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Your allies stand beside you, armed and ready to surge past the wall of twisted limbs that looms before you. Dorian's shifting form crackles and pops with arcs of yellow lightning, while November's seven-foot suit of rusted armor creaks in time with yours, the plates of her arms retracted to reveal her shotgun and assault rifle as both steam with preloaded plasma payloads. Amara is just behind you, a trio of clones surrounding their invisible creator, while to your far left, the Midnight Crew stands at the ready, waiting for your signal to begin, a burst of pure information across the empathic channel.

The Amalgam writhes, contorts between a variety of terrible forms as it waits, waits for you to make your move...despite the burgeoning tension the room you all occupy, the space is silent, patiently awaiting the pull of the trigger.

You cast one last glance towards the Crew, your allies, and then to the creature that carries Mother's desires, squirming before you.

They wait for you, one and all...and then, with an empathic burst, a fully-formed plan...

It begins.
Shu the Defiant, Hunter of Gods

VS.

THE PHALANX OF THE FALLEN

HP: 650% (+35%, Armored, MATRON'S STOICISM, Ignition Gauntlets, Uzi)
BIO: 530% (+60%, 4 Knighted Nomlings, 5 Platelings, 9/36 Active)
CONTENDER: Empty, Base Form.
RAVENOUS MAW: Primed.
HUNDRED-HANDED: None.
ACT: 3/3

AMARA HP: 440% (+80%, Shrouded, VOCEM VIRTUTIS , 3 Clones, Whistle: GRAH FOL CUNT)
DORIAN HP: 360% (+125%, MANUS CAELORUM, Tormentis, Alas, Daggers)
NOVEMBER: 1290% (Hydra Heart)

Threat: Medium, Defense Mode.

YOU ARE IN CONTROL

>>3601803
well, good to see this back BHOP

SHU;
>Spawn 4 Bane-Grapplings and have them rush the Phallanx, then spawn arm links to lock it down in a net of arms.
>Spawn a Stealthed Jackling and have it be prepared. As soon as November is prepared to fire, have it lock down the Phallanx.
>Summon up the Heavens Drill and what standard Drillings you can spare to dig out the Tunnel along with Terraforming, to give Dorian his way out.
>Give Dorain a Jackling if necessary to keep in communication.

JACKIE;
>Boost Shu to help clear the tunnel quicker.

DORIAN and KEANE;
>Use Paintlings and Mucuslings to help glue down the Phallanxes Limbs and get it stuck in place against a wall.
>As soon as he sees his opening, Dorin needs to shift to Canvass and spam as much speed as he can from the Sui Tormentis and Cursas Alas as he can, and rush out with two Gear Spokes, so we can escape to the surface with one, then without missing a beat he is to go ahead and rush to catch up with Isabelle with everything hes got.
>Dorian should prime and be prepared to use any counter-measures he needs to counteract any further tricks from Mother.

AMARA;
>help Shu with GRA TER SUTH("Greater Terrain Simplify") if that is what is necessary to get the tunnel open.
>Amara should Flare Verteilung to keep the Phalanx back and better positioned to get ensnared and held in place.
>if you or your Clones can spare it, use GRA RHO CUNT("Greater Slow Enemy") on the Phallanx.
>If any Clones can spare it, use GRA SAN THA("Greater Quicken Ally") on Dorian.

ACE and QUINN;
>Team up to help keep the Phallanx back as best you can, with being prepared to step back quickly, with help from Shus Hands Springs and Maw, as soon as November is ready to fire.
>If Novembers shot does fail to kill it, Ace should be prepared to dash in to deal further Damage.

NOVEMBER;
>Get prepared to use Autumn Protocol on the Phallanxes Core, fire as soon as you have the best shot you know you are gonna get.

(Gentlemen, voting shall remain open for the next two hours.)

>>3601815 #
(Thank you, it's good to be back. Vacation was welcome, but I missed writing.)

>>3601825
BHOP it was a one letter mistake and all you did was trade it out for different type of mistake, haha. appreciate the commitment to quality though.

>>3601803
Going to support >>3601815. We had a lot of time to plan out our first move, here's hoping our planning is anywhere close to as thorough for the rest of it. One slight change to it, though, Dorian's Jackling should be by applying the template to his Bishop. Just to save weight, one Swarmling riding him instead of two.

>>3601803
To everyone in the party via empathy channel:

>"Listen up. We're on a time limit now. I've deduced Mother's plan as best as I could with the facts that we have and it's not good. Mother plans to possess Isabelle's body by having her use the Mind Transfer Relic on Mother's own corpse. Said corpse is located within a tomb west of here. Isabelle's body is gimped and without a core ability, she's ripe for Mother to do a hostile assuming direct control...by installing her own core ability into Isabelle's body. If Mother succeeds, then the god that we all hate will walk upon this earth and will abuse her position as Administrator AND Player to rig this twisted game so that she can win the Crucible again and extend her reign.
>"Here's the Bad News: Mother's started to cheat by abusing her powers as Administrator. Rigging the game to favor Isabelle, cheating by terraforming the fleshscape to hinder our progress and spawning amalgams to tie us down. If we're going to stop Isabelle and Mother, we will need to be prepared to fight tooth and nail against Isabelle, any amalgams we encounter, and all the terraforming shenanigans Mother will throw at us.
>"The Good News is that we've got Mother spooked badly. She's getting desperate to the point where she has to manually rig the game in order to stall us out. And overextending her position as Admin has a definite drawback. I don't know what price Mother has to pay for cheating but it's a heavy one for her. We're close enough to Isabelle that we've forced Mother's hand to make her try and stall us out. That's how close we are to Isabelle, that's how big of a THREAT we are to Mother right now.
>>3601815
>Threat: Medium (distance from party), Defense Mode
Anon, it looks like Phalanx is content to stay in defense mode and block us from the elevator. It assumes that we're going for said elevator. So why not break through to another exit? Also, if we're going to one-shot it, we should force it to switch to attack mode and tie it down by going for the other exit. Otherwise if it's content to stay and guard the elevator, we should not have to waste time trying to kill it when we can simply escape through the Tunnel that we drilled into once we've breached it. And once we've breached it, we can simply force it back to a medium distance by flaring Verteilung.

>>3601832
actually, it does not appear anyone has a Bishop anymore. could've sworn we gave a few out but i guess our time wandering around the armory ran them dry? so, who might need one? Dorian obviously, but im not sure anyone else actually would benefit greatly from one under these circumstances.

>>3601839
did...you not read the plan? the plan is not to go for the Elevator at all, but open up the tunnel. it being in defensive mode to block the elevator might be a blessing, at least for our actual goal. we also are still sending stuff to tie it down and attack it to further distract it, not necessarily to kill it. Dorian escaping so he can use Sui Tormentis and Cursas speed boosts to rush off to catch up with Isabelle and throw down a gear spoke for us to teleport to is the plan as of now.

>>3601839
I doubt it's so passive as to just sit and watch us make a new exit. It will switch over as soon as it sees us start drilling our way out. As for getting it out of defense mode for when we hit it, we're going to use Neurotic Halo level three to inflict paralysis on it. That makes for an automatic critical hit. Between that, the Phalanx being close enough to be affected by Dorian's Verurteilung field, and the sheer raw power of the Autumn Protocol, I'm not too worried about it being in defense mode.

>>3601847
Huh, you're right. I guess Shu withdrew the Swarmlings after it looked like the bunker wasn't a danger, or something like that. Okay, then slap a Bishop-Jackling on him.

>>3601815
>>3601803
slight amendment from
>Give Dorian a Jackling if necessary to keep in communication.
to
>Give Dorian a Bishop-Jackling to keep in communication.

>>3601850
it does bring up the question of what material those statues are made of i suppose, but if they can take a direct Autumn to the face i feel like our chances of breaking past it were minimal anyways. id also have many questions for the artists who made them.

>>3601858
>it does bring up the question of what material those statues are made of i suppose, but if they can take a direct Autumn to the face i feel like our chances of breaking past it were minimal anyways. id also have many questions for the artists who made them.
Yeah, it would be odd for Charon (Shu seems to believe they made the statues) to have used some incredibly heat-resistant material. Maybe aerogel sculpting was all the rage among the Hexane, but that seems a bit too convenient for the Phalanx if so.

>>3601815
I would like to make an amendment to Jackie's actions.
Having her Boost Shu's Heaven's Drill is one action, she has 2 more actions to play with.
I suggest Jackie spawn her Blade-bats and Harass Phalanx and have them cut the meat strings that control Phalanx's statue puppets.

As for Dorian, have him
>let us know via Commling (the Bishop-class Jackling) when he's planted the first Gearspoke. And have him give Shu a mental signal ping at a routine interval. Constant communication is a MUST as it serves as a way for Dorian to let us know he's still alive and healthy.
>And hand Gina's smartphone back to Shu as a free action.

I'm also asking to have one of Amara's clones cast "Cunt Gra Rho Ter" to ensure the Terrain hinders Phalanx if it does switch into attack mode and charge us. Because the moment we start making a new exit of our own, Phalanx is going to realize its folly and try to charge us down by switching to attack mode.
>>3601861
>>3601858
I'll go out on a limb and say the statues have a layer of Bronze Lacquer coat layering the surface while having a fleshy interior that allows the Artisan to sculpt the flesh. It explains why the statues have cracks inside the encroaching biomass from the Armory Breach and how Phalanx controls them via puppeteering.

>>3601865
sure on jackie.

as silly as it is, im not sure we have time to hand off the phone, and feels like a very odd thing to be worried about to me.

i also had the Clones setup so they could double stack spells as necessary. Shu might need the extra help drilling, and if not they can just stack on two GRA RHO CUNT("Greater Slow Enemy"), and combined with all the other methods we have to stop them, id think it will be enough. that, and im still unsure how terraformable the interior of this place is, considering its all artificial.

>>3601868
what about Gra Suth Cunt in conjunction with Gra Rho Cunt? We did that on Isabelle and it worked on making her physically sluggish (relaxed muscles) and mentally slow since it acted as a depressant. it's a one-two punch combo that has Gra Rho Cunt warp Phalanx's limbs so that Moving them is hard to do so, and then Gra Suth Cunt will sap the strength it needs to move the limbs warped by Gra Rho Cunt.

>>3601873
im not sure it would work out here. i think most of the effects on Isabelle were due to the mental applications, to which Amalgams care less for, being basically just creatures of instinct. plus if it is being controlled differently as may be implied, it might not have any mental capacity to soothe anyways, on top of it probably being less effective.

you also misread what i said. i never said the spell you wanted was a bad one, i said we may not be able to afford casting another one, and we can just double up on the spells now too. plus i mean, RHO hinders mobility. honestly seems like doing SUTH would just be the same thing overall anyways.

>>3601873
We're already planning on paralyzing the Phalanx with a Subversive Jackling, slowing its limbs with a Skintalker spell feels a bit redundant.

>>3601803
>>3601815
fully amended orders;
SHU;
>Spawn 4 Bane-Grapplings and have them rush the Phallanx, then spawn arm links to lock it down in a net of arms.
>Spawn a Stealthed Jackling and have it be prepared. As soon as November is prepared to fire, have it lock down the Phallanx.
>Summon up the Heavens Drill and what standard Drillings you can spare to dig out the Tunnel along with Terraforming, to give Dorian his way out.
>Give Dorain a Bishop-Jackling to keep in communication.

JACKIE;
>Boost Shu to help clear the tunnel quicker.
>Spawn batlings and send them after the biomass strings of the Phallanx.

DORIAN and KEANE;
>Use Paintlings and Mucuslings to help glue down the Phallanxes Limbs and get it stuck in place against a wall.
>As soon as he sees his opening, Dorin needs to shift to Canvass and spam as much speed as he can from the Sui Tormentis and Cursas Alas as he can, and rush out with two Gear Spokes, so we can escape to the surface with one, then without missing a beat he is to go ahead and rush to catch up with Isabelle with everything he's got.
>Dorian should prime and be prepared to use any counter-measures he needs to counteract any further tricks from Mother.
>Dorian should let Shu know when the first spoke is down, and keep us informed on his journey.

AMARA;
>help Shu with GRA TER SUTH("Greater Terrain Simplify") if that is what is necessary to get the tunnel open.
>Amara should Flare Verteilung to keep the Phalanx back and better positioned to get ensnared and held in place.
>if you or your Clones can spare it, use GRA RHO CUNT("Greater Slow Enemy") on the Phallanx.
>If any Clones can spare it, use GRA SAN THA("Greater Quicken Ally") on Dorian.

ACE and QUINN;
>Team up to help keep the Phallanx back as best you can, with being prepared to step back quickly, with help from Shus Hands Springs and Maw, as soon as November is ready to fire.
>If Novembers shot does fail to kill it, Ace should be prepared to dash in to deal further Damage.

NOVEMBER;
>Get prepared to use Autumn Protocol on the Phallanxes Core, fire as soon as you have the best shot you know you are gonna get.

>>3601803
Supporting >>3601889 but have Dorian hand off Gina's Smartphone like a Runner's baton to Shu when he goes through the opening Shu's made.

>>3601803
Good to have you back OP
Supporting this >>3601889

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>>3601803

The plating along your spine cracks open, a flurry of newborn Swarmlings surging forth with a mission, serving as the trigger-pull the room needed to explode into a blur of activity. Reminiscent of Hecaton, the Phalanx rotates with terrible speed and plucks your quartet of Grapplings from mid-air at the same moment the torso of one statue splits down the center to reveal a cavernous maw, teeth whirring like the blades of vicious chainsaws. Four tongues for four Swarmlings, and in the blink of an eye they’re gone, having disappeared into the now-closed torso.

You and Dorian are on the move, your Bishop at his back to serve as booster and comm-unit both as you bring your arms to bear against the freshly-sealed wall to your right.

[Listen up, we're on a time limit now!] You say, watching as your gauntlets twist, the flesh and bone within them uncomfortably warping from hands and forearms into a pair of warped drills. [I've deduced Mother's plan as best as I could with the facts that we have and it's not good. Mother plans to possess Isabelle's body by having her use the Mind Transfer Relic on Mother's own corpse. Said corpse is located within a tomb west of here. Isabelle's body is gimped and without a core ability, she's ripe for Mother to do a hostile assuming direct control...by installing her own core ability into Isabelle's body. If Mother succeeds, then the god that we all hate will walk upon this earth and will abuse her position as Administrator AND Player to rig this twisted game so that she can win the Crucible again and extend her reign]

The drills of marbled chitin and flesh tear into the wall as the air around them shimmers with a harsh black glow, evidence of Jackie’s power as you feel the calcite barrier torn asunder by your transformed fingers. A glance behind you shows Ace and Quinn falling upon the

[The bad news? Mother's started to cheat by abusing her powers as Administrator] You say, the Phalanx a blue of movement half-obscured by the swarm of constructs harassing it, a blend of Jackie’s bats and Keane’s Mucuslings, with a splattering of Paintlings rounding out the attacking swarm. [The good news? We've got Mother spooked badly. She’s shortening her own life to try and stop us; that's how close we are to Isabelle, that's how big of a THREAT we are to Mother right now]

Amara’s voice cuts through the cries of the screeching swarm, a trio of words softening the flesh under your drills as you press onwards. A pulse of cold, unadulterated fear erupts from the set of identical children, flaring into the Phalanx’s baroque form. It barely flinches as a dozen arms turn into a dozen jagged blades that carve through the sheet of constructs before it, and a deep collective breath from Amara and her clones precedes them loosing a fresh set of alien syllables upon the Phalanx.

“GRA RHO CU…!” They begin in unison just before an inhuman voice reverberates within the Phalanx’s fibrous core.

(Continued)

>>3601961

“GRA SHI SEL.” Comes the Amalgam’s distorted counter-argument, and you watch as Amara staggers back, her cloak slipping off as she and her clones’ skin sags and droops as they slow. Suddenly the Phalanx shudders to a stop, a small shimmer of light within its core preceding your invisible Jackling’s appearance. It’s frozen, and that’s when Dorian and November make their move.

Your scarlet painter bursts forwards as the calcite walls close behind him, forcing you back as you watch him disappear into the tunnel’s darkened corridor. A weight in your left hand makes you glance down, and you smile beneath your helm.

Gina’s phone rests in your palm, and when you look up towards the skirmish it’s in time to see Ace and Quinn darting away, out of November’s impending attack. You see spokes bracing her heavy greaves against the art-deco flooring, her chest armor blossoming outwards just before you close your eyes against the howl and flare of her Autumn Protocol’s devastating power.

Sound and fury, signifying annihilation.

