>>17794854
We can probably do another linchpin, maybe the one that Yellowman scouted out for us.

Since we want another whack at Sapphirius and a chance to retrieve our team, we're not considering resolving the linchpin near that Canon.

So, one linchpin.

One linchpin if we take a while, possibly two if we hurry.

If it's as easy as our first few, maybe even 3 or more.

>>17794854
"why do you ask?"
i have an extremely bad feeling about this.

We could definitely do another linchpin, though we're hesitant to do the one by Sapphirius because we're worried the reset shockwave would kill the away team that got accidentally'd into Kingdom Hearts.

Perhaps we should let that canon die down a bit and give them time to forget us before we come back like our ship's name suggests all up in their shit.

Why? Is the situation that bad, Holtz? Are you in trouble? What's the situation on the homefront? ..Frankly, you acting this way has us worried.

>>17794936
this. completely and utterly this.

also we could probably be researching stuff as well.

>>17795025
>>17794908
>>17794936
>>17794960
"I ask because..." Holtz takes another swing, and what was once a scotch bottle shatters into several sharp pieces. "According to my contact in Requisitions, that's how much time you have before Requisitions shuts down. At least for us."

Alright. We need to focus on sustainability, so when we get to our final requisitions, we need... stuff that can make stuff. But that's farther down the line, after this whole Saph business is taken care of.

>>17795102
well shit.....

this is dicks.

>>17795102
Question. Assuming we are able to kill Sapphirus and provide proof of her demise, about how much could claiming her bounty net us, requisition-wise?

Is there a particular reason why requisitions is shutting down?

Are we officially dragged into war now?

>>17795102
"The Firemen's doing? Or Black Ops?"

>>17795102
Why is requisitions shutting down?

>>17795102
So how exactly is HQ justifying this?
Like shouldn't successfully preventing the creation of Neo-Ravenloft have gotten us a medal or something?

Sup

..Shuts down? Oh, fuck.

Okay, yeah; we can't afford to waste the lives of the away team. We're officially on lockdown to forces losses.

"We know it's because of the bullshit brewing up between the Firemen and Messiahs, but have they given any official reason as to why we're getting cut off? There's no way we can be drawing away *that many* resources, and we've done our best to give back when we got some extra stuff."

Guys, we CANNOT afford losses any more. We're gonna have to make this shit count. Comm back to the Storm, and tell them to put a rush on working out how to transit to the away team.. Unless Holtz happens to have the KH coords in his Meta atlas or something. Ask him if he does.

Cortical stacks and soul chips.
We require them.
Reconstruction tanks.
We require them.
Those nanite rebuild-you-from-death devices from System Shock.
We require them.

And most importantly?

A Meta communications device that allows us to contact other sectors, or people in HQ/Requisitions directly.
We require it.

YOU CAN'T SHUT US DOWN.

FUCK YOU FIREMEN.

>>17795257
Yeah I suppose it is about time we get that communications array.

>>17795257
A facility for constructing DROOONES!
We require it.
For that matter:
Heavy Teleport Options
We require it.

We need more Bio-reconstruction and Manufacturing.

Beyond that, let me bring up an ANCIENT archived thread.

>>17795176
>>17795186
>>17795188
"Well, while you were out, I was treated to a lovely little bit of news," Holtz says, swinging his driver around. "Let me tell you a story, kiddies. A loooooong, long time ago, Requisitions was into some very, very shady stuff. What amounted to slavery, really. After a prolonged controversy, high command had them close down those portions, and institute a series of reforms. Only it seems that SOME branches of Requisitions decided that what high command didn't know about wouldn't hurt them. Only it did. See, yesterday, everyone with a Meta-Comm was treated to a burst transmission containing a metric ton of data, all detailing just how inhumane our Human Resources branch actually is."

Holtz pauses to line up another shot. "So add this fuel to the fire brewing already, and of course guess what happens? The Firemen side with the extremist Requisition branches, calls everyone else weak willed traitors, Messiahs are furious and close to taking up arms, High Command is ready to strangle the Requisition Directors for going behind their backs... If it was a mess before, it's a shitstorm now."

Holtz smacks the golf ball with enough to bounce it off the metal walls of his office like some deranged superball. "But wait! There's more!"

>>17795257
How about robot soldiers?
Like a variety pack, one of a bunch of different kinds.
To pretty much be used as templates for the Antaeus.

>>17795257
Soulcatcher Chips we can make already, from the Hercules.
But cortical stacks would be better. With Doc Lazarus, we should be able to implant them without problems.

We could also use Soul Gems, instead.

Fortunately we already have a dozen reconstruction tanks.


So, at the top of the next Requisition are:
Meta-Comm Array and Cortical Stacks.

Any objections?

>>17795284
fuck everything on a god damn stick.

>>17795289
>How about robot soldiers?
Already a potential research project.

>"But wait! There's more!"

>There-is-no-hope-left-in-man.jpg

>>17795284
Ah yes Human Resources, we should have known something shady was going on with them.

>>17795291
Here's an item req list from ancient threads ago:

Economizers - Makes all spells cost 1 MP.
Ethers - Restore Mana
Nethack Holy water - http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Holy_water
Book of Identify - http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Spellbook_of_identify
Alleria's Flute of Accuracy - Increases nearby ranged units damage by 10%.
Warsong Battle Drums - Increases the attack damage of nearby friendly units by 10% when worn.
Staff of Negation - http://www.wowpedia.org/Staff_of_Negation
Alpha Centuri databases - http://sidmeiersalphacentauri.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_tree
Black Barrel - http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Barrel
Weapons for BLU - http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Weapons
Austrailium to build weapons and research
Nannybags and Rejuve tanks
Lance of Longius - research massproduction
Mobile Emitters for Holograms - http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Hologram
Portable (cheap) emitters - http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Portable_emitter

If we're grabbing these, a Unicorn Horn from good ol' Nethack cures stat drain, sickness, confusion, hallucination, and is infinitely reusable.
Also from nethack: Spellbooks of Detect Monsters, Clairvoyance (limited mapping), Detect Treasure, and Magic Mapping are also good.

We may well need someone who is the Boss of divinations to cast them. If so, we should have one of our Aurors focus entirely on his scrying spells, with our Clairvoyant Psion, Farseers, and Cheryl teaching him.

If we can make our own reality emitters, we may end up supplying our sector discreetly (well, discreetly for a short while at least).
We're also getting manufacturing up and running on our ship for technowizard weaponry, so we may be able to produce that.
We'll need raw materials though, so harvesters, processing facilities, etc.

We may end up working with sector HQ (or a hidden base in the sector) and using our knowledge and general sector resources to make a supply base.

Not mentioning this directly to Holtz yet, pending on other command crew input.

I will advocate that people look at the Lensmen series for a shit ton of goodies that will make our live so much easier.

Oh yeah, looks like we'll need to start up our own version of requisitions.

So, I'm guessing Bootleg will be running that quest. . .

>>17795284
>>17795284

I'm going to hazard a guess that this involves shutting down and/or retiring some of the more remote sectors in favor of shunting personnel to "core" sectors/canons.

Ask him if it's permitted for us to launch our own looting operations, provided we do it as a subordinate to our main operations. I mean, we seem to have got away with doing some looting of the LOTR canon. Perhaps if we formed a dedicated looting department...

Also: we need to get any and all Transpace Guard bases in our sector back up to functionality, possibly establishing new ones if we can. They're the only way we're getting reinforcements from now on, until requisitions decides to let us have stuff again.

How do we go about collecting the bounty on Sapph from the Shipper confederation, anyway? Can we ask for goods from them (under the proviso it won't damage the canon)

Also: we need to seriously consider our next hero choices extremely carefully. We may not be getting any for while, maybe not at all if things go really bad.

And I really wanted Zero, too. Shoot.

Off the top of my head, wehad
>Kevyn from Schlock Mercenary
>Tesla from Atomic Robo
>Giles, from Buffy
>PROXY, from star wars the force unleashed
>Zolomon Ringo from Zeonquest

I miss anyone?

>>17795284
>Requisitions was into some very, very shady stuff. What amounted to slavery, really.

Oh, bullshit. It doesn't hurt the Canon so it's perfectly fine. Fucking moralfags getting all up in my shit about "Slavery". Bet you were part of the Drone riots when we introduced Genejacks to Manufacturing, too. "Hurr durr they can still be tyrannized even though they CAN'T FEEL PAIN"

>>17795385
enjoy vogon poetry

>>17795388
Fuck Lensman, we already have comparable devices, magic, and technologies.

>>17795381
You're completely forgetting the 4 Branch Bases that our sector has, 2 of which are currently at full production and the other 2 are being repaired/re-staffed.
They have the fabrication facilities to make most of whatever the sector's operatives need that's not troops.

>>17795291
No objections here.

>>17795328
No hope left in man? This is why we're here, bro. WE shall become that hope, if need be. Someone's gotta remain sane in the wake of this bullshit.

>>17795284
"More? Well, damn. That's not good. But bad news is more likely to come in bundles. Case in point: Ebon Night. As long as there's not some... Wait, no. Better not to tempt fate right now; especially with our record... So, what else is stinking up the air?"


Also, OP, we started the security audit during the break time. Did we get everything settled properly? (Sandbox access; change all access codes to new, private codes on everything but the Storm due to not wanting to trip anything in ANON, general security upgrades, etc.) In addition, could you please tell us what ships have what as far as transit drives and comm arrays and such? There seems to be some confusion as to what ship is equipped with what.

>>17795406
>Oh yeah, looks like we'll need to start up our own version of requisitions.So, I'm guessing Bootleg will be running that quest. . .

No, I don't think I'll start a quest for requsitions to a base that I KNOW will squander and forget over 50% of its shit.
Of course, not that the bootleggers are any better. You're going to have lots of !!FUN!! with your Stone Soup run. There's some very important items you keep forgetting to ask for, and I shall abuse this fact to slaughter your away team one by one. :D

>>17795284
Holtz reaches into his breast-pocket and pulls out a remote, pressing a button on it as a wall-mounted telescreen slides out from behind a panel. The telescreen displays a vast array of skyscrapers and industrial buildings belching smoke into the sky, clearly a hub of industry.

"This was the central base for Human Resources. Wait for it...." Holtz says, holding up a hand.

A blinding flash rips across the screen, then another, and another, and another... Holtz throws down his driver and flips the bird to the screen as the base is consumed by multiple rising mushroom clouds.

