Continuing from the previous thread...

>Ask if they have any info on acceptable targets - unethical scientists/murderous subjects, with focus on the former though.
Considering what Thaddeus had said, you decided that Laura and Oreas absolutely deserved to live. They seemed mostly harmless, only trying to protect themselves. They were especially harmless compared to some of the other sick fucks who were down there... Though this got you an idea: since they knew who were threatening, unethical and murderous down here, they could perhaps name those people. Not to mention, providing information on them. Thus, after the two had hugged each other, you calmly asked them. Oreas seemed a little surprised, but not truly bothered by the question. Laura seemed more amused though, before speaking casually. "I already mentioned Elbrus and Roraima. Though, you did say they were wanted alive for some reason... I'd say, kill them regardless. Bastards deserve it for the crimes they committed..."

Given that those two were the only scientists she was truly critical of, you decided to move on and ask for information about murderous subjects. "Well, I can name a few which I think I haven't mentioned yet... Hmmm, I don't think I ever mentioned FE-09. Do you know of her?" To this, Thaddeus responded rather calmly. "Aye, she's a subject who... Derek mentioned before." A few of your men nodded along, Zaria even adding her own thoughts to it. "She's a... weird mix of creatures, right? Really strong, durable and fast and aggressive?" Laura nodded slowly, before smirking. "What do you know of her intelligence though?" Your men remained quiet, clearly not having a good answer to this question... Derek responded again, given he was the first to read up on her on the tablet before. "She was... not too intelligent, right? Or, that was assumed, anyway... and given that it was Elbrus' subject, I imagine that was by design..." Laura nodded, before sighing a bit. "She's the most obvious example of Roraima's cruel and unethical treatment. At least that gives you the advantage of smarts, traps and... well, being able to maybe outwit her."

"Well, maybe I could cook something up then..." Artyom said smugly, clearly being more than happy to put his trapping skills to use for once. That was, if you were to actually go after the murderous chimera. "Take it you're good with traps or something?" Laura asked Artyom, who nodded in response. Laura scoffed, before speaking more quietly. "For your sake... I hope whatever plan you do 'cook up' will work well." Laura then turned to you, pausing to think before continuing. "There's also NH-19... A defective subject from Elbrus..." Upon hearing that she was defective, Evander seemed curious. "Defective? How so? She some sorta... super mutant monster gal? Or is she mindless and wrong or something?" Derek responded a bit more worriedly. "She's not some horrific creep like her creator, is she?" Laura chuckled in response, before shaking her head.

"She is not extremely mutated... She's, how should I put it... a lot of her subject traits were somehow suppressed, along with some of her intended abilities. So, she went from... I think a harpy with the ability to heal people, to some sort of mostly human flesh eater." This was quite the turn from what your men were expecting, Anon even softly saying "What.". Laura scoffed again in response. "Oh yes... ironically, she was very close to being disposed off upon her creation, but... apparently, Elbrus kept her around for some reason. I don't know why he did that though, but knowing him... he probably was content with using her for other indecent purposes. Regardless, she's... from what I've been told, a rather creepy and sadistic subject, so definitely one to be on the lookout for."

Derek already started looking at the tablet for further details about this NH-19. Though before he could find anything, Laura spoke up again. "On the topic of dangerous and defective subjects of whom I know very little... SD-1902. I don't even know who made her, but... she apparently had some sort of growth mutation, meaning she hardly grew and remained quite constant in terms of her size." To this, Zaria cautiously asked: "So, is she... really small or something?" Laura shook her head again. "I... do not know exactly. I think she was classified as 'normal size', meaning she was between 5 and 10 feet. Regardless, she's more well known for... apparently having a really high injury count when it comes to her caretakers. From what I've heard, she traumatized and burnt dozens of scientists, to the point that some were unable to continue working here..." It seemed like this was another feisty and highly dangerous subject, making Lars ask the obvious question. "So, for what stupid reason was she kept around? Was she useful because of that... weird defect?" Laura shrugged, looking a bit bewildered. "I... don't know! She was kept around for god knows what reason! I don't know if she's on that hitlist of yours, so... maybe it'll explain it better than I can!"

>Ask what they plan to do now that they know more about the situation: keep hiding out down here? Try to escape somehow?
With Laura yet again providing quite some useful information, you decided to ask them something else quite important. After all, they had proven trustworthy and... were perhaps deserving of some help down here. So, you asked what they were planning to do. Laura said only one thing: "Survive and hide. finding a way to escape is... quite difficult, given what you did to my legs.". It was quite unfortunate that you had hampered her survival by... shooting her in the legs. More importantly though, she still needed food, rest, warmth and protection to really survive. Granted, Oreas could definitely protect her given her powers. But... well, she was still going to find it quite difficult to survive in the long term at this rate. Especially as more and more death squads poured into these ruins...

However, Laura wasn't the only one to state what she wanted, as Oreas soon after broke the silence. "I wanna find Mona..." It was understandable as to why she wanted this. From what Oreas had said, Mona seemed to be quite the caring and friendly scientist. Maybe a bit too quickly pressured by others, but... that was nothing compared to some of the crimes other folks down here had committed... Perhaps offering your help to Laura and Oreas with this goal could be worth it...

>Show them to the vat room
After they told you what they wanted to do down here, you decided there was maybe one way you could help them out. You told them to follow you, your men being unsure as to what you were planning on doing. Though, they didn't question you, keeping their eyes on Laura and Oreas. Given Laura's injuries, Oreas and Thaddeus helped her get around the place a bit. You crossed the walkway around the reception, heading to the other side to where you first started. And after going down the right stairwell, you'd return to the room with the vat. Once you arrived there, your men realised what you were doing. They seemed quite taken back, as they all quietly stared at you as you let Laura and Oreas enter the room with the vat. "Is... is that a vat?" Laura asked, albeit clearly in a rhetorical way. Oreas immediately became amazed and excited, approaching the broken piece of equipment with Laura by her side. After they got a good look at it though, Laura seemed to become a bit more disappointed. She soon turned to you, speaking calmly. "I knew there was a vat somewhere around here... Did you guys destroy it, or was it already this broken when you got here?" Derek responded hesitantly, still being unsure about why you showed them this. "It's... pretty much non-functional from what we've seen." Laura glanced at the vat, before shaking her head. "Yeah, I sorta expected that..." There was an awkward silence, followed by Laura calmly responding. "So... why did you show this to me? Is there some reason for it?" Your men didn't respond, also looking at you as... well, they clearly wanted to know why you showed this to them. After all, you had previously mentioned that you wanted to keep the presence of these vats a secret to other people... and now you were sharing it with the people you were supposed to be hunting down!

>Explain to Laura and your men why you showed it to them. (Write in your reasoning... perhaps curiosity or maybe because you had hoped it would help them.)

Further, optional prompts:
>Offer Oreas assistance or info which could help her find Mona. (Write in what you want to give her.)
>Offer Laura help so she can maybe recover from her injuries. That, or supplies so she can keep going. (Write in waht you want to give her)
>Offer the two to join your party for a while. Maybe until they were safe.
>Leave the two here and move further onwards.
>Ask Derek to pull up info about the subjects she mentioned on the tablet.
>Something else... (Write in)

(Gentlemen, we are back after a few days of hiatus! To those only now joining the quest, feel free to ask me anything you wish to know about the previous thread and the setting.)

(Suggestions and criticism are also still always appreciated! Oh, and please let me know whenever something is wrong or missing in my responses.)

>>5860482
>>Explain to Laura and your men why you showed it to them. (Write in your reasoning... perhaps curiosity or maybe because you had hoped it would help them.)

Alright so despite being completely against the idea of showing them the vat room.
I will attempt to salvage the situation.

Explain that while the vat is un-operational, we wanted to know what the process would be for activation and utilization should we find one intact. Just walk us through the steps you'd do for everything so we know for future reference.

>Offer the two to join your party for a while. Maybe until they were safe.
The offer from last time and finally

>Something else... (Write in)
Tell them that you would not mind helping them find Mona. If she is found, we can take her back above and hand her over so she can perhaps convince the government to spare the lives of more personel/assets(read: scientists and subjects) down here since apparently she is valued by the government. It's a better shot for them than waiting to die down here.

>>5860482
>Explain to Laura and your men why you showed it to them.

We thought it would help them - she should just need a blueprint now and she mentioned those were maybe available online. How non-functional is she talking? It looked good to us, but we don't exactly work here. All we did was remove the hard drive to prevent others from using it.

>Offer Oreas assistance or info which could help her find Mona. (Write in what you want to give her.)
In exchange for a physical description and any other info she can give us we're willing to try and find her and escort her back here.

>>5860538
>>5860546
Supporting both explanations. Just merge them.

>Explain to Laura and your men why you showed it to them.
Since it'd be quite awkward to just... not tell Laura and your men why you did this, you would calmly explain your reasoning. You'd mention for one that you'd both be able to get something out of showing it. You and your men could be told how it worked in case an intact one was found in the future. Meanwhile, Laura and Oreas could use it if they managed to fix it, which you imagined wasn't too difficult for them if they just found a blue-print. You'd mention the first point, which seemed to make your men less worried and bothered. Though, this did make Laura tilt her head. "Why would you want to know how to operate a vat, specifically? What could you use it for?"

Before you could respond, Zaria was quick to give a reasonable excuse to hopefully make Laura a bit less sceptical. "Well, if we find an active one, knowing how it works could be useful so we know how to disassemble it in a safe way. More importantly, we could run some security checks on functioning ones." Given that Zaria didn't elaborate on the 'security checks', Laura still remained a little sceptical. Though you quickly told her that you also showed them the vat because of the second point: It could help them out. You told them that blueprints were probably available on some of the computer systems, Derek quickly adding: "I also imagine there are some instruction manuals around for them which you could use to fix it." Laura squinted her eyes, still seeming hesitant. "Okay, and... if I do manage to make it work? What do I do with it then? My only thoughts are... making a remote for Oreas so she can grow again and maybe become more powerful."

Oreas' eyes seemed to widen in mild excitement, as she clearly didn't mind the idea of... becoming even more powerful to protect Laura. Zaria afterwards mumbled. "Maybe you could figure out a way to make yourself a subject?" This actually got some eyes staring at Zaria, as it seemed a bit odd for her to suggest it. Though, she didn't seem too bothered, looking around at everyone before casually responding. "Hey, subjects use humans as a base template or something, right? I'm sure you could find a way to make yourself a subject. It'd make surviving down here a hell of a lot easier, I imagine." This made Laura scoff a bit, shaking her head and sighing. "You know, would be tempted to try it... if it weren't for the fact that most experiments of turning other organisms into subjects ended... really badly. Mostly due to tumour formation and newly formed subject organs being rejected." Zaria let out a more disappointed "Oh." as it was clear her suggestion wasn't going to work.

"At least making a remote could work... but, I don't want other death squads figuring out that Oreas has a remote, making her more of a target..." Oreas lost her excitement, likely because she quickly realised that Laura was right, and that getting her a new remote would just make her more of a target... Still, you wanted to know how the subject creation process worked, Laura sighing. "I'm... not the best at explaining it, since I don't really have any experience with it. I have been taught how to use a vat, but... yeah, I never made a subject myself. Regardless, from what I have been taught, it's not as difficult as it seems. Most of the work comes before even using the vat, given that you need to make the subject template and ensure the system can accept it. Given how broken this vat is though, it'd be pretty much impossible to do anything..."

Yeah, the whole thing being broken kind of made that obvious, Derek even pointing that out as he responded. "Well... yeah, it's not really functional now, is it?" You'd then ask how broken the vat even was to begin with, Laura letting out a deep sigh. "Pffff, I... the question is less how broken the vat is, and more what things are still somehow functioning..." Thaddeus then jumped into the conversation, asking what you really just wanted to know. "We want to know what you'd need to do IF it were a working vat then." Laura nodded quietly, looking over the vat.

"Well... all you'd need is a functioning computer to run constant checks, a constant stream of organic material and nanites, and a lot of time. Subject formation depends on how large and complex the subject is. Human sized subjects tend to take a day or two to form... though smaller ones usually take a lot less time. During the formation process, you need to monitor the subject constantly and ensure that the streams going into the vat remain constant. These processes are often done by a computer, but... hey, even those can have errors, so it's always good to keep your eyes open for any sort of error..." Well, it did seem quite easy. But, given her inexperience with them, it probably was a lot more difficult to do. Besides, even if she knew how to operate a vat, repairing it with what little equipment she had would likely be... close to impossible regardless...

>Offer the two to join your party for a while. Maybe until they were safe.
>Tell them that you would not mind helping them find Mona. Perhaps even take her back above ground to hand her over to authorities. Hopefully, she can convince the government to spare the lives of more personnel/assets(read: scientists and subjects) down here since apparently she is valued by the government.
With the vat not really being as useful to Laura and Oreas as you had hoped, you decided to give them a different offer. They could join you and your men for a bit to keep them safe. Laura seemed unsure what to say, though Oreas appeared quite pleased. "You'd really do that? You'd really keep us around and protect us?" Perhaps you could tell them that you already technically had a subject under your wing in the form of Chrys. But then again, maybe that could wait a bit longer... especially since your men didn't seem all that happy with you revealing the vat to them. "I'd love to accept your help, but... what would you do with us? Just help me walk around? And what about the other death squads? What if they encounter you with us?" Laura would ask soon after.

It was a fair question, one to which Artyom responded quite quickly. "Well, Oreas can always phase through a wall into a nearby room. And with you, we can always make an excuse that you're our prisoner." Laura still seemed reluctant, after which you stated a decent goal: they could come along, and you could then hopefully find Mona together. Laura didn't seem too opposed to the suggestion, while Oreas really got excited. "That'd be amazing! If you'd be willing to do that, you... you'd be the best!" It was sweet how happy she was with the suggestion. Though, while she was most excited, your men weren't all too sure about your suggestion, with Lars quickly asking "Um, Mikhail, if we do somehow find Mona... what do we even do then? Do we then take her along as well or something? Or do we just leave the three together?"

To this, you came with a more... bold suggestion. Mona was wanted alive by the government, for some reason... perhaps she could convince the government to spare more of the staff and their 'assets'. There was a moment of silence, followed by Laura speaking up in a more concerned tone. "Okay, let's say we do somehow find her... do you really think she'd be able to convince the government to stop hunting and killing innocent people and subjects?" You weren't sure, but... you also knew it was a better shot for them than having them stay down here, waiting for an inevitable death.

Even Oreas seemed to agree, speaking up more confidently than before. "Laura, these soldiers have proven not everyone down here just wants to kill us! Maybe there are many others up there who wouldn't mind keeping us alive!" Laura let out another sigh, followed by rubbing the back of her head. "Oreas, I don't know if it's worth going out there. Staying hidden in one remote corner of this place seems... a lot safer to me then going all around the place and increasing the chance we encounter more death squads..." Oreas turned a bit more pouty and disappointed. "But what about Mona? What if she can be found? And what if she can save us and other innocent lives?" Laura looked down a bit, clearly being unsure what to say. Though after a moment of silence, Laura sighed again. "Maybe you're right..." Oreas seemed to start smiling again, hugging Laura once more. It looked like you had two more people to add to your little troupe. The question now was... how were you going to ensure the safety of the two people who would now be joining you?

>Just move onwards with Laura and Oreas besides you. For now, you'd look for Mona. If you encountered a death squad, Oreas would hide and Laura would be treated as a prisoner.
>Discuss a clearer plan with Laura, Oreas and your men while you headed forward. (Write in what you feel would work well)
>Have Laura and Oreas stay here while you headed forward. They could join you again once you finished your exploration.
>Head back to the main base, with Laura and Oreas also joining you. They could maybe hide in one of the side-rooms you have already explored.
>Something else...

>>5861085
>Have Laura and Oreas stay here while you headed forward. They could join you again once you finished your exploration.

>>5861085
>Have Laura and Oreas stay here while you headed forward. They could join you again once you finished your exploration.

For Laura and Oreas, they gotta think long term too, what's going to happen once the kill list is complete and the scientists on the capture list are grabbed? Is the gov just going to assume nothing was missed and leave? It's an underground facility on an island, they might flood the place once they have everything they want extracted. Staying hidden forever doesn't seem viable.

>>5861199
Support this.

>Have Laura and Oreas stay here while you headed forward. They could join you again once you finished your exploration
While Oreas and Laura did agree to stay with you and follow you throughout the ruins, you knew taking them along now could be an issue. After all, you still wanted to explore this space further. There were several large chambers still ahead of you which were worth exploring. Besides, your men weren't all that tired. So, you told Oreas and Laura that they could stay here whilst you explored the place. This made Laura look a bit befuddled. "Didn't we... just accept joining you guys?! Why do you want us to now stay put here?! M-Make up your mind already!" You elaborated to them that... yeah, you wanted them to come along, but that you also wanted them to maybe have some more time to think about their choice. After all, staying hidden forever didn't seem like a very viable option, so maybe they could discuss their future while you were exploring the place further.

More importantly though, was the fact that you were heading forwards, and that doing so would be a lot slower for you and unsafe for them if they came along. Besides, you'd be able to pick them up when you returned from your exploration. This, Laura did seem to accept. "Fair enough... I'll guess we'll just wait here. Should we stay hidden somewhere in case other squads show up?" Your men didn't seem too sure about the answer. After all, so far not many other soldiers had seemed to have come to this particular area. Still, Artyom eventually voiced the general mindset your men had. "I suggest hiding a bit just to be safe. Maybe head a bit upstairs to be sure." Laura groaned, before turning to Oreas.

"You heard em, Oreas... Can you be so kind to help me out here?" Oreas quickly walked over, helping to carry Laura further. "By the way... you guys better get me something to help me walk around this place. I don't know if you have any fancy medical equipment, but... whatever you do have, I could really use it given what you guys did to my fucking legs." She was not going to let it go that she was shot in the legs, huh? Well, maybe something could be found back at the base to help out... and if there were no medications, Oreas (and maybe Chrys as well) could help carry her around once she did join you and the others.

Regardless, Laura and Oreas headed up the stairwell to the floor above, while you led your men back to the reception. At long last, you were going to inspect the huge chambers which lay ahead. You and your men got your guns at the ready, and headed forward. Right away, you'd be met with some... interesting and strange chambers. The first one to your left looked to be barren, with mechanical panels covering the walls, floor and ceiling. Though the ones on the walls and ceiling were hanging downwards, many having been broken off of the wall.

Perhaps this was some sort of test chamber which could be configured in all sorts of ways with the panelling. The one to your right was something similar. Though the next few were... a bit different. One chamber was filled with murky water, and it was also notably tilted just ever so slightly, meaning this entire chamber was actually at an angle... Regardless, there was another chamber containing a sort of artificial desert, with sand and large lights which seemed to be broken. There were more chambers like these, including another forested chamber like the one you had burnt down, and even a rocky chamber with some small outcroppings and formations.

After walking past quite a large number of these chambers, you'd finally get to a hallway similar to the reception, albeit smaller... More importantly, it once again gave a path to the right and left. There was also a forward path, but it was blocked off by tons of metallic rubble which blocked it all off... Thus, you could only really head left or right now. You knew heading right would most likely bring you to the flooded section, while heading leftwards headed... god knows where. "Well, chief, what do we do?" Thaddeus would soon ask, before Anon spoke up. "Mikhail..." He'd point to a bit of wall between the right and forward path. The others also looked, soon being... stunned and put mildly on alert by what they saw...

There was a tunnel in the wall. About a feet or two in diameter. It was at least 10 feet up from the ground, and large quantities of dirt and metal littered the floor below the hole. Something had entered this place through that very hole in the wall. "Didn't... Chrys mention a subject who likes to dig?" Zaria soon asked, Derek nodding. "BC-887... Centipede subject... She said she was friendly though." To this though, Lars spoke a bit more pessimistically. "Given that Chrys shot acid at me before she became friendly though, I... don't want to try and investigate how 'friendly' a huge fucking centipede monster girl is. Especially one which can seemingly dig through concrete and steel." His concerns were somewhat valid. For all you knew, this BC-887 was a major threat... and given what she was capable of and how much larger she might just be than the other subjects you have encountered so far... Then again, you didn't even know if it was BC-887 who created this tunnel. It could very well be something else... Something a lot more dangerous...

>Investigate the tunnel. Perhaps whatever subject created it left something behind with which you could identify it.
>Head rightwards to the flooded section. It was time to finally investigate it and see what the hell was going down there.
>Head leftwards, into the further unknown. The flooded section was too treacherous to traverse, so it was for the best you kept taking safe routes.
>Ask Evander to check up on the pile of rubble blocking the forward pile. Perhaps he could see if it was worth blowing up so you could head forwards?
>Investigate the chambers you passed in the hallway behind you. Exploring them fully could take a lot of time, but perhaps you'd find more guardsmen... or subjects.
>Something else...

>>5861514
>Head rightwards to the flooded section. It was time to finally investigate it and see what the hell was going down there.

We can check on the arm. Or was it a leg?

>>5861558
I take it you're talking about the leg you found in the large lake at the entrance to the ruins, right? If so, I recall that you kept it hidden somewhere near that entrance, which is quite a distance back.

>>5861515
>Investigate the tunnel. Perhaps whatever subject created it left something behind with which you could identify it.

If we find recent biological material, we can craft a remote from the VAT and use it to reign her in.
If she can dig through the ground, she can dig her way to another island/tunnel to mainland (maybe?)

>>5861563
Dang, I thought we hit it near the flooded section.

Nevermind then, backing >>5861565

>>5861515
>>Head rightwards to the flooded section. It was time to finally investigate it and see what the hell was going down there.

>Investigate the tunnel. Perhaps whatever subject created it left something behind with which you could identify.
The first thing you wanted to do upon being at this intersection, was check out the tunnel. Given how large it was and that it was clearly made by some subject, you started looking around for any sorts of signs of a subject. You actually had something in mind... if you could find biological material from the subject in question, you could maybe use to create some sort of remote once the vat was finished. It was a bit of a stretch, but it was perhaps worth looking into... Regardless, you and your men approached the tunnel, you telling your men to look for anything which looked important. Organic material, clothing, anything which seemed even the slightest bit out of the ordinary. You inspected the hole with Thaddeus and Zaria, the latter looking at it and responding with "I could try and crawl into it to inspect it, if one of you guys could help me climb up there." Thaddeus didn't seem too oppossed, soon helping Zaria get on his shoulders so she could reach up to the tunnel.

"Are you sure that's safe?" Artyom soon asked a bit hesitantly. Though, Zaria didn't seem too bothered by his concerns. "I'm not gonna crawl deep into the tunnel... Don't worry." Though, this made Anon mumble a little in the distance as he looked through the rubble. "They always say that right before shit hits the fan..." Fortunately for you or Zaria, she'd get the chance to safely inspect the tunnel from within. Though after a bit, she got out and carefully jumped back down. "It seems to have come from above us and from the north-east. It also seems to be getting a lot tighter further back." Thaddeus seemed a bit confused, tilting his head. "Was it... due to a collapse or something?" Zaria shook her head a bit. "It... didn't look like it. I think it looked more like random bits of debris... but I'm not an expert with this."

Soon after, you heard Lars speak up. "Guys. Guys! I found something!" Immediately, you and the others ran towards him. And in front of him, in a pile of rubble, there was something very peculiar. A piece of bluish black cloth which was strangely reflective and clean. It didn't appear to have any dirt sticking to it whatsoever, seemingly being highly stain- and dust-resistant. "A piece of cloth? Couldn't that just be from anything?" Anon asked somewhat sceptically, to which Evander responded quite sternly. "Aye, it could be... but the way it's just in this one pile is... quite suspicious if ya ask me. Maybe it's part of the subject's clothing?" Given that Chrys, Oreas and Laura knew some of the subjects, perhaps they'd know what it was? And if they didn't... well, you could always bring it back to base to investigate it. Either way, it was clearly something out of the ordinary, especially in a pile of rubble.

Other than the piece of clothing, your men unfortunately didn't find anything else of note. They rummaged through the mess for a short while, though they quickly realised that... not much more of value could be extracted from this place. They could sift through rubble and dirt for some time, but... it'd not be worth it. It'd take too much time and would exhaust your men... Fortunately, there still were some other options...

>Head rightwards to the flooded section. It was time to finally investigate it and see what the hell was going down there.
>Head leftwards, into the further unknown. The flooded section was too treacherous to traverse, so it was for the best you kept taking safe routes.
>Return to Laura and Oreas with the piece of cloth. Maybe they'd know what subject it belonged to, if any...
>Investigate the chambers you passed in the hallway behind you. Exploring them fully could take a lot of time, but perhaps you'd find more guardsmen... or subjects.
>Something else...

>>5861754
I suspect they belong to the subject who likely shedded their "clothing".
Either way we can ask Laura and Oreas, but first.

>Investigate the chambers you passed in the hallway behind you. Exploring them fully could take a lot of time, but perhaps you'd find more guardsmen... or subjects.
Lets clean house.

>>5861754
>Investigate the chambers you passed in the hallway behind you. Exploring them fully could take a lot of time, but perhaps you'd find more guardsmen... or subjects.
Doubt we'll find either, but hopefully an office plan or something :(

>Investigate the chambers you passed in the hallway behind you. Exploring them fully could take a lot of time, but perhaps you'd find more guardsmen... or subjects.
With the tunnel and rubble providing little information aside from the piece of cloth, you were left with a few options... and also, limited time. You had spent most of the afternoon underground now, and perhaps it was time to head back to the main base. Before that though, you had one final thing you wanted to do which would take... a bit of time. You wanted to inspect all the huge chambers which you walked past in the hallway. Maybe they'd contain more soldiers like the previous containment chamber you had checked out, or something else of interest for that matter. You'd thus tell your men to investigate the rooms, something they quickly agreed to. Entering the chambers turned out to be... a bit difficult. The only way to seemingly enter the chambers with ease was via several walkways a few floors up.

There were still several large metal containment doors, though these were all shut tight and clearly too heavy to force open. At least some of the chambers had sections of the glass wall broken open, through which you and your men could enter. The first chamber you'd safely be able to enter was the one with a croppy, mountainous. It ended up being actually kind of peaceful once you and your men got inside of it and checked it out. There was a tiny little cave which was entirely empty aside... There were also some pipes going through the chamber, some leading to small puddles of water, while others moved far higher up. Given their positioning, they probably were meant to either flood some lower sections of the chamber, or create some sort of waterfall or stream. It thankfully didn't take long for you to find anything, though you were careful and vigilante in case anything jumped out, which... certainly made it take a bit more time than was necessary.

Then again, safety was more important than exploring this place fast right now.