When you next open your eyes, it’s to see the wall opposite November dripping with superheated metal, the blast having seemingly torn through Amalgam and building in a single solar flare of plasma. Your smile holds…up until the moment the ground at Amara and the Midnight Crew’s feet explodes, a small army of hands reaching up to start dragging them below, clones and all. You whirl to look at where the Phalanx one stood, finally seeing that among the scorched statues and evaporated biomass lies a hastily-dug hole, hidden among the scorched ground.

It’s split into a quintet of bodies, its core disseminated among the forms that are now frantically trying to pull your allies into the darkness below.

HP: 650% (+35%, Armored, MATRON'S STOICISM, Ignition Gauntlets, Uzi)
BIO: 350% (+60%, 4 Knighted Nomlings, 5 Platelings, 1 Bishop Jackling, 6 Gurrenlings, 16/36 Active)
CONTENDER: Empty, Base Form.
RAVENOUS MAW: Primed.
HUNDRED-HANDED: None.
ACT: 3/3

AMARA HP: 440% (+80%, SLOWED + GRAPPLED, Vocem Virtutis , 3 Clones, Whistle: GRAH FOL CUNT)
[Leaving Combat] DORIAN HP: 360% (+125%, Manus Caelorum, Tormentis, Alas, Daggers, Bishop: 3 Turns Left)
NOVEMBER: 890% (Hydra Heart)

Threat: Short, grappling Midnight Crew + Amara and Clones, pulling them below. Attack Mode.

YOU ARE IN CONTROL

>>3601965
Oh boy, ok, this is gonna get weird, but bear with me.

SHU;
>Quickly spawn 10 Bane-Armlings, and have two go after each person grabbed.
>have them latch on tight, and use Hundred-Handed to connect them to each other and you.
>Have November grab hold of you.
>as soon as everyone has been grabbed, activate the Etchers Gear to teleport you all out of here...to Maras Penthouse.

Look, we got Dorian out, now we just have to hold off til he is ready for us..but we have to SURVIVE doing that. Goddamn i did NOT expect this thing to have SKINTALKER powers, but i guess thats Mother REALLY holding nothing back here. My thought is, whether we teleport home or just outside, getting this thing above ground will help aid our escape from its clutches, and the teleport will hopefully throw it off a bit. The issue is im not sure what to throw on everyone else's orders. We could also just teleport outside, but I wasn't expecting it to grab over half our team so i was expecting that to put distance behind us, so now maybe we can instead just get some extra help instead. We can always teleport again if need be.

(Gentlemen, voting shall remain open for the next two hours.)

>>3601965

Bhop, did Phalanx cast "Greater Spell Reflect" on Amara?

>>3601929
>>3601903
>>3601889
FUCKER MOTHER. WE'RE DEALING WITH A SPELLCASTING KNIGHT.
So Good news. We dealt major damage to it. Sheered about 50% of its hp in one go with November's Autumn Protocol I have an inkling that it used an ability to shed half of its biomass and health in exchange for escaping Lethal damage. Bad news? It's split into a group of Five. Amara's Slowed and grappled, and the Midnight Crew is also grappled. There's a Breach in the ground of the Armory. where Phalanx has dug.

Silverlinings: Amara now knows two new words. SHI and SEL. SHI appears to be a verb due to Gra modifying it. SEL is a targeted noun, and since it was cast as a counter argument against Amara, we have a good idea of what the concept signifies. It's either the spellcaster or skintalker. GRA SHI SEL are three words, each word said is 1 action.
It's spent 3 actions making a counterspell that reflected Amara's spell back at her. It's spent 1 action trying to move forward and swatting aside the swarmlings and engaging Ace and Quinn, then another action to Tunnel underground for a ambush grapple. So overall, Phalanx has 5-6 actions to work with.

>>3601965
What happened to paralyzing it before the Autumn Protocol fires? It ate the four Grapplings, not the Subversive Jackling.

>>3601965
so it burries eh,. not the most creative form of attack it uses but useful to have non the less, we have to keep it from pulling them underr or they will be doomed. We can lose the clones but not prime

>>3601974
I thought just about killing it but your idea has merrit i am just going to propose a plan in case we have to fight it and can not reach everyone

Shu
>>Snatch Amara Prime from the Phalanx by jumping in and using our Ravenous Maw against its hands and Arms while drilling into its main mass with our drills

>>Spawn several Hundred Handed Arms from your torso and punch all of them towards individual Phalanx Pieces with all the speed the creation process, flinging ourselves towards it and our arms can manage. Then immediatly revert the ones arms still intact . We will annihalate several of our arms doing this but should be able to reach near the barrier of sound when our arms impact to deal massive damage
Keep one Arm that wields the Uzi

>> Fire the Uzi and empty a clip into the Core of the Phalanx you are dealing with while rescuing Amara

November
>>Get closer to everyone so we only have to deal with shorter distances and use your judgement who you think you need to help the most with your claws to get them out of the Phalanx

Amara
>>get onto Shu when she appears and Cast "SAN GRAH THA"(Greater Quicken on ally) onto SHU

Midnight Crew
>>get out of the Grapple
Alternate Proposal

Shu
>>Snatch Amara Prime from the Phalanx by jumping in and using our Ravenous Maw against its hands and Arms while drilling into its main mass with our drills

>>Spawn several Hundred Handed Arms from your torso and grab the crew and everyone else in close range

>> teleport out with everyone (only when we have everyone save and secure)we are grappeling

Everyone else
>>get as close as possible to Shu while trying not to get dragged down by the Phalanx help anyone needing help to get out of the grapple after you have been grabbed by Shu

>>3602003
>Suddenly the Phalanx shudders to a stop, a small shimmer of light within its core preceding your invisible Jackling’s appearance. It’s frozen, and that’s when Dorian and November make their move.
it did get stunned, we probably wouldn't of hit any of it otherwise. i guess the split mechanic allowed it to bypass the jackling, and/or it had high enough resistances to not be stunned as long.

>>3602006
im not sure its safe for Amara to cast spells actually. also trying to cut everyone free while their getting dragged into gods knows where is gonna be hell. even if we just teleport outside it'll get this thing above ground and out of its hole for us to better deal with, though i still think going to Maras abode for the extra help will serve us better.

>>3602003
(It was always composed of seperate beings, so you paralyzed one that was moving them all as a single unit. The others bailed out and the stragglers were annihilated by November.)

>>3602012
>it did get stunned, we probably wouldn't of hit any of it otherwise. i guess the split mechanic allowed it to bypass the jackling, and/or it had high enough resistances to not be stunned as long.
Derp, missed that entirely.

>>3602015
I see. Okay, that's a new mechanic to watch out for, multipartite foes that can partition off status effects.

>>3601974
>>3601965
updating plan;

SHU and NOVEMBER;
>Quickly spawn 10 Bane-Armlings, and have two go after each person grabbed.
>have them latch on tight, and use Hundred-Handed to connect them to each other and you.
>Use your Maw to try and grab hold of Amara Prime, and drill into the ground, using yourself as an anchor along with your Hundred Hands to keep anyone from being dragged away.
>Have November and your 4 Knightlings grab hold of you and help you keep anyone from being dragged away.
>as soon as everyone has been grabbed, activate the Etchers Gear to teleport you all out of here...to Maras Penthouse.

AMARA;
>Have you and your clones activate Queen Crimson.
>Aim to and try to cut yourself and others free with Sturnuation Cannon shots. Have your clones sacrifice themselves to free others.

MIDNIGHT CREW;
>use whatever means you have to get yourselves free and get in contact for the teleport.

How about having Hundred-Hands pull everyone up to the ceiling, and then casting Fear To Tread? The ground the Phalanx is inside suddenly turning into a churning vortex can't be good for it.

>>3602024
replies too much on being sure we can get everyone out of its grasp honestly. it would also make it harder to hold onto them, especially if we cant get the statue to let go, adding a spin to the mix of us trying to pull on them would be a nightmare. we aint Rath nor do we have the Sui, our arms aren't that strong and give only a very small strength buff to work with at the moment.

not a bad idea to try and blender it, im just very worried someone might get caught in the blender with it.

>>3602012
Cuttting them out is gonna be necessary even if it is hell, underground they will be near defenseless, teleporting out is something we will have to wait for until either Dorian makes it out or we are dragging it back to the lair, which is gonna be a mess and a half

>>3602024
This proposal is interesting to think about...... Quick Question BHOP>>3602015
Is the Ground inside the Bunker even elligeble for Terraforming with Fear or Neuromancy

If we take it for the moment that it is, we could terraform the ground thourgh the Phalanx to cut it of from dragging anyone under without having to tunnel a new hole again which takes time

>>3602003
the paralyzing did go off perfectly. the Jackling was Stealthed so Phalanx didn't eat it.

>>3602006
>>3601974
Gentlemen, I just had a thought. The Phalanx was made from 10 statues of the Twelve Ascendants right? Each statue exhibits a class ability that each statue represents.
>GENERATOR
>HIVE MISTRESS
>GLUTTONOUS
>CALCITE ARMORER
>NEUROMANCER
>FIBROMANCER
>HUMORAL PALADIN
>PHANTASMAL CONDUIT
>UNNATURAL PREDATOR
>SKINTALKER
>FLESH ARTISAN
>VITRUVIAN
We need to figure out which class the remaining statues represent.
We've annihilated 5 out of the 10 statues. the rest of the classes we will need to figure out. I suspect one of them is a Calcite Armorer because it managed to drill a hole through the Hexxane Armory Floor.
>>3602015
Can you give a description of each of the 5 statues that survived?
>>3602021

>>3602035
i disagree. teleporting out can easily be done. we will probably drag it along with us, but possibly not all of them and it could easily get disoriented too from the teleport. plus getting the extra help will aid us greatly, and not having people or it be underground will be a great boon.

>>3602035
(The metal flooring is not, but the Fleshscape that lies a few inches beneath it is.)

>>3602037
(It's difficult to tell since the others were annihilated and the ones that remain are below ground, but to get to where they are its a safe bet that they have a Calcite Armorer and a Neuromancer among their number.)

>>3602030
Well, the worst anyone on top of the floor would have to deal with is the unsteady terrain it creates. I figure things would be much worse for the creature inside the shifting ground. But yeah, it probably is too much of a risk. Just trying to think of a clever solution to make this go faster, not coming up with much of one.

>>3602047
Oh, there's an idea. Keane's constructs erode Calcite creations. Have her pour a bunch of her mucous down the holes, melt the Phalanx's weapons.

>>3602038
I think the mess is what will happen to our hideout, everything else i can agree with. it would be gratly benefical and taking flight definetly is preferable to losing someone down here


>>3602047
If we can Jack that Biomass we can cut them off from one another and stop them from dragging anyone down for the moment while we anihalate the ones on the surface and badly bruise everyone underground as we shift the Biomass

>>3602047
And what of the spell that the SkinTalker statue cast? I can deduce that "Gra Shi Sel" implies it being "Greater Counter Spell" which reflected Amara's spell back at her. Also, since Amara has heard new skintalker vocabulary words, is it possible for her to learn and use the new words on the spot?

>>3602054
(You are correct, and Amara certainly may use them now. A full explanation and show of the Bio costs involved in using the words becomes available post-combat.)

>>3602048
i think her constructs are good against other Constructs, not calcite.

>>3602051
im ok with our hideout getting a bit messy in exchange for getting the extra aid, plus, we might even be able to use the control console to our benefit. we can repair our home but we cant repair losing someone to getting dragged to the depths.

however, i can see a benefit to using some neuromancy to help slow it down. im thinking have Shu send down a jackling to cause a ruckus in the pit, while we otherwise have her continue to focus on keeping us from losing anyone and getting us out of here.

>>3602066
>i think her constructs are good against other Constructs, not calcite.
They're explicitly cited as being able to degrade Calcite.

>Alone however, Keane is far from defenseless as she guards herself with a Phantasmal-Conduit/Generator Hybrid skill tree that allows her to summon intelligent mucous familiars that seek out and erode other constructs in the area, whittling away Calcite weaponry or rendering the creations of enemy Hive Mistresses weak and brittle.

I guess Calcite weapons and armor count as constructs because they're partially separate from the Daughter's body. Probably why Mara hybridized a Fibromancer skill in with her armor, made it properly integrated into her body.

>>3602071
(Yes, Calcite Weapons count as constructs for the sake of damage and effect differentiation.)

>>3602066
>however, i can see a benefit to using some neuromancy to help slow it down. im thinking have Shu send down a jackling to cause a ruckus in the pit, while we otherwise have her continue to focus on keeping us from losing anyone and getting us out of here.

i can agree to this and we can then immediatly swap out November for someone else as November is gonna be next to useless now against Isabelle unless she gets some time to cool down after combat

>>3602038

>>3602051
So in total, we have Five enemies, 2 of are known (Neuromancer, Calcite Armorer are safe assumptions) Three others are unknown classes.

>>3602048
That's only effective on the Calcite Armorer Statue. We need Neuromancy to counter Neuromancy, or a melee tank that has immunity to Neuromancy...November.

But I do agree on teleporting Everyone (including the Phalanx statues) to our HQ. We'll have home advantage there, and right now, they have field advantage due to making the first move on Terraforming.

>>3602076
I wouldn't easily write November off. November's got Neuromancy Immunity, she could easily assassinate the Phalanx Neuromancer Statue. If anything, November's the perfect Anti-Neuromancer.

>>3602071
>>3602074
ah my bad, i overlooked that it was both, only saw they worked well against constructs.

>>3602076
actually her Talons dont sound too bad and she still is pretty decently armored, but yeah her main utility is gone. i wouldn't write her off, just her approach has to be super straight forward too. we can also toss her the Uzi, once we are in a better position.

actually wait. have her hold onto us with one hand and take pot shots with the others. i trust her aim, despite the situation, so long as she doesn't fire too fast

>>3602083
I wasnt atlking about her being useless in this combat i can see her utility
but against Isabelle a Melee Powerhouse she would not bhe of much use unless we can give her time to cool off

>So in total, we have Five enemies, 2 of are known (Neuromancer, Calcite Armorer are safe assumptions) Three others are unknown classes.
Was there a reason you linked me to that post?

>>3602090
I trust November to actually be the best shot amonst us she had military training and actually used a ranged weapon as her main weapon even before joining us

>>3602083
>That's only effective on the Calcite Armorer Statue. We need Neuromancy to counter Neuromancy, or a melee tank that has immunity to Neuromancy...November.
Sure, but it will still slow the Phalanx down. Literally, without its Calcite excavating tools it will have trouble moving through the fleshscape.

>I wouldn't easily write November off. November's got Neuromancy Immunity, she could easily assassinate the Phalanx Neuromancer Statue. If anything, November's the perfect Anti-Neuromancer.
Her claws do pretty good damage, too. We should have her slash off tendrils.

>>3601965
>>3602021
further amendments;
SHU and NOVEMBER;
>Quickly spawn 10 Bane-Armlings, and have two go after each person grabbed.
>have them latch on tight, and use Hundred-Handed to connect them to each other and you.
>Use your Maw to try and grab hold of Amara Prime, and drill into the ground, using yourself as an anchor along with your Hundred Hands to keep anyone from being dragged away.
>Send down two Jacklings to try and terraform the underway to keep the Phallanx from retreating any further down with our allies.
>Have your 4 Knightlings grab hold of your Hundred-Handed Ropes and help you keep anyone from being dragged away.
>as soon as everyone has been grabbed, activate the Etchers Gear to teleport you all out of here...to Maras Penthouse.

NOVEMBER;
>Grab onto Shus Hundred Handed rope and help her pull the others out, or at least stop them from getting dragged further down.
>Take the Uzi and with careful aim whittle down the limbs along with Jackies bats to help get people free.

AMARA;
>Have you and your clones activate Queen Crimson.
>Aim to and try to cut yourself and others free with Sturnuation Cannon shots. Have your clones sacrifice themselves to free others.

MIDNIGHT CREW;
>use whatever means you have to get yourselves free and get in contact for the teleport.
>Jackie should spawn bats to try and cut everyone free.
>Have Keane flood the tunnel with Constructs, both to bog down the Phallanxes and damage the Calcite and possibly the Hive Mistresses tools.

>>3602100
I wonder: Does this count as one enemy or multiple, for purposes of Quinn's adaptation? Would she be able to pull out some cool super-weapon to eliminate all the Phalanx nodes?

>>3602110
im thinking because they are all based off the same core to control them, yes, in the sense her antibodies would adapt to counteract their puppet-like nature, rather than the actual statue and its class themselves. but thats just a guess this could just be a terrible fight for her.

>>3602100
Adding that we should have Amara Prime send a message via her clones back at the Lair for Rath and Julia to be ready to deal some damage.