"BOOM! Nuclear launch detected, motherfuckers!" Holtz roars. He raises his hands to the heavens. "And not a single fuck was given by me or half of the Guard for the loss of those soul slavers."

He lets his hands fall at the same time his face does. "Unfortunately, whoever saw fit to drop the hammer on them isn't being picky with their targets, because every OTHER branch of Requisitions suffered the same fate. So it's not just us, boys. Unless you have triple A clearance, Requisitions is going to be locking up tighter than a flea's ass at a collar convention."

Holtz walks over to his desk and sits down, tenting his fingers. "You guys are goddamn lucky I've got some friends with pull there that AREN'T sociopathic manhunters."

>>17795417
>>17795357
I will add this shopping list to the To-Do pastebin.

>>17795456
>could you please tell us what ships have what as far as transit drives and comm arrays and such?
Only the All Under Heaven and the Oncoming Storm have Meta Transit Drives.
No ship in our task force has a Meta-Comms Array.
This was already discussed and put together in a list.
http://pastebin.com/HGsJUZZb

>>17795488
So... are we gonna have to be looting our own equipment from now on while not effecting canon
...shit

>>17795488
>"BOOM! Nuclear launch detected, motherfuckers!"

i'm gonna be honest, i laughed a little when i saw that.

however he may have accidently'd alot of canon charactors in a canon and killed them really dead.

>>17795488
. . . Please tell me that was evacuated. . .
Well, except for the Bureaucrats, fuck those guys.

>>17795488
Hey while we're at it, is there any way of seeing how our forces have been recruited so far?
Like I'm pretty sure they've been hired ethically, given their high performance, and if they were brainwashed, I would have bet that Ebon Night would have undone it to further fuck with us, but it helps to be completely sure.

>>17795532
Canon charactors are only recruited when they're no longer essentail to stories, ergo no canon damage just a huge blow to our manpower

>>17795477
It's funny you say that because people seem to have forgotten an item that would've made the Sapph fight hilariously easy.

>>17795488
"Alright. High-priority is preventing troop losses, then.
"We've got a line on how to recover Tosh, Spike, and the Sandmen. It'll take some time, but we're fairly confident that we can get it to work.
"We're going to want cortical stack implants from Eclipse Phase Canons. We've already got the reconstruction tanks and a doctor experienced in high-tech implants.
"Do you want us to try to go after Sapphirius again, to try to cash in on that bounty, or do you want us to try to tackle a linchpin?"

>>17795488
That seems a bit... too much.
Shouldn't this be handled with war crime trials and executions?

>>17795488
Hooray, it's Civil War!
Now you're going to get some very angry and very well equipped farming and looting teams returning to base to find there isn't a base, not to mention anyone in Requisitions who can't be killed by a nuclear strike, and no doubt a god-tier necromancer is going to come by, and raise the ghosts/spirits of the billions of heroes and trillions of troops that were stationed there.

Between the Firemen fighting the Messiahs, and now what seems to be Requisitions seceding, the Guard is about to fall apart under its own weight.

>>17795574
the Black Arrow would have been nice if we still had it.

>>17795574
An item we already have?
...Is it the Mirror of True Sight?

>>17795569
"All of our forces basically either got bribed or talked into joining. Our sector's Req head has a firm 'honey attracts more bees' policy for that sort of thing. Well for people, anyway. She just steals the shit out of everything else."

Holtz sighs. "So yeah. Two weeks to get as much pull as you can to requisition as much as you can."

>>17795488

Uh... this is probably a bit late to be saying this...

But wouldn't nuking the people who are supplying us with equipment and who are also very good at acquiring things without messing up canon essentially be shooting ourselves in the foot? Don't get me wrong I'm as disgusted as the next TG staff about the slavery stuff, but if the supply lines dry up, that's going to make for a LOT of editor groups desperate for equipment.

And while I can't speak for all of the editors, that may result in lots of said desperate editor groups looting canons for equipment... only with MUCH less knowledge about how to go about doing such things without compromising canon. Editors take heavy losses because they're lacking in good equipment, they start looting shit the wrong way, then canons get breached and more reality distortions result, which requires the attention of MORE editors desperate for equipment. And the cycle continues.

Why, it's almost as if someone's trying to sabotage the Transpace Guard, or destabilize it to the point of fracturing.

>>17795284
"Excuse me sir, but, I have a plan to deal with Requisitions....

...we'll be our own looters. We just need to get started by some connections to a looter team or two so we know how to get the job done."

>>17795608
probably.

>>17795624
That wasn't US nuking them. That was a recording Holtz had.

Will he show it again? That was awesome.

Well, this quest is getting interesting.
Anyway, we need to send probes back to the Arch-SUE's territory. If things have quieted down, we can begin our plans to assassinate the SUE.

>>17795417
>>Zolomon Ringo from Zeonquest

We'll need to pair up getting Zolomon with the spare Wildwurger and Wildfalken units from SRW OG (GBA) canons.

We can ditch Proxy, Zero and Giles.

If anything, we have to launch Project TGBein, STAT!

>>17795623
Alright. Which should we do first.
Kill Sapphirius and get that bounty (both High Command AND the Shipper Union, which could be a source of unlicensed equipment), or the linchpin.

I say we do the linchpin first, let things settle in Sapphirius' world, then sneak back in and gank her.

>>17795574
>>17795608
... Balls.
Well it was either that, the Dai-katana, or the Aglaphotis. If the Dai-katana can cut anything, then it can cut SUEs. The Mirror of Truth can reveal SUEs.
>>17795624
Makes sense. Makes a lot of sense. Makes far more sense than "Hurr we haet slavery so we nuke teh slaevs".

>>17795649

Oh.

Well, the point still stands.

Also, Holtz, would it be possible to trade in some distinctly new technology we develop for clearance/goodies from what remains of requisitions? We seem to have an unusually robust science division.

Also, if you have the coordinates to the KH canon, that would help us greatly in recovering our covert ops team. They've been with us from the beginning, and they're extremely good at what they do (most of the time). A quick recovery effort would go a long way to making us self-sufficient.

>>17795580
"Your call. You're still the command crew."

>>17795587
"No shit, Sherlock. But whoever nuked the place had blood on his mind, I guess."

>>17795624
"That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest," Holtz says, with a grimace. "And... despite my outburst, we lost a lot of good people in those attacks." Holtz pauses. "Though... that message was timed awfully well for such a major attack, don't you think?"

>>17795623
"Now that the civil war has started... what do you know of Cobray and Ingram's involvement with the Guard?"

>>17795702
"I believe it's time we became our own Looters. We just need a way to get started properly."

>>17795694
"Trading? Yeah, that might help. I'll make use of some of my contacts. Oh, the canon? Well... which one? You've got to remember there are a ton of the damn things..." Holts begins tapping at his computer. "I can get you a list, should narrow your search a bit."

>>17795638
"You know, next time requisitions rolls around... You might be able to exploit a loophole by requisitioning a looter team or two, or builder units or something."

Guys. Questions:

1.Guys, are we going ahead with allying with Philemon now?

2.Are we at the point now where we can talk to the nearest TSAB?

3. DO NOT REPORT ABOUT OUR RESEARCH INTO META-TECH. THIS GOES DOUBLE FOR THE DISRUPTORS AND THE TRANSIT DRIVES!
---because meta-tech is Black Ops' domain.

>>17795289
>we will BUILD heroes!

Seriously, in that cases, I suggest we recruit Tesla. Man knows his robots. PROXY might be useful, if only for the tech he represents.

Hell, if we can't recruit the actual Zero, nabbing his schematics might be helpful. The most obvious place to get them would be from wily, preferably while he's in prison or distracted fighting Megaman, perhaps when he's in hospital at the end of Megaman 10. Failing that, the X-Hunters from X2 must have a copy.

Because if we can't have the original, we can sure as HELL improve on the design.

Unless anyone has a better foundation model in mind?

>>17795748
Oh yeah, completely forgot about those guys. What are doing in response to all this?

>>17795749
Better designs? That's easy.
Alita from GUNM

from BLAME!
Killy
Sanakan
Schiff
etc etc.

>>17795707
"Simple. They more or less have the same general job, so we tend to leave things in their territory to them unless they call on us for aid. Conversely, sometimes we ask them for help. Getting ahold of them is a pain and a half, though, so it's not really a formal thing so much as a gentleman's agreement."

>>17795702

And come to think of it, why use nukes? Those are REALLY low-tech and VERY detectable from remote launching sources compared to some of the other shit we have. I understand that it has a sort of vivid imagery associated with it, but so does using a Death Star to blow up a planet. Why not glass it from orbit? Or use some other horrible planet de-stratification device? Or some sorta antimatter bomb? Why just nuke the surface when we have a variety of weapons that would be more flashy or more efficient or more utterly destructive?

>>17795748
>1. Ally with Philemon
No we're not. You want to give High Command a valid reason to hunt us down as traitors?

>2. TSAB
What are we going to them for? They're already keeping the Chaos battlefleets contained. The most that they're going to want is for us to finish stabilizing this sector and deal with Chaos so that they can pull their Dimensional Navy back behind the Iron Mahou Curtain.

>>17795780
"Do the Auditors of Reality have anything to do with Guard?? There's a hush-hush rumor already as is that the Guard as a whole works for the G-Man."

>>17795795
We work for the G-Man, even before we knew it. What's the possibility that TG also works for Philemon?

>>17795702
"Of course, Holtz. It's a classic third-party escalation trick. Tension was already high, and then this happens... The Firemen AND the Messiahs will try to take advantage of this, though I doubt either of them actually pulled the trigger here. It's shooting themselves in the foot too early in the fight."

Definitely someone pulling strings out there. We're gonna have to move fast; cautious but fast.

"Holtz, we seriously need to know how the other sectors are doing. We've got a Creation Engine, so maybe we can help do some stop-gap supplying of the other sectors. Everyone's gonna have to be more field-independent and we had some rather frightening clairvoyance in getting what we have so early. If anyone at Command starts yowling about us helping our fellow sectors, maybe tell them we happen to have some leeway with making basic gear and we're lending a hand to give what's left of Requisitions some breathing room?"

>>17795815
And you'd risk our clearances on a crackpot conspiracy theory?

>>17795842

>>As for the person who asks for a permanent link between the Transpace Guard and the G-man?

>>"That'sss what every single operative asksss me."
>>"I tell them all the ssame thing."
>>"You already are."
>>"If your ... employersss ... do not wish to tell you the full details of our ... arrangement, then I respect their right to such ... caution."

