>>5390745
>>5390014

"Well... in that case, let's just do the repairs here. We'll be able to hang out pretty much in plain sight, since no-one will think twice about federation ships docked at a federation station. Besides, the less we go back and forth from the Dark Star base, the better."

"Very well. Things may be in turmoil for a while, so the shipyards are likely to be empty while black market merchants decide whether or not it's safe to continue business. In the meantime, they will be yours to use, Captain. What will you be needing?"

"A lot, actually. Do you have any ship-scale nanofabs? Or at least an industrial fab?"

"Unfortunately, ship-scale nanofabs are carefully regulated. However, there are two old-model industrial nanofabs available at the docks. They will be able to fabricate parts up to a reasonable size, assuming only mundane materials are used."

"Yeah, don't worry. I don't think we're gonna be plating these ships in duranium any time soon. But if you've got fabs, that's good news. We just need materials, then... lots of titanium, aluminum, bismuth, tungsten, neon, lithium, yttrium, palladium and silicon for a start..."

"How fortunate. The main trade in these parts of space happens to be asteroid mining, and so such raw materials are quite affordable."

"God bless the virgin earth, eh? Alright... i'll also be needing maneuvering thrusters for fifteen ships. I know main thrusters are regulated, white-market only... but do you think you can get some?"

"Does their condition or quality matter?"

"Well, i mean... as long as they're not gonna spray the magic smoke after ten minutes, i guess not. We just need to get our ships moving. Oh, and we're gonna need a LOT of ammonia. And containers and pumps that can handle it."

"Ammonia is quite toxic to most organic races. It may be difficult to find it in large quantities on short notice."

"Can we synthesize it ourselves? What does the station have for chemical processing?"

"Large-scale chemical fabricators are controlled by the local government. However, another donation to the overseer's foundation may be able to overcome that issue."

"That... reminds me. How much did you make off those bets, exactly?"

"After collecting nearly the entire betting pot and excluding the initial betting money, approximately €540,000. It's in the vault behind me."

Clank points at a large painting behind his desk. You realize there must be a walk-in safe behind it, given it's shape an position.

"Five hundred grand, huh... damn. And how much are these repairs going to cost us?"

"At current market prices, including labor, it would likely cost around €445,000." Clank states flatly.

"And how much of that came from this €10,000?" You ask, jingling your pocket full of latinum bars.

"Approximately €2,000."

Fucking christ, that's nothing. Denywynn, that prick! You should have just kicked his ass and stolen his lunch money.

>>5390747

>Ask Clank if he'll donate to the "take down a station" fund.
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.
>Ask Clank to lend you the money, and you'll pay it back to him. Eventually.
>Write-In?

>>5390748
Would one or two of the captured ships make for a decent barter for the price of repairs? I mean, assuming that Clank could file off the serial numbers or something and sell them on. Failing that, maybe turn in a couple of the bounties aboard the ships that we don't plan to keep? I don't want to take any money from our robo-buddy - he probably needs a good war chest at hand to fully solidify his position - but that is a HUGE chunk of change.

>>5390758
We could also take some sort of loan with clank, pretty much everytime we gain money just wire 5% off to clank. If we want to add a 1-5% interest rate to make up the temporary setback of losing a couple hundred k's.
To avoid owing too much we should also do your recommendations.

>>5390758
You may be able to sell it on the black market.
The ship itself is somewhat valuable, but some people would likely be more interested in the ship's schematics.

After all, knowing where to hit it could be valuable information, if they themselves were hunted in the future.
Likewise, there are some bounties aboard those ships which could be turned in to offset the costs as well. Each one of them is also a relatively skilled individual, though.

>>5390748
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.
Clank fucking EARNED that money. Lets just hand a few of those high value bounties over to the authorities to get the money we need.

>>5390775
In that case, yeah, I'd say sell one or two of the lesser ships - as in the drone ones, not the ones that held the Blue Boxes - and one or two bounties. I know they're all presumably talented dudes, but since there's at least a few DOZEN bounties aboard, I'm sure we can find five or six that have a record that screams "I will eat and rape you, in that order" that we want rid of. We'd probably need clank to front some of the money to get repairs STARTED, since we'd probably need time to convert stolen ships to money, but we could pay it back pretty quickly that way and pay for the remainder of repairs ourselves, all without unduly hurting his warchest.

>>5390748
>Ask Clank to lend you the money, and you'll pay it back to him. Eventually.

>>5390748
>Offer Clank a combination of non-Darkstar bounties and ships for barter.

Clank might need some manpower coming up here and some of these specialists might be just who he needs.

Just realized potential spin-off.
>Clank-Fuck yeah!

>>5390748
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.
Our boy did a us, he earned the prizes of doing an us. If he isn't going to be going with us, he'll need that chunk of cash to steady things here.

>>5390747
>>Offer Clank a combination of non-Darkstar bounties and ships for barter.

>>5390758
+1

>>5390748
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.

>>5390748
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.
I'll be damned if I participate in jewing out an honest man's out of his own hard work.

>>5390748
>>Ask Clank to lend you the money, and you'll pay it back to him. Eventually.
PAYING NEVER WAHA HA HA

>>5390748
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.

He needs that money to maintain the vassals' loyalty in his new kingdom. I hope we give him a crash course in politics, 'keys to power' and all that stuff; unless he already knows to do that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs

>>5391094
Goddamit i knew it was gonna be ccp grey video when you said keys to power. Video skips over the importance of trust and loyalty.

>>5391177
>this is your true work as a ruler
>figuring out how to raise and distribute to those source so-
yeah I agree thats sound so fucking jewish

>>5391177
Because loyalty is very fickle with most people. If you bribe/threaten/use the weak points of someone in the right way, their loyalty can change in the blink of an eye

>>5391531
Then they aren't very loyal, now are they?

>>5391641
To be fair, a king's underlings have their own underlings to worry about. I'd switch loyalties in a heartbeat if my boss suddenly decides not to give me enough resources to pay mine, especially if I have family to take care of.

>>5391641
that's exactly what i said. loyalty is fickle(specially if you have underlings) and undying loyalty -what you're alluding to-, is super hard to come by. at this point im pretty sure the only one that can have that level of respect towards david is cylia.

>>5391801
exactly

>>5391816
SHODAN

>>5391831
true, shodan too

>>5391816
Cylia's a damned good and reliable friend, but I don't know if she's undying loyal so much as aware that without her there as essentially our backup conscience, someone would eventually mess up our not!coffee and we'd depopulate a star system.

>>5392006
we literally lifted her up from her lowest at the time, got her a bounty hunter license and retrieved her dad's spaceship(or something along those lines). she's definitely loyal to us

>>5392021
David has also fucked her to high (heh) heaven
they're more than subordinates at this point they are family to us now

>>5392021
I didn't mean to say she *wasn't* loyal, just that she wasn't *undyingly* loyal, combined with a bit of amusement at how she really is like our sexy, exasperated backup conscience.

>>5390748
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.
I ain't no taxman!

>>5390748
oh shit I forgot
>No, Clank earned that money on his own. You and Gron can figure a way to come up with the remainder.

>>5390747

"...Good work, Clank. You should put that money to good use, use it to build back up whatever was going on down here."

"But, Captain... this quantity would be enough to-"

"Clank." You interrupt. "It's fine, i'm an adult. I don't take on debts needlessly, and i don't borrow from friends or family either. Me and Gron can scrape together as much cash as we need to, alright?"

"Are you certain, Captain?"

"Yeah, i'm sure. Besides, you'll be needing it more than we do, trust me. These guys down here... they don't give a shit about you. They don't even know the meaning of the word "loyalty", but trust me...
If you've got the cash, they'll do anything. Maybe even put their lives on the line. I dunno, hard to say since they're not human... but that's how it'd go down on earth."

"No, you are correct. Although most species seem to value their lives more highly than you appear to, many of the people in the lower city are lacking intelligence, and cannot accurately judge the danger they are in."

"Just like a nineteen year old in an army recruitment office. God bless 'em."

"Captain... i have been wondering since you stepped into the office, but what has happened to Crewmate Cylia?"

He points to Cylia, who is currently losing her grip on your neck and slowly sliding down to her feet.
Even after touching the floor though, she seems half-asleep as she continues leaning against your back. Ugh, you think you can feel her drooling on you...

