NAME: SHANNON O'CLAY
SKILLS: SPIRIT GUIDE (When confused, you may ask Ben for help. He can also cover your back, or at least inform you of enemies behind you.)
UNIT: ELMETH (Improved)
WEAPONS: MEGAPARTICLE GUN (Improved-2) x2, BITS (Improved)x12
MAX ACCELERATION: 1G
ARMOR LEVEL: 1
OUTPUT: 21300 kW

OTHER UNITS: RGM-79 GM x4, RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam, Work Type Ball, MA-05M Bigro Meir, RB-79 DAEMONBALL

ITEMS: "Zanny" Plans, "GM Ground Type" Plans, "Grabro" Plans, "Desert GM" Plans, "Gouf Flight Test Type" Plans, "Zaku II" Reusable Plans, "E-Cap" Reusable Plans, Sand Filter, Hover Unit, Bit Control Array, Railgun Attachment, 13 tons Scrap Metal, Turn-8 Necklace, Turn-8 Document

Ben wakes you up gently.

"Hey, something I want to show you." You get up and follow him to the window, to see the Earth floating in space before you, wispy clouds slowly swirling above the blue and green of terra firma. You can't resist shedding a tear.

"It's beautiful..."

WHAT WILL YOU DO THIS MORNING?

Touch base with all the people...well around base.

Breakfast first.

>>17889166
You touch base with Lara, Burning, and the captain. None of them remember anything odd about the previous day.

So weird...

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17889300
BREAKFAST

>>17889336
What will you have?
Pancakes, Waffles, French Toast, or Cereal?

>>17889518
All of them.

>>17889518
Cereal! Something in those pancakes man

>Emerald WEAPON mecha

Oh geeze.

>>17889518
Pancakes.

Time to go tripping again.

>>17889518

always pancakes. Always

>>17889857
>>Emerald WEAPON mecha

What? Youve been playing too much Final Fantasy. Thats just Neue Ziel

>>17889966
Fuck yeah! I got that model and I love it. Arms are a bitch to deal with at times unless you glue them.

Mm... Pancakes!

You hear a few soldiers chatting.

"Hey, did you hear about Diez?"

"The merc?"

"Yeah. Apparently, he designs things when he's in a good mood."

"Huh."

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17889966
the resemblance is more than coincidental.

>>17890030
Check if Diez is in a good mood.

>>17889966
Nope, that's Emerald WEAPON.

>>17890066
Actually, Emerald Weapon is based off of the Neue Ziel.

>>17890066
sorry. No. That's the Neue Ziel. Emerald Weapon was heavily inspired by/ based off the Neue Ziel

>>17890141
>>17890142
So it's a Mecha Emerald WEAPON, then.

>>17890158
You're a damn good troll.

>>17890043
Diez is in his room, listening to music.

"What's up?" he says, good-naturedly.

>>17890158
So Emerald WEAPON is a submarine Neue Ziel.

>>17890181
Semantics.

>>17890172
"It seems your engineering skill is getting around. Made any good designs lately?"

>>17890193
"Nothing really original, but do you remember Emerald WEAPON from Final Fantasy VII?"

>>17890172
I'd be curious to see if he can make any sense of the 8th gundam plans. Maybe it takes an artist's eyes to figure it out.

>>17890193
Diez grins. "Depends. What's your offer?"

>>17890184
Before & After, actually. Watch more Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy.

>>17890209

Show him the Turn-8 Gundam's plans, and see if he can make heads or tails of it. If he can, see if he can draw something up based on it.

>>17890209
"What are you looking for? I bet I can offer you plenty of things you don't want."

>>17890208
You show Diez the Turn-8 Document. He flips through it, tilting his head. "What is this, esperanto?"
Clearly, he doesn't understand.

>>17890250
"I wish. It's machine code."

Show him the necklace, and tell him about the circuit it contains.

>>17890265

Well, since our endeavor with the document was a failure, let's go with this. Show him the necklace, tell him 'bout the circuit, see if he can think of anything the circuit could be used for.

>>17890282
>>17890265
You show Diez the necklace.

"Looks nice; could probably fetch a good price."

>>17890521
"It's paired with the design document. It might be a key, or a critical component. We'll have to study it further to find out. Anyway, we could use your help, once we know more. Now back to those designs... name your price."

>>17890570
Diez thinks, and gets a wicked grin on his face. "How about a kiss?"

SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17890610
"For a mercenary, you have a strange sense of value."