>>3602095
To keep you updated to my musings. We're all in this together.

>>3602090
Good idea on giving November the Uzi. She's without Plasma weaponry at the moment and much of her tech is locked behind having a Forge Core, and she's overloaded her Forge Core.

>>3602110
I would say "Multiple". Phalanx is Ten statues working as One. Each statue has an ability of a different core class. We've wiped half of them out leaving ourselves with a Calcite Statue, a Neuromancer statue, and 3 unknown statues of unknown classes. if we're going to make use of Quinn, we'll need to have her isolate and single out one statue, Quinn's good against mono-classed daughters/amalgams, but multi-classing? she's been hard-countered. She's a ramp fighter that needs time to ramp up against a single class.

>>3602060
Bhop, is Amara prime the only one that's grappled or are her clones grappled as well?

>>3602100
Should we also plug a Jack-ling into our allies in order to counteract the Neuromancer statue? with one of the surviving statues being a neuromancer, I don't want to risk them being hit by the Neuromancer's DOMINATION ability and channeling Neuromancy through the other statues.

>>3602142
(She and her clones are grappled, both.)

>>3602139
very true. hopefully that is a thing she can do.

>>3602142
hrm, would jack-lings even give them any defenses against that?

>>3602142
>Good idea on giving November the Uzi. She's without Plasma weaponry at the moment and much of her tech is locked behind having a Forge Core, and she's overloaded her Forge Core.
I could have sworn we already gave it to her, actually. Wasn't that the point, her having a backup weapon for when she was out of plasma?

>>3602152
we gave it to Shu as Shu can use it in her extra Arms and using both of her built in Guns makes November unable to even hold it. we just didnt expect to potentially need her Autumn Protocol was the thing. lesson learned i guess?

>>3602142
Oh Okay sorry, i was just confused as i thought the sentence underneath it made no sense as a reply to what i stated in my post

>>3602100
We can sacrifice the clones by having them use the Sternutation Cannon until they run dry to free other people while activating Queen Crimson not something i would like to see them do but if necessary, it is a better use for them. rather than trying to save all the clones as well

>>3602152
We changed it around when we found out that Shus Hundred Handed could wield them effectively as well so we kin dof stacked a lot of Relics on Shu

>>3602160
fair point, but the idea was the Queen Crimson might still distract the Phallanxes and possibly destroy some of their limbs, so they cant use them to grab others. but i guess i can see your logic.

>>3602168
I'm good with the Queen Crimson idea. Have Amara Prime become harder to touch while the two clones start sneeze-sploding tendrils apart. Aim for the base, girls.

>>3602152
yes, but apparently some anons thought otherwise when we selected the initial loadout for raiding the hexxane Armory.
>>3602156
We'll have to craft a weapons Holster for November then.
>>3602160
Which leads to our bad habit of front-loading Shu with lots of gadgets and relics and powers when she could simply delegate some of them to her friends and family.

So, we have about 1 hour less to debate additional moves and counter-strategies against Phalanx.

To wit. Phalanx has about 5-6 Actions as a single unit, but probably 2-3 actions for each statue. There's 5 statues left, a Calcite Armorer, and a Neuromancer. We should debate on what possible plays Phalanx will attempt this coming round and what we could do to counteract it while advancing our own plan.

>>3602146
>Amara and her clones are both grappled
That's 4 pairs of hands total in order to grab Amara. Something's fucky with one of the Surviving statues. Either one of them is a Vitruvian class who took the Multi-Man path or it's a Fibromancer who specializes in Limb Generation. Because you can't have 4 pairs of hands ankle grabbing Amara and her clones at the same time while 4 other statues anklegrab all of the Midnight Crew. Either way, one or two of them specialize in Construct Generation.

>>3602173
I should also add that among the 5 statues, we have a Calcite Armorer and a Neuromancer, and statue that probably does Construct generation because there's 5 statues remaining yet I count 8 pairs of hands ankle-grabbing the Midnight Crew and all of the Amaras.

>>3602173
>Which leads to our bad habit of front-loading Shu with lots of gadgets and relics and powers when she could simply delegate some of them to her friends and family.
Powers, maybe. Relics? Not really. Shu mostly only wields the Contender, and sometimes carries the Whistle. This is the most heavily armed she's been in the entire quest, I'm pretty sure.

>That's 4 pairs of hands total in order to grab Amara. Something's fucky with one of the Surviving statues. Either one of them is a Vitruvian class who took the Multi-Man path or it's a Fibromancer who specializes in Limb Generation. Because you can't have 4 pairs of hands ankle grabbing Amara and her clones at the same time while 4 other statues anklegrab all of the Midnight Crew. Either way, one or two of them specialize in Construct Generation.
Or Generator, Hundred-Handed is a Generator skill, technically. Let's hope it's a Generator, then the arms would count as constructs and the mucous we're pouring down should damage them, too.

>>3602100
small amendment to;
AMARA;
>Have you and your clones activate Queen Crimson.
>Aim to and try to cut yourself and others free with Sturnutation Cannon shots. Have your clones sacrifice themselves to free others.
>Send word to Rath and Julia about whats coming their way.

>>3602173
well, i guess for everyone, as not just November will ever use it.

>>3602186
We should also have Shu go into the fray and make herself the center of the Katamari ball-of Arms before we do Mass-teleportation, that way if the phalanx Neuromancer does something fucky that causes Shu to be separated from the rest of the party, then we would have less risk of something that will make the teleportation move a risky mistake because if shu gets separated, then it would just be Shu teleporting alone instead of bringing everyone and Phalanx to home base.

>>3602194
Maybe but I don't trust what happens if someone disappears down that hoke, hence me wanting her to try and act as an anchor to prevent that.

>>3602204
We should also have Kean link everyone up with Shu through the Hundred Handed limb network, so Shu has more Bio to play with in spending to create more Hundred Handed limbs to strengthen the limb network and secure everyone's in physical contact before activating the Relic. I don't want to rely on the armstrength of Hundred Handed alone.

>>3602194
I agree with this anon >>3602204
we have a large chance that anyone who gets dragged down is pretty much dead without chance of recovery or revival, we would never find them if the phalax is at least somewhat smart which it probably is considering they are caßpable of coordinating about as well as we are

Cutting them off is gonna weaken them as they support one another and if it stays down there...... wait a second what if some of them go after Dorian?
What would happen if the Neuromancer Type started collapsing the tunnel in front of him or hell onto him?
He would be against more than one opponent and they do not need to kill him as that seems beyond their possibility (at least in the shortterm) but it would be really hard for him to hit back and keep on running to the surface

>>3602214
I think Shu probably has enough Bio to link up a ton of Hundred-Hands on her own. Remember, she can recycle the Hands, and they only cost 3% per, so she could literally make a hundred hands right now and be fine.

Also, wait, I just noticed that we still have four Knights and six Gurrenlings active. Where are they? Did we leave them outside guarding the entrance?

>>3602223
(The Knightlings were kept at bay somehow, and the Gurrenlings that were helping to widen the tunnel are now at your side.)

>>3602228
Ah. Well, we need to make use of that. Have the Gurrenlings drill at the arms where they exit the floor.

>>3602100
Adding
>Deploy Gurrenlings to drill at arms
to this plan.

>>3602223
The Gurrenlings were made to assist in drilling the wall. We should recall them or Recycle them into different swarmlings. As for the Nomlings, deteonate them. They've been swallowed up by a Gluttonous type Statue.

>>3602228
>Reminiscent of Hecaton, the Phalanx rotates with terrible speed and plucks your quartet of Grapplings from mid-air at the same moment the torso of one statue splits down the center to reveal a cavernous maw, teeth whirring like the blades of vicious chainsaws. Four tongues for four Swarmlings, and in the blink of an eye they’re gone, having disappeared into the now-closed torso.
Don't you mean that they've been eaten by the Gluttonous class statue? If so, lets detonate them.
Also that narrows down the types of statues that survived November's Autumn Cannon.
>Neuromancer
>Calcite Armorer
>Gluttonous
>Limb Generating Construct class
>Unknown.

>>3602214
im not sure she can do that through the arms. its also technically a dual tech with her team, which she cannot reach.

>>3602223
>>3602236
the knights are helping Shu hold everyone from getting dragged away, but i guess we can send in the Drillings sure.

>>3602243
nah, the Nomlings didn't do anything last turn really. we lost the Grapplings last turn, hence them not being listed.

>>3602243
Those were Bane-Grapplings, not Knighted-Nomlings. They're dead.

>>3602100
>>3601965
new amendments, mostly just for the sake of ease on BHOPS part so he doesn't have to go looking for small edits;

SHU;
>Quickly spawn 10 Bane-Armlings, and have two go after each person grabbed.
>have them latch on tight, and use Hundred-Handed to connect them to each other and you.
>Use your Maw to try and grab hold of Amara Prime, and drill into the ground, using yourself as an anchor along with your Hundred Hands to keep anyone from being dragged away.
>Send down two Jacklings to try and terraform the underway to keep the Phallanx from retreating any further down with our allies.
>Have your 4 Knightlings grab hold of your Hundred-Handed Ropes and help you keep anyone from being dragged away.
>Send the 6 Drillings to go help free people from the Phallanxes grasp.
>as soon as everyone has been grabbed, activate the Etchers Gear to teleport you all out of here...to Maras Penthouse.

NOVEMBER;
>Grab onto Shus Hundred Handed rope and help her pull the others out, or at least stop them from getting dragged further down.
>Take the Uzi and with careful aim whittle down the limbs along with Jackies bats to help get people free.

AMARA;
>Have you and your clones activate Queen Crimson.
>Aim to and try to cut yourself and others free with Sturnuation Cannon shots. Have your clones sacrifice themselves to free others.
>Send word to Rath and Julia about whats coming their way.

MIDNIGHT CREW;
>use whatever means you have to get yourselves free and get in contact for the teleport.
>Jackie should spawn bats to try and cut everyone free.
>Have Keane flood the tunnel with Constructs, both to bog down the Phallanxes and damage the Calcite and possibly the Hive Mistresses tools.

>>3602248
If we're teleporting, are we bringing Phalanx with us? or are we escaping after freeing everyone from grappled status by teleporting everyone (excluding Phalanx)?

>>3602256
whichever happens, happens. either one works for us, and can be turned to our advantage. our main goal is to just simply make sure no one of our team gets left behind.

>>3602256
Try to free ourselves if we can. If we can't, bring it back to the Lair and have Rath hit it with some Ignition Punches.

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>>3601965

Ten fresh swarmlings tear free of your hive as slender limbs erupt from your hands, linked palm-to-elbow as they leash you to your allies along with the Grapplings you’ve just birthed. The armor across your stomach splits open, your second prehensile tongue lashing out towards Amara and seizing her around the waist. You throw the Uzi to November and she snatches it from the air with blinding speed, the retort of the machine gun exploding in the confined space, drowning out all other sounds as your Gurrenlings rev silently, tearing forth to do what they can about the unnerving amount of arms that claw at your friends.

A pair of Jacklings wriggle from your spine and dart to the holes the Phalanx has torn open, their stingers jabbing into the tender ground and playing havoc with the Amalgam’s efforts to pull your allies into the unknown. November’s leaden assault tears through the limbs as more take their place, but the arms become the least of your worries as a figure emerges from the hole closest to Amara, armor dark and non-reflective.

It’s almost as though it’s expressionless helm is tilted towards you as it runs the little girl through with a sleek blade, the length of calcite emerging through her sternum and birthing a spring of crimson across her chest. She looks down, stunned for a half-second as you yell her name before her body erupts with calcite spines, tearing through flesh and bone as the blade is withdrawn with cold professionalism.
The construct that had the shape of your young ward dissolves into useless biomass, its creator letting loose with a confused scream as bloody tendrils work to free her from her captors.

It was just a clone.

For now.

You grit your teeth as your Knightlings bring their speed and strength to bear, helping you pull your allies free of the holes as November closes once rusted gauntlet around a length of arms to assist. You’re straining to reach Keane’s flailing, panicked form when Jackie reaches out between your Hundred-Handed chain and her friend’s outstretched hand, completing the chain as the Hexane Calcite Armorer turns its attentions to Amara Prime. You swallow hard, and pray your plan works as Escher’s Gear flares to life in your hand. You watch as, just before the sights and sounds of combat distort with the Gear’s power, a pair of hands grab hold of Ace’s leg, while another hand latches on to Jackie’s ankle at the same moment the Armorer seizes Amara Prime’s neck in its blackened hand.

The smell of ozone, a churning in your gut and brain as reality crumbles around you, reforming nigh-instantly into the familiar surroundings of the Dragon’s Roost. You and your allies collapse painfully on the jet black floor, and it’s only a moment before you realize you didn’t arrive alone.

(Continued)

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>>3602340

A trio of the motile statues rise faster than your allies, their imposing height allowing them to loom over your allies as the Calcite Armorer brings its blade screaming down on Amara’s prone spine. Her blade never reaches its mark as the Hexane Amalgam is punched across the room, slamming into the far wall as Rath roars with protective rage. Julia darts from around the bar counter, catching the tallest Amalgam by surprise with a rapid series of strikes. Two land, while the rest are expertly parried by its blindingly fast hands, extra limbs spawning from its elbows and chest to block her devastating strikes, its mask frozen in a cruel grin.

The third of them merely waits, watching in silence as the Midnight Crew struggles to their feet before it settles back into a fighter’s stance, bringing its open hands out in a palm-based style. Strands of gently undulating muscle fibers hang off its body as it gives the Crew a respectful nod, allowing its foes a moment to catch their collective breath.

These three...they're echoes of a world long past, fitful memories given form, remembering who they used to be as their armor thrums with empathic resonance.

You wonder low long you have before their full senses come about, and they recall their victories...

...and how they achieved them.

HP: 650% (+35%, Armored, Matron’s Stoicism, Ignition Gauntlets)
BIO: 310% (+60%, 4 Knighted Nomlings, 5 Platelings, 1 Bishop Jackling, 16 Gurrenlings, 2 Jacklings, 28/36 Active)
CONTENDER: Empty, Base Form.
RAVENOUS MAW: Primed.
HUNDRED-HANDED: None.
ACT: 3/3

RATH HP: 860% (70%)
JULIA HP: 880% (20%)
AMARA HP: 440% (+80%, Slowed, Vocem Virtutis , 2 Clones, Whistle: GRAH FOL CUNT)
NOVEMBER: 890% (Hydra Heart, Uzi)

Threat: GENERATOR: Engaged in melee with Julia. ARMORER: Preparing, medium distance away. FIBROMANCER: Calmly waiting, in melee range of the Midnight Crew.

YOU ARE IN CONTROL

>>3602353
Why isn't Dorian listed?

>>3602364
hes not here. he wnet to go catch up with Isabelle and put down the next teleporter spoke.

>>3602260
>Draw out Lion Heart Engage the Churem in a sword duel;
>[Karma, do you recognize those statues? if so, please let everyone know what they're good at.]

>Spawn platelings for Julia, spawn Hundred Handed limbs and have Julia take control of said limbs, have them aid her in fighting against the Generator.

>"CHUREM, I CHALLENGE YOU"
AND SHIT. I MUST LEAVE.

>>3602364
We sent Dorian on a mission to catch up to Isabelle, have him attempt to steal the relic she's carrying, and then bolt away.

FUCK. I MUST LEAVE FOR WORK. YOU GUYS BETTER HOLD OUT FOR THE NEXT 2-3 UPDATES.

>>3602368
im not sure we are the best to be fighting directly like that. i also think Rath would be better against the Generator, or maybe the Fibromancer. probably the Generator, as she can help negate his arms with her own.

>>3602368
Make those plate-fistlings.
And could we get a swarmling to the room controls and change the layout during the fight to help us?

>>3602353
I wonder why they're prioritizing Amara? Mother recognizing Skintalking as a particularly problematic threat to her?

>>3602364
Dorian is currently busy chasing after B'Ni. He's not here.

>>3602374
I'd argue she's actually best against the Armorer. Rath has a level of resistance to piercing attacks, activating Ignition gives her an additional level as well as a level of resistance to slashing. Combine that with Alabaster Endoskeleton and she can take those blade attacks just fine. Meanwhile, Ignition being active means that she benefits from Burrowing Blasts, making her attacks ignore the Armorer's armor.

>>3602381
i want Keane to melt the Armor down into being worthless, once that happens anyone can go after her.

>>3602381
they know amara is a skintalker so they might be having a fever memory of the time Mother betrayed them.

>>3602374
Yep, please no fighting 'honourably.'

>>3602381
Agree that Rath is best against the Armorer.