>>17795792
Because nukes really exist. They're completely immune to reality emitters. Plus, the psychological effect on the survivors, considering that their base was destroyed by an outdated, long obsolete weapon.

>>17795842
Obviously we wouldn't tell anyone we're in cahoots with Philemon.
Just like we wouldn't tell anyone about our continued research into the Reality devices.
But enough talk. it's time for some action.

>>17795855
For one, that's not the full details of the arrangement between the TG and the G-Man.
Two, just because the G-Man is related to the TG, doesn't mean that Philemon has any such connection.

First thing is first.
We need to get in touch with Spike and Tosh. We need to know how their breakout went, and how they're doing.

Then we decide whether to go after Sapphirus now, or we go after a linchpin first.
Either one will require some observation time.

>>17795778
Right, where would we get those schematics from?

And if we can get Zero's learning system, the Variable Weapons system, or even copy chip technology, that tech alone would be very useful.

Also, keep in mind we don't want to make them too powerful. If they get infected by the Maverick Virus/bodyjacked by Shodan/Get their switch flipped to 'evil', we need to be sure that we can but them down with our other forces.

We also have 2 directions in which we can take our hypothetical robot soldier program, which I am designating TIN MAN.

1. The 'Pantheon' route
We mass-produce units based on a degraded designs from our original schematics. This will make them easier to replace and reduce the risk of rebellion, but will likely result in an inferior end product
2) The 'Omega' route
We don't just copy the schematics, we toil to take the technology to the very limit, resulting in a unit or units that can carve through most targets with ease, including the original template-in theory, anyway. Of course, if they go rogue, it'll take a lot of good people to take them out. And they will not be invincible by any means.

>>"Requisitions was into some very, very shady stuff. What amounted to slavery, really"

Which is this:

>>Human Resources.

>>This is not a nice place to be.
>>The goal of requisitions is to take what won't be missed from a Canon, and send it to forces that need it.
>>Sometimes, People won't be missed.
>>Heroes, Troops, Specialists, Mooks ... all brought here for recruitment. But recruitment isn't always nice.
>>By speech, drugs, surgery, magic, brainwashing, false memory implanting, or even outright torture, people here are "Convinced" to work for the Transpace Guard.

>>What's more, Human Resources keeps on hand a stack of two useful things:
>>Reconstruction units, and Soul gems.
>>So when a person dies, so long as their body structure is backed up and their Soul is stored, they can be rebuilt.
>>It's standard policy for all people working in Human Resources to wear Soul gems on their bodies,and every day, a steady stream of people attempt Suicide, are rebuilt, and are moved immediately into re-education.

>>Human Resources is not a nice place.

>>17795945

>Tosh/Spike/Sandmen

Definitely. I wonder if Holtz has any expert diviners or psychics on the sector payroll (that aren't ours, obviously) who could help us out in this endeavor.

You know what?

Let's just finish Project TGBein. We already know the basic parts that we'll need to build it (and make a mass-produced version to sell to other sectors).

>>17795992
We can have the Farseers, the Psions, and the X-COM psi-vets link with Cheryl again to boost her psionic capabilities. That should help her reconnect with Tosh, seeing as he was part of the original psi-matrix they had formed.

>>17795834
"I'm not sure myself yet, but I'll let them know your offer and pass on any

>>17796094
Let's get back to the Storm and get the telepaths all hooked together to try to contact Tosh and see how they're doing.
Holtz can send over the KH Canon list later.

>>Philemon likely knows much of the Metaverse. We could ask him if he knows where our friends are.

>>17796157
And what price will he ask for this information?

>>17796169
We obviously ask for the price up front.

>>17796190
We haggle for it.

>>17795795
It's like you didn't go to the Looter quest or even look at the planning threads.

Since we're now in civil war mode, the TG factions back at Meta-Earth are going to be too busy trying to kill each other to bother with us or the other sectors.... for the most part.

You know, this has made me wonder.
How, exactly, would Requisitions let themselves get nuked?
While they're not a match for the military force of all editors combined, Requisitions could hold their own against Black OPs + HQ's defense fleet, and in doing so, guard themselves against nukes.

This leads me to only one conclusion.
REQUISITIONS IS IN ON IT.
Someone high up in Requisitions no doubt earned a LOT of promotions purely by his superiors all dying in nuclear fire, and either Firemen and the Messiahs are fighting IN Requisitions long enough for the nukes to land, or said Someone pulled enough strings to utterly disable Requisitions' armies of heroes. Possibly both.

And THAT means, Requisitions has probably building its own goddamn superweapon or superarmy for the civil war.

>>17796231
Show me where in the planning threads or the Bootleg quest threads where we agreed that it would be a good idea to break a whole raft of regulations just to make our lives easier.

>>17796289
By the way, did you get the idea for human resources from OP, or did you make it up and he went with it?
Because if it's the latter, that's bad and you should feel bad.

>>17796289
Fuck, it's probably the existence of some bastard's private superweapon built on insider knowledge, that allowed the nukes to land in the first place. And now said bastard just shot up quite a few ranks on the totem pole.

>>17796304
I made it up myself, because People need to be looted.

Maybe ask Douglas to pay a visit to the velvet room and ask for help-unofficially of course.

If he's been forming Social links with any of the crew (most likely Spike), then perhaps Philemon might be inclined to give us a pointer or two. He's a big supporter of friendship and such.

>>17796307
Have you or your players advocated increased dealings with other Meta-Aware factions and entities?
Because it seems like this guy thinks so >>17796231

>>17796334
Of course not. Looters want a monopoly on Looting so they earn more DOSH, dealing with other factions such as the Shippers goes against this.
There's no profit in telling your boss to find another supplier.

>>17796334
We found out that the transpace guard unofficially works with the G-man.

That's about it, but apparently someone thinks that it gives any and all associations legitimacy.

>>17796358
Alright then.
Let's get back to the Storm and see if Cheryl's had any luck contacting Tosh.

MetaOP, are you still waiting on a consensus or something?

>>17796307
Well then you should really feel bad, because now we have no requisitions because you felt we didn't have enough grimdark, even though it's pretty common knowledge that torturing people into working for you is just begging for very shitty soldiers who wouldn't think twice about shooting you in the back, and relying on mind control is for villains who hate winning.
Hang your head in shame.

I'm coming into the thread a bit late, but I've read most of what appear to be the most relevant comments. I agree with the idea to use our Creation Engine to help other sectors and possibly build some good will with them, Requisitions, and maybe High Command itself.

rolled 38 = 38

>>17796393
Yep.
>>17796375
Let's see if she's had any luck.

>>17796418
Cheryl has had no luck.

>>17796426
Damn. Well, should we keep her trying?

>>17796426

ffffffuuuuuuuu

>>17796414
We could use the Creation Engine to build more VF-25's, Destroids, and the TGbein, to sell to other sectors.

I'm thinking we should upgrade our Destroids further, to around the specs of the Cheyenne II or better before we go around giving the model to other sectors.

>>17796435
Maybe we should go back to Sapph's canon and see if the connection is stronger?

>>17796405
>not enough grimdark
There's a faction out there who goes back in time, manipulating historical events, assassinating key figures, nuking entire nations, choking out freedom and liberty if necessary, in order to create worlds which will become willing client-states to an unending war.
This is necessary, because they are the only thing standing between the rest of the Meta-verse and the Carthiginians, who throw their first-born sons into the furnaces of their god, who encourage their children to rape and murder their slave playmates, who are crazy enough to use an unstable micro-singularity as a power source for their standard infantry weapon.

There's plenty of grim-dark in this setting.

So, is there anything else we should discuss with Holtz before heading back to rectify the sector?

Maybe we should begin to make note of what expertise we (as a sector) have in terms of making equipment, so we can see what will be available in the longer run. This is both at regular sector and our own types of production.

We probably ought to see about getting extra safeguards around our own manufacturing areas.
Maybe even move some portion of them to a hidden area for added security. Of course, this would be an excellent place to work on manufacturing lots of Mk II reality emitters and /or disruptors.

If requisitions is going down, and we don't have support from black ops, getting reality emitters to our fleet through normal means may be impossible.

What do the rest of you think on broaching Holtz on the idea of setting up a secondary hidden research / manufacturing base?

>>17796418
Did Cheryl try with Farseer and Psion assistance?
If not, have her try again.

>>17796405
Nonsense. You always need more grimdark.

Anyway, we can either go back to SaphWorld or the north WH40k Lynchpin. Either is fine, not sure where to go. But if we go to SaphWorld we need a plan beyond "Let's go to space and shoot everything".

>>17796505
What about the plan in the planning thread?
Any obvious problems with it?

>>17796484
>>secondary hidden research / manufacturing base

The All Under Heaven.

We should also look into multitasking more than 1 mission at once (ie, send one of the other ships or two to a grey world for looting or to start setting up a base, do mining, salvaging wrecks from THE WARZONE).

>>17796510
I did not read the planning thread, so I assume there were problems in it that were adequately discussed and rectified.

>>17796449
Sounds like a good plan. We should always be trying to upgrade our forces and equipment. And I'm really starting to think that the whole sharing-is-caring idea is a good long-term relationship builder.

>>17796455
Maybe...actually, make that a probably. In the planning thread there was talk of this, specifically though of staying at least one lightyear (?) away from the Earth to not be detected.

>>17796529
We have this thing where we're not using 50% of our available forces at a time.

That's 50% that can be dedicated to training (to use other mechs, grind for skills) and farming/looting/mining.

Bootleg OP, what is your opinion on this proposal? It will be at least 2 hours before Fireman Prime arrives.

>>17796522
This was more about getting more support from sector HQ for such a thing, and letting Holtz in on some of the knowledge. IE: Do we want to include Holtz in our team, or play it close to the vest.
There may be other resources he can add to this specific project. And if we're getting cut off from things like reality emitters, we'll want our sector to have its own production area of them. We don't want our one ship to have all the knowledge of Mk IIs when we take it out into dangerous territory often.
Of course, the more people who know a secret, the harder it is to keep it. Also; plausible deniability can be useful.