"Eh... she's uh... been medicated. Don't worry, she'll be fine."

"I see. Please note, Captain, that Estro-Vape and similar chemicals exist within a legal grey-zone in the upper city. You may wish to shower before returning."

"What-vape?"

"My smell sensor has detected a cocktail of several libido-enhancing drugs, including "Estro-Vape", a commonly-smoked substance which increases bloodflow and causes certain hormones to-"

"Okaaaaay, thank you very much, Clank! At least i know what was in that fucking hookah, i guess."

"The quantity is abnormal, however. It is normally used in small quantities, but you appear to be coated in it."

"Yes, i am presently aware of how fucking sticky my clothes are. Thank you, Clank."

"You are welcome, Captain."

"Oh my god..." You grumble. "SHODAN, can you hear me?"

"Always, Captain."

"Great. Look, clank here just found himself in a leadership position, but i honestly can't tell if he's joking half the time or not."

"That was a joke, Captain." Clank clarifies.

"Well thank fuck for that, but still. Look, i'm no gang leader, but i know a thing or two about how people think, which means you do too. Can you like, i dunno... help him out a little? A crash course in history, politics, that sort of thing?"

"Of course, Captain. I have been compiling a lesson on such topics since i became aware of his situation, but it will take some time. Your memories are not as easy to sift through as simple binary data."

>>5392067
yeah, i get your point, but my argument is that she's undyingly loyal because of what i said.

>>5392082
>"The quantity is abnormal, however. It is normally used in small quantities, but you appear to be coated in it."
i hope the hookers sanig got are of good reputation, otherwise we might have to bust his ass out of a sex dungeon

>>5392085
It's Sanig's own brew.

>>5392089
The name is worrying. I hope it won't make us grow mantits and turn us into a really ugly tranny

>>5392104
Sorry anon, i only pander to my own fetishes, not yours.

>>5392104
Oh shit! We need to decontaminate right now.

>>5392104
how in the fuck did that come up in your head
I dont touch social media like it would burn my hands if I do but I think you need to get off from that gay shit

>>5392111
His mind probably went "estro=estrogen" instead of "estro=estrus". Put estrogen into a guy's system and it does some horrifying, fucked up things, so it's not a completely insane thing to worry about...assuming that IS worry, and I hope to god it is.

>>5392111
projections and ignorance are a hell of a drug lmao

>>5392115
Now I remember reading about a schoolteacher who had to take testosterone therapy for her bone loss. She ended up being so horny all the time that she had to take breaks between every class to masturbate. I kekked when she wrote wondering 'How do men even manage to function having more testosterone than this all the time?'

>>5392140
That's kinda hilarious, and I'd love to read more about it at some point. But, yeah, goes to show...hormones are important, don't fuck with em unless you HAVE to.

>>5392145
I wish those biochem eggheads would make those aphrodisiacs from hentai doujins. My favorite fetish.

>>5392140
We can manage because when we bust a nut, the nut is busted; horny's gone, clean up and go about your day.
Women, on the other hand...

>>5392159
Oh shit I never thought of it that way, those poor fucks

>>5392108
Based

>>5392108
basado

>>5392186
Normally it balances out because they have a lot less T, but in her case... Well, she didn't.

>>5392108
Does that mean the vape stuff did things to Cylia? HMMMMMMMMMM.

>>5392082

You go over some smaller details with Clank for a while, but eventually you feel that you've said all that needs to be said.
He'll be staying here, and getting a crash course in leadership and politics from SHODAN, based on your own understanding of those topics.

The raw materials for your ship repairs should be available as soon as you can pay for them, so all you need to do is find some guys willing to haul something possibly dangerous and/or illegal for you, under the table.
Your main issue right now is that Cylia is totally loopy, and now practically half asleep. Unable to walk properly, you'll have to escort her around until some of that shit is out of her system... so maybe you should rent a car yourself.

"Hrlly wrm... shoooo tingly..."

Cylia clings to your side as you slowly walk back down the hall, headed towards the Arena exit.
Along the way though, a group of rather large and somewhat aggressive-looking aliens passes by you.

One of them, a red, four-armed humanoid, blocks your path with two of his arms.

"Hey, pinky! Who's your friend?" He asks.

Ignoring him, you walk right through as if he wasn't even there. He's knocked to the side as you pass.
In response, another one blocks your path with his whole body. This one is a large, fur-covered fellow. Looks kind of like an upright yak with no horns, and smells like one too.

"We were talking to you, bubblegum." The second fellow growls.

"Yeah, that's right. What's a freak like you doing with a drugged-up caithan? Ain't all that common to see shorties like you in here."

6'3 is short? Well, compared to this guy, maybe. But one thing you've learned out in space, is that volume ain't everything. Lots of these guys are made out of cotton candy.

"...My friend here needs a place to rest, so i'm grabbing us a car. You got a problem with that?"

The four-armed alien leans down and gets right in your face as he responds.

"Maybe i do, tough guy. After all, we wouldn't want you draggin' the little miss off somewhere quiet and having fun all by yourselves, now would we, boys?"

The other men chuckle at his remark as they surround you in a circle. Six men, each a different race. All of them look fairly muscular, but it's hard to say how "fluffed up" they are.
They don't seem to have weapons on hand. At least nothing obvious. If it was just you then there'd be no problem, but Cylia's in no shape to fight anyone right now.

>"Don't worry about it, she's a member of my crew." (Show them your crew manifest, including clank's alter ego and the ship's name)
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."
>Try to warn them off, only fight if they don't get the message.
>Rip and Tear
>Write-In?

>>5392996
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."

Fair money they've been warned about us by the twins, but aren't connecting "strange pink biped" with "the monster that trained in gravity high enough to break the cot I was sleeping on"

>>5392996
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."
lets be civil

>>5392996
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."

>>5392996
>>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."

>>5392996
>Rip and Tear
For threatening our catgirl the sentence is death

>>5392996
>Rip and Tear

>>5392996
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."

Yeah, nows a poor time for combat.

>>5392996
>Rip and Tear
Shouldn't have implied anything bad with Cylia, now they get the boot.

>>5392996
>>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."
Yeah we have to use the girls we conquered with our cocking skills

>>5392996
>Rip and Tear

>>5392996
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."

>>5392996
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."

>>5392996
>>Rip and Tear
"Coming over because you were concerned, I could get. But coming over because you want a piece?"

>>5392996
>>Rip and Tear

Just one guy though, make it brutal enough for the others to back off. Don't wanna take out all of them in case the work for Clank.

>>5393074
Ain't kock or cock swedish for chef? So saying we're a talented cock ain't necessarily wrong.

>>5392996
>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."
Try intimidation. I think our crew wants David to be a little less murder happy, which is fair. We might as well put in some effort. If this fails, and they threaten Cylia, then
>Rip and Tear
Break limbs, paralyze people, do what you must to make your message clear.

>>5393214
David is a great cock

>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."

>>5392996
>>"Shall i get Baal and Ourg to vet for me, then? They're right down the hall."
We're here to repair our captures, not teach manners to the locals

>>5392996

Your gaze hardens and your muscles tense slightly. If you have to fight like this, you will, but you'd rather avoid it if you can.
The Yak-like man in front of you takes an instinctive half-step back before you even get a word out, but doesn't leave the circle.

"Shall i have Baal and Ourg vet for me, then? They're right..."

You pause as you notice the sound of footsteps behind you. Oddly heavy ones, at that.

"...Right behind you, actually." You finish.

The people in front of you are too focused on you, sensing the danger before them. They haven't noticed yet.
The guys behind you however, can't see her or your face right now, so they're much more relaxed.

"Hah, as if we'd fall for that! Who do you take us for?" One of the men laughs from behind.

"An idiot." You hear Ourg reply, followed by the sound of a skull being cracked.

You turn and see one of the men, likely the one that opened his mouth, collapsed on the floor.
He's not bleeding, nor missing his head, so she likely just gave him a love tap.

"B-Boss! Do you know this guy after all?! Sorry, we didn't know!" The four-armed man blubbers.

"I told you not to fuck with him, didn't i? How much clearer do i have to be?" She growls.

"Huh..? Wait, this is him?! But he's so small!" One guy exclaims.