Regardless, the next chamber was the chamber with the thick forest in it. Unlike the previous chamber, your warnings into the chamber for anyone to show themselves did not result in anyone trying to escape. And after some careful consideration, you'd quietly enter it with some of your men as it didn't seem like anyone was there... Even though there was nobody in there, this chamber ended up being the most interesting, as you and your men found snares made out of vines and other signs of it being trapped... Though most of these plant traps were already dead or decaying, meaning they either must've been set up here a long time ago, or there just weren't enough nutrients anymore for it to be kept up. Still, you could maybe take some of these snares along, as Artyom pointed out that their only purpose seemed to be to make people stumble over them.

The next chamber actually required a bit of breaking in to do, and it was the chamber with the desert environment. Thankfully, some work from Alan, Thaddeus and Evander managed to do the job... Unfortunately, this chamber ended up being quite boring and useless. It literally was just a dry desert. At least it was still warm inside, meaning that the room was probably quite well insulated and that nothing had entered it to let out said warmth.

The final environmental chamber was... the flooded chamber, and entering it just didn't seem worth it. You couldn't look very far through all the murky water, but you could tell that it was stagnant and had been so for some time. At least the two chambers with the weird wall and ceiling panelling ended up being somewhat interesting, as you could enter one of them with ease and found that... most of the floor panels were actually pretty stable. There were a few more unstable sections to the chamber though, as Alan at one point stepped on a panel which collapsed a bit. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt or anything, but it did go to show that walking through the chamber was... not entirely worth it. Besides, there weren't any signs of activity to begin with anyway...

After all was said and done, you had spent about an hour breaking open some of the chambers and exploring them. Though, while exhaustion hadn't set in, some other things were starting to set in. "So, are we going back to base? I could use some food right about now." Alan said quite directly, which was a mindset Lars and Evander seemed to agree with. "Yeah, I could use some food right about now." Lars said softly, Evander chuckling a bit. "I could enjoy a pint right around now as well, aye." Of course, most of your men didn't seem too tired. Zaria was still rearing to go, Thaddeus not seeming too bothered either. Derek, Artyom and Anon also looked quite content and willing to keep going. Then again, heading forward now would mean that walking all the way back to the main base would also take longer... and it'd already be around a 40 to 50 minute walk back to the main base at the centre of the crater from where you currently were...

Your men looked at you, waiting to hear what you'd suggest.

>Keep exploring further. Hunger and exhaustion be damned, you weren't going to leave yet. (Write in what you'd want to explore further)
>Head back the way you came, maybe stopping at some of the side routes if they looked to be interesting.
>Send those who are tired and hungry back to the main base. Those who had energy to spare could continue looking.
>Ask your men what they wanted to do. Perhaps they'd have some suggestions.
>Something else...

>>5862188
>Ask your men what they wanted to do. Perhaps they'd have some suggestions.

>>5862188
>Head back the way you came, maybe stopping at some of the side routes if they looked to be interesting.
We need to go about getting Laura and Oreas to look at the "clothing" we found and move them elsewhere away from vat so we can have our tech-wise guys look at making a remote once we put back the hard-drive later. Heading up top is good about now, we can go subject hunting after going up top for a bit.

>>5862193
>>5862215
Waiting for a potential tie-breaker vote between these options. If that vote doesn't happen (or someone comes in with a third option), I'll do a roll to see which option wins.

>>5862215
Support

>>5862188
>Head back the way you came, maybe stopping at some of the side routes if they looked to be interesting

Our men just told us what they wanted to do

>>5862193
Supporting.

>Head back the way you came, maybe stopping at some of the side routes if they looked to be interesting
With three out of your 8 men now wanting to go back already, you decided it was time to simply head back. You could still stop at some of the side paths back near the start of this section if you really were eager to explore. But even then, your first day down in the ruins had so far been... well, quite eventful, to say the least. Two subjects who you had kept alive, a scientist, a few guardsmen and... a couple of bodies. Not to mention, all the signs of subject activity. Perhaps the estimates which Laura and Oreas gave you downplayed how many monster girls were in this place... Regardless, you'd tell your men it was time to head back, most of your men not seeming to object.

Only Zaria really had some objections to the choice, mumbling: "Wouldn't mind checking the place out further..." Though she didn't seem too bothered, clearly just wanting to explore more now that you potentially had found another subject's trail in the form of the tunnel. "How about we explore the place after we have some food, huh?" Lars responded to Zaria's statement. Perhaps going down into this place after getting some food could be done... though, it'd really depend on the time. If it was getting late, perhaps sleeping early and then heading out early in the morning could work better. Still, that was something you could decide on later.

Thus, you'd lead your men back to Laura and Oreas, intending to first pick them up from their chamber before making your way back. It didn't take long for your men to help Laura get down, Oreas obviously following close-by. They were quick to ask about what else you had found, pointing out the hallway which had collapsed. They explained that it had already collapsed by the time they got here from the left hallway. However, when you explained that you found a tunnel, they seemed surprised. "I don't remember that... just... a tunnel in the wall? Near the blocked off path?" Laura asked, to which your men nodded, Thaddeus explaining. "It was quite a bit above the ground... lotsa piles of rubble around it as well." Laura raised an eyebrow, before looking to Oreas. "Did... did you see any of that?" She'd ask Oreas, who shook her head with an uncertain look on her face. "I... don't remember." It was then that you showed the piece of cloth which Evander had found. He had put it in a little vial for safekeeping, allowing Oreas and Laura to handle it safely. "It does... kind of look like your outfit, Oreas." Laura said after inspecting it, with Oreas shaking her head a bit in response. "No, it's... I don't think that's mine."

Derek then asked the obvious question which was on your mind: "Do you know... who it could've belonged to?" To your disappointment, Laura and Oreas both shook their heads, the former even stating "You could tell me it belonged to any subject I never got to see, and I'd believe it..." Fortunately for you, you still had Chrys who could maybe help out with identifying it.

Thus, you'd lead your cadre of men all the way back. It didn't take all too long for you to pass the burnt containment chamber, which... well, elicited a single response from Laura. "Why is that containment chamber... completely burnt?" Alan explained that it was his doing, and that you had found three injured soldiers in there who you mercy-killed. Fortunately, Laura didn't seem to mind it too much, though you could tell Oreas felt quite scared by the fact you had killed soldiers. But hey, you had a job and you couldn't leave everyone you met alive. Especially if the people who you met had a death wish to begin with.

Finally though, you'd pass the intersection and saw the room where Lydia, Chrys and Mike had spent the last while. The question now was... well, what were you going to do with Laura and Oreas? Would you just casually introduce them to the three of them and then leave Oreas, Chrys and Laura in that room? Lydia and Mike probably wouldn't question it or be too bothered by their presence, but it was still something worth considering.

>Write in what you'll do now.

Suggestions:
>First check up on Lydia and Mike to see how they are doing. Maybe check to see if Lydia made progress on the tracker.
>Maybe move Chrys, Laura and Oreas to a different chamber a bit further back. That, or create some sort of barrier to ensure they stayed safe while you headed back up.
>Ask if any of your men still wish to explore, or if they all wish to go back up to get some food... and maybe rest as well.

>>5862532
>First check up on Lydia and Mike to see how they are doing. Maybe check to see if Lydia made progress on the tracker.

Oh man I didn't think we'd take them this far back
Oh well, can't think of a good reason for them and Chrys not to meet, so might as well introduce them after making sure everything is going well.

>>5862532
>>5862547
support

>>5862547
Supporting. However why not introduce them to Laura and Oreas as well?

>First check up on Lydia and Mike to see how they are doing. Maybe check to see if Lydia made progress on the tracker.
Not wanting to possibly cause a commotion just yet, you'd opt to first see how Lydia and Mike were doing. Perhaps they had made some progress on the tracker while you were gone? Thus, you'd call out their name as you stood in front of the door, Mike soon peaking out carefully with his gun in hand. After seeing that it was you though, he'd let out a sigh of relieve. "Ah, Mikhail... Just had to make sure it was you, haha... anyway, uhhh, how did your expedition go?" He'd already look at you and the others, shortly after noticing Laura and Oreas and freezing up. There was this awkward silence, after which Evander responded. "It's a long story, lad."

You then said you wanted to see how Lydia was progressing, Mike nodding slowly before responding. "A-Alright... ummm... come in?" He'd awkwardly move to the side so you could enter, as his focus remained on Laura and Oreas. You'd enter with Thaddeus, Derek and Anon, finding Lydia without her helmet on, still working on the tracker with Chrys by her side. Though, Lydia didn't look all that excited, seeming quite focused on work. She didn't even acknowledge that you or the others were there, simply continuing to fiddle with the slightly disassembled NARI band. Chrys did look at you, quickly smiling a bit awkwardly. "Ummm, hey guys! Uhhh... we're... well, Lydia is still working on the tracker... it's going, um..." She'd glance over at Lydia, who was currently unscrewing something with a determined yet irritated look.

After a moment of trying to unscrew the thing she was working on, Lydia groaned and soon looked at you and the others. "It's going quite shit, if I may say so myself! This thing is... a pain to work with. The tracker part can easily be attached to the band, but whenever it stays attached long enough... it just stops working properly? I think it might be some nanites in the band trying to integrate the tracker part or something, which makes it no longer work somehow? Either way, it's really annoying!" She'd sigh a bit, before shaking her head. "I'm sorry, Mikhail, but... I-I can't get this done. At least not for the time being. Maybe with more time, I can figure something out soon but... well, it's far from finished now." Well, that was unfortunate. Perhaps Derek could help her out with it, but that'd mean leaving Chrys, Laura and Oreas without a way to be tracked down in case they disappeared... or tried to flee... "At least I managed to get the tracker to connect to the tablet you gave me, so... well, there's that." That was a good thing at least. Maybe just giving Chrys the current tracker part could work. Though, then the question became if she was trusted enough not to just... throw away the tracker the moment you left her alone down here.

Regardless, Lydia soon calmed down a bit, speaking a bit more casually. "Anyway, what did you guys encounter? Anything of note you found?" Mike soon after responded, doing so a bit more calmly but still with a tone of astonishment. "Ummm, yeah, they... they certainly found something, I can tell you that much..." This already piqued Laura's and Oreas' curiosity, clearly wanting to see what the hell you had brought in for them. And even then, Laura and Oreas were only one of the things you had discovered. The vat, the intel you had gained from your two new captives, the tunnel you had found and the cloth from the subject who had likely dug it all up. What to start with, what to tell them and how to even bring it all to them?

>Write in what you want to do/tell Lydia, Mike and Chrys.

Suggestions:
>Give a little introduction between Lydia, Chrys and Oreas and Laura. Perhaps explaining how you found them. (Write in what you want to say)
>First get Chrys to look at the piece of cloth which you found and where you found it to see if she recognises it.
>Tell Lydia, Chrys and Mike about all the things you had found. (Write in what exactly you wish to tell them about your exploration)

>>5863067
I'd say
>First get Chrys to look at the piece of cloth which you found and where you found it to see if she recognises it.
Then give Lydia, Chrys, and Mike a full summary of what happened

>>5863067
Basically all of the above.
First
Take Lydia and Mike aside from the others in another room and catch them up fully on everything that happened. Explaining the intel etc. Basically catch em up to where we are.
Suggest to Lydia that perhaps after putting back the hardware into the VAT we can make a remote for Chrys that makes putting a tracker less of a pain in the ass (maybe?)

After that we show Chrys the piece of cloth and get her input, and then have her meet Oreas and Laura. Explain that the situation went the same with them.
Encounter, activity, shots fired, and then cooperation

>>5863145
Supporting.

>Take Lydia and Mike aside from the others in another room and catch them up fully on everything that happened. Explaining the intel etc. Basically catch em up to where we are.
The first thing you decided to do was to inform Lydia and Mike about what was going on. Though, you kind of wanted this away from Chrys, which seemed to confuse Mike, concern Lydia and scare Chrys. Thus, you told them to follow you as Thaddeus and Anon watched over Chrys. Though you also saw Derek looking over the tracker, trying to look at it and see if there was anything he could do with it. You took Lydia and Mike to the other side of the room, telling them all about what had happened. You told them how you had found Laura and Oreas, how they had provided quite the intel about this place. Information about various subjects, the scientists who used to live here, about the mysterious Andrei, the possible reasons as to why some of the scientists are wanted alive, and lastly the vat.

The last of those seemed to really intrigue Lydia, for obvious reasons. She was something of an inventor at heart, so she'd find something like this right up her alley. "So, what's the plan now?" Mike asked by the end of it, you explaining that it was time to head back to the upper areas, leaving Oreas, Laura and Chrys down here. "Well, we better hide them somewhere obscure, then... unless if we wanna risk some other death squad coming around here and... you know, does our job for us." Mike responded, as Lydia gave him a bit of a bump. "Don't say that. It might be our job to execute targets, but they aren't targets." Lydia said sternly, probably because she didn't want Chrys to hear you discussing her potential 'execution'.

>Suggest to Lydia that perhaps after putting back the hardware into the VAT we can make a remote for Chrys that makes putting a tracker less of a pain in the ass.
"So, what about the tracker? Because unless if there is a miracle, we're going to have to trust them to stay put here..." Lydia said soon after, bringing up the obvious issue of her tracker not working. To this, you mentioned that the vat could create a remote for Chrys which could help out. "I could try it with Derek and the scientist you found... it probably will be even more tough than fixing the tracker though." Lydia did seem intrigued by the option, though she did show a bit of doubt about how feasible at was. Still, it would likely be better for both a tracking perspective and from the perspective of Chrys' survival. After all, if you had her remote, you could perhaps give her some beneficial mutations to allow her to survive...

"Are you sure we should... risk fixing something which other scientists and subjects could abuse? What if this... Elbrus guy got his hand on a remote for one of his creepy subjects? Or this Andrei guy did something with it?" Mike asked soon after... though you couldn't really give a fully safe answer to that now, could you? After all, if you guys could fix a vat... then the chances of an experienced scientists fixing one were possibly quite high as well.

>After that we show Chrys the piece of cloth and get her input
After you had discussed these matters with your men, you opted to move onto the next most important thing: Showing Chrys the piece of cloth which you had found. You'd tell Mike and Lydia to stay there, as you got to Evander and asked him for the cloth sample. And after he handed it right to you, you brought it to Chrys. You told her where you found it and asked her if she knew who it belonged to. Chrys didn't look at it for long, before speaking calmly. "It does look like what Arika used to wear!" This instantly got your men's attention, with Derek softly responding. "That's... BC-887, right?"

Chrys nodded understandingly before handing the sample back to you. "Like I said before, she loves digging. I also don't take her for the type to be... subtle with where she's digging." She said casually, Thaddeus responding more inquisitively. "So, BC-887 is around here probably... and ya said she was a friend of yours, right?" Chrys nodded, at which point Thaddeus looked at you and softly remarked. "Another possible ally down here... Someone who can maybe help us out..." Chrys did seem excited to hear this, though you could tell from the way some of your men looked away that they weren't exactly approving of creating even more allies. Even if this one was one of Chrys' friends.

>Have them meet Oreas and Laura.
>Explain that the situation went the same with them: Encounter, activity, shots fired, and then cooperation
Perhaps the topic of BC-887 could be discussed at a later time. Especially since... the three of them hadn't even met Oreas and Laura yet. Thus, you'd tell them to follow you out of the room so they could meet. Chrys hadn't been informed of the things you had discovered, or the fact you had encountered another scientist and subject. Still, how badly could this meeting go? It wasn't like Laura was some horrific caretaker or that Oreas and Chrys were enemies...

You'd lead the three of them outside, as Lydia got her first look at Laura and Oreas. She looked quite stunned, while Oreas and Laura didn't look too bothered. To them, two extra scientists weren't exactly going to change their world. However, when Chrys stepped outside, Oreas and Laura both looked absolutely stunned. Chrys also froze up and took a step back as she scanned over the two of them. There was an awkward silence, which was broken by Laura shortly after. "Woah, woah, woah, a-another subject?!" Oreas meanwhile tilted her head, seemingly quite interested in Chrys. You didn't tell Laura or Oreas about how you met Chrys just yet, though you did tell Chrys that you encountered the two of them in a similar manner to how you discovered her. A confrontation, shots being fired, them accepting defeat, then helping out and lastly being spared.

Chrys didn't seem too surprised, yet still looked quite fascinated at them. Laura and Chrys already started getting closer to each other, looking at one another and inspecting each other's features. And while they did such, Laura spoke with a more bewildered smile on her face. "You... never mentioned you already befriended a different subject." Laura said with a hint of... respect? Thaddeus was quick to tell her: "Well, we had our reasons not to tell ya from the beginning..." To this, Laura raised an eyebrow. Though thankfully, she didn't question it. "Well, I guess I can always be... a caretaker of two subjects in your absence. It'll be a nice change of pace..." Laura finally said, looking over the two subjects who by now were starting to discuss their creators, their abilities and many other things. It looked kind of sweet, seeing the two smaller subjects already quickly befriending each other...

Now though, you had to make some tough choices. There was no tracking device for Chrys, let alone one for Oreas. And you were heading back to base, forcing you to leave the two subjects and Laura down here... Perhaps for an entire night, as your men got food and rest.

You had to ensure that they were safe somewhere...

>Write in your plan for Laura, Oreas and Chrys before you'll head back to base.

Suggestions:
>Tell Derek, Lydia and Laura to work on the tracker while you and the others headed back to rest.
>Get someone or two of your men to act as guards for the three of them while you left.
>Bring the three of them to a more safe and blocked off location where they wouldn't be found very easily (and can't escape easily either). (Write in which location/room)

>>5863515
>Bring the three of them to a more safe and blocked off location where they wouldn't be found very easily (and can't escape easily either). (Write in which location/room)

Consult with our men where we should hide them. They are all part of a death squad, where would the last place they look be?

>>5863551
We should get a welder and make one of the rooms completely locked shut. Then just move around some rubble and make it look like the room caved in. Unless someone else comes with a welder, which I doubt, they should be safe.

>>5863515
>>Bring the three of them to a more safe and blocked off location where they wouldn't be found very easily (and can't escape easily either). (Write in which location/room)
How about that room which we used the card to unlock? You need a card to unlock and for it seems we have the only one, we put some rumble and other easy to move rubbish to make it looks like it's blocked, we could get some of Chrys stuff and say we got it from another sector to draw attention away from this spot.

>>5863597
"Does a flamethrower count as a welder?" -Alan probably

>>5863515
>Bring the three of them to a more safe and blocked off location where they wouldn't be found very easily (and can't escape easily either). (Write in which location/room)
backing >>5863598
pretty sure it's where those guardsmen were holed up and they said they had survived for some time hiding there so it's a good spot

>Bring the three of them to a more safe and blocked off location where they wouldn't be found very easily (and can't escape easily either).
As you were forced to make a choice with where to take Laura, Oreas and Chrys to, you had an epiphany. There was one safe location which they could hopefully stay in for the time being: the room which you needed a key-card to open. It was the room adjacent to the first containment chamber with the three guardsmen corpses. Given that the entire room had been lit ablaze, it was likely that anyone who passed by it would ignore it and assume it was empty. Hell, you could even tell other squads that you checked it out thoroughly and that there was nobody in there anymore after you burnt it all down. Thus, with this in mind, you told everyone the plan. Laura, Oreas and Chrys would get a safe stay in the locked-off chamber, something your men quickly agreed to.

Though, Laura appeared a lot less optimistic, soon even voicing her concerns. "If you'll lock us up, are you sure we'll be safe? What if it just attracts attention from other death squads... or large, aggressive subjects?" It was a fair concern, but it was better than letting them stay in the small chamber where Lydia had worked on the tracking device. Derek even pointed that out, remarking: "Well, it's better than a side-room only a minute's walk away from the crater where every death squad is situated..." Thaddeus also had a say in the matter, adding: "We walked by it and also didn't really enter the place, up until we found that key-card... You'll be safer there than ya would be here." Laura let out a sigh, before nodding. "Alright, lead the way then..." Thus, you'd head a bit further back to the burnt containment chamber and the locked chamber adjacent to it. It didn't take long, and the three of them quickly entered without a hassle. The fire had already died down for the most part, and the smoke seemed to have dissipated already.

Even though it probably wasn't 'comfortable' given the warmth, drought and smell of burning, the chamber still was safe enough for them to stay without too many complaints. You'd tell them to stay hidden and away from the door in case anyone tried opening it. And shortly after, you and the others tried pushing the door closed again, before finally locking it all. "I hope they'll be safe in there..." Lydia mumbled, to which Lars stated. "If a couple of heavily injured guardsmen were safe in there for a while, then two subjects and a scientist will definitely make it work..."

Though, Lydia still remained concerned for a different reason. "I'm more worried about the fact they're next to a cindering chamber. What if they suffocate from smoke? Or the fire spreads? Or something else bad happens?" The fire had so far seemed to have died down, and the lack of airflow into the burning chamber and burnable material probably meant that they were safe... probably... and if not... well, Oreas could probably at the very least escape. Chrys and Laura would probably be in trouble, but for all you knew, Chrys' subject body could handle a harsher environment like the burnt one... or survive with very little.

Still, chances were they'd be fine. Thus, you headed back again, walking for another 10 or so minutes before finally reaching the crater again. By now, it was starting to get dark, the night sky slowly appearing overhead through the smoke-filled sky. You already saw many of the carrier craft taking people out of the crater, as well as many death squads in the distance heading towards the main base in the centre. It seemed many men were starting to finish their operations now. You'd soon head to the centre of the crater as well... but not without first getting the leg which you had found in the nearby lake earlier. It was still as gross as ever, and the only one who seemingly didn't mind carrying it was Alan. At least you had some items which you could wrap around the leg to both preserve it and keep the gross thing out of sight.

You'd walk for another 20-30 minutes to the centre of the crater, the dusk slowly turning to night.

>Take a carrier craft to the main base above to get some rest.
>Hand over the leg to... something. Perhaps the people doing scans of subject samples.
>Head over to the area with government officials to tell them what you had uncovered. (Write in what you intend to tell them. It can be a lie or a truth.)
>Discuss with your men...
>Something else...

>>5864231
>>Hand over the leg to... something. Perhaps the people doing scans of subject samples.

>>Discuss with your men...
About ways to hunt down and not be helples against the acidic slime subject.

>>5864250
Support

>>5864231
>>5864250
Sounds good. Don’t think a flamethrower will work fast enough against a liquid being. We’d need some way to slow or restrain her too. Don’t suppose there’s any futuristic cryo weapons that can freeze her

>Hand over the leg to... something. Perhaps the people doing scans of subject samples.
>Discuss with your men... About ways to hunt down and not be helpless against the acidic slime subject.
As you approached the main base in the crater, the first thing you decided to do was... find the place where you could just hand over the leg for analysis. Evander knew where to go, given that he had already handed Chrys' sample over before. Thus, you'd follow him, as you started thinking of something else. You wanted to hear what your men had to say about the topic of 7-SM. Laura had brought her up before, and she seemed like a threat you could actually maybe manage. She didn't seem brutal and mindless, but also intelligent enough where she maybe was a valuable target. Besides, she could escape the facility quite easily from the sound of things, which... would mean her capture would be very much appreciated by the government, perhaps leading to a nice pay bonus.

But first, you'd have to find her and, and how you'd do that was... anyone's guess. It was going to either be a roll of the dice, or asking for information on her from other squads and the government. Perhaps her last known location would also give some hints as to the general region she might be at... Though if you did somehow find her, you'd also have to fight her or capture her somehow. You wondered how you'd even deal with a slime subject who likely was quite the escape artist. And after thinking of some possible options, you decided to instead ask your men for their opinion on the matter. The question too your men by surprise, with Thaddeus even saying. "Ya wanna go after her, Mikhail?" Derek also seemed quite stunned, holding up the tablet a bit. "Her threat level is quite high. Are you sure about this?" You had to admit that it was going to be hard to actually find her, and that this was more just for the future, in case you ever tracked her down.

Your men quietly looked at each other, before Alan spoke up. "I think the flamethrower will probably work well." He'd say straight up, either not understanding that a highly mobile liquid subject could easily avoid it, or just being way too eager about his flamethrower. You did see some of your men nodding quietly along, probably because they didn't exactly have any counterpoint.

Though Evander did have a suggestion of his own. "I suggest explosives. Probably will destroy her completely with ease!" It was a simple suggestion, but perhaps a decent option. Then again, she could possibly reform afterwards, or maybe grow back if a large chunk of her survived.

In turn, Lydia gave her own suggestion. "I don't know if fire or explosives will do the trick... Based on what you've told me about her, I think we have to fight fire with fire." Alan held up his flamethrower, to which Lydia shook her head. "Not like that, Alan..." She responded calmly, Alan putting the flamethrower down without much emotion or objection.

"She's a completely acidic creature, right? Why not use chemical weapon with some sort of highly basic compound instead? Something which... neutralizes her body acid and thus is likely to harm her quite a bit? I don't know which chemical would work best, but... I imagine it working quite well if we figure out her body's composition." It wasn't the worst suggestion, but it was probably on the same tier as a cryo-weaponry: Something which would be pretty difficult to acquire with the constant government surveillance... Then again, chemical weapons could probably be made here with the help of the chemicals left behind by the scientists...

"You guys seem to forget, that this slime gal could just escape the moment she sees us as a threat." Artyom responded bluntly afterwards, before clearing his throat. "I mean, your choice in weaponry is fine and all, but... she'll just flee the moment she senses danger. Which is why I suggest we try and lure her into a trap. Chemical weaponry or thermobaric explosives could be used, but... it'd need to be something she walks in on. That way, she is less likely to be prepared with escape routes or other tricks."

"Yeah, I think a trap would work! But, maybe one thing we could try is some sort of... electrical trap?" Anon soon added onto it, the others clearly intrigued by his suggestion. "I mean, she's fluid, right? Or well, a slime. Maybe electricity could be particularly effective against her then?" It was a pretty solid suggestion on Anon's part, though it did still have the negatives of requiring a lot of setup and... well, a place to trap the slime girl.

"Wasn't it mentioned that this subject was... pretty smart?" Lars soon mentioned, before speaking a bit less sceptically. "I don't think... luring her into a trap is going to be easy. At least, not without first knowing the way she thinks and moves around the place." Mike softly mumbled: "No shit?", which Lars didn't respond to. "I suggest that, if we do go after her, we need to find out where she is, what paths she takes, manners by which she usually escapes and... use that knowledge to block off any sort of paths which she could use. It'll take a lot of time, sure, but it'll ensure she has no chance of escaping as easily."

To this, Derek scoffed. "This place is massive. Do you think we'll somehow seal up all the cracks she can escape through?" Lars didn't give an answer, seeming well aware that it was not the best way of going about things down here. Derek then brought up his own suggestion, doing so confidently. "I think we ought to lure her out somehow... Surely, there must be something she's interested in down here. After all, why would she still be down in this place if she could've just as easily escaped?" He made a fair point, the others nodding a bit in agreement.

