>>17533136
"Well, some of us were thinking about the RVF-25, and that it's just big enough to take a mini-Transit Drive. Think it would be useful to you Scout Corps?"

>>17533136
1. "Speaking of which, what's this distortion that Holtz is asking you to check out? Is it that lone world near the quarantine zone, or is it the unknown distortion moving in?"

2. "We'd really like to get a status on that warzone in the south of the map."

3. "What's this Eyepod scout craft you mentioned? It sounds scary from how you described it."

4. "We've got an idea we've sent to R&D for you guys. The idea calls for a certain kind of recon craft you might be able to use, that could be combined with your compact transit drives. Hope you'll like it."

>>17533191
"Possibly? I'm not familiar with that sort of vessel. What can it do?"

>>17533195
"It's the moving one. Why, did you hear something about the zone? As for the warzone, I'll try to swing by on my way to my next mission."

Yellowman grins. "Figures you command boys wouldn't know about the Eyepod. It's a five man jump-capable ship just loaded with sensors and communication gear, topped off with a nice stealth suite and respectable engines in case running becomes a priority. Fragile as hell and crowded as a mall on Black Friday. But they get the job done."

>>17533252
"Yeah, the RVF's a two-seater electronic warfare bird, capable of independent FTL. It's sensor range is a light-day, and it comes packed with active stealth and ECM."

Bring up the schematics and tech readout on a PADD and show it to him.

>>17533306
"That's pretty nice! A transpace capable one of those would be handy, yeah. Hell, even non-transpace ones would be nice to piggy back onto my Scout Frigate."

>>17533320
"Yeah, thought you might like it. Holtz already sent the idea over to TG R&D, and we'll do some of our own research into it. We'll let you know if any extra RVF's turn up."

Get the RVF scanned by the Antaeus. We will reaearch how make more of them soon.

>>17533320
Well, we mentioned you guys might like one to the boss and he sent it to R&D. If you're lucky, you'll have some soon. If you're not, we might have to divert some of requisitions your way. We're better off sharing tech and such so that we can fix this mess quicker.

>>17533394
We should also scan the Eyepod. Best case, we can research it, and build our own com system.

Worst case? We build a dozen of them for the scouts.

>>17533416
Hmmm.. Well, we DO need to test the limits of the Antaeus-class Creation Engine.
Let's see if we can scan and fabricate one.

"Well, all we know about the shitstorm in the south area is that the TSAB is getting into it with Chaos. We're hoping to maybe get a bit more info on that before we make any solid plans or order up some big guns. The whole area looks like one giant cluster of rape, and after that episode with Ebon Night we're trying to not get caught in a situation like that again. Any intel you can get would help us, but don't get greedy. We need you alive more than we need the data."

At this point, I'd like to OOCly ask for a sector map with better resolution and coloring, because the ones I've seen are all JPEG artifact and tiny little dots that all look like red worlds. Also, a map key would be lovely.

As far as Yellowman's gear goes, I'd be fine with giving him stuff. Anything we've got that we can spare or Creation Engine up for him we should load him with. This guy's gonna be our eyes on the rest of the sector while we're in the field and I want him capable of at least smacking something's hand hard enough to scoot away. I honestly think we're the worst-off sector, and we need all hands on deck for it.

Hmmm....I think that we should, very carefully, put out feelers on Yellowman's opinion on the whole Firemen situation. We've worked well together, and we'll need as many contacts as we get.

>>17533394
Also, if we can make them with the Antaeus' creation engines, may as well give him some. A good scout time means we have good intel, and that's something that we always need.


On an unrelated note: I had an idea.

Ubercharge Nanites.

Thoughts?

>>17533466
>übercharge nanites
I have a better idea.
S2 organ + Mech + übercharge

>>17533502
S2 Organ? Sorry, what's that from?

So, agreed plan is:
A. Scan an Eyepod with the Antaeus, see if we can make copies.
B. "So, you hear about whats happening at High Command?"

>>17533541
C. Make RVF-25 copies via Antaeus.

>>17533525
S2 Engine; see Evangelion

>>17533525
http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.s2engine.php

>>17533525
>>17533567
A Spiral Power Engine.
No, really.

>>17533449
>>17533541

"Yeah, yeah, I'll see what I can skim from there. Yeah, I heard. I'm sure it'll just blow over, it's not the first time the Fireman have tried to stir up trouble..." he frowns. "They picked a hell of a time for it, though, didn't they?"

Eyepod blueprints are available from the base. Currently the Antaeus cannot build the standard unit, however, with a modifications, it might be able to.

New Research available: Small Meta Ships.

>>17533559
Your engineering and science teams are confident they can make these modifications in a short time, but they are currently busy with previously assigned research and refits.

>>17533654
We need Yellowman to come back alive, and to be able to escape with a push of a button.

Pic-related: VF-171 with TWO fold boosters on the wings, good for a round trip on the spot if shit goes south.

>>17533650
>>17533661
Ok, I think that's everything for Yellowman. Next is talking with Holtz. We need to talk about using his contacts in other sectors to distribute our new tech and to see what he thinks about supporting the Moderates.

>>17533661
Indeed, we need to work on our current projects.

Speaking of which, what research item did we settle on?
I think it was the Spear/S2/Blue Crystal combo, but there has been a lot of people talking over each other in the last thread,so I'm not sure what we are doing right at the moment.

Same regarding our other projects.

>>17533716
For the sake of averting The Great Crossover War!

>>17533754
Here ya go:

To do list:
Name our ships. [CHECK]
Find out if SSD-refit included Reality Emitter. If not, we fix this. [CHECK]
Find out if Antaeus-refit included Shields and reality emitter. If not, we fix this. [CHECK on Emitter] Status of shields pending.
Find our if ISD-refits included Reality Emitter. If not, we fix this.[CHECK]
Upgrade all our Reality Emitters to the Mark II spec. [In Progress]
Have Gurus look over the Reforged Ring of Sindi, and see what they make of it, if it seems safe enough to them, have them make use of it to augment their crafting.
Follow up with going over Gurthang, seeing if they feel it would be safe to reforge and issue.
Upgraded Shields and Emitters for the two Al'kesh.
Reconstruct HK-50 and VP-98.
Install Incursion technology on the Indefatigable, VP-99, VP-98, HK-50, and a squad of Securitrons.
Have the Gavs, Data, and a Techno-Wizard (Telemechanics, you _everything_ about a machine while in effect) go over the remains of the old EMH's mobile emitter and feed that data into the Creation Engine. Even if we can't reconstruct the emitter portion it was stated numerous times to be constructed of advanced materials and hosted an amazing power source. In the STO timeline they eventually reverse engineered it and put them into widespread use.
Get with Data, the Gavs, and a TW for good measure, and begin working on getting designs for our existing equipment and replicator files converted over for compatiblity with the Creation Engine. Start laying plans for Creation Engine upgrades.
Shields for the Tanks, Battlemechs, VB-6s, and VF-25s. In that order.
Note that we've savalaged everything from every battle, so most emitters from the fallen were likely recovered.
We should beef up the Emitters on our mech units, it they aren't already counted as Vechicle scale and not just Personal ones.
cont..

>>17533813
Have TWs work on Storage Talismans for the White Mages.
White Mages see if they can make Ethers and Elixirs.
Get Non-mages used to our shipment of Fallout Power Armor and weapons.
Have TWs and Gurus work on TW armor options for the White Mages, and then for the Abjurers and Psions second.
Basic soldier boosts for our people.
Do our own upgrade on the security of our ships computer cores, hardware firewall/breaks, and software where possible. Consult with Data, Mouse, Netrunners, and a Techno-Wizard.
Install personal reality stabilizers at computer cores as backup as well.

Research list:
Finish up the Offensive Reality Emitter research we've been working on. [CHECK]
Figure out just what is up with that Vampire SUE-rum [CHECK] We know what is up with it, Now pending decision about what to do with it.
Get cracking in Aglaophotis-B.
Study our Lance of Longinus, S2 Engine, and the Blue Crystal. Research is likely to overlap between these given the shared source and Elder data.
Design RVF-25Meta.

I miss any check marks or updates?

We were prioritizing the Blue Crystals and Lance of Longinus.

>>Design RVF-25Meta.
You want to incorporate a transit drive as a pack, or as a pair of external transit drive boosters capable of a round-trip?

>>17533834
>Have TWs work on Storage Talismans for the White Mages.
Math for that worked out to 4 days for them to get one for each White Mage and 2 each for Lyla and Elaine.

There was a suggestion to cast it right into the white mage robes, though Lyla and Elaine would need a second item, hairclip or necklace or a smacked TW if he mentions other suggestions.
If we can get a pile a gemstone sometime they can make something more serious, but storage talisman is more on par with a rechargable ether than a super battery.

>>17533813
Don't forget the training session lists!

It's /tg/ quest!

>>17533890
I'm not sure what people have intended with the suggestion, but I would suggest attached pack, we don't want to see a transit drive floating around by itself.

>>17533834
Speak with Holtz about spreading our new reality tech to other sectors.
Speak with Holtz about supporting the Moderates in a subtle way.
Train X-COM vets in the ways of Char's Newtypes.
Warhammer 40k primer for everyone hosted by the KI and Farseers.

Make sure everyone has a chance to relax. They went through Hell, they need a vacation.

Are you meeting Holtz in person or sending a message?

>>17533919
Hm, I think someone else was compiling that list.
Still seemed a bit hazy, since we just told everyone to take two weeks off, so intensive training is probably out.
Though we do need to bring everyone up to speed on the Fallout gear we just got in, and get the squishes into some powered armor.

>>17533890
A pack wouldn't interfere with the RVF's sensors or ECM right? I think a pack would be better, don't want to leave behind evidence we were there.

>>17533924

Really? I would have never fucking noticed.

>>17533980
Meeting in person. Too sensitive for messages.

>>17533980
>>17533946
I'm against making overt moves in the political arena.
Though we should ask him about tech trades between sectors.

>>17534020
The booster doesn't have to be jetissoned. I would say that we could try to fit the transit drives on the wing sections of the craft, similar to the Tornado Pack, or add reinforced mounts on the wings so we can attach them on the hardpoints on the wing undersides.

>>17533980
In person, of course.

There's some things you just don't *say* over comm lines.