Don't give him any clues as to whether that's a yes or a no.

>>17890631
Diez laughs. "I don't expect you to have much in the way of scratch, Shannon."

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17890610
I was gonna tell him to pucker up and close his eyes, then hit him in the face with the nearest mop.

Anyway, I dunno what he can do for us with this one.

>>17890644
"I could still give you an IOU."

>>17890681
Diez laughs again. "Interesting idea, but... Nah."

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17890808
"Keep your tongue inside your mouth."

>>17890852
"Fine," says Diez. "Put yours in mine. Hehe..."

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17890876
Just kiss him. If he tries anything, punch him in the stomach.

>>17890892
You sigh, and kiss the lech. After 10 seconds, you break away, and he hands you some plans.

YOU GOT HILDOLFR PLANS!
COST: 20 TONS SCRAP METAL, RAILGUN ATTACHMENT

>>17890943
Smile. "Don't make a habit of this."

Let's keep trying to decipher the Turn 8 document.

>>17890943
>HILDOLFR
So not worth it.

>>17891126

it is where we are going

>>17891038
Diez laughs. "Wouldn't dream of it."

You walk off. You've got to decipher the document.

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17891920
Walk around the ship while thinking about Turn 8, and the events at pseudo-Side 2. Keep an eye out for anything that might interest us, such as a high-stakes game of pool.

>>17891920
Are the contents of the binder actual letters? Can we scan it into a computer and compare the contents to known letters, for example?

Lara may have a few suggestions for processing the data in a method like that.

>>17891985

we should research our family and their citizen records, find out if we really are from earth or side-2

>>17892093
They are not known letters, each one is some sort of pictogram. Repeated symbols make it obvious that there is some sort of alphabet, but you cannot decipher it.
>>17892101
What do you mean? Your earliest memories (and you can remember back quite a while) are of the comfy little apartment your family had in Dublin. Of course you're from Earth!

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17892383

what the ghost said and how father treated us is making me wonder what happened, also the ball, binder and necklace.

we'll just make sure too ask around or see if we can have somebody else inquire for us.

>>17892431
You think for a minute. The intelligence officer is...


Monsha.

Shit.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17892383
I'm assuming there are no similar pictograms we can compare them to. Alas, if it's spirit cryptography, we'll just have to keep being a Newtype badass and see what comes to us.

>>17892487
Why in God's name does Monsha hold that position?

Anyway, let's go see if Diez has locked him into anything.

>>17892487

never mind our past isn't that important.

we can ask the federation main command intel network to find out later, until then lets go talk to the captain about doing one last patrol before we enter the earth's atmosphere

also it will give us a chance to test the bigro meir out

>>17892530
You go to the captain.

"Sure, one more patrol won't hurt. We're by Von Braun right now, so make sure that it's not hit."

You go out on patrol. Which unit will you take?

>>17892636
The Gundam needs upgrade points. That gets my vote.

>>17892664

ok gundam time

rolled 20 = 20

>>17892842
>>17892664
You take out the Gundam and patrol.

>>17892869

And thats how we found and then got captured by char, the black tri stars, Dozle and the bigzam.

rolled 15 = 15

You come across a black Oggo, travelling at full speed!

BLACK OGGO
HP: 15
ARMOR: 10
WEAPONS: 120mm MACHINE GUN (Deals 5 damage, must roll 5 or higher on a 10 sided die to hit)
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: 10 TURNS TO KILL, OR ESCAPES

RX-78-1 PROTOTYPE GUNDAM
HP: 75
ARMOR: 75
WEAPONS: 0mm VULCAN GUN (Roll a 5 or higher to hit, deals 5 damage, 7 if the enemy missed his last attack), BEAM SABER(Roll a 5 or higher to hit for 4 damage, 10 or higher to hit for 8 damage, 15 or higher to hit for 12 damage), BEAM RIFLE(Roll a 5 or higher to hit for 7 damage)

WHAT DO YOU DO?

rolled 1 = 1

Beam Saber!

>>17892962
Fuck!

rolled 6 = 6

The Oggo dodges easily, and shoots you for 3 damage!

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

rolled 20 = 20

>>17892986
Beam Saber
It's still our best option.

rolled 19 = 19

Open a Communications channel and insult them. Let's inform them know that they are going to be beat by a girl.

Also, can we shield bash?

>>17892997
Critical!

You tear into the Oggo, slashing it in twain. A data terminal falls out.