Lastly came Mike, who had kept his slightly differing view on this matter. "I really am not sure about... hunting this slime subject. She seems dangerous, hard to find and... yeah, just not worth the effort. Maybe if we find some info on her whereabouts, we can try and go after her? But... I just think we should focus on other subjects instead."

The other men couldn't exactly disagree with said point, mumbling to each other how it might be the best plan for now. Even Thaddeus soon remarked. "Maybe we should first try and see if there's more info on her out there... Perhaps even ask the other men or the government officials about her..." Thaddeus clearly wasn't too hopeful about finding the slime girl, but he didn't completely push it aside like Mike seemingly did.

Regardless, it did give you a lot of options to think about, especially as Evander kept leading the way for a few more minutes. Finally though, you'd reach a large building of some kind which was quite well-guarded. Evander signalled you to follow along with Alan who still had the bloody thing. And after you entered it and showed it, the people there would look at it and ask about where you had found it and how. They took it off of you and told you they'd try and look at it and give you some updates on it whenever they had finished their analyses. When asked how long that would take, they said maybe an hour, but that it could take longer since they were also finishing things up for the day.

Thus, you had finished most of your work here for the day. And after returning to your men, it seemed like the right time to head back up and get some rest... unless if you wanted to do something else...

>Find some government officials to ask them questions. Could be about 7-SM, or something else (write in what you want to get answers for.)
>Explore this base further, now that everyone was leaving and it was maybe a lot less busy. (Write in what you wish to be on the lookout for.)
>Head back to the main base for the time being. It was clearly time to wrap up.
>Discuss with your men...
>Something else.

>>5864534
>>Discuss with your men...
Which target or sector they believe it would be good to tackle next?

>Head back to the main base for the time being. It was clearly time to wrap up.

>>5864528
>highly basic compound
lmao we just throw bleach at her until she dies
>>5864539
also tell them its not just about hunting down the slime girl, but also methods of defending against her. The slime girl COULD leave but decided not too and is instead fighting squads. She is a potential encounter.

Other then that, unless anyone else has a suggestion we could just leave yeah.

>>5864534
Backing >>5864582

>Discuss with your men...
>Head back to the main base for the time being. It was clearly time to wrap up
After your men gave their thoughts on hunting down 7-SM, some even objecting to it, you told them that it wasn't just about hunting her down. Rather, you wanted to hear their thoughts for if you did encounter her and had to defend against her. She stayed in this place for some reason, so that meant there was a chance you could encounter her. Your men thankfully understood that sentiment, with Mike tilting his head a bit and speaking more calmly. "I guess it's good to discuss... but I dunno why we should specifically focus on fighting her. Aren't there... way worse and more threatening subjects out there who we may wanna figure out how to defeat first?" Mike did have something of a point, but one could argue that a slime girl was a lot more dangerous than the average subject. Especially one who for some reason chose not to hide or escape and is actively on the move for... god knows what reason. Until you learnt of other subjects just as odd as her, discussing 7-SM would probably remain a solid thing to do.

Not much later, you'd hand the leg over to the researchers and analysts, being told to come back later if they discovered to who it belonged. Thus, you were able to head back to the main base again. Your men seemed pretty pleased with that, as you'd all head back to the transport hub so you could get out of the crater. Though while you made your way back to the transport vehicles, you decided to ask your men which sector they believed would be good to explore sooner or later. The question seemed to surprise your men somewhat, though the first to speak up was Lydia. "Well, I just think we should stick to the same region we're currently in... Maybe also explore the flooded section sooner rather than later."

A lot of your men seemed to agree with the idea of sticking to where you already currently where. Though the mention of checking up the flooded section wasn't accepted as eagerly. "If we do go through the flooded section, we have to be a bit more prepared. Get some solid boots and maybe some emergency equipment." Lars would say, to which the others nodded. "Forget about just having that. If we do go down there, we've gotta know what we're looking for and what path to take." Mike responded afterwards, which was a rather valid concern. What you had seen of the flooded section so far was probably only a glimpse of the entire section... It was probably a lot rougher inside of there than it looked.

"Well, the tablet did state there have been a couple of paths carved out through the flooded section. Some do require wading through water, but... from what I've seen, I estimate at least 30% of the place can be accessed." Derek said a bit more optimistically as he raised his tablet. Though 30% was quite low, it still was plenty to explore... and that other 70% may not be entirely accessible, but surely some of it could be reached with enough time and effort? How flooded was the flooded section anyway?

Of course, not everyone had had their say just yet, and Evander was quick to speak up as well. "If we aren't gonna check out the flooded section, may I suggest we blow up that barricade we saw all the way past those giant containment chambers? I got a feelin' there's something good waiting behind us there!" If he felt that blowing it up was a safe and worthwhile thing, perhaps there was something to it. After all, he wouldn't suggest blowing up something which could pose a major risk to you and the others. "Where does that tunnel even lead to? Just more office spaces and containment chambers?" Zaria asked a bit more curiously, after which Derek was quick to check the tablet and the map.
"Well... according to the old map... that path first leads to a large testing area for larger subjects, and is also connected to the greenhouse section." It did seem like an interaction location to go to as well.

Though the mention of huge subjects made Thaddeus speak up a bit more intrigued. "Not gonna lie, I kind of wish to find a way to go even deeper or further away from the crater. I imagine that the deeper we go, the more subjects we encounter... especially large and more powerful ones." It seemed like another decent suggestion, though Artyom was quick to give his own thought on the matter, doing so quite sceptically. "I imagine other death squads will probably head deeper as well for that same reason... Besides, the further down we go, the more likely we'll get into dangerous situations, I imagine..." It was a fair concern on Artyom's part, but Thaddeus didn't seem too bothered by it.

So far though, it seemed your men were content with staying in the same, general area for the time being. Albeit, branching out to either the flooded section, or further into the depths of this place. Either were going to be a bit more of a risk, having to either wade through submerged hallways, or blasting away rubble. Though in response to all these complex and risky ideas, Alan gave a rather simple suggestion. "Why don't we just... take a left turn somewhere on the path we took? I'm sure we're gonna find stuff no matter what path we pick." It wasn't a solution your men seemed too excited about, but it was a safe choice.

Regardless, you'd have plenty of time to consider your options, especially as you soon got on a carrier vehicle and were brought out of the crater. And once you had landed back at the edge of the crater, you saw that the place had gotten a bit busier with people all around. Your men soon stepped out of the vehicle. "Man, I'm starving... Let's go back to our tents and get something to eat." Lars said, some of your men eagerly nodding along. Some already took off their helmets and were ready to just relax for the evening... though you knew Evander was going to get busy making some moonshine. It may take a few weeks for him to prepare, but that wasn't going to stop him from beginning right away...

>Head to the barracks and just get some food and rest. That, or join your men for a short period of time to look after them and relax (Skips to the next day)
>Join your men at a campfire and discuss things there for a little while. (write in what you wanna discuss, or if you just want to listen in to their chat)
>Explore the place a bit to see if there was anything of note...
>Something else...

>>5865243
>>Join your men at a campfire and discuss things there for a little while. (write in what you wanna discuss, or if you just want to listen in to their chat)

Tell Lydia and Derek to see if they can continue showing the others how to use the tablet on the way back tommorow. It'd be nice if we didn't have to be restricted by that by having a few more who could use it. (we may be placing them on vat duty while we explore)

>>Explore the place a bit to see if there was anything of note...
(■_■)

>>5865243
>>Join your men at a campfire and discuss things there for a little while. (write in what you wanna discuss, or if you just want to listen in to their chat)
Talk with the team to decide the fate of our ""guests". We kill them, we leave them to their luck or we say if they collaborate with us to get our targets and nab the scientists we can try something like smuggle them out of here once our business are done?

>>5865243
>Explore the place a bit to see if there was anything of note...

then

>Head to the barracks and just get some food and rest. That, or join your men for a short period of time to look after them and relax (Skips to the next day)

>>5865268
Maybe discuss that when we are back in the underground facility. Who knows who could be listening here.

>>5865345
Ok I concede that, so going with>>5865264.

>Join your men at a campfire and discuss things there for a little while.
Once you had disembarked from the transport vehicle, your men were quick to head back to the main camp. You didn't hesitate to follow, though did consider the option of exploring the place some time later.

Thus, you and your men headed back to the tents you were assigned to, finding that Lodger and the government had provided ample supplies for you while you were gone. The government had given some simple rations, water, basic medical supplies and some items for inside of the tent. Lodger on the other hand had provided some communication equipment, high quality rations, equipment for preparing food and even some bits of furniture which were simple enough to assemble. They had provided some other materials with which you could set up a pretty comfortable base to rest in... And seeing all of this, your men set up a nice camp for you to relax in. They started a campfire, cooked some water and put down some nice chairs for you to get seated on. Lars even started using some of the cooking equipment to make some decent food with the rations which were given out. And of course, Evander got busy to work, preparing the pre-cursor to his moonshine. Though, he made sure to stay a bit hidden with the help of Thaddeus and Anon, who obviously didn't want him getting caught doing something you weren't really allowed to...

The rest of your men all got seated at the campfire which was soon started. Looking around, you weren't the only ones doing such, as nearby squads also were busy enjoying the evening. "You know, if it weren't for the huge ass crater nearby... I could see this place being a resort planet for high-ranking government workers or something." Zaria would say quite casually, making Artyom scoff with a slight smirk on his face. "Instead, it's a research planet... or well, a completely fucked up research planet." Mike shook his head before responding with a more bemused tone. "The one time a nice, habitable planet isn't completely turned into an oligarch's private resort planet, and the government still finds a way to fuck things up." There were some amused chuckles from some of your men, as Lars responded while focusing on making some good grub. "Be careful with what you say, Mike. You don't wanna anger any nearby government officials... or bootlickers." Mike seemed to take the suggestion quite seriously, looking around as you saw Lars and Zaria smirking a bit.

Regardless, you soon turned to Lydia and Derek who were nearby, discussing the NARI band and how they'd fix it. You told them that they probably should teach someone else to use the tablets as well. After all, it was getting a bit of an issue that only they knew how to really use it. Lydia and Derek both nodded in response, with Lydia saying: "I guess we can do that, yeah." Derek already looked to Artyom, Mike and Zaria, before showing them the tablet. "Hey, do any of you maybe wanna learn how to use the tablet? We should probably get to work making everyone able to use it." They seemed surprised by the sudden request, before Zaria softly said. "Um, sure. It's not that difficult, right?" Mike and Artyom also didn't seem opposed, as Derek and Lydia moved their chairs to them so they could maybe show them how to use them.

>Explore the place a bit to see if there was anything of note...
While they went to work figuring out how to use the tablet, you decided to look a bit around the place. As you got up, Derek did ask you "Where are you going, Mikhail?", to which you simply told them you'd be back later. They didn't question it further, as you left them be and started walking down the main path. There mostly soldiers from Lodger around you, some even greeting you as you walked past them. But most of them simply wandered back to their own little area to relax. You did soon see some tents which had other death squads... Mostly folk from Heathen and Blackstar.

You also saw plenty of tents ahead of you which had folk from Diamond Dogs and Heroes. Furthermore, you saw there were plenty of hastily built barracks for government workers, which perhaps had some things of interest... And if those places didn't have anything of interest, well, the soldiers around you all seemed to be talking to each other about what they had encountered. Some were clearly talking very vaguely to keep things a secret, but others blatantly mentioned the subjects they encountered... It could be worth listening in to some of them, especially if they mentioned subjects you wanted to hear things about.

Though, you also soon saw a familiar group of soldiers, as Leonard and his men from Heathen returned to his own tens. It was maybe worth hitting him up to ask him what he had found... Though before you were able to make that choice, you also saw two more worrisome things... One was further in the distance, along a barren path which went a good distance away from the main base. And at the end of said path, there were graves which had only been recently dug up... A place where men who had been killed in action were seemingly buried. The other thing you saw was a lot closer-by, and was attracting a bit of attention: it were a couple of government officials who were seemingly confronting a group of Blackstar soldiers...

>Listen in to nearby soldiers for anything of interest. (Write in what you want to try and overhear...)
>Visit Leonard to exchange some more information with him... hopefully, now with him telling you about the things he had encountered.
>Check out the mortuary, perhaps to get an idea of how deadly this place really was...
>Listen in on the argument between Blackstar and the government officials.
>Something else...
>Head back to your men...

>>5865432
>>Listen in on the argument between Blackstar and the government officials.
This first, likely to be limited on time the most.

>Listen in to nearby soldiers for anything of interest. (Write in what you want to try and overhear...)
This next, Focus on things relating to subjects and scientist/gaurds obviously. Most importantly, see if any squads are seemingly doing more then just running and gunning and are finding more info on the place as a whole (i.e. what went down or more then just how to kill people.)

I don't know if its worth going to Leonard. He knows how to reach us and if he has something for us he can reach out here or via tablet.

laslty if they are still burying (i'd be surprised if they are in a rush of all things for a burial).
>Check out the mortuary, perhaps to get an idea of how deadly this place really was...
can get some info on how men are dying here, and by what.

>>5865441
Supporting. It might be useful to go speak with Leonard later to trade intel, maybe tell him a few things we learned and mention a few of the unlisted subjects we discovered from our interrogation and the scientist Andrei. Though we should obviously exclude Oreas when that time comes.

>>5865441
Support

I wonder how viable it would be to get hold of things to spend longer downstairs. Extra supplies. Sleeping gear. Cooking kit. More advanced medical supplies. Finding a safe place to stop for a while would be harder, but it beats having to come back topside every time someone gets hungry.

>>5865432
>Listen in on the argument between Blackstar and the government officials.

>Listen in to nearby soldiers for anything of interest. (Write in what you want to try and overhear...)
Any clues on where scientists, especially the bigwigs, are hiding.

>Listen in on the argument between Blackstar and the government officials.
The first thing you opted to check out was the confrontation between the Blackstar soldiers and the government officials. There were already plenty of soldiers looking from a distance, some even watching a bit more up-close. You joined the growing group of soldiers who were watching the entire confrontation play out. From the sound of things, the government officials were grilling the Blackstar soldiers quite badly. "You have breached the contract by doing this, you do understand that, yes?" To this, one of the soldiers spoke with restrained fury. "Come on now! We kept one guardsman around who didn't even put up a fight!" Well, it seemed like you weren't the only one who had kept people alive down inside of the ruins. Perhaps this would be a good indicator to see how doing what you were doing would be viewed by the government?

Unfortunately, it seemed to be received rather poorly. "Them not fighting back is beside the point. You came here to do a specific job, did you not?" One government official said, as another was noting things down and the other seemed to be in contact with someone over the phone. The commander of the small group of Blackstar soldiers shook his head and spoke a bit tiredly. "Listen, we signed up to this mission to kill monsters and crazy scientists, not gun down incapacitated civilians. Besides, we had other reasons to keep them alive. They provided us with vital information about a monster we were tracking."

Most people who were watching kept quiet, some showing disgust, other seeming more surprised. Others looked more annoyed by the government workers, than they seemed annoyed by the Blackstar soldiers. "That is also besides the point. If you need to rely on enemy forces to do your job, then you are clearly not fit for the job. And considering the lack of kills from you and your men..." The government worker taking notes would say, as the Blackstar captain shook his head and groaned. He was quick to respond to the government official in a more enraged tone afterwards. "We've explored several sections and explored large amounts of unknown territories! Just because we haven't shot anybody, doesn't mean you can claim we're doing a poor job! We've spent hours down in the mess, which by the way, I believe is more likely than not YOUR fucking fault!" The government workers kept their calm, with the main one soon stepping forward with a more stern and aggressive tone. "The men from Diamond Dogs who caught you working with this guardsmen have already encountered several subjects and killed plenty of people. They've done a better job than you and your men have done so far." The Blackstar captain finally snapped, yelling angrily at the officials. "Well, then fucking let them do our job, how about that!"

The government workers remained calm, staring at the man before the main one spoke up confidently. "Very well then... Get your men, grab your things, and meet us at the main headquarters. We'll discuss your contract termination there." The government workers took a few notes, before turning around and moving away in unison. The Blackstar captain looked quite agitated still, looking at you and the other men who were watching this all go down. "The fuck are you all looking at?!" He'd say, before he shook his head and presumably left to get his and his men's stuff... Though as they left, there was a lot of murmuring and chattering from the soldiers around you. Most just wanted to know why they relied on a guardsmen, while others seemed to sympathize with the captain and his men. Though you also heard some men from Diamond Dogs laughing at the poor soldiers, clearly finding it most humorous that they were humiliated and essentially fired...

>Listen in to nearby soldiers for anything of interest.
After that... fun little interaction, which revealed you weren't the only one sparing survivors, you decided to listen in to other soldiers. Especially with the topic of survivors now fresh in the nearby soldiers' mind, you could eavesdrop and hear... quite a lot of useful information. Some of the men talked about how they encountered guardsmen, which mostly ended the same: the soldiers in question killing them without a hassle. Though you did hear a couple of Heathen's soldiers mentioning how a couple of guards got incapacitated by a simple trap. Afterwards, the Heathen soldiers which they extracted some information from said guards before they were killed. And fortunately for you, the Heathen soldiers did mention some useful things. "They were going on about how some of the scientists were still alive and... working with their subjects? Or that some of the subjects likely wanted to find their creators..." "Really? Sounds like bullshit to me, dude." "Can't really be sure about this... Either way, they couldn't tell us a whole lot more afterwards, so we killed them... and seeing now how keeping those bastards alive will get you treated by the government? Yeah, nah, I'll accept my payment..."

The Heathen soldiers then started discussing other crap about previous missions and how they didn't show mercy then, so it was clear that their conversation wasn't of us to you anymore. Fortunately, another group of Diamond Dog soldiers were more than eager to boast about their little escapades. "Those Blackstar folk are just... complete idiots, keeping people alive for intel which probably is a bunch of lies anyway." "Oh yeah, their methods are absolutely retarded. But hey, that's what you get when you don't have the guts to do things through more... creative ways..." "Oh, do tell dude. What did your guys do?" "Well, we found this one scientist, right? And he told us all about this head scientist who's subject we're after... Uhhh, fucking... Logan, I think his name was? Like, this bastard made some sorta weird ass slime gal? At least, that's what this scientist told us..." "Oh don't forget, according to that scientist, this guy is the one who made the obnoxious fucking electronics subject as well! The one who's constantly fucking with our equipment!" "Oh shit, for real?" "Yep, and hopefully we can maybe find the fucker and use him to deal with that worthless fucking electric subject..." Another titbit of information, but something hopefully quite useful. Not only did this Logan apparently make LW-20, but they also worked on a slime subject, perhaps related to 7-SM...

Other than that, you didn't hear anything else around you which you didn't already know from the tablet or your captives. Though, it did seem that... nobody was talking about vats, remotes or the cause of this disaster. Either nobody was talking about these topics specifically as you listened around, or people were keeping this to themselves like you and your men were... or, nobody knew of these very important things and you were figuring out more than what was expected of you. Either way, it was safe to conclude that either people kept the info they found to themselves, or they just weren't hunting for information like you were.

>Check out the mortuary, perhaps to get an idea of how deadly this place really was...
After trying to listen in to a few more men, a group of Diamond Dog soldiers eventually took notice and yelled at you. "Hey, you there! What are you pacing around for? You lost or something?" He clearly was trying to mock you, but... you honestly couldn't give less of a shit. You simply moved along and decided that it was better to go somewhere else. Especially as people once again stopped talking about useful intel out in the open. Thus, you went to another place for information: the mortuary in the distance. You found that you were the only one who was heading there, as the path leading towards it was completely empty.

Once you reached the makeshift mortuary after a minute of walking, you were about to enter before being stopped by a government official. "Hey, you can't just enter." The official said calmly, before clearing their throat. "I need to know why you're here first. Give me your name, which squad you belong to, and if anyone from your squad was recently killed and brought here." Well, it seemed that you couldn't just enter this place without a reason. Then again, maybe the official would understand your reason for being here, and would let you in regardless? Then again, given how... the government didn't want you snooping around without a reason, you could always just make up a quick lie as to why you were here, hopefully letting you in...

>Explain why honestly as to why you're here. (write in your exact reasoning.)
>Lie your way into the mortuary. (Write in your lie)
>Head back to the camp with your men. You've figured out enough from this short walk around the base.
>Head to where the government officials who fought with those Blackstar soldiers were heading off to.
>Ask the official about this place... (write in what you'll ask)
>Something else...

(I decided to get an extra update in today because there were quite a lot of responses to the previous update rather quickly. More importantly, I got an extra update in because I don't know if I'll be able to get 2 in tomorrow. I'll definitely get in one, but the second may take a while longer. Oh, and Saturday will also likely have less than the usual 3 updates. I'll try and compensate for them in the future though!)

>>5865586
" and meet us at the main headquarters. We'll discuss your contract termination there."
man was shot 100%

We can infer that diamond dogs are likely to be kill joys. Blackstar are a bit more humane.

Heathen so far also kill joys, though they do also extract info before doing so.
We should mention logan to Laura to see if she knew anything about him.

>Explain why honestly as to why you're here. (write in your exact reasoning.)
We found a body part belonging to another that we handed over to analyses to see what killed him, we are trying to see if the corpse made it here or was lost in the facility so we can update the guys looking into it and go about terminating the threat.

>Head to where the government officials who fought with those Blackstar soldiers were heading off to.
This is also very tempting, if we have time after or can't get in, we could snoop.

>>5865611
Heathen is dedicated to setting up traps and so on from the old thread, so by the definition of their job they mainly get indirect kills from the sounds of things. Them capturing and restraining people alive also seems possible. Yet, given our one ally so far is a member of Heathen and how they have acted I believe that Heathen is reasonable, much like Blackstar. Diamond dogs and Heroes are the murderhobo's.

Also supporting.

>>5865591
>Head to where the government officials who fought with those Blackstar soldiers were heading off to.

I'd like to see what contract termination involves

>Explain why honestly as to why you're here.
Instead of trying to tell the official that one of your men had indeed died, you decided to try something else. You told them your name and the squad you were a part of. Already, he started looking up details about you and your group, likely to see if you had so far been a trustworthy group. However, instead of then telling them of a dead squad member, you told them that you had a different reason you were here. You informed him that you needed to look at some of the corpses, as you had found a limb amongst the rubble. If the corpse to who the leg belonged to could be found, you could maybe discern who killed them and how you'd deal with the responsible threat. The official seemed a bit sceptical, looking over you and back at his tablet before moving to the side. "Make it quick." Thus, he let you enter the mortuary proper, albeit following you closely. It seemed that, while you hadn't exactly answered his question, your honesty and reason to be here were believable to the government official.

The mortuary consisted of a large outer area where soldiers were being buried in reinforced coffins, as well as a covered section of well constructed barracks. Clearly the government only reserved solid structures for anything they themselves had a vested interested in. Regardless, a quick glance over the entire inside of the mortuary showed there were... at least twenty covered bodies lying around. Some had blankets covering them, but others were still presumably being inspected, meaning they were left fully visible...

The soldiers seemed to be mostly Blackstar and Diamond Dog soldiers. However, there were also a few soldiers from Lodger, Heathens and even two snipers from Heroes. Most of the soldiers still had their legs attached, so you could only get quick glances of their bodies. But what you did see was... quite telling. For one, there was a small squadron of Diamond Dogs soldiers who were all... burnt quite badly. Some still looked quite okay, aside from massive burn wounds across their bodies, while a few were completely unrecognizable as people due to their burns. There was also one Diamond Dogs victim who... appeared to have some kind of brand burnt onto their face. It looked like some sort of claw mark...

Another noteworthy sight was a soldier from heroes. Given that these people were expert snipers and usually were pretty smart, it was a shock to see this one soldier with a clear bullet wound through the head. Either he had been executed from up-close, was snuck up on from behind or... someone out there had better aim than a soldier from Heroes... Most of the other soldiers who were there simply looked bruised and heavily broken. A few which were partially covered were far more... mauled and destroyed, reminding you of the sights you saw back at that abandoned guard post with the utterly destroyed guardsmen. But, the official was quick to cover their bodies as you looked at them.

Speaking of which, the government official was quick to show a few of the covered bodies. "Does that leg you found match them?" He'd ask with each corpse he showed the lower half of. Or well, the lower halves of the ones who were missing their legs. Form what little glimpses you had of those bodies he showed, you could tell that they had been heavily brutalized, their body parts being ripped apart and completely maimed. Though none appeared to be retrieved from the flooded section, based on the state they were in. More importantly, none looked to have similar clothing to the clothing you found on the detached leg... Still, while the corpses gave you no clue as to who the leg belonged to, at least you now knew what most people down here were dying to... some sort of fiery subject, someone good with a gun (or just good at getting behind people with a gun), and a group of brutal, murderous subjects. Probably just 38-VG...

After you were shown all of the corpses without any match, the official seemed a bit irritated. "Well, guess this was a waste of time..." He'd groan, before grabbing his tablet. "Now then, if you could be so kind to... leave, that would be appreciated." Given that you weren't stupid, you recognised this as your cue to leave... And after thanking the official, you left the mortuary quickly. But instead of heading back to your camp, you instead headed elsewhere...

>Head to where the government officials who fought with those Blackstar soldiers were heading off to.
The government officials head for one of the more distant and large structures at the edge of the camps. It was quite the detour to get there, but... once you did get there, you could see that the place was a lot more well guarded than the other areas. It had similar fortifications to the main cube at the centre of the crater, and there were actual government military forces present to protect it. Once you did approach the entrance to the area, you were instantly approached by some of these military forces. "Halt. This is government terrain. Any and all death squads must state their reasons for being here." Well, you had bluffed your way into getting a look at the mortuary, even after the government worker clearly didn't want you to... now the question was, how were you going to get inside of here? Or... was it even worth getting inside of here?

>Write in what you'll tell the military forces to hopefully get let inside.

If you opt not to try and lie your way in...
>Head back to your men and tell them what you discovered before getting some rest (Skips to the next day.)
>Head back to your men and continue having some chats with them about... anything, really (write in what you'll do with them)
>Something else...

(Gonna be posting from this ID for the time being. Not sure if I'll get an update in later today... or too many tomorrow. Regardless, hope this update is good)

>>5866288
>Tell them you requested a full written copy of the contract your organization worked out with them, and you're here to pick it up, or at least check on the status.

>>5866288
>Head back to your men and continue having some chats with them about... anything, really (write in what you'll do with them)

I don't know if its worth going in.
>>5866314
Did we do this? or is this a bluff? If its true i'll support.

Otherwise unless we got better ways to get in, I don't know if I wanna risk it.

