon. There are many small updates - the emulator module is one of them. It can in fact store two templates at a time (we could have 3 sinistral if we wanted), AND it can upload a new template once per round as a few action

This means if we never fire the -original- axel grips the charged version is always emulateable.
Since it is a relic we can copy it: this gives three charges if we fire them all, or 1-2 per turn.
This is exactly the situation to use it.

I'm psure we got oblivioun husk 3 since jqop had a paste bin :( so sad you missed it.

Also vector trap is worth micromanaging: once per turn free swap means we can do best things. Like shooting two different guns out of one hand. If the second one doesn't need to charge

Basically, Megaman arm buster arm swap on the fly, every turn, without interruption of our action flow : Using the vector trap effectively means, say, following up every crisis arm punch with a plasma shot.
The b equivalent of battle tech's fist fire power.

>>3146836
I'm Phoneposting, chill matey.autocorrect suchs almost as bad as your 'tude

>>3146844
>Fused with CHAGAN, the Emulator Module creates a copy of any technological weapon - That can be held one-handed - in your free hand, effectively doubling it while the Module is active. The copy has all the properties of the original, but does not require additional charging elements or further expenditure of Meter/VITAE Booster to wield.
It doesn't say that you can load two templates at a time or that you can use the grips for it because they require two hands to use them. It just lets you copy whatever weapon you have in one hand with the other; I presume it works on Relics now but some, such as the Beam Magnum and Providence, don' work.

We didn't unlock new powers in Oblivion's Husk, we unlocked the ability to buy Signs of the Righteous and Terrible Swift Sword. The last option we bought is still Fatalism.

Not disagreeing with the vector trap. However, the Axel Grips would be terrible weapons to use right now because they're precise instant kill weapons, not crowd control.

>>3146828
Daegal isn't a Gold Joker. The Daegal Armor is an armor design that builds things according to templates and improves them as much as it can. At most, Kaz's Daegal is similar to the Red Joker armor in core functionality but it is not a Joker like the Red and White (and possibly Black) Jokers so it can't use the Forge, the Beam Magnum, the Joker's Memory, Golgotha or the Carnifex with the increased capacities and connections that we have. An example would be others who use Golgotha don't get the weightless mechanic that we do.

As for the Forge right now, you may notice it's not actually creating anything new, it's just recycling past weapon designs or animating existing material with its fuel to send them out against the attackers.

We need to keep the Forge intact for our successors and our successors' successors. Using a void anchor would destroy the entire place. There's been no mention of SYSTEM ACCESS either.

>>3146803
>>3146830
Chernbog requires us to use the Suspensor Web and isn't a wide spread weapon but focus fire. It'll be perfect for Wolfram but not for these smaller guys.

>>3146727
I still think this plan is best but maybe switch out Golgotha for Providence and Mistral if people are still nervous about using it.

>>3146933
Thing with the forge is that "creating anything" does not mean "make a wish" but rather "engineer an intricate chuunitech mechanism, then parse it into a template so that the forge can build it".
We do not have the required engineering skills. Even if we tried, we could make a peashooter at best, not anything intricate.

I guess the Hollow Sun could somehow augment the process, but I see no way to actually create the connection, especially considering that the forge is a lachryma construct, while the Hollow Sun automatically purges lachryma.

>>3146954
We can't make the connection because of the Lachryma construct but it's ultimately a device that allows you to make items if, I assume, you sacrifice Players to it. Golgotha was made by it and I doubt you need to know a lot to use it. It's use seems to be intuitive.

>>3146705
YOU HAVE CONTROL


CRUX: BOOSTER

>Equip the Carnifex
>Load two Silver Cartridges and fire FIMBULWINTER
>BOOST our INCOM's and have them engage in melee
>Use PROVIDENCE and MISTRAL to engage our enemies, test out our VITAE SYNERGY with a PROVIDENCE swing (Burst of hulk strength).
>Unlock Bandolier Shell and Cell if we haven't already.

This look good to everyone?

For THE FORGE, We should make some more troops. This group is at least thirty, and there's going to be more coming soon, so we need combatents to staunch the flow. If you guys want to make a turret or something else though, I'm not adverse to that.

>>3146978
>90% for artillery
>35% for Mistral
>30% for bandoliers
>Powering INCOMs at the same time
>Doesn't even include DESPERADO
Dude. That's basically all of our resources.