Also, get Mouse started on those security code tinkerings/checkings. As I said when i posted it, NO ONE outside the command crew gets the real, changed codes. Nor do we hint at their existence.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17488622/#17518076

Not that we don't trust Holtz, but this is a case of "The less you know, the less you get hurt". Plausible deniability.

>>17533919

Here's some of the training lists I can dredge up from the planning thread:

Course Menu:

1. Char's Newtype training for X-Com psychic troops.

2. Gunstar pilot's re-training vs VF-25 pilots and Char.

3. Miscellaneous training for FFT classes/heroes

4. WH40k preparedness training: Reasonables/KI vs all the other troops

5. Miscellaneous Auror training (like "creativity") (if there is time to squeeze after research on magically buffing our gear with aid from the Techno-Wizards)

6. TIE Defenders vs VF-25s

7. The Nanny-bag and You: Death is only the Beginning
>Make sure everybody knows how the nanny-bags work and how to preserve someone in them

8. Ghostbusting 101 with Dr. Spengler
>we should get more than just Egon rated on the proton pack and slime-thrower

-----

I'd also add in this training:

9.) Mecha prep course. The crews of the dropships and all of our mecha pilots get together to educate each other about the finer points of combat against each of their canon's mecha. Simulated battles are a must.

>>17533980
In person. The messages may well be watched or monitored, and the whole Fireman thing makes me slightly paranoid.
OP: Did we get any Small Items with the requisition, or only Troops and Mechs?

>>17533890
Most likely a pack.

For Research and Engineering, I'd like to figure out how to make either a Black Hole Rifle or any other powerful weapon, and how to either make Fallout power armor, or use an alternative power source for X-Com's power armor. I'd also like to get some Kevlar for the spellcasters.
What would we need to do before we could manufacture personal shields?
Do we have enough Reality Mk. IIs to put a Gellar field over all of our ground troops?
Some magic protection might also be useful to work on, if the Gurus aren't already busy with Gurthang and equipment upgrades.

>>17534088

Mecha prep course also includes VF-25s if it's not too ridiculous.

>>17534106
>>Black Hole Rifle

Without using Eezo for Mass Rifles? You need to steal either the following:

1. Huckebein 008L + Black Hole Cannon
2. Granzon

....from the SRW OG canons.

I'll just throw my theory on we research our own stuff out there again:
>Considering the inter-canon meta nature of things, we need to build our own personal canon for a lot of this stuff to work for us across worlds. HQ pays for this research material to add to their libraries to combine the various personal canon accounts to the point that they are powerful enough to function everywhere no matter who builds/uses it.

That, or we really are just one of the few that go "Send Scientists!" when asked what kind of troops you want to save the world with.

>>17534088
Training exercises. Always a must.

Feed any tactical and strategic data from the training exercises into A.N.O.N. and Data, transmit combat data to HQ if we find anything new or interesting about the way inter-canon combat works.
>>17534184
Phlebotinum. Always in short supply. Why does everything that makes Big Shooty always have to have Phlebotinum in it?

>>17534184
Wrong Mass Rifles, yeah, I made that mistake too.
These are Dark Matter setting blackhole guns.

>>17534195
Science, Engineering, Enchanting, and Fleshwork. The four pillars of progress.
Science! to understand how to make shit and break shit
Engienering to make and upgrade mundane shit
Enchanting to make and upgrade magic shit
Fleshwork to upgrade your troops' minds and bodies.

Since our troops are here with their consent and are being paid to be here, I doubt any of them would have any interest in becoming mutant super soldiers. Let's hope we don't run into a rival craft with less moral and ethical concerns than we have.

>>17534246
Speaking of fleshwork, how is our new doctor settling in?

>>17534106
Only troops and mechs this, time, though your request for the full lineup of TF2 gear for BLU was approved and is being sent.

Mouse gets to work on going through the security systems for your fleet.

The door opens to Holtz's office with pneumatic fwoosh. The Sector Manager is currently going through a stack of papers and entering things into his computer.

"Back again so soon, eh?" Holtz asks, not looking up from his papers. "Found the lobby bar's prices a bit too much and wanted to come to the only other source of booze on this base?"

>>17534088
While I helped come up with this course, I'm having second thoughts about it now.
This is supposed to be a vacation for our crew, a final chance to unwind and relax, because next week they're going back out into the war again, the never-ending war against the S.U.E.
For many of them, this will likely be the last vacation they will ever have. Should we really take that away from them?

>>17534328
>Speak with Holtz about spreading our new reality tech to other sectors.
Holtz, I require privacy for a moment.
Upon receiving privacy:
>Speak with Holtz about supporting the Moderates in a subtle way.

>>17534339
I'm only one man so I can't speak for everyone, but whenever I was on break and my friends were still fighting, I always felt a bit anxious that I could be doing more to help.

>>17534328
"Actually, we were wondering about the other sectors. I know we got hit hard, but it doesn't sound like the others are having a cakewalk, either. I know you were able to send the new specs for the Mk. II Reality Emitter to Main, but has it come down to the agents in the field for the other sectors?"

>though your request for the full lineup of TF2 gear for BLU was approved and is being sent.
No! You'll turn them into Hat-crazed maniacs!

>>17534246
>Let's hope we don't run into a rival craft with less moral and ethical concerns than we have.

You...you haven't heard of NewChaos, have you?

Anyway, I can't help thinking that we should definitely look into nanites when it comes to fleshwork. It doesn't need messy surgery, for one thing. Good thing we have an expert on board, huh?

>>17534339

Training doesn't have to be 24/7. We can give them plenty of time off to use the rec facilities.

>>17534184
You can theoretically steal the Huckebein 008L and the BHC from the SRW OG canons (GBA versions), but it's kept under lock and key when not in use. Of course, since the GBA continuity runs into a semi-dead end at OG2, you could steal it due to the Uncertainty Principle in effect.

The catch is that it's mainly Shuu Shirakawa that has the know-how for black hole tech.

>>17534328
"Hey Holtz, you know how we are with doing the research thing, do you suppose it would help to have some of our results sent straight out to other sector crews? Maybe see if they have anything they could send us as well?
Not really clear on how all the works, seems like your the man to ask."

>>17533756
Madness.
The year XXXX is quickly approaching, whether you like it or not.

>>17534339

Well, if we have some sort of intermediary period after the vacation where we're still looking for things to do, we could possibly run the training sessions then.

Or possibly ask for some additional time for training our troops from Holt.

>>17534328
>>17534398
"*cough* Also.. Well, some of the Command Crew was wondering if there was anything we could do to improve the position of the Moderates by home. We don't mind getting our hands dirty, but most of us are feeling some unease with the hardliners gaining ground."

>>17534401

"If someone tells me that it's wrong to hope, I'll tell them they're wrong every time."

========
For some reason, in Another Century's Episode:R, the Shadow Angels, Britannian Emperor, and Gen Fudou displayed some degree of meta-awareness, but not the part where they're fictional.

-------

If there's Hyper-Athens, then maybe another sector battlegroup is tied up fighting a Hyper-Britannia?

>>17534437
>>17534369
Sounds reasonable.
Honestly not sure what we could do for them out side of doing our jobs and doing them well.

>>17534437

This may be a bit too forward. We don't want to explicitly state anything about taking sides, there are ears everywhere.

Perhaps we can open up with something like

"While our officially assigned duty is to stabilize this sector, is there anything else we can do to help out TG?"

This might be too general and might need some refinement.

>>17534328
Shit, I forget to stick on a Techbow from Red Alert 3 to the equipment list!

Yeah, I know it's not stealthy, what with the glowing and all, but giving our heroes options when it comes to weapon is always something we should consider. plus, it can shoot down light aircraft.

You know, we can actually mass-produce pilots now. We can take Shadow Mirror bioroids or the Machinery Children and feed the data into the Antaeus.

>>17534460
>If there's Hyper-Athens, then maybe another sector battlegroup is tied up fighting a Hyper-Britannia?
Hyper-Athens is specifically from the Timeline Wars Canon, and they're all tied up fighting the Closers.
Which Canon is Hyper-Britannia from?

>>17534522
Or, you know, use the soul chips.

>>17534328
And add Zolomon Ringo to the Heroes on reserve list if he isnt already.
(There's like what 3 of us that want him recruited?)

>>17534504
It's a bit much already. We still need to reserve slots for Zolomon.

>>On a side note, if we recruit Zolomon, we can repaint all our armor/suits/mechs to be skeleton themed. Although this means the White Mages will now look like they came out of shopping from Hot Topic since their robes will now be skeleton themed. kekekekekeke.

>>On a second note, if we have trouble mass producing Longinus Lances, we can grab the EVA-05 versions from many many continuities to help speed up R&D, mainly because there's several SRW continuities which have the MP EVAs. IIRC, we can steal up to 72 full-sized replica lances this way if done correctly.

>>(IIRC, an EVA is 70 meters tall, so we need an equally big robot to wield their copycat lances).

>>17534369
"No..." Holtz frowns. "Now that you mention it, I haven't heard anything about the new Emitter designs since I sent it.

>>17534398
"Most other sectors don't have quite the R&D team you've put together, but I'll keep an ear to the ground."

>>17534437
"Whoa, whoa..." Holtz says, putting up his hands. "You field boys really want to get caught up in politics? I've been trying my best to keep you OUT of that stuff so you can focus on your job!"

>>17534552
My bad, it's not 72 lances, but 32 --8 per canon. From SRW Alpha, Alpha DC, Alpha 3, SRW MX.

>>17534543
A Hyper-Britannia is just speculation. Suppose the Britannian Emperor (from Code Geass, but the ACE:R version) became *even more* meta-aware and acted on it? Or suppose he turned into a SUE?

>>17534522
>Shadow Mirror

You're kidding, right? Requisitions aren't going to try and steal such dangerous tech from a meta-aware (on some degree, at least) enemy.

>>17534556

Hrm. Holtz has a point.

While we're bound to have to choose a side sooner or later, our life is already complicated enough without lobbying for one side.

From an extremely meta-standpoint, this could be the OP telling us that we're still in the point in the game where we're blazing across the canons, saving the universe. While we COULD skip ahead to the gritty reality of faction politicking and sabotage part of the game, we might want to get all we can from the current stage we're in before inserting Disc 3.

>>17534599
Most SRWs have some degree of meta-awareness. Knowing the nature of those canons, they would probably thumb their nose at the TSAB.

