Your data
ID Hxu-2891
Software: Level 1 Leader, Level 1 Technician, Level 1 Medic, Level 1 Navigation, Level 1 M.C

Implants:
Lateral Sense,
Targeting computer, Adv
Cyber-sync enhancement, Adv
Eye coating
Land breathing
M.C. Emitter implant

Total remaining ZP 100

You were asleep after your last mission, it s been three months since you first awoke in your cloning chamber and started your service against the humans A lot has happened since that even tough you only went through four missions. Today as per usual the reactivation program awakened you, once again you do not know how long you have been asleep; you exit your recovery tank after the fluids drained and it turns off. You feel refreshed all damage from the last mission are gone, you were implanted all implants you selected last time.

Your interface messages you that you are to report to the assembly hall for the next mission, you go to the assembly hall with several other of your kind and prepare for your next mission.

Go on, I like these quests cause they make me hungry for lobster

Very well, I go to the meeting hall

Choose the next mission, in case of differing opinons the most votes will decide, my estimated difficulty/length is noted.

Island attack (Medium)
Trade route attack (Hard)
Floating Base attack (Nightmare)

I select trade route, as the great leaders demand sacrifice and I have no fear. The pitiful humans will tremble in fear of our coming!

>>12033550
Floating Base attack. I never participated in this quest before, but better to burn brigh than slowly fade away.

>>12033620
Foolish clawling, we will take the trade routes! Cut them off from one another and then annex them one by one!

so far two for Trade route one for Base attack I give a little more time.

captcha
>>fish plottenn

You have chosen: Trade Route attack

Your mission is to assault a cargo ship that carries a hidden piece of cargo that is of great importance to the humans, expect resistance as probably it will be guarded. After landing you are to eliminate all resistance and proceed to Cargo bay 02, find cargo crate labeled W35DD and secure it then wait for the retrieval team to extract it.

The Team

Soldier 4030
Software: Basic soldier
Implants: Targeting computer, Land Breathing, Lateral Sense, 2 Artificial Organs
Current Inventory: Sonic Rifle 2 clips, 2 sonic Pulser grenades.

Soldier 5317
Software: Basic soldier
Implants: Targeting computer Adv, Land Breathing, Artificial Organ, Bio Monitor
Current Inventory: Sonic Rifle 2 clips, 2 sonic Pulser grenades.

Medic 1493
Software: Level 1 Medic
Implants: Land Breathing, Eye coating
Current Inventory: Sonic Rifle 2 clips, Medi kit

Your inventory: Tech-box, Advanced data-key, Medi-kit, Sonic Rifle 2 clips, 2 sonic Pulser grenades

>>12033818
>>12033818
I await my deployment then, preparing my gear and pinching my claws rhythmically and menacingly

You get your standard equipment and soon take off in an escort type ship, your mates seem to be relatively freshly out of the cloning facility, you can tell that from their minor software upgrades. The flight from base is rather uneventful, no human crafts endanger you despite that your craft is small and not the fastest it could be an easy prey to an Interceptor craft. Later the wind starts to get heavy and the craft occasionally tumbles on the hectic wind, perhaps the bad weather is the true reason the humans did not come after you yet.

In due time the pilot signals that you are nearing your target, your squad will be dropped and after you are on your own. You are in command.

From which side do you approach the ship?
Front
Back
Side

I shall choose to direct my team to attack from the stern, let their wake conceal our approach and then set upon them in surprise.
Attack from the back

The pilot acknowledges your request and steers towards the rear of the ship, advising you to stand by.

The Door opens and you quickly jump on board the ship, the seas are not in a peaceful mood today the waves crash and tumble around you, the wind is not very strong down here. Your eye coating adapts itself to the low light and soon you can see pretty in the night. Once again out of water you feel a bit uneasy at first, the environment is cooler, yourself and your equipment is a bit heavier and your breathing is supplied by your implants. The surface world is still quite alien to you, your mates probably find it even more so. Towards your North is the ship’s main control deck towards your South is the sea you see stairs leading up.

I give an encouraging chitter to my team mates, encouraging them to perform well and please our masters and then send 4030 on point up the stair well, instructing him to remain vigilant for the humans, I give the lobster command for weapons free. Our first goal is to make for the control cabin and sever their communications and halt their course.