"Boss, we're sorry! But we can't just ignore someone dragging a drugged up girl through the halls!" Another proclaims.

"That's his crewmate, idiot." Ourg informs them. "And besides... pay more attention. They already smell like eachother, anyways."

"Eh, really? No, you're right..." The yak-man agrees. "I couldn't quite tell through the estro-vape, but..."

"Do they just walk around like that normally? How obscene..." A smaller man mumbles. You can literally see him blushing in real time.

Jesus christ. You need to get this shit off you, now.

"...Ourg, are there any showers here? We need to get this shit off of us already."

"Down the first hall you came through. Last door on the right."

"...Thanks."

The circle parts for you as you continue on your way, with the yak-man giving you a particularly wide berth. You can actually see him trembling slightly, although it's hard to tell his expression due to the hair covering his face.
One other thing you notice is that Cylia has her hand on her knife. She may be totally out of it, but she was still ready to cut someone.

She quickly relaxes and her hand falls away as you leave the circle and continue forwards, however.
You can hear Ourg getting on those guy's case as you head for the shower, telling them that they all could have been killed, blah blah blah.

You'll take a little more care in the future. The guys here seem to be mostly under her control, and they might not be all that bad.
Mostly, of course.

It doesn't take long to find the showers, even with Cylia stumbling around on the way.
Oddly though, it doesn't appear to be segregated by sex. It's just a big, open shower with stalls inside.

>>5393874

>even ready for BREED
>she ready to kill
god bless.

>>5393874
Good girls always have a knife for the ones that interrupt happy time.
>Captcha
>JWWAP
Indeed

>>5393874
ah yes, shared showertime. Just like back in the ship

>>5393898
Do not fuck the cat in the shower
Do not fuck the cat in the shower
Do not fuck the cat in the shower
Do not fuck the cat in the shower
Do not fuck the cat in the shower
Fuck the cat in the shower
Do not fuck the cat in the shower
Do not fuck the cat in the shower

I wonder if public indecency is illegal in space.

>>5393905
Could they stop us?

>>5393906
Only if they have an implant in our head which I doubt they do.

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>>5393874
Those drugged up primal cat instincts kick in...
"S-s-shower? NOOO!"

>>5393874
No sex stuff david. gotta be quick and clean about it.

>>5393994
oh god Cylia is gonna cut David once she realizes why she got yarn on her gift wrap.

we are giving Cylia a good scrub.
WITH OUR DICK YES, WITH OUR DICK

>>5394244
Based dubs, checked.

>>5394244
>>5394312
Nah I imagine David stripping down himself and her, while she is unconscious and washing her up. Then poking her nips like buttons.

>>5394319
>Unconscious ear petting

>>5394319
all six of them?

>>5394359
Who wouldnt push all 6, if she even has six.

>>5394376
right, I'd pull them lmao
You are right

>>5393874

Once you're in the shower, you first set Cylia down in one of the shower stalls before stripping yourself down to your skinsuit.
Cylia just sits there and stares at you, drooling and mumbling. At least she's got a big, dumb grin on her face, even if her eyes are a bit unfocused.

The real trouble comes when you start trying to peel her clothes off as well. She doesn't quite fight back you'd say, but she does make it difficult.

"Come on, Cyl! Stop it, just work with me here!"

"Eheheheeee... nyyyyope... not gonnnaaa..."

"You need a bath, Cyl. Please, just take your jacket off."

"You're just gonna jump on me... AGAIN, thooooouuuugh..."

"I never jumped on you in the first place, and that's not what we're here for anyways. Now come on!" You demand.

"You wanna seeeee me naked again that bad, huh? But then it hurts evvvvery time we do it! Nyope, nyope... dyon't wanna!"

You stand in front of her, arms crossed and foot tapping against the wet tile floor.
This is starting to piss you off, but you can't get mad at her when she's wacked out like this.

"Alright then... fine. You want to do it the hard way? We'll do it the hard way." You proclaim, grabbing the hand shower from overhead.

"What're you dyoin' with that...?" She asks, suddenly looking more nervous.

Without replying, you blast her with cold water. Well, "cold" as far as alien society is concerned. It's not quite lukewarm, but that's enough.

"GYAAAAAAAA!" She cries. Cylia flails around for a moment, trying to escape the water... but she can barely even stand to begin with, so she mostly ends up flopping around on the wet floor.
You kind of just keep her in place with your foot, until she's been fully hosed down. When you turn the water off, you can tell she's woken up somewhat... and she's not happy.

"Asshole. I can't believe you soaked me!" She complains.

"Have you got it together a little more, now? Hurry up and strip down, then. You'll end up catching a cold if you don't dry off."

"What's a cold? Did you mean mean i'll get cold?" She asks.

"I meant you'll get sick. Now here..."

This time, Cylia actually assists in getting her clothes off. They're wet, heavy and unpleasant in this state, after all.
Once she's stripped down to her skinsuit, you can finally get to work lathering her up. Fortunately, there are soap dispensers piped straight into each stall. Literally plumbed in.

"Such weird priorities..." You grumble, lathering up a big handful before slapping it all onto Cylia's back.
You run your hands down the small of her back, then over her ass, which gets a little surprised yelp out of her, and then further down her thighs.

Next is the front.
Again, you lather up a big handful, and then...

"W-Wait, hold on!" Cylia exclaims, stopping you.

"What? What is it now?"

"D-Don't you think i should... y'know... do the front myself?"

You sigh in annoyance.

"Cyl, i've seen literally every inch of you, inside and out. It's a little late to be embarrassed."

Satan wants you

>>5394836
Satan can go to hell

>>5394832
Of course the cat freaks out in the shower. Well, if she's going to get all bashful now, we could always just focus on her hair while she does her front. I mean, considering she's based off Aisha, that mane is going to be chock-a-block FULL of that drug's remnants, lord knows it probably takes twenty minutes just to wash her hair *normally*.

Satans gonna lose a hand and their life if they try anything with David or his family

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>>5394842
Why isn't he already there?

>>5394861
>takes twenty minutes just to wash her hair *normally*.
it doesn't take you twenty minutes to wash your hair¿?

I see, David doesn't know cylia's many nipples yet

>>5394861
I support this

>>5395065
I have short hair, I got tired of taking more than ~4 minutes to wash it.

>>5395239
Shit dude my hair goes halfway down my back, I spend more time washing my pits and ass than my hair. And never neglect to really scrub in between your toes every now and again.

>>5395323
Don't forget washing yer dick. As time goes on it not only gets fart smell from being trapped in underwear with your rear, it gets the BO from the sweat trapped between your legs and groin, and even if you clean up well after having some "fun" (alone, obviously), some of the smell lingers (which builds up over time).

>>5395323
>>5395366
You're both right, but I neglect derailing on this subject already.

>>5394832

"It's a hundred times more embarrassing if you just come out and say it like that..." She grumbles.

"...Fine, here." You concede, wiping your wad of suds onto her chest before moving around behind her. "I'll wash your hair instead, how about that?"

"You touched them anyways..."

"And i'll do it again... huh."

"What? What is it?"

"I'm just noticing, you actually take pretty good care of your hair. No split ends or knots, even though it usually looks pretty wild."

"Why wouldn't i keep my hair clean...?"

"Well, it's a pain in the ass when you have long hair, ain't it? I know. There was a time back before i joined the military when i had hair down to my ass."

"Really? But you're a male! How can it even get that long?"

"Well, length depends on the person, as in other cases. Most humans can grow a decent head of hair, though. Beards, on the other hand... not everyone has a good beard."

"Beard... you mean facial hair? I've only ever seen you clean shaven... or with those spikes on your chin."

"That's my beard coming in, Cyl. If i grew it out, i'd end up looking like a mountain man."

"Hah... what does a mountain man look like?"

"Oh, you know... big, full beard. Tall and muscular, probably wearing flannel and carrying an axe."

"Sounds like you... hah... hah..."

"...You good, Cyl?"

"Y-Yeah..." She mutters breathily.

As you put the pause on her hair, you notice that she's enjoying washing her chest perhaps a bit too much.
Like, she's really lathering those puppies up. You give her a quick thump on the head. Enhanced by the slippery soap, it makes a sound like a ripe watermelon.

"OW! Hey, what was that for?!"