In ACE:R, the Shadow Angels (from Aquarion) could cross continuities freely and effortlessly. In the same game, Gen Fudo shows being meta-aware when he did some zen rambling and then hodgepodged together a method to cross canons/worlds by having the abilities of Aquarion and King Gainer work in tandem.

>>17534556
>I haven't heard anything about the new Emitter designs since I sent it.
"That's strange. You'd think something that useful would have been sent out as a general announcement. Especially with the new Reality Disruptor guns we just finished researching.
"Maybe you should talk with some of the other sector managers, give the designs to them directly. My guess is that someone tied up the design in red tape, even when we've got portals opening up all over the place."

>You field boys really want to get caught up in politics?
"Personally, Holtz, I'd rather not. But you know what's going to happen if the Firemen get controlling votes. We may not see eye to eye with the Messiah's, but at least their doctrine doesn't leave a gaping hole in the sector when they're done.
"With the Moderates in charge, they can nip this whole feud in the bud, and make sure that the sectors get the support from High Command that they need to get their jobs done safely."

>>17534599
Capture a single bioroid during the Tesla Licht laboratory occupation, basically. Or grab the remains of one after Rishu Togo destroys a couple using martial arts.

>>17534655
>they would probably thumb their nose at the TSAB.
Actually, their target would be us.
Specifically, us. The SRW thicket of Canons is in our sector.

>>17534551
Yes, no disagreement there. Zolomon is awesome.

>>17534552
It's only one weapon, one that is mass-produced and deployed in a war, which therefore means there are likely depots that can be looted, or corpses if one doesn't mind getting their hands dirty. I doubt it's anywhere near the level of Zolomon.

Also: how do reserve heroes actually work?
>>17534556
Well, if you know anyone from other sectors, may as well pass the info along direct. It sounds like sectors are suffering for want of sharing tech information. It may not be through proper channels, but damnit, it sounds like we need all the advantages we can get.

>>17534556
"Yeah, we aren't big on politics either, but with the news from back home and the downtime, we've managed to start worrying about things. Still more pleasant to think about than that shit with Ebon Night.. I think we need to add in a counselor with the next requisitions cycle."

>>17534701
>>17534552
So, for those of us that don't know, what Zolomon is this?

>>17534701
The mass-produced lances of longinus? You can loot them after the SRW guys are done beating the hell out of the MP EVAs.

Most of the lances are drifting in orbit after the battle. In Alpha (PSX)'s case, they're scattered around the Geofront.

Good luck having something big enough to wield the lances without being encumbered.

>>17534750
Zolomon Ringo is from Zeonquest.

>>17534717
"I'll see what I can do."

>>17534659
"Yeah, probably red tape. I'll send out the designs tonight to the Managers I have a secure channel with. I agree with you on the whole politic thing, but I'm at a loss as to what to do. Hell, we don't even know what's causing the whole upset because they won't tell us!"

>>17534750
Zolomon Ringo, from Zeonquest.
A real BAMF, and nearly unstoppable in a close-combat mobile suit.
And keep the requisition talk in the planning and requisition thread.

Requisition thread is here:
>>17520501

>>17534762
>they won't tell us!
Aye, that is worrying. Well, we'll do what we can to get our sector under control, hopefully that'll help calm the fires. And if we can help out other sectors by slipping them the fruits of our labors, all the better.

>>17534762
>Hell, we don't even know what's causing the whole upset because they won't tell us!
"Ha, maybe the Firemen detonated the S.T.O.B. themselves for a casus belli to go and blitzkrieg across the Meta like what the SS did in 1939 against Poland! Ha!
"But seriously, there's a spook from High Command on the way here, from what I've heard. Know anything about them?"

>>17534762

Also, Holtz, some of us have been thinking on specialized training programs for our troops. Most of all of them sound great, but we managed to forget that our team is on vacation for two weeks. There are undoubtedly those amongst them who do their damndest to combat ennui when not in action, but we don't want to muck up the last vacation they may have in quite a while. But the potential usefulness of these training sessions cannot be denied.

As such, we were wondering if we could ask for some time after the vacation period is over to apply these training programs. We have a tentative list of training programs here, if you want to look over them... and if you don't mind adding one more page to that origami Mt. Everest you have there.

>>17534776
where is that, anyway?

>>17534868
"You want additional time at base to train your troops? I think I can give you another week, but that's pushing it. You'll really have to get me something fast to give to my superiors at the end of it. I don't mean R&D either, I mean you go take out a lynchpin or something equally big."

>>17534799
"Let's hope."

>>17534824
"Yeah..." Holtz says with a frown, his face darkening. "He's an investigator for the home branch. Probably sent by the same jack-offs that busted me down to here."

>>17534968
>I mean you go take out a lynchpin or something equally big
Let's not. We'll just have to use those training programs while we knock out those two grey worlds.

>He's an investigator for the home branch.
"That doesn't sound promising. But busted down? You were High Command personnel before this?"

>>17534968
>>17534762
>>17534868

Almost forgot --- there are some other "training programs" here that we might want to push through to the crew during vacation anyway.

Amongst them include "Deadliest Engineer" and "Deadliest Scientist".

>>17534910
Check the suptg archives.

>>17535013
Holtz grins. "I didn't always used to be in charge of an underfunded warzone, kid. Not High Command, no. But I used to be one of the Guard's upper field agents."

He frowns. "I made a few enemies in the Guard and when a mission I was in charge of went south... Well, they jumped on that opportunity."

He waves his hands. "It's a long story, but suffice to say, I learned my lesson about politics and field work in this org. I know what I'm talking about when I say you might want to keep clear of this."

>>17534968

>training time requires IMMEDIATE lynchpin correction

Ah. Request withdrawn.

>>17534968
"What we mean is, we want to use time within what we're already given, not an extension."

>>17535049
"Alright, Holtz. But I have the sinking feeling that politics is going to find us, whether we want it or not.
"But yeah, see if you can get the Mk. II RE and Reality Disruptor tech out there to other sectors. The more lives it saves, the faster we can get this mess cleaned up."

Okay, I think that's it for Holtz. He doesn't want to get back into politics yet, and he's saying that we would get ourselves burned if we did.

>>17535049

'We'll keep that in mind. Any idea what he's supposed to be investigating? Not something we did, I hope.'

>>17535077
That means cutting into vacation time, since we have to ship out immediately once the two weeks is up.
And training classes still take up a normal workday, especially if we're going to try to cram all of that improvement into the 8 days we have left (this being Day 6, when Yellowman returned to base).

It's not a vacation if you have to train for 7-8 hours a day.

>>17534968
"Well, if we gotta go fight another linchpin then maybe it's not worth it..." DEAR GOD NO. No more linchpins until everyone's trained up. Lesser worlds for now!

"The assholes who demoted you.. Well, Holtz, we've been talking and it's been a general thought that perhaps everyone should just chill and be calm about the spook. If you can grit your teeth and bear it, we'll try and find you some more of the good stuff we've located for you." *Meaningful look to the wine* "Right now, I think it's best if we make as little wake as possible until we're at least in a better position than a full quarter of our sector still engulfed. There'll be time for payback later; and they do say revenge is a dish best served cold."

"If you think it'd help, maybe we can get the Antaeus to pump out some Mark Two emitters and have one of our ISDs make priority delivery runs to the other sectors. The Guardian, maybe.. Since they're fresh crew and ready to go. I'm sure Command wouldn't mind the fact we want to make sure our fellow Guardsmen are properly armed for the trials ahead." Bonus point: we can directly send messages to the other sector commanders and maybe let some grunt-level quick intel/design trading get going on back and forth. Stuff to help in the trenches...

>>17535118
We could also cover it up by saying that it's a shakedown cruise for the newly refitted Guardian and Valiance, because of the major work that they underwent.

>>17535104
"I honestly don't know. All I know is that something in one of the reports I sent apparently caused a bit of a stir," Holtz says with a shrug. "Might've been you, might've been Yellowman, hell, might even be me."

>>17535118
"Well I doubt your Creation Engine will be able to make anything like a Reality Emitter, but using it to supply other sectors isn't that bad of an idea. If you make spare units, I'll be happy to ship them to other areas."

"Thanks for the chat Holtz, I guess we should get back to work and making you look good then."

>>17535116
We could leave being the TIE pilots and the Gunstar pilot to train on each other. The last day of vacation could be WH40k preparedness training?

>>17535118
Agreed to send one of our new ISDs on a milk run.
We just need one of the ships to do transfers between the grey worlds if we do plan to split forces.

>>17535196
"Alright, Holtz. Give us a list and we can get the Creation Engine running. Fortunately it was designed as a high-output combat fabber, so we shouldn't have problems with running it hard. Send over anything you want us to try to churn out; I'll let the Captain know.
"Thanks for the talk Holtz. We'll let you know if our science boys come up with any more interesting toys."

Okay, I think we're done here.

When is the next cycle to see research updates?

>>17535314
Sometime after Day 9, when we complete the Vampire S.U.E.-rum research.
After that, I don't know.

Originally the freed up scientists were to go to Incursion technology (if it's a research topic and not just engineering), then RED copying.

However, recently people seem to want to go with spreading the 60% between the Blue Crystals and the S2 Organ. The other 40% is still working on the Lance of Longinus.

>>17534551
Zol is pretty boss, and Nell could be good at predicting stuff, but their canon isn't fully stable.

Zolomon is a /tg/ created character for the quest ZeonQuest. He ended up on par with Amuro Ray at close range. He is a close range combat specialist.

Also from /tg/:

Jack Kirby from Doppleganger Damacy is a weak, squishy, all too fragile entity with one useful power:
If he kills something, he can steal an attribute from its corpse. This works on both physical and mental attributes.

>>17535367
OP said okay to it a couple of threads ago, so that's the end of that.

>>17535198
>>17535250
"Thanks, and will do. Good luck out there!"

>>17535196
>"I honestly don't know. All I know is that something in one of the reports I sent apparently caused a bit of a stir," Holtz says with a shrug. "Might've been you, might've been Yellowman, hell, might even be me."
It would be one of two things:
>Orz found our base. Here is ALL THE INFORMATION EVER about the Orz. Note that Orz tend to hunt down people that know information about them, woops
>Reality Bomb was used.

