Let's check on Soldier 79, make sure there aren't any more humans there.

Side note
Learning from yesterday’s confusing storytelling I decided to make it easier for the players and will not burden you with the management of the whole squad. It just makes everything more complicated and slower and less of a quest, while there are still a lot of things that await you. You may still give out orders whenever you wish. Also I updated the map for easier reference.

>>8819753
Soldier 79 got hit but is okay he reports spotting nothing of interest since the grenade exploded the area went silent and visibility is clouded by the sand and sea debris.

Almost for got to mention that you still have your DPL with you and the 2 extra missiles for it.

Let 68 scan the ground again... cautiously

Does that mean the crew will act independently while we do our stuff?

Tell 79 to move there, lie down and wait. When the human shows his face from behind the boulder he will shot it.

We are strong lobsterman. Fear not the puny humans and rip them apart with with our mighty pincers!

>>8820213
yep

>>8820100
Yes they will open fire on their own try to move to cover and such when it seems logical.

>>8820051
Soldier 68 stands up and switches to advanced targeting mode. He scans the area and reports movement again, he can se further way from his current position and he clearly noticed two new hostiles emerging from the distance one is heading towards the northeast where the previous two got out of sight. The other one is clearly making a run for it towards the sunken ship. Firing accuracy is uncertain from such distance.

>>8820174
Soldier 79 moves towards the southern boulder and looks towards the east but reports no enemy activity.

>>8820244
Let's to to snipe the one running north.

I have Awakened

Do we have any equipment that can help us spot hostiles behind the obstructions ?

Soldier 68 takes aim and fires on the north eastern hostile

Roll D100 for 68 he gets +20 because of his Adv targeting implant

While 68 is shooting receives the coordinates for the hostile and also attempts to take a shoot at it.

Roll D100 for 79 too

While you are doing this the navigator decides to go back to the bridge and continues to scan the ship and gather information.

The medic suddenly opens up with a bold plan
Medic: Squad leader 5572 condition is still alive. Permission to attempt and use a Cryogenic chamber from cargo holds to preserve 5572 before permanent death.

>>8820501
granted

rolled 65 = 65

>>8820501
Rollan for 68

Don't let me down now !

>>8820484
To do that a lateral sense implant is required which can detect the minor disturbances of the water and filter out most noise. Only Navigator is outfitted with such implant because it is a must for pilotting the ship and using magnetic navigation.

rolled 98 = 98

rollan for 79

rolled 95 = 95

>>8820544

>>8820529

DID WE GET THEM ?

Oh yes, and put the squad leader in the cryo-chamber

The medic quickly departs to the top floor and with the help of Navigator they move Leader’s corpse down the bottom floor. After some struggle with the cyro chamber he realizes it was not powered up before and that the ship has no readily available internal power connection that can help with this. He reports this situation to you.

Both 68 and 79 fire and the second shot is a direct hit that sends the human to the sandy sea grave. Meanwhile the one on the south has disappeared from sight.

68 also reports that he can make out the rear of the previously seen human craft in the distance where the southern hostile arrived from. Estimated coordinates transmitted.

The cloud starts to settle down and 79 reports 3 human corpses to the south.

>>8820731
Can we get power to cryo without getting in harms way?

I think we should fortify our positions and wait till they show up again.

And can we personally get on the roof and take a safe position on the southern part of the ship to be on the lookout for the other human who disappeared?

>>8820810
>>8820765
You go back to the roof where 68 is monitoring the area he reports no news.

The 61 technician reports that the ship is powered by the twin Ion Accelerator engines that both serve as engines and power generators without them only a minor backup power is on. Left engine is offline due to combat damage, the right engine is functional. The power a single engine should be enough to charge any machinery that is in teh cargo hold but this method requires solving several technical problems to work.

rolled 21 = 21

note to self, acquiring lateral sense and targetting systems are a must

rolled 49 = 49

>>8821006
order the technicians to begin the work needed to get a cryopod working, we need to save Squad Leader if possible

>>8821006
Well, let the technician reroute the power. After we deal with humans we can fix the generators in peace.