>>3146954
Yes hi daegal carries all that hs stuff and knowledge with him like a nest egg, that's the whole point!

We have the knowledge at hand, no connection needed. Just use it!

>>3146978
I think putting Crux into Health makes more sense as we still have a ton of booster and don't need 60% of it.
Boosting the Incoms and having them kill Bishop is a good idea but I'd hold off on using the Carnifex as well as we aren't in too desperate a situation to use it. Might be a better idea to save it for Vovoid/Trigon when they appear along with Black Ice.

I'd also put using the Photonic Mantle ahead of Shell/Cell becasue it'll increase our defense and meter gain which should be essential for this.

As for the Forge, I think buying for a turret and then saving for a armory guardian would be better.

>>3146991
Mistral/Powering Incoms/Desperado would be best along with Blutsauger. We already have 2 Silver Cartridges for Fimbulwinter.

>>3146991
If we get the CRUX to give us booster, there's 60%

Us fighting gives us booster

INCOM damage should give us booster

Hopefully, FIMBULWINTER would give us *More* booster.

Worst comes to worst we just activate Blutsauger next turn if we really need it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but activating the Carnifex does 40% damage and sets the new maximum at 140, right? Should we in that case heal 15% with the Crux before using it?

>>3147002
Why not activate it now, we're in close combat? We also build meter every time we cause damage too along with Leech module giving us health. It doesn't change the fact that popping the Carnifex now shows our hand and makes us more vulnerable in the made melee. Our armour's already done a great job saving us.

>>3147024
If your HP is at 180%, it becomes 140%. If it's 150%, it's new maximum is 110% so it'd be better to do it at full health but even then, we should save it for when the big threats come in.

>>3146991
Yeah, were dint need to go full ham here. Just use incom and relic melee, maybe meter.

This is an endurance fight, don't pop the carni now.
t this is just wave 1. We need that armor for later.

I did a full write up on the emu.vs chagan and it got lost

The tldr is they have dif but siliar function:
Copy mode = one h, relic and primary = yes
Super size to hvy = meter yes, relic no

Also dont NEED suspensor, because we have talons. (We want incom, suspen is for FULL mobility, in flight etc - talon = mobile onfoot bracing, + rof/accuracy). They do different things, but we don't wanna use heavies in cqc

>>3147074
Pardon, also emu mod Does! do 2! Things at once.

Left hand and right hand have different /independent copy settings.


I think we should emu dupe a second sinistral shield because it gets shattered all the time. It would be awesome to let a copy break ands not have to recharge. (Also inherit and persist a free sigma charge)

It might even be worth copying it TWICE in case it breaks for a second time

>>3147074
No, we need suspensor to move with speed with heavy weapons. Please read the equipment list again, it's right there.
>Note that your sophisticated cooling array has greatly increased the duration of sustained fire, and that use of the SUSPENSOR WEB allows you to fire CHERNOBOG while in motion.)

>However, any damage to the original also applies to the copy. In the event that the original is destroyed, the copy's form is also disrupted. Notably, the copy has to be used *simultaneously* with the original - Otherwise, the Emulator Module does not function. When deactivated, the Emulator Module requires a brief cooldown to recharge.

It duplicates it and requires the original to currently be in use/functional to work.

You haven't read the equipment sheet, please stop posting about it.

>>3147099
Yes hi, please pull the talon description from the last hollow Sun pastebin: it hasn't been copied to the gdoc but we have it as part of the crisis arm

Also, since I'm on a phone, please post the full text for both the emu mod and chsagan. They are in dif sections, I just read it, and ppl confusing (understandably) details.

Please and thanks

>>3147104
(tl;dr - The Talon is a modification to one of your armour's limbs, allowing you to attach a Heavy Weapon to it: You can now aim and fire the weapon - which now encases your limb - with one arm, but you can't use that arm for anything else as long as the Heavy Weapon is attached.

You can instantly jettison the Heavy Weapon, but re-attaching it takes some time. Effectively, you can now enter the Red World with a Heavy Weapon primed for firing, with the cost instantly deducted from your COBALT BOOSTER.

Fused with CHAGAN, the Emulator Module creates a copy of any technological weapon - That can be held one-handed - in your free hand, effectively doubling it while the Module is active. The copy has all the properties of the original, but does not require additional charging elements or further expenditure of Meter/VITAE Booster to wield.