>>3602353
Not an immediate concern, but it's worrying that we left the Neuromancer (Thelis?) and another unknown Ascendant (maybe Gluttonous or Skintalker?) behind to regain their senses.

I wonder if it's possible to reason with these things, given that Mother betrayed them, but they're probably geased.

>>3602385
I don't want to wait for that. Rath can punch right through the armor right now, then go to assist in other fights. Caster's Curveball plus her own inherent high accuracy means that in Ignition Mode she's almost certain to hit, Phantom Limb plus Burrowing Blast means she'll do a ton of damage that can't be ignored. She can end the Armorer quick.

>>3602398
Maybe. But they worked just fine with the Skintalker statue, which is presumably the statue of Mother's Hexane form. I'm just glad we apparently took out the Flesh Artisan statue early, that one would correspond to Charon and I don't want to fight against their power set.

>>3602400
>>3602385
do you think they will recognize The Hexxane Contender?

>>3602405
im not sure she can actually. we were already told Burrowing is not applied to her arms, only Boils.

I'm betting that compared to our other arm-spawners (Hera's brute strength, Rath's Asura-style punching, Shu'a dexterity), the Generator uses her extra arms for martial arts. I'm expecting karate chops, pressure point strikes, open palm parries, and elbow strikes.

>>3602400
Worse case with them is that they'll impede us later but at their full strength with their senses regained.

>>3602406
A good chance, yeah. Let's brandish Karma, see how they respond?

>>3602405
Charon is a Flesh Artisan?

>>3602409
They're not applied to her arms because those aren't Generator skills, they're Fibromancer. But when she activates Ignition mode, her entire body counts as a Generator skill. So have Rath switch to Ignition Mode, punch the Armorer really hard, and then be on her way.

>>3602412
Sure looks like it. And since they're Generator constructs and not actually part of its body, Julia can't inflict stacks through them. Tough one, this one.

What about the Fibromancer? I'm thinking we should probably attach the Exsanguinating Leash to it, Fibromancers have good defense so that way we can at least guarantee it won't heal. Maybe use the link that it gives us to jack in and disable one of its skills. Exsanguinating Leash allowing for touch-based abilities through it should apply to Neuromancy, right?

(Gentlemen, voting shall remain open for the next two hours.)

>>3602353
SHU;
>Load up a Flullbore and a BB.
>switch to sword form, Fire off the Fullbore at the Armorers chest, the BB at her legs.
>After firing, go in with the Contender and Maw to try and speed up the BB and hold off the Armorers blows.
>send forth your 4 Knighted-Nomlings to harrass the Armorer.
>Send 6 Drillings to help widdle down the Armorers Armor.
>Send 5 Drillings to aid against the Fibromancer, and 5 to aid against the Generator.
>Spawn a chest and Helm Stalwart for Rath and Julia.
>Spawn 4 Bane-Nomlings to go aid in eating the Generators Arms.

KEANE;
>step back and turn your attention on the Armorer, scream forth a flurry of constructs to eat away at her weaponry and armor.
>otherwise, focus on healing anyone who takes too big a hit.


RATH;
>Spawn 4 Hydra Arms and 6 Phantoms.
>Quickly rush to switch places with Julia, matching the Generators limbs as best you can.
>As you rush towards the Generator, toss out 2 Boils at the Armorer, and 2 at the Fibromancer.
>Flare up both Ignition and Erupting Grasp.

JULIA;
>Rush to fight the Fibromancer once Rath give you the opening, spam 4 Extra attacks, for a total of 5 to try and get stacks upon him.
>Activate Depressive Weight.
>Prime your Halo Counter.

JACKIE and QUINN;
>after KEane give you your opening, rush to attack the opened up Armorer to get your Antibodies against her.
>Have Jackie boost Quinns core so it wont take as long.
>Jackie should swarm the Fibromancers strands with Bats, aiming to cut them off.

ACE;
>Stand up to the Fibromancer, your Armor and Debuffs should help negate his strength, and your axe cleave him rightly.

AMARA;
>Have your Clones split into 4 Clones.
>Keep Queen Crimson Activated.
>Have a Clone Fire off a Sternutation Cannon at each of our enemies, but have them wait til they see a good opening.
>Amara Prime should Blow the Whistle.
>Amara Prime should then let out a GRA CUNT TER RHO(“Greater Enemy Terrain Difficulty”).
>the last Amara clone should let out GRA RHO CUNT(“Greater Enemy Slow”). If it has to be targeted, do the Armorer.

>>3602419
>Charon is a Flesh Artisan?
Hasn't been confirmed, but it's heavily implied. They were an artist, they crafted several Relics, and what we've seen of them in combat looks like a mixture of Impressionist (turning their skin cloak into a barrage of crystallized darts) and Expressionist (manipulating the Fleshscape to envelope and crush foes) abilities.

>>3602429
Most of this is good, definitely agree with Julia and Ace taking on the Fibromancer. On the other hand, Rath would be much better against the Armorer than the Generator. I'd suggest switching Rath and Shu, and redirecting some of Quinn/Jackie/Keane's anti-construct spam towards the Generator.

>>3602430
Cool, thanks for the explanation, that makes a lot of sense.

Do we think the Armorer is Churem and the Generator is Silvis?

>>3602421
except we dont have any other tool that could counteract the arms aswell as her. i suppose Keane could send constructs her way too, but i really dont think anything we have will counteract her arms aswell as our own multiple arms. it might even better to send Shu and hers after them too, even if hers are far weaker.

we however, DO have other methods to deal with the Armorer.

>>3602456
actually, Shu should use the opening from Keanes constructs, her Swarmlings, and her Maw to get her drill into the Armorer. the Drillings alone have armor pen, and the Heavens Drill can go right through that armor if she gets her shot.

>>3602381
Could be some memories of the old ascendant still in there that had a particular hatred for Skintalkers or foun dthem problematic enemies doesnt have to be mother

The Skintalker is no longer here so we can have Amara cast again

>>3602353
Battle Plan:

Shu
>>Prime the Halo

>> Challenge the Armorer to a "Duel" and charge in with a flurry of ten Strands of Hundred Handed Fists lauched at her(and retracted in the same Motion) while charging with the Lionherat Contender to force her to concentrate on what to deflect

>>spawn 3 Nomlings and 3 banelings to charge at her and take any hits for us while we move in for Meleedistraction

>> Activate Exanguinating Leash and attach it to the Fibromancer reduce her regeneration

Rath
>>Prime the Halo

>>Activate Erupting Grasp to turn your hands into Power Weapons while you move araound into the blind spot of the Armorer while looking like trying to get into another melee with another of the Amalgams

>>Rip through the Armorer in Ignition Mode from Behind while Shu distracts her from the Front and keep on hitting her till the Armorer is downshe tried to kill Amara no Quarter given no shall be taken

November
>>Lay down suppressive Fire upon the Generator: Blow up its arms when they spawn or trie to parry

>>Go and protect Amara Prime with your Talons

Julia
>>Disengage to fight the Fibromancer instead

>>Prime the Halo

>>Activate Depressive Weight

Amara
>>Split into an extra 2 clones which themselves split again into more clones to keep up the confusion and disappear into the crowd to get to November

>>Prime casts a GRA CUNT TER RHO (to hinder mobility of the enemy accross our floor)


>> three clones each casts GRA RHO CUNT(one at every enemy)
>> all other clones keep anyone at bay with Queen Crimson and Sternutation Cannons

Midnight Crew:

Keane
>> start distributing BIO and Health through your Network to whoever needs it most(probably Shu and Amara soon)

>>Step back and keep harrassing the Armorer with your constructs

Ace
>> Support Julia in her fight with the Fibromancer

Jackie
>> Boost Rath Ignition so she can land a pretty much guaranteed Killshot against the Armorer

>>Go with Quinn to support her against the Generator from the Backline by harassing them with bats

Quinn
>> Go straight after the Fibromancer to help Julia disengage and start getting your antibodies up and running

>>3602462
Yeah, thinking about it further, Shu's armour piercing is also good, and she also has reactive armour. The way Alabaster Endoskeleton is described, it sounds like it would work a lot better against many blunt attacks than a piercing attack followed by a spike explosion from the inside, and Alabaster is more important than a single level of resistance against piercing. I'll probably support your plan even without swapping Rath and Shu.

Suggest throwing in some Leash though, and redirecting a little of the anti-constructness towards the Generator would help Rath out.

>>3602467
ehhh....i really dont think this is as good.

Shu like i just said would be better off trying to get a good hit in with her Drill, and we certainly shouldn't even pretend to fight a duel or honorable. the Armorer is the better swordsman, the last time we went up against a better swordsman as Shu, Shu got stabbed.

Quinn shouldn't go after the Generator, she wont get hits in on him to get her antibodies buffed. i still think Rath is our best shot against her. i also think using Jackie to get Quinns core up faster, regardless of who we send her after, is the best bet. Rath especially will be fine without Jackie. oh, also, Ignition will be hell for the Generator to deal with, as he may literally lose arms hitting her.

Amaras Clones have Spawn sickness so they cont spawn more than one set a turn, they probably already will be much more limited than what i want them to do too.

>>3602467
>>3602462
can we have amara create more clones? also, amara is definitely traumatized from having one of her clones killed.

>>3602353
>>3602429
amendments;

SHU;
>Load up a Flullbore and a BB.
>Fire off the Fullbore at the Armorers chest, the BB at her legs.
>After firing, go in with the Maw and Hundred Hands to try and pin the Armorer down, then dig into what Armor she has left with the Heavens Drill. Use the Hands as Shields to block incoming strikes aswell.
>send forth your 4 Knighted-Nomlings to harrass the Armorer.
>Send 6 Drillings to help widdle down the Armorers Armor.
>Send 5 Drillings to aid against the Fibromancer, and 5 to aid against the Generator.
>Spawn a chest and Helm Stalwart for Rath and Julia.
>Spawn 4 Bane-Nomlings to go aid in eating the Generators Arms.
>Prime your Halo Counter.
>Stick the Leash onto the Fibromancer

KEANE;
>step back and turn your attention on the Armorer, scream forth a flurry of constructs to eat away at her weaponry and armor.
>otherwise, focus on healing anyone who takes too big a hit.

RATH;
>Spawn 4 Hydra Arms and 6 Phantoms.
>Quickly rush to switch places with Julia, matching the Generators limbs as best you can.
>As you rush towards the Generator, toss out 2 Boils at the Armorer, and 2 at the Fibromancer.
>Flare up both Ignition and Erupting Grasp.
>Prime your Halo Counter.

JULIA;
>Rush to fight the Fibromancer once Rath gives you your opening, spam 4 Extra attacks, for a total of 5 to try and get stacks upon them.
>Activate Depressive Weight.
>Prime your Halo Counter.

JACKIE and QUINN;
>after Keane gives you your opening, rush to attack the opened up Armorer to get your Antibodies against her.
>Have Jackie boost Quinns core so it wont take as long.
>Jackie should swarm the Fibromancers strands with Bats, aiming to cut them off.

ACE;
>Stand up to the Fibromancer, your Armor and Debuffs should help negate his strength, and your axe cleave him rightly.

NOVEMBER;
>Quickly go and switch out for the Tier 1 Core.
>Aim your Shotgun at the Generator once you are back.

AMARA;
>Have your Clones split into 4 Clones.
>Keep Queen Crimson Activated.
>Have a Clone Fire off a Sternutation Cannon at each of our enemies, but have them wait til they see a good opening.
>Amara Prime should Blow the Whistle.
>Amara Prime should then let out a GRA CUNT TER RHO(“Greater Enemy Terrain Difficulty”).
>the last Amara clone should let out GRA RHO CUNT(“Greater Enemy Slow”). If it has to be targeted, do the Armorer.

>>3602456
Shu. Shu could counter the arms as well as Rath. Because Shu has the exact same power that Silvis here appears to have. I'd argue that Shu is better against Silvis than Rath is, because of her reactive armor and the Ravenous Maw's auto-attacks. Destroy any arms that hit her. So have Shu engage Silvis, Rath engage Churem, and Julia attack the yet-unnamed Fibromancer.

>>3602482
>spam 4 Extra attacks, for a total of 5
Six, actually. Julia gets two attacks per turn at base.

>>3602482
>>3602483
we should also have FuzzBuzz guard Amara.

>>3602478
probably.
and like i said, i just remembered BHOP said the clones spawn with sickness. not sure how strong the sickness is but id imagine they probably cant spawn further clones the turn they spawn.

we also need Amara Prime for Debuffs, so let her existing clones focus on spawning new clones, so she can use her fancy necklace and whistle to get out more debuffs.

>>3602485
she does? well, each attack is an ACT ,but she has to use one of her ACTS to move.

>>3602483
i feel like we leave too little against the Armorer if we send Shu after he Generator, and the entire point is Shu herself actually has really good Armor Penetration, thus allowing Rath to focus on the Generator. also Raths Ignition will probably damage or destroy any Arms that hit her too. Julias aswell, if were talking like that. both id argue have better methods to disarm the Generator, though Julia can debuff the Fibromancer and cant do that to the Generator it seems, so she can do better elsewhere. Maw would also only stop at best 3 Attacks via eating up Shus actions, and im sure the Hands gives the Generator more leeway than that.

>>3602490
FuzzBuzz has the Guardians Heart. hes technically his own entity now we cant actually control and he will outright disobey orders in order to protect her, which is fine as thats what we want. hes solid in his own when it comes to doing his job.

i mean, he might still listen, but its like how the Midnight Crew technically is only taking our suggestions, and probably can and would disobey us under the right circumstances.

>>3602491
(This is correct; they cannot spawn further clones until their sickness is over.)

>>3602364
(The other Anons are correct in that he left to pursue B'ni.)

>>3602477
Well it should only be a distraction anyway(I am keenly awre we are not a good swordfighter which was hy i wanted an escort taht threw themselves into attacks and could still deal damage so could not be ignored) to have Rath pounce upon her from behind, I was trying to go for killshtos with Rath the rest was mostly tying up the Enemy till we can take care of them with a larger Party

>>3602482
Good points your making but i think reducing a bit on spreading our damage and putting more damage into one opponent would work better here so sending Rath after the Armorer to take her down by working in tandem with Shu

>>3602482
Supporting.

>>3602478
Yeah, there's that downside to Joyous Many. We'll have to have a chat with her after we deal with the Ascendants and B'ni.

>>3602491
>she does? well, each attack is an ACT ,but she has to use one of her ACTS to move.
Doesn't matter, she gets two attacks per ACT.

>i feel like we leave too little against the Armorer if we send Shu after he Generator,
We leave Rath, exploding the Armorer open with a few punches. I think Rath can resolve this fight faster.

>and the entire point is Shu herself actually has really good Armor Penetration
But not as good a balance of damage and accuracy when doing armor-piercing attacks. She either does low-damage high-accuracy attacks with the suit's drill-stingers, or she does high-damage low-accuracy attacks with Heaven's Drill. Rath has high damage and high accuracy, so it makes more sense to have her handle the foe that needs armor-piercing and let Shu handle someone who doesn't and who she can use her other attacks against.

>also Raths Ignition will probably damage or destroy any Arms that hit her too
Well, that's fair. Any contact with Rath in Ignition deals damage.

>both id argue have better methods to disarm the Generator, though Julia can debuff the Fibromancer and cant do that to the Generator it seems, so she can do better elsewhere
Definitely agree there, take Julia off of Generator and have her paralyze Fribromancer.

>Maw would also only stop at best 3 Attacks via eating up Shus actions, and im sure the Hands gives the Generator more leeway than that.
Ravenous Maw auto-attacks, Shu doesn't have to take actions to use it. Arm forms and it should immediately lash out and bite it off.

>>3602501
Focusing fire is good but these guys seem to like attacking Amara, so we'd better not leave any of them to their own devices.

>>3602501
we send Rath after the Armorer we have no one holding back the Generator. im very much gonna say we at least need one person on each, to simply stop these powerful enemies from teaming up and working together. sure, im having November go after the Generator, but i dont think November will do good against her in Melee, hence wanting her to get a new core first, but she cant hold off the enemy while she does that.

>>3602513
where the hell does it say she gets two attacks per ACT?

>Rath
im sticking with her Against the Generator. Shu simply wont be anywhere near as good against the Generator as Rath will be, but she can hold her own against the Armorer, especially with the aid she will be getting.

>>3602515
>>3602524

Yeah i made a mistake in what i wrote, i wanted to have Quinn and Jackie go after the Generator while Julia kept the Fibromancer busy

>>3602530
Quinn would not do well agaisnt the Generator for the same reasons Julia would not do well.