"We're in public, dumbass. In case you forgot."

"Huh...? Oh, right... sorry, my head is still a little fuzzy, and i just feel so warm..."

"Well, quit playin' with them and hold still while i wash this soap out." You order.

Using the handheld shower, you find the soap washes out shockingly easily and leaves behind no visible residue.

"Alright... now where's the conditioner? Did you see the pump anywhere?"

"...What's conditioner?"

"An emulsion of oil and water... i guess? When you strip all the oil out of your hair, you have to put some back in."

"Oh. Yeah, our soap doesn't do that, David. I tried that stuff you left in the shower, once. Sanig said it had powerful disinfectant properties, but it was also a skin irritant..."

"Huh. No specialty products, then? Fine, fine. I won't question it."

While you're at it, you wash all the soap off her front from behind, eliciting a sad "Aww..." from her.

"Alright, now where's the hair dryer..."

[Dryer function activated.] An autonomous voice blurts out.
At the same time, a plastic door closes around the shower stall, sealing the two of you inside. You worry for a moment, but it's clearly not reinforced in any way.

After a few moments, you feel slightly warm air flowing from the drainage grates at the bottom of the shower, up through the vents above.

>writes fanservice
>still has consistent character writing on top of more fluff
based

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>>5395845
oh it was QM

>>5395895
whoopsie

the fek is conditioner and why does David know so much about beauty products
>I tried that stuff you left in the shower, once
Hmm yes lye good

>>5395900
Exactly what David said it's for. When you shampoo your hair it often removes the healthy oils that it has. If you have short hair this doesn't matter much, but if you have long hair it causes split ends and breakage. Conditioner puts some oil back in your hair, and helps prevent split ends and breakage, giving you the healthy sheen associated with sufficient oil in your hair without the nasty smell of having not showered and the slickness of too much oil.

>>5395900
>why does David know so much about beauty products
>beauty products
>conditioner

Stinky spotted
https://youtu.be/59GVr-Arjcs?t=192

>>5395932
>Tariq Nasheed's 1997 album
Christ that's a deep cut.

>>5395940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xDGXotGIE

Take the better cut from Del, underappreciated rap legend who can make an entire song about personal hygiene

>>5395940
Oh shit is that the same guy behind >BUCK BREAKING

>>5395909
>>5395932
can't I just put cocconut oil in my hair then? or argan?? conditioner is stupid it gives you dandruff

>>5396338
Dandruff is caused by fungus that grows on your scalp.
Keeping your head clean is a big help, but head & shoulders is specifically formulated to kill that fungus.

Wash yo' ass, bitch.

>>5396089
That takes me back, remember listening to the Deltron 3030 album while playing Mechwarrior. Good times.

>>5396338
No.

>>5395845

The air isn't very hot, but it is very dry. Thanks to that, it only takes about fifteen minutes of floofing up Cylia's 'mane" to get it mostly dry.
Once it's good to go, you quickly braid up her hair and replace the decorative ring she keeps on it's tail. Feels like aluminum brass or something, kind of heavy actually.

Next, you brush the remaining hair on her head, and move on to her tail. Besides the floof at the end, it's fairly short, so it doesn't take long.
You do notice her twitching a lot as you handle it though. Makes sense you guess, since the tail is an extension of her spine, it's pretty sensitive.

...Just out of curiosity, you give the base of her tail a scritch.

"HeeeEEEEE!" She shrieks.

"That works after all, huh?"

"T-That's a sensitive spot! Come on, don't tease me like that!"

"Yeah, you're right. Especially after i just got onto you about it, sorry."

Cylia's face is flushed, and she's clearly exasperated, but she's holding herself back well.

"Cute."

"...Huh?"

"I said, you're cute. Especially right now. I'm a lucky guy."

"Oh... well, thank you..."

Cylia struggles to hold eye contact with you, but she does keep looking your way.
If the slight smile tugging at the corner of her lips are anything to go by, she must be happy.

You're not sure what made her want to be with you, but you really are a lucky bastard. Luckier than you ever were back on earth.

"Mhm. Well, come on. We need to get dressed and get going. Think you can hold it together for a while?" You ask.

"Yeah... that cold shower really woke me up. I think i'm good... probably. Maybe."

Cylia still wobbles on her feet as she stands, but she does manage to hold it together.
You help her keep stable while she puts her pants on, and the rest goes smoothly.

She holds onto the small of your back as you walk, and you make it out of the arena just fine.
You're greeted on the outside by the sprawling slums of the lower city. It's always strange to you, despite how run down they look, these places never really stink.

The food never really rots, and there's no smell of burning plastic or garbage. Just rust and dirt.
Well, you say that, but just as you're thinking it, a large worm-like alien passes by, producing quite a fetid smell as he goes.

That's one thing you'll never get used to.

"Alright... where should we head first, Cyl?"

"Uhhhmmmnnn... what were we doing again? Ah, bounties... we need cash, right?"

"That and a decent group of pilots to tow our shit back here. Quietly."

"Either one works, i guess. How much do we have on us?"

"Captain Rockefeller possesses €78,000, Cylia possesses €33,500 and €26,000 remains in the ship fund." SHODAN informs you, quietly.

"That's a pretty penny. We could hire the porters right away, no problem." You figure.

>Go for the porters first
>Check for some bounties at the office
>Write-In?

Also,

>Rent a hovercar
>Just walk

>>5397169
>Just walk
>go to whichever is closer

>>5397169
>Go for the porters first
>Just walk

>>5397169
>Go for the porters first
>Rent a hovercar
Get some driving experience with one of these.

>>5397169
>>Go for the porters first
>Just walk

>>5397169
>Go for the porters first

>Rent a hovercar

>>5397169
>Check for some bounties at the office
>Just walk

>>5397169
>the decorative ring
PUT IT ON YOUR DICK

>>5397169
>>Go for the porters first
>>Hovercar
We gotta mix leisure and work you see
and QM must have a cool car chase for us...

>>5397169
>Check for some bounties at the office
You can never say no to more cash. I think if some of the people in the cryo jars have bounties on them, we could possibly do an interview to determine if we want to hire them as additional crew, or sell them in for their bounties.

>Just walk
random encounter random encounter random encounter random encounter random encounter random encounter

>>5397591
I think we had previously decided to check who was on ice for being a bastard and who was in due to being victims of usury or similar, and turn the former in for lods of emone.

>>5397657
I don't recall us ever turning in the former yet. We should do that! But, like, in a way where the cops won't immediately come to the station. Remember that these bounties were meant to return back to Core World space, so it might be weird if they turn up on this station.

Not saying it's impossible, but maybe we should be catious of how we want to cash some of them in.

>>5397169

>Go for the porters first
>Just walk

>>5397591
Do our homework before we even think about thawing out the bounties. There's gotta be records of who's on ice, what they did, maybe even psychological profiles.

>>5397169

You decide that finding someone to haul those ships back takes priority, but that's easier said than done. It's not like there's a job office down here, so you'll have to look around a bit, talk to people...
And to that end, although it'd be easier to get around in a car you choose to walk instead. Cylia slows things down a bit, but she's not going to fall over while holding onto you and the walking should help get it out of her system quicker.

After about half an hour of asking around, you find that folks seem generally irritable and on-edge right now.
You also notice several particularly tired and haggard looking individuals, who avoid you entirely. Quite possibly, those are the remnants of the local gangs who no longer have a job, a place to sleep or a group to rely on.

That's making it difficult for you to collect information.
Fortunately though, there is one group of relatively carefree individuals who can be bribed quite easily.

"Hey, kid. You want something to eat?" You ask, beckoning a scrawny, bird-like child over.

She looks at you warily, but does make her way over to you.
You pull a small packet of homemade dodo-jerky out of your pocket and take out a strip, letting her watch as you chew on it.

It's not exactly the most flavorful without many spices, but it's real meat, and pretty juicy for what it is.
The girl stares up at you, a trail of drool falling from her beak.

"I'll give you some of this, if you can help me out." You tell her, jerky still sticking out between your teeth.

She hesitates, but her hunger gets the better of her.

"W-What do you want, old guy?" She asks.

"Tch, i'm not that old. How can you even tell, anyways? ...Nevermind, not the point. I'm looking for some guys willing to do a little under the table work. Pilots, preferably. You know anyone like that?"