>>8821014
this

>>8821006
Don't forget to update the picture... that makes this so much easier

Wait a bit to see if humans make a move

The two technicians quickly agree that this could work. One notes to you that this will surely lengthen the repairs before takeoff as they will have to put everything back as it was after this. They quickly rush down to the bottom floor and start to open panels and cargo crates. They will need several long cables to transfer power because the cyro is located on the lefts side and is secured to position and moving it would be too difficult.

Meanwhile on the top you and 68 look for more attackers but everything is peaceful and quiet and like they say it in the moves it s just too quiet. Then out of nowhere 68 catches a glimpse of movement but this is time it is really close. The two humans that moved behind the wooden walls earlier are now here they jump out of cover for a second and both throw a grenade straight to the roof where you and 68 are standing guard.

rolled 37, 72, 8 = 117

order 68 to charge the humans while shooting at them, do the same ourselves

>>8821383
QUICK. Kick the grenades back!

Order 79 to quickly run and throw grenade where the humans were (see pic) and then quickly retreat.

>>8821503
forget this

>>8821439
Do this instead

>>8821439
And just how high up are we?

rolled 32, 31, 34 = 97

>>8821746
we're thirty feet high, there's a ten foot drop, twenty feet of roof, then another twenty foot drop.

We're also genetically engineered walking tanks that can take a rocket to the face and keep trucking

>>8821746
I don't think the high fall would damage us, we are underwater.

>>8821807
And this is why I hate Lobstermen, carry on then.

>>8821746
The ship has 3 levels but do not forget that you are underwater which means you are much lighter than on ground.

>>8821439
With almost an instinctive command you order a charge at the hostiles, the two of you boldly jump from the top of your ship and open fire while falling but neither of you hits as the human already moved back behind cover. The grenades detonate behind you harmlessly, this explosion was not like the grenade you used. It comes a moment of relief to realize that while the humans are now using sonic weapons like you do their grenades are still not as strong as yours.

Noticing you two jumping down 79 wastes no time and rushes to join you.

You yourself miscalculated the jump in the hurry and landed in front of the wooden walk while 68 landed at its side. The two humans are intimidated by your bravery they quickly raise their guns but 68 has the initiative and he fires.

Roll for 68 to shoot!

>>8821853
throw a grenade over the wooden wall.

>>8821889
Then quickly assist 68

rolled 5 = 5

>>8821853
Bismi'lah

rolled 11 = 11

>>8821928
Dammit Lupin, where were you? You should have stopped me before I made this horrible roll

rolled 98, 48, 62 = 208

use my giant claw-arms to RIP-AND-TEAR the human's heads apart!

>>8821853
Tear through the wood at then either punch or shoot the humans, depending on distance

Number 68 shoots but misses entirely then charges the hostiles for melee action, while he is at it you curse your luck for this wall. Summoning all the rage you have in your body you charge into the wooden wall with all your lobster might. Surprisingly it bends to your will and simply falls over. These wooden boards probably sunk to the bottom centuries ago and are fragile. The humans are taken by surprise once again when they shoot at 68 who ducks and manages to avoid the blast. Your terrible presence causes them to panic, you charge at the closer one and grab him with your two large pincers and easily cut his limbs off painting a red cloud. You finish him by ripping his head off sending a large bubble up towards the surface when his diving helmet is removed.

The other one goes berserk and start to shoot around uncontrollably until 68 disarms him and dismembers him with cold blood.

rolled 8 = 8

>>8822295

AMAZING.

Kind of feel sorry for humans, last moments of their lives were utter horror.

Now we sweep the place along with 79 in search for the last (I think) human.

>>8822426

we should keep in group

>>8822426
>>8822438

Also, one of the crew members in the ship should be on the lookout through the window focusing on south.

rolled 29, 63, 76 = 168

rolled 79, 10, 2 = 91

>>8822589
order 79 to take cover by the bolder/wooden ship, myself and 68 will sweep around to take cover behind that stand, we'll advance toward the human ship slowly and keeping in cover/concealment

Number 79 arrives to aid you but there is nothing left for him, after noting that you finished these two. As by your order he looks southwards for cover and finally sees the human craft with two standing guard on the two sides. Their fighting morale must be falling like a rock but this time however the initiative is on their side and both opens fire at 79.

Roll two D100 to see what happens with 79

While this is going on the two technicians are busy working on getting power to the cyro chamber. The picked apart several cables welded them together and isolated them with hardening liquid plastics. One picked a part the power panel of the cyro chamber and is now trying to connect with the makeshift wire the other cut a hole into the wall of the ship and now tries to find the idea power cables to connect.