>>5866359
We did close to the start of thread 1 yeah

>>5866373
ah must've been before I joined and started lurking.

in that case
>>5866314
supporting

>Tell them you requested a full written copy of the contract your organization worked out with them, and you're here to pick it up, or at least check on the status.
After you were apprehended by the military personnel, you decided to quickly make up a story on the fly. Thankfully, there was one thing which you could use to maybe get access to this place, and that was that you had requested a full copy of the contract you were given. It seemed like now could be a decent opportunity to use this information to maybe get some useful intel on what government officials did with those they deemed ineffective. Thus, you told the men about the contract, and that you were here to pick it up or check on its status. If they failed to deliver it, at least you'd be able to get something out of it if they didn't provide the contract...

The men who held you back looked a bit confused, the two at the main entrance looking at each other a bit. The one who told you to stop before spoke a bit more calmly. "Please wait for a moment. We need to... discuss this for a moment." They'd talk to each other for a short bit, clearly asking themselves what to do, with one just stating that you should be let in, while the others argued you needed permission first. They discussed these matters for a bit, before one would finally grab a communication device and speak into it. "Yes, we have a death squad soldier here who stated they are here to pick up a contract. Can we let him in?" After a moment of listening to the device, the soldier turned to you again, this time speaking in a more amicable tone. "What is your name and which death squad do you belong to?" After telling them who you were, they'd send it through to their superiors. And right after, the soldier nodded a couple of times in response to whatever their superior told them. It took a short minute for him to finally be told everything, at which point he'd once again face you.

"I'm afraid that we do not have a full written copy of your contract here yet. However, your request has already been processed, and a copy will be provided to you presumably some time tomorrow. Our best estimate is in the early afternoon." Afterwards, the other soldier stepped forward and spoke a bit more loudly and sternly than his co-worker. "Anyway, staff are currently very busy finishing up for the day... sooo, we can't really help you further. Soooo... yeah, we would appreciate it if you come back some time tomorrow." It was clear that the second soldier was clearly a lot less willing to co-operate with you. That, or he just had a shit day or something... Regardless, all of this was... just a bit disappointing to say the least. But at least you now knew that you could read through the contract some time tomorrow. Unless if bureaucracy fucked it up some more and delayed it even further... and knowing how the government was, it was very possible that they'd screw it up again somehow.

Regardless, the more stern and serious soldier was quick to get back in position with his guns, clearly trying to ignore your presence while 'doing his job'... in other words, standing there and looking with disdain at the other soldiers who were passing by. The other soldier seemed to look a bit more casually at you, perhaps even seeming a bit disappointed that he had to send you away, perhaps a reasonable soldier who worked for the government.

>Maybe chat with the official government soldier. He seemed friendly enough, so perhaps he'd actually be willing to discuss some things?
>Just head back to the main base and get some rest. The quicker you went to sleep, the quicker you'd wake up and get back to doing your job.
>Head back to base and maybe discuss with your men. Perhaps they'd have some fun conversations or theories about what the hell was going on down here.
>Something else...

(Bit of a short update, but also a quick update. Anyway, I don't know if I'll get the three updates in tomorrow... maybe I'll keep it to just 1 or 2 depending on how busy I am.)

>>5866434
>>Just head back to the main base and get some rest. The quicker you went to sleep, the quicker you'd wake up and get back to doing your job.
How about a perspective change QM? How our girls doing while we do our shit in the surface?

>>5866461
You mean the subjects? Well, I mean... I'd love to write a little interaction between them to show what they're up to down there. Issue is that I'd not really know how to get you guys involved in this aaaaand I dunno how spoiler-y it might get.

Still, if people like the idea and have suggestions for it, I'd be down to give it a try.

>>5866469
If you're afraid of spoilers you could give a switch to one of the others teams like Leonard and his crew or even a few of our team members discussing/interacting, when I asked about the shift to the girls I meant more like just something like a few moments after our team locked the girls in the room and they started talking out or other stuff, just a throwing a suggestion to do something a bit different QM, do as you like, the quest is good so far and the curse hasn't struck yet.

>>5866473
I do like the idea of Leonard getting a small post dedicated to his hunt and how he has reacted to this place so far. Maybe even a small combat scene with some of his men.

Either way, I do wanna hear what other people think of the idea before I pull it off.

>>5866434
>Just head back to the main base and get some rest. The quicker you went to sleep, the quicker you'd wake up and get back to doing your job.

Thank them before you go, and remember the friendly one's face. If we see him around without his less amicable buddy then we can chat.

>>5866476
If you're cool with trying it then heck yeah
Another idea for a different perspective is a doomed DD squad running into 38-VG

>>5866479
Supporting.

Also I do like the idea of that. We also should keep the face of the guy who's got their contract terminated in mind and...maybe check the morgue again later. Just in case.

>>5866479
Honestly, this idea is really tempting to work with as well. Hell, I could even give you guys some control over the DD squad leader who then encounters them... though, it'd basically be a given that, no matter the prompt choice you'll go with, you're going to get fucking raped.

>>5866494
>you're going to get fucking raped.
Are we really? I mean ain't she the one with the crush fetish, what she's gonna do crush our heads with thights? It would be one humorous snuff scene.

>>5866434
>Just head back to the main base and get some rest. The quicker you went to sleep, the quicker you'd wake up and get back to doing your job.

>>5866476
it can be anything desu, could be another death squad encounter a subject/life before everything went to shit, etc.

>>5866507
plz no

>>5866507
She's almost 20 feet tall and must weigh a literal ton, so I'd imagine it's more of a hulk smash death move.

>>5866517
What anon, don't want to see someone die by the ancient Brazilian art of "Surra de Bunda"?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThPk1u4cg88&pp=ygUOU3VycmEgZGUgYnVuZGE=

>>5866522
Yes but remember what Laura said, because twe two perverts fucked around with her it became her fetish, I don't think she will simple end it with a Unga-Bunga Valleri Smash, call it morbid curiosity but I wanna see how QM gonna pull it off.

Anyway my vote is on Leo's team or the girls.

>Just head back to the main base and get some rest. The quicker you went to sleep, the quicker you'd wake up and get back to doing your job.
Not wanting to rouse any suspicion or cause too much of a conflict, you decided to simply leave the soldiers to it and head back to your men at the main camp. Thus, you thanked the men for their efforts, while making a mental note of the more reasonable soldier there. Perhaps if you ever encountered him on his own, you could try and get some answers out of him. Regardless, you'd afterwards head back to your men again, opting to wrap up and get some sleep in as soon as possible. After you got back, you'd first eat some of Lars' food, before telling your men that you were going to sleep. When they asked why, you said that you intended to wake up early tomorrow. Of course, some didn't seem to mind, but others looked a bit disappointed. Either way, they stayed at the fire, continuing to just unwind and have some casual banter until they also got tired.

In the meantime, you entered one of the nearest tents, and quickly got in your sleeping bag. Tomorrow, you'd make sure to get back down into the crater as soon as possible. One could only wonder and think about what was going on below you right now in the ruins of this planet...

>A little change of perspective... Leonard and his hunt.
Leonard and his men were stationed at an old food court right on the border of the North western and south western quadrant. He and his men were currently setting up a number of basic traps after they heard that a subject was causing... quite a bit of chaos somewhere nearby. They didn't know much about the subject, other than that she was exceedingly difficult to catch and quite the brash type. "Alright, Duke, how is the east wing coming along? Did you get some of those snare traps in?" Leonard asked one of his man, to which Duke nodded and gave a thumbs up. "What about the electro-chain trap, Lilith, have those been set up as well?" Leonard said, at which point one of the soldiers, Lilith, responded quite confidently. "I set up a couple at both a low and high level. No matter if she crawls or stays high, she'll be in for a nasty surprise."

Leonard put his hands together, before speaking proudly. "Excellent. Theo, any news on the subjects' last whereabouts?" One of his men looked at the government given tablet, before shaking his head. "No updates still, sir. Last one is still from some Blackstar soldiers a few hours ago." Leonard had looked closely at the situation with the subject and the general area it was confined to. He realised that the other nearby areas had already been blocked off, been trapped heavily or were being watched. In turn, he felt that the subject would run through this place to try and get the other death squads who encountered her to lose track of her.

It seemed like a solid plan, especially since it seemed like the subject only had speed going for it. And if it got stuck on a trap, it would be over for her. Despite this plan, Leonard knew it wasn't entirely foolproof. But, Leonard wasn't intending to kill the subject. At least, not right away. He'd use his position to try and get some information out of the subject, after which he would kill her probably. Maybe not if she dropped some huge leaks which confirmed his mild suspicions about what was going on here. Though ironically, it was this unwillingness to kill which was causing mild amounts of scepticism from some of his men. "Hey Leonard, are you... really sure we shouldn't put up some mines or lethal spike traps? What if the simpler traps just don't work and she breaks free from them?" One of his men asked quite casually, to which Leonard responded: "If she somehow breaks free, we always got guns to shoot her with, right? Besides, I'd rather capture one of these to get intel out of them..." The soldier didn't question the intent further, but did still seem sceptical about how effective this would end up being. "Alright... but what if she refuses to answer? Do we just... kill her instead? I don't know, it just feels like... going soft on this place seems like a bad idea. Besides, we've gotten plenty of payment from the traps which did take down scientists or guardsmen or... helped out other death squads to deal with them." Leonard nodded understandingly, before putting a hand on his soldier's shoulder. "Alright, Harrison, I get your concerns. If the subject we capture does resist, we're gonna either kill her... or send her to the government. Besides, don't you think this is worth giving a shot? What if we find something out nobody knows yet. An explanation as to how all of this happened, or information on an even more lucrative subject to catch?"

Harrison didn't have much else to say. But not because he had no retort, but rather because soon a soft alarm went off. "Some of our sensors are going off in the Northern hallway! Something seems to be heading this way!" Theo said, as Leonard realised that they had prepared everything just in time for his target to get to them... "Everyone, to your position. Stay hidden and don't make a sound until subject has been snagged. If she passes through the traps, then you can shoot to injure. If she tries to attack any of us, shoot to kill!" Leonard's men all ran for cover, getting some camouflage over them to try and blend in with the rubble. They also kept their guns at the ready, just in case the subject somehow broke free from the traps and was dangerous...

Thus, they quietly waited, everyone having their eyes focused on the hallway. They all looked into the distance, trying to see if there was any movement or signs of activity. They were patient, especially as Theo kept a close eye on the tablet for any updates. And after a few minutes, there was... the sound of wind blowing through the tunnels. "What's going on?" One of Leonard's men mumbled quietly, after which he was quickly hushed. After the wind became strangely audible, some of the men started noticing... tiny dust particles being carried along by the wind.

It wasn't much of an issue at first, but it soon made the air more hazy, as they felt larger particles flying past them. The particles made it slightly more difficult to see, yet they still could see the traps down the hallway... The men kept watching carefully, soon noticing a relatively large figure in the distance, leisurely jogging over. The figure had... some rather inhuman features, such as large ears at the top of her head, long hair and... what looked to be some kind of wolf tail. The men kept their guns at the ready, some being tempted to shoot at the subject, but knowing that Leonard wanted this one alive...

The subject approached the traps, before coming to a stop. Most of Leonard's men didn't have any intention to shoot her... but unfortunately, one of them couldn't stand the tension much longer. And seeing as the subject had remained frozen for too long, he'd try and pull the trigger to get a shot in on her legs. Things almost seemed to go in slow motion for a second: The gun fired, the bullet leaving the barrel and hurdling over to her. However, the subject seemingly had anticipated the shot, and instantly tried to dash to the side, just barely managing to dodge the bullet. It grazed against the side of her knee, creating a mild wound, but nothing close to incapacitating her. And after narrowly avoiding a potent shot, the entire plan Leonard had concocted went to hell. The subject ran to the side, somehow sticking to the walls with her feet and running along it. She dodged the snare traps, as Leonard yelled. "SHOOT HER NOW!" At which point the men unloaded their rifles at her.

Unfortunately, the subject was fast. Very fast. She weaved across the ceiling, dodging everything shot at her, the subject heading for the southern hallway. She didn't even seem phased by the traps, as she just ran past them on top of the ceiling... Leonard's men continued trying to gun her down, yet the sandstorm like wind only became thicker and more difficult to see through... And after hearing a confident laugh, the subject seemingly disappeared. The gust of wind died down, the sand particles gradually disappearing as the men left cover.

Unfortunately, the subject was fast. Very fast. She weaved across the ceiling, dodging everything shot at her, the subject heading for the southern hallway. She didn't even seem phased by the traps, as she just ran past them on top of the ceiling... Leonard's men continued trying to gun her down, yet the sandstorm like wind only became thicker and more difficult to see through... And after hearing a confident laugh, the subject seemingly disappeared.

The gust of wind died down, the sand particles gradually disappearing as the men left cover. "What the hell is wrong with you, Darren?! Why did you fire at her?!" Leonard asked angrily to the one soldier who shot at the subject. "I-I thought I'd just... hit her in the knee and incapacitate her like that!" Darren argued, Leonard still being quite pissed off though. He quickly went up to Darren, immediately putting him in his place. "We had a plan, Darren! You weren't supposed to shoot at her!"

Some of the men were trying to slap away any sand and dust which had covered them, while a few others looked disappointed in Darren. Seeing the commotion he caused, Darren lowered his head. "I'm sorry... I... I just... yeah, no, this was my fuck-up. Sorry." He said in a defeated tone, Leonard calming down in turn. He let out a sigh and looked at the room which had been filled with a thin layer of sand. "It's fine. You probably panicked since it's the first subject we've encountered... At least we're all safe." He'd put his hand on Darren's shoulder, before looking around at all the traps and the rest of the room.

"Theo, note down that this room is trapped on the shared map... and also add any details which we've learnt about 9-SB to the files..." He'd soon grab a few grains of sand, Theo noting things down before speaking softly. "Uh, so... she's fast, has some sort of wind powers and... what else?" Leonard got a more amused smile, as he looked at the rest of his men. "Well, given that laugh of hers... she probably thinks she has won this encounter..." He'd then turn to the hallway which the subject had escaped into...

"The hunt has only just begun, though..."

>A little change of perspective... The Diamond Dogs, led by commander Jack H, encounter 38-VG.
The radio crackled and buzzed, as you and your men tried finding the frequency where... someone quite irritating was hosting her little radio show. Ever since LW-20 started talking about all sorts of random crap on the radio, many soldiers listened in to it to try and figure out what the hell she was up to. However, the government was constantly jamming it and blocking her frequencies, making it hard to really follow her reliably without having to constantly change frequencies to whichever new one she used.

Despite that, you'd soon hear a familiar voice over the radio...

"... we start the music, I would like to make a bit of a warning to all my friends out there. I have it on good information that Vinella, or 38-VG, is currently in the south eastern portion of the facility, specifically on floor 57 and in subsection B. So do not under any circumstances go there. I repeat, do not go there under any circumstances. Anyhow, it is currently 10 past 8 in the morning, and things are in full swing yet again down here in what remains of the VMGC! We'll make sure to keep you up to date on any and all attempts to capture me. From the sadistic schizophrenics in Diamond Dogs, to the pompous losers working for Heroes, and the daring fools of Blackstar, we're expecting a busy day today! So sit back, relax and let's enjoy some music, starting with 'Obsession', from Daniel LeCrois' hit album "Young Keplerians"!"

After the music started, one of your men, Clancy, spoke up quite confidently. "Well Jack, I think she basically just told us her whereabouts... She's there, in that area." It was a bit of a crazy statement, as one of your other men clearly seemed to not exactly believe it. "What the hell do you mean she's there?" Afterwards, Clancy responded quite confidently, clearly being convinced of his own statement. "Think about it. She mentioned her location last time and it lead a few of the idiots from Blackstar right into Vinella. So why the hell would she willingly tell us Vinella's location now? Clearly, she's trying to scare people off."

It didn't sound all that crazy, yet some of your men were still sceptical. "How do you know she's there? What if it's one of her friends who's there instead?" In turn, Clancy continued to insist on his theory, speaking quite surely about what was going on. "Look, if it is a friend of hers who's there, she'd divert attention away from there, rather than attracing people with Vinella's presence... after all, chances are she knows announcing Vinella's presence anywhere will just attract soldies from Heroes... and let's be real here, do we really want that? To give those dickheads from Heroes a chance at killing her or her friends?"

our men did seem to start coming around to Clancy's theory, which he continued confidently elaborating on. "Either way, they're going there, regardless of if it's her or Vinella or a friend of hers... so I say we go there so we can kill LW-20 or her friend first..." After a moment of silence, your men seemed to quickly agree, with one even stating: "Honestly, if it means getting a chance to kill her, I'm all for it. I'm sick of her trash taste in music blaring out of these goddamn radio's."

Thus, your men seemed to agree to the plan... and even if you wanted to say no to the plan, the fact a majority had agreed to it ensured that it was going to happen. Even if you were a leader, your men didn't exactly take well to being commanded to do something they didn't want to. Thus, you'd head for the floor which LW-20 had mentioned, your men certain that they'd encounter something most interesting. You'd get to subsection B, finding yourself in a huge industrial area, which seemed to function as a huge waste disposal section. There were huge heaps of trash lying about around you, dozens of conveyer belts and various huge vehicles designed for carrying things around. Your men got their flamethrowers and sonic weaponry out. "Alright, Jack... what's the plan?" One of your men asked you, clearly still wanting to hear what the hell you had to say, despite sort of forcing you here...

>Let everyone inspect the place on their own. Sneaking around while spread out could mean covering more ground quicker.
>Stick together and explore everything together.
>Light the trash up with your flamethrowers. Whatever was hiding in there was going to have fun being burnt in a place befitting of what they are.
>Let your men decide... It wasn't like they were good at listening to begin with.
>Look for anything specific... (Write in what)
>Something else...

(A decently sized update after not doing much today. Tbf, the first part is... mostly just a little story of the first encounter between Leonard and the subject he's after, but maybe it still is fun to read. Other than that, we're going to do a little... side-story of some Diamond Dogs having a bit of an encounter with 38-VG. Kinda guess that the prompt is... kinda useless then. But eh, I think this is just something fun to try out for a bit as a thing we can do between timeskips. And if it turns out just being boring or not that useful, at least it'll be over quickly enough and we can skip these things later...)

(Also, I only just noticed that the last few posts didn't give me the nickname. Whoops. Hope that isn't going to be an issue later down the line...)

(Other than that, I don't know if I'll get another update in today. This day has had its ups and downs and... I am sorta tired. I'll still be up for some chatting, if anyone is around.)

This update has told me one thing. We need to tune into that radio. Maybe we can even talk with LW-20. They are two ways after all. It will be fun hearing those updates from her if nothing else.

This is going to go absolutely horrifically for these poor dogs. Maybe they can at least singe Vinella.

>Light the trash up with your flamethrowers. Whatever was hiding in there was going to have fun being burnt in a place befitting of what they are.

>>5867344
>Light the trash up with your flamethrowers. Whatever was hiding in there was going to have fun being burnt in a place befitting of what they are.


mmmm arson

>>5867344
>Stick together and explore everything together.\
Aight kill squad,
Lets kill some fuckers.

>Light the trash up with your flamethrowers. Whatever was hiding in there was going to have fun being burnt in a place befitting of what they are.
Seeing the huge piles of waste which were nearby, you decided the best option was to torch it all to the ground. Anything which dared to hide would be purged quickly and relatively cleanly. Thus, you told your men to burn it all to the ground, your men clearly being most eager. Immediately 5 blazes shot out from your group and at the various piles of waste. You heard crackling and rumbling from some of the rubble, as things melted and burnt all around you. Your men weren't stupid though, and made sure to at least ensure that there was a safe path to walk through, which you'd lead them along. You still had to walk through a bit of rubble to get around the place, but... well, it was easy enough.

You and your 8 men would walk past several collection points for garbage, each of which was set ablaze right away. Though soon, the small vehicles which were spread around were also set on fire. "Hey, should we really set those on fire? What if they blow up near us or something?" One of your men asked, to which those with the flamethrowers either scoffed or laughed. "Who gives a shit." "What if something is in there that can resist fire, huh? Then blowing them up will be the only way to kill them anyway!" "Don't worry about it. We'll walk far away enough that any explosion won't even get the chance to hurt us." Of course, if those vehicles blew up, it'd still not be entirely safe given that it might just destroy parts of this place... but once again, you didn't have much of a chance to dissuade your men from doing what they wanted to do. Especially since your men really didn't care about causing huge amounts of property damage. If anything, they probably enjoyed it...

For a few solid minutes, you thus walked around lighting everything on fire. "Come on out, LW-20!" One of your men yelled, clearly hoping that this commotion and terror techniques were doing their job. "Why don't you show yourself?" Even though maybe being stealthy was... the better option, there wasn't much you could do to stop them from doing this. Still, you'd soon reach a section which had all kinds of huge machinery for crushing or compacting waste. There were also some control rooms and smaller spaces near the wall which you could access via some walkways. Already, some of your men seemed interested in those, with a few saying they should head there. However, it was then that you heard a loud blast and the sound of something collapsing behind you. "What the hell was that?" One of your men asked, followed by another shrugging. "Probably some shit collapsing... or one of the vehicles exploding..."

Your men didn't seem to care much about what was going on, instead remaining focused on just finding anyone in this place who had remained hidden and out of view. And while the trash burnt and was pretty much guaranteeing kills on any facility staff who was hiding underneath it, your men seemed focused on the control rooms which looked over all the machinery and the entire disposal site. There were 3 of them in total, one being larger and a bit higher up. The other two were far lower down and a bit smaller. Going up to the three chambers seemed safe enough, the metal walkway appearing quite sturdy. It'd probably take a few minutes to reach every space, but you could also just send in some of your men in pairs to speed everything up.

>Check out the source of the sound behind you. Perhaps something bad was going on and it was better to be safe?
>Check out the control rooms, but don't light it all ablaze just yet. Perhaps it was easier to just scare those who remained out of there... if there were any of them.
>Check out the control rooms... and light it all ablaze. Not like you'd come back here again.
>Split your group of you and the 8 men to check out each room individually.
>Something else...

(not exactly the most thorough updates, IMO... but it's mostly just setting the stage for the battle that is to come. If there are any details which you guys wish to know about before responding, do tell!)

>>5868036
>Check out the control rooms, but don't light it all ablaze just yet. Perhaps it was easier to just scare those who remained out of there... if there were any of them.

>>5868036
>>Something else...
A mix of suggestions, split your team in three teams, two of three check the rooms and the team of two keep guard.

>>5868036
>Check out the control rooms... and light it all ablaze. Not like you'd come back here again.
ARSON

>>5867404
>>5868080
someone please get Alan OFF the diamond dog team.

>>5868081
Alan thinks the flames are his ally
But he merely adopted the flames
I was born in them...molded by them
I didn't feel a temperature below 200 degrees Celsius until I was already a man and by then it was nothing to me but FREEZING

>>5868109
Are you perhaps a Diamond Dogs member? You got a job to do, dude. Stop writing responses on this basket weaving forum and get back to hunting subjects.

>>5868119
god damn government slave drivers, won't even let you shitpost for 5 minutes...

>>5868125
This is being noted down, buddy. Expect a cut in your payment, and further cuts if you keep doing this.

>Something else...
>Check out the control rooms, but don't light it all ablaze just yet. Perhaps it was easier to just scare those who remained out of there... if there were any of them.
>Check out the control rooms... and light it all ablaze. Not like you'd come back here again.

Given the three different rooms, you decided the best option now was to simply split up. There were 8 people, excluding you, and you felt that splitting in three teams would work best. One could consist of three men keeping guard, you could then join 2 men to one of the smaller control rooms, while the other checked the second small control room. It was clear that the three who would act as guards weren't all too happy, yet they thankfully did as told for the time being. Meanwhile, the other group seemed more than eager to do as told. "Sweet, time to burn this place to the ground." One of the men in the other group even said, which... you tried to dissuade him from, telling him to first check up on the place. "Alright, alright, we will..." He responded a bit smugly, after which he already headed up the set of stairs. It created a bit of noise walking up the creaky metal walkway, but... well, it was partially drowned out by the noise of fires roaring nearby. Not to mention, the occasional blast from the nearby vehicles.

Meanwhile, you led two of your mean upwards, heading for the first control chamber. Bursting open the door, you instantly yelled anyone who was in there to show themselves. There didn't seem to be anybody, and the place looked mostly abandoned. You'd look around for anything or anyone, you and your men looking underneath desks, checking lockers and anything which could be used for hiding. Though, you didn't find anything of use. Checking through the papers which were strewn about, you didn't find anything of use for your hunt towards subjects. The only thing which was mentioned was that organic matter had to be recycled, so it could be converted into something more useful for later. Other than that, the place was mostly empty.

Though as you explored the place, you heard your men in the other room hoot and cheer, as you watched from the door and saw their chamber already lit ablaze. "Did you guys find someone?" One of your nearby men yelled at them, to which one of the excited soldiers shook his head. "Nah, we found nothing!" Well, that was great... hopefully, they didn't burn anything of actual value in there. Or hell, maybe on the astronomical chance that they missed someone, this would kill them... Regardless, you'd finish up everything in this room, before simply telling your men to also light it all ablaze. It wasn't like there was anything of value in here, after all...

Though as you left the relatively small space, you heard more rumbling and blasting from elsewhere within the disposal area. Though, the three who were guarding you and the other group didn't seem too bothered by it. They simply kept looking at everything burning while having some casual conversation. They probably didn't think it was much... and to be honest, it did seem that way...

Still, you and your men left the small control rooms, you taking a set of stairs further upwards towards the large room. It seemed that while the room you were in was mostly for logistics, and the other burning room was for... well, whatever, this final room was mostly for a lot of mixed purposes. There were lots of spaces separated with glass walls and panelling, just like the usual offices you passed through. Some of these spaces included rooms which were clearly designed for subjects to do... some sort of tests in. Other rooms contained laboratories, most of which seemed to have been used for tests on waste products. Perhaps some subjects were brought here to do tests on garbage and similar items which went through this place? Lastly, you would notice that there was a hallway leading out of this control room and towards an adjacent, massive and rather empty locked off space... one with more transport vehicles. This space even had a huge elevator of some kind, which was capable of lifting these vehicles up to... whatever this location was under.

>Get your other men from downstairs and tell them to come here. They could help to check through this room, before you headed elsewhere.
>Check this space first before doing anything else. The chance very much existed something was hiding here, waiting to flee...
>Check the huge side-room with the elevator. Perhaps something of note could be found there?
>Something else...

>>5868215

>Get your other men from downstairs and tell them to come here. They could help to check through this room, before you headed elsewhere.