>>17796473
You talking about Hyper Athens?
And that's like... the opposite of my point.
My point is that there was already enough grimdark to go around, so Bootleg OP didn't need to go 'oh by the way, all the soldiers and heroes you've recruited? They've been tortured, blackmailed, mindraped, and maybe even lobotomized because those are totally key elements in a loyal and effective army and I can't recall any instances of that tactic biting the asses of those who use it'

>>17796529
>>17796526
Plan from planning thread:
1. Come out of transit 1 light-hour away from Earth. Scan the local area, make sure we're clear.
2. Micro-jump to behind the Moon, stay hidden on its far side.
3. Observer, Al'Kesh, and Indefatigable cloak and check out the situation, see what the SUE's are doing. The Storm check how many Reality Distortions there are.

Assassination plan:
1. monitor the activities of Sapph and El from afar (preferably via Protoss Observer and through binoculars from half a mile away).
2. See if Sapphirius is still around, or if she only appears when Sapph is killed.
3a. Sapphirius only appears when Sapph is killed. Set up Delta Green sniping position within range of where Sapph and El sleep. Indefatigable and 2 Al'Kesh in range to support with their Reality Emitters, and Aurors on standby.
4a. Put a bullet through each of their heads as they sleep.
5a. Hit Sapphirius as she comes through with a concentrated magical and psionic attack from the Aurors and Cheryl-Farseers-Psions-Psi-Veterans. Once stunned, headshots with mass rifles/Reality Disruptor Rifles.

3b. Sapphirius is around in human form. Set up Delta Green sniping position within range of where Sapph and El sleep. Indefatigable and 2 Al'Kesh in range to support with their Reality Emitters, and Aurors on standby.
4b. Coordinated and simultaneous attack of putting bullets in the heads of Sapph and El, and hitting Sapphirius with a magical/psionic attack to stun her and then tearing her apart via transporters and more headshots with mass rifles/Reality Disruptor Rifles.

Psionic attack should focus on making the target sleepy, and not feeling panic or fear, to minimize their resistance.

>>17796598
Yes, that's Hyper-Athens and the Closers.
My point was that there is already plenty of grim-dark, and I was pointing out one of the canonical sources from a Meta-Aware Faction.

Before we leave, I would like to get the data for the Singularity Lasers into archive. We'll use it on the TGBeins.

>>17796556
>That's 50% that can be dedicated to training (to use other mechs, grind for skills) and farming/looting/mining.Bootleg OP, what is your opinion on this proposal?
Find a Nethack world, set up a pudding farm, get Wands of Wishing, win the game forever.

>>17796598
Not ALL of those things at the same time! Only SOME of them!

>>17796603
This works, but we should have a GTFO plan and a Killteam on standby.
Apparently we can taunt Sdragon into a fight, so a squad of heros on a field of reality emitters in a city should be effective at that point.

But yes. Go with the Cyanide/Antrhax/Nanites/Cyanide-flavored Antrhax nanites plan first.

>>17796603
Addendum:
Instead of putting a bullet in their heads first, it has been suggested that we beam their brains out of their skulls while they sleep.

>>17796598
Look sir! More moralfags.
Please. If it won't be missed from canon then you can recruit it by whatever means work. Shove enough drugs in it that it can't think straight, say "Wololo" at it for an hour, shove it in a Dungeon Keeper torture chamber, have Raz fuck with its mind, have TNO talk to it, have an Auror fuck with its memories, cut out the bits of its brain that make it think disloyal thoughts, Mind control + Mind rape + Geass + Permanency the fuck out of it, and there you go - one loyal soldier, well worth the money.

>>17796664
Poisoning, Beaming, Stabbing, Shooting.
Wonder if there's a way to set up the Dai-katana or Lance of Longinus in such a way that it can stab a sleeping person, without the operator needing to be there. Like some kind of Blade Trap that can be triggered remotely.

>>17796700
This makes overkill redundant. I don't think a sentient creature of human-level intelligence could even survive that much manipulation. It might function, sure, but it would probably be like a computer that's been hit by some nasty viruses and had to delete big portions to get back to useability.

>>17796655
>Go with the Cyanide/Antrhax/Nanites/Cyanide-flavored Antrhax nanites plan first.
This is a stupid plan.
Have poisons or diseases EVER worked against a SUE?

For GTFO, we're using an Al'Kesh, and we can beam the Aurors back up before making our escape. The Al'Kesh regroups with the task force, and we use tactical micro-jumps to stay out of Sapphirus' range while pouring fire on her.

As for the killteam, that's what the Delta Greens with their transporting anti-material rifles are. There's also a backup Auror team, as well.

>>17796723
I recall a SUE from a few threads ago that was infected with a mutating serum. Sounds kind of like a Disease to me.
Come to think of it, isn't Vampirism a Disease?

>>17796723
I agree with this Anon. Keep to the "Find Tosh and team, then blow their brains out" plan. Actually, has anyone copy-pasted the formal setup from the planning thread?

>>17796756
...And by "them" I of course mean the SUEs...

>>17796598
>>17796700
Damnit guys, lets not get divided by debate the ethics of what requisitions may have done. Our job is to safeguard the canon, and until we have tidied up our sector of space, we need to focus on doing our jobs.

If we wind up doing our own requisitions, then yes this point will require discussion. But until then, we need to focus on the present, not getting caught up in the past, or obsessing over the future.

>>17796743
That wasn't a disease so much as concentrated magical and alchemical manipulation, if you're talking about the SUE we recovered from Azalin's lab in Raccoon City.

>>17796756
The main gist from the planning thread is this:
>>17796603
We can insert "Cheryl contacting Tosh" into the first section, at Number 4.

"A.N.O.N., Holtz, have poisons and diseases ever worked against a S.U.E. before? Both within a reality emitter field, and without."

>>we use tactical micro-jumps to stay out of Sapphirus' range while pouring fire on her.

Someone please tell me why we're doing SPACE BATTLES! again? If I recall, we had many options aside from raidah re-enactment #4983179

>>17796828
I think the idea is to hit her with our ground forces, not the ships.

>>17796828
Goddammit you stupid fuck, can you not read?
That was listed as part of our GTFO plan if our initial assassination plan with its 2 backup plans failed and we need to extract our team because there's a dragon on their tail.

>>17796828
I think it was because when we read Sapph's diary, we disrupted the wards and couldn't restore them, thus tipping Sapph off that someone with powerful magic was investigating her.
Apparently everyone thought that that would make any assassination tactics auto-fail.
It's worth noting that this is before we realized Sapph and the Arch-SUE Sapphirus were different people.

>>17796862
Keep calm, fellow anon. I'm sure it was just a small oversight. We don't need to be fighting before we even get anything done.

rolled 82 = 82

>>17796793
"Yeah, a few times. Depends on the SUE."

The Farseers and psychics join their power to Cheryl's...

>>17796900
Cheryl has managed to make contact, but it's very weak. Keep your relayed message to three sentences.

>>17796862
Always good to have backup plans.
So:
>>17796603
Do that.

If anyone's getting close to Sapph, get a Wall up on them, have them carry the Dai-Katana and the Mirror of Truth, in the hopes that we can reflect, cut, or "OMIGAWDIMASUE" her to death. Same deal with Sdragon.

If we're putting bullets in their heads as they sleep, we might as well teleport them into pieces, cut them into pieces, dump a crate of "Eats you" nanites on them, shove a Cyanide capsule down their throat, and possibly lance them from orbit. If you're going to murder someone then you might as well do it properly.

>>17796908
"Go to Traverse Town, Find Cid, Get Navi-G, use to cobble together waypoint or transport beacon."

Next 2 sentences, anyone?

>>17796913
We could teleport cyanide and nanites into their bodies, since we could teleport away chunks of them.

>>17796908
"What is your situation? Have the SUEs created a new set of books and/or returned? Have you discovered any evidence of a TG field office and if so made contact?"

>>17796936
No, son! That's too many sentences, use less!
For example:

"What are the most important and relevant things you have observed or discovered while you've been out of contact?"
There, Two less sentences for the same amount of questions.

So that's one Ask, one Order, and one question left over.

rolled 3 = 3

>>17796923
>>17796936
The only response is "We're out of..." and then the link breaks. But you're fairly sure your message got sent.

>>17796908
To Tosh:
"Require status report. Make way to Traverse Town, find Cid, attempt to create dimensional beacon with Navi-G. Otherwise attempt to contact TG field office, or we will find your coordinates and transit to you."

>>17796955
"We're out of..."
Hm.
"We're out of the Castle"
"We're out of ammo"
"We're out of touch, We're out of time, But we're out of our heads when you're not around"

>>17796955
Damnit. Well at least this indicates they likely got out of the dungeon, at least.

>>17796908
Beware the man with brown skin, silver hair, and orange eyes.

>>17796986
Blast. That would have been a good 3rd sentence if Wordgobbler >>17796936 here hadn't used 3 sentences in place of one.

>>17796974
They're out of cigarettes/booze/money.
At least I hope it's something mundane like that.

>>17796955
Alright, I think we're ready to transit.

Seems like most people want to do Round 2 with Sapphirus sooner rather than later.

How long will repairs to the Relentless take?

And when you have us transit into the Canon, please make sure that we are at minimum 1 light-hour out, preferably 1 light-year.

>>17796994
OP did not indicate that we had to do one sentence at a time. It may have made no difference anyways. And what's done is done, we need to get to them ASAP. My vote is still for the "Find Tosh and team, then blow SUEs' brains" plan.

>>17796955
So, what now?
Do we, like, move closer, and have the Observer go in and see what it can see or something?
Shadow our targets, find their daily patterns, plot a path to take and a time to strike for assassination plans "House", "School", "Open area outside"?
See if they've got a new book up?

I think, and most people disagree, that we should have the Scout pose as a student and ask about the teleport book.
Though I think the possible rewards outweigh the risks, it seems most people disagree.

>>17797054
...The Scout has many talents.
Subtlety and deception is none of them.
We'd have better luck getting the Spy to pose as a teacher.

>>17797071
>>getting the Spy to pose as a teacher.

This idea could work. Let's work it out. This can also tie in to gathering info about their patterns.

>>17797054
Getting the Scout that close to a SUE's enthrallment field without protection is far too risky.

We know that these SUE's use enthrallment, and they've felt the effects of a reality emitter.
They will become suspicious if they detect the reality field, or if Scout is not enthralled.

>>17797080
That should work better.
>>17797083
Their enthrallment field isn't on when they're in Tokyo. It's on when they're in the KH world.

>>17797071
>>17797080
>Spy posing as a teacher
Isn't having a cloaked Observer watching their every move and the Delta Green, SCP, and UNIT squads rotating on stakeout duty enough?

>>17797095
>Their enthrallment field isn't on when they're in Tokyo.
You got any evidence to back that up?