*However, any damage to the original also applies to the copy. In the event that the original is destroyed, the copy's form is also disrupted. Notably, the copy has to be used *simultaneously* with the original - Otherwise, the Emulator Module does not function. When deactivated, the Emulator Module requires a brief cooldown to recharge.*

The Emulator Module can now be used with CHAGAN’s functions, allowing for the duplication of modified ordinance.

(tl;dr - The Emulator Module can create a perfect duplicate of any weapon you can hold in one hand. This applies to your primary weapons and the modified technologies created by CHAGAN, but not to conventional Meter weapons.

Effectively, any one-handed weapon becomes twin-linked. If further enhanced by the VITAE BOOSTER, no additional cost is required to similarly enhance the copy. However, certain Relics like the Nihl Sphere, Providence and the Beam Magnum are beyond the scope of the Emulator Module's power.

A Talon lets you use a heavy weapon one handed, it doesn't let you move around with one. Even if it did, moving two heavy weapons around is exponentially more difficult.

You haven't read anything, please stop randomly posting these terrible ideas.

>>3147099
To clarify, the talon is heavy brace that connects to and enhances hvy weps (we have one on each arm now)

It enables man potable heavy fire power as well as akimbo lmgs

As in we can trot around one handing a big gun like iron man.

The susweb does bit do that. It is an antigrav + recoil suppression system.

The two stack.

Talon = ground mobile fire nest
Susweb = flight and FULL mobility while using big guns, but range malus.
Together = a-10 mode
Just susweb = apache/helicopter /mpression
Just talon = "mobile suit" jump assist infantry, but bad idea to fly and shoot


That's why we no need web in close. Make sense?

>>3147114
The talon allows heavy weapon usage with one hand. Some weapons are heavier than others, with the Chernbog requiring bracing and stillness to use if no Suspensor Web. If the Web is used, it allows us to move while dual wielding the Chernbog.

In a combat with two people in melee, it's a terrible idea to use it. We have our Havoc Launchers if we want to cause long range damage while in melee. And the Incoms.

>>3146705
abruption jet away from the immediate melee, equip three interceptors as boosters for better maneuverability, send the remaining two to shield deagal, equip providence and a plasma caster (unless we can dual wield providence via emulation), fire fimbulwinter so it can start working on all the enemies in the area, save forge energy for our first armory guardian next turn.

no carnifex. save it for trigon.

>>3147380
why are we boosting away from them when they've already cleared the line and will have a chance to attack the gate and forge? We can't back off from a single opponent, we can't let them get established behind the barrier because they're in striking distance of the Gate and if we're busy dealing with enemies at that line, we can't focus on the killing zone. We have to focus on killing all the enemies who cross the barrier as fast as we can without using the Carnifex or Black Frost until Vovoid and or Trigon appear.

>>3146705
Can we direct the defenses at all?

>>3147391
Should we give Logos to Daegal and let him fire it up the tunnel?

>>3147561
>the Doot gun with BRRAAAAPP levels of volume.
We're in melee atm, We could, do that as a breather.
Also, it's a pretty good idea, if it weren't for the fact that we could have fired the thing when the horde broke through the door, and the additional effect that all communication gets scrambled to shit while the thing fires.

>>3147561
How are you going to give him a weapon, when you're fighting for your life in the middle of a scrum? We are currently battling two ancient Players, one of which has a chainsaw. Literally the only sane thing to do is to put on the Carnifex and start lopping heads.

>>3147910
We don't need the carnifex, they've barely even touched us and even after getting suicide bombed and our time slowed we were able to block that guy and counter him. Lets just use our normal fucking weapons and test out our gear like every other time we've upgraded.

Besides, I was thinking we can throw it to him when we clear out this wave.

>>3146727
voting for

>>3147391
the purpose is to limit our exposure to damage while setting up a damaging effect that hits every enemy on the field, both those nearby and the ones coming up behind.

once that's done we get back into the fray with providence, sinistral, and plasma caster or other suitable close range weapon. the interceptors mobility pairs well with providence's warning to boost dodge.

>>3147910
carnifex is wasted on these losers.
just equip a crisis arm and waste them.