Can I give orders to capture officers or is that too complex for our lobster minds?

>>12034302
You can give any order. Your mind is quite well developed Lobstermen are intelligent soldiers, mostly single minded in following orders rarely showing true individuality but in general I treat them as human level intellect, somewhat artificial but still. Don t forget that al Lobstermen are cybernetically enhanced. You all have cybernetic interfaces which serves the purpose of battlefield communication should you need it so technically you can speak with each other. However currently you are not able to communicate with humans at all.

>>12034413
I give the following orders having reached the deck and searched for signs of humans.
1)4030, 5317- approach the control cabin with stealth, eliminate all opposition that may detect you.
2) Sieze the control cabin, silence their radios and communications. Destroy their drive system controls, deactivate their drives first.
3) Silent weaponry and assault only unless an alert is raised.
4) Medic- with me as we cover their approach with our lobster guns or whatever.
Additional: 3) Capture any human commanders/officers that seem relevant for information extraction

53 and 40 climbs the stairs as quietly as they can you and 14 follow suit, on a signal they break the door and get ready for a fight. The room on the inside is much lighter as the humans cannot see in low light vision, they see the crew, there is a table on their right and machinery and consoles in the middle and left side of the room. Three humans are dressed in familiar blue combat armor the rest are dressed in different clothing, they are very surprised to see you here but the three guards grab their weapons.

Since they got the element of surprise 53 and 40 may act without needing initiative.

>>12034658
53 and 40 are ordered to neutralize all armed threats
Priority:
1) armored targets
2) unarmored targets with weapons drawn
3) any target making a move to signal the alarm.

Meanwhile Medic and I shall move to cover the flanks and surround the soon to be dead humans. If possible find the other entrance to the control room, but I suspect there is only one.

>>12034756
40 and 53 opens fire on the two closes guards
Please link to this post and roll 2D20 for their shooting.

You head in with 14 but you are not in yet.

>>12034796
I may need some assistance witht he dice rolling formula

rolled 9, 6 = 15

>>12034864
type "dice+2d20" into the E-mail field

rolled 14, 8 = 22

thanks

rolled 2, 5 = 7

>>12034884
thanks

rolled 15, 12 = 27

>>12034988
53’s shot hits the guard straight at the chest ripping apart armor, flesh and ribs the human only emits a muffled gurgle and collapses, 40 was not so lucky the guard managed to jump back and avoid the shot. Panic ensures on deck as the civilians start to retreat to the opposite corner of the room while the third guard and the one standing at the console bump into each other blocking the guard’s way, he cannot shoot right now.

You arrive into the room yourself now three of you are ready to act.

Just a side note that if we have more players we can divide the rolls between them, saying that "I roll for XX to shoot!" or something, so that more people are participate instead of just the first poster taking all rolls. This is up to your agreement of course.

rolled 2, 15 = 17

>>12035188
I think it's just me, but I'm having a good time

>>12035142
I chitter "neutralize all threats" and order my squad into firing line, with medic and I firing our guns. I barely take time to notice if anyone is an officer or not,
Primary targets
1) armor humans
2) humans at consoles
3) humans with weapons
additional
Am I able to discern human rank and authority from their uniforms?
Am I able to discern what is an alarm trigger or something on the consoles or whatever?

>>12035364
Two of you shoot at the retreating guard and one misses one hits the head, the sonic shot shatters the and human skull with equal ease the guard trips and moves no more. While you were at this the last guard shoved the civilian crew member out of the way and prepares to shoot but you still got the advantage.

All 3 of you may shoot if desired.

>>12035403
>>Am I able to discern human rank and authority from their uniforms?
Sadly no you have been given no data about this and the crew members as civilians they do not wear strict uniforms.
>>Am I able to discern what is an alarm trigger or something on the consoles or whatever?
Sadly not that either you do not know any detail about how human technology works, you can open doors and basic self explaining stuff but nothing else.

>>12035529
My squad and I open fire on the guard being the nearest threat, and afterwards will seek to us my "MC" on the cowed humans once we tear a few of them apart to let them know we mean business. I shall know their secrets! How many guards, how many on the ship, what must be broken to silence this craft, and what type of nutrients are in their larder.... that last one is for later... we rather like those frozen friend shrimp things they sometimes have in human settlements.