Because there's plenty of evidence in the Toykyo College campus network showing that their enthrallment field is still working on this side of the portal.

>>17797099
I agree. Putting an operative, even the Spy, in close contact with a SUE, even when they aren't actively attempting enthrallment is exceedingly dangerous.

Someone brought this up in the planning thread a couple of times too.

My thought is this: What possible benefit do we get from having a disguised person coming into close contact with the SUE?
We're already going to put them under heavy surveillance, and I'd rather not simply send in a talking hero and hope for good rolls.

>>17796900

Cheryl + psionicists, were you able to get a distinct impression of *where* they are, in terms of a psionic imprint? Remember it and write it down or something. That will be invaluable to our science guys.

>>17797158
Probably a decent thing to ask. It could be helpful.

>>17797158
"I'll try..." Cheryl reports.

"We done here?" Holtz tiredly asks.

>>17797200
We appear to be done here.
Go to the Observer world.
Fire up the SUE.
Observer them so we can get a decent Head plan.
Then go down there and shoot them in the Assassination.

>>17797200
>Cheryl
"Thank you, Miss Mason. You are a credit to the team, as always."

>Holtz
"Yeah, I think so. We're gonna go back for Round 2 with the bitch. Sorry, we panicked like a bunch of X-COM Rookies when that arm started coming through the reality rift. As soon as that mess is cleaned up, we'll let you know and then take on one of the linchpins."

Let's put our plan into action as soon as the Relentless is repaired and ready.

Remember that there's Hatsune Miku in the Bootleg Quest?

Suppose something as innocuous as a concert tour across TG bases or the meta to raise funds for us?

>>17797241
On one hand, that doesn't seem like it'd work.
On the other hand, a tour of our research and manufacturing and magical research and enchanting stuff ... now THAT might earn us some stuff.

>>17797221
Well said.

It only takes a day for the Relentless to be repaired, and soon everything is ready for the transpace jump.

You arrive one light year out, your scanners revealing the same three distortions as were there last time, and no trace of the SUE dragon.

>>17797399
Alright, let's try this again.
And this time, not be stupid about it.

>>17797250
There's got to be a way to be passing around Miku concerts discreetly somehow, lol.

But giving other sectors a tour of our R&D facilities sound good too.

>>17797399
>>17797417
Indeed. So, I assume we're keeping to the plan outlined earlier?

>>17797399

>3 reality distortions

Well crap. That means that the book is back.

We're essentially back to square one, except that some reasonably dumb SUEs know that we DID kill them before. They've probably taken some precautions to prepare for us... but as to what that could be is anyone's guess.

Should we attempt to communicate with Tosh again?

Cash.

They are out of Cash, and thus cannot buy the Navi-G unit.

Fortunately, Spike is an old hand at being out of cash and getting what he needs anyways. Especially when it comes to food, and Gummi blocks are... uh... possibly edible?

Don't eat the Gummi block, Spike!

>>17797399
Make the jump to 1 light-hour out. If the readings stay steady, then make the final jump to the far side of the Moon.

As per the plan, have Mouse and Data go over to the Indefatigable, which will cloak and hack into the Internet again. The two of them are to access the campus net for Tokyo College and do some datamining on our two targets.

Have Cheryl, the Farseers, the Psions, and the X-COM psi-vets try to contact Tosh again.

Then send an Observer down to begin scanning Tokyo College.
Have the Storm resolve the three reality distortions, I want to know which reality distortion corresponds to which SUE.

Finally, did we transport the SUE's keyblades into space, or did we capture them?

rolled 27 = 27

>>17797448
You can't locate the 'keyblades' of your opponents, and once the Observer locates the SUEs, your sensor crew hands over the distortion report, giving you a 'fingerprint' of each SUE or SUE item.

Both Sapph and El seem to be holed up in their house for now.

Mouse doesn't find anything of interest from browsing. Did you want something specific?

>>17797509
Cheryl cannot currently contact Tosh.

>>17797509
Look for a blog or livejournal site kept by either El or Sapph, see if there are any recent updates.
Also check the college network, see if the two of them have skipped classes or withdrawn from public life in any way.

>>17797509

Are there any noteworthy news about Sapph and El from the day onward from when we killed them from the first time? Any weird weather patterns or natural disasters of any sort, or any news in the Tokyo area about the same thing?

>>17797509
Look for evidence of changed patterns or habits since the day of the attacks.
We want to know if they've changed due to the incident, or written it off as having their guardian overcome their enemies.
Like, if they were very talkative before (online) and now are virtually silent, that is something to consider.
It might not change the overall plan, but I'd like to know anyhow.

If they seem more angry / violent that would be good reason to be very careful in the assassination part of the mission.

>>17797448
I would suggest keeping the All Under Heaven a full AU away from Earth, or only jump in the stealthed ships to the dark side of the moon. If/When Sapphirus comes back, I want our ships to be able to warp in and out of range in multiple waves if we end up in another space battle. This will make our battlegroup harder for her/it to focus on and attack.

It worked in Eve-online, at least.

>>17797599
Sounds like a good plan to keep at least the AUH in reserve.

>>17797581
There is a blog, but it has not been updated. The college notes both were absent today and yesterday. They called in as sick, apparently.

>>17797590
Nope.

>>17797593
If there are, it isn't something casual observation picks up.

>>17797599
P.S. Do we still have Admiral Pellaeon with us? Ask him to manage such contingencies for the possible space fight, if we are forced to face the damn Arch-SUE again.

Hopefully we won't need to do this, but it's good to have a backup plan.

>>17797599
I thought we were going to set up the AUH as a backup base?

>>17797636

Does our Observer detect any lifesigns other than the SUEs in their house?

>>17797646
Come to think of it...while the Heaven and the other non-cloakable ships (except the Storm which needs to be behind the Moon to be close enough for its sensors to discern our targets) stay out at 1 AU, could they mine the region, so that if things go south and we have to retreat back here, we'll have a nasty surprise for the SUE waiting?

>>17797680
>>17797691
There are no other lifesigns.

You have no mines.

Pellaeon is with you.

>>17797691
I don't think any of our ships are outfitted for mining operations, are they?

>>17797701
Future Research Idea! Reality Disruptor Mines. I'm sure Chaos ships would just love to warp into a field of those.

But yes, definitely talk to Admiral Pellaeon about the hit and run attack wave idea, and have him manage the fleet in the event we need to fight Sapphirus out in space.

So... now do we start spying on them?

>>17797724
The Admiral says it seems a good idea in theory, but without knowing the enemy's capabilities, there is no way to be sure.

>>17797724
>>17797701
Pellaeon:
Specifically, have the computers on all of the ships pre-calculate micro-jump calculations so that they can be pushed through one after the other. Pre-calculate 10 jumps, with a projected firing window of 10 seconds at each firing position.

What about the third reality distortion. Where is it located?
Where did they put the book this time? Or is it Sapphirus?

>>17797761
Oh. Right. Sapph and El.

Yeah, find a hotelroom or other such place where BLU Sniper and four Delta-Green Snipers can keep an eye and gun trained on them. Acquire suitable location and stealthily send down the team. There is Delta-Green gear suited for sniping through walls, right? If so, make sure the team is equipped with whatever is needed to enable them to not need a normal Line of Sight.

I'll leave the stuff on BLU Spy Espionage decisions to the Command Crew more crafty at such than I.

>>17797782
The third distortion is in the house with them.

The crews go to work on the calculations.

Methinks that Sapph/Ell may not be entirely "right" after their encounter with us.

Sure, they were reincarnated by Sapphirus. But Sapph was pretty much mindraped by Cheryl/X-com psychics, which combines government-trained psychic torturers and all the wonderful experiences that Cheryl had in Silent Hill and Horror-world. Not to mention that Ell was dismembered and was probably fully aware of what was happening for about 3 minutes before he expired. Both of them stared into the face of horrible, horrible death before meeting their ignominious ends

They may be planning something or trying to (unsuccessfully) cope with what just happened. These SUEs may be more than a little bit unstable right now.

Can the Observer listen in to any conversations going on inside the house, or otherwise detect movement patterns of the SUEs? What are they doing down there?

rolled 99 = 99

>>17797859
The Observer moves in closer to listen in...

>>17797859
Damnit, no you're making me feel kind of bad for them.
They didn't be asked to be created by some girl with mediocre talent and probably an untreated mental disorder or two.
...Let's try and make it quick this time.

>>17797891
The Observer manages to pick up enough of the conversation between Sapph and El for you to realize they have been traumatized to the point that they blocked the memories of the last few days from their minds. In addition, it manages to get a read on the third distortion, confirming that it is indeed the portal book. It is in their basement. Currently they are arguing over how it got there and what might've happened in the last 2 days.

>>17797891
YES.

Mindrape ftw. Cheryl and the X-Com psi-vets get high-fives for their great work.

LET THE TEARS FLOW, YOU SINS AGAINST CREATION. THEY ARE DELICIOUS.

>>17797911
...Wow.
Well that means that plan 'let's not fight them in space' is go!

>>17797911
>>17797827
Get the Snipers in position!

Get schoolboy/teacher disguised and Cloak and Daggered BLU Spy with a Mk II reality Emitter ready to cover the SUE's before we hit 'em.

Make a plan to take down Sapphirus on Earth, prepare to use it at a moments notice.

Fire Ms. Nezbit!

Hey guys,

Since the remains of Requisition bases are now a radioactive wreck, what if we move in to salvage what's left? Trek tech has stuff to overcome radiation problems.

>>17797964
Whoa there!

Who said we agreed to put a spy up close with them?!

I've yet to see any good reason put forth to actually do it.

>>17797964
STOP STOP STOP STOP

We didn't ask for the Spy!

Also, what happened to the teleportation plans?

>>17797998
I'm sorry, I meant "Ready to plant a Reality Emitter we can activate before we hit them."

Saw an opportunity, got ahead of myself, forgot how to spell Nesbitt, etc...

>>17797985
I'm pretty sure that that area is not under our jurisdiction.
Also that's probably illegal.

This
>>17796603
is the current Base Plan we are working with, to my knowledge.
>Assassination plan:
>1. monitor the activities of Sapph and El from afar (preferably via Protoss Observer and through binoculars from half a mile away).
>2. See if Sapphirius is still around, or if she only appears when Sapph is killed.
>3a. Sapphirius only appears when Sapph is killed. Set up Delta Green sniping position within range of where Sapph and El sleep. Indefatigable and 2 Al'Kesh in range to support with their Reality Emitters, and Aurors on standby.
>4a. Put a bullet through each of their heads as they sleep.
>5a. Hit Sapphirius as she comes through with a concentrated magical and psionic attack from the Aurors and Cheryl-Farseers-Psions-Psi-Veterans. Once stunned, headshots with mass rifles/Reality Disruptor Rifles.