Just out of curiosity for future use, do we have access to the schematics of NEXT's from AC4A era? Specifically, say, White Glint, Hogire or Supplice? Or Armored Cores from the 3-Nexus/Last Raven era?

We may not need them, or plan to use them for a long while, but I'd think it would be safer if we at least had the designs to build them if we needed.

I will admit to being partial to the idea of seeing how Char and his newtype abilities could make a upscaled NEXT dance around just about anything and everything.

>>17535392
Ok, we've set things in motion, at least. All of our regular crew should be on vacation now.
Should we see how Pellaeon is taking being a member of the Transpace Guard? It must be a huge step down, from Grand Admiral and de facto ruler of a galactic power, to the tactical adviser of a sector task force, not even its commander.

On the other hand, it let's him get his hands back into what he liked best, which was tactical combat and stratagems, and he doesn't have to worry about pesky politicians and moffs getting in his way.

Alright, back from dinner and all I see is requisition talk.
Take it to the planning thread and make room for the awesome.

What's our status on the To Do list now that we've crossed off 'Talk to Holtz'?

>>17535411
The implication that we could send the Orz to wipe out the Firemen?

>>17535439
Also, MetaOP, will we have vignettes of our crew during our constant shifting around of engineering and research priorities, and the imminent approach of the spook?

>>17535439
Many of our people may be having issues.
Data isn't in contact with his friends.
Neither is Spike.
BLU haven't captured a control point in weeks
Many people have watched allies die

We could use some SAN restoring stuff.

>>17535479
The Orz wouldn't be able to kill the Firemen, even Humanity in Star Control stand a good chance of stopping the Orz, so a meta faction will wreck them.
It would take an Entropy bomb, a long and bloody war, or a Galaxy-sized Mech/Alien/Cute anime girl to destroy a meta faction.

>>17535491
So.. a party?

>>17535512

>>17535491
Time for Elaine? Time for Elaine. It *does* count as healing, right?

Seriously, though.. I think we're done with the major stuff aside from research, which will take time. On to the vignettes until the arrival of the spook, or our departure time; whichever comes first!

And OP, I really would like that un-resolition'd and possibly annotated map, please. Thank you in advance for no more JPEG artifacts.

>>17535491
True.
Ever since we saw the 'logos' of Spike's crew be used to defeat Corvus Head, I entertained the notion of recruiting them.
But I'm pretty sure Mouse is a better hacker/programmer than Ed by now, and... are Jet and Faye particularly good at anything we could use?

>>17535524
>>17535512
>>17535491

Why not.

It'll undoubtedly fit in with the rest of the shenanigans that the OP may be writing about our troops as they cut loose on rec facilities designed by geeks & scientists with too much time on their hands from ALL canons.

>>17535491
Since one of Elaine's Hero skills is conceptual healing, we could just have her cast (SAN) Heal on everybody until they are sound of mind. That specifically was called out on the description of what that skill does.

>>17535549
Sanity, Inorganic matter, Reality ... hey, if it's repairing damage, it counts as healing, right?

Heal that San loss. Heal it good. I want everyone to be happy. Heal those fuckers until they stop being upset.

>>17535481
Yes. Here are some of the scenes I'm currently working on. It's just concentration and time intensive, so completion will be scattered.

Data and Egon debate emotion.

Spike terribly injured. Lyla comments.

Clanner vs. Space Marine wrestling/boxing

Finalon and Doug have bear talk.

BLU sends postcards.

Agrias tour.

Tosh talks to da spirits. Gondegal replies.

>>17535524
>>17535534
>>17535545
We should throw the party before Yellowman and crew head back out too.

We'll call it a "Glad to be Alive Party".

>>17535534
>>17535549

Even if it's off-screen, it would be absolutely corgi to hear about Elaine going out of her way to counsel/talk with the other troops.

>>17535572
No Iron Engineer or Deadliest Scientist?

>>17535572
Ah, that's right. Tosh can talk to locations and items now.
He could ask the Oncoming Storm, the Antaeus, and the Indefatigable how they're all coping with the situation.
>>17535584
No, it'd be Corgi to hear a tale of how an ordinary mortal girl told a S.U.E. to fuck off, and kicked the S.U.E. in the cunt until she exploded.

>>17535584

I said some, not all. Fear not, I'm saving those for when the planning thread dies so I can use those images.

>>17535581
Added Elaine counselor to scene list.

>>17535614
Neat.
MetaQuest OP, no doubt this sector had a list of what worlds were in it, before the calamity struck.
Is it possible to get a list of, say, 5 random worlds that we could potentially visit (that aren't WH40k)?
Even if it's a flyover of "stable" territory killing S.U.E.s, it'd be nice to see what options exist.

>>17535614
>>17535576
What about the "Glad to be Alive TG Mixer"?

>>17535576

Disco theme. Full on boogy. Mandatory disco balls and various remixs of "Stayin' Alive" in the background.

The funk.

Is.

ON.

>>17535667
That would be this.

>>17535687
But that doesn't tell us what each planet was, or is.

>>17535687
Speaking of which, my suggestion for the next stop again.

>>17535695
Because we don't know cause the meta is a mess right now.

>>17535687
Which world here was the 6-SUE one? I am inclined to actually suggest 2 greys, then 1 blue. We need to speedrun this and comb as well as we can for the grey worlds.

>>17535714
I'm also inclined to Speedrun the crap out of a few minor worlds to rack up the funding.
Anyone else agree?
>>17535703
Well, if we have no other suggestions, might as well go for this one.

OP, Engage.

>>17535714
6 SUEs was a lynchpin world, the top black blob.
Lynchpin, much like the Ebon Night's lolshow.
No doubt the other two Lynchpins are "The Imperium learned how to technology, woke the Emperor up, and now everyone else is fucked", and "There is a meeting between the 4 major chaos gods, and there is peace between them. You fly directly into Slaanesh's crotch at the meeting."

Wonder where the Insane Homocidal A.I.s world is.

>>17535703

What did the dark blue worlds represent again?

We may want to hit grey worlds. As one person said earlier, it may be possible to squeeze in training while our away team takes care of the low-intensity situation.

>>17535727
>>17535703
>>17535763
Blue worlds are likely movie Canons; one of the first worlds pointed out to us was a blue world that have some movies crossed over.

>>17535727
>>17535714
Don't want to 'speed run' too long, hitting the bad sections still helps calm the sector down better and nets us more kudos and requisitions.
Me, I want to hit that blue one, then the grey to down and to the right, then consider hitting the hot zone they are both next to.
Effectively, want to keep expanding the area of stability we've made and roll across the sector.
Also keeps just stable areas in the path of the unknown coming in, so we don't have compound distortion issue with it.

>>17535763
We do not know what the colors represent, other than the big red blob is a quarantine zone, and the big black blobs are Warhammer 40k worlds.
>>17535768
Every dot is Red until it fucks up. Right now most shit's fucked up, but we've unfucked some shit in the north and west.

>>17535778
So there's nothing that's supposed to be next to the quarantine zone? The brown dot is actually nothing?

We need to hit the bottom left black blob when we can to avoid a compound distortion.

What's inside the Quarantine Zone? Is it the SRW thicket?

>>17535714
My suggestions. Forgot to attach pic.

>>17535807
>So there's nothing that's supposed to be next to the quarantine zone?
First thread, Holtz said that there's a world close to the Quarantine Zone, closer than he thinks its supposed to be.

>>17535807
That's a good question that I don't recall the answer to.
What was inside that Quarantine?

Did anyone ever ask for a map of everything BEFORE the whole thing started falling apart?

If our Sector Headquarters had a map of the locations of the canons in this area, this would give us a good guess of what each area is a fusion of.

>>17535829
Evidently the map of this area was made of Beer, and Holtz drank it.

>>17535815
I'm against taking light runs for three worlds. Drop the 1 off your list and we're in agreement.

>“I want to direct your attention to the display in your upper left hand heads up display,” Manager Holtz says, leaning over and flipping a switch on his desk. The familiar sight of a time-space distortion map pops up on your H.U.D. “See that? That's our computer's representation of this region of existence's time-space when everything is all nice and healthy and we have nothing to do but goof off and laugh at how we have easy jobs. The gauge looked like that yesterday. A nice baseline reading of 10 on the reality distortion monitors. Some deviance, but all well within acceptable boundaries.”

OK, which colors represent easy, low-level worlds?

>>17535865
And then some asshole played Peg Solitaire with it.

>>17535846
Grey worlds = looting items, basically. We could drop one of the grey worlds and come back for it later.

>>17535865
>“This is what it looked like when I was awoken by the sound of alarms and screaming this morning, with a reading of TWENTY HUNDRED. The damn gauge looks like Picasso's interpretation of tic-tac-toe or some shit. For the past fourteen hours I have been doing what I can to make this go away, and it's not been working. This is the point where it stops being my problem and starts being YOUR problem.”

>>17535865
Not as in "Everything's awesome map"

As in a LABELED map of what those pegs were before everything happened.

The map HQ had on hand no longer corresponds to the sector map in any meaningful way, save for when you restore a section. But by then, you don't need to go there.

On the thirteenth day, the command crew gets a formal notice to meet in briefing room 23-A. The notice carries all the proper authorizations, and is signed "Colonel Yurgus."

>>17535904
It's a computer representation of meta-space-time in the area. We use the word 'worlds' a lot to describe the round representations of trouble areas, but they aren't worlds in the galactic of system map sort of way. They are Canons, and the ones that stand out to us on this map are trouble areas and distortion readings in metaspace. So those dots when it is right aren't so much worlds as map representations of things being in the proper alignment. There can be uncounted worlds stuffed in between the lines, be as long as they are fine, they aren't our concern.

>>17535951
Well, shit.

Let's ask ANON for a background check on Col. Yurgus.

>>17535951
Mm, formally.
Alright, we grab our dress uniforms and psi-screens, lock the doors and hope they don't have blasters.
Wait, no, I mean get dressed up, remember to wear our reality emitters, and go to the meeting.
Maybe one of us should pocket a recorder, just in case.

Here's our big To-Do and Research Allocation list that another anon put together and updated.

http://pastebin.com/7hTAHGyg

MetaOP, if you could go through it real quick to answer some of the PENDING ones, that'd be great.

>>17535951
Right before we go, can we access personnel records to find out anything about this Colonel? Just for the public stuff.