>>12035576
Please roll for shooting, you only have to roll if there is an enemy is a threat, if you are shooting defenseless enemies or inanimate objects no roll is needed unless some other thing requires.

rolled 18, 10, 6 = 34

>>12035616
Righto

>>12035635
You open fire on the last guard before he could find shoot a chance to shoot back and a straight hit kills him with little theater. You can hear the crew members scream in horror as you slaughtered their “guards” with little effort. The back off from you towards the wall but they are cornered the only exit out of this room is behind you your squad.

A closed hatch leading to the lower level is visible on the corner of the room.

rolled 13 = 13

>>12035750
I examine the humans and order my team "sieze them" I wish to extract knowledge from one of the human's minds. I mind control the first human I can grab in my powerful claws, my secondary claws hold tight around my prey's throat.

"Your sssseeeeecretssssss.... give them to meeeeee" I rasp in whatever the hell goes for lobster mind speak

>>"Your sssseeeeecretssssss.... give them to meeeeee" I rasp in whatever the hell goes for lobster mind speak.
LOL! Awesome you are really geting into this I m so sorry say that you cannot do that in such detail.

Please do not forget that you are completely new to M.C, you got the ability because of the plot. Currently the three basic abilities you know are:

Level 1

Shared vision – Look through the eyes of your target, target must be alive and willing.

Read minor thoughts – Only basic thoughts are seen, target is alerted. If the target is willing you can read into things he allows you to.

Minor Confusion – Successful attack that confuses the target for a short time of a few seconds, target suddenly wonders what is happening around it for a moment but quickly remembers what is happening around itself.

Anyways

Your squad grabs the humans and shoves all of them to the corner unharmed, well mostly as you cannot really tell they seem to be screaming whatever you do to them. You grab one with your upper claws and use “Read minor thoughts” on him.

The process is a bit slow, you try and connect to him using the M.C web you vision narrows and darkens as you concentrate, slowly your vision appear in the black empty space like place you saw when you linked to the Synomium device in the end of the last mission, this time however only your mind and the human’s mind is shining white in the endless darkness, your squad and nothing else you cannot see like this. You try to look into the human’s mind after some concentration you can catch a glimpse of a few images, you see yourself and your squad, the guards, and other humans flash, you concentrate more and try to uncover more. Then you finally catch a picture of a large covered container, it is in a large room with metal walls accompanied by several other smaller crates.

rolled 19 = 19

>>12035958
I just remembered it's molecular control too not mind control
>>12035958
Having found the limits of my abilities I rasp to my squad "It issssss hereeeee......" and proceed to kill the human. "Ssssssecure the top deck...." My team and I kill the remaining humans.
I order 4030 and 5317 to scout out the remaining top deck while medic and I proceed to open the hatch to the below deck, taking caution to remain above and use my acute lobster senses to sniff the air for human... meaning I twiddle my antennae and do what I can listen and smell for nearby humans down below the hatch. I assume 4030 and 5317 will go through opposite paths, one to the left of the control housing, the other to the right, sweeping the stern.

I point to the console as I pry open the hatch "sssssssssmash communicationssssss.... sssssssmassssssh ssssteeering.... massssterssss be pleeeeasssssed" chitter chitter

You end the M.C connection and the blackness fades away, the world you see returns to normal around you, this undertaking was taxing for your mental capacity but you managed to get what you wanted, it seems this human had little resistance to your probing. Your squad finishes off all the remaining humans in the room, 40 and 53 then walks out as ordered. They go down the stairs in the night and inspect the rest of the ship they see stairs leading downwards and large crate firmly fixed to the ship.

You and 14 inspects the hatch and you see that it has a “02” on it, while you do not know what these signs mean they match the picture of the cargo bay you have been briefed. Strangely the hatch is not locked you open it easily, your lobster senses see no humans in the vicinity you do catch the strong smell of rust and wet metal, you do not hear anything either so you and 14 climb down. You are now in the lower level in a large storage room with numerous crates but all of them are too small, the one you are looking for is much bigger. There is a door at the opposite end of the room.