YOU GOT: "HEKATONKHEIRE" PLANS

REQUIREMENTS: 500 TONS SCRAP METAL, BIGRO, ELMETH, BIG ZAM, ZEONG, 100 POWERFUL REACTORS, BIT CONTROL SYSTEM

...Holy shit.

>>17893106
Gentlemen, we have a new mission. God wills that we build this.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17893180
Will, lets get started then... This Oggo that we're fighting... lets add it to the scrap pile...

Vulcan Cannons!

>>17893280
You already cut it in half.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17893299
.... I knew that... Vulcan Cannon Anyways?

>>17893310
No

rolled 3 = 3

>>17893318
very well then... we should continue out patrol.

rolled 16 = 16

You continue to patrol.

rolled 20 = 20

>>17893363
When we get back, we should brush our teeth to get the taste of that filthy ex-zeon merc out of our mouths...

rolled 62 = 62

>>17893363
You find a ruined suit, and get...

>>17893390
Man, we roll 20s even when we're not doing anything.

>>17893404
It's just a sign that this quest is meant for greatness my friend

>>17893402
OMG... whatever we got was too good... OPs head exploded, i just know it...

>>17893402
Are you still there, Ori?

>>17893812
>>17893710
I think we broke something.

>>17894492
damnit...

>>17895090
Well, he was running the quest for more than 8 hours...
I'm sure he'll let us know what we got sometime tomorrow...

Life bump.

rolled 45 = 45

>>17893402
YOU GOT AN ALTERED HEAD UNIT!

-------

Sorry folks, kinda faded there. I'll try to be on, but I'm gonna be stuck doing doing something at 9:00 for a while

rolled 9 = 9

>>17896080
No worries, If I had a nickel every time the GM fell asleep during a quest thread... well I'd probably only have about two dozen nickels... but that's not the point... what I'm trying to say here, is that it happens, and don't feel bad...

Also, we should radio back to Captain Vismenda and ask if anything is showing up on Scanners, and keep patrolling

rolled 9 = 9

>>17896239
No reply from the captain. Minovsky particle count is too high.

You keep searching...

rolled 14 = 14

>>17896507
Nothing. You go around for one last pass...

rolled 20 = 20

>>17896509
You spot a Zaku II flying about on Patrol!

WHAT DO YOU DO?

((As I said, I've got to be gone for a bit now. I'll try and update through it.

rolled 19 = 19

>>17896514
Fire Vulcans and close distance

>>17896514
I suggest we open with the beam saber again, but this time, we should attempt to leave the machine intact so it can be salvaged. It would be nice if we could get the pilot to surrender, too.

rolled 18 = 18

>>17896514
You strike him right with the Vulcans, taking 5 off the suits armor. It has 20 left.

It fires its machine gun at you!

rolled 15 = 15

>>17896720
>It fires its machine gun at you!

Rude... Lets teach this asshole some manners...
Transmit the following over all channels "Didn't anyone tell you it's not polite to hit a lady?"
And then Beam Saber to the torso...

rolled 8 = 8

>>17896833
You stike the Zaku, just missing the cockpit and reactor. The pilot is incensed that you're mocking him, as well as the fact that he has 8 armor left, and attacks you with his heat hawk!

((Same rules as beam saber, 2 less damage for each.))

>>17897977
>The pilot is incensed that you're mocking him, as well as the fact that he has 8 armor left

He's going to be a lot more incensed in a moment.

rolled 9 = 9

>>17897977
Fwoosh! He grazes you for 2 damage.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

rolled 12 = 12

>>17898087
Attack with beam saber!

rolled 2 = 2

>>17898039
Punch that Zaku right in the face!

rolled 14 = 14

>>17898101
You hit him again, shearing off the rest of his armor! He swings at you again with the heat hawk!

rolled 4 = 4

>>17898341
He gets you on the shoulder, for 6 damage!

SPIRIT GUIDE ACTIVATED

(All your rolls cost one less, and your opponents cost one more.)

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17898375
dakka dakka dakka

rolled 11 = 11

>>17898375
"Zaku Pilot, Your Armor is depleted, Surrender now and live another day, or prepare to face your imminent destruction"

rolled 20 = 20

>>17898504
You dakka, leaving him with 20 HP. He swings at you with the heat hawk again!

rolled 13 = 13

>>17898375

Dakka again at the poor bastard.