>>5868222
Supporting. Lets try not to immediately die...

>>5868215
>Check this space first before doing anything else. The chance very much existed something was hiding here, waiting to flee...

>Get your other men from downstairs and tell them to come here. They could help to check through this room, before you headed elsewhere.
Having seen how large this space was and the adjacent room, you decided the best option now was to simply get your men here so you could all check through this room. Thus, you'd tell your men to stay here. You yelled to the others downstairs, telling them to come up here as well. The three who kept guard seemed quite pleased, quickly getting onto the metal stairs. The three men who had burnt down one of the smaller control rooms also started moving upwards. Though as you watched for the three who were on guard to climb up, you heard more creaking noises coming from deep within the smoke. Your men did glance at it, but didn't seem too interested.

However, as the noise kept going on and you heard more rubble moving about and crackling, your men started looking at the clouds of smoke as well. "What the hell is that?" One of your men even mumbled, as some already got their guns ready. Though after a moment, you heard some loud cracking sound, followed by a loud, approaching whistling noise. And as the sound got closer, you watched one of the burning mini-van sized transport vehicles appearing from the smoke and hurdling towards you at an incredible speed. Your men could barely register it, as it soon crashed into the walkway between you and the three men who had stood guard.

"FUCKING HELL!" One of your nearest men yelled, as you watched the vehicle crash through the railings of the walkway, crashing into one of the control rooms and shattering glass and metal with ease. Rubble flew all over the place, and smoke filled the nearby air. You heard loud cracks and creaks from the place of impact, and felt the walkway shaking under your feet. "WHAT THE FUCK CAUSED THAT?!" The three who came from the room which had now been destroyed quickly ran upstairs, while the ones below also panicked and rushed onwards, potentially risking a collapse.

Despite those risks, most of your men were keen to get close-by, albeit with their eyes on the smoke to see what the hell just... launched a fucking vehicle at you. And as you watched where the vehicle came from, you saw something huge moving through the smoke... Something which was easily over 15 feet tall. It was then that one of your men got the sonic cannon out, aiming it at where the monster was and shooting wildly. The sound blasts weren't exactly aimed with a specific direction in mind, as your men could not see through the smoke you had created. Though you soon heard a loud, boisterous giggle followed by the loud sound of metal creaking and concrete breaking. And with how unstable the place you were standing on was now, it almost felt like you were in a building which was about to be demolished.

Soon, the three men who had explored the control rooms was able to reach you as well, though the three who were still climbing it had to run through the smoke which now emanated from the utterly destroyed control room. You heard further creaking noises, and felt the walkway starting to wobble more and more. The men below quickly reached the destroyed space though, simply running through the smoke and trying to ignore the fire they had to rush past. One did stumble a bit, but managed to stay safe. Though by then, you heard more rumbling noise from the smoke-filled room, followed by seeing a huge chunk of concrete and metal flying towards you. Though it instead flew a bit too high, crashing a bit above you and raining burning rubble and hot metal scrap down onto you and your men.

"Jack, what do we do?!" One of your nearby men yelled, as you heard more creaking noises from within the room. Unfortunately, the smoke really made it impossible to get a good look in where the monster was. You knew its general location based on where the huge projectile came from, but you didn't know if it had moved... hell, given how it seemed unfazed by the burning rubble and smoke, you wondered if it would even be so much as scratched by what few normal guns you did have.

>Write in what your plan of action is now.

Suggestions:
>Aim at the general direction of the subject. You had... a couple of guns, so maybe something would hit a critical point.
>Just fucking run. This was a subject Heroes' are supposed to tackle. It wasn't worth sticking around here for you and your men. Maybe your three men could get up here as well and escape, but you weren't going to stay here and see if they could!
>Wait for your men to get back up, and try and shoot down the subject from the control room. There was some cover to get behind, so maybe it could be used while you shot at the subject.
>Something else...

>>5868280
Well, the only option I see here is put our head between our legs and kiss our ass goodbye. Only other possible option?

>Run. Try to find and get to some small, thin corridor that the thing can't fit in.

Unless those sonic canons are stronger than AT rifles, these dumb diamond dogs are damn dead.

>>5868280
>Wait for your men to get back up, and try and shoot down the subject from the control room. There was some cover to get behind, so maybe it could be used while you shot at the subject.
>Something else...
switch to sonic weaponry.

>>5868280
>Throw in whatever explosives we have and keep shooting, try to collapse the room around it before it can get out

>Wait for your men to get back up, and try and shoot down the subject from the control room. There was some cover to get behind, so maybe it could be used while you shot at the subject.
>Throw in whatever explosives we have and keep shooting, try to collapse the room around it before it can get out
>Something else... (Switch to sonic weaponry)
After you one of your men asked you what the hell to do, you decided to make the decision to wait for your men. "WHAT?!" One of your men yelled in genuine rage, clearly not being all too happy to stay here. Thus, you told them that once everyone was up, you'd get to the control room and use the natural cover there to protect yourself. Two of your men already did such, especially as you heard more metal creaking and concrete breaking apart. In the meantime, you told the others to use sonic weaponry and explosives to deal with the subject. After all, maybe it would grow disoriented... or better yet, the explosions would cause a part of the room to collapse onto the subject. "On it!" One of your men said as he got out a grenade launcher, aiming in the direction of the projectiles. Meanwhile, the two other men got their sonic cannons and started aiming into the darkness. Though soon, you heard another whizzing noise, followed by watching another clump of metal and concrete flying towards you. It thankfully missed, instead hitting below you, blasting more scrap and dust all over the place. Though, aside from making the place tremble, it didn't cause any major issues for you or your men.

Seeing where the projectile came from, the soldier with the grenade launcher aimed in the same direction. He was aiming blindly, the projectile quickly disappearing into the smoke before there was a flesh and a loud thump nearby. You saw the huge shadow of the subject through the clouds of smoke, as you heard more cracking and crumpling sounds. It seemed that he managed to hit close to her, as he aimed his second shot at the thing. And as the three men beside you tried to take down the subject, the three men who were running up the stair were getting closer and closer. It seemed like the job was going well, up until... another vehicle was thrown your way. This one was burning quite a bit, smoke billowing from it as it flew right into your direction. "WATCH OUT!" One of your men yelled, as the two with the sound cannons ducked into the large control room. The others simply stayed low and tried to cover themselves in the vain hope of it missing them... and fortunately for them, it didn't directly hit anyone. However, the vehicle instead crashed into the wall right below you, exploding the moment it compressed against the wall below. The entire place shook, as smoke and heat raced upwards to you and your men. You struggled seeing from all the smoke, and you heard one of your men screaming as they presumably lost their foothold and fell down...

The others managed to escape though, running past you and into the control room as well. You were down a man, but... at least the others had survived... so far...

Given that it'd be suicidal to try and go down to save the one who fell, you rushed inside as well, getting behind cover. Some of your men were already rushing for the exit though, you yelling at them to stay and hide as well. Two of your men didn't listen though, running towards the hallway to the larger, adjacent chamber. At least you still had... 5 more men to work with, and all of them panted and stayed in cover. You still heard the sound of metal creaking and burning metal, but things seemed to die down for a moment. Though after a bit, you heard more noises, specifically some loud thumps which were approaching the control room. And once it was... right underneath you, it stopped.

You soon after heard the most ear-piercing sound imaginable, something grinding against the metal below you and echoing throughout the entire disposal area. Some of your men even blocked off their ears, as you had to endure a sound which made your sound cannons look about as quiet as a mouse. After the sound stopped, there was a moment of deafening silence. You knew the subject was close-by, but... you weren't sure how close-by. It wasn't helped by the intense smoke which came from the exploded vehicle, which made it hard to really look outside of the control room.

Soon though, you heard the voice of your soldier who had fallen off of the walkway and to the ground. "STAY THE FUCK BACK! I'VE GOT EXPLOSIVES, AND I-I'LL BLOW US BOTH UP IF YOU TRY ANYTHING!" The downed soldier yelled. He was absolutely bluffing, as you knew he only had a sonic cannon on him. He still continued though, presumably as he was picked up by the subject. "LET ME GO! YOU... WORTHLESS MISTAKE OF NATURE!" Though after more threats and demands, your soldier started screaming in utter terror. "JACK! STOP HER! FUCKING SHOOT HER OR SOMETHING! JACK! ANYONE! FUCKI-" Afterwards, he screamed in utter agony, as you heard an utterly grotesque crunching sound. His screams became more terrified and pained, as you soon heard something smacking the nearby windows and saw blood staining it... Things only got worse, as your heard even more horrifying screams. The poor soldier screamed for but a few seconds, after which... It ceased. There was a deafening silence, followed by a fleshy crunch and a few more loud thuds below you, followed by a nerve-wrecking chuckle.

It was safe to say that LW-20's announcement of 38-VH being around here was... not some sort of cover-up.

>Just run. Just get the fuck out of there. One of your men had fallen and you weren't going to join him as a statistic.
>The subject was nearby. Maybe, just maybe you could get a good shot in on her now. It was an almost suicidal plan, but... perhaps it was your only way out of here.
>Signal to your men to not make a single sound whatsoever and stay down at all costs. Just remain quiet and make her think you're already gone...
>Something else...

(I sure hope this is educative for what Vinella is like! Also, hope the writing is suspenseful enough aaaand also makes the combat work well enough.)

>>5868728
Damn she scary
Did she crush him or rip him into pieces?

Either way
>Just run
Every man for himself!

>>5868728
>Just run. Just get the fuck out of there. One of your men had fallen and you weren't going to join him as a statistic.
>Something else...
Have one of us pull out and get to the other side to give cover to the rest as we begin withdrawing one by one. Once we all make it to the other side then we can quickly withdraw. If the first man crossing is unable to make it across hold position and stay on overwatch to engage the target with sonic weaponry or explosives. Flame throwers aren't gonna do shit if she isn't burning down in the ashes down below.

>Run

Second we can, split up. She cant be in two places at once. Right? And if the other group lives we can reconnect with them via the radio.

Also after all of this if we are still alive and so is the guy responsible for getting us to go after LW, we should have his pay docked.

>Just run. Just get the fuck out of there. One of your men had fallen and you weren't going to join him as a statistic.
>Something else... (A specific plan to escape)
Seeing what the subject could do to you and your men, you decided the best plan of action was to just fucking run. Fighting this subject was going to get you killed, even with your equipment. However, you weren't just going to run down the space and towards the adjacent area all at once. After all, the subject would most definitely hear all that movement if that were to happen. Instead, you were going to be covert. So, you got one person to act as cover, so each and everyone could leave one by one with their support. You got one of your more accurate soldiers who had an actual rifle to fulfil this position. He'd thankfully accept, running towards the other side of the room and aiming at the windows.

However, after he ran away, you heard more creaking below you and thumps from below. And right after the one who watched over all of you told you to come one at a time, there was a loud noise. Glass shattered all over the place, and smoke started pouring into the room as you saw a huge white and blood-stained claw having broken through the windows. The claw moved down the glass cracks and creaks becoming audible from the wall which started being opened up with ease. More smoke followed the growing hole formed by the monstrous subject, before there was another loud sound and the second claw broke in from a different section of the wall. "GO! GO! GO! EVERYONE!" The guy who was watching over you yelled, signalling more of you to get over to him. Most soldiers started losing faith in the plan by now, as four of them already started running, not even giving cover as they simply fled into the nearby space. Thus, you along with two others remained behind cover, one looking being frozen in terror.

The two clawed hands soon grabbed onto a huge chunk of the wall, pulling on it and causing tears and breaks to form in the wall. Meanwhile, you noticed... two strange, massive antennae-like structures poking into the chamber. The one who kept watch immediately fired at them, actually getting a hit on them and making them twitch away and release a white spray of fluid which created tons of white smoke to whatever it touched. Whatever was touched by the fluid started sizzling and turning liquidous, corroding through metal, plastic, glass and everything else. The two behind cover now started trying to leave, the first one running for his life and managing to escape... Unfortunately, the last one before you was not so lucky.

As they were about to try and flee, the metal wall finally gave in and broke free as smoke rushed into the entire room. The poor soldier who had tried remaining behind cover tried running, only for a huge claw to swipe into the room. And since he was standing, he was launched to the side of the room and smacked into the wall with quite some force. The soldier was instantly knocked out, or perhaps even killed from the blow. You could only hope that they were dead already, because the subject's other huge claw moved in quite eagerly, instantly finding the body and pulling it out of the hole in the wall and into the burning chamber. And as you ran for your life, there was another sickening crunching sound coming from right below the hole in the room. "Sir, we HAVE to go, now!" The one who had covered for you said, at which point the entire place rumbled again as the two huge claws moved into the room, along with the strange acid-spraying antennae.

And through the smoke, you could see a shape starting to crawl its way into the room. You could see scant features through the smoke, the subject appearing to have rather normal proportions, aside from her hands which were massive and ended with those monstrous claws. Her body was mostly dark, with the textures appearing covered in small numbers of hairs at some parts, and smooth over the rest of her body.

Before you could decide on what to do further, you were pulled away by your partner and out of the room. And it was perfectly timed too, as the strange antennae like appendages sprayed more venom right in your direction. After leaving the room, your partner looked to the control panel nearby to try and shut the door. "Close it, close it, FUCKING CLOSE IT!" He kept pressing on the panel, the door thankfully having enough power to close, albeit slowly. The subject kept approaching, but at this rate would not be able to reach the sliding doors... But given her acid and strength, that didn't mean you or your men were safe now. Speaking of whom, you saw the rest of your surviving men already running ahead. There were only two paths: One which continued along a walkway towards another chamber of some kind. The other path required you going down these switchback stairs. Your men were running down this path, heading to the large area with more vehicles below you. This area was on the same floor as the rest of the disposal area. And most importantly, it also had the huge lift which headed upwards.

Unless if the smaller chamber lead to an exit, the only way you had out was... praying that the elevator worked. Given how far away from the crater this place was and how there still seemed to be electricity to some of the machinery, perhaps the elevator still worked... It seemed your men were betting it all on that one, given how they were rushing downwards.

>Follow your men to the lift right away. It was not worth sticking around here much longer.
>Tell your men to get back up here and stop running! Sticking around was the best option still, and they clearly had ignored the small room past the walkway!
>Shoot at the subject through the closing door. You had your sonic cannon and a rifle. Perhaps you could hit a weak part.
>Every man for himself. Just run. Working together as a squad was a fruitless endeavour now. (Write in which path you'll take)
>Something else...

(Curious what you guys will do here right now. Like we've established though, this scenario has kinda focused on a doomed excursion, but I am shocked how the dice have so far kept you guys alive for long... though, it's probably not going to last much longer.)

(If the dice and smart choices save your ass though, I'll absolutely have Jack become a reoccuring character in the story lol)

>>5869065
>Every man for himself. Just run. Working together as a squad was a fruitless endeavour now. (Write in which path you'll take)
Shoot one of your fleeing subordinates in the leg once he's almost at the elevator, then run across the walkway. Hopefully she'll chase the group in the elevator and we can escape either through another passage in the chamber or if there's none, through the giant tunnel 38-VG created getting to us while she's busy pasting our squad.

>>5869065
okay,
there are two ways we can go about this

Plan A, we stick with our team and use our numbers to our advantage as we struggle to get away. We can leverage covering fire and some semblance of what our men have at their disposal, as well as them serving as distractions on our way out.

Plan B, we split up and go the other path, We tell them to keep going down the path they are going and escape. We lure the beast (or don't) towards our way to the chamber on the other path, betting that it going for us (or them) lets at least one group survive.

Direct engagment is likely to fail as we don't have the firepower for this. The weakpoint shot is tempting but I don't want to guess the dice requirement for that and if we fail we are probably gonna die very soon after.

That said OP, I have a very important question. Is the tablet on us?

>>5869084
shooting one of their own is something I wouldn't except even from the other death squads.

>>5869092
I'm afraid not. It's currently with one of the fleeing soldiers, so you could still use it if you got to them.

>>5869084
Keep in mind, Anon, the elevator was previously described as quite massive. Like, it could carry multiple vehicles upwards.

>>5869093
Those guys barely even followed orders. They're getting what they had coming.
It's ok, DD will assign us a new squad when we make it back. But first we have to make it back.

>>5869102
Yeah I know it's big enough for everyone to escape in, but no way is it fast enough. Vinella's gonna rip a cable and everyone inside will be doomed. So really there's no harm in shooting one guy a little early, just so she knows where to go? One body on the path to the elevator and she won't even think to check the side chamber.

>>5869158
Likely no need to shoot either way, she'll likely follow the trail of the bigger crowd if we go our own way, and shooting a guy and getting on the elevator is not unnecessary because it'll still take her time to open the door, so we will have traded an able soldier who would've been on the elevator with us going up for a wounded one to feed to her on the ground for half a second as we travel above. This is besides the fact we would've destroyed all remaining morale or hierarchy among our troops. They are panicked and disorganized yes, but that can be rectified unless we crossed the line like this. While our sonic weapons may be lacking killing power, they CAN harm her. She was being highly tactical in her avoidance and disruption of us from the start of the encounter, and while she is very resilient, sonic weaponry doesn't play on the material strength on the opponent to disorient them.

>>5869102
Damn, then addition to possible plan A/B shout to them to use tablet to notify we encountered Vinella (iirc blackstar has someone with a grudge/another death squad might want the bounty). Or do it ourselves by reaching them.
Currently could go either way with those 2 plans so if other anons got thoughts to share I'm for it. At the moment I lean towards plan A.

>>5869169
Supporting the tablet idea. We should keep going down the path we are and split up. It's the only way to survive.

Also the subject that someone had a grudge with was not VINElla but a subject that could use vines, that being PF-4. It was Blackstar that wanted her though.

>Something else...
Given where everyone was going, and the importance of numbers during this encounter, you decided to run down the switchback stairs as well. You weren't going to try your luck with the side-chamber, especially if it meant being left all on your own. Thus, you ran down the stairs, the other soldier who tried closing the door following closely. Meanwhile, you yelled for your men to use the tablet to contact anyone who could help out. The one with the tablet quickly went to work, while another soldier started yelling into the radio he had on him. "WE'RE IN NEED OF BACK-UP RIGHT NOW! WE'RE TWO MEN DOWN AND 38-VG IS ON OUR BACKS! WE ARE IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, FLOOR 57 IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL AREA! I REPEAT, WE ARE IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, FLOOR 57 IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL AREA!" He sounded quite desperate, yet still trying to keep his composure despite the chaos. It got even worse as there was a loud bang against the closing door above you.

The subject's huge claws were keeping the door open, digging into the thick metal walls and slowly forcing it open. The machinery which slid the door open was trying its best to close, yet it was unable to deal with Vinella's immense strength. By this point, you got down from the stairs and were running for the elevator. You ran past the transport vehicles which were parked there, heading for the elevator on which two of your men had already walked and were looking up at the doors which were opening more and more to Vinella's wrath. Though as the third soldier ran on it, he looked for the control panel at the back and would try and activate it before you or the rest of your men could get on it. As he pressed the button, there was a rumbling sound, followed by the thing starting to move upward. "WAIT FOR US, DICKHEAD!" One of the two other men in front of you would yell, as the one behind you seemed quite upset as well. "MOTHERFUCKER! YOU'RE LEAVING US BEHIND!" The one who had pressed the button to get the huge elevator to go up would not really be too worried by the insults right now, especially since the door holding the subject back finally gave in...

There was a loud bang as the sliding metal doors were first pushed all the way open, followed by the door mechanism breaking. The bit of wall the door was placed in broke entirely, as Vinella pushed it open with way too much force and caused some of the concrete to crack and the entire place to tremble. Dust and rubble fell over parts of the room, and some smoke started entering the small hub area. At this point, you told your men to aim for the subject as you ran to the platform. Two of the men on the elevator were quick to do so with their sonic cannons. Though, the one who had pressed the button tried looking for any place to hide, the platform having a few metal crates and one of the transport vehicles on it. He hid behind the crates and kept low, likely being too scared to fight.

Meanwhile, the two ahead of you reached the platform and tried climbing onto it before it was too late. You could probably still reach it as well, but the one behind you might need a hand to get onto the platform as well.

Once the two soldiers got onto the platform, they'd also grab their sonic cannons before starting to aim at the subject. Though even then, the weaponry only seemed to annoy her a bit as she moved a hand in front of her face to block it out. By now, you could see her in far greater detail, as more of her entered the room. The subject had long black hair, and the strange antennae like protrusion which had shot acid at you seemed to be connected to her back. Insect like legs wrapped slightly around her waist area, and some portions of her appeared dressed in sleek black leather-like clothing. With the one hand which wasn't blocking out the sound cannons, she would grab onto the walkway and pull herself further into the room. Though, given her strength this quickly destroyed the walkway, leaving her to use the wall below her to try and pull herself free. The moment most of her body got onto the quickly-faltering metal walkway and the stairwell, it seemed to give in to her immense weight. The walkway collapsed to the ground with most of her on it.

During this time, you were able to hoist yourself up onto the elevator as well, barely climbing on it on time. Though, this left the one soldier behind you stranded, as he spoke in a panic. "WAIT FOR ME!" As he screamed, Vinella started getting up from the huge pile of rubble she had turned the walkway into. She didn't seem too bothered at all by the fall, or the continued use of the sound-cannons. She calmly stood up while still using her hand to block the sound from hitting her face. She was also slowly stepping forward.

>Write in what the plan is... if any.

Suggestions:
>Try and reduce weight on the elevator by pushing some of the heavier items off of it together.
>Grab the final soldier and hoist him onto the platform.
>Just keep shooting. Maybe try your rifles or flamethrowers, now that you had an even cleaner shot on her.
>Maybe the subject was misunderstood? Perhaps you could try and reason with her!

>>5869492
>Write in what the plan is... if any.
First, Grab the final soldier and hoist him, while doing so, yell to one of the soldiers to aim their weapons at the walkway below her feat. The other blasts focusing on her face.
Lastly, while they do so. go to the transport vehicle and see if it can be activated/has its key inside, if so have it drive straight towards her direction to crash the rest of the walkway/slam into her as we move up.

>>5869513
in case it needs to be mentioned, yes, we get the fuck out of it before it goes flying off obviously.

>>5869492
>Try and reduce weight on the elevator by pushing some of the heavier items off of it together.
Man if we had gone into the side chamber we could be slipping away behind her right now

>>5869513
Support.

>Write in what the plan is... if any.
>Try and reduce weight on the elevator by pushing some of the heavier items off of it together.
You didn't hesitate a second to lie down at the edge of the elevator and reach your hands out for the final soldier. You pulled with all the might you had, but the guy's equipment made it quite difficult. You tried pulling him up with all the force you had, him being lifted from the ground by the moving platform. "DON'T LET GO NOW!" He almost begged you, as you feared that it'd become impossible to keep a hold on him. All the while, your men kept using their sonic cannons to try and keep the subject back.

You yelled at them to aim some of their weapons at the crumbled walkway below her, one of your men pulling out the flamethrower and doing as told. Though, the subject quickly used her other claw to try and block out the flames to prevent the area around her getting set ablaze. Thus, she continued to slowly trot forward past the pile of rubble below her. And as she got closer, she kicked against one of the vehicles in front of her which utterly destroyed it and threw chunks of it all around you. Though fortunately, this also made her lose her balance just a tiny bit, making her pause her approach. Better yet, was the fact that none of the debris from the vehicle hit you or your men. However, the shaking and noise was certainly somewhat overwhelming.

Throughout all of this, you struggled to pull your final man onto the platfrom. Though shortly after, one of your other other men got beside you and also grabbed the last soldier's hands, the two of you successfully hoisting the guy up. He was quick to crawl onto the platform before speaking in an elated tone. "Thank you, thank you much! Both of you!" He sounded almost emotional, before one of the men with the sonic cannons spoke up. "LESS TALKING, MORE SHOOTING THIS FUCKING THING!" The final guy quickly got his rifle, and aimed at the subject, trying to shoot at her arms and legs.

However, the bullets seemed to just bounce off of her. You'd need something a lot larger to damage her. And right now, all your men were trying their damnedest to unload everything on her. One soldier was cowering, one was using a flamethrower, the last soldier was using a rifle, and the other three were using sonic cannons. It was then that you had an idea. as you yelled at one of your men to get to the nearby vehicle to try and enter it. "WHAT?! WHY?!" One of the men yelled at you, as you told them you had an idea. In turn, one of the men with the sonic weaponry did as told, and ran towards the vehicle.

He tried opening it the normal way, before breaking open the window and forcing the door open from the inside. "KEY'S INSIDE!" He said, before you told him to drive it towards the subject. "WHAT, WITH ME STILL IN IT?!" You told him to just jump out of it, as he nodded his head and yelled back. "THIS BETTER FUCKING WORK, JACK!"

The one with the flamethrower yelled back in turn, doing so quite angrily. "JUST LISTEN TO JACK! WE CAN'T HOLD HER BACK WITH THIS!" The subject was indeed starting to speed up her walk again, still blocking the flames and sound with her huge clawed hands. Thus, the soldier in the transport vehicle tried and move it into position to ram it into Vinella. Even if he missed, then it'd still lessen the weight on the elevator considerably. However, it was then that Vinella made her appendages appear again, aiming them straight at the platform. "SHIT, TAKE COVER!" One of the soldiers said as they knew what was about to happen. And right as the vehicle sped forward and off the platform, Vinella sprayed a bunch of acid all over the place. It wasn't exactly aimed, going all over the place as your men quickly ducked for cover. The vehicle was the first to get hit, as it skid all over the place and the soldier inside of it lost control. He did manage to fly off of the platform, but unfortunately missed... and worse, the soldier inside didn't have enough time to jump out...

The vehicle crashed into a bunch of the other vehicles, starting to melt as the soldier ran out of it and screamed in pain. With her no longer being battered by fire and sound, Vinella moved her claws out of the way and would rush the struck soldier now close to her. The soldier didn't take notice, until it was too late, being grabbed by Vinella with both arms and being lifted into the air. He screamed at the top of his lungs, as you soon watched Vinella rip the guy in half between both of her hands. The guy let out an ear-piercing scream, some of the poor sod's blood coating Vinella's face and upper torso. She then would throw the torso right back at you and your men, it crashing into the wall and splattering his insides all over the place. One more man down...

Thankfully, the platform was starting to speed up, thanks to the weight which was shed. Not just from the vehicle and the unfortunate loss of another man, but also because Vinella's acid had melted away some small chunks of the platform. It was now getting high enough where Vinella could maybe not reach it. But despite that, Vinella looked at you with a sadistic and gleeful smile, before starting to make her way towards you and the others.

You had a small height advantage now. You still had 4 men, yourself and a coward who was hiding in fear.

>Write in what to do next.