>>17535951
Hey MetaQuest OP, do you know if we have access to any of the schematics mentioned in >>17535438 ?

>>17535904

Let me explain this in a simpler way. Ever world there on the map can be imagined as giant floating plastic balls, with tiny ping pong balls stuck together by barbeque sticks. That is what a canon would look like from a meta perspective. And here in the meta sector, we're in this giant, white empty museum hall.

>>17535438
NEXT operation is psychologically toxic. It is much like operating an EVA because your nervous system is wired to the machine.

>>17535815
That Quarantine blob is really getting huge! I hope my body can take it.

>>17535997
IE, they're basically invisible to us unless they already had an issue there once, or we have specific coordinates.

>>17535991
Not bad, if OP gives the nod, then a set of Storage Talisman castings should be done. Probably a few things that maight be done on that list, actually, we just need Op to tell us which.

Yeah we probably should have left a little early.
Well nothing for it now.
And unfortunately we have done some questionable things.
Like allying with the Orz, and bringing them to HQ.
Being friendly with the TSAB.
Giving Ahriman more knowledge than he should probably have, plus a Ring, plus letting him go.
Our subpar handling of the Dark Matter Canon.
Making a deal with Philemon.
Recruiting Cheryl and boosting her psychic potential to borderline absurd levels.
Possibly swiping all those First Age weapons.

>>17536074
We have, in fact, Dun goofed.
Oh well. Let's see how much of a flogging we get.

>>17536012
It's only toxic when you try and push past your AMS compatibility beyond it's limits, which can cause lethal amounts of Psychic stress, yes.

One of the GA branches had great success in multiplying many of their sub-par pilots AMS compatibility with their NEW SUNSHINE project.

So, as long as we use pilots with decent AMS compatibility and we don't use those experimental NEXT units, like the ones Fiona Jarnefeldts father designed, we should be fine.

And the upscale+TD Drive installation idea we had from a while back to replace the Kojima Particle generators.

>>17535995
You'd have to requisition them.

>>17535991
You find out he is assigned to Black Operations, but nothing further, even for your clearance level.

5.) The Mikasa has an emitter, what shield?
6.)The All Under Heaven is being fitted with one by the base staff, and it should be ready to go by the week's end.
7.)Completed by end of second week.
8.)It seems safe and yes they can use it.
9.) It would be.
16.) Do you want to assign this as their first job? The TWs, I mean.

>>17535997

Dummies' guide to Meta, canons and sectors.

>>17536118
We'd have to use requisitions for schematics data? Yeesh, I think we can wait on that then.

>>17536074

You dun goofed, TG. Why did you include the touchy parts of our operations in the fucking reports?

>>17536074
Orz, yeah I don't know what ya'll were thinking, but this is just an underfunded sector base with someone certain people don't like running it. Shouldn't be huge waves.
TSAB, we gained intel information from a neighboring power in the face of severe sector distortion.
Ahriman, we prevented distortions to both the local canon and 40k, he is a major player there and his destruction would have had serious ripples.
Dark Matter Canon, well you guys worked it out eventually, but yeah, how did ya'll survive without me.
Philemon, not a deal, we established a contact with a previously meta-aware being that prefers to be a passive observer.
Cheryl already had that much power, we just helped her focus it in time to stop a Dark Power mated with the Ebon Dragon from raping the sector, and repaired a lot of damage to the world in the process.

You don your uniforms and enter the briefing room, a metal hall with a display screen at one end along with a podium, and a tiered half-ring of chairs and desks around it. A stern looking man in the uniform of a TG officer grips the podium with both hands. He looks at each of you balefully as you enter.

"Well?" he asks. "Is this everyone?"

>>17536169
This is what we get when most of the posters are "FIRE EVERYTHING DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA! Fire whatever, keep hacking away jajajaja wkwkwkwkwk".

From guessing at writing styles, I am looking at 2-3 sane posters, plus Potential Writefag and Fireman prime. The other 4 people are barely-contained trigger-happy yahoos, and raidah.

>>17536169
I guess we figured we worked for Holtz directly, and forgot internal affairs was a thing?

It's funny how we carelessly pass on reports without trying to censor shit, huh?

>>17536118
>You find out he is assigned to Black Operations
FUUUUUUU!!!

>5.) The Mikasa has an emitter, what shield?
Updated, to need a new shield generator installed.
>16.) Do you want to assign this as their first job? The TWs, I mean.
Yes.

>>17536196
I don't even post that much here.
And you're honoring me with the title of Sane Editor?
I'm thrilled.

>>17536188
...Yessir.

>>17536212
I can't track down raidah "Unlimited TPK Bad End Works", wherever he is anymore.

>>17536229
raidah dropped his name once he realized his presence was considered negative.
Good thing, too. Saying that the Codexfag doesn't have faith in the crew is a bad place to put yourself in.

>>17536188
"Yes, sir."

Remember that he outranks us, and he's from Black Ops.

>>17536118
>16.) Do you want to assign this as their first job? The TWs, I mean.
Yeah, going by the math, they should be able to get one for each White Mage and two for Lyla and Elaine in about 4 days without overworking them.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17488622/#17504965
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17488622/#17505037
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17488622/#17505044
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17488622/#17505262

Another thing we could get chewed out for would be taking a long time to identify what the STOB was when the Super Robot Wars area is under our jurisdiction and they loves them some STOBs.

>>17536196
Well, I'm usually the guy making the big lists of all the stuff people request and arguing against the stupid stuff.

I hope I'm in the "Sane" category.

>>17536188

>>Yurgus: "Is this everyone?"
>>Crew: "Yes."
>>Yurgus: "Alright Jack, please clean the room of 'bad people' for me"
>>??: "Yes, Papa."

Clearing up some more stuff from that list...

You give the order to rebuild HK-50 and VP-98. The base staff should have it done by the time you're ready to leave.

Researching EMH for Antaeus production is a research project.

Vehicles are currently NOT fitted with Reality Emitters, but ARE fitted to the dropships.

White Mages cannot craft.

Your troops have been trained in power armor that have been equipped with it.

>>17536272
...Did we make those Reality Disruptor sidearms yet?

>>17536210
>>17536118
>>17536188
You never know, maybe he likes us. We've seen some serious shit out here and beat it in the face in the name of stability.

>>17536280
I'll add them to the list. How many, and just pistols?
Are we making any rifles, heavy rifles, cannons, or disruptor banks?

"Close the door. I don't think I need to tell you this is confidential," Yurgus states. When the door is closed, he glares at the assembled crew. "Word has reached me that you've been looking into... researching our Reality Emitters. Correct?"

>>17536283
Do you not even know the dictionary meaning of the word, "baleful" ??!?!

>>17536307
"That is correct, sir."

No point in lying, he probably already knows everything, or can tell we're lying.
We should probably keep to only answering questions, and not speaking unless spoken to, for now.

>>17536307
...Looking into?
I mean yes.

>>17536296
We were looking at ship ones for crazy shit, at least one big one for 'god' busting.
And sidearms for the Command Crew to discourage future kidnapping.
Beyond that we'll have to see what our production looks like, we really want to get more shields on things.

>>17536307
Well, not so much researching as doing our best to upgrade them, sir. We've mostly been trying to get them to block Warhammer 40k tech, but we haven't managed to yet.

>>17536307
"Indeed, we needed to increase our ability to protect ourselves from reality distortions and negate the abilities of more powerful SUEs."

>>17536307
"We (or our scientists rather)'ve been working on augmenting their efficiency and, quite recently, have figured out modifications that allow them to be used offensively at short range, yes. No regulations prohibited this as far as we are aware."

>>17536338
Oh yeah that's right.
Due to one of the primary antagonistic factions appearing to be a variant of Chaos, we wished to make ourselves as prepared as possible for Daemonic incursions and suchlike.

>>17536318
>>17536357
"Nothing quite like being able to kill an unkillable god-abomination SUE with a bunch of missiles, sir."

>>17536307
"Yes sir. We saw a lot of potential there, and the advancements we've made have helped us immensely in our work here. Is there something wrong with the research?"

Utter innocence, but don't be smug.

>>17536370
That too.

>>17536307
"Yes sir, Chaos like forces are in open combat in our sector and we have been gearing up to clear them out.
As you are aware, Chaos and Warp already lend themselves to corruption and intrusion, we need defenses against that.
Also, we've already come across several high-tier SUEs and beings upon whom the baseline emitters did nothing to stifle.

>>17536318
>>17536251
Four days of work time gives you just enough time then between the time it takes for them to get here and get oriented.

White Mage Squads are now equipped with Mana Battery.

Lyla is equipped with Mana Batteryx2
Elaine is equipped with Mana Batteryx2

>>17536338
>>17536357
>>17536365
>>17536370
>>17536376
>>17536378

"There is," Yurgus states. "Reality Emitters, and their workings, fall under the purview of the innermost echelons of the R&D division. While there is no... official rule on the books..." Yurgus trails off. "...I think you'd be better served if you focused your research ELSEWHERE."

>>17535815
>>17535865
>>17535888
>>17535951


Yo dawgs, I heard you liked pixels in yo' maps, so I put yo' maps in photoshop and now yo' pixels have pixels so you can see while you plan.

Ahem...

I think I got everything, but let me know if I missed something.

>>17536329
>>17536296
Know what would be nice?
A fucking spinal mount Super Reality Disruptor on the All Under Heaven.

I'm pretty sure most enemy ships would implode under that much reality.

Okay guys, it's time for Plan Mouse.

I think you people are smart enough to divine what Yurgus' intentions really are.

>>17536464
And let me guess, we don't have the clearance to even be informed why researching the devices is a good idea?
Whatever, fair enough.

>>17536505
I called for that superweapon a couple of threads ago.

The other thing we can do is to make a similarly-scaled Wave Cannon.

>>17536515
And by good, I of course mean bad.

>>17536464
"Sir. You are saying that you believe that we would be better served discontinuing research into a device that is considered essential to our organization's goals, and the preservation of the lives of its personnel. Is that correct, sir."

>>17536464
Fun part is that spell can be cast on any item they'd like to keep on them. One person had suggested casting on their White Mage robes, or whatever.