>>3148031
We can aim the cartridge and just fire it at the gate though so it lands in front to act as a wall/death trap. I think moving out is a bad idea as it gives them a chance to take a shot and means we'll have to spend more time focusing on these guys while the battle plan should be

>2 lines of defense, pre-barrier and post-barrier
>focus turrets on pre-barrier defense, focus revenants on post-barrier defense
>have Joker focus on post-barrier while Daegal focuses on post-barrier
>hold out until we have solid defenses built, then when an armory guardian is made try to keep them trapped in the killing field of the tunnel

>>3147061
We can only do so many actions per turn, and I was concerned that activating Blutsauger would be too much in one turn, since I'm under the impression the unspoken action cap is about 5~, (depending on what those actions are, of course) so I was trying not to push it. However, people have good points about compromising our own armor by using it so early, so I will rescind that part of my vote

>>3146978
Nevermind on the Carnifex here, replace that action with activating the Blutsauger.

>>3148150
Don't you mean have Daegal focus on Pre-barrier while Joker focuses on Post-barrier?
Right now our current setup is Daegal focusing on firing shots down the tunnel Pre-barrier while Joker engages the Players that make it through in Melee. Considering how it seems he's more suited to Melee weapons (that scene in the Armory comes to mind, as well as him swinging that Neutronium Greatsword on occasion) and Joker's kit is absolutely stuffed with Guns guns and many different types of gun, I think a swapping of places is in order. Joker should do the Mob clean up by firing all kinds of Dakka down the tunnel and the killzone while Daegal can get much needed 1v1 dueling experience on weakened players that make it through the barrier. Right after we murder Bishop and Abattoir.

>>3148150
I hadn't considered that.

plus it might be better to conserve the abruption jets to act as a dodge since one of them likes tossing bombs.

I still think we should use interceptor manuevering in conjunction with providence and send the two spare interceptors to either shield kazuya or sword the least armored attackers.

summoning an ice wall to block advancing enemies next turn might also be useful to give us some breathing room.

>>3148187
Yes, sorry. Keep Daegal focusing on the pre-barrier and taking popshots in post barrier. The end goal here is to keep the gate free and, maybe, destroy the whole horde if possible.

>>3148150
>>3148426
>>3146727
Voting for these

>>3148150
>>3148187
Tbh I like the way we are coordinating the battle around our energy shield. Bumping this idea

>>3148426
>>3148187

(Gentlemen, I note that you're momentarily dazed. You just took an exploding Player to the face, and you saw another hit Daegal. The battle lines are vague at best - Your Revenants and Greater Revenants are engaging the Players that have breached the shield, to stop them from reaching the Gate.

I also add that you have very little fine control over the Forge / Gate. Whatever you have comes from your connection to the Joker's Memory, which is a point of vulnerability - Assuming you survive this, your guess is that the entire superstructure will collapse or actually rip itself apart from the energies channeled.

The Lachryma Weaponization ability is extremely costly, because you're surrounded by an ocean of it. Weaponization - in this case - means that the substance itself will begin to attack opponents.)

So, upon reading the armory a bit more, I just realized that we have two charging elements on each arm, but aren't actually using an armament with different requirements.

There is, however, one curiosity:
The Sinistral's charged state, which requires a charging element.
The description states that we cannot use another weapon in the same hand while the Sinistral is in this state, but I assume that is because we only had one charging element on that arm at the time.
Would that be right, OP?

In addition, wasn't the justification for Golgotha being two-handed that it requires two charging elements? Or am I confusing it with something else?

Maybe we should refactor our base approach based on these basic changes. Look for equipment combinations that weren't possibly before due to charging element bottlenecks, I think there were one or two at least.

>>3148723
Would Lachryma target indiscriminately here? As in, would it be attempting to pull us or Daegal into the sea, or just what it designates as 'the attackers'.

Either way, that seems just horrifically potent as a defense.

>>3148723
Can we buy the Lachryma Weaponisation multiple times or only once?

>Fire Fimbulwinter now, place it directly in front of the Gate so nothing can get through the Gate without going through it.
>Load the Triskelion Launcher into Chagan, get the Havoc Launcher. Fire half Maser Rockets, half Concussive Rockets.
>Activate Blutsauger and the Entrophic Field
>Deploy the 5 Incoms and have them go blade mode, slice Bishop immediately before he gets a chance to notice.
>Deploy the Photonic Mantle, use Providence and Sinistral level 2 using our charging element along with the Mistral to kill Bishop and Abattoir.

I suggest we switch to Golgotha when we can but with ourselves dazed at the moment, a focus on defense would be better; a fully boosted Sinistral plus Providence will be an incredibly potent killing weapon anyway.