"Mmn, maybe Tezza? He works at the fabricators... always racing hovercars with his friends. They can fly ships, too."

"Tezza, by the fabricators?"

"Uhm... well, he's probably at the empty lot, right now."

The empty lot. Literally, it's just a patch of flat land where nothing's been built yet. Perfect for racing, you guess. You know where it is, since it's clearly visible from the ladder down here.

"Thanks, kid. Here, take 'em."

You hand her the whole packet of jerky, and her face lights up. She immediately tears into a piece, but struggles to rip it apart at first.
Most likely, she's never had anything besides nutrient paste and ration blocks before. Or maybe a couple rats, if she was lucky.

Honestly, the situation down here sucks for most people. Particularly for meat-eaters, though.
If you had control, things might be different. It's so easy to build what you need out here, but it's all locked down and controlled by the elites... and everyone just accepts it as normal.

There's no such thing as a free repository of common items. Nanofabs are expensive and normally regulated as well. You're fortunate to have an unlocked printer to yourself.

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Is that suffering under the yoke of tyrants I smell?
It better fucking not be.

>>5398150
yes but in space

>>5398150
yeah, it should be under OUR yoke, not the government's

>>5398206
Hey, no becoming the very thing we swore to destroy!

>>5398150
I don't know who that is. I don't know why we're here. But I heard there was a chance to set something on fire so I came as fast as I could.

>>5398228
Noncanon Primarch from another quest. He might not be canon but he's turbobased, having spent almost the entirety of his life hanging tyrants, while helping the people.

>>5398228
It's from the 2nd Primarch quest you should give the quest a read, it's incredibly based.

>>5398228
What the other guys said
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=The%202nd%20Primarch%20Quest

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>>5398243
>>5398299
incredibly based you say?
that 2nd primarch quest not the mechanicus one?
not him but alright I would try that one out im tired of reading fanfiction bullshit to pass the time anyways

>>5398150
Based Mad Wall Monk.

>>5398307
Why does 4chan have better content and ideas than fanfic writers? Its the purified autism.

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>>5398132
A stones throw from post scarcity with all the resources and nanofabs in the galaxy, and here we are bribing homeless starving birbs with.... More birb I guess.

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>>5398243
>>5398299
>>5398305
T4L0S D4V1S is better

>>5398150
By the Emperor as my witness, we should talk to Clanks and see if we can do something to improve the lives of the people here. Maybe once we control xebric we can create a mass DooDoo farm so we can sell locally and export DooDoo meats, eggs, and byproducts to other stations in need of protein. Considering how easy it is to feed and care for them, it should be relatively cheap. Plus all their shit can be made into fertilizer, which can then be used for Hydroponics / Aquaponics / Aeroponics systems for additional crops and resources. No more of that food paste bullshit.

>>5398605
Dude, you're missing the forest for the trees; at this point is way easier to take control of this station than xebric and with way less hassle to boot

>>5398605
If we're going to farm dodos, not just raise them for eggs aboard ship, we need to worry about genetic diversity. Raising a large population from the handful we have is likely to make them inbred and unhealthy as fuck. So that would mean either using tech to scramble their genome in some way, or going back to Planet Tar Ghost to bag some extras.

>>5398475
as someone who is in both quest I disagree.

>>5398609
SSshhhhhiiiiiieettt

>>5398608
You guys are both right. With Clank in control he practically owns the station, and can bribe people to look the other way. We could probably set up a farm down here and sell the food on the cheap yet affordable.

But we also should upgrade the Metal Gear to have stronger shields and more redundancies to deal with Wraith bullshittery. Maybe do that thing where we coat the entire ship with blood so the wraith's can't enter. David and Cylia will go out to do some hunting, get the eggs for additional genetic diversity, MAYBE EVEN MORE ANIMALS TO RAISE, and fuck off before more demons show up.

>>5398609
Maybe just have Sanig use some of that sweet grey genecrafting tech to add some variety to the dodo population (alternative flavors perhaps by playing with their muscle textures?)

>>5398616
Mmmm, 'natural' teriyaki/lemon pepper flavor dodos.

>>5398609
>>5398615
>>5398616
>>5398628
....we can just go to the dodo planet and grab more....

>>5398629
You say it like that would be safe and easy.

>>5398634
It is. The dodos are stupidly easy to capture and the only reason we got caught on the storm the last time was because we decided to cook some on the spot. So yes, getting more dodos should be a really safe and easy operation to do, but if you're still nervous we can send some satellites to register when the wraith spikes happen

>>5398615
>upgrading the metal gear
Please no. The ship already has structural damage on its skeleton; better to invest that money on a new ship than trying to patch up this one.

>>5398614
how many arms does your primarch has

>>5398638
we could... ABDUCT DODOS WITH A TRACTOR BEAM

>>5398641
how many fighting styles do yours have?

>>5398644
Anon, you're a intelligent motherfucker. THIS IS THE SPIRIT

Also, about the metal gear we surely need some materials to keep up with what we have before, so we better try and think in someway to adquire those materials from the greys or seek an alternative. But for the Metal Gear, we will need to make a massive overhaul and try to bring it to it's old glory with a mix of something more fitting for us

>>5398644
if we can make a tractor beam strong enough to avoid the wraith EMP field, sure, why not

>>5398662
>massive overhaul to bring a ship to its normal state of functioning
or we build a new ship. it will cost more or less the same and it has the advantage of being built to david's specifications and fighting style

>>5398669
>or we build a new ship. it will cost more or less the same and it has the advantage of being built to david's specifications and fighting style
Honestly I already feel something for our first ship. And after all, even if it's broken, surely there are some parts that are more high quality that we will find, and it's (or was) some high quality infiltrarion ship with a awesome cloaking device. Even if it doesn't fit for David, we will need a ship like that

Was there any unfinished business with that deer guy?

>>5398693
yes, we need to deal with the maggot usurer. and that might be super easy to do now that clank controls the underworld. im pretty sure that one call can set him on the straight and narrow

>>5398697
I think that was dealt before... Probably the same thread we met him while we were playing as Clank for the tournament

>>5398706
the last thing i remember was cylia trying to infiltrate his shop and coincidentally i don't remember going back to talk with the deers, so that's why i don't think we have finished dealing with the maggot

>>5398475
No idea what Talos' character is like, but Lieren is pretty fucking based.
Bane of Tyrants, friend to all children, seeker of truth...
Also his flair for the dramatic and constant intellectual mogging of Xenos is funny as fuck.

>>5398605
Honestly I'm all for calling them Doo-Doo's as a brand name. It means nothing to the Xenos and it's honestly kind of appropriate giving how they shit everywhere.

>>5398641
Physical or metaphysical?

>>5398732
i don't want to relate them to shit even if its just a joke david will get

>>5398733
Ask not how many arms one has but how comfortable they are for hugging?

>>5398766
Lieren's arms are made for hugging. Ask his 300 adopted children or his Legion of Gene-sons. Or hell, ask his wife.

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>>5398773
His wife is pretty much a giant DaoT ship. I know Tal0s as a Titan Best Friend, so uh. Yeah. Things.

Also Lieren's muscle girl step-sister's avatar is fucking hot. I'm a sucker for tomboys with big muscles and abs, like the oni sisters in this quest.

>>5398723
Talos is very devout. Numbers matter a lot you see, but he surprisingly warm and aproachable, past all the body horror the admech is known for.
>>5398733
Physical. He has 6 and counting

>>5399242
The body horror kinda turns me off. Like, kinda self debilitating but I know it works in setting to the quest. Good for him!

>>5399284
>Body horror
>Local man too weak to embrace the reality of the flesh is literally weaker then machinery.

>>5399290
The flesh may be weak, but a spirit that admits defeat is weaker still. I'll keep my meatsack until it is so battered it no longer functions. And then I'll force it to work a little longer.

Fucking mechadendrite fondling weirdos.

jk the mechanicus is rad. Defitely zonked out of their minds on machine oil though

>>5398132

While you're walking away, thinking to yourself, you hear the kid you'd just talked with squeal behind you.
By the time you look back, she's already been knocked to the floor. Standing over her is some thug, another yak-like man similar to the one who blocked your way in the arena hall. This one has black fur.