Suggestions:
>Just hide and don't try to fight her. Once you were high up enough, she couldn't see through the platform and see where you were hiding anymore.
>Throw more items off of the platform. Both to shed more weight and to maybe drop them on her.
>Keep on shooting her to ensure she couldn't try anything funny with that acid of hers.

(The dice keep saving you... Honestly, at this rate, I can see you somehow escaping with only 3 casualties... That is, if the dice keep being kind to you.)

>>5869785
>Throw more items off of the platform. Both to shed more weight and to maybe drop them on her.

I guess there's no cable for her to cut? Or with an elevator this size maybe there's multiple.

>>5869785
>Write in what to do next.
We are doing both suggestion 1 and 3.
we split into two groups, one group is going to keep using sonic weaponry bc her claws can't guide her too well if she's climbing up to reach us, and if she does use both claws her progress near halts. At the very least they can help keep her at range.


second group starts taking shit to shove onto her, yell out to the fucker hiding if he doesn't stop being deadweight and help move shit to drop on her, he's being tossed to the subject next.

>>5869835
Support this one, wonder if we escape unscathed out of this.

>>5869785
>ust hide and don't try to fight her. Once you were high up enough, she couldn't see through the platform and see where you were hiding anymore.
I want to kiss her.

>>5869810
I think we are on more of a platform kind of elevator rather then a cable elevator. The sci looking ones with a lot of machinery involved.

>>5870107
Anon she wants to tear you to pieces.

>>5870107
Anon, please do not simp the crush fetish subject. If you kiss her, you will absolutely get fucking murdered.

>>5870107
>>5870170
>Anon, please do not simp the crush fetish subject. If you kiss her, you will absolutely get fucking murdered.
We can fix her

>Write in what to do next...
With the elevator slowly crawling upwards, you decided that the 6 of you could escape this hellish place. You just needed to get the elevator all the way up to ensure she could no longer reach you. Thus, you decided to once again split up the group to get some things done. You would and two other men would take your sonic weaponry to try and hold her back. Meanwhile the other group of 2 would get the coward, force him to co-operate and hopefully toss some of the heavy items off the platform and onto her head. For once in your life, your men didn't question you or talk back to you in any way. They were all determined to try and survive this ordeal.

You and two of your other men got to the edge of the platform and would aim your cannons at the subject. The subject would once again put a giant claw in front of her face to block out the sound. She tried getting closer to you, the platform rising and getting you further out of range. However, she still had her acid spray which you'd need to contend with. Fortunately, the other men would start getting to work, first telling the coward that you could all escape if you worked together well. And after being dragged from cover and told that he'd be thrown off if he didn't help, he started helping out your men. They first started pushing the metal boxes, having to lift them up together as one person just couldn't carry it alone.

As this was going on, the subject would reach the nearby wall and started trying to crawl up it. You were at least 40 feet up now, the subject being forced to crawl go up the wall if she wanted to really reach you. Though, given that one hand was necessary to block out the sound, she was clearly gonna struggle reaching up. And with the platform getting higher and higher with each passing second, that meant that the crates which would be dropped on her would hopefully deal even more damage... And soon, the first metal box was thrown towards her. It hurdled in her direction and would crash into her shoulder, momentarily stunning her as she'd take a step back. "TAKE THAT, YOU GODDAMN ABOMINATION!" One of the men who threw the crate at her yelled. "KEEP THROWING SHIT AT HER, BOYS!" One of the men in your group yelled, as the subject seemed to head away from the wall, seemingly realising that clawing after you wasn't going to work...

Instead, she'd soon grab one of the vehicles which were nearby, lifting it up from the ground with minimal effort, before lobbing it right at you. "INCOMING!" Another one of your men yelled, as they stopped firing and ran away from the side. But, it was already too late, as you heard a loud blast and felt the entire platform quaking. The ledge which you shot at her from was heavily damaged, and the acid holes which had formed before were making huge portions of the platform unstable. Worse though, was the fact that two of your men at the edge had been struck by debris and were bleeding. Though, not enough for them to get out of the fight, as they quickly got up.

Things only got worse then, as the elevator started slowing down and pausing, her potentially having damaged some vital parts to it with the car projectile. Vinella laughed softly, you able to see her through one of the holes in the platform. She placed the weird antennae appendages against the floor as she grabbed another vehicle. She'd already aim it, yet didn't throw it for... some reason. She looked at the platform, seemingly waiting for something. Was she expecting the platform to collapse? Or perhaps she was waiting to see anyone pop their head up from behind the ledge of it? At least you had some small gaps in the platform from the acid damage through which you could see her and what she was doing...

You had an even greater height advantage, but the platform was no longer moving... And worse, the acid damage from before and the damage from the transport vehicle had made the platform most unstable, to say the least. You at least now had five men and yourself, though two of them were somewhat injured from what Vinella had done...

>Write in what to do next.

Suggestions:
>Check the display for the elevator to see if it said why it stopped. Hopefully, the elevator could keep going still.
>Bet it all on a lucky shot. Try and use your own, or one of your men's, guns to shoot at her. If you hit her in a weak spot, maybe she'd be too stunned to throw the second vehicle.
>Just quickly hide and pray she doesn't find you once she makes her way up here.
>Keep sticking to the plan. Have your men continue to throw things at her while you fire at her. Maybe through the holes of the platform, you could stun her long enough?

(The lucky dice are starting to fade. You still got a chance to escape, but... the path out of here is getting narrower.)

>>5870286
>Write in what to do next.
we check the display, but have the guys lunging shit at her keep doing so, leverage height while we can.

>>5870286
backing >>5870292
It wasn't cable cutting, but I knew she'd find a way to stop the elevator. They always tell you to take stairs in an emergency for a reason.

>>5870292
Supporting.

>Write in what to do next.
The first thing you did after you saw Vinella aim the vehicle at the platform again, was rush towards the control panel to try and get it to work. You yelled to your men to throw more items at her, with two of the uninjured men and one of the injured men grabbing a nearby box near the edge and getting ready to throw it at her. However, things were getting most precarious, with the entire platform creaking and shaking as you ran on it. The platform was clearly getting less and less stable, but that didn't stop you from moving quickly. And once you reached the display, you'd press for the thing to go up right away. After pressing it, the platform creaked and there was a loud noise coming from inside of it, before it started moving up again at a pace which was... not terrible, but not great either. And right as the thing started moving, your men managed to push the box off of the platform.

Right as this happened, you'd hear another whizzing sound, followed by a loud bang coming from the edge of the platform. Your men all lost their balance and held onto the platform for dear life. You watched as a huge portion of the platform broke into bits of shrapnel, and even more chunks soon after fell off due to the structural weakness. By now, more than 50% of the platform's solid surface was gone. The entire thing became slanted from how imbalanced its weight was. More importantly, the edge of the platform, which originally at least 20 feet away from you, was now easily only 6 feet away from you. Hell, you could look over it and see down most of the space.

From the looks of it, it seemed that Vinella had aimed for the centre of the platform, but had hit it slightly off. You also noticed that the metal box your men had thrown at her had in fact hit her... but once again, none of it seemed to put a dent in her. The good news now was that the platform was at least moving a lot faster due to the reduced weight, as you for a moment thought you could all escape. Your men remained low, refusing to get up just due to how unstable the entire thing was. Maybe, just maybe, you'd get out of reach of Vinella and be able to get out of here... However, you'd soon see Vinella's appendages appearing again, aiming right at you before firing another huge spray of acid upwards. A haze of the acidic substance would reach the underside of the platform, and you heard more creaking and sizzling. The platform bent even more downwards, and you saw your men holding on as tightly as possible, praying that they'd be safe...

Unfortunately, it was all for nothing...

The platform bent more and more, before there was a loud clank sound and... it all came crushing down. You heard air loudly whistling past you, you barely having time to realise you were actually in freefall. Your fall lasted only about 2 seconds, and once you crashed down to the ground you felt utter pain through your body. Dust was kicked up, making it impossible for you to see what was going on. Though, your sight was the last thing on your mind right now, as you felt sharp pain throughout your entire body. The shot of pain was thankfully quickly numbed as the adrenaline in your system tried to make you ignore the pain of the fall and keep you conscious. You were breathing heavily, as you tried getting up despite the searing sensations throughout your body.

Looking around you as the dust settled, you saw the two already injured men lying limp and face down on the remnants of the platform. You heard one of your soldiers groan in pain, followed by hearing another one screaming in agony. The one soldier who had followed you closely and tried to lock Vinella out of the room was still alive, trembling as he tried to push himself up from the ground. He soon noticed you, trying to reach a hand out to you. "J-Jack!" He mumbled in pain, before you heard cracking and creaking sounds, mixed in with loud footsteps approaching you slowly. And soon, you watched the dark figure of Vinella approach you. Lying on the floor right in front of her, you found that she was... even more horrifically huge than she had seemed before. And as the dust dissipated, you saw the smile on her face as she looked down at you. Had it not been for... what she had done, you would've called it an innocent or gentle smile. But you knew that behind those monstrous eyes, there was nothing innocent or gentle.

"Y-You... s-sick... FUCK!" The soldier who had called out your name would say in pain, Vinella immediately turning her head to him. And then, her eyes widened and she lunged at him. You heard metal creaking and solid matter breaking, as you saw her picking the soldier up by the head with just two of her gigantic claws. The soldier panicked, yet still seemed angry and aggressive. "YOU'LL DIE FOR THIS! YOU'LL FUCKING DIE, YOU MONSTEROUS PIECE OF SHIT, YOU-" Vinella would grab a hold of the guy's arms with both hands, before... she pressed down on them. The soldier screamed in pain, as you watched blood seeping from between her claws. The guy begged for mercy, yet the psychopathic subject did not cease her cruelties whatsoever. She seemed determined to do this slowly, crushing his arms until her claws were trembling from the force she was exerting... The sound of flesh squelching, bones breaking and the agonizing screams... during your entire career, never had you see a single sentient being cause this much pain and agony on her own. The terror this beast incited made... Diamond Dogs look weak in comparison.

After a minute which felt like an eternity, Vinella finally seemed to show mercy... in the form of ripping the guy's arms cleanly off. The guy fell to the ground, screaming a bit longer before simply breathing heavily. And not much later, he went quiet and seemed to go entire limp. It seemed he had succumbed to the heinous acts Vinella had done and was going unconscious... and given the blood loss and injuries, he was probably going to pass as well. With the guy dead, Vinella crouched down to you, inspecting you for a minute before removing your helmet. And then, she simply... stared at you. She seemed to wait for you to... do or say something. Did she expect you to insult her as well? Or to beg for mercy? Or was there some other reason as to why she was doing this?

>What do you do?

(Bit of a question for you guys... I'm writing this kind of brutality to show just how... psychotic and fucked in the head Vinella is, but... you guys aren't too bothered by it, right? I know 4chan is a place for edgy shit and there are way worse things which are posted here, buuut I also don't want to put people off with extremely gory descriptions of torture and what not. It does fit with Vinella, but... yeah, just wanna make sure I'm not grossing people out or overdoing it.)

(Either way, I'll give you guys a turn to... maybe speak with Vinella, after which we'll return to Mikhail again. Honestly, I doubt Vinella will say or do much... aside from killing you in a most brutal fashion. Unless if you tell her how much you love your boys and how you'd hate for her to maul their bodies right in front of you or something along those lines.)

>>5870624
Damn we lost the dice war. This is very tragic.
OP do we have grenades on us?

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>>5870647
Okay, so I never really considered Diamond Dogs to be the type to use grenades. However, I decided to roll for this for the funny...

Unfortunately, the dice gods have not supported the idea. So, I guess your only option is talking to her... though to be fair, I can see you guys opting to just keep quiet and not give her the pleasure of hearing you suffer.

>>5870656
fuck you op, you aren't allowed to predict me like this

wait so do we not even have a pistol on us right now?

>>5870663
I'll be nice and grant you that at the very least. It'd be a nice way to show her a final moment of disdain and refusal to give up.

also, inb4 this happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u61F_qvdid0

>>5870664
It's not for her OP. Its for -
also its probably closer to
https://youtu.be/QnX_mQ9apu8?t=69
>>5870624
A fuck ton of ways to go about this. but I'd rather not ask questions or beg for mercy.

two of the main ones im partial two are
A; keep quiet and don't say anything, we just stare right back at her. If she starts to torture us we take out our gun and blow our brains out to prevent her from getting the satisfaction from killing us.
B; "Mom and Dad did always say I have a charming face."
C; Knowing its futile take out our gun and go for her head. when it doesn't work say "Worth a shot" before she tears us to pieces.
Lenaing towards A and B for obvious reasons. I await to see what my fellow anons think

>>5870663
If we do have a sidearm within reach, perhaps the best use for that would be to deny her the pleasure of playing with us alive

>>5870672
Supporting option B. It's too fucking funny not to.

By the way, I still wanna know if you guys are okay with like... the brutality I'm writing or if it's too much. Not just too much as in it being too many graphic details, but too much in the sense of... well, Vinellas style of torture beint quite evident by now. Also, if the gun is taken away and doesn't give Jack the sweet relief of death, I wanna make sure you guys are okay with me writing a painful fucking ending for the poor dude.

>>5870725
I'm fine with it, but i won't speak for the other anons.
you could alternatively have us saved by reinforcements coming in on the nick of time OP

>>5870725
Painful excruciating torture is fine for me.

>>5870624
>tell her how much you love your boys and how you'd hate for her to maul their bodies right in front of you
Beg her not to
Beg her to kill us first
Then run the fuck away while she's enjoying herself with them
Hopefully she'll be distracted enough that she won't even notice until we've made it far enough to hide

>What do you do?
You knew that you currently were... basically fucked. You had a gun in your pocket, and she gave you a moment to speak or... try something. Though shooting her with the would absolutely do fuck all to her, probably. She had tanked heavy crates, machine guns, fire and even sound cannons. A single bullet was probably not gonna do much. And even if you did try to get your gun, you didn't exactly have the strength in your arms to swiftly grab it and shoot her. Still, you did grab it... but mostly for a different intention. And, to your surprise, Vinella didn't stop you from grabbing the gun. Perhaps she was expecting you to try something against her? Though given how she stared, you decided to say one thing to her....

"Mom and Dad did always say I have a charming face."

You were able to grab your gun, Vinella starting to giggle. You couldn't tell it was due to what you said, or because of you grabbing the gun. Either way, she'd soon put two of her claws on your legs. She was surprisingly gentle with the pressure she put on it, yet it still hurt immensely just due to how battered your body was. Unfortunately, shortly after, she started slowly putting more pressure on your injured legs, the pain becoming worse and worse. And soon, a third finger also went for your torso, pressing on it and making things even worse. Thank god she was letting you grab a hold of your pistol.

With a trembling arm, you brought it towards your head. Though seeing what you were doing, Vinella's smile became even more demented and she instantly pushed down with her three claws onto your legs and torso. The pain once again became too much, as she you felt her slicing through your stomach and crushing your leg bones. Though, you kept on moving the gun to your head, Vinella's torture not stopping you from ending her fun prematurely. You got the gun against your head, Vinella's claw quickly slicing upwards. You felt a second of pain before, you pulled the trigger and-

...

...

...

...

"You're listening to VRCMG Radio with your favourite target, Annie Marconi, and you just heard The Grand Station by Shipwreck Periapsis. Before I play our next song, I would like to take this moment to announce something to my wonderful listeners. I hereby wish to give my condolences to nine brave and oh so intelligent soldiers from Diamond Dogs, who lost their lives whilst trying to hunt me down. Their courage and fighting spirit were an inspiration to all, as these exemplarily and dignified death squad soldiers have truly redefined what it means to be a hero!"

"They have bravely slaughtered a dying janitor, five injured technicians, a traumatized low ranking scientist, and two maimed and unarmed guards in the most slow and sadistic ways possible. After such acts of pure bravery, these heroes went to the location I specifically said Vinella was, expecting me to lie to them... Yet I am heart-broken to announce that... I was not lying, and I do not think I need to tell you what has happened to them."

"I hope these nine men, who likely suffered a most dreadful fate at the hands of Vinella, will inspire many in the future to do the 'right' thing. And to those who are sceptical of the actions these men have performed, I am sure the government will be most delighted to inform you all about their motives, actions and much more about the... heroic acts they have committed down here."

"With that out of the way, let's return to our regularly scheduled programming and play our next song..."

...

>Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
You woke up to the sound of wind and the tent moving all about, having woken up early in the day after heading back to sleep quite early yesterday. You saw Thaddeus, Derek and Lydia sleeping nearby in their own sleeping bags. You could already see that the sun was starting to rise from inside the tent. More importantly, you also heard plenty of noise outside, as men left the nearby tents and went to work. Hell, you already heard plenty of chattering and footsteps. Checking the time, you saw that it was around half past 5, meaning it was time to get going!

>Wake up your men and tell them to get going.
>Let them rest and wait for them to awake on their own. They deserved a bit more time to rest.
>Leave them to it and explore the nearby area a bit ahead of time.
>Something else...

(So, first of all, a bit of a shorter update for Mikhail... but hey, we're getting back into it now, so it's only fair. More importantly, I just wanna hear your thoughts on the little side-story. Would you guys like to do more of them in the future?)

>>5871224
>Wake up your men and tell them to get going.
Slave driving

> thoughts on the little side-story. Would you guys like to do more of them in the future?
I liked it and would be open to more. Hopefully in the next one we can actually play the psychopath squad like psychopaths and do anything to try and survive. After all the heinous shit we've heard Diamond Dogs get up to it felt weird to play them as a power of friendship group that met death with one final marvel movie quip.

>>5870725
Forgot to reply to this earlier but the brutality is nice and immersive.

>>5871224
>hear your thoughts on the little side-story. Would you guys like to do more of them in the future?
I want to kill monster girls but do not have the weapons to do so.
was a neat little segment. wouldn't mind doing them every now and then.

well I wanted to do this before that little story but we are probably going to need to gear up a little. We probably aren't going to have any weapons that can beat a subject like Vinella, but we can at least increase our tactical gear that gives us more options and playing keep away and escape.

>Leave them to it and explore the nearby area a bit ahead of time.
>Something else...
look at what type of gear we have in stock/can take with us. Either from our group alone request from lodger/gov as a whole. Included in this is something highly basic for that other subject the slime who I want to watch dissipate.

>>5871224
>Something else...
Let them rest and wait for them to awake on their, while we get some information with other teams.

QM are we the only Lodger team or there are more present? Otherwise try to talk with the Leonard and his crew if awoken.

>Would you guys like to do more of them in the future?
Yes, I liked the change of a pace brought.

>>5871254
Nah, there are far more Lodger men present who you can talk with. I imagine that, based on what this Anon suggested (>>5871249), you'd both agree to meet up with more men from Lodger to get information and gear.

>>5871516
works for me OP

>Leave them to it and explore the nearby area a bit ahead of time.
Despite the activity going on around you, and the clear fact many other groups were well-awake by now, you decided to leave your men be. Thus, you put on your outfit, got your combat boots and would leave the tent with everyone else staying there. Leaving the tent, you saw that the sun hadn't risen yet, but the orange glow of the sunrise was already starting to overtake the horizon. You also saw that there were already quite a lot of men walking about. Not as much as yesterday when you returned, but it was clear that people were starting to wake up and move around the place.

You decided that you'd wait for your men to wake up before you'd get moving. After all, they deserved some good rest... maybe also because some had stayed up for quite some time after you went to sleep. The good news was that there was plenty for you to do at this time. Just because your men weren't awake, didn't mean you were out of options for what to do. There were plenty of places to visit, plenty of people you could look at, and plenty of other things you could investigate. Though, given everything you had learnt yesterday, there were a few specific things on your mind right now...

>Something else...
You and your men's tents were placed close to the centre of a large conglomeration of Lodger tents. This meant that there were plenty of men around from other groups with whom you could talk. Some you maybe already met before in previous missions, many who you... clearly didn't know at all. But hey, they could still provide some useful intel to you and your men, right? More importantly was the fact that Lodger had also set up a large, main area where the higher-ups from the death squad worked: The real pencil-pushers who made sure stable supply lines and good logistical connections presumably worked there. And they would be the ones who could provide you with all kinds of gear and supplies you could use. More specific weaponry, better tools and material than whatever the hell the government was willing to provide. Not to mention, them likely being able to get material for some more... specific requests. The highly basic chemicals necessary to deal with 7-SM came to mind, for one...

Thus, you'd head to that area first. Anyone you'd encounter there could probably be of use with sharing intel with you. Not to mention, recommendations for what sort of gear you could use. It thankfully didn't take long for you to reach the area. Not only was it quite visible from a distance due to how large and well-equipped it was, but it was also actually fenced off and and well-guarded. Many men in similar outfits to yours were walking around it, patrolling it or simply browsing the items which were there. You'd reach the main entrance to the area in short few minutes of walking. You saw some men were actually busy setting up even more solid structures, with reinforced walls and actual construction items. Lodger probably saw it fit that such an important spot be more well-protected against whatever was thrown its way. Regardless, you'd enter the area, finding many tents and a few solid structures strewn about, all of which were brimming with crates and material caches. Some had small transport vehicles, others had displays showing useful equipment.

Another benefit was that there were many higher-ups actually around there. They didn't have the same armour you had, but still had similar colouration and badges. More importantly, they were seated at various counters to which you could just... walk up, and ask them for items. The nearest one of these higher-ups you could see was standing in front of a nearby building which clearly was an arms depot. He was currently checking things on a tablet, likely already busy at work looking over supplies and what not.

>Ask the nearest Lodger higher-up for certain materials and ask them where you can get them (Write in what you want to get)
>Ask some nearby soldiers for the items you wanna get. Not only could you maybe get an idea of where to get what you need, but you could have a casual chat and maybe get some intel (Write in what you'll tell them you're looking for.)
>Simply start browsing the area for some items you think you'll need. You could hit up any nearby soldiers you saw for information and intel.
>Something else...

(Maybe a slightly less eventful update... but, I do wanna give you guys time to really think about what you want to get before just naming a bunch of potentially useful items which you can get here. And of course a chance to chat with some other folk from Lodger here, while you're at it.)

(Oh, on a last note, I may not make 2 updates tomorrow, but just one instead. I also do not know how updates will go throughout the weekend. I imagine that I'll get at least one update in on each day of the weekend, but I really cannot be too sure due to how hectic things have been planned. I'll try and keep you updated though!)

>>5871677
>>Ask some nearby soldiers for the items you wanna get. Not only could you maybe get an idea of where to get what you need, but you could have a casual chat and maybe get some intel (Write in what you'll tell them you're looking for.)
This before we go to lodger higher up

Ask whem what are some things a lot of squads seem to be grabbing and what they would reccomend grabbing, as well as where we can find
-explosive gear like grenades
-special gear for specific subjects (like say a highly basic compound)
-and other utility gear

starting off the eventual very long list for critique from other anons.
Utility gear like flashbangs/smoke/poison gas grenades.
Special more modern gear of that nature (idk shock/emp grenades or some shit)
night/thermal vision goggles.
Some of the sort of stuff the other death squad uses in terms of traps. Stuff like tripwire explosives etc.
on the topic of explosives, some of those but not for attacking like rpgs would be, but for structural damage like placed explosives, be it for breaching walls or shattering floors.
If we could have placeable cameras that would also be grea- man we should played as freaking heathen. We ain't getting shit as lodger.
a drone that flies and two RC cars that we can control.
special stuff specific towards certain subjects (surely they have something for teams targeting certain subjects).
Gas masks
Lastly I doubt we do but what kind of heavier/heavy hitting weapons do we have? even if they are expendable, just something that can be trusted to leave a dent or force em to take a step back.
idk if there are any sci fi radars we can use.
OP some of the things I mentioned may already be included in our gear, but I am not sure what our helmets can and can't do so I am just playing it safe.
This list will likely grow

>>5871677
>>5871707
I'll support the first two/three but the full list is looking like far more than our squad can reasonably carry, let alone what Lodger would be willing to supply us with. Hell, some of it they might not even have - since Heathen came too they might not have bothered to bring tripwires/other trapping equipment. Heavier weapons likewise we'll probably need to trade for/loot from a dead Heroes squad.

Also we really should be bothering the government for some of this. The basic compounds especially, those are directly related to monster girl elimination.

>>5871724
Anon I literally searched up a list for urban tunnel warfare for IRL.

>>5871776
I dunno man, I see heavy weaponry, emp grenades, and "sci fi radars" on there, so either you added those and possibly added others or your IRL urban tunnel warfare list may not be as IRL as you think

>>5871795
the sci fi stuff was more me asking what if it exists or what forms of it exist rather then just tacking it on us. I want to know our options for those given areas. But that's a fair point I should have specified. But the majority of the stuff mentioned is definitely possible ofr us to carry (more then 2 or 3)

>Ask some nearby soldiers for the items you wanna get. Not only could you maybe get an idea of where to get what you need, but you could have a casual chat and maybe get some intel.

First, ask France Cobbler and some of his men about:
Looking around, you decided not to just head to the higher-ups right away. After all, you still needed an idea as to what you should get. And what better person to ask then the nearby Lodgerites who knew what kind of equipment was often in demand? Thus, you'd walk up to the nearest group of soldiers you could see, greeting them before asking if you could ask them some things related to material. Though, the soldier who saw you quickly started smiling. "I'd be more than happy to, Mikhail." He knew your name? Oh god, why did he know your name. The other men he was with didn't seem to know who you were, based on the confused expressions they had. Though the guy who knew your name seemed confident.

"Come on, don't you remember me? France Cobbler? We're both from Ydelos-3!" The name did ring familiar... but you had met many soldiers before, so... it wasn't exactly out of the ordinary. France still continued though. "You joined Lodger a bit before me? Hell, we were stationed on the same planet during that one campaign a few years ago... what was it, uhhh, it was against a guerrilla campaign by locals against some rich business owner or something like that on that planet?" You did remember such a mission, but you didn't recall seeing France here... Then again, you didn't remember much of the guy. Probably because you just met once and then just focused on your job.

The other soldiers seemed amused, speaking softly. "Maybe you're just confusing him with someone else, France?" Of course, France hand-waved this comment a little. "Naaah, I remember Mikhail here quite decently. Maybe he doesn't remember me as well, since I was just a normal soldier at that point in time, rather than commanding you guys." At least France didn't seem insulted by the fact you didn't know who the hell he was. "So, what brings you here in this early morning? Getting supplies for another run down into this place?" You nodded along, before deciding you might as well ask him some of the questions you had.