I signal 4030 and 5317 to continue their inspection of the top deck, seeing through our link the crate affixed the ship I order them to uncover it and record its labels/contents while being wary for human sentries.
Meanwhile I approach the hatch while take a pulse grenade from my pack in my minor claws, readying it for room clearance. I instruct medic to take cover behind the boxes or limited cover in the room and ready his weapon.
"Compliannnnnccccce.... Sssssssquad Leeeeader" he replies to me in Lobsterspeak.
How does my team top side fare looking up and around the top deck?

>>12036303
We walk to the closed door, with 14 covering us. Once we get to the door, listen for any sounds of activity from the other side, as 14 comes to us.
If there is no sound of activity, open the door.

gonna give myself a title here till we're done here, since you're so much fun.

You take a grenade and get it ready while 14 takes place behind crates to cover you, this door is more of a gate it is large has two wings and a handle that needs to be turned, you suspect that it is to keep the water out should the ship’s hull gets breached. You hear nothing at all you try to turn the handle on in one way but it gets harder so you try it the other way and it gets lighter in a few moments you hear clanking noise as the locks spring open. The next room is similar to this one crates everywhere but nobody else.

I will post topside on a different picture because it s getting too big

Topside, 40 and 53 report nothing unusual right now they walk and see two large pile of even MORE crates, 53 walks down the stairs to the lower deck and sees a bunch of barrels tied down and together.

I order Medic to cover me and we proceed into the next room, I gently squeeze the activation stud on the grenade, not quite activating it, but ready to let shit go when the moment is right... Lobster senses tingling I search for my prey....

"where.... humanssssss" Medic chitters to me in confusion
"Ssssssssilencccce..." I reply my mandibles twitching.... "not.... sssssssssecurrrrre"

>>12036591
I order 53 to proceeeeeeed forward, searching amongst the crates and barrells, while I order 4030 to descend and cover his flank, heading north up along the large box on the lower level to check out the other side of the box.
"sssssssseaaaarch... and dessssstroy" I order..... "activate... bio... monitor..." I tell 5317

loving this OP, doing this quest in between push ups and sit ups and yoga sets. Lobster quest+Taxi Driver on netflix+ yoga= relaxing end to a day

You and 14 move into the next room and inspect it but nothing extraordinary is here. From here there are two doors in the opposite wall; they are smaller than the one you just opened but both has got a similar turn handle on them.

Topside 53 and 40 continues to walk along the crates getting closer to the barrels, the weather seems to be calming down now the wind and the waves are gentler around them then they were when you landed but there is still pretty dark, the sky is clouded and the moon is just barely visible. Beyond the crate pile there is a large sealed door vertically in the center of the deck that is used to load unload cargo, 53 cannot see beyond the barrels yet.

>>12036784
Medic and I approach the upper door in a classic breaching formation. Medic opens the door and I prepare to throw a grenade in... first we listen and use our senses....
"aaaaawaaaaaaaiiting further orrrderrrrssss....." he chitters... "flushed..... with.... combat... hormonessssssss"

>>12036812
53 and 40 must proceed around the large tarped down boxes, inspecting it while 53 reads the bio monitor for movement (I assume it's a target tracking device/acquisition device)
"Massssster sssssaaaay have fun..... Leeeeeaaaader sssssssay huuuunt humaaannsssss"

Mates I thank you very VERY much for your participation but I think it is wise for me to stop here. My eyes are hurting and my typing ability is failing, now it s almost 4 o clock in the morning since I’m an EUfag, I will try to continue this on Saturday and Sunday. I usually start at round 20-21 EU time which is around 15-16 or so US time. The quest E-mail address is up at the E-mail field should you have questions or anything later.

Thanks to everyone who participated to get Chapter 2 started, after 3 attempts last weekend and receiving no answers after waiting 3-5 hours I m overjoyed that we could finally get this going. I will archive this thread in a moment.


FEEDBACK TIME! Did you enjoy tonight’s session? What would you like to see different or in the future? Besides me being slow with the updates and ending early for your time.

forgot the mail field there it is now.

rolled 13, 16, 6 = 35

>>12037035
I had a pretty good time, just wished I'd gotten the chance to do more tonight. See you next time I suppose

archived

>>12037117
>>I had a pretty good time, just wished I'd gotten the chance to do more tonight. See you next time I suppose
I feel the same way mate, in fact it feels like that every time.

With that I shall return to the bottom of the oceans for slumber! See you next time everyone!

>>12032972
Lobsterman Loev Coffee

we keep missing each other DM