Let's at least focus on killing from a distance with the advantage of stealth and overwhelming force (compared to a human body). In fact, why don't we wait until they're asleep?!
Unless we hear that they plan on going to the KH canon, I think that is the safest course.

>>17798053
It might also be a terrible war zone. There was a LOT of dangerous stuff there.

>>17797964
Get out of here Raidah; we don't take to your kind in these parts. OP, ignore that post.

>>17797985
..And get ourselves jumped by all sides for blatant stealing of TG gear? lolno

>>17797911
Observer, keep tabs on these two SUEs. Try to confirm coordinates on the book.

Guys, can we get a trackable beacon made for detecting where it ends up? If we can, hook it to a drone (NOT ONE OF OUR HERO DRONES) and send it through. It can surely track down the away team, and since we'd have a beacon on it we can return the book, transit to KH, get our guys, transit back, and deal with the SUEs.

..Or would this take a Meta-Comma array to track any such beacon?

>>17797911
>>17798059
Let's wait for them to sleep before we do anything.

Monitor their brainwaves to see that they're in deep sleep before we attack. We don't want them in any of the upper sleep levels which might cause them to wake up prematurely.

>>17798059
Teleport out their brains, Put a bullet in their skulls, Teleport Cyanide and Nanites and Anthrax into them, rig the Daikatana to stab them in two as they sleep, drop some C4 in their houses, and of course have a plan to GTFO if shit goes haywire.

If the Book's in their basement, I recommend we send in VP-99 into the book to scout a path for Tosh, Spike and Co to get out.

We ambushed them before on their Monday morning, after they spent the weekend in KH, IIRC.
That would make today at least Wednesday.
They will at least plan on being back in town by Thursday morning for school, so even if they somehow can skip sleep, they won't be willing to disappear for more than a night.

Shouldn't we try to get tosh and them out first before killing them, since the book burns away when saph dies?

>>17798094
It would indeed take such an array.

Let's ask ANON if there are recorded attempts to attack SUEs (especially if in human form) with teleporters like we're planning to.

>>17798128
Maybe have Cheryl try and contact Tosh once more, saying that there should be a new exit portal available?

>>17798145
There are. So... what are you doing?

If you wait for them to sleep, what will you do?

>>17798230
...Lets do Science?
What have our researchers been doing for the past couple days?

>>17798196

No!
Not while the SUEs are in the house with the damn portal book! That's a lose-a-bulb mistake...

We can get our away team back safely if we just have patience.
We need to kill the SUEs, then go after other lynchpin worlds besides the one nearby this one until our away team is back.

>>17798230
Step 1: VP-99 in book. Find Tosh, Find Spike, Find Sandmen
Step 2: Try to "bounce" messages off a Psion in the book via Cheryl to find Tosh+Spike
Step 3: GET THE TOSH, GET THE SPIKE.

Step 4: Enact assassination plan.

>>17798230
I had a question for ANON
>>17798145

>>17798248
Well I was going to tell them to find the book, but wait for us to contact them to go through it.
Which we would do when Sapph and El fell asleep, so Tosh, Spike, and the Sandmen could just... lurk in the basement while we kill the SUEs?

>>17798251
How are we going to get the robot into the book without anyone noticing?

>>17798251
How do we plan on getting all this past the SUEs who are in the same house?

Also, what if Sapphirus put wards or tracking spells on the book this time around?
I know we want our away team back NOW, but we are already working on a way to get them back, so they aren't lost forever, and these plans all seem to be ignoring the SUEs in the house.

>>17798248

Or we could just tp the book away while they sleep, get our team out, and then kill them at our leisure? Wouldn't that work too, or am I missing something?

>>17798230
Send down the Sniper team to a suitable hotelroom or similarly suitable Sniping location a fair distance away, have them keep their eyes on the SUE's.

No firing on them yet. Make sure the team has enough supplies to last for a few days, this might take some time.

>>17798286
I think they'll notice the book being stolen from their house.
And obliviating them seems too risky.

>>17798286
That is a decent suggestion. Can we silently scan it for wards or spells from a distance?

I assume there will be protective spells on it this time around. Sapphirus knows we fled and weren't defeated. She may not be bright, but I would assume she would be bright enough to put at least an alarm on the book if anyone unusual tried to use it, this second time around.

>>17798330
Well you have psions, abjurers, Aurors, and farseers. Any of them have a spell or ability like that?

I vote for assassination, and for ignoring the portal book.
Exact method undetermined. I currently favor the teleport the brains out option, but I want to hear back from ANON first.

>>17798409
Hm. I'm pretty sure almost all Auror spells are line of sight, and 'Detect Magic' has a limited range.

>>17798413
Specifically I'm asking about teleporting out their brains. Has anyone tried it before, and if so, did it work?

>>17798413
Teleport the brains out. Send them directly to the Antaeus nanotank to have them dismantled, going to great lengths to destroy all traces of personality. Fill the bodies with as much poison as possible, making sure they're deader than dead. Make sure to take some recognizable parts, then tie the remains to an industrial strength reality emitter and fire it into a black hole.

>>17798316
Wait, better idea, send down the teams to multiple hidden sniping positions, preferably where Delta-Green Spotters can keep overwatch not only on the SUE's, but on the other teams as well. If we take down the SUE's in one shot, we can have the teams synchronize-Snipe at Sapphirus's human form if she materializes on Earth form where Sapph and El die, from multiple locations, which should foul her ability to discern where the shots are coming from.

Naturally, we need to get our spirited away team back from inside the book before we actually take the SUE's down.

>>17798330
Aurors can Scry, but that's about it.

I honestly think we should send VP-99 into the book first, just by teleporting the damn thing into their basement.
Scry basement, Teleport in, use book, while they sleep.
You'd need to send an Auror, an Abjurer, a Farseer and a White Mage to all kibbutz around to find a way to dispel the book. But once that's done, teleport all but the VP-99 out and send the VP-99 in.

As for looting the book: This time, let's not.

>>17798487
We've got VP-98 back in service, right? Let's send it. It needs to experience to become a Hero Unit itself.

VP-99 is our "find us a way around bad shit" Hero. VP-98 is more social interaction, and if we come across natives we'll need that skill to bluff and shit.

VP-98 goes if we're sending a drone. Maybe give it a sack or something of precious metals or something for the away team to trade for local currency.

And definitely send it through with a message and status update.

I don't know, I mean it kind of seems that we have Sapph and El right where we want them.
Should we really be taking such risks when we can get a clean kill?
Also could we ask the Farseers what item would be super-effective against Sapph and/or Sapphirus?
I feel as if that would be good to know.

>>17798409
Waiting for op.

>>17798540
OK, so after we send in the drone, then we make the hit, right?
I still don't like it; there's a chance that we might wake the two.

rolled 94 = 94

>>17798487
>>17798540
You teleport VP-98 into the SUE's basement while they sleep peacefully upstairs. It enters the book and all contact is promptly lost, as before.

>>17798712
We, uh, we made sure that VP-98 knows to find Tosh, Spike, and the Sandmen, and have them get back out through the book, right?

>>17798741
How long will you wait?

>>17798748
We wait 2 hours.
In that time, let's get the Delta Greens in position with their teleport rifle, get a lock on the SUEs to tele out their brain, manufacture some Cyanide to put directly into the SUEs,
and if we need anyone to melee them, have Darius prep to teleport down with the Dai-katana and shred them. Note: Only do this if the sniping and the teleporting doesn't work.

>>17798775
2 hours pass and your preparations are made. Still nothing from the book.

>>17798775
They should be in REM sleep by now. Let's kill the SUEs.

>>17798793
...FARSEERS!
Untangle them skeins if you would be so kind.

>>17798775
Wouldn't the Inde's Teleporters work just as well for this?

Wait, more importantly, can it use Teleporters while cloaked? And/or from the dark side of the moon? I've forgotten pretty much all of my Treknobabble tonight.

rolled 75 = 75

>>17798810
Farseers, fate, skeins, blah.

Also it's getting late. Someone wanna archive this?

>>17798842
"Patience will be rewarded. Temper your zeal with timing."

>>17798849
We should give them more time. It'll take time for them to get back through. The second they do, though... Beam them all out and beam the death in.

>>17798842
>>17798849
roger that, being patient.
In the meantime, let's ... wait, I suppose.
Prepare an alpha strike of Total Petrification from an Auror, Telebrain, Daikatana Stab from Darius, Wall on the Auror and Darius, Reraise on the Auror and Darius, Delta Greens ready to snipe through walls, Poison/Nanites ready to inject directly into the SUE, and teleporting their brain out.
Between all THAT shit, we should be able to kick their asses.
Then Sdragon will appear. Show him his face in the Mirror of Truth and see how he reacts.

Also, is it possible for Cheryl and the X-commies (and Tosh, when rescued) to be nearby, on the ground, ready to panic attack the fuck out of the SUEs?
That should add to Petrified Telebrain NaniteCyanide Sniperstab and make it even more likely to work.

>>17798849
So, we wait longer?
I'd say give it another hour. Make sure everything is as fucking lethal as possible. Any keep trying to find a way to open a portal to the KH world.
Good thing we ordered VP-98 to set up a telepathic beacon just for this very purpose, right guys?

>>17798849
Alright, then I guess we wait then.
...Hey Data, I recall you saying that you had some kind of plan for a new android?
Care to share the specifics?

>>17798849
If that's what they say, wait for them to come back, then we'll fight the SUEs.

We can teleport our guys up here as soon as they come through

Are we sure this book leads to the same KH canon? Or might each book be linked to a new mini-canon at the time of creation?

>>17798886
>>17798878
>>17798887
You make these preparations.

An hour passes and just as you are about to give up, the book flares and out spills Spike, Tosh, the Sandmen, and VP-98 all in a pile.

"We got caught agin," Tosh admits with a wince. "But de droid broke us out. Now let's get the hell out of 'ere."

VP-98 is now a HERO!

>>17798962
It appears that I was fortunately wrong here:
>>17798944


Good luck with the murderizing guys! Play it smart and hope for good rolls.