>>3148744
I don't presume so because nothing else has targeted us or attacked us yet.

>>3148753
Modify this by not buying any defenses; lets save up for Lachryma Weaponisation and make the inner wall a killing field.

>>3148753
>>3148723
Voting for this.in addition ask daegal to fire down the tunnel with his biggest gun when he recovers from his stun. Hopefully the weaponisation and revenants will be enough to hold the gate for now

>>3146716
>>3146727
>>3146728
>>3146791

There are terrible sounds, terrible impacts, as the reavers plough through the barrier, piling into the tattered ranks of revenants. Fists fly. Flame arches and leaps. Harsh Germanic cries fill the air, barked with brutal precision. There is a grinding like an entire industrial complex coming online, metal screaming as it tears.

Lightning blasts the vaulted ceiling and lightning blasts the dock. Massive electrical discharge, spikes and fronds of leaping corospant spitting across the vast space. Burning debris hurtles down, like rogue meteors through thick plumes of black smoke.

A blink of light, as something explodes. The air turns gritty, the vibration so intense your vision blurs for a second, before your optics compensate – A terrible glare backlighting the struggling figures, the numbers on both sides swelling with every second.

Flashes of battle-

A raptor-winged horror arcs up over the churning melee. It comes down blade-first, with a howling shriek – riding a plume of white flame, claws raking and rending. A lurching revenant – CRYSTAL WYVERN – pulses, and a wave of cold light sears from cut-gem limbs. Armor and myomer shreds. Limbs shatter into glittering shards, fragile as glass.

CALICHE ZIEGEL – the grey of concrete, the dirty yellow of sandstone – swings a petrified maul with hideous force, smashing and breaking indiscriminately. It roars, as it batters a path through the reanimated husks you’ve summoned, green electricity scything through the air.

A helm goes flying, pinpricks of emerald light still glowing in hollow sockets – But the body continues to fight, a flickering image of the helm remaining, warped and distorted into eye-hurting shapes. It goes down when an axe hacks through a knee, the leg splaying out sideways as it topples. Armored figures stomp and kick and crush, the last fitful bursts of animation crushed from the fallen form.

You can’t see Daegal anywhere – But the IMMOLATOR’s heat-ray flashes through the melee, slicing upwards to slash a burning furrow through the press.

All you can hear over the Dirac Channel is howling.

ABBATOIR lumbers forward towards you. His cyclic blade churns, as plates of metal unfold from his frame, layering deflecting edges over thick armor. A plough-fronted helm clamps in place over his visor, machine-optics cycling.

A stab of weakness-

(Continued)

>>3148760
>CALICHE ZIEGEL
aka "LIME BRICK"

>>3148760

The shallow gash across your cuirass, the gouges across your arm – Warnings flare on your HUD, as the damage expands. The rents in your armor force themselves wider, bleeding bloody-red motes – Ragged, glowing wounds that widen by the second, leeching vitality from your systems.

ONYX BISHOP steps to the side, and swings first. His hollow crown crackles, glowing with charge – the head of his flanged mace leaves a burning contrail as it hurtles towards you, a comet’s tail of flame.

All right, then. All right.

Your Familiars detach from your greaves. They hurl themselves at him, plasma inloads blazing. Beams of incandescent energy, streams of fusion charge burn through the intervening space, as your Cannon Bits open fire at him. Armor plating tears into shreds and vapor, his cloak disintegrating as fusion fire rips into him – He reels back beneath the onslaught as shreds of black steel spin out, rattling off the burning ground as his crown spins faster, faster, with the rotation that builds a storm-

They surge after him. Firing, again and again, until his raiments burst into flame – Until his seething crown cloaks him in his own personal storm. The next shots from your INCOMs strike the field, and some ricochet away in crackling arcs of energy –

Some, but not all.

The shriek of revving chain-teeth-

But then GOLGOTHA is in your hands.

You have both gauntlets clamped around the throat of that lightless weapon, spined knuckles bleeding red light as the SIGMA CHARGE burns through you. Myomer muscles swell with strength, as you put the full force of your shoulders behind the great axe.

ABBATOIR’s cyclic blade pistons forward to meet it. You can tell what he’s thinking – The grinding teeth of his weapon will rip yours apart, chew it to pieces. Then the deathblow, gouging and tearing through the seams of weakness in your crimson plate.