Roll two D100 to see how they manage.

Side note please try not to roll in every post you are confusing me

rolled 96, 16, 44, 86 = 242

I'm dice-lazy, i leave it there.

68 and i will start running south to engage the humans

>>8822832
>68 and i will start running south to engage the humans

That would leave us exposed.

We should run east-south, hide at the southern part of the rock and shoot-rush the humans while they are occupied with 79

>>8822954
this is a better plan, go with it

One of the two shots hits 79 straight at the chest and he stumbles back and falls from the force of the hit but thanks to his Lobsterman armor and stamina he recovers immediately and rolls behind the two rocks that are behind him for cover.

You and 68 take your weapons and run to the nearest rock and you get a chance to open fire on the two remaining enemies.

Roll two D100 for shooting

The technicians manage to connect the ship’s power to the cable but the cyro is a much more delicate machine than they expected. The two are not working together to connect the power and Navigator goes back to the bridge. Medic is injecting his last dose of stimulant to the Leader hoping to buy a few more minutes.

Roll D100 for progress

rolled 22, 90, 58 = 170

die hunames die!

>>8823222
79 for suppressing fire

>>8823300
roll for 79 please

rolled 32 = 32

79 rollin

>>8823300
>>8823344
>>8823355

BTW, this order is not really to kill humans, just to keep them off guard while we attack from behind.

Your shot misses it s mark but 68 does it again, the human on the east side collapses when his diving helmet is shattered by the sonic blast. The suppressing fir from 79 hits the craft but not the last human. Seeing that he is outnumbered the human jumps back and rolls over behind their craft for safety.

The two technicians finally manage to connect everything together. The navigator brings life to the engine and tries to be very careful to power up as the makeshift power source that they built and the cyro is not designed for the engine’s output. Very carefully the cyro comes to life and unlocks itself, the medic opens it and examines it quickly. It seems to be in perfect condition but it has to reduce temperature to the freezing levels before it can be used.

time to kill the last human with an awesome thing: use the DPL to shoot the last human. dice isn't needed for DPL usage right?

>>8823654
It is not needed but you must specify the travel path.

>>8823548

Everyone advance

79 use the human corpse as a shield and act as a sentry, if human even shows it's face reflex shoot.

68 Advances to the craft and hides behind it

we hide behind the rock and will act as cover when 68 advances to kill.

>>8823700
the most important part is that i won't send it where it'll detonate prematurely, that said, i think the green line is a path that will both kill the human, and not prematurely detonate. is this correct?

>>8823796

Recovering an intact craft would get us extra points imo

>>8823834
we're not the humans, we don't need to capture their inferior technology

>>8823834
>>8823883
so what will it be?

>>8823901

What you want it to be. But to specify: will we get any points/recognition for recovering bodies, weapons, equipment and the craft?

>>8823948
Well it should be a secret but what the hell... I am afraid that since you are not here to get corpses or recovering technology you will not get any extra points for those only for kills and the mission's success. Your mission was to deliver the supplies anyways.

The only case I can give extra points out for technology if you find something that the humans invented and can potentially be useful.

>>8824010

Well then, blow the craft to hell. We don't need humans coming back to recover it

Have they managed to kill any of us yet, or are we too much Mary Sue for them to handle?

>>8824010
I hope we get extra points for being successful LEADER even for those kills we didn't do ourselves and for keeping casualties to minimum (also saving previous leader if we manage that).

You finally get your chance to use your DPL, with your back to the rock you connect your interface with the weapon and program the waypoint coordinates, this takes much longer than shooting your rifle but is guaranteed to yield explosive results. Number 68 is on guard but no activity registered from the human craft. Everything is ready you launch the missile and it travels to the target coordinates.

A flash an d violent explosion shakes the ground as the human gets vaporized in the explosion. After you come out from cover you see that the human craft survived the blast and moreover sustained little damage from it.

Side note: I tested this in game and the Triton is really seems to survive the DPL impact so I ll take this.