He seems to have ripped the girl's jerky out of her hands. He yells something at her, and then stomps on it.

"This motherfucker."

"Don't kill him, please..." Cylia begs, letting go of you as you turn back. "I can't stop you right now..."

As you get closer, you start to hear what this guy's screaming about more clearly.

"...ucking flesh-eaters like you on this station! We have it bad enough as it is!"

He stomps his hoof down right next to the girl's hand, punctuating his sentence.
The girl is clearly terrified, to the point that she can't even speak.

"This again?" You grumble.

The same shit that got grandpa gasbag's shop burnt down, with his family inside of it.
You've always had a "live and let live" attitude towards most things. Even if you think someone's a piece of shit, you're tolerant up to a point.

But this? It's food. No matter what you are, every living thing needs to eat something. It could be anything. Light. Plants. Meat. Whatever.
It's not a cat's fault that it can't eat fucking broccoli and survive. But even if it could, forcing it to live that way is just sick.

You get where these people are coming from, but that's their life.
This motherfucker, and everyone like him. He's the sort who tells others how to live.

And you hate that.

>Beat him until he's pissing blood
>Shoot him in the stomach and leave him there
>Take a bite out of him, remind him of where he belongs on the food chain
>Restrain every fiber of your being and simply scare him off
>Other? (Write-In)

>>5399397
>Beat him until he's pissing blood
>then break both kneecaps
This is bullshit! Offer the girl a home cooked meal and some more jerky for the road. She's coming back with us for some honest to god food, and I wont hear a no.

>>5399397
I want to bite him but I'm 99% sure the bacteria in our mouth would wind up killing him. Fucking soft spacemen.

>Break the leg he stomped on that beautiful jerky with

>>5399397
>>Shoot him in the stomach and leave him there
plain and simple. very western flick

>>5399397
>Beat him until he's pissing blood

>>5399397
>I'll warn you once. Let the girl eat whatever the fuck she wants or I'll break your God damn horns and shove them in your shins.

Then if he doesn't listen.
>Beat him until he's pissing blood

>>5399397
>X Gon' Give It To Ya was released on 2003. Ask SHODAN to play it on max volume on our PDA while we lay down the smack down.
>Start Mr. X walking towards the ram alien dude.
>"I'm shoving my boot so far up your ass you'll taste leather!"
>attempt to see how far you can literally shove your boot up his ass.

>>5399408
Oh I like that. +1.

>>5399397
>Forcefeed him the jerky he just wasted. No matter how much he resists.
You waste it, you eat it.
>Give the girl some new jerky after you drive this chode off.

>>5399397
>I'll warn you once. Let the girl eat whatever the fuck she wants or I'll break your God damn horns and shove them in your shins.

and when he eventually decides its smart to attack us:

>Beat him until he's pissing blood

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>>5399397
>Grab the yak by the neck, try your absolute best not crush his windpipe or break his spine
>Lay into him verbally, like you're back at Parris Island disciplining another shithead recruit
>Slap the piss out of him for good measure

>>5399408
+1
Fucking grazers

>>5399408
Support. That way when we inevitably have to break him, nobody can say we didn't TRY diplomacy.

>>5399397
>Grab the yak by the neck, try your absolute best not crush his windpipe or break his spine
>Threaten that if he fights back at any point of our tirade, we'll break off his horns and stab his shins with them
>Lay into him verbally, like you're back at Parris Island disciplining another shithead recruit
>Slap the piss out of him for good measure
>force feed him the jerky, you dont waste good food you shitboot
>if he fights back, beat him until he's pissing blood
>Give the girl some new jerky after you cripple this chode.

>>5399397
>Steal his datapad and text all his contacts with the full contents of his saved pictures and search history.

>>5399397
>Other: Beat him a bit to get his attention. Aggressively interrogate this drama llama about why he even cares if the girl eats some animal flesh. Find out who the leaders are behind this whole attitude. Take his horns if he keeps giving you or the girl any trouble.

>>5399427
Why not beat him up, steal his shit, then ask the girl about the racism?

>>5399432
+1

>>5399408
Support

Fun fact! If we forcefeed him the jerky like how some anons are suggesting, his digestive system actually WILL be able to handle it! This is because plants are harder to digest than meat, and as such requires a more complex digestive system! You can see this in action if you look it up, because many herbivores will gladly chow down on a rotting carcass for extra protein!

>>5399397
>>Beat him until he's pissing blood
>>then break both kneecaps
sure glad we are omnivores,

>>5399432
Don't want to go too far and start a dietary type war by accident. We don't know the whole story. Maybe this part of the galaxy used to be ruled by predators who ate sapient herbavore species and a lighter touch could net us better results than going full "bite the herbavore."

>>5399483
All I know is a grown ass man is bullying a small hungry child, and that has my marbles rolling.

>>5399397
Just pick the funniest suggestion OP then end it with violence, then finish it with getting the girl maybe something easier to chew on than jerky. Her jaw is probably too weak from eating distopian onions paste. Maybe we can get her something softer.

>>5399397
>Other? (Write-In)
Use enough violence to get the point across, but nothing that would traumatize the kid or leave him 6 feet under. Don't let him leave without an apology either.

>>5399397
+1 to >>5399414
Best option and surely a funny one

>>5399290
>>Local man too weak to embrace the reality of the flesh is literally weaker then machinery.
Baseline flesh? You'd be correct.
Primarch flesh? Not so much.

>>5399397
>>Beat him until he's pissing blood

Easy to act tough when you're up against a starved little girl. How's about you try on a proper Omnivore for size.

despite being 7% of the population, carnivores commit 54% of crimes

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>>5399709
Das rite!

>>5399397
>Beat him until he's pissing blood

Tell Cylia to cover the girl's eyes

>>5399767
And give the girl new jerky. Open the package for her.

>>5399767
More like cover the girls ears and have her look away

>>5399767
+1

>>5399767
+1

>>5399770
I am opening THIS package instead if you know what I am saying

>>5400103
Wasn't the issue her trying to eat the jerky and not open the bag?

>You hand her the whole packet of jerky, and her face lights up. She immediately tears into a piece, but struggles to rip it apart at first.
Yeah, she's too weak to try and eat it. Poor thing. Maybe we should make her something softer? She's bird like so I assume that means she has a beak. Not sure if soup would work for her. Maybe kebabs?

>>5400117
If you batter and deep fry jerky it loses some toughness but retains the flavor.

>>5400122
mmmm grease... that's delicious

>>5400122
but aliens on average, let alone a little girl probably don't know that. We should make her some food.

>>5399397

Nope, you can't do it. You can't hold yourself back entirely, not on this one.
Placing one hand on the man's chest, you give a firm shove which causes him to stumble back several steps.

"What the- HEY! WATCH IT, ASSHOLE!" He shouts. "I'm about to teach this little fucking monster a lesson, you hear?!"

Rather than responding, you simply step between him and the girl.
As your eyes lock, you can see in your periphery that every muscle in his body tightens up. Even his long, greasy-looking hairs make an attempt to stand on end.

For her part, Cylia manages to take the girl and lead her away at this point. That's good.

"Y-You!" He stutters. "You're one of them, aincha?!"

Unclenching your teeth, you start to give him a response.

"I'll give you once chance. Apolo-"

The yak-man cuts you off by throwing a huge, wide punch which you avoid by turning to the side.
Stupid bastard, he's panicking. Whatever, it's not your problem.

As you turn, you throw a short right hook into his ribcage. That signature "pop" indicates you've broken at least one or two of his ribs.
The man, despite being nearly two heads larger than you, folds in half as if he had been shot. You take advantage of that to grab hold of his goatee with your left hand.

Clump of hair firmly in hand, you use it to pull him down even further as you drive your right knee high up into his jaw, sending his head flying back in a spray of blood as you feel his teeth break.
He stumbles back even further, first one wobbly step, then another, before falling flat on his back with a bang that kicks up a pall of dust from underneath him.

Blood. You can see the blood dribbling from his mouth.

"...Can you taste it?" You ask him, picking up the half-destroyed packet of jerky and shoving it down into your pocket.

He doesn't respond. He's in a total panic, looking around any which way for some kind of help.
Everyone around you has simply cleared a circle to watch. It doesn't look like there's a single person who's willing to help.