Thus, you asked him your first question, wanting to know what most squads were grabbing. "Well, if you're asking about the squads outside of Lodger, I'd have no clue. It's mostly basic stuff from the government. Probably just rations, medical equipment, ammo for their guns, the usual stuff. If you're asking about what other men from Lodger are getting, it's mostly the same really. Though, we also tend to get our own tablets. You know, so you don't have to deal with that one electrical subject and her interference." You told him that you had already gotten that, before asking what they'd recommend. One of France's men was quick to respond. "Enough medical equipment, that's for sure."

France gave a more serious answer though. "Well, it really depends on what you wanna do! We've opted to help out with setting up some safe-points throughout the ruins, soooo we mostly just have tools to clear corridors and set up fortifications. I dunno what you're doing, but... I'm sure whatever it is, you can find something for it around here." Yeah, not the answer you wanted, but... you could at least get a bit more specific with your requests right away, given that you knew a few things you wanted already.

First of those things you wanted, were explosives. You asked for Grenades, flashbangs, smoke grenades and poison gas grenades. The men seemed to nod as you said the first, though were quick to respond to the fourth. "Don't think they got any poison gas grenades, I'm afraid. They do have the others though, and in pretty decent standard." One of France's men said, after which France proudly said. "Better than what the government can provide, for sure. I've heard some men from Blackstar and Diamond Dogs even wanted access to some of the stuff we got, since the government supplies are... sorta shit." Speaking of the other death squads, you'd ask what they had in terms of tripwire explosives, as well as other traps which the other death squads had. "Well, I dunno what sorta traps we got... But I do know that Heathen probably has traps like the ones you're looking out for. Maybe we have some as well still. But like I said, I really dunno." France responded, which was good since... you could maybe ask Leonard for some of that later down the line then. Unless if he and his men didn't want to share those kinds of material with you..

You then asked for explosives for traversing areas or breaching doors, to which France seemed a lot more optimistic. "Uhhh, yeah, I think we got those... right, guys?" France turned to his soldiers, who seemed a bit unsure. "I think so? I don't remember passing them." "Maybe I saw some, but I can't say for sure." Well, at least that was another gain for you. And hey, you could always get Evander to make some improvised explosives with what little material you were provided. You then asked for cameras which could be placed down and be used as traps to see anything which had passed by. "Yeah, they got those, I think. Dunno where, but I can't imagine them not being available to us." Another item you wanted to know were some ground penetrating radar for checking through walls and floors. France once again looked unsure, looking to his men at which point they shook their head.

"No clue, France." "Yeah, I really don't know." The two men said, before France got a more neutral expression. "Yeah, I really don't know, dude. Guess you can ask, but... that does sound pretty fancy." You also asked for any drones which the group may had, to which the men straight up shook their head. "Nah, didn't see anything like that." Maybe you could still ask the superior later down the line, but... it seemed this place already had plenty of supplies for you and your men to use. There were still two more items you wanted: You wanted heavy weaponry and items to deal with specific subjects. You first started with the heavier equipment, at which point France smirked and pointed towards one of the few actual buildings in the distance. "They got an arms depot there which has some pretty good stuff. Sonic weaponry, flamethrowers, rocket launchers, even some energy weapons, chain guns and pocket autocannons!" Well, that answered where your men had gotten Alan's flamethrower from...

Lastly, you asked for some special tools to deal with certain subjects. Though given how you didn't specify it yet, this was met some curious yet amused smirks. "If you're asking for tools to deal with the irritating fucking electronics subject... they got non-government tablets which... probably are a lot safer than the things the government gave us when we came here. Other than that... well, it really depends on what you're dealing with! So far, we've dealt with a mantis girl and... she just needed a few shots to the head to be dealt with!" Well, that was interesting to hear, but it didn't get you any closer to finding the basic compounds you'd need to deal with the irritating slime girl... Still, maybe if you brought her up specifically, you'd get some answers...

>Ask France and his men some questions (Write in what.)
>Tell France about the specific material you need to deal with 7-SM.
>Go browsing for some of the gear you'd need. Maybe seeing it all first would give you an idea of how much you could actually take along...
>Just head to the nearby higher-up to ask him for the material you needed. France clearly couldn't help much further.
>Something else...

(A relatively big update given what this anon (>>5871707) brought up. I hope it covers most, if not everything which you guys would want to bring along. Oh, and as for the gas masks + night-vision items were... kind of already be implied to be built into your helmets. So those were excluded from what was asked.)

(Other than that, I'll try and get 2 updates in tomorrow, but I can't make any promises. Same for Sunday, given that I'll have plans with family and what not. Hope you guys won't mind!)

>>5872370
maybe the energy weapons might be worth looking at?

>Tell France about the specific material you need to deal with 7-SM.
then
>Go browsing for some of the gear you'd need. Maybe seeing it all first would give you an idea of how much you could actually take along...

>>5872370
Backing >>5872417
Especially if they have energy weapons that stun or disable.

>Tell France about the specific material you need to deal with 7-SM.
After France mentioned the mantis subject his men and him defeated, you decided you might as well about the specific material you'd need to deal with 7-SM. Thus, you told them that you hoped to get some basic material to deal with her. The men seemed impressed, with one of them asking: "Damn, did you encounter her or something?" You told them that, you hadn't but that you felt that she was a major threat. Though you also mentioned that you felt basic compounds could work on her.

"Basic compounds? What do you mean? Like... Alkaline substances?" It seemed the men were a bit unsure what to say about this suggestion. "Take it you wanna try and see if that might help against her given how she seems to be made of acid or something like that?" France soon after asked, you nodding as it seemed they thankfully knew a bit about 7-SM and what she was. Then again, Derek had pointed her out on the tablet before, so the men probably knew of her already.

"Well, if you're gonna hunt her... I dunno if they got the stuff you're looking for here. Maybe they have some for like... medical reasons or cleaning or some other reason. I guess you can ask around though." France responded afterwards, at which point one of his men responded a bit hesitantly. "Are you really gonna hunt her down? She seems to be really tough to catch. Hell, even some folk from Heroes have failed to deal with her." Given that Heroes mostly used top of the line sniper rifles and explosive weaponry, they probably weren't able to fully deal with the slime girl.

You told them all that you'd mostly do it for safety reasons in case you encountered her. Though you didn't elaborate on the whole point of her having a reason to be here. After all, they maybe hadn't considered that yet, if they hadn't even thought of tools to deal with her in the first place. "So, I guess you're just going to... fill a water pistol with alkaline substances and hope for the best?" One of the men said a bit more jokingly. Fortunately, France said something... quite useful. "Or just get an acid gun and recalibrate it to use bases! They did have an acid gun on display somewhere... I doubt anyone will pick that up though, since it's not exactly a safe or useful option to kill things with. Especially when... bullets will do the job just fine."

>Go browsing for some of the gear you'd need. Maybe seeing it all first would give you an idea of how much you could actually take along...
After they had told you everything you needed to know, you thanked the men and wished them good luck. They'd do the same and wish you good luck with your missions. And once you had left them be, you headed for the various depots to look at the items you wanted to get. The first place was the nearby weapons depot. There, you'd find many of the guns you and your men used, as well as plenty of ammo to go around, with some already being delivered right then and there. You decided to look for the heavy equipment you wanted, looking around and soon finding a section with more unconventional weapons.

Proper rocket launchers with regular and fire-and-forget missiles. Flamethrowers like the one Alan had. Chain guns. 'Pocket' autocannons (which were essentially just recoilless rifles which could be carried and easily used by one person). Grenade launchers. Sonic cannons which were just a few steps back from the type Diamond Dogs used. There also was the acid gun which France had mentioned, which basically was just a flamethrower which... didn't shoot a liquid fuel, but a condensed stream of pure acid. Even then, you imagined this weapon being... extremely dangerous. But, if you wanted to fight something extremely dangerous, maybe you had to use something extremely dangerous as well.

After looking around the place a bit, a higher ranking Lodgerite would approach you. "Take it you're looking for some gear you and your men could use?" The guy asked, seeming quite curious about why you were here. "If there's anything you wanna ask, go ahead. If you see anything that interests you, feel free to tell me and I can hand it right over. So long as you bring them back in a decent condition!" It was always nice that you could get weaponry with ease in Lodger. No matter where you were, any additional gun could be borrowed for free as long as necessary! Unless if the gun was lost, in which case it'd cut into your pay-checks... Now the question was, which weapons were you going to take? Most of the specialized weaponry could only be carried by one man and would mean they were forced to use it. Kinda like Alan and his flamethrower...

>Ask the higher-up some questions about the weaponry. (Write in what you want to ask)
>Pick a weapon, or multiple weapons, and take them along. (Write in which weapons)
>Keep on browsing a bit more for the time being. There was still more equipment in the other sections you could check out.
>Something else...

>>5873019
highly tempted to grab the acid gun but first
>Ask the higher-up some questions about the weaponry. (Write in what you want to ask)
Do they have any energy weapons?

>>5873029
Support. Also be a man and take the Acid gun. We can figure out who'll use it later.

>>5873029
+1

>>5873019
>>5873029
Support, ask how easily the acid gun could be swapped to a base gun

We’re going to irreparably hurt ourselves with the acid gun aren’t we?

>Ask the higher-up some questions about the weaponry.
After the higher-up approached you and told you what to expect here, the first thing you wanted to do was ask a bit about some of the weapons present. Mostly, you wanted to know about the energy weapons. "Oh, you mean like... plasma guns or sonic weaponry? Sure, we got a couple of those." He'd walk to one of the display areas, before grabbing a few which seemed interesting to you. "We got a pretty basic plasma rifle. Good for close range, can pierce armour well, requires a lot of energy to work for long though so... I'd not recommend it for lengthy engagements. Uses specific cartridges to supply enough energy, which can be somewhat costly, so I recommend you only use this gun in emergency scenarios. Though, I'll be honest, I am not sure how it'd deal with subjects. I imagine it'd be quite dangerous to them, but you really can't be sure." He'd hold up the plasma rifle, letting you hold it and look at it from up-close. It didn't seem like too bad an option to take along...

He'd also show you a sonic cannon similar to what Diamond Dogs had, albeit far more compact and less powerful. It'd be a decent option for stunning subjects or holding them back, but... it wasn't exactly good in life or death situations, probably. Not to mention, subjects getting behind cover. Afterwards, he'd get a more heavy weapon from somewhere in the back. "This big boy... is a plasma railgun. Pretty nasty thing and... is basically a jacked up plasma rifle. Projectiles go at insane speeds, so is really hard to miss with, it can pierce walls with ease, melt through almost anything and most nearby electronics are fried if the projectile so much as grazes it. If you intend to go after huge subjects with huge amounts of armour or behind strong cover, this might be a solid option.

Though, it will be expensive, even more so than the plasma rifle. I also can't imagine it being exactly easy for one person to carry around. Still, it's something we have and... it might be what you need, depending on what you want." Yeah, this was a bit too cumbersome. Maybe Alan or one of your other strongmen soldiers could carry it, but it'd be quite impractical to say the least. Perhaps its functionality of destroying cover could help. But still, a regular gun seemed... a lot easier.It seemed that you had at least a somewhat decent choice for energy weapons. But, you still had another weapon you wanted to know about: the acid gun which had been mentioned not too long ago. You asked the guy about it, making him look quite stunned. "Geez, you... you really wanna go all out, huh? Fuck me... alright, uhhh, let me get that for you..."

He'd walk away for a second, giving you a moment to look around and look at the weapons which were presented to you. And shortly after, he came back with a medium sized, flamethrower like weapon. Though the symbols and warning labels seemed quite foreboding. "Alright, we got... two of these, but... I... I really want to know why you'd want to use it!" He'd put the weapon down, before showing a large canister. "So the way it works is that you get a canister of... highly powerful acid of your choice and... you slot it in and... then it'll come out in a highly concentrated stream, sorta like a flamethrower. Now, keep in mind that, depending on what chemical you use, it can be EXTREMELY dangerous. Like, if you have something that reacts aggressively with water, expect this thing to work horrifically in areas with... well, water. More importantly, the tip can keep leaking acid even after usage, so... be VERY careful whenever you're handling it after it has been used." The guy actually looked concerned for your safety.

Still, you were here now, so you decided to might as well just ask if it could also work with basic substances. "Basic substances? I... I think you can do that? If you can get canisters of basic substances, then... sure, but I got a feeling it'll be just as dangerous as using acid. Hell, might even be more dangerous depending on what the hell you're planning to put in here." The guy paused, looking around before asking. "What the hell are you even... planning to do with this thing? Are you planning to... melt some parts of the facility? Or deal with specific subjects?" Maybe if you explained who you were hunting, he'd understand why you opted for something this dangerous. Then again, was this really worth it?

>Tell the guy about the subject you're hunting. Maybe he'll give some suggestions on other options for dealing with 7-SM.
>Pick some weapon(s) and ask to take them along. (Write which weapon(s))
>Ask for some weapon(s) to be picked up a later time. (Write in which weapon(s))
>Keep on browsing for a bit. (Write in what you're looking for)
>Ask the guy some questions (Write in what you want to ask)
>Something else...

>>5873643
>Tell the guy about the subject you're hunting. Maybe he'll give some suggestions on other options for dealing with 7-SM.
>Ask the guy some questions (Write in what you want to ask)
Where can we get basic solutions from.
I'd say take the acid gun, but we need to find that basic solution source first.

>>5873643
>Tell the guy about the subject you're hunting. Maybe he'll give some suggestions on other options for dealing with 7-SM.
agree with >>5873663
take it, but only if we can find a strong base that can be used as ammo

Other than that the sonic cannon sounds great, non lethal, doesn't cause serious injury and is super compact. Take that one for sure.

>>5873663
Supporting.

>>5873820
I was more leaning towards the plasma railgun.
If we run into anything (vinella) that can actually surpass our normal weapons, we can just puncture that shit.

I just don't know who'd carry that heavy ass thing.
maybe better to leave until we find ourselves in an area with scary subjects, but if we ever explore near the water area where the giant water monster subject is, definitely would be good to bring to put them down.

>Tell the guy about the subject you're hunting. Maybe he'll give some suggestions on other options for dealing with 7-SM.
With the higher-up clearly being a bit bewildered by what you were planning, you decided to be a bit more specific. You explained how you wanted this option for 7-SM specifically, which seemed to surprise the guy somewhat. "Really? That's the, uhhhh... what subject is that, actually?" Well, there went your hopes in that he'd give some sound advice on how he'd deal with 7-SM. Though after you elaborated on that she was a slime girl with a corrosive body, he did seem a bit more understanding.

"Alright, so... you're going to use the acid gun, modify it with a basic substance and then use it to deal with her acidic body? That... does make some sense. Though it still sounds... quite dangerous, if I say so myself. I would've gone for something more practical... maybe trapping her somewhere or using simple explosives. She might be a slime gal, but how likely would she be to survive that?" You told her that she was quite the sneaky git and that just blowing her up wouldn't completely neutralize her. She was a slime girl after all, which meant you really needed something which wouldn't just 'split' her into more bits of herself... rather, you needed something which would hurt her and truly damage her on an atomic level. And the acid gun filled with alkaline material did seem perfect for the job you wanted to do.

And after telling him about the need for something more damaging to the slime subject, he'd nod more understandingly. "Hey, I'm just saying what I'm thinking. Besides, there's a reason I'm working here and... not down in the facility, like you guys. You probably know way better what you're doing than I am. I mean, your job is to hunt things down and kill them, my job is to get you guys the supplies you need to do the job properly. I just hope you'll not come to regret this." He'd hold up the acid gun for you, being ready to hand it over. Though, you weren't ready to take it just yet. After all, there was a pretty pressing question on your mind...

>Ask the guy some questions.
Before you would grab the weapon, you asked if the guy knew where you could get basic solutions from. The guy paused, thinking for a moment before speaking. "I believe you can make a request for specific compounds at the medical area, since they usually handle chemicals. I doubt they'd give you... superbases or all the materials and compounds necessary to synthesize superbases, but I'm sure they'd give you plenty of other strong bases for the job you wanna do. And if not, you can always just tell them what you're planning to use those things, and they'll happily help you by directly making the chemicals for you. Or at the very least, weaker variants of the chemicals which you want to use. They'd probably even help you fill some canisters with the chemicals, so you don't have to... empty out a container of highly dangerous acids on your own." Given that you didn't exactly need to go for overkill with the bases, perhaps just asking for some simple alkaline compounds was the best choice.

After you were told about the superbases and were to get them, you also asked about the sonic cannon. It did seem like a decent contender to maybe also take along. It was compact and lightweight enough to be used as an alternative to one of the weapons your men used. Though, the question was if you were maybe doing things a bit too fast now without your men's consent. Besides, you still needed to ask the medical staff for some bases to work with. It would be kinda awkward to take the acid gun along, only for them to have no chemicals which you could use...

>Take the sonic cannon and/or acid gun. It was safe to say these were the ones you wanted to use for the next mission. (Write in which gun(s) you're taking along)
>Leave the gun(s) here while you head for the medical sector. You could get some supplies there and ask for some compounds as well.
>Head back to your men so you can discuss the ideas you had with them. Since they were likely going to have to use these weapons, it was probably for the best they were ware of it.
>Browse elsewhere (write in where you wish to browse, or what for.)
>Something else...

(Nothing like starting to write an update late at night, only to then be dragged away by drunk siblings to just talk about random crap. I wouldn't have it any other way, especially since I should've had this post finished waaaayyyy earlier. Anyway, hope you enjoy it and a merry Christmas to everyone!)

>Take the sonic cannon and/or acid gun. It was safe to say these were the ones you wanted to use for the next mission. (Write in which gun(s) you're taking along)

The sonic cannon has been noted to be compact. Can be a secondary fallback weapon for one of our guys if not ourselves. If it's small enough maybe even a sidearm. As for the acid gun, can always replace the flamethrower with it, or find someone else willing to use the thing. We don't need to force our guys to use it, and we always have the option of using it ourselves if needed.

Also hope you talked about monster girls, QM.

>>5873975
We unironically discussed the weirdest shit. But, that's to be expected when folks are drunk. I didn't tell them about monster girls, though did mention to them that I wanted to write a response for the qst.

My drunk brother asked me if it was uni work I was doing, lmao.

Speaking of which, I did tell one of my siblings about the quest before. Hell, I even shared the link to this current thread. Sooo, to my sister, if you're reading this, you're the best!

>>5872374
also before i forget, is thermal also part of our masks? Wasn't mentioned in that post.

>Leave the gun(s) here while you head for the medical sector. You could get some supplies there and ask for some compounds as well.
we need medical equipment either way as the other mercs reccomended. So we should look at that and see what to pick up. After we get a good handle on if the acid gun is viable or not we come back and get our final pick of the gear/weapons we need and set off.

>>5873986
Nope, thermal vision is not part of the helmets. It's just basic nightvision. Good thing you brought that up as well, since it definitely is important to note down.

>>5873968
>Take the sonic cannon and/or acid gun. It was safe to say these were the ones you wanted to use for the next mission. (Write in which gun(s) you're taking along)

Both, we don't want someone nabbing them while we're out. If they can't get bases in the acid gun then we can just bring it back. I'd say better to have it with us as an example when we ask than to leave it behind and have to describe it to them.

Also Merry Christmas OP

>Take the sonic cannon and/or acid gun. It was safe to say these were the ones you wanted to use for the next mission.
Given how compact the sonic cannon was, not to mention the fact it was not highly dangerous, you opted to take it along right away. It'd work well as replacement for one of your men's main choice of weaponry. Hopefully, one of your men would grow to enjoy using it, just like how Alan instantly fell in love with his flamethrower.

The acid gun was a bit more... contentious, but you were sure you could make it work somehow. And if not, you could always bring it back and opt for something else. Thus, you told the guy that you wanted both, to which he nodded. He'd grab both guns, and put them both in small carrier cases. "I'd prefer it if you bring back the cases if you do opt to return these weapons." The guy responded as he gave you the case with the acid gun. He seemed quite certain in the idea that... you'd bring it back sooner rather than later. You then thanked him, after which he gave you a nod and said: "Good luck out there. Hope you'll be able to put those to good use."

Thus, you had acquired some weapons which you imagined would work quite well for the mission at hand. There were now a few things you had to do still: Getting the other material you needed, getting the base for the acid gun, and lastly seeing which of your men were willing to use the guns you had gotten them. The first and best idea was to go to the medical equipment area so you could ask the staff there for the base. It was thankfully not too far away, and was partially covered with actual constructions, some sections still just being covered with tents instead. You'd see that the place had mostly simple, yet effective medical gear. There were some more advanced tools which were lying around, though most were at the same level as what the government provided... or maybe slightly better.

After you arrived, you'd quickly find several staff members there, asking them for the bases you needed. The request immediately got you some weird looks from the people there, for obvious reasons. They understandably asked why the hell you needed those substances, you telling them it was to deal with a specific acidic subject. And after you showed them the acid gun and the cannister which would be used for carrying the chemicals they seemed to become a bit more understanding... albeit quite bewildered to a certain degree. Probably because of your choice in weaponry.

Fortunately, they didn't decline your request afterwards, mentioning that they had some simple detergents used for cleaning medical supplies. Though, they did mention that these items weren't exactly meant for combat, or powerful... Thankfully, they also mentioned that it'd not be too dangerous to use. They even said that the stuff could be stored in the cannisters you had shown them, and that the bases would still work potentially quite well against the subject you were hunting. As long as said subject truly was entirely acidic like you had told them.

However, the best part was that they mentioned being willing to experiment around a bit to make some powerful bases which you could use. Or well, at least if it ended up being a bit impractical to use the weaker bases they provided. Though, they did mention that it would be quite the undertaking to prepare the more powerful bases you would maybe want. Not to mention, needing approval from higher-ups, the government and what not to even do such a thing. But hey, at least they were willing to work with you. And chances were that, if they could be convinced to let you get those chemicals, the government and higher-ups could also be convinced.

Though honestly, you might not even need that powerful a base to make this work. A simple yet potent alkaline substance used for cleaning could probably do the job well enough. Not to mention, it'd be vastly safer than carrying around some chemical which could do... god knows what.

>Accept the simpler bases right away. They may not pack nearly as big a punch as the powerful bases they could cook up, but... it was safer and would probably still work.
>Ask them to make the more powerful bases. It'd probably not take that long, right?
>Discuss something else with them/ask them something else.
>Look around a bit more, perhaps also asking them for other medical supplies. (Write in which supplies)
>Head back to your men with the supplies you had acquired. Maybe also return afterwards with some men for the other supplies you'd like to get but couldn't carry on your own
>Something else...

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(Terribly sorry for the late update! I dunno if I'll get another update in after this. My energy has been somewhat lacking as of late and a minor cold is also certainly not helping with my mood. It's probably just due to the busier days surrounding Christmas and what not.)

(Regardless, I opted to do things a bit faster with the current update. That way, we can also quickly head back to the main mission at hand. I can also then at least compensate a little for maybe lacking an update here and there.)

(Other than that, I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and a good time with family and friends and what not.)

>>5874366
>Ask them to make the more powerful bases. It'd probably not take that long, right?
POWER

>Look around a bit more, perhaps also asking them for other medical supplies. (Write in which supplies)
Chemical burn treatment, just in case

Also do they have any high tech sci fi healing stuff here? Stuff like nanobots/stem cells that can near instantly replace lost tissue? What are the capabilities of this hospital?

>>5874368
No problem, posting an update on Christmas day is already going above and beyond. Hope you feel better soon and have a good holiday OP!

>>5874378
I imagine they do have some fancy items like stem cells and maybe a few minor caches of nanomachines for major wounds. Stuff to quickly fix serious injuries or replace lost limbs. I doubt they have anything to fix brain damage with, so... don't expect the nanomachines to fix a bullet to the head.

>>5874366
>Discuss something else with them/ask them something else.
What injuries are most common and what medical gear would they recommend the most to keep on us.
We are soldiers, but they are the medical professionals.
Outside of that
>>5874378
Support, that way when we do encounter slime girl, she doesnt just get wounded. She gets straight wiped out.

>Ask them to make the more powerful bases. It'd probably not take that long, right?
After the staff at the medical area brought up that they could make more powerful bases, you decided to throw away any and all safety (and perhaps sanity) and ask for them to prepare some truly powerful chemicals. The men ironically didn't even seem too surprised by the request. Probably because they already thought you were... a bit of a lunatic, at least when it came to your choice of weaponry.

Regardless, they'd tell you that it might take a few days for them to prepare something which would be extremely powerful which you'd want to use. Though they did also point out that it may take a bit longer since... well, they'd have to discuss these matters with the government and higher-ups. They probably wanted to know why they were creating horrifically dangerous industrial chemicals, after all. Still, the fact you already got some decent alkaline chemicals to work with was quite pleasant. Thus, the men would ask you for the container you had which was used for the acid gun. And after handing it over, one of them would get to work filling it with some decently strong basic material. Nothing excessive, but perhaps something which could be used for dealing with dangerous subjects... and hopefully quite harm the slime girl.

>Discuss something else with them/ask them something else.
>Look around a bit more, perhaps also asking them for other medical supplies.
While that was being prepared though, you decided to ask the other staff member some questions... For starters, you asked for any chemical burn treatments they had, the guy you were left with starting to smile and soon chuckle softly. "Not a surprise you wanna know about that... Yes, we do have some special kits specifically for chemical burns. It's just a small kit with a rag to clean the wounds, some water for rinsing away anything, some bandages for the burns, and also some chemicals to hopefully neutralize the effects of the acid or base. I take it you would want to take a few of those along, huh?" Well, if it was small enough, then it could be useful to maybe take... 2 or 3 of those kits along. It didn't seem like it'd be a huge burden to carry along.

Though given the types of injury this was designed for, it got you wondering about something else... what were the most common injuries the men had found in this place? And what medical gear was most recommended? The guy thankfully gave some pretty straight-forward and solid answers in response.

"Well, based on the items we give to the men who come here, the most common injuries tend to be cuts, penetration and puncture damage. Guess most subjects which fight back tend to go for damage with sharp things, rather than through blunt force. Though, we do sometimes get blunt force injuries, which seemingly are usually caused by larger subjects. We've also seen some bullet wounds and even burns of various kinds. Though keep in mind that... we're not the first hospital people go to. Generally, the injuries we get are minor ones which can be dealt with up here, rather than... emergency ones which are dealt with inside of the medical bay in the crater. I've not been down there yet, so I don't know what sort of injuries they see most often..."

Given the presence of the large medical bay in the centre of the crater, it made sense that this place wouldn't exactly have a lot of traffic. It was safe to say then that most medical items which were used here would be items to deal with those injuries. You'd thus ask what those items entailed, asking if there was anything fancy they used. "Well, if it's a particularly major injury like... a lost limb or extreme tissue damage, we have a few tins of medical nanomachines for emergency repairs. Though fortunately, we haven't had to use those yet... Other than those, we got some stem cells for repairing injuries more slowly. We got all kinds of antidotes for venom and emergency equipment in case surgery is necessary. We also have access to prosthetic factories, but... they take a long time to get working."