>>17536464
"With all due respect, sir... We've been going up against *GODS*. We need *every* advantage we can get a hold of that doesn't bend the Canons over a barrel and treat them like Elf slaves," if our resident pointy-ears are here for some reason, make a 'no insult intended' motion to them "And we could *not* have survived that horror show we just escaped without our research. Note that one of the first things we did when we got back was send the research data and samples of the advancements back to High Command. We're painfully aware of what this technology has the potential to do, and we're also aware of the shit we're gonna be coming up against in part of this sector. It'd be suicide to not do what we've done so far."

Calmly spoken, the voice of Reason. I've been hanging out with the KI for a while.. Think I can make Master of the Deal?

>>17536505
I'm just hoping to install a reality disruptor and maybe the S2 organ into MechaGodzilla if we ever get that guy back.

This is what I am picking up from Yurgus right now.

1. Yurgus probably has fallen to Chaos.
2. They want Chaos to spread to justify the Firemen agenda.
3. There's a boobytrap with the "new" and "approved" reality emitters.
4. They want a pretext for Black Ops operations, ala Titans from Z Gundam.

>>17536539
Actually all of our Reality Emitters down there were the Mk. I variety.

>>17536528
>>17536539
Man don't rock the boat, if he's saying that it's not -technically- against the rules, then -technically- he's not ordering us to stop, it's just a strongly worded suggestion.
So we smile and nod and then continue researching things slightly more discreetly.

>>17536464
Understood, sir. Anything else?

(interpretation: grunts are not to understand how meta tech works. Reality emitters, trans-meta comms, transit drives, ... Any future reasearch probably shouldn't be sent upstairs, and maybe shouldn't even be done on the Storm.)

>>17536533
If the White Mages can't craft, then take it to the Techno Wizards.

>>17536464
Sir, if we hadn't researched these upgrades, everyone in this sector would die. We fought a God, and the only reason we aren't all paste right now is due to this research. Can we at least have a reason on why this research is banned?

I don't think we can convince him to let us continue our research onthe Emitters any further. We are playing with things we are not meant to know about, and he is someone who makes sure that nobody knows too much and lives to tell.

>>17536567
>>17536564
But won't it seem suspicious if we don't try to resist a little?
Resist a little, make him threaten to bring out the big guns, fall in line, then continue research behind his back.

>>17536464
"I see sir. Someone should see to it that that gets made an actual rule then.
Our problem out here is that we have Chaos and Void Engineers tussling around in our Meta, and they both like to give physics and conventional defenses the finger. We need to burn these threats out of our Meta sir, I'm sure you can agree with that."
Play to his fireman leanings, we got a heads up that he favored them.

>>17536555
The research; while incomplete; led to the Inde's Reality Beam which let us clear Japan.

And the fact since we started researching them, we've come up with new and life-saving ways of applying them in battle, such as using cap grade ones to beat shenanigans by canon-strength horrors like Femto. And make reproducible Gellar Fields and stabilizers for the Echo fo the Blackbird which brought us back safely.

Nothing but good for our sector has come of our research.

>>17536567
Transfer all our R&D to the All Under Heaven now, I guess.

Looks like we're going to have to salvage more ships to compensate?

>>17536539
>>17536528
Let's try not to be confrontational.

>>17536593
Play to his sympathies.

>>17536593
So push back, but in a way that implies that we have Fireman leanings, in order to see if he takes the bait?
Might work, but it's dangerous.

>>17536593
Pretend to like what he likes, then slip him a roofie and have our way with him.
I mean, make friends with him.

>>17536660
>>17536629
>>17536622

Agreed. Play the Fireman for now.

>>17536629
Better than some of the more confrontation approaches.
I'd say we either do that, or just stick with 'yes sir' and hide future research.
If we can make this guy think we lean his way, that could go well for us.

Now I hate to play devil's advocate here, but maybe there actually is a good reason for us not to dwell to deeply into the reality emitters?
Like we still don't know how they work, and their source is probably not pleasant.
The only thing I can think of is the Auditors of Reality, and they aren't good people.

>>17536464
Roger that, shifting research focus.

>>17536681
I'm a little leery about it, simply because he's from Black Ops, and he's likely to be a much better political operator than us. He may see through the attempt.
On the other hand, it's true we want to burn the Void Engineers and Chaos away to restore stability, so I guess it's not a lie, either.

I, for one, don't exactly think that a Fireman would make a great Black Ops Officer. Black Ops is when you need something done without anyone knowing, at all. Ever. It gets lost in a Dark Void of nobody knows, and it stays that way.

Firemen... are Firemen.

>>17536715
That's the beauty of actually being Moderates. We can blend in with either group with the right honesty.

>>17536718
Technically, it's hard to investigate ashes.

>>17536718
Maybe he's not, maybe he's Messiah or Moderate, or one of the smaller second-tier factions, and he's actually here as a Black Ops officer trying to stop dangerous research?

>>17536732
I suppose our tip off could be wrong, but I'd prefer to trust Yellowman.

>>17536715
>>17536718
>>17536725
>>17536729

We already learned from Holtz and Yellowman that he's from the Firemen.
>>17536732

>>17536554
>3. There's a boobytrap with the "new" and "approved" reality emitters.
Well, doesn't hurt to be paranoid.

I'm betting it's just something harmless, such as "We have a farm world that's nothing but S.U.E.s, we chop up their corpses to power these emitters" or something like that.
Like, maybe there's a miniature S.U.E. in each emitter that's so starved for attention, that any attention-grabbing ability someone else uses is leeched by the starving S.U.E.

You know, standard unethical dangerous bullshit. The type we work with every day.

>>17536528
"That is exactly what I am saying," Yurgus states. "Leave matters concerning the reality emission technology to us. If you have ideas or information, forward them. But stop this line of research immediately."

>>17536539
"Really, now? How interesting..." Colonel Yurgus says with a thin smile. "A rag-tag team flaunting the rules, just newly promoted and with little resources takes out a god? Sounds... like a SUE."

>>17536593
"Believe me, crewman, there are people trying to do just that. Give it time..." he says with a predatory grin. "You're right there. But I have complete confidence in your ability to do so without resorting to... such unconventional ideas."

>>17536583
"No. You're not cleared for that information, and it's dangerous to ask. But I know you were ignorant of this, so I won't take note of it."

>>17536752
Herp. Excuse me then.

Man, Firemen must have a shitton of clout to get Black Ops in their ranks. Tread very carefully, fellow command staff.

>>17536768
"As you wish."

Firemen + Black Ops = A-LAWS/Ordo style shenanigans.

>>17536768
>"A rag-tag team flaunting the rules, just newly promoted and with little resources takes out a god? Sounds... like a SUE."
Little resources?
... Shit, if what we have is "Little" resources, then I'd like to see what the well-funded sectors have! Maybe we wouldn't get our asses kicked so hard by absolutely everyone if we had more funding.
Understood, no more research into Reality emitters.
But is there anything we could do for you that would get more funding and requisitions to either this base, or ourselves?
We really ARE short on resources and there's 40k in here. Any extra stuff we can get would be helpful.

Yeah conversation isn't going to work.
Let's just play along and wait for this to be over, and hope he doesn't decide to have us assassinated.
I'd hate to enter the 'open rebellion' phase too soon.

Well, at least future Emitter research was down on our list, though we suspect our research into the World Pillar stuff may yield breakthroughs in that area. Of course, they don't know that, and we don't even know that for certain, but it gives us a side angle to cover related research for now.

>>17536768
>A rag-tag team flaunting the rules, just newly promoted and with little resources takes out a god? Sounds... like a SUE.
"Sir. David Stirling, No. 8 Commando. Operations Squatter and Crusader.
"Jack Churchill. No. 2 Commando. La Molina.
"Are you saying that those decorated men were also S.U.E.'s?"

>>17536822
We are an underfunded sector.

>>17536768
Sir, if we have that little of resources, do you think you could get us more. Our sector has both Warhammer 40k and Super Robot War, and we've been getting our asses kicked constantly due to lack of resources. If that creature we faced had even an ounce of common sense, he wouldn't have left an instruction manual on how to kill him at the device he was using to turn it into a new Ravenloft.

>>17536802
Indeed.

>>17536752
>>17536818
>Holtz and Yellowman say the spook is a Fireman
When was that said? Because I've checked this thread and the last, and that was never said by either of them.
Holtz only said that this spook might have been sent by his enemies, but we don't know if his enemies are Firemen, or a different faction, or just some assholes in High Command.

>>17536768

>"Really, now? How interesting..." Colonel Yurgus says with a thin smile. "A rag-tag team flaunting the rules, just newly promoted and with little resources takes out a god? Sounds... like a SUE."
>implying we didn't fight tooth and nail to get what we got
>implying we didn't pay in blood for it

Seriously, fuck this guy. He is baiting us right back.

Neutral as hell:

"I am sorry to hear that we were treading into unacceptable territory with our research. We appreciate that you took the time to deliver this message in person. Is there anything else you wish to discuss with us?"

Do not commit to stopping research unless he specifically asks us if we are going to stop. Be polite, get out of there, and start our own Skunk Works projects on upgraded reality emitters. We are not going to loose our men because Black Ops feels threatened. We are going to have to start making plans to keep this hidden from now on.

>>17536891
>>17536864
>>17536822
Do not provoke him further. His mind is made up on the matter.

>>17536864
"Are you MOCKING me, boy?" Yurgus asks, his eyes narrowing.

>>17536891
>>17536822
"Talk to Requisitions. Things are tight all over now, and it's probably only going to get worse."

>>17536953

"Worse? Is it that bad with the other sectors? Hows the rest of the Guard doing?"

>>17536768
..This guy. He's the type of guy who gets eaten by the horrible alien first. If it wouldn't bring down so much heat... Ehh. I'll temper my urge to kill for now; but this fuck's on The List now.

Yeah. This makes it official. *All* our research and manufacturing and stuff is to be moved to the All Under Heaven immediately following this meeting. We're gonna have to play our shit close to the chest. Holtz has got some serious connections to make for us. We need to figure out which sectors to trust.. If this guy's an indication of the Firemen, the Messiahs are probably just as worse on the opposite end of the spectrum.

I guess back down for now. We don't need Black Ops up in our shit.

And once we get done, full sensor sweep of the entire area and all our shit. I don't trust this guy.

>>17536953
"You bet your fucking ass, sir."
Then flip him the bird and storm out.
>SUEification at 0.01 percent, rising at a 0.2% increase per day.