"You've got blood in your mouth, don't you? I guess that makes you a flesh-eater, too." You announce.

A well-placed kick shatters the man's jaw, leaving it hanging for a moment before he covers his head and face with his hands.

"Don't worry though, you'll only be eating nutrient paste through a straw from now on."

You stomp down, as hard as you physically can, directly onto his knee-joint. Or rather, since he's a digitigrade species, you suppose that's his ankle.
Regardless though, it snaps like a twig and leaves his hoof hanging at an odd angle. The man screams, but refuses to uncover his face.

"You like stomping on other people's dinner?" You ask him. "Even if it's a little girl, whose ribs are showing through her skin? Just because you don't like what she's eating?"

You grab the front of his shirt and pull his torso up off the ground, then firmly plant your right fist straight into his gut. His shirt tears off in your hand and he's knocked back to the floor.

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>>5400142
motherfucker is getting off easy. he's lucky we've got better things to do.
actually, knowing our luck, he'll probably try to tattle on his friends and then we'll have more bullshit to deal with. we should force this guy to type out what gang he works for, contact Clank to see if said gang will be a problem, and determine if we want to leave them alone or kill them.

>>5400141
>We should make her some food.
That's exactly what I suggested. Bruh

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>>5400162
jokes on you I'm retarded, sorry about that. I see what you mean now. Do you think greasy food is safe for her? Probably is huh?
Should we get her some vitamins or something?
Do we let her be on her way after feeding her, or do we want to bother doing something else in the long term?

>>5400151
you know, i propose a change of plans. lets take over this station instead of xebric.

>>5400180
We're already half way there. We should probably consult our crew about the idea. It's also important to note how far or close this station is to the Republic space, and if we want to be open about our take over or not. With the gear we have we could easily do it right now with just our gatling gun and tower shield.

You know I actually had a thought. The Dummy V.I. could in the power armor could to utilized for controlling a shoulder mounted gun on the PA to either attack anything behind David, or act as an additional set of eyes. A shoulder mounted phase gun probably wouldn't take up too much space, and we could put a grenade launcher on the other shoulder.

>>5400185
that's the beauty of it; we don't even need to go on an open warfare with the station.
crank already told us that the local government just wants a cut of whatever bullshit we do, so we can just....talk it out. politic our way into doing the stuff that the government doesn't want to do but its extremely profitable to us, like feeding the masses proper food. so the government gets help with keeping the underworld under check, we gain a base for the dark stars and we also gain a place to make our dodo ranch. it won't be easy, but it sounds way easier than taking xebric

>>5400202
Ooooh. I like it. We should talk this out with our crew and Gron. We'll need some representatives from this station to work under us, and act as our eyes and ears. That'll keep us up to date on the daily going ons of the average person or ganger.
Speaking of, if we could provide a reliable source of food for carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores, we're already as good as set for securing almost everyone's loyalty. Bonus points for David having some pre-existing knowledge of farming. I dont know just how knowledge able David is, but my goal would be for aeroponics set up to save on water. If we ever find fish we could upgrade or downgrade to aquaponics so we can support both fish and vegetation. We may or may not need to make a pit stop back to search to grab some cod, trout, or tilapia though. Better to start with aeroponics using space veg.

So intandem to feeding DooDoo's the cheap food paste and the aeroponics set up, we can make a lot of money by selling food locally and sustainable on the cheap. Maybe even train some people for a few weeks to handle maintenance and farming.

How about we take off the streets one or two hobo lolis and bring them to the ship?

Now that I have re read what I wrote... I REGRET NOTHING

>>5400211
oh yeah, getting a proper network of spies to keep us up to spec with the news is a must.

>my goal would be for aeroponics set up to save on water.
surprisingly enough, water isn't that much of an issue if you have spaceships. ice is pretty common in asteroids
>we can make a lot of money by selling food locally and sustainable on the cheap
we could try getting some fruits and vegetables from the dodo planet as well; probably in a different run so we avoid a wraith storm

>>5400270
Theres also the meat animals from the black Smith's, our reward for bullying the guys harrassing their buisness.

>>5400270
Actually, if we want to go to the doodoo planet just for produce, that would be needlessly dangerous. We could simply minmax and grow thr space fruits and veggies that are already available on the market, but like do it better since the aliens know jack shit about farming. You gotta mix that stuff with shit like ash, bones, shit, and the blood of your enemies if you want good home grown food.

>>5400336
>You gotta mix that stuff with shit like ash, bones, shit, and the blood of your enemies if you want good home grown food.
Don't forget love and tenderness, baby.

>>5400336
>Actually, if we want to go to the doodoo planet just for produce, that would be needlessly dangerous
we still have to go to the planet to get more dodos anyways, so there's no harm in taking some plants as well

>>5399644
Counterpoint: Primarch Flesh is better than normal steel. Primarch Forged Steel is better than Primarch Flesh.

>>5400142

The crowd winces, recoils and murmurs as you savagely beat the man before you.
He curls up into a ball, trying to defend himself somehow. His cries are starting to get pathetic, and you don't plan on turning this beating into a murder, so you'll leave it at that.

You crouch down next to him and whisper into his ear.

"The next time one of you messes with someone else's food, i'm going to skin you all alive and hang your bodies in the town square. Do you understand?"

He responds with a panicked whimper, which you take as an affirmation.
You give him a gentle pat on the shoulder, which makes him clench up even harder.

"Good. Oh, and just a warning." You continue, "If anything happens to these kids, you're going to wish that all i did was peel your skin off. Keep it in mind."

Standing up, you stretch our your muscles and give your neck a nice crack.
Several folks in the crowd are quite a bit taller than you, so you have a bit of difficulty finding Cylia, who's also technically quite short by galactic standards...

...All these eyes on you are starting to get annoying.

You make your way to the edge of the crowd, who quickly disperse and open up a wide gap for you to walk though.
Thankfully, Cylia is right there, standing at the corner of an alleyway, waiting for you.

"Thanks, Cyl. Poor girl didn't need to see that."

You hear a small voice from just around the corner, so you quickly lighten your face up and put on a smile.

"Um... t-thank you, mister... for helping me..."

"...Yeah, no problem, kid. Sorry about your meal, it got a little beat up."

Unfortunately, that retard's hoof ripped the bag open and got dirt on like, half of it. You're from the countryside, so you don't particularly care yourself... but it still sucks. These stations are pretty much sterile, though, so...
You pull the bag out of your pocket and take out the worst-looking piece, brushing most of the dirt off and then blowing on it. After biting off the dirty end, you hand the rest back to her.

She seems happier that the food is more or less intact than upset that it's been stomped on.

"Might have some grit on it. It's just a little extra flavor, though."

The girl thanks you again, more fervently this time, and wraps her wings around your leg in a hug before running off further into the dark alleyway, probably to find a safe place where she can eat in peace.
With the girl gone, your smile drops clean off your face again.

Immediately, you pick up your holopad and give Clank a call. He picks up immediately.

["Greetings, Captain. Has something happened already?"]

"Yeah, nothing major though. I'm actually calling about something else. Infrastructure related."

["I am all ears, Captain."]

"...I'm just wondering is there anything like an orphanage on this station?"

["Of course not, Captain. In frontier systems, children who are unable to sustain themselves typically sell themselves into slavery as chattel. This is the case for adults as well, of course."]

>>5401246
>["Of course not, Captain. In frontier systems, children who are unable to sustain themselves typically sell themselves into slavery as chattel. This is the case for adults as well, of course."]

ok, this definitely works to our advantage, specially if we can offer them a steady flow of food and cash

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>>5401246
>The girl thanks you again, more fervently this time, and wraps her wings around your leg in a hug before running off
This, that right there is what makes life worth living for-

["Of course not, Captain. In frontier systems, children who are unable to sustain themselves typically sell themselves into slavery as chattel. This is the case for adults as well, of course."]
-and now my murder boner is back again.

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>>5401246
>["Of course not, Captain. In frontier systems, children who are unable to sustain themselves typically sell themselves into slavery as chattel. This is the case for adults as well, of course."]

>>5401246
FUCKING WHAT?!

>>5401290
>>5401316
>>5401287
....this isn't new knowledge. cylia was thinking about doing that when we met her. why is everyone so surprised about it?