>>3602513
also im thinking you are overestimating the Maws ability there, as i see where you are getting the idea from, but it has never activated more then once, not even against multi-limbed enemies.

>>3602524
>im sticking with her Against the Generator. Shu simply wont be anywhere near as good against the Generator as Rath will be, but she can hold her own against the Armorer, especially with the aid she will be getting.
I disagree entirely. Shu doesn't have defense against the Armorer's attacks like Rath does, and will do less damage. Meanwhile, she can do a reactive drill/acid/chaff burst against all of Generator's attacks, and do more damage. She's better suited against them. I want to get this done with fast. Your plan will work, I'm not saying it won't, but it will be slower. We can't afford to be slow. Rath blitzes Armorer, then if Generator is still alive she double-teams it with Shu. Phantom Limb Smash x10 plus Ignition plus Erupting Grasp plus Caster's Curveball plus Burrowing Blast equals super-accurate super-deadly punch that ignores armor, for the cost of only 70% Health and 50% Bio. We can take the Armorer out in one turn, let's do it.

>>3602535
I'm getting the idea from them being Generator constructs. It auto-attacks once per enemy, they're individual constructs and should count as unique entities. But it doesn't matter, even if that doesn't work Shu is better suited against Generator.

>>3602545
my issue is, i disagree, i dont think Shu has any actual methods to deal real damage to the Generator, only hold it off. Rath however, does. all of Shus tricks would only prevent herself from being damaged, none of them would actually do enough to get her an opening to actually hurt the Generator.

Shu can also deal real hard damage to the Armorer. therefore, put them both against a target they can actually properly damage. Raths superior Arms and natural offensives might with Ignition and Graps can tear through the Arms multitude faster and better than any method Shu can even attempt against the Generator. Shu meanwhile, can still block and damage, even potentially kill, the Armorer, especially with Keanes and Quinns aid.

>>3602552
Even if you're right, and I don't believe you are, holding off Generator is fine. Because Rath will take out Armorer in one turn, then be on to helping Shu. It's no problem. Your plan requires several turns to kill each of them anyway, so this is still advantageous because it takes Armorer out of the fight faster. It's therefore safer, too, because instead of leaving Shu in close melee with someone she has no particular defense against, we have her fighting someone that can't really harm her effectively. I mean, your plan is to GRAPPLE with someone who can make bone spikes shoot out of their body. Do you not see a problem with that?

>>3602353
Well i think i can support this, just top reach some sort of consensus(with any amendments that might still come afterwards)
I am to tired and its to hot here so that no longer have the spirit to argue about this


Have a good time everyone i am heading out

>>3602571
after covering them in liquid constructs that literally melt any and all armor and weaponry they can produce. also Rath is even MORE focused on getting close to her enemies, those spikes would be just as big a threat to her. ill admit Rath has better Armor overall but both Shu and Rath both have numerous methods to help stop incoming attacks, its just Raths can better cut their ways past a horde of Arms.

>>3602577
er, i think you miss-clicked as you didnt actually link to any plan.
regardless, shame the heats getting to ya. stay hydrated and hope your day goes well.

>>3602577
(Seconding the fact that nothing was linked. However, I hope you have a good rest of your day, and I hope you can stay cool, Anon.)

>>3602584
>after covering them in liquid constructs that literally melt any and all armor and weaponry they can produce.
Yes, but not instantly. Any new spikes that Armorer spawns will not be affected fast enough to save Shu.

As for Rath, she has two levels of resistance to piercing damage. She has applicable damage resistance against Armorer's attacks. Shu does not, she has damage resistance against acid and heat. Rath is much safer getting closer.

>>3602593
yes, i said that. however, i still disagree, on the principle i DO agree we need to get this finished sooner. i dont believe shu can do any substantial damage to the Generator. Rath can however, even potentially massive. yes, Rath could do massive damage to the Armorer too, i never said that was wrong, however, yes with risk, Shu can aswell. If we send Rath after the Generator and Shu after the Armorer, we can potentially get both of them massively injured. if we send Rath after the Armorer and Shu after the Generator, we only get one of them massively injured. id rather go for injuring both of them heavily than only one of them. im also not convinced Rath has any greater a chance to one turn the Armorer than Shu does, as Shu can still get through the Armor and deal massive damage a multitude of ways aswell.

>>3602607
And I disagree. I think that Rath can one-shot the Armorer, and that if we send Shu against her it's going to end in Shu taking a lot of damage while the Armorer doesn't take much. Even if Rath doesn't one-shot her, it's still the better option, because it keeps Shu from being riddled with spikes.

>>3602353
SHU
>Convert chestplate to Plate-Grappling
>Fire two B.33 rounds at Generator's legs
>Send Gurrenlings to drill at Generator from opposite sides
>Engage Generator in melee with exchange of spawned limbs. Aim to tie down their arms, while yours inject exothermic acid
>Take advantage of limb spawn speed to augment punching speed.

RATH
>Spawn ten Phantom Limbs
>Activate Erupting Grasp and Indignant Indignation, combine Limbs for smash
>Sling over to Armorer
>SMASH

JULIA
>Disengage from Generator
>Prime Halo for counter-attack
>Activate Depressive Weight
>Burn 40% Health to deal ten attacks to Fibromancer
>Rely on Hungering Membrane to consume any of their fibers they try to wind into your flesh


NOVEMBER
>Use Uzi for suppressing fire against Generator, give Julia chance to disengage together with Shu's assault.

AMARA
>Spawn another two clones
>Cast GRA RHO CUNT on Armorer, just to make it harder for them to dodge Rath's attack
>Blow Whistle

JACKIE
>Spawn a round of bladebats to harass Generator and assist in the swap-out
>Boost Quinn to speed up adaptation acquisition

KEANE
>Spawn some mucous blobs to jam up Fibromancer's fibers
>Be on guard to reverse any fiber infiltration
>Heal if necessary

QUINN
>Strike at Fibromancer from distance while Keane keeps their attention
>Build up adaptation until ready to deploy

ACE
>Engage Fibromancer in melee, be big obvious target occupying its attention.
>Deploy debuff auras

>>3602626
well then, we simply disagree.

>>3602631
you're putting waay too much faith in Rath being able to handle the Armrorer alone.

Keanes constructs work best against calcite or constructs, meaning she is best against the Armorer or the Generator.

November has access to a fresh core, she should grab it.

you are under-utilizing the Actions Amara and/or her clones can take heavily.

the Fibromancers strands would be a better target for Jackies Bats, as they would be thinner and easier to cut.

Quinn is a weak and easy Target for the Fibromancer to hit hard. same with Julia, hence me not wanting to go too far over her Health Regen on extra attacks, Fibromancers are hell on damage output, and Ace can only save one person, and i doubt the Fibromancer cant try for more than one person.

>>3602644
though i will admit Julia can probably handle getting hit much better, so fair risk to take. Quinn also shows signs of being a liquid Daughter, which has resistances to slashing and sometimes piercing, but never have we seen it give bashing resistances, which is what the Fibromancer is all about.

>>3602644
>you're putting waay too much faith in Rath being able to handle the Armrorer alone.
No I'm not. She has damage resistance against the Armorer, and the Armorer doesn't have any resistance against her. She'll be fine.

>Keanes constructs work best against calcite or constructs, meaning she is best against the Armorer or the Generator.
They won't be needed against Armorer because she'll be dead soon, and they won't be effective against Generator because any construct arms will just be retracted before they can take significant damage.

>November has access to a fresh core, she should grab it.
You want her to do surgery on herself in the middle of a fight? I mean, it's not particularly hard surgery, but I don't think she'll get the chance to do it.

>you are under-utilizing the Actions Amara and/or her clones can take heavily.
Clones have summoning sickness. Amara has a slowness debuff. They don't have many actions this turn. Next turn, sure, but not right now.

>the Fibromancers strands would be a better target for Jackies Bats, as they would be thinner and easier to cut.
Okay? I don't see how that's a problem with my orders.

>Quinn is a weak and easy Target for the Fibromancer to hit hard. same with Julia, hence me not wanting to go too far over her Health Regen on extra attacks, Fibromancers are hell on damage output, and Ace can only save one person, and i doubt the Fibromancer cant try for more than one person.
Quinn is attacking from the back lines with her whip-arms, and should ideally get adaptation soon. Julia has very high HP. Fibromancer will be busy dealing with "hey, stop hitting me with that ax and petrifying my flesh, you two!".

>>3602631
so 1 vote

>>3602482
to 2 votes

>>3602418
>>3602478
two undecided

>>3602577
a misclick.

>>3602368
and however BHOP interprets this.

>>3602661
>No I'm not.
yes, you are

>won't be effective against Generator
yes, they will, they will still stick to him and slow down the numerous arms, and eat away at any arms she keeps or any new ones she spawns. they are constructs, not status effects, they wont just disappear if the Generator despawns a arm.

>but I don't think she'll get the chance to do it.
she can open up quite quickly actually and everyone else will be held down. she easily will have the time.

>They don't have many actions this turn
only if they spawn new clones, and they may still be able to do more, just not spawn new clones. also Amara Prime can still do more, due to the Relic making her spells significantly cheaper, so with action allocation we can squeeze more out.

>Okay? I don't see how that's a problem with my orders.
your orders have her sending the bats after the generator. im saying the fibromancer would be a better target.

>Fibromancer will be busy dealing with "hey, stop hitting me with that ax and petrifying my flesh, you two!".
unless he can dodge. Ace is not fast, nothing says the Fibromancer cant be. its very possible he could hold off or dodge the Axe and focus on a weaker target, knowing full well Ace is supposed to be a distraction.

>>3602675
>yes, they will, they will still stick to him and slow down the numerous arms, and eat away at any arms she keeps or any new ones she spawns. they are constructs, not status effects, they wont just disappear if the Generator despawns a arm.
They won't disappear, their arms will. Generator's limbs will not last long enough anyway for them to meaningfully impede their use of them outside of weighing them down. I'd rather Keane weigh down the person she's fighting.

>she can open up quite quickly actually and everyone else will be held down. she easily will have the time.
Now who's having too much faith in our party's ability to handle these problems? "Oh, she'll just duck out real quick to do some open heart surgery on herself, it'll be fine."

>only if they spawn new clones, and they may still be able to do more, just not spawn new clones. also Amara Prime can still do more, due to the Relic making her spells significantly cheaper, so with action allocation we can squeeze more out.
That's just me misreading, I thought we were out of clones and had to summon more. Okay, have them make a chorus with her casting iterations of GRA CUNT RHO. Every enemy gets one.

>your orders have her sending the bats after the generator. im saying the fibromancer would be a better target.
That was as a concession to you and your worry that Shu won't be able to do enough against Generator. If they're busy dealing with bats he'll have less arms to parry with, she'll be able to do more damage. Plus, the bats will do some damage too.

>unless he can dodge. Ace is not fast, nothing says the Fibromancer cant be. its very possible he could hold off or dodge the Axe and focus on a weaker target, knowing full well Ace is supposed to be a distraction.
Yes, that is the point. Distract the Fibromancer by keeping them busy having to dodge the giant ax swings.

I can't imagine how Rath and Julia are feeling right now.

>Hanging out in the new base that we've been given
>Waiting for the rest of the team to get back from the mission, as usual
>Hope everything's going okay
>Without warning, everybody plus the Midnight Crew teleports back in
>Along with three armored monstrosities trying to rip them limb from limb
>GODDAMNIT
>I JUST cleaned this place up and was about to take a shower, but HERE WE FUCKING GO AGAIN
>I CAN'T EVEN RELAX IN MY OWN GODDAMN HOUSE
>FUCKING CRUCIBLE

>>3602688
>Now who's having too much faith in our party's ability to handle these problems? "Oh, she'll just duck out real quick to do some open heart surgery on herself, it'll be fine."
the hell dude? you know its a different situation. my issue with Rath is she will be in the thick of a fight alone. November is not nor will be in a fight. entirely different situations.

>I'd rather Keane weigh down the person she's fighting.
Keanes not fighting anyone, she has no direct attack moves. and you are absolutely wasting her Constructs, custom made to fight other constructs and Calcite armories, against the target with neither, or at least significantly less reliant on them. also we have literally no idea how fast her constructs work, we have never been told or given a timeframe to contextualize.

>That was as a concession to you
thats not a concession at all. its still misappropriation of resources in my opinion.

>Yes, that is the point. Distract the Fibromancer by keeping them busy having to dodge the giant ax swings.
and im saying he still may be able to do other things during that. hardly would be the first to be able to attack on the move.

well, voting is over regardless, so we'll see how Shu does against the Armorer then.

>>3602690
kek. yeah it was probably jarring as all hell. Julia is probably fueling herself with anger via all the cleanup work she will have to do.

(Headed home now, Gentlemen. I shall resume writing shortly after arrival, and I hope you are all having a good day.)

>>3602694
>the hell dude? you know its a different situation. my issue with Rath is she will be in the thick of a fight alone. November is not nor will be in a fight. entirely different situations.
No, it's entirely comparable. If Rath's situation is that bad, November should stay and help out her niece instead of running off to the Forge. She'd only leave the fight if she was confident that Rath can handle this.

>Keanes not fighting anyone, she has no direct attack moves. and you are absolutely wasting her Constructs, custom made to fight other constructs and Calcite armories, against the target with neither, or at least significantly less reliant on them. also we have literally no idea how fast her constructs work, we have never been told or given a timeframe to contextualize.
Keane also specializes in reversing "subcutaneous assaults" back at the originator. I'm pretty sure the Fibromancer is going to do that thing where they slip their muscle fibers in under your skin and attack you directly. That's why I want her focused on the Fibromancer.

>thats not a concession at all. its still misappropriation of resources in my opinion.
If you say so. I was trying to compromise, not have Shu tackle the Generator all on their own when you think she won't be effective. I think blade-bats would be great against the Generator, Keane's blobs might not be able to dissolve their arms fast enough but blade-bats could cut them off. Blade-bats are sharp, remember how they were scything right through those flying constructs in the Spiraling Fear?

>and im saying he still may be able to do other things during that. hardly would be the first to be able to attack on the move.
Sure. But it will make things considerably harder.

>well, voting is over regardless, so we'll see how Shu does against the Armorer then.
Yep. Here's hoping that we get some good rolls.

>>3602726
>No, it's entirely comparable
no its not. also ill admit in part i underworded what i meant. i thin Rath can survive against her alone in theory, but i think you are putting to much faith in Rath being able to put everything into a couple of swings and less limbs to end it, where as id have made her take a much more cautious approach. your exact method of using Rath i think is putting too much faith in her being able to hit first and deal enough damage to ensure a quick and precise enemy has no tricks to pull against an armored opponent.

meanwhile, November is in no combat nor will be the center of anyone's attention. she can afford to spend a moment making sure she is more useful via regaining all her abilities and tools. she can also help Rath or anyone else better with a fresh core.

>That's why I want her focused on the Fibromancer.
except she shouldnt be anywhere near a position where she can do that, shes like Amara or Gina having her close instead of ten feet back is a very bad idea, shes squishier than Quinn by miles, and probably has less tricks up her sleeve if targets for an actual hard hit. i mean hell, if i saw you bringing in a Healer to do that, i might even be willing to take a hit to take her out of commission.

>I was trying to compromise
by going against what i wanted? also i highly disagree, i think Constructs custom made to fight things like the arms are gonna do better. the blade bats cant be guaranteed to cut them off, but we know the mucuslings can easily melt the arms, its literally what they were made to do.

>remember how they were scything right through those flying constructs in the Spiraling Fear?
we have no real context for those sizes though, and its implied these Hexxane folk are not small and probably not any of their constructs either.

Bats on Fibro, Mucus on Generator, would be taking advantage of each constructs advantages much better.

>>3602744
>where as id have made her take a much more cautious approach. your exact method of using Rath i think is putting too much faith in her being able to hit first and deal enough damage to ensure a quick and precise enemy has no tricks to pull against an armored opponent.
It's the other way around. The Phalanges are still groggy and waking up to their full potential, a cautious approach is actually what ensures that Armorer has a response by giving it time to remember. They need to be hit hard and fast immediately, taking more time is the more risky option.

>except she shouldnt be anywhere near a position where she can do that, shes like Amara or Gina having her close instead of ten feet back is a very bad idea, shes squishier than Quinn by miles, and probably has less tricks up her sleeve if targets for an actual hard hit. i mean hell, if i saw you bringing in a Healer to do that, i might even be willing to take a hit to take her out of commission.
I never said she was going to be close. Just focused on the fight her friends are in. On the back lines, keeping everyone healed and free of invasive attacks.