>>8824059
We're not Mary Sue, we are TACTICAL GENIUSES!
also good rolls

>>8824114
That was the last of them right? Did we get, Mission Success screen (lol)

Anyway we should check south-west ans south-east corner for any hostiles before letting our guard down

>>8824059
you've obviously never played terror from the deep. Lobstermen are space-marine tough. it takes either monomolecular drills heated so they're white hot or heavy sonic cannon to even have a chance of hurting one.

and yes, blow the enemy to hell with the DPL

>>8824088
Speaking of points I said it before but will repeat that I will probably have to readjust prices and rewards a bit as now I can see that I did not plan them well enough last time. But rest assured I will try to make sure you get fitting rewards but not too mcuh becasue that would ruing the future of the quest. Yeah blame me for not planning far ahead enough.

>>8824196
I remember and understand.

Are there any hostiles left? Lets make sure noone surprises us.

>>8824059
besides, if we were MARY SUE, we would've never failed to shoot down the human craft that shot our ship down, killed half our crew, and mortally wounded SQUAD LEADER, who's even more Bad ass than us.

also, sweep the area for other humans

>>8824114
I think it just takes ungodly amounts of damage to destroy a transport craft because people tend to put a fist through their monitor when a lucky first-round DPL not only kills all their soldiers/HWPs but also their only landing craft.

>>8824234

We should still rig it to explode AFTER we checked it out from inside. Maybe they have some new equipment installed there.

>>8824174
No, I played for about 3 hours on hard, but I still managed to kill at least one lobster man before it and those little flying saucer brain tings raped my crew.

I just want to know if I should be reading this expecting disastrous results if we mess up a role or if I should read it with a "It's all good, we've got it" mentality.

Getting back to the story

You and 68 see no activity from around the craft anymore, 79 reports no visible activity from his position either.

Then the unexpected happens, the human craft’s engines light up and start to roar, the sudden burst current almost pushes you off your feet but does not harm you. The human craft starts to lift off from the ground and turn towards the East. It seems that they have given up on you this time but they too value their craft and rather retreat from the fight than leave I out here.

>>8824305
read lobsterman quest 2, there were some disastrous results from bad rolls, like being shot down and having half the crew die

>>8824345
>
Then the unexpected happens, the human craft’s engines light up and start to roar, the sudden burst current almost pushes you off your feet but does not harm you. The human craft starts to lift off from the ground and turn towards the East. It seems that they have given up on you this time but they too value their craft and rather retreat from the fight than leave I out here.

Gorsh dammit.

Collect all unknown human equipment. Retreat to the craft. Ask Technicians to fix it up and help them since we are too a technician of sorts. Ask medic to tend the wounded soldiers if there are any.

Retreat to base.

>>8824419
>Retreat to base.

Wait no, we were on a supply mission, yes?
Drop supplies and retreat to base.

time to repair the other engine and return to base squad.

Maybe we should collect bodies too?
Just because.

Medic reports that Leader is in cyro and that the chamber is working so far but he is still not sure if Leader will survive. The technicians worked a hell lot to put the ship back together but with the help from everyone they managed to get the engines to work again. They said it should take around 30-60 minutes but in fact it took more than 4 hours until you are finally airborne again since you decided to collect the human bodies and equipment. The Navigator has hard time controlling the USO on his own but it is doable as long as no new interruptions occur.

Navigator asks you which way to go, either original destination and deliver cargo or back where you started. Your original destination is actually a fully operating colony so he suggests that you complete the mission and deliver cargo.

complete the mission. (receive bacon)

>>8824585
>Your original destination is actually a fully operating colony so he suggests that you complete the mission and deliver cargo.

If that's so then we go there. They could fix the vessel entirely and fill our crew on the way back. I hope they have instruction simulators.

You are finally on your way to your destination it will take a few hours to get there while you are at it you are once again free to do anything for awhile.

>>8824659

Go there as stealthy as possible, we can't afford another attack.

are there any repairs that we could do on the way?

>>8824659
I suppose we should check the ship a see if any humans were able to make it on board during the confusion of battle.

>>8824814
The timeskip to the colony.

Right now I m trying to put the reward points together and the things you can buy for them. Patience please. After that is done we will wrap for tonight.

>>8824977
>After that is done we will wrap for tonight.

dats a shame

>>8824977
okay. This has been a good Lobsterman quest

>>8824999
underwater DM is a eurofag, it's something like 4AM for him right now

>>8825021
It's 5am where I am

>>8824999
A shame it it is but I think it would be unwise to start the next mission tonight.