Yurgus is baiting for a way to kill us off. Namely, choke Req completely on us.

We better make this last 2-3 requisitions count.

Choking Req on sectors = gearing up for Civil War.

Remember the Horus Heresy? Horus had logistics control as Warmaster and at the time the traitor legions were the most well-supplied.

OP, I need to go eat some cake.
Don't let these idiots get us killed by Black Ops right here and now, maybe they don't realize that is something he can do, I dunno what goes on in their minds, but feel free to have one crewman slap others in the back of the head if they keep back talking to the guy.

>>17536990
DENIED.

COOBIE,

GTFO.

>>17536953
>"Are you MOCKING me, boy?" Yurgus asks, his eyes narrowing.
"Sir, with all respect due to your rank, you mocked the losses that my crew suffered. Not just Canon recruits, but Earth personnel, the people from OUR Earth. I would ask that you not make light of their sacrifices in the line of duty. Sir.
"Thank you for bringing to our attention the sensitive nature of the Reality Emitter research in person. Will that be all, sir."

>>17536953

"Are you MOCKING me, boy?" Yurgus asks, his eyes narrowing.

>implying we aren't

"I meant no disrespect sir. We still are feeling the losses we took on that damned hellhole."

Then

>>17536935

This conversation was over before we even opened our mouths. Make it seems like we are sorry for stepping on his toes and end this meeting. We are only going to piss him off more, and I am sure he has a very, very long memory. Plus requisitions is already getting hard, we don't want to make it worse.

After the spook is gone, we should quietly check with Holtz, High Command, and anyone else that might be knowledgeable if this is normal, or if we are being specificaly targeted. (Are other divisions really not allowed to do reality emitter research or is this political?)

>>17536990
>>17536864

*slap to the back of the head*

>>17536981

We might be able to somehow 'backdate' the transmissions to the other sectors.

If they ask, we might be able to say this was sent before HQ 'corrected' us, ensuring that at least some of the sectors have the tech available for them to use.

>>17536990
*BLAM*

Does anyone even read the posts on Yurgus possible motives?

If it isn't raidah that's going to be the death of us all, it's Coobie.

>>17537023

Indeed.

Black Ops has been intercepting the data we're trying to get to the other sectors.

We need to send someone to check into another sector , REALLY SOON. We need to see the status of other sectors. Because if it's also Chaos incursions in other sectors then we know the Firemen are really up to shit.

>>17537013
This. And please, for the love of god, let's not piss Yurgus off, considering that he's our lifeline to HQ.
Yurgus pissed=No more reqs, possible purging, TPK, Holtz going sober, etc.

Alright you fags, check into the planning thread.

>>17536990

GAHH!!!

DO NOT POKE THE BEAR!

We are at the disadvantage of not knowing this guys allegiances (everything is speculation at this point) and are severely outranked. We can think "FUCK YOU" all we want, but for now we play nice. Be polite, walk away without when we are dismissed and then start our planning. If anything, this just shows us that shit is genuinely going down in the background.

>>17536953
>"Are you MOCKING me, boy?" Yurgus asks, his eyes narrowing.
Whoever made the comment that made Yurgus angry, gets a poke by my elbow, and facepalm from me.
>"Talk to Requisitions. Things are tight all over now, and it's probably only going to get worse."
Aw balls. It's screwed everywhere, isn't it?
And you're sure you don't want other sectors to have upgraded emitters? I respect your request and your position, but if we really are having problems across the board, I'd like to help the other sectors with anything discovered here.
>>17536990
Someone fire this dickweed before he gets us all shot.

>>17536977
"Poorly," Colonel Yurgus frowns. "But will will triumph. No matter the cost, the Guard endures."

>>17536990
"I want that man's identification immediately. His name is going into my report."

>>17537010
"Yes. That will be all," Yurgus says, acidly.

>>17537012
"Well, suck it up. You're part of the Transpace Guard. We don't let our feelings get in the way of our jobs."

>>17537013
When you contact Holtz about this, he frowns.
"Yeah... it wasn't the guy I expected either. Most reality emitter work IS done at Main HQ, but this is the first I've heard of a restriction like this. Though I will note that no one outside Main has done dedicated Emitter projects before."

Holtz taps his console. "More ominous. I heard back from one of the other Sector Managers. The blueprints for the Mk.IIs never reached him before I sent them directly."

>>17537097
Don't push him on the reality emitters!!
We pretend complete acceptance, and then do any research on those in secret.
I'd recommend also having some other research going on into other things, so if anyone pokes around we have research to show off that is... acceptable.

Damnit, this is why we shouldn't say things, because a significant amount of us are dumb as hell.

From the planning thread:
>1. Commence Plan Mouse.
>2. Transfer all reality-related research to the SSD.
>3. Start being a little more careful about what you include in the post-mission reports.
Also, >>17536990 , other likeminded fags, shut up.

>>17537109
"Holtz, you have any idea why Reality Emitter research is so secret?
"Come to think of it, when was the last time that the Reality Emitter was improved? I mean, like, REALLY improved? Not just a slightly smaller unit or a longer battery life. But actual progress?"

>>The blueprints for the Mk.IIs never reached him before I sent them directly.

1. There's someone monitoring transmissions.
2. The comm array has filters.
3. There's wiretapping in the base's system.

>>17536999
I will now forever remember Yurgus as the guy that made me get only a small piece of leftover cake.
That bastard.

>>17537109
>"I want that man's identification immediately. His name is going into my report."
"You want to take him with you or should we just throw him out the airlock, 'cause I don't want to work with an idiot like that."

>>17537109

"We need to backdate those transmissions if we can. Since they're so willing to overlook us this time, we might be able to get away with our 'proactive redistribution of new technology'. Should they come asking, we can say we sent them out before HQ 'advised' us.

Beyond that, we'll have to be really careful to only send new updates to sectors we can trust."

Maybe we should have Tosh do a spiritual examination of a Reality Emitter, to see just what we're relying on?
While first checking in with the Farseers to see whether or not doing so would fry his mind?

Good job TG!

We're not gonna be able to acquire R-Type fighters anymore!

>>17537109
"Coobie? Don't worry, we'll fire him immediately. Or throw him out the airlock, if you prefer."
>BTW what happens to Transpace Guard personnel who get fired? Mindwipe, or what?

>>17537168
No, it means that when Holtz sent it to Main, Main didn't distribute it to other sectors.
If it was actively filtering and blocking such information, then a direct transmission would have failed.

>>17537149
THIS, a million times this.
Seriously, what the hell.

>>17537109

Well, that went poorly. I am guessing we are getting requisition penalties from now on?


Provided we are talking in person, and we checked for bugs already...

"Holtz, this is looking worse by the day. We just had a visit from Black Ops telling us, rather indirectly, to stop our research. Research that may save countless /tg/ field operative's lives. Hell, how often do command staff come to the field to deliver a message that could have been easily relayed to us through a secured line? Furthermore, what we already did is being either siphoned off or hidden from the rest of the sectors. I think things are worse at HQ than we had initially assumed."

>>17537195
As if they would have let us get them after learning of our Reality Emitter research.

But there are other ways of acquiring them. Alternative means than TG Requisitions paperwork.

>>17537109
Odd.
So not only does he not want us researching, he also doesn't want other people having upgraded emitters.
Is, uh, there any possibility that S.U.E.s or Chaos might be in Black Ops or the Firemen? Might there be a specific reason for not wanting increased reality emitters?

I want to try something.
Send across details or knowledge of the following:
The Vampire S.U.E. tank
The Shipper bomb (hurts chaos)
The Elder Things' language
Mundane research, such as how to replicate Federation Steel
See which of them get through.

If they're blocking everything from us, that tells us something. If they block only PARTIAL amounts of stuff, that tells us something too.

>>17537186
>Maybe we should have Tosh do a spiritual examination of a Reality Emitter, to see just what we're relying on?
Seems reasonable.

>>17537235
That can backfire spectacularly. They probably have someone manned to piece the dots together.

>>17537109
>>17537161

"Holtz, the spook seemed to be angry at the fact we were still alive. We.. We may need you to help us... 'proofread' our reports to HQ. To check for spelling errors, of course."

Code for "Firemen are strangling shit. Be prepared for a siege.. And we're gonna need to be a *lot* more discrete with what we're sending to HQ."

Gentlemen, I think we're now on a clock before Bad Shit goes down in the Meta. We might not have much time before things go south. Have Holtz prepare what he needs to prepare and keep us abreast of goings-on.

All research and valuables and shit go onto the All Under Heaven. A.N.O.N. should be treated as a possible double agent. Tread lightly, fellows!

>>17537235

I disagree with this. We just got a polite "warning" to stop doing the research. If we start spamming the bleeding edge research to see what is being filtered, the next visit will probably not be so...informal.

>>17537235
They don't send everything out to everyone and some of that shit would be pointless to tell everyone.

>>17537235
SUEs or Chaos?
Nah Firemen hate those.
I'd wager that this is like Hugo Strange's plan in Arkham City.
Make sure things get out of control so that everyone approves of the drastic measures which is what the Firemen want in the first place.
They want us desperate instead of winning.

Also we should start looking for a way with deniability to spread our Reality Emitters II.

I'm thinking of hiring someone to pose as a smuggler who wants to help the TG get his cannon back to normal as soon as possible.

>>17537178
This anon also had a good Idea about backdating sending REs to the other sectors.

Well, I think I know what's going to happen;
>HQ sees >>17536990
>Not us throwing him out the airlock
>No more requisitions
Do we have the ability to make our own equipment? Or are we still dependent on resupplying from HQ?

>>17537274
We do have the Antaeus, and all the asteroids we can find.

>>17537235
>If they're blocking everything from us, that tells us something. If they block only PARTIAL amounts of stuff, that tells us something too.
But they're not blocking direct transmissions.
Holtz had sent the data on the Mk. II Reality Emitters to Main, and expected it to be distributed to other sectors.
The plans stopped at Main, meaning someone there stopped it.
When he sent them directly to another Sector Manager, they were able to receive the plans.

....

Fuck. The /tg/ recruit squad is now a very big liability. Who knows if have a plant in there.

Before we set off on our next mission, I'd suggest sitting down for a one-on-one debrief session with each of them. Try to profile them to see if any of them have the psychological profile which would make them a good fit with the Firemen faction.

In any case, we need to be careful of how we deploy them from now on.