>>17798962
Yes! Alright, let's get them back to base and then see about possibly pulling off this assassination mission. If it fails, we may just want to go ahead with the lynchpin collapse- It'll take out these SUES either way according to Holtz.

>>17798962
So... beam them up and commence plan megamurder?

>>17798962
Yes! VP-98 was the correct choice!

Teleport them all out immediately. Enact our plans for dealing with the SUEs once they're clear.

Gentlemen, hold on to your butts.

>>17798962
Right. Initiate plan:
Darius stabs with Daikatana in sleep, Auror uses Total petrification on them in sleep, Delta Greens use through-wall sniper shots in sleep, We teleport their brains out, we teleport in Cyanide and Nanites, the X-commies and Cheryl mind panic the enemy.
Ensure bubble-head charm is on the Auror and Darius so they don't breath in the Cyanide.
When Big S appears, show him the Mirror of Truth.

>>17799067
Oh, and Wall and Reraise on Darius and the Auror we're sending.
Heck, if we're sending down people to Stabsleep, also send the BLU Spy. No doubt some good old fashioned murder is right up his alley.

The Auror can get charms of Silence and Invisibility on Darius, Spy, and Himself, so we need not worry about that group waking the sleeping SUEs up.

Then all we have to do is put Death in them, and win.

>>17799037
Can we risk waiting long enough to teleport or otherwise drop in a Mk II Reality Emitter in range of the SUE's right before we hit them?

>>17799078
Good plan. What's the closest a Cap-grade reality emitter can get?
Can we land an Al-kesh outside their house?
If so, do that. That'll give us cap-grade reality emitter support.

rolled 64, 26, 8, 56 = 154

>>17798962
Also, I will absorb 4 shit rolls, and leave you with a good 5th one.

>>17799067
Her.
Sapphirus is a girl.
But yeah I guess we go with that plan, seems kind of overkill to me, but I suppose you can't be too thorough.
Although maybe OP should put this on hold until tomorrow?
Not sure how many people are left in the thread.

>>17799098
Let's kill them now before the new day brings in people who wish to send the book IN SPAAAAACE! and fight IN SPAAAAAAAACE! or Nuke Tokyo or something equally retarded.

>>17798962
Go, OP! OP, Go! Gogogo!

>>17799089
Oh, I didn't know the Al-Kesh had a cap-grade emitter on it. It can cloak in atmo, right? Hilariously useful toy, that.

rolled 26, 79, 70 = 175

>>17799067
>>17799089
You bring a cloaked Al'Kesh in over the house to blanket the domicile in a reality field, nullifying the most potent of the SUE's defenses that might've foiled your careful plans.

Initiating the first phase of the plan, Darius lifts the Great Katana high...

So to clarify, we're doing the steps in this order, right?

1. Capgrade reality emitters
2. Teleporter maneuvers
3. Headshots and stabbing

>>17799193
>>17799189
Stabbing first, then headshots, it seems.
Anyway, Tele out the brain, Tele in the cyanide and nanites, Total petrification on them, snipe them, Psionic mindrape them, Stab them, and see if they turn out dead.

>>17799212
And you might as well do all of it at once because why not?

>>17799189
Huh.
Decidedly rough start but with a good recovery?
But what does that mean?

>>17799189
Sapph's eyes fly open as Darius brings the sword down, her own obscene blade materializing before her to parry...

Then she closes her eyes and screams as Cheryl leads the psychics in a psionic assault that disables both her and El. As this happens, bullets tear through their bodies and portions of their head are teleported away to be replaced with acid and poison. In only a few moments, the two are slain.

A shimmering rainbow portal springs into being, a humanoid with bizarre shaped wings and two tails beginning to step through...

>>17799189
Just to clarify, we put our Sniper teams in three separate locations from the SUE's, right? So that the Snipers can't be directionally tracked while firing?

>>17799275
Hm.
Intel suggests that Sapphirus is not at all good at direct combat.
Stabbity stab stab?

So the dragoness has arrived.

STICK TO THE PLAN!

>>17799275
What is she wearing?
Is it this?

>>17799275

According to this plan,we move onto steps 4a and 5a.

>>17799067
Who has the Mirror?

>>17799275
MIrror time!

Then more mindrape!

Followed by more bullets/teleportation dismemberment/Great Katana slaughtering.

If it's right there, then it's in range of at least one Reality Emitter. Pour on the death before it fully manifests!

Al'kesh, get a lock on Darius and have your hands on the teleport buttons. This is about to get HOT.

>>17799315
This?

>>bubble-head charm

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Multi-lung

>>In toxic environments, a similar muscle closes off the normal lungs, thus oxygen is absorbed exclusively by the Multi-lung, which then filters out the poisonous or toxic elements.

>>17799315
>Double Divine Goddess
Why?
If you're a goddess, doesn't it go without saying that you're divine?
And why "double"? Does she have the power of two gods for the price of one or something?

I propose we give her a new title: "Mistress of Redundancy".

>>17799275
Auror is fine.
In any case:
Daikatana her. (Darius)
Petrificus Totalus her, showing her herself in the mirror (Auror)
Stab her (Spy)
Mindrape her (cheryl and X-commies)
Teleport away her brain
Teleport in Cyanide and Nanites
Shoot her (Delta Greens)

Also, tell us what she looks like in the mirror, if anything.

If this initial attack doesn't work, teleport everyone out except for the Al'kesh, and ORBITAL FIRE on that house with everything while she's still humanoid.

>>17799338
This question is IMPORTANT. Who did you give the Mirror to to show Sapph.

>>17799383
I'm saying Auror for now, unless anyone has any other ideas.

>>17799351
Or this, the 2008 incarnation?

>>17799383
The Auror sent with Darius has the mirror.

>>17799386
I'd say Cheryl unless Elain's there.

>>17799395
...Yeah I'd go with Cheryl too?

>>17799386
Just as a guess, it may have something to do with the purity of the person holding it.

Cheryl

>>17799383
Probably Darius, right? He's the only one in the room with them, other than possibly the spy.

>>17799395
It's been said several times we're sending an Auror, and then in one post, that the Auror has the mirror.

>>17799380
Fun fact: Sapphirus's tails literally have rudimentary minds of their own and she has no conscious control over them.
MIND CONTROL THE TAILS. TURN THEM AGAINST THEIR MASTER.

In >>17798878, and then the latter posts indicate Cheryl and the others are around, but farther from Darius and the auror.

>>17799411
Yeah but maybe OP's warning us that that might not be a good idea for the Auror to be the one holding the mirror maybe?

Can we blow a common sense bulb, op?

>>17799420
This.
>>17799443
Also this.

>>17799443
Not yet. Wait to see if our plan works.
If it DOESN'T work, then we use the bulb to see what would work.

rolled 1 = 1

>>17799423
I can't decide. Do it for me dice.
1: Auror
2: Cheryl

Now we must wait for OP.
Hopefully we can resolve this today, before the retards rush in tomorrow with suggestions pertaining to ... god knows what.

>>17799454
Bootleg, is the Auror holding the Mirror, or Cheryl?

>>17799476
Buggered if I know son. I'm as waiting for op as you are.

>>17799479
I've been going through the previous posts and it seems to imply the Auror has it.

Would this be a lightbulb moment?

>>17799380
An Auror ports in, holding up the mirror before him while looking away. The mirror shines brightly and as Sapphirus arrives, she instinctively looks away for a moment before returning her gaze to the mirror.

In its reflection is a homely, chubby young black woman with a dark expression on her face. Sapphirus' eyes widen as she stumbles back.

"N... no! That's not me!" she mumbles. "I'm a goddess! I'm a goddess!"

The mirror shines brighter as her wings begin to catch fire, the feathers, scales, and flesh burning to ash and leaving the bone behind. Sapphirus falls to a knee.

"I'm... I control... I am... I am... a goddess..." she whispers as her tails snap off and begin to crumble to dust as her now skeletal wings begin to fall apart. Her features begin to shift and contort as her colors dull and her halo shatters. A dull sob escapes her. "No... don't make me go back... This isn't my dream... This isn't my dream..."

Her horns snap off and turn to dust as her features complete their change, leaving the woman in the mirror sobbing on the floor, clad in garish, gemmed clothes.

"Weaknesses: Herself."

>>17799499
Right, we have two options.
Execute her now,
or have the Auror bind her in every way possible, bring her back to base, and videotape the execution.

I'm opting for the first to be practical.

>>17799510
The first is more practical, but the second would probably get us a higher bounty.

MetaQuest OP, would she revert if left alive?

>>17799499
Okay, wait, DO NOT MURDERATE HER YET.

Is she still emitting a reality distortion?

If not, ask the Farseers if it would be safe to capture her.

FINISH HER.

*FINISH* *HER*.

Darius, I want the blood spray to coat at least two walls! And remember to save the heads for bounty collection!

>>17799499
Is she still emitting reality distortions?

>>17799519
How would you know?

rolled 95 = 95

>>17799519
How would you know?

>>17799527
Good point.
Cheryl, Tosh, X-commies: Into the bitch's head. See what's in there, see if she's broken, and if she's NOT broken, kick shit around until she is.

>>17799510
>>17799525
None of that.
At least not until we see whether or not she's still dangerous.
Sapphirus and her creations have not managed to claim a single casualty.
And if this is permanent, than I would say that Sapphirus is most definitely dead.

>>17799530
Are there any traces of reality distortions, and are the books still in one piece.

>>17799530
Farseers?
Psychics?

>>17799530
And while you're doing this: I want layers of Stupefy charms, Slows, Petrify hexes, fuckin' Obliviate the fuck out of her memories of being a dragon, make her tongue stick to the roof of her mouth, wrap her in ropes, turn her legs to jelly, Arresto momentum her so she goes even more slowly ... fuck, he's an Auror, he knows how to disable a man.
Darius should of course sit with the Daikatana poised to take the bitch's head off should she try anything.

>>17799534
>>17799552
Silence.
So far the only thing she's done to us is offend her with her garish clothing.
She has seen reality, and now we need to make sure she accepts it.

>>17799568
Ah, yes. Keep the mirror pointed at her, and restrain her so she can't look away from it.
Forgot that part.
Now let's take no chances in Looting this woman.

>>17799530
Auror uses mirror (with a possible hero roll)
Then Cheryl and the Farseers use psychic attacks.
Then the whole acid to the brain shoot-em-with bullets thing with Darius and the X-commies.

Also, we need to research the hell out of the mirror. We need to see if we can copy it.