>by going against what i wanted?
By making a concession to the idea of "Shu can't handle Generator on her own" and giving her some assistance. I was going against what you wanted by having Shu fight the Generator, but I thought this would make you less worried by giving her support.

>the blade bats cant be guaranteed to cut them off, but we know the mucuslings can easily melt the arms, its literally what they were made to do.
Do you really think the mucous blobs can get them before Generator just retracts them? They're described as "whittling away", that suggests it's not super fast.

>we have no real context for those sizes though, and its implied these Hexxane folk are not small and probably not any of their constructs either.
Arms should be decently thin. The Hexane seem to be a lanky people. I think it should work. You're right that there was no real context for the wraiths size, but given how the narrative handled them they weren't too small. If the blade-bats can cut through a few inches thick piece of flesh it should be fine.

>Bats on Fibro, Mucus on Generator, would be taking advantage of each constructs advantages much better.
I can see an argument for the bats attacking the Fibromancer, but I just can't see the mucous working with how fast the limbs can retract. Keane needs either much more corrosive blobs or the ability to prevent constructs from forming in the first place.

>>3602783
>taking more time is the more risky option.
thats just simply not true. going in all out leaving nothing for defense is always riskier.

>I never said she was going to be close.
well, i guess it depends on how she helps fight the strands. she can heal from afar but we dont know if she can do that from afar, i guess is my worry.

>By making a concession to the idea of "Shu can't handle Generator on her own" and giving her some assistance. I was going against what you wanted by having Shu fight the Generator, but I thought this would make you less worried by giving her support.
ok, i get where you were coming from, but you completely did not understand my points or worries with Shu then. i said she can hold her own on her own against it, i said i didnt think she could deal significant damage on her own against it, and honestly? Mucuslings or bats i still dont think she would've.

>Last Points and Stuff
if they can retract that fast they can dodge the bats too. the difference is the Mucusligs would make him unable to spawn new arms due to being covered in them, aswell as naturally slow down the limbs and any new ones that try to push through them. the bats can only cut at new limbs as they pop up, but cannot slow them down or be a direct hindrance to spawning new ones. its like having your body covered in a glue that eats away at your arms, versus just some annoying bats that give you gashes you might even be able to ignore. also he can probably swipe down the bats alot easier than he can remove the mucuslings from his body.

>>3602815
>thats just simply not true. going in all out leaving nothing for defense is always riskier.
How is it leaving nothing for defense, though? Rath would still have plenty of Health and Bio. She'd still have her passive defenses. She'd still have the ability to dodge. And she'd have an opponent that wasn't as skilled as it will be if she takes several more turns to kill it. If you're really worried, then we should have just done that, but made even more arms and then not added them into the smash. Then she still has some defense upgrade from the extra arms, but still does the tons of damage early before Armorer adapts. Cost more Bio, sure, but Rath has plenty of Bio now.

>ok, i get where you were coming from, but you completely did not understand my points or worries with Shu then. i said she can hold her own on her own against it, i said i didnt think she could deal significant damage on her own against it, and honestly? Mucuslings or bats i still dont think she would've.
Only if she has to worry about Generator blocking all her attacks with their many arms. If they're being distracted, she can hit them more. I don't see why you think she'll be more effective against the more durable enemy than the less-durable one. Armor-piercing means that she does the same amount of damage to the armored and unarmored alike.

>if they can retract that fast they can dodge the bats too.
True, I got off topic with that. I originally wanted them to just be harassing Generator so that they'd be distracted and Shu could get more hits in.

>its like having your body covered in a glue that eats away at your arms
Eats away at your infinite supply of arms that you swap out fast enough that they don't impede your use. Keane is only useful for the glue part. Which, sure, can help. I'd rather have her sticking the Fibromancer's muscle fibers together, though, keep them from making any sort of wire whip things going on.

>>3602841
>How is it leaving nothing for defense, though?
you had her do an all out jump attack at the enemy condensing all her extra limbs down into one super attack. she gets parry chances from those limbs and cannot dodge in the air. of course that looks like you are ignoring any defense and just hoping her attack lands, because if it doesn't shes at a very immediate disadvantage.

>I don't see why you think she'll be more effective against the more durable enemy than the less-durable one.
because the Arms themselves are a shield, and a very good one. but Drills wont do much to get past them, hell if hes smart he can actually get the slow acting drills trapped in an arm and negate their use for a time, opening Shu up more. her drills can negate the armor of the Armorer however, aswell as her Acid. Shus not as good trying to brute force her way through a horde of replaceable construct, however she can get through Armor decently enough, and with less stuff in the way keep the drill on and in the enemy, instread of having to try and push past multiple arms. even with other methods, such as the Contender or Maw, she can take care of the Armor to give them an opening easier than the Arms.

>Keane
and id rather have her helping negate the Generators arms, where she should be focusing out of the two. guess another point we simply will not agree on, and will fight over in the next vote too.

>>3602867
>you had her do an all out jump attack at the enemy condensing all her extra limbs down into one super attack. she gets parry chances from those limbs and cannot dodge in the air. of course that looks like you are ignoring any defense and just hoping her attack lands, because if it doesn't shes at a very immediate disadvantage.
Yeah, that's not leaving nothing for defense. That's leaving one defense, the arm parries. She can still dodge because she's not jumping, she's moving about on wires. She still has all her passive defenses. And like I said, if that was the issue, why not just propose she spawn more arms and not use them in the smash?

>because the Arms themselves are a shield, and a very good one
Which is why Shu uses her own arms to manage them. Get in an arm-off. One she wins because the arms she spawns from her Plate-Grappling would get the spikes, too. Shu would be better at an arm war than Rath, because Shu's are designed for rapid redeployment and dexterity. Strength is provided for by the Grappling, if you're worried about that.

>and id rather have her helping negate the Generators arms, where she should be focusing out of the two. guess another point we simply will not agree on, and will fight over in the next vote too.
Sure will, because the idea is already a bad one and is only going to get worse as the fight goes on and the Phalanges improve in skill.

>>3602911
>Rath
...getting rid of the arms for a super punch is leaving no arms for a parry.... and velocity still exists, if one arm is busy pulling her forward, the other busy readying a super punch, and she has no other arms, no she then cannot parry or pull herself to the side, her arm is already pulling her along a route.

also i thought it was self implied if im arguing shes getting rid of too many arms a compromise/fix would be to add more arms, but my bad i suppose for assuming that.

>One she wins
i disagree. your assuming its got nothing BUT arms. and if it does, then itll be able to spawn so many it can easily outpace Shus own. Rath however, has a middle ground of more Limbs but not having to worry about outpacing or out trickstering the Generator, unlike Shu.

>Sure will, because the idea is already a bad one and is only going to get worse as the fight goes on and the Phalanges improve in skill
except its actually the better idea and better application of resources, unlike your terrible waste of resources across the board, seeing as how your gonna cross that line.

>>3602936
>...getting rid of the arms for a super punch is leaving no arms for a parry.... and velocity still exists, if one arm is busy pulling her forward, the other busy readying a super punch, and she has no other arms, no she then cannot parry or pull herself to the side, her arm is already pulling her along a route.
Rath completely unspools when she's making move actions now, she actually dodges better because she is nothing but wires like that. She doesn't need a hand.

>TENSILE STRAND (Lvl 5) [MAX]: No longer constrained to unfurling at the joins, Rath's curious form now possesses the ability to completely unspool when she's moving at high speed, greatly reducing the chance of her being hit when she takes the move action

>also i thought it was self implied if im arguing shes getting rid of too many arms a compromise/fix would be to add more arms, but my bad i suppose for assuming that.
You never said "she's getting rid of too many arms", you just made vague hand-wringing about how she would be defenseless going up against the Armorer on her own.

>i disagree. your assuming its got nothing BUT arms. and if it does, then itll be able to spawn so many it can easily outpace Shus own. Rath however, has a middle ground of more Limbs but not having to worry about outpacing or out trickstering the Generator, unlike Shu.
How is Rath going to do that, exactly? An ablative layer of constructs is going to impede her just as much as it would Shu, only Rath doesn't have as many tricks as Shu can pull off. She's going to be less effective. Especially against a smarter Generator. We could have had her take out Armorer fast and then join Shu to double-team Generator, but okay.

>except its actually the better idea and better application of resources, unlike your terrible waste of resources across the board, seeing as how your gonna cross that line.
Yeah, sure, let's waste Keane's attention on doing something that will barely impede the enemy now and will get even less effective as its tactics evolve, instead of having her focus on the thing her friends are fighting where she can be more effective. Great plan. At least having her go against Armorer has some value by blunting their blades.

(Apologies for the wait Gentlemen. This update is...a doozy, I'll say. I shall be posting shortly, so thank you so much for your patience.)

>>3602990
>You never said "she's getting rid of too many arms", you just made vague hand-wringing about how she would be defenseless going up against the Armorer on her own.
i have specifically mentioned more than once i disagreed with putting everything into a singular attack.

>How is Rath going to do that, exactly?
her attacks can be doubled up on Heat Damage aswell as having increased strength to push through, aswell as carpeting the Generator in stacks of fire to burn away new and old Arms alike. Rath has brute forced her way past a numbers game before, ad she can do it while still negating his limbs number advantage heavily. she also is probably even more invulnerable against the Generator than she is against the Armorer.

>Yeah, sure, let's waste Keane's attention on doing something that will barely impede the enemy now and will get even less effective as its tactics evolve, instead of having her focus on the thing her friends are fighting where she can be more effective. Great plan. At least having her go against Armorer has some value by blunting their blades.
except it wont 'barely' impeded them, it will heavily clog up their movement and ability to trust making new arms. its the closest thing to debuffs besides Amara we can even put on the Generator, meanwhile Julia is already covering the role of slowing down and debuffing the Fibromancer. Amara can thus impede both while having something else also impeding both, instead of stacking too many cards against a single opponent. she will still whittle down the arms and greatly slow the Generator down, even if it is perhaps not the most damage.

meanwhile i guarantee you getting rid of those fibromancer cords is a bigger deal, and the bats will do that better, but again, we should try to better aid everyone, and with Julia there, the Mucuslings can be better put using their effects against the Generator. the Bats id also say have a better chance cutting the fibro cords and would be better put to that use than the Mucuslings, and we dont need both there.

i also feel like you think im trying to...i dunno, demean or disregard your points? when all im doing is having a discussion and hoping even if we disagree i hoped we would at least eventually find common ground or at least respect where the other is coming from, which ive tried to do and feel like you have refused to do, but eh, whatever. the votes cast and despite our disagreements here were cherry picking and actually agree on more things than not, so i think we'll still come to a good enough plan together anyways despite any bickering here.

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>>3602353

You stalk forwards, loading two rounds into the Contender while striding over to the Armorer, your guard up even as chaos reigns around you. Rath rushes to close the gap between her and Julia, intent on relieving the Artisan from trading blows with the grinning Generator whose head merely tilts towards the red-head as she darts at him, full speed. The boils are in her hands, ready to be thrown when a burst of radiant light fills the room, the Generator disappearing in his blinding corona with a smirk and a flick of one hand. You turn away just before the storm of cracking tile and hissing bombs roils behind you, and you see the Armorer rising to her feet, matching your pace step for step. You let loose with a Fullbore at the Hexane's chest, the sound of calcite on chitin ringing out as she deflects it effortlessly with her blade, but you're already taking aim at her legs. You fire again, the shot whizzing past her greaves and burrowing into the flooring at the same moment she's...

...she's on you before you can even draw breath.

Your Knighted swarmlings instinctively piling in front of you is the only thing that saves you from the Armorer's savage downward slash, three of your brood struggling to rise before their shells are shattered by the barbs of calcite that erupt from their cleaved bodies, the fourth thrown clear of the attack.. Your Drillings screech over the sound of battle behind you, coming to bear against your foe as you struggle to right your footing, your leash reaching out to the Fibromancer a short distance behind you, the elegant being coolly weaving between the four Paladins with calm, practiced steps.

You set your eyes forwards in time to see the Armorer's sword shatter as she plants it into the ground, your wall of Drillings perforated wholesale by the calcite shrapnel, each and every shard that would have riddled your body absorbed by your creations, the rest disappearing behind you into the battle mere meters away. She plants the hilt back in its scabbard fluidly, about to draw its regenerated length forth once more when your Hundred-Handed limbs fill the space before you, a tidal wave of flesh and chitin that washes over the Hexane swordswoman. You detach from the mass of tangled arms, your hands warping once more into a pair of lethal drills as you dig in to where the Armorer...was.

(Continued)

>>3603034

You didn't see her move, you missed the side-step that carried her out of the way of your tide of tangled hands and into your blind spot. Her form is flawless, the calculated angle of her first strike taking your right arm with it, while her second shears through part of your left, thrown up in defense of the rising strike to your chest and chin. A cloud of chaff and corrosion bursts from the wound, but your foe pays it and the acid no heed, instead devoting every ounce of her unbreakable focus to your swift demise even as her armor is worn away by your torrent. A flick of her blade robs you of half your hand and much of your arm, but her blade's thrown off by your block, ever so slightly. Her third and final blow screams down towards your head, and you know you've just made the lethal strike messier by blocking the second attack.

Your world slows to a crawl as you watch the blade descend, inch by inch as it begins to part your helmet in a perfect, peerless strike.

A critical strike.

You turn your head and move with impossible quickness, your blood rushing, your bones and veins straining against the sheer speed with which your body instinctively moves to avoid the blow. The warrior stiffens, thrown completely off-guard as her killing blow misses you by a hair. Her form's off, caught in a half-step too far forwards. Now's your chance, and you take it with vigor as your body moves at the speed of thought.

You have no arms to raise, no fists to clench to deliver your counter...so when you lunge forwards to bring a crushing headbutt against your foe's temple, you imagine she's suitably shocked. Chitin and calcite meet once more, and you feel your helm tighten as it reshapes into a whirring drill that you drive with every drop of strength within you into the warrior's skull.

Had the acid not worn away the armor, the blow might not have been as final as it is, here and now. You stagger back to see your broken drill still whirring in the Armorer's helm just before it explodes, flooding the Hexane's mind with a final thought, a parting gift of acid, of corrosive darkness, and then...

...she falls.

Your tongue lashes out to devour her weapon whole just as your Knightling hovers shakily to your side, and you turn to see what's become of the rest of your...

...no.

(Continued)

>>3603038

Julia staggers back and away from the conflict that rages seven meters away, both arms ending just past her elbows in cleanly-severed wounds, wounds she just stares at in disbelief and pain-numbing shock. Ace lies to her side, arms and legs severed and rendering the formidable warrior a limbless wreck on the ground as Jackie and Quinn fight frantically against the Fibromancer, dancing around their blows and the assortment of limbs and bats at their feet. Keane's working without rest, redirecting the flow of biomass from Rath to Julia in an effort to stem the latter's blood loss as Rath, she...

...she's blinding, her body enveloped in white light and fighting tooth and nail against the Generator, each of them bearing a grimace of rage and determination as they trade blow after blow. Her heat, his light; they're at a stalemate, a war of attrition as he fights to keep her away from his far more skilled counterpart, each set of powers useless against the other as they trade bone-shattering punches, all the while with a smile cracked across their grim faces. He'd have the edge, were he not slowed by his own sagging skin and treacherous ground at his feet, the warping, wobbling tiles underfoot keeping him off-balance, but not enough to give Rath a grasp on victory.

Amara.

Amara, where is...there.

Leaning against the bar, her right side enveloped in calcite barbs. Her two clones are collapsed beside her, completely subsumed in the jagged payload that missed you mere seconds before, having found unarmored victims to burrow deep within. Amara's crying as she fights to stand, to catch her breath and keep fighting even as the effort causes the spines to warp and distort every motion into mind-shattering agony. Her strains only make the barbs grow faster, but still she fights to keep going, ignorant of...

...no. She know's exactly what she's doing, and she's not going to let pain stop her from saving her family.

The pain of your own wounds starts to seep into your mind as your biomass strains to recover what you've lost. Your right hand is gone, your left is useless. You have your mind, your Hive, and your armor.

What's a hand or two?

You stand to lose so much more.

HP: 264% (+65%, Armored, Matron’s Stoicism, Ignition Gauntlets. Halo Counter: SPENT)
BIO: 468% (+60%, 1 Knighted Nomling, 4 Platelings, 1 Bishop Jackling, 2 Jacklings, 8/36 Active)
CONTENDER: Empty, Sword Form.
RAVENOUS MAW: Primed.
HUNDRED-HANDED: None.
ACT: 3/3

RATH HP: 742% (0%, Halo Counter: Primed)
JULIA HP: 428% (20%, Halo Counter: Primed)
AMARA HP: 193% (+80%, Vocem Virtutis, 0 Clones, Whistle: Empty)
NOVEMBER: 970% (Hydra Heart, Uzi) [Emerging in initiative order next turn to fire shotgun at Generator]

Threat: GENERATOR: Engaged in melee with Rath, destabilized and slowed. ARMORER: Deceased. FIBROMANCER: Calmly in melee with Jackie and Quinn. Has dealt severe non-critical damage to both Julia and Ace.