You arrive to the colony surprising everyone, your ship was expected lost due to the human attack. It is not rare that the humans intercept the supply and attempt to starve the colony’s needs.

The colony commander regrets that you lost half the squad and that the ship is in such a state. In fact the team will have to work for a week to get it working again. Most of the supplies you brought were much needed the Zrbite especially.

What the commander did not like is that you brought human corpses, he reminds you that there are harvesting missions with the appropriate craft for that specific purpose and that the Aquatoids are in charge of such operations. The human equipment did not impress him much either he ordered it to be stashed in a random storage room for later use claiming that the colony has got at least a hundred other things to manage right now.

The last and saddest news you get today is that despite your team’s innovation and stunning efforts Leader 5572 did not survive the mission.

>>8825295
this is totally awesome. Dm, i love the drawing

>>8825295
>The last and saddest news you get today is that despite your team’s innovation and stunning efforts Leader 5572 did not survive the mission.

Aww, that sucks.

>>8825295
>A shame it it is but I think it would be unwise to start the next mission tonight

You're still going to post our rewards and training, right?

I knew my stupid idea to get the bodies was bad when you said it took hours to get all that....

The Synomium device extracted all data from you with almost everything that happened with you it was read from your mind.

You get the following message
ID Lobsterman Hxu-2891 awarded
200 ZP for successful mission
40 ZP per eliminated hostiles (120)
20 ZP per team kills (160)
Leftover ZP 40

Total ZP 520
Report to the Implantation hall for development
Connection terminated

wooo, that's alot!

and i guess we should report to the upgrades chamber. let's do that.

Entering the Implantation hall there are several seats at the learning arrays some taken by other creatures already connected and working. You take the closest on sit and watch as the large machine descends down on you. You feel a sudden sharp but only momentary pain in the back of your head as your consciousness connects to it.

Your ZP can be used for either Data upgrade or Body upgrade.

Data upgrade implants you knowledge of the following three fields, each has three levels costing different amount of ZP

Medic
L1-80 L2-200 L3-denied

Technician
L1-80 L2-200 L3-denied

Leader
L1-200 L2-320 L3-denied

A basic Cybernetic Implant 80 ZP you need Cyber-sync enhancement to accommodate more than 2 implants and an Advanced Cyber-sync for more than 4 an advanced implant costs 120.

Lateral sense implant
Targeting computer
Reinforced eye coating
Bio status monitor
Land breathing implant
Cyber-sync enhancement
Artificial vital organ 80 per organ

>>8825537
possible benefits/drawbacks of each choice?

Lateral sense implant
Targeting computer

Get these

What is do "Reinforced eye coating" and "Bio status monitor" do ?

questshit

>>8825592
Might want to add in Cyber-sync enhancement and Land breathing implant, so we can take part in terror missions.

get leader 2, lateral sense implant, and targeting systems implant

>>8825632
wow, Underwater Dm, we're a success! we've got an anti-quest troll who likely didn't bother to notice we're about done for the night.

>>8825567
I am sorry but it is part of the quest that I do not reveal all detailed information about them you will have to find them out as we go.

>>8825592
Reinforced eye coating puts extar layer of plastic on your eyes allows you to go deeper places and resist more damage if they hit you because your eyes are a vulnerable to damage. Think about it as permanent goggles but unlike convetnional goggles these do something.

Bio status monitor is a microchip that monitors your health and makes it easier for a medic to diagnose you.

learn summon bigger fish

>>8825687
oh, alright.

Still I think "Lateral sense implant" and "Targeting computer" Are most important.

Why isn't there a simulation for becoming better soldier? What will we get if we take L2 Leader and L2 Technician

>>8825632
Hi Honey, how was work today?

actually, let's get the advanced cybersynth now, then get air-breathing, lateral sense, the eye protection, and an advanced targeting computer

I kindly ask the players please come to an agreement on what to get

So far we had:
Lateral sense implant
Targeting computer
Cyber sync for +1
Land breathing implant
leader 2

>>8825746
Alright fine, I m tired I give you the info in a moment but not all

>>8825813
Do we need the advanced synth to get an advanced implant? If not, then we can still get all those with a standard. DM says that we need the advanced synth to support more then 4 implants, so we'll be at max with a normal synth.