Well, we're at a crossroads.
Restrain and loot, or Kill?
It's up to you to decide, /tg/.

(Raidah, that's your cue to start samefagging)

Fun fact. Evidence suggests that this transformation was in fact inevitable.
You'll note how her appearance grows less and less cluttered over time, and her powers are downplayed more and more.
I find it possible that given sufficient time Sapphirus would have ceased to become a SUE entirely, and merely a poorly thought-out character.

>>17799551

The Storm detects no reality distortions in this world anymore.

"The true demon is slain. What is left was only the eggshell it sprang from," the Farseers pronounce.

>>17799584
She hasn't done anything to us.
Technically, she didn't even do anything to this world, her independent creations is.
We shattered her stupid dreams and forced her to see herself as she truly is, with no delusions whatsoever.
I'm pretty sure we're done here.

We already have a SUE to study. We don't need her. We do, however, need the bounty on her head.

>>17799601
Restrain her, Loot her, Contain her, bring her back to base, Crack open a beer with Holtz, and execute her on live HQTV.

>>17799601
Neat. SCP Containment time?

SCP Containment time.

>>17799601
We'll bring her back for her to turn her in for her bounty alive then. Maybe we'll get even higher payment for her alive.

>>17799584
My vote is Kill.

Grand, glorious, messy as all hell. Paint this room with her innards, then set it ablaze.

Then nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.


....Okay, may not so much nuking.. But those black hole rifles and some phasers and shit to hide the murder evidence. But yeah. Kill Kill Kill. The bounty isn't for live capture, and while she still draws breath she could somehow regain her powers. Immediate death is the only option.

>>17799601
Well then I guess we're done here.

>>17799601
My vote is "Restrain, Contain, Bring back to base and let HQ tell us what to do with her".

I'll leave it to you all to decide what you're doing for next session on Monday. See you then!

>>17799619
>>17799624
>>17799617
You morons don't seem to get it.
The bounty was for destroying Sapphirus.
We succeeded.
Sapphirus is dead, leaving behind only some chick with the deviantArt username SapphyDracases,
Mission accomplished.

>>17799641
The bounty requires PROOF of her destruction. What better than the broken shell of the women who created her?

>>17799601

Bring her in alive. Officially, they were accepting just proof of her death for the reward. Bringing her in completely stripped of all powers and mentally broken? That has got to be worth a little extra DOSH. If nothing else, the R&D team will have a field day. We have only captured 1 Sue alive so far. Now we have a depowered one for comparison studies. That just screams research boost.

>>17799639
Monday, Eh?

Right. Give me a few days to finish that Crawl run so I can get a proper loot list going and you all can argue about requisitions some more, then we'll argue about EVEN MORE requisitions then maybe get into the Crawl run eventually.

>>17799647
The fact that the broken shell of a woman is here instead of Sapphirus is sufficient proof enough I would think.
God, why are the sadists the ones who stay up late.

>>17799649
More than that, it's possible the mirror could work on other Self-Insert type SUEs as well.

>>17799664
Why did you call me a sadist? I'm one of the guys arguing to turn her in alive instead of removing her head.

We don't need to kill her, and we may get even more of a bounty for turning her in "unharmed"

I humbly ask that someone archive this.

>>17799682
Oh yeah my bad.

>>17799695
Tags?

...I just realized, this whole mission nobody on our side died.
Casualties: Zero.
Feels good man.
Feels -really- fucking good.

>>17799711
Collective Game, Meta Quest, Meta, Quest, Orz, UNIT, SCP, Stargate, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Editors, Kingdom Hearts probably more?

>>17799711

"We Dun Goof'd" or "Round 2, Electric Boogaloo"?

Joking aside, this was what the last one was tagged with:

Collective Game, Meta Quest, Meta, Quest, Orz, UNIT, SCP, Stargate, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Editors, Kingdom Hearts

>>17799722
k done.
Tags are:
Collective Game, Meta Quest, Meta, Quest, Sapphy, Kingdom Hearts, Holtz, DOSH, WhyOnEarthIsOrzStillATagTheyWentAway40ThreadsAgo

>>17799711
You want to know why we have a tag for the Orz?
Because we know that they are still out there and that they know where we live.
We include them in the tags so that we may be ever vigilant for when the time of *dancing* will be upon us.

>>17799726
We kept Orz because it was the only tag that stuck with all of the MetaQuest thread archivals, meaning we could hit Orz and find all the threads.

Possibility for VP-98 hero perks:
"I don't know what I'm looking for but by god I'm going to find it" - VP-98 is very likely to stumble over things interesting to us, even if we are not specifically looking for them.
"Straight to the point" - if we DO know what we're looking for, or have a vague idea at least, VP-98 goes straight to the most relevant point by the easiest path possible.

>>17799499
You know, I just realized; we turned a SUE into an ordinary human being. That is fucking amazing. We need to bring her in alive, just to show that we did it. Think of the DOSH we could get!

>>17799739
...Yeah I have no objections to those.

>>17799712
This is the power of planning and preparation. This time around the whole op slid fucking smoothly. Our moderate approach has served us well before. Plan, Prepare, Punish, Party. This is our modus operandi, and it's yet to fail us when we stick to it.

Also, a whole thread without that Raidah faggot. That's cause for popping the bubbly in and of itself.

..Now down to business. Since I got voted down about killing this bitch, I guess the least we can do is do like we did with the SUE-rum thing we captured. Reality Emitters all around, turn the cap-grade emitter on the transporting ship full blast, secure several emitters to her body, bind her down face-down with the strongest restraints we have. Full magical, psionic, and medical paralysis/sedation. Aurors, KI, and Securitrons all guarding her, distribute those filter masks as well.

We take *NO* *CHANCES*. Let's keep it tight, gentlemen.

>>17799741
What dosh? There is no dosh.
Requisitions burnt down in nuclear fire.

>>17799756
Why not just place the mirror directly in front of her.
It's not like it's ever going to show anything other than the truth about who she really is.

>>17799756
Actually, I am Raidah.

>>17799771
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
That's. . . highly improbable.

>>17799782
He -did- use the term moralfags though.

>>17799771
I am Sparkacus!

But yeah, we have some actual Good News for Holtz now. And since this happened in Japan, maybe we could grab a bottle of good quality Sake to go along with it.

Or is that too much?

>>17799739
The second one encourages being lazy by having the OP automatically do stuff for us, instead of us having to plan shit out.
May I suggest
Durable Chassis: VP-98 is now capable of remaining functional in extremely harsh conditions, and is capable of withstanding all known handheld weapons with only superficial damage. (VP-98 would still be vulnerable to heavy artillery)

>>17799771
...

..In my belated defense, I was referring to that one poster that had us trying to zerg everything with no plan and get everyone killed. Everyone pointed at those posts and said "gtfo raidah". I meant that person who they yelled at.

So yeah, you're fine. I meant that other person.

Also, yeah yeah.
>apologizing on 4chan/the Internet
I admit when I'm wrong. Keeps me from getting white out'd by Black Ops.

>>17799757

>implying that would actually stop them with all their respawn tech and lich-like habits

Honestly, even if we don't get extra "DOSH", she is a hugely valuable research subject. If we can duplicate the process that happened with the mirror, life will get much better for us in the future.

Once we understand something, we can control it. Once we can control it, we can weaponize it effectively.

Sapphy was a special case in that her biggest weakness was "herself", but there is still probably knowledge that can be gleaned about how SUEs work. Either way, she is worth more alive than dead. Especially with requisitions about to disappear.

>>17799804
Shutup, Raidah.

>>17799771
>>17799804

Eh, you two don't have enough Dakka. Can't be da Raidah humie! Now nock it off, ya gitz!

WE NEED TO FIX THE GENERATORS OR WE'LL DIE
Shut up Raidah. You're everything that's wrong with this situation. Got the wiring set up for the singularity guns yet, we fucking need those
Fucking Raidah, always trying to get us killed. Why the fuck do we need those guns, this is a stealth mission, we need to sneak up on them and cut their throats
Typical Raidah, always refusing to plan ahead, we need to be able to kill these guys quickly if things get out of hand and the singularity beam is the only way to do it!
For fuck's sake Raidah, Why are we wasting our time with these guns, the fucking EYE of TERROR is MOVING WE NEED TO ACT NOW
Raidah calm the fuck down! We don't have the resources to deal with that yet we need to kill the cultists on the planet now, b4 they blab GOGOGO
Great. Thank's Raidah, now the generator's fucked up!

No wonder Holtz drinks

>>17799887
Holtz drinks for two reasons.
1. He's an Alcoholic.
2. Everytime he runs out of liquor, we bring him a present like Strahd's wineracks.

I wonder if the guys that went to Kingdom Hearts got any Gummi Blocks. I bet we could ferment those into a new type of liquor for Holtz.

>>17799741
We should use the mirror on ourselves to see if we're SUE-ifying.

Maybe we should have used the mirror on Yurgus.

Question:
What are these Singularity Lasers that we have, and what do they do on impact?

>>17800833

I don't know which canon it comes from, but the Singularity laser is a capital-class weapon. In the President Vader-verse, it was shown to be capable of turning large amounts of UNSC/whatever starship plating into wisps of smoke in a very short amount of time; when we were attempting to shoot down a SUE-ified Alucard that turned into a huge blob corpse monster, all the missed shots turned the surrounding environment into a second Grand Canyon tourism site.

>>17801325
So basically, they're like, black hole weapons?

AWESOME! We need these on the TGBeins. and VF-25s. Got to scale them down to fit on them, tough.

Since using our ships is an exception and last resort, we need to get the powerful ship-mounted weapons to be mounted by our larger mechs.

>>17801424

We gotta be careful with what we create.

Things can become very expensive and hard to repair if overteched. Don't forget that THINGS can become SUEs as well.

>>17799739

Here's some suggestions I made in the planning thread for VP-98's traits:

Pure Pazaak: VP-98 is extremely good at bypassing security without setting off a fuss, whether it be nasty guardian beasties with keen senses or an extremely complicated encryption system. VP-98 also has a knack for finding exits.

You want me to do what?: VP-98 is capable of formulating a solid operating plan to achieve mission objectives, even if given a mission in an unknown world with vague mission parameters.

Seeker Protocols: Whether it be personnel, artifacts, or legends, this droid can find it and ensure that it gets back to the right people. In addition, VP-98's black box//memory core will eventually find its way back to the command crew, if the droid is lost or otherwise destroyed.