>>17537255
The Firemen are gearing up for a coup d'etat and civil war. They are doing this by getting all the resources into their party, with Black Ops in with them as well.

The codex says this:
>>--Canons can be sick, burnt down, chopped down, etc.
>>--Canons can also be planted, transplanted

>>204X: After much energetic tumult in the Meta, the BPI rallies or out-and-out wrests enough resources to build a military space fleet and associated stations (using MetaScry-constructed macro-fabricators) in order to secure a MetaMilitary presence in a large portion of the surrounding galactic space.

>>XXXX: THE GREAT CROSSOVER WAR (Due to the warping of Earth’s MetaCanon, time was bent so horribly that no actual chronological record of the war that uses any coherent timescale survived unaltered)

>>17537279

So basically, we have an admin block on our research being officially distributed. Welp, time to start up a Darknet for the meta sectors. Everything that is being blocked through official channels will have to go through there. We are going to have to be very, very careful of our friends from now on.

>>17537268
"Poorly"
"But will will triumph. No matter the cost, the Guard endures."
^------- these are all hints to Firemen agendas to seize power.

If you are on the same page as me, there are Firemen agendas to warping the timescale irrevocably.

>>17537287
Why bother with debriefs when we have psychics?
Alternatively, have the debriefing be conducted by RM Silencers. Their presence unnerves people due to their not having souls or whatever right?

>>17537235
Don't do this. It's stupid.

>>17537288
Could you stop bringing up this meta-Meta stuff?
Some of us just want to play the quest without looking over the supposed future's shoulder.

>>17537308
Looks like the G-Man was right after all.

I guess Philemon isn't so bad an idea now, huh?

There is, another Meta-Aware entity out there.

Uatu the Watcher.

>>17537329
Yeah but lets not actually seek him out.
Also most of the time he's even more neutral than Philemon, and when he isn't just watching, he's getting his ass beat to show how scary the new bad guy is.

>>17537169
"I like your style," Yurgus nods. "I leave it to you."

>>17537161
"...I don't know..." Holtz says, pausing. He begins typing at his console. "There's no record of any research being done into them outside of Main HQ... and aside from a few minor tweaks, it looks like we're still using the Mk.I."

>>17537255
"Yeah... yeah, I can do that."

>>17537329
Yes, the G-Man is usually correct.
But he also usually phrases things in specific ways to get the listener to take a specific course of action that he wants them to take, for his own ends.
The G-Man does not have our interests at heart (if he has one) and is always playing his own game, and any concern he shows for an asset is to prevent a loss of value of an investment.

>>17537315

Huh. For some reason I switched to a non-meta mindset to ferret out spies. This works. If we identify any, we should still bring them along.

Better the spy you have identified than the one you do not.

>>17537235
If we do something like this, FOR FUCKS SAKE BE DISCRETE ABOUT IT!
If there is something fishy going on, we want to stay out of their radar.
If we go with somthing like this, maybe send it as a "research data dump" or something like that to keep a lower profile and maintain deniability so we have at least some excuse for our actions, as we can be pretty sure all our transmissions that can be monitored are being monitored as normal operating procedure, and now with an unknown possible hostile force at HQ we need to be CAREFUL.

If we do continue reality emitter research, we need to use MAXIMUM PARINOIA, keeping everything even remotely hinting to it away from not only our communication systems, but also ANON, as we can be pretty sure anon is filled with assorted backdoors and anti-defection code.
I suggest as a minimum: All research materials and reseach related systems should have no contact whatsoever with normal ANON / Comms / anything else.
All communications and data being handled in a similar manner, with ANON and our comms array never getting the encryption keys or any data relating to the research.

no mention of our research being made on the oncoming storm, the TG made it so it is probably bugged all over the place.

>>17537341
>it looks like we're still using the Mk.I
"And the Mk. I, you were issued it when you started, right? All those decades ago?
"What the Hell have they been doing, if in less then a month we can build a version that's a quantum leap ahead of the old one, and they haven't done anything with it in the past 20 years?"

Haven't we already reached a dead end with Reality Emitter research?
Like we might need to look at a bunch of other things in order to further open up our tech tree?

I do think there might be something dangerous about the true nature of reality emitters, even if that guy was almost cartoonishly evil.

>>17537341
>"I like your style," Yurgus nods. "I leave it to you."
And it's airlock time. Seriously, you can't be that stupid and still live. At least not without making us look bad.

>>17537341
"On an unrelated note, are there any regulation restrictions on updating the security on critical ship systems? Talking with the shadowrunners started to make me feel nervous about our network security, we run into a hacker-SUE we could be in serious trouble."

>>17537372
Caution: Uh-oh!
>>17537394
Have Tosh talk to the spirit of a Reality Emitter.
Also have Mouse check A.N.O.N. for Backdoors
Any research that could be done on another ship, DOES get done on another ship. Especially about reality emitters.

>>17537372
"I don't know," Holtz says, shaking his head. "There have been minor improvements... reliability, power supply... but the tweaks have never been so large as to warrant a new designation beyond Mk I-B or Mk. I-F, and so on. I guess most people just assumed they couldn't really be worked on anymore."

>>17537394
You mean something along the lines of all of us finding out that we're just characters in a bunch of Neckbeard's heads?

Nahhh.

>>17537401
That was meant for Holtz, btw.

>>17537407
What? That's not dangerous at all.
That's just philosophy, and can easily be ignored.
Unless someone achieves CHIM and then the party's ruined.

>>17537405

And only at the end do you realize to actually inquire before acting.

>>17537425
~
player.add_requisition 200,000,000
(click on Yurgas)
kill
resurrect
kill
resurrect
kill
resurrect
kill
save Base_Vacation

Wow, I had no idea my post would create such a shitstorm with you faggots. Oh well. At least make my death/firing humorous and well-written.
>implying OP can write worth shit

Were our Mark IIs manufactured at the sector base or at primary HQ? We can covertly research all we want, but if the only the gits at HQ can make them, it'll go nowhere fast.

How large is the Anateus? Since it was originally a naval vessel I'd expect it's small enough to dock in the SSD, at which point we've got our covert lab construction crew.

On another note:
Have we remembered to upgrade the Echo of the Blackbird? Shields and Emitters.

Also, never mention our Meta Ship research, that probably draws their attention as well.

>>17537452
Chain asshole to the inside of the engine.
He'll burn next time we move our ship.
We cannot allow anyone that stupid to live.

>>17537405
>I guess most people just assumed they couldn't really be worked on anymore.
"Look, this thing isn't like the Shizuma Drive. Right? I mean, we haven't been using an incomplete version of a space-time distorter that's only creating a worse disaster the longer its used, and no one understands that there's a building crisis because the only people who understood the original danger are dead, right?
"Anyway, we've already got the Mk. II's. We'll keep a close eye on...well, everything, while we use them. Maybe there's a good reason for the restriction on RE's. Or maybe there's not."

>>17537452
Warning! A Huge
Butthurt namefag
Battleship is approaching! NO REFUGE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpKZCg22pXA
>>17537469
But your suggestion to put dumb people anywhere close to the engine is stupid! You're one of them!

Let's check the status of other sectors and see how they're holding up.

We can't trust the other sector bases too readily. They might tip off that we're visiting/scouting.

I'm thinking we need to build an RVF-25 squad equipped with tandem compact transit drive packs for our surprise visit/scouting.

Looks like we're coming with Yellowman to other sectors for a bit.

>>17537402
It lets him talk to spirits and shit, not devices.
He's not the iPod whisperer now.

>>17537401
"No, there shouldn't be."

>>17537372
"I don't know," Holtz says, shaking his head. "There have been minor improvements... reliability, power supply... but the tweaks have never been so large as to warrant a new designation beyond Mk I-B or Mk. I-F, and so on. I guess most people just assumed they couldn't really be worked on anymore."

>>17537452
I was joking with the airlock thing. Your prescription of chill pills may need refilling.

>>17537405
Have you checked up on the status of other sectors lately?

>>17537490

Asking Holtz >>>>17537494

>>17537490
>"No, there shouldn't be."
Alright, let's move firewalls up the list.

>>17537463
That too.

>>17537490
You already said this
"I don't know," Holtz says, shaking his head. >"There have been minor improvements... reliability, power supply... but the tweaks have never been so large as to warrant a new designation beyond Mk I-B or Mk. I-F, and so on. I guess most people just assumed they couldn't really be worked on anymore."
Back here >>17537405
And I responded here >>17537472

>>17537483
>Looks like we're coming with Yellowman to other sectors for a bit.
Yellowman's not going to another sector, though, and he's already left, anyway.
We will have to develop the RVF-25 Meta-Messiah ourselves.

>>17537490
So, have there been any sectors that decided they're running off of opensource software?

If so, could we have a copy of Meta-Linux?

>>17537488
I lol'd

>>17537518
Let's shorten it to RVF-25-TG?

>>17537518
"Welcome to Corneria!"
"Welcome to Corneria!"
"Wecome to Corneria!"
...sorry.

>>17537494
"Yeah. It's pretty bad, but we're not in danger of annihilation or anything as far as I can tell. Just distortion activity across the board."

>>17537531
>RVF-25-TG
That's fine.

>>17537513
Firewalls for the Storm, or for other ships?
And are we going to attempt a security check on the Storm when we transit away from base, have the Storm power down all weapons and drives as part of a maintenance cycle, and attempt to root out Black Ops backdoors?

>>17537545
"Any clue to what kind of stuff some of the other sectors are fielding?"

>>17537576
"I'd have to ask around."

And with that, see everyone on Sunday. Sorry for the lack of writefagging. It IS coming, I promise you.

>>17537561
Well, we start with the All Under Heaven, that's our biggest resource and has the most automation, and a massive engineering section.
Since all the work was done here, it should have the least amount of backdoor concerns while it is the thing we would least wish to see hacked.
I wasn't lying when I said I have concerns about hacker-SUEs either.

See you guys in the planning thread.

>>17537618
See you Sunday, MetaOP.
I look forward to what happened during our vacation.

>>17537626
Need a Lonk to the planning thread.

>>17537618
Alright man, see you then. Thanks for the Quest.
And, as always, have nice day.

>>17537648
Ere's yar lonk bouy.
>>17520501

That could have gone better.

so are we going to stop researching emitters? or are we going to just be ore careful about it.