There is a terrible impact. A sound like a crack of thunder. Disintegrating chain-teeth and machine parts spray, as GOLGOTHA hacks into his weapon and destroys it. The death-edge doesn’t slow – It cleaves through ABBATOIR’s arm at the elbow, ripping through in a single unstoppable motion – ink-black ichor jetting from the ruptured hydraulic tubes in the limb-stump.

A blurt of disbelief, a crackle of electronic feedback-

(Continued)

>>3148783

Your second swing comes down in a great diagonal downsweep. Shoulder armor crunches, folding inwards upon itself – A great wedge riven through ABBATTOIR’s form. It carves down, hacking through circuits and gyros and iron, the crescent smile of the blade burying itself a third of the way through ABBATTOIR’s torso. Scrabbling fingers clutch at it, as ABBATTOIR’s knees crumple with a scream of servoes, the drill-bits at the end of great claws scraping at the haft, hydraulics shrieking as they fight to hold it back.
You see, for one blank instant amid the chaos, utter confusion.

The disbelief. The surprise. The knowledge that the long, long mourning is about to end – an eternity over in an instant.

Severed cables spit sparks. They snake and twist, a blurt of static issuing from ABBATTOIR’s speaker-grille, something that might almost be words.

HP: 177.0%
VITAE BOOSTER: 171%
ASSAULT SHROUD: 111%
METER: 48%
ENCROACHMENT: 51% (21%)
CARTRIDGES: SILVER (X2)

ENERGY: 34%
CRUX: HP

YOU HAVE CONTROL

>>3148784
Can we use Fimbulwinter while wielding Golgotha?

>>3148784

(Gentlemen, my apologies for the brevity of the update. I would have gone into more detail, but - In all honesty - you inflicted roughly 96% damage to ABATTOIR and destroyed both his arm and his left torso in two hits.

Good night, and God bless - I'll post tomorrow as soon as I have the chance.)

>>3148789
>you inflicted roughly 96% damage to ABATTOIR
Noice.

>>3148787

(I assume you'll fire it at the start of the next round, as soon as you've cleared a space.)

>>3148784
Status report on Abbattoir and Bishop. Is Abbattoir in his death-throes and Bishop completely occupied by the Familiars?
Also, What's the status report on our army of Reverents and Daegal?
And what's the progress on the Forge's reconfiguration?

>>3148792

(ABBATTOIR is extremely dead. I assume you'll take an action to orientate yourself and recover next tirn?)

>>3148789
God DAAMN Golgotha is a stronk axe.

>>3148795
Si.

>>3148784
>>3148795
>Recover and re-orientate. Fire Fimbulwinter, then activate Photonic Mantle if possible.
>Recall the Familiars so they don't get destroyed, turn the Incoms into Blade mode and kill Bishop with Golgotha while they distract him.
>No Crux, switch it off for the turn. Save Energy so we can buy Source: Weaponisation next turn. Fimbulwinter should buy us time.
>If possible fire Concussion Missiles at Caliche.

>>3148790
>>3148796
It's not in its true form either. We haven't activated its special ability yet but we should do that on next level up I think. It seems like Joker's more than capable of a melee build now and we've got an axe which is the highest level of melee build possible.

>>3148784
Set CRUX to Booster and activate the Photonic Mantle.

I say we save up a bit more energy and then use it for either an Armory Guardian Or Weaponization: Source.


But yeah, finish off ABBATTOIR and maybe send a some missiles Bishop's way. If we're in a clear area, then load in two more Silver cartridges from Booster and unleash a Max-power Fimbulwinter. Then summon Mistral and start slicing up the horde.

>>3148784
Looks like we misread the text and he wasn't as fast as anticipated.
Thanks for doing a common sense pass on our suggestions, OP.

Ok, so we've got a fuckload of booster, Meter and HP.
I suggest we unlock one or two of the Marshall's items to have them available later on. I consider DESPERADO to be essentially mandatory for this fight.

Generally I would prefer to only use revolvers when their specific niche is called for, though. As the text states, our meter weapons are generally superior.

>>3148795
Yeah, reorientation is a good idea. Afterwards I would suggest firing the TAU gun to finish Bishop if he's still struggling, allowing us to redirect our bits and recall our familiars, followed by creating FIMBULWINTER and sniping WOLFRAM KRIEGER with either the railgun or CATOBEPLAS.