You were tempted to ask about the capabilities of this hospital section, but... honestly, it was clear that the government actually provided adequate medical care to death squads like you. Or at least, the medical centre inside the crater functioned about as well as this place. The only real difference was that you could take medical equipment along here for your journeys into the ruins, while the medical bay inside the crater didn't really offer that...

Regardless, it seemed like you had heard enough about this place and the way it functioned. And not too long after you were told everything you wanted to know, the other staff member returned with the canister. "Here you go. Hopefully, the base in here will do the job for the time being." He responded casually, after which the other staff member waited to hear if there was anything else you wanted.

>Take some of the chemical burn kits. You were absolutely going to need them sooner rather than later.
>Ask to take along some other items which could be useful. (Write in which ones.)
>Ask them if you could pick them up from here in a bit. Carrying everything you wanted to take along might be a bit tough at this point.
>Ask them for some other items they hopefully had in stock.
>Something else...

>>5874688
>>Ask them if you could pick them up from here in a bit. Carrying everything you wanted to take along might be a bit tough at this point.
After that we go towards our men.
We wake em up, fill em in, get our gear from the military deop (including thermal bc that will be useful) and then medical and then we head out.

>>5874688
>>5874696
sounds like a good plan

>>5874696
Seems solid. Supporting

>Ask them if you could pick them up from here in a bit. Carrying everything you wanted to take along might be a bit tough at this point.
Given how much equipment you were already carrying, you decided to play it safe and instead pick up these items at a later time. You'd ask if it was possible, to which they calmly nodded. "Sure thing. We'll keep the cannister with the alkaline solution here then. Just make sure you come here sooner rather than later." One of the men said, giving a swift salute before you would leave the depot and head back for the tents where your men still were. And after a few minutes of walking, you'd reach the tent once again.

Fortunately, it seemed some of your men had already awoken. Thaddeus, Derek and Artyom were sitting outside the tent, talking amongst themselves before noticing you. "Ah, there you are, Mikhail. Where have you been?" Thaddeus asked calmly, as you told the men you'd first wake everyone up before you'd fill them in what had happened. They'd look at each other, before getting up and joining you in waking up the rest of your group.

Some of your men seemed to be sleeping a lot deeper than you had hoped. Lars, Evander and Lydia took quite some time to wake up. Fortunately, some of your men were quick to get out of bed, with Zaria and Alan quickly getting out of bed after you told them to do so. Soon after, Anon, Mike and Derek were also out, with the sleepiest of your men following suit. And after everyone was awake, you'd tell them what you had done. Or rather, you showed them the two weapons you had taken along. You first showed the sonic cannon, explaining that it would be an effective countermeasure to deal with some of the subjects which you'd be unable to deal with.

Your men seemed somewhat surprised by the choice of weaponry, though they weren't too opposed to it. Though, Artyom did point out something with a more smug look on his face. "Flamethrower, Sonic weaponry... are you sure you aren't part of Diamond Dogs, Mikhail?" After he made his remarks and the others giggled a little, Artyom actually said something which... well, was quite reassuring. "Honestly, I'd not mind using this over my usual weaponry. It's an unorthodox option, but definitely something I can work with." It was a bit ironic that the guy who hated other death squads... was willing to be both like Heathens and Diamond Dogs, but it was also likely that Artyom knew somebody was going to have to operate it.

Of course, you weren't done, and would then show the acid gun. Some of your men didn't seem to know what it was, though others looked far more worried about it. And after explaining what it was, there was a moment of silent dread, followed with Lydia stating: "Okay, don't you think this is a bit too dangerous, Mikhail?" She tried having a calm tone, but it was clear that she was heavily against what you had brought to the table. Of course, you explained that you had requested it be used with something far less potent, and that you had gotten it specifically to deal with 7-SM.

"Okay, I get the whole... dealing with the acid slime thing. But, are you sure that using a fucking horrific gun for lunatics is the best option for dealing with her?!" Lars would say after you explained yourself. You reassured him that you'd start with a safe basic substance, before moving to a more powerful option later, and that it'd have useful utilities. Though in turn, it got Evander somewhat concerned. "So, this gun is supposed to shoot just acids, right? Are ya sure it's safe to use with a base then? What if it's made out of a material which can handle acids, but can't handle bases? Yer gonna be firin' the bloody thing, only to get corrosive material all over yerself! Hell, maybe even over the rest of us!" He said with clear concern in his voice, you explaining that the people you got it from said it was safe.

Unfortunately, unlike with the sonic cannon, nobody volunteered to use the acid gun. The only one who was somewhat interested was Alan, though he probably held himself back because he wanted to keep using his flamethrower like the pyromaniac he was. At least you could maybe make a choice on your own for who would wield it. That, or convince somebody to switch to it while you went back to the depot.

Speaking of which, you told your men there was more gear to be gotten at the depot. Both in the form of more actual combat gear and some medical equipment. Your men thankfully seemed more than willing to help out with that, with your men grabbing their things, putting on their gear and getting ready to follow you.

>Just head to the depot and quickly grab the things you'd need.
>Give Artyom the sound cannon. He volunteered, so he deserved it.
>Assign someone else to the sound cannon. (Write in who)
>Assign someone to the acid gun. (Write in who)
>Discuss some more with your men. Clearly, they were concerned by your choice in weaponry, so maybe they had something to say?
>Ask your men for other items they would like to get at the depot. Perhaps they had some specific requests?
>Once you had gotten everything, head to the crater right away.
>Head somewhere else first... Perhaps you had forgotten to do something?
>Something else...

(Lots of choices today. I imagine there will be some mixing and matching with what will be done here.)

>>5875183
>Give Artyom the sound cannon. He volunteered, so he deserved it.
(keep your secondary Artynom, sometimes Kinetics are all you need)
>Discuss some more with your men. Clearly, they were concerned by your choice in weaponry, so maybe they had something to say?
>Ask your men for other items they would like to get at the depot. Perhaps they had some specific requests?
Then we head to depot and grab what we need.
Acid gun will stay off hands atm bc no one wants to use it, but after we finish gathering supplies we will probably assign someone? preferably we hopefully convince someone. We could do a random person between NOT! our tech heads.
REMEMBER TO GRAB explosives to destroying structure/rubble so we can clear that path in the facility.
+ Thermal gear (combos really well with smoke grenades)
That's all that can come to mind for now.

>>5875183
>Give Artyom the sound cannon. He volunteered, so he deserved it.

>Discuss some more with your men. Clearly, they were concerned by your choice in weaponry, so maybe they had something to say?
Explain that until they whip up something stronk in the science lab, which is projected to take a few days, this thing is filled with drain cleaner and is perfectly safe for humans and really anyone that isn't a sentient blob of acid. We already checked a few times to see if it could handle bases, but tonight when we camp we can try finding out more info - if we can find a manufacturer number and plug it into galactic google I'm sure we'll find we're not the first people to try this. If it didn't go well for previous attempts then we can always tell the medics to cancel the megabase production.

Anyway if no one wants to wield it even after that explanation and hearing that it's currently loaded with drain cleaner then just carry it ourselves.

>Give Artyom the sound cannon. He volunteered, so he deserved it.
Given that Artyom was eager to volunteer to use the sonic weaponry, you decided to hand the weapon to him straight away. Though, you also did tell him to keep his secondary on him. Just in case he needed an actual gun to kill something. "I wasn't planning to get rid of my pistol anytime soon, Mikhail." He'd respond afterwards, clearly being well aware of the fact he needed some actual firepower as well, instead of just a weapon for stunning folk and causing pain.

>Discuss some more with your men. Clearly, they were concerned by your choice in weaponry, so maybe they had something to say?
However, while Artyom and your men were more than willing to use a sonic cannon, the acid gun was received far less positively. Nobody volunteered to use it, and most of your men seemed to find it extremely dangerous to use. Given their reluctance, you decided to further elaborate on what you had gotten them to hopefully ease their fears. You explained that it would be quite safe for human use now, since it essentially shot highly concentrated drain cleaner. You mentioned how this was designed to only harm 7-SM, and nobody else. It did seem to make your men a bit less tense about the idea.

Though when you explained that you'd get more potent chemicals later down the line, the others seemed to yet again become concerned. "If we can just use the safe substance, do we really need to upgrade something potentially dangerous?" Lydia asked, the others also nodding along. Finally, you decided to just tell them that you'd look up some information on the weapon later. Rather, you'd try and look online to see if somebody had tried before to use different types of 'ammo' for this particular gun. And if that search showed that it had been tried and was dangerous, you'd cancel the order for the dangerous base. "Can't we just do the search now?" Anon would ask calmly, Derek raising the government tablet and shaking it a bit. "I can do so right now, Mikhail, if you want to." It seemed he really wanted to figure this out as soon as possible.

Regardless, you'd ask them again if they were more than willing to use it when it just had what amounted to dishwasher in it. There was a moment of silence, before Mike sighed and stepped forward. "I'll take it if nobody else wants to use it. Just try and find out when you've found out if this thing can handle the really nasty stuff. Oh, and maybe help me find some protective gear so I won't risk being killed by it." Honestly, his suggestion of finding some specific gear to protect him wasn't too bad. Especially if he was going to be the one wielding it... though, if Mike decided to opt out of using the weapon, you could always use it yourself instead...

>Ask your men for other items they would like to get at the depot. Perhaps they had some specific requests?
With Mike already bringing up the gear he wanted for if he used the acid gun, you decided to ask your men for further equipment they may wanted to use. There was a short silence, before Evander said: "If we're gonna have acid weaponry, I might as well just ask for some real strong explosive stuff. Stuff to blast away that annoyin' pile of rubble we encountered yesterday." Honestly, that was already a thing on your mind, so it was good that Evander actually wanted to also get some of that.

You also brought up the thermal gear which could work really well in the flooded facility given how cool it probably was there... then again, maybe aquatic subjects were all cold-blooded. After that suggestion though, Lydia would give her own suggestion: "If we're going to stay down there for longer, maybe a small toolkit for repairs could work. Just basic universal tools." With Lydia mentioning that your next stay underground would be longer, Lars also made a suggestion of his own. "If we're staying in the ruins throughout the night, we'll also need some backpacks with food, utility items and sleeping bags. Can't stay there for long without actually needing rest."

Though, with the mention of needing camping gear, Artyom made a somewhat obvious, yet still solid suggestion of his own. "Maybe we don't all need sleeping equipment. Some of us can stand guard while the others are sleeping..." Right after Artyom made his suggestion, Zaria smiled a little bit smugly. "I am more than capable of acting as a guard throughout the night if it's really necessary, honestly." Having guards to protect your camps would definitely be important. Though, Derek afterwards also made a suggestion for what could be useful. "We can also maybe get some tripwire cameras or around to warn us if something is moving around us. That way, we'll be woken up by whatever threat emerges."

On the topic of the main base you'd be creating for yourself, Lars would also make another suggestion. "Do you think we can take some cooking utensils with us? Just so we don't have to eat rations only for... god knows how long we're down there..." While a few small cooking items could work, you couldn't exactly take along an entire kitchen with you, so that was definitely one thing you were going to have to consider.

So far, your men had suggested the following: an outfit to protect Mike from the chemicals he'd be spraying all over the place, explosives for Evander, a basic toolkit for Lydia, some backpacks for food and sleeping bags, tripwire cameras and cooking items. Add to that your suggestion of a helmet with thermal vision, and you'd be good to go... Unless if you had some other ideas of your own.

>Approve everything which was suggested and try to get it, before heading to the ruins yet again.
>Change some of the items which were requested, or make suggestions on what options would be better
>Add something else to that list, perhaps based on what the others have suggested or may need in the future...
>Discuss further with your men...
>Something else...

>>5875753
>Add something else to that list, perhaps based on what the others have suggested or may need in the future...
The stuff we had listed from before in terms of smoke grenades and all that etc. Then go to medical to grab stuff from there, and THEN go to ruins.
Also if we are bringing a cooking set for rations, maybe grab a few extra rations for our lil scientist and subjects down below.

>>5875753
>Add something else to that list, perhaps based on what the others have suggested or may need in the future...
Extra rations for the buddies we have down there sounds good, who knows what they're eating, or if

Alright so for the concentrated bases, no one's ever tried beating an acid slime girl by throwing household chemicals on her before, so there's a chance it won't work, and if it doesn't I'd want a plan B asap. Being dissolved by sentient acid is rated 10/10 for horrifying and painful. Worse than Vinella even.

>Add something else to that list, perhaps based on what the others have suggested or may need in the future...
After your men gave their suggestions, you gave them all the okay which they seemed most pleased with. Thus, you told them to grab their things, your men quickly grabbing their belongings and gear before following you back to the depot. There still were a couple of items which you'd add to the list of things your men asked for. Smoke grenades and extra rations were the most noteworthy things you could come up with right away, but you'd probably find more once you got to the depot. And after you led them all there, they'd be quick to start looking around for the items they'd want. You would join Lars, as the two of you headed for the general equipment area. Lars would get a couple of simple cooking utensils and reusable plastic cutlery, you also grabbing some extra rations for him. After all, you didn't just need to feed your men, but also the scientist and subjects down below.

Once you reached the depot, your men were also quick to split off to get whatever you needed. Thaddeus and Anon would go to the larger equipment section to get the tents and sleeping bags necessary for you and your men. Perhaps those would be useful for carrying some of the items you had gotten with Lars. Mike would head over to the arms depot to try and ask if they got some specialized gear to deal with chemical warfare, given that he would be the one with the acid gun. He was joined by Alan, who didn't seem to have anything specific on mind, but just wanted to join one of your men. Meanwhile, Artyom decided to get some fancier traps than the ones he currently had. Though he was also joined by Derek who wanted to work with him to get some camera traps for around your base. Lydia meanwhile already headed to the medical section to get the necessary emergency equipment. Lastly, Zaria joined Evander to get the explosives he'd need to breach the large collapsed section.

After you got the cooking equipment and rations with Lars, you'd also head to the arms depot to grab some of the thermal vision helmets and smoke grenades. There were plenty of the special grenades you wanted, so you grabbed a good number of them. Unfortunately, there weren't too many thermal vision helmets, and the ones which were there were... well, they were good, having both night-vision and thermal-vision. But they did not have air filters in them like your current helmets. In other words, toxic gases and smells would... be not nearly as easily dealt with as the other ones. Asking the staff there about helmets which also incorporated gas, you'd unfortunately be told that the helmets with night vision, air filters and thermal vision had already been taken earlier. Fortunately, a new batch was being sent in some time in the next few days, according to them... still, it meant you had to make a choice in if you wanted your men to risk breathing in toxic fumes or seeing subjects' heat signatures.

Given how the place had so far shown little in terms of dangerous fumes though, maybe it wasn't too bad. The only real bother would probably just be the stench of the place. Not to mention, some of the corpses. Regardless, you'd thankfully have almost everything you wanted, aside from some of the more complex or heavier equipment. Then again, it wasn't exactly necessary for the time being. Thus, you'd regroup with the rest of your men, most having gotten the things they wanted. Mike himself was also now decked out in slightly lighter armour which was designed to insulate him from the world around him. In other words, a hazmat suit. Thankfully, it was a resilient one, and wouldn't be easily poked open. Though, it was definitely a downgrade from his previous armour. Aside from that, Thaddeus and Anon had two large bags containing the supplies necessary for setting up camp anywhere. Lars also had a bag containing similar supplies, as well as food items and clean water. Derek, Artyom and Evander also had a backpack with supplies, Evander even letting you store some of the items you had gotten in his bag.

Thus, it was time to head back down...

You'd lead your men back to the main transport platform, clearly attracting some attention from the other Lodgerites you passed. Especially Mike seemed to garner some attention... He'd actually get looked at by Diamond Dogs specifically, some of whom seemed to respect his choice of weaponry. Artyom was also glanced at quite a bit by the other death squads, though the Diamond Dogs who looked at him weren't... as positive as they were towards Mike. Artyom didn't seem to pay any attention to them. Eventually, you'd reach the transport vehicle, being carried into the crater yet again along with a dozen other men from the other squads. And soon, you were in the crater once again...

>Head back to the North-western section and start your long mission
>Head to the place you left that leg before. Perhaps they could finally give some info about who it belonged?
>Hand over some of the thermal-vision helmets to your men. You had three of the things, and you might as well hand them over right away. (Write in who should wear such helmets)
>Turn on the radio right away... Something told you that it might be useful to listen in...
>Discuss with your men...
>Something else...

Also, apologies for missing an update yesterday. I got lazy yesterday and procrastinated too much. I'll try and get an extra update in sometime soon to compensate. Though given that we'll soon get back into action, I think that will be easy enough to manage.

>>5876345
>Turn on the radio right away... Something told you that it might be useful to listen in...
>Hand over some of the thermal-vision helmets to your men. You had three of the things, and you might as well hand them over right away. (Write in who should wear such helmets)
Just us for now. Also we should stay in the center of the group, and if we do camp out set 2 sentries, one with each helmet type.
>Head back to the North-western section and start your long mission

>>5876345
>Turn on the radio right away... Something told you that it might be useful to listen in...
>Hand over some of the thermal-vision helmets to your men. You had three of the things, and you might as well hand them over right away. (Write in who should wear such helmets)
us, NOT mike bc he has acid gun and gas is scary.
if anyone else wants one rn then they can.
Outside of that, sentries thing is a good idea like this anon said >>5876397
>Head to the place you left that leg before. Perhaps they could finally give some info about who it belonged?
This info could be useful before we head in.
Then finally >Head back to the North-western section and start your long mission

>Turn on the radio right away... Something told you that it might be useful to listen in...
Once you got down into the crater, you'd right away tell Derek to turn on the radio. He and the rest of your men seemed a bit surprised. "The radio? But, why is that?" You felt that, given what had been mentioned of LW-20, that it perhaps was a good idea to... actually listen into the radio. Derek looked at the others, before giving a quick nod. He'd turn it on, as you already heard some noise. "I can try and reach the Lodgerite frequency... that would be..." Afterwards, the noise disappeared and you heard a clear voice.

"... First few squadrons are heading down into the ruins now. Weather for today is clear. We will keep you updated on any happenings. I repeat, this is Lodger's headquarters, we're starting our broadcasts and will try and give constant updates. The first few squadrons are heading down into the ruins now." The message repeated, before it went silent. It seemed the system was mostly just for announcements, and perhaps also for emergency situations and other bits of information. Though, Derek seemed intrigued and would already start thinking out loud to himself. "Maybe I can find LW-20's frequency at some point and try and find some patterns to her behaviour..." Well, it seemed that Derek had found himself a new mission...

>Hand over some of the thermal-vision helmets to your men. You had three of the things, and you might as well hand them over right away.
While he and the rest of your men listened a bit to the radio messages, you would put on the thermal-vision helmet. Your plan was to stay more in the centre of the group, using your vision to try and spot any nearby threats. You'd hand your regular helm over to Evander, who put it in his bag along with the other two thermal vision helmets.

>Head to the place you left that leg before. Perhaps they could finally give some info about who it belonged?
After putting the helmet on, you remembered the leg which you had handed over to the sample analysis group yesterday. You brought it up to your men, who quickly seemed to accept the suggestion to check it out. Thus, you'd first head over to the place you handed it over. After walking for ten minutes, you'd thankfully reach it, and found that it wasn't all that busy yet. At least, not busy with death squad members.

You could simply walk in past the few active guards who were there. And once inside, you were greeted by a few government officials who seemed surprised by your presence. You'd tell them about the leg you had brought to them the day before. They seemed a bit confused, which made sense as... the folk you handed it over to weren't there. However, after giving your name and explaining it, the men started looking before finding a paper. "We can't hand the sample back now, since we know who it belonged to and it needs to be buried." The guy who handed you the paper said.

Looking at the paper, it seemed to give you some useful information. For one, it seemed the leg belonged to a member from Heroes, indicating that whatever killed this person must've been somewhat of a threat. More important details stated that the damage were caused presumably by something's jaws. In other words, it was safe to say this poor Heroes' soldier was mauled to death and eaten alive. Though, further notes pointed out that the body's decomposition state indicated it had been killed before it was ripped off the body. In fact, it stated something rather... terrifying. The person hadn't died from the damage to his body, but rather from drowning... At least now you maybe had a contender for worst way to die down here, right behind being dissolved by sentient acid and being crushed by a crush fetish subject...

>Head back to the North-western section and start your long mission
At least your men didn't seem too worried about the revelation. If anything, it seemed that this only furthered their resolve. "Well, guess that takes away two options of where we're going next, cause we ain't gonna try and go through the flooded section." Mike would say, to which Artyom responded a bit more confidently. "We can still go there. We now just need to make sure to stay away from deep points where we can be dragged under. Shallowly flooded hallways are probably still safe..." Not all your men seemed to agree with the suggestion. Perhaps it could be discussed while you headed to the tunnel near the flooded section which you wanted to go to anyway. After all, none of your men seemed to question going there. Probably because you had two subjects and a scientist waiting for you there still...

Thus, you'd tell them to get going, heading through the main base camp. And after thirty minutes of walking the same path as before (albeit with some minor changes to the rubble covered landscape due to the wind), you'd reach the lake again. Your men kept their eyes on it just to be sure, though you knew nothing would come up around here. After all, any sort of attack or appearance of a subject here would be spotted from a mile away, resulting in quite the assault. Though as you reached the tunnel, Thaddeus asked the question which seemed to be on all of your men's mind. "So, what's the plan, chief?"

You had quite a few routes and plans to choose from. The first option was the first hallway to the left which passed by the fortifications and the corpses of the guardsmen. Secondly were the first hallway to the right, or the hallway further ahead to the right which both led to the flooded facility. Then there was the final hallway to the left to... god knows where. And lastly, there was the blocked off route which you could now try and blow open with Evander's expertise...

>Write in where you want to go and what you intend to do. What is the goal of this operation?

>>5876600
Okay so in regards to planning, before we go in,
Do we want Lydia and Derek to try and make remotes for Oreas, Chrys, and using the biological material we found in the tunnel (so we can find and reign in the tunnel digging subject when we find it). If we do, do we want to keep this away from the scientist for now or no? If we keep it secret we can contain info, if we let her know we have a security risk but have her help them do it. One of two ways of handling it. Personally leaning on just have Derek and Lydia work on it since the others should know tablets by now.

After we explain that plan to them, the we'd meet up with the 2 subjects and scientist and give em rations. We can't travel together, but we can travel near each other (if squads see us together we are liable to be fucked). I'd say it'd be best till we have remotes before having them travel with us for now, unless they wanna risk going deeper in the facility.

Other then that, going the way the guards came will likely lead us towards other death squads since they encountered them that way, fuck the water, We can do final hallway to left hallway to right, or the blocked off route.
Leaning towards blocked off route. Maybe checking the tunnel to see if there are more traces of that subject that digged it that we can follow.

>>5876600

Yeah definitely the first item on the agenda should be to check in with our 3 buddies, see how they're doing, see what they want to do, give food if necessary. After that we can try the blocked path since the chances if it being explored already are pretty much zero.

Overall goal for this expedition should be to try and find/eliminate one of the subjects or scientists that are irredeemably fucked in the head. We know the gov is tracking kills per squad, so hopefully a high profile scientist or a high threat subject subdued will get them off our backs and more cooperative to our info requests.

>>5876629
Can Lydia and Derek make remotes alone? Trackers sure, but Laura works here and she can't make a remote even after we showed her the vat. Apparently it's broken in some way that isn't just us removing the hard drive, so we still need a working vat and blueprints for the girls in question to even start, not counting the expertise needed. At least that's the impression I got, could be misunderstanding.

>>5876707
I thought it was intact it was just that we removed the hard drive and found it surprisingly intac-
". Warnings about the system running on emergency energy and needing to connect back to the main power system. There were warnings about the vat having all kinds of broken and faulty parts, a lack of vat fluid, that there had been no genetic templates inserted, and even a warning about there not being enough organic material and nanites to do anything."
Okay so we can deal with the last two bc there were nanites there and we have organic material which might be able to offset template if we can't just select one from the database online. but the faults kinda fuck us. So yes that plan doesn't actually work.
I guess trackers is the best we can hope for.
>>5876629
I retract the first part of this since we can't actually do it. Just skip to going for rations and exploring more.
+tracker if possible but iirc they kept having trouble with it yesterday. Ask if they wanna give it another shot today but this time the two of em(Lydia AND Derek).

>>5876719
I mean we can always hope to do it if we find another vat, but given everything required I don't think Lydia and Derek can do it. Trackers are one thing, kinda universal, but these remotes are very specialized and unique to this facility. Maybe I'm wrong though.

>>5876799
Yeah that's why im opting for just tracker this time.

>The plan, what you intended to do, and the goal of this operation.
After reaching the lake, Thaddeus asked what the plan would be for the time being. Though you didn't have to think all that long about it. There were a few things you wanted to do. Firstly, you wanted to check up on Chrys, Oreas, and Laura. They had spent the night in their hidden chamber and probably could use some food. Or well, Laura could use some. Speaking of, you considered the option of having Laura help Derek and Lydia with a tracker. Your suggestion with them seemed to surprise them somewhat. "Are we still going to try that? I mean, I wouldn't mind... giving it another go, but... I don't know." Lydia said a bit reluctantly, after which you explained that she'd now get help from both Derek and Laura.

Derek also quickly gave his say in the matter afterwards. "I'd not mind working with Lydia... I am sure I can make it work, but do you think it's wise for you to go around the place with both of us gone? I mean, we can communicate via the radio... and Lars, Anon and the others can use the tablet quite well. But, I still wonder if it's a good idea." He'd remark, you reassuring him that it'd be fine. After all, you had worked with smaller groups before. The only issue now would be that machines and fixing gear may be a bit difficult. The issue of the tablet had already been resolved, with some of your men likely knowing how to use it now.

"Can't we just take Chrys, Oreas and Laura along with us, maybe? They could help inform us about the facility and the things we find..." Lydia soon asked, at which point Thaddeus stepped forward. "I think ya two should try making a tracker still. Ya got quite a safe spot over there... Besides, what if we get spotted walking around with two subjects and a scientist?" Lydia and Derek couldn't argue with it, the two looking at each other before Lydia spoke. "I... don't wanna force you to stay with me to work on something I should be able to make on my own." She said, Derek shrugging a bit. "I don't feel particularly forced. If Mikhail thinks it's the best option, I am inclined to believe him on the matter..." With that said, Lydia paused before giving a nod again. "Alright... let's try making another tracker again. I just hope it'll work out..." With that, you had gotten two of your men assigned to a very specific job. Though that left the question of what the rest of you would do down here...