>>8819737
WTF is this, god you quest fags are something else.

Underwater DM, what is your first language?

>>8825826
>Lateral sense implant
Targeting computer
Cyber sync for +1
Land breathing implant OR eye-coating

I am okay with all these.
Don't care about training simulations... Maybe we could get L2 medic and we could heal ourselves other than that do what you want

>>8825826
this is good

>>8825826
I am fine with this.

>>8825873
if you'd bothered to read even a small amount you would have found this is Xcom 2 quest from the eyes of an alien grunt

>>8825856
that is correct the sync itself does not count to the maximum you can support

Ok so here it is but that is all I say now

Leader 2 will get you a Bio drone and a Leader Interface key which is pretty much the one you have just opens higher grade security things. But also you must expect that you will most probably have to take command at missions which will mean a harder time quest wise. Less soloing more squad work more complicated quest.

Tech 2 will get you an advanced tech box and you will be able to use and repair machines you know, like craft, equipment cyro and such or go to a workshop and do shit. You might even be able to create new things but I will deduct ZP for that depending on how great they are.

Here is your tech box drawfagged

I'm gonna start a quest where you are Zargonus Manus. A hot dog wiener, your package has just been open and your fellow hot dog brethren are about to be thrown into some boiling water.

>>8825989
I vote we take the four implants + synth, as previously mentioned. As for additional training, my vote'd be towards medic, or saving points for a later date.

>>8825989
>Less soloing more squad work more complicated quest.

If the squad is not bigger than 4, this could be do-able. If it's too much it become too bothersome.

What does bio drone do? And what higher security things? Like better weapons?

a biodrone is an alien tank

>>8826094
>> What does bio drone do?
kill stuff mostly, I did not fully work it out yet

>>And what higher security things?
Learning info about the world around you, your past, the humans, the other aliens. Do not forget that you are still pretty young since you were cloned and only implanted the minimal info that a soldier needs to know.

>>8826229
>picture
And all those horrible memories I had barely repressed come flooding back
>>8826094
A biodrone is the only thing more deadly than a lobsterman.

>>8826229
Alright, let's get Leader upgrade and medic if there's still some left after all the implants.

Ok back to the point because it s time to end it

Lateral sense implant
Targeting computer
Cyber sync for +1
Land breathing implant
Eye coating

This is 400 you will have 120 left is this final?

>>8826371
And Medic so that we can patch ourself up if we get hurt

>>8826371
>>8826387
I agree with this.

>>8826387
agreed

>>8826387
agreed

You have chosen medic level 1.
The machine starts to download the information directly into your brain, you can only compare the feeling is like a dream where you are slowly waking up from and suddenly it all makes sense.

You have learned to use a medi-kit to heal minor wounds on others and yourself.
You have learned to examine a creature’s body and learn about it if you have the necessary machines

To make your knowledge useful you also received items from the equipment manager
Medi-kit

The machine disconnects, you get up this was a hard day you return to the incubation and hibernation hall. A medic leads you to your tank; you lie down and finally get some sleep.

The cyber implants will be implanted to you while you are asleep. The tank closes and a different liquid is pumped inside that heals your wounds and relaxes your mind.

Well thanks for everyone who participated in tonight’s Lobsterman quest! I enjoyed it much!

Feedback time! How did you find tonight’s Lobsterman quest? What would you like to see in the future?

Side note: Next week is going to be pretty rough on me with work so regretfully I do not plan to have the next session until Friday.

>>8826675
Thank you too.

I liked this one, having dynamic map helps a lot.
Yes, I would like to see it in future... are you starting at the same time Friday? If so I can participate for few hours only but Saturday to Sunday I'm pretty free.

i had a lot of fun being Squad leader, but it also took up a bunch of time.

i might want to be in a leadership position full-time in the future, because that's certainly a way to extend how much one lobsterman can matter in the fight against those dastardly humans

>>8826760
I agree with this, I didn't like it the last quest and was a bit unsure at the beginning of this one but now this does not seem that bad.

>>8826740
Yes I plan to have regular times for every occasion.

Thus I shall return to the bottom of the seas for slumber. (fuck that! I need to get up 4 hours)

>>8826827
Good night.
I gots to sleep too actually.