YOU ARE IN CONTROL

(Voting shall remain open for the next two hours, Gentlemen.)

>>3603049
ok, well i think if nothing else, we can agree we underestimated all three of them heavily. whew, ok, gimme a second here haha.

>>3603057
BHOP, what happened with Amara and FuzzBuzz? was it simply too fast for him to take the hit for her?

>>3603049
Holy shit that was intense, you weren't exaggerating about the doozy.

So the Fibromancer is by far the biggest threat, we need to finish off the Generator ASAP so that Rath can assist with Vultha. Mercifully no one's rolling death saving throws yet so if November and Shu help Rath and Amara with the Generator, maybe they'll be done in time to stop anyone dying.

>>3603070
(While Churem's burst was too fast to fully block, he's currently a meter away from Amara, crippled by Calcite barbs that had a strong chance of killing Amara outright had he not dived in to save her. He's still alive, but their aggressive nature to constructs means he is out of the fight for the moment. Apologies for leaving that bit out.)

>>3603072
>>3603061
>Holy shit that was intense, you weren't exaggerating about the doozy.
No kidding.

Glad to see that at least one enemy has been taken down. The Fibromancer has both Jackie and Quinn to hold it off, let's focus on the Generator and help out Rath, before anybody on our team takes a lethal amount of damage.

(And keep a close eye on Amara, and get ready to jump in and help her if she takes more damage than she can handle.)

>>3603078
no problem.
another question, can Julia get her hands back, and if so how quickly? could we do a loophole, such as having her spawn Rippers from the stumps to act as replacement hands? obviously they would only act as rippers, but still better than nothing.

>>3603033
>i also feel like you think im trying to...i dunno, demean or disregard your points? when all im doing is having a discussion and hoping even if we disagree i hoped we would at least eventually find common ground or at least respect where the other is coming from, which ive tried to do and feel like you have refused to do, but eh, whatever. the votes cast and despite our disagreements here were cherry picking and actually agree on more things than not, so i think we'll still come to a good enough plan together anyways despite any bickering here.
Yes, it does feel like you're trying to demean and disregard my points. Something about your tone, I'm not sure what. Combine that with how you've rejected all my attempts at concessions to your objections with my ideas and I'm not feeling very well inclined towards you right now. I tried to find common ground, you're the one who rejected it, don't act like I'm the one being disrespectful. It is only after mounting frustration with you that I have gotten so snippy. But you know, the rest of the thread doesn't deserve that negativity, so I'll try to restrain myself.

>>3603088
(Bone from bone. It's certainly permissible, and several Calcite armorers have their fighting style revolve around the loss of limbs to open avenues of attack.)

>>3603093
well it was never my intention. so for that im sorry. look, ill admit i was being stubborn. we both had good points, ill admit i just like arguing points. lets try and work together here, fair? we both have good ideas and were gonna need everyones here, that much is certain.

>>3603098
awesome, that isnt the best but it gives her options.

>>3603098
Did any of Julia's strikes connect and proc Malleable Skin? Also, can Frozen Fury be applied to a Halo Counter?

>>3603049
right, i think this is at least a good base to get us rolling;

SHU;
>replace your Arms with Hundred Handeds, and reclaim your Contender quickly.
>spawn 10 Bane-Nomlings and send them to aid Rath, along with the Knighted-Nomling, have them work to clear out the arms to give Rath her shot.
>load up two BBs and send them at the Fibromancers arms, then use your Maw and Hands to quickly dash past to get a hit in to activate them.
>Call back the Jacklings, and Stealth them.
>Send a Stealth-Jackling to both the Generator and Fibromancer, and the second they get their opening, stun them.
>summon forth 8 Bane-Grapplings and combine them with Hundred Hands to keep the Fibromancer busy.

RATH;
>Keep the Push going, Slam Boils in his face, Spawn arms to keep him busy, keep your Ignition and Grasp up. Be Relentless.
>Use your Gattort Wire to try and throw him off guard, throw limbs high and start pulling them back to cut through his arms and hit him from odd angles.

JULIA;
>Spawn Ripper blades in place of your hands, and get back in the fray.
>Try and get jabs in with hit and run tactics, aiming to go for him when he goes for another.
>If you see a good opening, hit him with your Frozen Stacks.
>Keep Weight active.

JACKIE and QUINN;
>Keep the Fibromancer distracted, try and get Quinns core up and running, but your goal is to hold him off, not take him down, for now.
>Swarm the Fibro Fucker with Bats.

KEANE and ACE;
>Try and get Ace back up if you can.
>otherwise, swarm the Firbomancer with Constructs. As much as you can. Slow him the hell down.

NOVEMBER;
>Shotgun is locked in action, take the shot.
>afterwards, turn the Shotgun on the Fibromancer and aim for his legs.

AMARA;
>spawn two clones, for now have them act as shields.
>GRA RHO CUNT(“Greater Slow Enemy”) the Fibromancer.
>Get Ver up, see if you cannot flare it from a safe distance at an opportune time to throw off the Fibromancer.

>>3603106
Yeah, okay. Let's try to work together. We're going to need it.

So... how do you feel about Shu biting off her own hand? Now, I know that sounds crazy, but there is precedent that it's faster to grow a new hand with Hundred-Handed than regenerate a non-construct limb. We're probably going to replace the lost right hand with a Hundred, might as well go for left, too. Gets rid of that dangling useless apendage and replaces it with a slightly-weaker but functioning limb.

>>3603116
(No one has been able to land a blow on Vultha so far. Also, Frozen Fury may be cued to trigger on a Halo Counter, yes. However, doing so will 'lock' it into the pending strike, so if the counter isn't triggered then it must be manually locked onto a different strike.)

>>3603120
amending Raths actions to;
RATH;
>Keep the Push going, Slam Boils in his face, Spawn arms to keep him busy, keep your Ignition and Grasp up. Be Relentless.
>Use your Gattort Wire to try and throw him off guard, throw limbs high and start pulling them back to cut through his arms and hit him from odd angles.
>If you see a clear shot, combine up to 3/4s your arms to hit the Generator directly.

>>3603124
already my thoughts exactly. id think she can just push her wounded arms out with new ones though, or just keep the stumps and have new arms in a close enough position to the old, but yes i fully agree with replacing her arms.

>>3603131
hrm....though thinking about it, a Rook or two might be useful to keep back the Fibromancer, but i also feel like to aid Rath and keep the Fibromancy tied up, were also gonna need to swarm them.

thoughts on where to give things up anyone, or if its worth it for the Rooks steep cost?

>>3603125
Two questions:

1. What happened to the Exsanguinating Leash? Did Vultha detach that?

2. Do the Phalanges count as individual obstacles that Mother put in our way, given that they're able to separate like this? If we succeed here, will we have cost Mother nineteen Admin tokens (ten to spawn the Phalanges, eight of them we overcame, one for getting everyone out of her kill box)?

Also, damn the Autumn Protocol must be strong, if it killed five of the Phalanges outright. Seeing how tough these guys are, I am impressed with November right now.

>>3603135
yeah, honestly the Autumn was a good call, just not for the reasons we thought. my god, imagine 10 of these, or even if all 5 left had made it through?

>>3603135
(The Leash is still active, and is currently boosting your regeneration. Also, the Phalanx count as a single high-tier Amalgam. However, given their ability to split into different bodies, your numbers are close to what she's spent here, yes.)

>>3603143
Oh, so Vultha does not have very high regeneration, then. Our regen was boosted by so little I didn't even notice, I really expected him to have more. Yeah, we're normally 35% per turn, not 65%. Okay, that's good, sort of. He only regenerates 60% per turn, himself. If we can just land a hit he shouldn't be too hard to kill. If.

And oh my, that is a lot of Admin we're taking from Mother. Almost flattering, to know that she's willing to dump so much into stopping us when we don't have the highest Threat Level in the Crucible. Then again, Mara isn't here. Still, somewhere around the order of nineteen tokens for our contributions, another six or so from helping out B'Ni, she must be really desperate to spend so much.

Okay, actually, just thought of another question: Exsanguinating Leash can convey touch-range abilities along its channel. Does Neuromancy count as touch-range, given that it needs us to come into contact with the tendrils? Do we have a link already established and ready to go?

>>3603120
Good base for sure.
A Julia synergy we should make use of: Halo Counter is an automatic crit, alternatively Frozen Fury boosts crit chance; Bloody Ripper crits upgrade the Rippers into SERIAL form, which has as yet undescribed but probably pretty great benefits

>>3603135
Phalanges is a pun on Phalanx and fingerbones, right? Surely it's not the actual term for a member of a phalanx?

>>3603154
My guess is, Mother is pulling out all the stops to help Isabelle succeed with whatever plan she has cooking up. One last desperate grab at victory - if she becomes a player, she won't need any more tokens.

>>3603155
so basically, have Julia TRY to have her counter have to activate, to spend Frozen on it and further up her Rippers strikes?

thats...not a bad idea, a risky one to use the Halo Counter on purpose though, but it might be worth it.

thoughts on
>>3603134
then?

>>3603155
Oh, and Depressive Weight increases affected enemies crit threat range, though it would probably take a prohibitively long time to hit 50% corruption on Vultha.

>>3603159
This seems very likely. If we can thwart Mother's incarnation plan she'll have seriously played herself.

>>3603155
>Phalanges is a pun on Phalanx and fingerbones, right? Surely it's not the actual term for a member of a phalanx?
It's actually the plural form of Phalanx. A member of a Phalanx is a hoplite. But yes, it's a pun as well. The Phalanges are your finger bones. Ten fingers, ten puppet statues, Mother is manipulating them like digits, and is metaphorically waggling them in our face to distract us. Phalanges.

>>3603159
Oh, definitely. But I wonder if she has enough. What if we kill her with this? Wouldn't that be an amazing thing?

>>3603175
id actually be a bit miffed if Mother actually was so unconservative she killed herself with this. but id also laugh my ass off if thats really the way she goes down.

>>3603163
Exactly, Shu's crit counter one-shotted Churem: Vulthis seems tougher but the main problem is hitting them. The crit counter is a guarranteed massively powerful hit. Not something to abuse (having everyone ready Halo Counters and spend them in one round would probably cheese Vulthis to death but is just asking for a situation where we wish we had saved them) but I think this situation is dire enough that it's worth it for the SERIAL Rippers. Plus, we've determined that Vulthis' regen isn't that great, so a powerful hit will make the rest of the fight a lot easier.

Regarding >>3603134, Silvis is already evenly matched with Rath, adding November's plasma shotgun and Shu's Maw and Hands should be plenty to turn that fight in our favour. Which means the Swarmlings can be used to help the others deal with the Fibromancer a bit more safely.

>>3603190
Something interesting to note: Julia has at least a +150% critical chance from Frozen Fury already. How does that interact with an auto-crit? Is this the sort of system where higher-order criticals are possible?

>>3603194
(Oh yes. Yes, it is.)

>>3603190
well, im adding Nomlings to help Rath, Maw and Hands to help against the Fibromancer.

I figured the Fibromancer needed Shus actual attention more, while Rath only needs a boost to get her her shot. but i guess Rath probably does not need 11 Swarmlings helping her, but id still think some will help immensely. Rath is also gonna get shotgun help so yeah that should do alot.

also im hoping to get a stun off on both of them, which should help alot, of course.

>>3603198
Mwahaha. Wonderful. What's Vultha's Corruption level from Depressive Weight? Enough to make the "crits are better at dismembering limbs" effect trigger?

Also, did you see >>3603154? Does Neuromancy count as touch-range for purposes of the Leash?

>>3603120
(A word of clarification; the Jacklings are back at the Hexane Armory.)

>>3603194
>>3603198
Well spotted. There's no kill like overkill.

>>3603175
That's very cool, thanks. I just looked it up and it turns out one such bone is called a phalanx bone. Both the bone and the formation coming from the word for 'log.'

>>3603208
damnit. well still, we can spawn new ones. stunning them would help immensely.

>>3603049
>>3603120
amendments;

SHU;
>replace your Arms with Hundred Handeds, and reclaim your Contender quickly.
>spawn 8 Bane-Nomlings and send them to aid Rath. have them work to clear out the arms to give Rath her shot.
>load up two BBs and send them at the Fibromancers arms, then use your Maw and Hands to quickly dash past to get a hit in to activate them.
>have the Armory Jacklings go into hibernation in a safe corner, then spawn two new stealth-Jacklings.
>Send a Stealth-Jackling to both the Generator and Fibromancer, and the second they get their opening, stun them.
>call back and recycle the Knighted-Nomling to Spawn two Rooks to help keep the Fibromancer busy and help protect anyone from major hits.
>summon forth 8 Bane-Grapplings and combine them with Hundred Hands to keep the Fibromancer busy.

RATH;
>Keep the Push going, Slam Boils in his face, Spawn arms to keep him busy, keep your Ignition and Grasp up. Be Relentless.
>Use your Garrote Wire to try and throw him off guard, throw limbs high and start pulling them back to cut through his arms and hit him from odd angles.
>If you see a clear shot, combine up to 3/4s your arms to hit the Generator directly.

JULIA;
>Spawn Ripper blades in place of your hands, and get back in the fray.
>Try and get jabs in with hit and run tactics, aiming to go for him when he goes for another.
>If you see a good opening, step forward with intention to have your Halo Counter Activate, tossing all your Frozen Fury into the Counter Strike. Make it count.
>Keep Weight active.

JACKIE and QUINN;
>Keep the Fibromancer distracted, try and get Quinns core up and running, but your goal is to hold him off, not take him down, for now.
>Swarm the Fibro Fucker with Bats.

KEANE and ACE;
>Try and get Ace back up if you can.
>otherwise, swarm the Firbomancer with Constructs. As much as you can. Slow him the hell down.

NOVEMBER;
>Shotgun is locked in action, take the shot.
>afterwards, turn the Shotgun on the Fibromancer and aim for his legs.

AMARA;
>spawn two clones, for now have them act as shields.
>GRA RHO CUNT(“Greater Slow Enemy”) the Fibromancer.
>Get Ver up, see if you cannot flare it from a safe distance at an opportune time to throw off the Fibromancer.

>>3603238
my issue with that is, the Generator simply is showing signs of being at his limit, the Fibromancer is not. we simply do not need Shu herself to help with the Generator, but we need everything we can spare against the Fibromancer.

>>3603208
Interesting that the Jacklings haven't being killed by the Ascendants we left behind, I wonder what those two are up to? Spawn camping next to the Gear Spoke? Pursuing Dorian?

>>3603205
Oh, I missed that. I think we should swap Shu and Swarmlings around. Shu is injured, missing her Counter, and Vultha is a powerhouse. She should not be going into melee with that thing. On the other hand, Silvis is outmatched and Shu can help take him out much faster with Maw/Drill/Hands. Swarmlings are expendable and therefore safe to throw at Vultha.

>>3603246
My point is that we cannot spare Shu against the Fibromancer, she's too vulnerable right now. Better to focus the Generator down faster so that Rath can deal with Vultha properly next turn.

>>3603246
>>3603247
er, not sure what just happened but here is my reply, and ill add i can see your worries about putting Shu in melee, but even if we dont i still think she can do more good helping out against the Fibromancer.

>>3603207
(I'm afraid that I cannot speak to Vultha's corruption level at current.)

(Also, my apologies for missing your question! Neuromancy doesn't count as of yet, since it doesn't fit the damage classification for the Leash's current level.)

>>3603250
Sorry, that was my fault, I got the Fibromancer's name wrong and thought I could delete before anyone replied.

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>>3603247
I'm not sure she should go into melee with Churem, either. He's got some sort of battle aura like Rath's Ignition. We're immune to the heat she produces, but not the heat he does.If we do attack him, I want to do it with Hundred-Hands. Make arm-chains, propel them at him with the force of their spawning. The more hands we have active the more damage they do, anyway. Get some reach and added damage that way.

>>3603252
Darn. There goes two good ideas. Alright, then, Jackling it is.

>>3603256
We got our asses kicked, but we're still in the fight. No one's making death saving throws, though some people are at pretty low Health. The Calcite Armorer Phalanx is dead, Generator is beginning to slip but still very dangerous, Fibromancer is untouched.