>>3148802
>It seems like Joker's more than capable of a melee build now and we've got an axe which is the highest level of melee build possible.
We've always been decent at melee. And we are a high-level player, so we tend to overpower even dedicated melee builds for the most part.
The issue is fighting high-level melee fighters.

>>3148803
Don't bother charging the Booster, it's just 30% off max charge and we have 50% encroachment right now. Not only that, it charges through combat so lets just lst it rest and lose 15% encroachment.

>>3148805
I think we're a dual melee/ranged build now actually with all of the armor, speed and strength we have now. Plus the including of the cestus.

Forming a revolver might be a good idea and if we do, I suggest Nocturne.

>>3148813
>it's just 30% off max charge and we have 50% encroachment right now
Yeah, but right now we have a good reason to pump even more Booster into Fimbulwinter and then immediately get back to ~150% booster. Of course this depends on whether the Crux recovers at the start or end of the turn.

>>3148813
>Nocturne
You know, these revolvers make me wonder what else is in store for our meter weapons.

I really would love to finally invest in our inherent arsenal during a level-up, but I'm sure it will never happen.

I'm also expecting that Cestus upgrades will be a thing, as we do not have gold cartridges and there might be platinum as well.

>>3148818
>>3148813

I disagree we are fine the booster will be recharged plenty when we like.the bishop. Let's generate desperado first if we haven't done so already.it will.allow us to.build meter for the revolvers

>>3148823
It's really no use trying to steer the thread one way or another when it comes to levelups. Partially because we usually get new options between levelups, partially because what we actually end up choosing depends heavily on the fights we were just in, and finally because the anons that were present in the threads where the plan was suggested might not be there anymore.

>>3148784
YOU HAVE CONTROL

CRUX: ASSUALT SHROUD

Can we at least all agree to this, since the other two choices are mostly topped off? The assualt shroud staying topped off will keep our damage reduction higher.

>Load 2 Silver Cartridges
>Re-Orientate
>Activate Phontonic Mantle
>Attack ONYX BISHOP with GOLGATHA
>If possible, unlock NOCTOURNE

>>3148796
As much as I like the options of dual-wielding various weapons, I have to give It to Golgatha for being such a brutal melee All-in. The axe does *work*.

>>3148824
>>3148813
Booster now works just like meter, so there's no reason to add encroachment just to keep it topped up while we are already drowning in energy.
Only thing to do is get the Photonic Mantle to increase our meter gain.

>>3148818
Desparado alone will do that and if you load cartridges, you have to fire them now. Just fire Fimbulwinter now and cover until we can use weaponise source.

>>3148829
This anon is correct. I have no idea what the new upgrade sheet will be like and the only thing I can really think I'd want no matter what is true Golgotha.

>>3148832
I say we do that next turn after giving ourselves a chance to recover.

>>3148832
Loading another two cartridges does delay FIMBULWINTER by another round unless we use the carnifex. Don't forget that.

Also, don't forget to switch targets for the familiars and bits once ONYX BISHOP is dead.

>>3148838
>Loading another two cartridges does delay FIMBULWINTER by another round unless we use the carnifex.
Where does it say that? As far as the CESTUS description goes, nothing stops us from loading new cartridges and using them the same turn.

>>3148838
When he's dead at the end of this turn, we'll switch targets. With the FORGE's shield up It stops projectiles, so we may as well bring up FIMBULWINTER to artillery shell level and roughly double It's operation time.

>>3148843
> As long as the Carnifex is active, the CRISIS ARM counts as a light weapon. The CESTUS is similarly augmented: Cartridges may be loaded and fired on the same turn.
It's not in the actual Cestus description, though.

>>3148848
So yeah, nothing stops us from loading in more Silvers and then unleashing Fimbul at full power this turn. It's just that the explosion and consequent melee engagement kept us from doing it.

>>3148838
>>3148845
I think it's probably best if we call back the Familiars and use the Sword Incoms instead so they can dismember/slice up Bishop and distract him. Familiars can't be repaired I think and we're likely to lose them in this melee.

>>3148845
We just need a Fimbulwinter to stem the tide and hold them off so we can activate Weaponisation: Source. Once that's done, the automatic defenses of the Gate should be enough to end the rest of this fight.

>>3148853
No, because if we load in fresh cartridges, we'll have to wait another turn just like the original Frost Cestus fight. If we wait another turn, we won't be able to save up for Weaponisation: Source which will give us a permanent, unkillable defender that can attack the enemy from all sides and should even make things difficult for Trigon.