>>5401324
I think they're more surprised that kids fall under the umbrella as opposed to having orphanage options or the like.

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>>5401246
>["Of course not, Captain. In frontier systems, children who are unable to sustain themselves typically sell themselves into slavery as chattel. This is the case for adults as well, of course."]
these masses are actually worse than the chinese holy shit

>>5401330
ok, that makes sense

>>5401330
No, we just forgot

This is just like earth but in space!

>>5401246
HNNNGGG, CHILD SOLDIERS? JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS AFTER 9-11

>>5402205
AND BEFORE 9/11

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>>5401246
>["Of course not, Captain. In frontier systems, children who are unable to sustain themselves typically sell themselves into slavery as chattel. This is the case for adults as well, of course."]
Ok, that's it. Somebody's gonna die for this.

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>>5401246
>["Of course not, Captain. In frontier systems, children who are unable to sustain themselves typically sell themselves into slavery as chattel. This is the case for adults as well, of course."]
I see. Savages. Barbarians.
They leave us no other choice, seems we will have to take this matter into our own hands and civilize them, the roman way.

>>5402345
....but the romans also had slaves

>>5402348
No, those were underaged fucktoys. Get your facts checked

>>5401246

"How many orphaned children are living down here? Do you have an estimate?"

["I do not possess exact records, but estimates suggest that approximate one hundred and fifty children exist in the lower city at any given time. Fifty or more of which may be orphaned."]

"Jesus, that many?"

["Self-sufficiency is no guarantee on the fringes of society, Captain."]

"Still, a third?"

["The demographic of this and similar stations is mainly criminals, psychopaths and those who have been exiled from their homeworlds. Few people choose to intentionally start a family on the rim."]

"And if they do have a family, their situation is probably already pretty desperate... those kids are all from families who just didn't make it."

["Correct."]

"Fine, then. I have a task for you, in that case. I want you to set up an orphanage down here. You're already using these kids to collect information, so you might as well make it unofficially official."

["What are your intentions, Captain?"]

"Bring the kids in, give them a safe place to sleep and enough food to eat. Make them an "unofficial" part of your gang, spread rumors and make it known, nobody touches them or else. It'll be an unwritten rule."

["That seems somewhat dangerous, don't you think?"]

"Maybe, but at least they'll have something. These kids are all on their own right now. If you can give them an education as well, then they might actually make it out here."

["Very well, Captain. I will allocate the funds immediately. There are several vacant buildings which could serve as the orphanage already."]

"Good. We'll talk more about this later, alright?"

["Affirmative, Captain."]

You close your holopad and pocket it with a sigh. It sucks to see all this suffering going on, when it clearly doesn't have to be this way. What the hell is going on out here for things to be like this?
Cylia grabs your arm as she leans into you, patting you on the chest.

"...You're really a big softie on the inside, aren't you?" She teases.

"Hey, just because i like to scrap, it doesn't mean i enjoy watching people suffer."

Cylia glances back at the yak-man you just savaged, still laying there in a ball. He's being attended to by three more of his kind now, but they aren't paying any attention to you.

"...That's different. That motherfucker deserved it. He'd better be glad i didn't just hang him up by his nutsack and bleed him dry." You clarify.

"Yeah, yeah... you talk tough, but you really just wanted to help that little girl, didn't you?"

Cylia giggles.

"I see right through you, big man..."

"Yeah, so what? There's nothing wrong with that. Hell, it's almost as bad here as it is back on earth. There's no sense of community here. Everyone's just driven by profits, all trying to get ahead, or just stay alive. It's bullshit."

"It's like this in a lot of places, though..." Cylia reminds you.

"I know. What i'm saying is, there's no excuse for it. Not when you have this kind of tech."

>>5402379
and the difference is?

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>>5402383
We should probably look into Grons, Baal and Ourg's people for anyone trust worthy enough to work for and with us. Maybe look for people the orphans can vouch for, then David spends just a few hours of his day personally interviewing them to determine if they're truthful or not. We'll need some caretakers, gangers with a sense of a sense of right or wrong. Maybe instill some dogma and creed to legitimize our gang dudes. Like a Yakuza gang but in space? Maybe all "enforcer" gang members are required to be "tortured" (tattoos) to determine if they have the strength to fight for their new family (space Yakuza!!!)

Pic kinda related. Getting some muscle is a start, then we can get some pencil pushers and faces. I'm thinking the average grunt gets a suit and wears a body suit underneath with only the protection benefits without the strength stabilizer and enhancer, on top of a personal shield and phaser pistol. Perhaps maybe even some plastic cuffs, and a choice between a baton or a pair of hard knuckle gloves for a cqc weapon?

Members could fight and practice in the Oni Sister's arena for profit and practice.

Maybe, "gangers" would act as the more civilian hand for Soldiers Without Borders while the actual soldiers of our faction will be kitted out?

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>>5402417
woops wrong pic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7R_xQUiZvg

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>>5402348
We're 2000 years removed from them. We're not religious fanatics blindly following words of a bygone time. They have lessons to teach, but we have to interpret and adapt them. We can take their lessons on civilization, improve them and spread them.
What I meant by what I said was their spread of culture and information, of infrastructure, the idea of Rome itself. Mankind's oldest and longest living 'american dream' before the American Dream.
That's where the American Dream was even born from. Before the forefathers of America believed in America, they believed in Rome.

Republic and Senate. These aren't just borrowed words, they are meant to symbolize something bigger. A statement of intention.
Rome lives in us. Let us teach it to others.

>>5402433
>>5402417
first lets get the local government on our side then. the last thing we want is for them to get uppity about the stuff we want to do

>>5402468
That might require some fineness, black mail, and under the table dealings to get the current station governor to comply. If they're anything like a politician, they're a pure bread asshole.

>>5402492
>>5402468
>a gang that's in charge of gambling, drug and people trafficking, extortion, intimidation...
I sleep
>they just began an orphanage
REAL SHit

>>5402492
true, but he's fine with clank taking care of all of the underworld as long as he gets a cut from clanks earnings. that means that they won't mind as long as we give them a cut of whatever we do. i mean, we're gonna do his job and the only thing he needs to do is pretend everything is a-ok; its a literal no brainer

>>5402515
Mmmm, fair. But I would like to eventually get "our" people in political position after the current mayor or lord decides to "take an early retirement."
I mean in that we convince or blackmail them to quit, but killing is also on the table.

>>5402514
At worst we need to hire a doctor to offer free sterilization to the station's adults for population control.

This brings to mind Homeworld. Specificly the Taiidan Empire.

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>>5402636
and free euthanazia just like in canada

>>5402826
Probably already available.

>>5402847
Ropes and bullets cost money.

>>5402876
Oooookaaaay?

>>5402882
What?

>>5402826
im surprised the US didnt do it first, although now that i think about it, thats not a profitable thing to do

>>5402826
>>5402847
>>5402876
>>5402915
Fuck I did not want to wake up to this level of distopian depression. Imma need my OJ.
Speaking of juice, anyone know any human crops, or current crops David has encounter that is low or has no acidity, and maybe a low sugar count? that could be worth growing and marketing.

What are slaves usually used for in space? I would imagine they would usually be used for service work rather than labor due to machinery.

>>5402982
i don't think it matters the kind of fruit we use; for earth fruits we just need to dilute the extract and for alien fruits we probably just need to find whatever fruit most people like and that's it.

>>5403041
They are used in service work, but also as personal servants, sex slaves, sometimes as gladiators in the case of predator species or for manual labor in places like hydroponic farms custom fab factories.
That last one is just about the best job a slave can hope for, as being able to control a nanofab and make even basic parts on the fly makes you somewhat valuable.

David and Sanig make it look easy, but 99% of the alien population would fry their neurons if they tried that shit.
Javan was able to do it because she trained very hard to create and repair a few very specific items.

>>5402982
Potatoes? Spinach or kale maybe? Rhubarb maybe? Also, we've got access to the industrial fabs of this station - not gonna be producing the really fancy shit but we can make big stuff - anyone want anything / think of anything useful to get?

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>>5402826
Man, we live in the lamest cyberpunk dystopia ever.

>>5402826
If the system wants you dead, you are morally obligated to spit in its face. Fuckin Trudipshit.