>>3603248
>>3603247
>>3603255
how about this? send her to aid against he Fibromancer, but stay back, focus on the Contender, and if she sees an opening, such as if it gets stunned, she can try and rip off a limb with a Maw and Contender sword combo then, but only if its outright safe.

oh! do a double Rook switch! have one get close, take a hit, and/or wait til the stun happens, then Shu teleports in, hits it, then the other Rook teleports her out?

she simply wont be needed to help Rath, i think Swarmlings and Novembers shot will be more than enough to turn the tide. again, the Fibromancer took down Ace and slapped down Julias most valuable Ability. we need all metaphorical hands on deck against him, in one form or another. Rath wont get here this turn even with Shus help, but i dont think she needs Shus help to get there next turn.

>>3603268
>oh! do a double Rook switch! have one get close, take a hit, and/or wait til the stun happens, then Shu teleports in, hits it, then the other Rook teleports her out?
Other way around. She swaps when she takes damage, not the Rooks. So she moves one in, swaps, then when she takes a hit the second swaps her out. How about we use a Hundred-Handed grapple-chain to reel the Rook into Vultha? So he gets whacked in the face by a big shield-bug, Shu teleports in and bites him, then when he makes a swing she teleports back and a second big shield-bug intercepts the attack. Then if he's still alive on the next turn we do it again.

>>3603268
Does the Rook switch guarantee a hit? If so, I'd support this. Otherwise it seems unnecessary as even Julia's flurry of blows failed to get a single hit on the Fibromancer. In which case this >>3603258 seems like a good plan.

I agree with you that Shu won't be needed to help Rath per se, but if she can save Rath a single turn that could be spent fighting Vultha, that would be worth it.

>>3603280
>>3603279
it can be done without Shu risking getting hurt at least, and i think thats enough of a reason to try and dish out more damage on the bastard.

so this look good for Shu then?
SHU;
>replace your Arms with Hundred Handeds, and reclaim your Contender quickly.
>spawn 8 Bane-Nomlings and send them to aid Rath. have them work to clear out the arms to give Rath her shot.
>load up two BBs and send them at the Fibromancers arms.
>have the Armory Jacklings go into hibernation in a safe corner, then spawn two new stealth-Jacklings.
>Send a Stealth-Jackling to both the Generator and Fibromancer, and the second they get their opening, stun them.
>call back and recycle the Knighted-Nomling to Spawn two Rooks.
>summon forth 8 Bane-Grapplings and combine them with Hundred Hands to keep the Fibromancer busy.
>use Hundred Handed to turn one Rook into a flail, swinging it hard at the Fibromancers face. Once it hits, or the Fibromancer hits it, have Shu teleport in, pulling what she can into her Executioner Maw, then using the second rook to teleport out as the Fibromancer goes in to hit her.

>>3603295
I'd actually replace the B.33s with Ravenous Parabellums. Vultha's only regenerating 40% per round right now, it's better to pile on the damage than suppress regen.

>>3603304
well, BBs have also allowed us to slow down movement which is what i was after, but fair enough.

>>3603295
I don't think it's worth spending an action on an attack that most likely won't connect, when we could be spending it freeing up one of Rath's actions.

>>3603049
Voting for >>3603227 except instead of Shu attacking the Fibromancer, punch the Generator with Hundred-Handed arm-chains, as >>3603258.

I've got to go, it's getting late over here. Good luck guys!

>>3603310
i still kinda disagree. i think Rath is showing signs she can handle that fight with only a little bit more help, while we need whatever we can dish out on the Fibromancer.

Jesus Christ. Goddamn. We wiped half of them with November's Autumn Cannon, and teleported 3 of them to our home base. And each of them are still a handful. Fuck. We still have a Neuromancer and one more unknown statue left alive and active in that Armory. They might chase Dorian too.

Ace (the team tank of the Midnight Crew) is down, and Keane is working frantically on damage control. Julia's down two limbs Rath's at a stalemate with the Generator, and Shu 1v1'd Cherum and won but not without severe consequences.

>>3603295
Anon, have November load up the Uzi and fire it as covering suppressive fire. If November is using the shotgun with 1 arm, then the second hand is free of a weapon. have her use the Uzi. we have 4 mags left.
I think you should also give Rath a Bishop to Roid her up.

Also fill the rest of your swarmling slots by waking up the FuzzBuzz ball pit. fill up your swarmling slots to the max with Fuzzbuzzes. Direct some of them to help Amara by gently pulling out the Calcite Barbs from her right side while sending the rest of them to distract the Generator and the Fibromancer.
We aren't exploiting our Hive ability enough.
>>3603308
the slowed movement is after they detonate anon. They take 2 turns to detonate. otherwise they're somewhat useless.

>>3603308
Actually, nevermind, changed my mind. Parabellum takes three rounds to trigger. B.33 is better for the instant damage. Short Fuse reduces it to one round, then we teleport in and strike with the Lionheart sword-mode and it reduces countdown another round so they detonate immediately. Yeah, let's do that change instead. Swap biting for a sword swing (though I guess we might bite automatically, too?), and take advantage of that instant detonation.

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>>3603316
(My face when I forgot about the Fuzzbuzz ball pit.)

>>3603049
>>3603227
small amendments;

SHU;
>replace your Arms with Hundred Handeds, and reclaim your Contender quickly.
>spawn 8 Bane-Nomlings and send them to aid Rath. have them work to clear out the arms to give Rath her shot.
>load up two BBs and send them at the Fibromancers arms.
>have the Armory Jacklings go into hibernation in a safe corner, then spawn two new stealth-Jacklings.
>Send a Stealth-Jackling to both the Generator and Fibromancer, and the second they get their opening, stun them.
>call back and recycle the Knighted-Nomling to Spawn two Rooks.
>summon forth 8 Bane-Grapplings and combine them with Hundred Hands to keep the Fibromancer busy.
>use Hundred Handed to turn one Rook into a flail, swinging it hard at the Fibromancers face. Once it hits, or the Fibromancer hits it, have Shu teleport in, pulling what she can into her Executioner Maw as she slashes at his throat with her Lionheart Contender wielded by three arms to increase striking power, then using the second rook to teleport out as the Fibromancer goes in to hit her.

RATH;
>Keep the Push going, Slam Boils in his face, Spawn arms to keep him busy, keep your Ignition and Grasp up. Be Relentless.
>Use your Garrote Wire to try and throw him off guard, throw limbs high and start pulling them back to cut through his arms and hit him from odd angles.
>If you see a clear shot, combine up to 3/4s your arms to hit the Generator directly.

JULIA;
>Spawn Ripper blades in place of your hands, and get back in the fray.
>Try and get jabs in with hit and run tactics, aiming to go for him when he goes for another.
>If you see a good opening, step forward with intention to have your Halo Counter Activate, tossing all your Frozen Fury into the Counter Strike. Make it count.
>Keep Weight active.

JACKIE and QUINN;
>Keep the Fibromancer distracted, try and get Quinns core up and running, but your goal is to hold him off, not take him down, for now.
>Swarm the Fibro Fucker with Bats.

KEANE and ACE;
>Try and get Ace back up if you can.
>otherwise, swarm the Firbomancer with Constructs. As much as you can. Slow him the hell down.

NOVEMBER;
>Shotgun is locked in action, take the shot.
>afterwards, turn the Shotgun on the Fibromancer and aim for his legs.

AMARA;
>spawn two clones, for now have them act as shields.
>GRA RHO CUNT(“Greater Slow Enemy”) the Fibromancer.
>Get Ver up, see if you cannot flare it from a safe distance at an opportune time to throw off the Fibromancer.

>>3603316
>>3603323
i mean, all we could do is fill out our swarmling slots though right? it would just be basic swarmlings at best to fill out any extra slots? sure, ill admit, free Bio, but we can use those slots better i think.

>>3603295
Anon. We're at home. We have a ball pit FULL of Dormant FuzzBuzzes, we can use the biomass from there, Wake up all the FuzzBuzzes and combine them into a single SUPER FUZZBUZZ.

>>3603323
BHOP. HOW MUCH BIO IS IN THAT BIG FUZZBUZZ BALLPIT? I WANNA SEE THE NUMBERS SO WE CAN CREATE SEVERAL SUPER FUZZBUZZES!

>>3603049
Shu
>Awaken the FuzzBuzz Ballpit.
>>3603329
It's a holdover tactic anon. quit being so dismissive. we're not being efficient if we're not using all of our swarmling slots! why waste bio making more new swarmlings when you have a swimming pool's worth of Fuzzbuzzes waiting to be awakened?

>>3603333
alright alright fine.

>>3603324
Amendng Shus orders to;

SHU;
>replace your Arms with Hundred Handeds, and reclaim your Contender quickly.
>spawn 8 Bane-Nomlings and send them to aid Rath. have them work to clear out the arms to give Rath her shot.
>load up two BBs and send them at the Fibromancers arms.
>have the Armory Jacklings go into hibernation in a safe corner, then spawn two new stealth-Jacklings.
>Send a Stealth-Jackling to both the Generator and Fibromancer, and the second they get their opening, stun them.
>call back and recycle the Knighted-Nomling to Spawn two Rooks.
>summon forth 8 Bane-Grapplings and combine them with Hundred Hands to keep the Fibromancer busy.
>use Hundred Handed to turn one Rook into a flail, swinging it hard at the Fibromancers face. Once it hits, or the Fibromancer hits it, have Shu teleport in, pulling what she can into her Executioner Maw as she slashes at his throat with her Lionheart Contender wielded by three arms to increase striking power, then using the second rook to teleport out as the Fibromancer goes in to hit her.
>have the FuzzBuzz ballpit slowly awaken and combine into one giant FuzzBuzz, and sick it upon the Fibromancer.

>>3603333
(There's approximately 300% BIO in the pit.)

>>3603316
>
Also fill the rest of your swarmling slots by waking up the FuzzBuzz ball pit. fill up your swarmling slots to the max with Fuzzbuzzes. Direct some of them to help Amara by gently pulling out the Calcite Barbs from her right side while sending the rest of them to distract the Generator and the Fibromancer.
Would that actually help? Normally you leave the penetrating object in to prevent bleeding out, but we all have regeneration.

>>3603333
>BHOP. HOW MUCH BIO IS IN THAT BIG FUZZBUZZ BALLPIT? I WANNA SEE THE NUMBERS SO WE CAN CREATE SEVERAL SUPER FUZZBUZZES!
We'd have to dive into the pit to gain access to it, Shu can't merge swarmlings except at touch range yet.

>>3603337
>We'd have to dive into the pit to gain access to it, Shu can't merge swarmlings except at touch range yet.
Double check Shu's Character Sheet, look up Hive lvl 9. Read it.
>TRYPOPHILIC HIVE (Lvl 9): Your swarm is a shifting, motile thing, now more tha ever. You may now transform a member of your brood into a different class of equal or lesser BIO cost without having to establish physical contact. What’s more is that you may also divide your Swarmlings into subcomponents now as well, such as Turning a Bishop into a Knight and two Banelings, or any combination thereof at no cost to you. Finally, your Swarmling cap increases to 20. (BIO +30%)

>>3603335
Okay, slight modification: Let's put the second Rook in the ball pit. That way we'll land in it when we teleport out. We need to be in the pit to fuse the FuzzBuzz horde.

>>3603344
>You may now transform a member of your brood into a different class of equal or lesser BIO cost without having to establish physical contact.
>equal or lesser BIO cost
>equal or lesser

We can convert down at range, anon. Not up.

>>3603336
>>3603344
>>3603345
how would this work BHOP for combine Swarmlings of equal Class? its not really covered in that as combing them itn a bigger version is not splitting them nor changing classes.

>>3603348
>>3603345
>>3603344
(You would need to be in contact with the ball pit to combine the pit's occupants into a single massive FuzzBuzz, at your current level.)

>>3603354
ok.

>>3603324
>>3603049
then with a little bitty change, i think were good with this?;

SHU;
>replace your Arms with Hundred Handeds, and reclaim your Contender quickly.
>spawn 8 Bane-Nomlings and send them to aid Rath. have them work to clear out the arms to give Rath her shot.
>load up two BBs and send them at the Fibromancers arms.
>have the Armory Jacklings go into hibernation in a safe corner, then spawn two new stealth-Jacklings.
>Send a Stealth-Jackling to both the Generator and Fibromancer, and the second they get their opening, stun them.
>call back and recycle the Knighted-Nomling to Spawn two Rooks.
>summon forth 8 Bane-Grapplings and combine them with Hundred Hands to keep the Fibromancer busy.
>use Hundred Handed to turn one Rook into a flail, swinging it hard at the Fibromancers face. Once it hits, or the Fibromancer hits it, have Shu teleport in, pulling what she can into her Executioner Maw as she slashes at his throat with her Lionheart Contender wielded by three arms to increase striking power, then using the second rook to teleport out as the Fibromancer goes in to hit her. Have the second Rook set itself up to drop Shu into the FuzzBuzz Ballpit.
>have the FuzzBuzz ballpit slowly awaken and combine into one giant FuzzBuzz, and sick it upon the Fibromancer.

RATH;
>Keep the Push going, Slam Boils in his face, Spawn arms to keep him busy, keep your Ignition and Grasp up. Be Relentless.
>Use your Garrote Wire to try and throw him off guard, throw limbs high and start pulling them back to cut through his arms and hit him from odd angles.
>If you see a clear shot, combine up to 3/4s your arms to hit the Generator directly.

JULIA;
>Spawn Ripper blades in place of your hands, and get back in the fray.
>Try and get jabs in with hit and run tactics, aiming to go for him when he goes for another.
>If you see a good opening, step forward with intention to have your Halo Counter Activate, tossing all your Frozen Fury into the Counter Strike. Make it count.
>Keep Weight active.

JACKIE and QUINN;
>Keep the Fibromancer distracted, try and get Quinns core up and running, but your goal is to hold him off, not take him down, for now.
>Swarm the Fibro Fucker with Bats.

KEANE and ACE;
>Try and get Ace back up if you can.
>otherwise, swarm the Firbomancer with Constructs. As much as you can. Slow him the hell down.

NOVEMBER;
>Shotgun is locked in action, take the shot.
>afterwards, turn the Shotgun on the Fibromancer and aim for his legs.

AMARA;
>spawn two clones, for now have them act as shields.
>GRA RHO CUNT(“Greater Slow Enemy”) the Fibromancer.
>Get Ver up, see if you cannot flare it from a safe distance at an opportune time to throw off the Fibromancer.

>>3603323
>>3603354
I do have a thought however, is it possible for Shu to bring a passenger when she does a Castling? Because I have a devious plan that involves teleporting both Shu and the Fibromancer into the ball pit and then simply locking down the Fibromancer by drowning it in bees which will grapple the Fibromancer and then VIBRATE INTENSELY to slowly cook the Fibromancer with heat death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6m40W1s0Wc

>>3603361
I'm good, but I still want Shu to spawn basic swarmlings and awaken FuzzBuzzes to aid our Friends and distract our enemies.
>>3603049
Shu, awaken the Fuzzbuzzes, create basic swarmlings until full capacity and direct them to aid friends and distract enemies.

>>3603361
November can actually take three shots, she gets three actions per turn even at Tier One. So two shots to the Generator and one to Fibromancer sound good? I know we want to take out Vultha, but if we're removing Amara's pressure from Silvis I want to double-tap him real quick to make sure he's off balance.

>>3603376
I don't think so, not without risking really bad pattern decoherence. Fun idea, though, I always thought heat balling would be a great Hive Mistress/Generator hybrid.

>>3603395
sure, that sounds good. kinda forgot about that, my bad.

>>3603393
i think we have enough being sent out, and i think a giant FuzzBuzz will make up for it.

>>3603395
We have Matron's Stoicism equipped. What resistances swarmlings have, Shu now also has. And our swarm has the following resistances/Immunities
>Acid Immunity
>1 Level of Flame/heat Resistance
So it's viable for us to do an acid bath or heat-balling tactics. well. given that with Ironblooded Brood's napalm effect with acid, we're chilling in a literal pool of flaming acid if we resort to this technique.

>>3603416
>We have Matron's Stoicism equipped. What resistances swarmlings have, Shu now also has. And our swarm has the following resistances/Immunities
I meant the "bringing someone with us when we teleport" part.

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>>3603323
Also.
(my face when I catch BHOP off guard when I bring up one thing that I innocuously placed 2 veins ago and brought it up to use as a surprise tactic)

>>3603429
Honestly, I wasn't even aware of those FuzzBuzzs as counting as swarmlings. I thought they were constructs from the Core Console just shaped like our FuzzBuzzs.

(Writing now, Gentlemen.)