>>17898519
kick the zaku in the balls. or, y'know, where it would be if it has balls. which it doesn't. being a robot.

rolled 3 = 3

>>17898519
He hits you bad this time, tearing another 20 points of armor.

You then dakka him again, leaving him with 15 HP.

rolled 1 = 1

>>17898596
Beam Saber his Heat Hawk

rolled 18 = 18

>>17898606
You just absolutely miss. How embarrassing.

He goes at you again with the heat hawk!

rolled 11 = 11

>>17898606
Try again

rolled 9 = 9

>>17898614
And you're struck again for 10. Your armor is getting low...

>>17898633
kick inna groin

rolled 3 = 3

>>17898633
Beam saber. Implore him to surrender.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17898633
Lets see how this asshole likes depleted uranium slugs!
Vulcan Canon!

rolled 12 = 12

>>17898850
You Vulcan and Dakka him again! He only has 10 HP. He has no plans to surrender, as is obviously shown by him shooting at you with his machinegun!

rolled 4 = 4

>>17898919
Saber his Machine gun arm

rolled 20 = 20

>>17898955
He shoots you for 5 damage, and you swing at him, but miss. He resumes shooting at you!

>>17898919
beam saber his arms

>>17898974
>20

What the hell.

rolled 12 = 12

>>17898974
kick that goddamn zaku in the fucken groin goddmnit this is why we're losing

>>17898974

beam saber his hands

rolled 6 = 6

>>17899007
dice goes in the email field my friend

rolled 5 = 5

>>17899007
>>17899013

oh damn. Anyway beam saber his arms

rolled 11 = 11

>>17899006
It's a sound theory, the concussive force from getting kicked by a gundam should knock the pilot unconscious, or at the least quench his reactor...

rolled 14 = 14

>>17899006
You do it, and by god does it work. Metal twists and scrapes, warping the whole crotchpiece and outright ruining the Zaku's AMBAC capabilities.

YOU GOT AN EXTRA ATTACK!

WHAT DO YOU DO?

rolled 2 = 2

>>17899082
Grapple it and rip off the cockpit hatch.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17899094
destroy his arms

rolled 17 = 17

>>17899107
You rip off the Zaku's arms, further ruining its AMBAC capabilities.

COMBO STILL OPEN

CONTINUE?

rolled 10 = 10

>>17899122
Again I say, rip off the cockpit hatch.

Come on dice.

rolled 10 = 10

>>17899122
Radio the pilot to surrender...

rolled 10 = 10

>>17899137
You tear through the cockpit hatch, flinging the pilot block away into space. The reactor cannot handle the stress of the damage for much longer, and is about to explode.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

rolled 5 = 5

>>17899122

Demand him to surrender, if he does not accept then force him to come along. Rmember to pick those arms with you.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17899147
Fly the fuck away!

rolled 4 = 4

>>17899147

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. Back away, back away!

rolled 11 = 11

>>17899147
If it's possible to tear out the reactor and throw it somewhere else (NOT toward the pilot), do so.

If not, grab the pilot block and shield it from the imminent explosion.

rolled 8 = 8

Collect the arms and the pilot block

rolled 6 = 6

>>17899167
You yank out the reactor, fling it upwards, and shoot it, performing the pose that in the last days of the war would come to be known as "Last Shooting."

VICTORY!

YOU OBTAINED

>>17899181
A PILOT

rolled 7 = 7

>>17899181
2x KNUCKLE SHIELDS!

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17899195
Collect the pilot block, assuming the man inside was not pulped.

Did we get any scrap metal? I'm assuming the Zaku is not repairable.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17899216
You grab the pilot block, and the 4 pieces of scrap remaining, and fly back.

When you return, you pull out the young man.

"What's your name?" you ask him softly. He looks at you, a mixture of fear and hate on his face.

"Bernard Wiseman."

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

rolled 11 = 11

>>17899232
Take him in and lock him up. We can interrogate him (and hopefully get him on team-zeon-sucks) later

rolled 16 = 16

>>17899232

I see what you did there....

>>17899232
"Well, Mr. Wiseman, you're lucky you got out in time. Sorry about your mobile suit, I wanted to capture it mostly intact. But I'm glad you're safe."

Get him medical attention if he needs it, and brig him.

rolled 18 = 18

>>17899283
This

>>17899283
Seconding this.
So does that mean that there's no Nachtmaren?

rolled 2 = 2

>>17899283
>>17899352
>>17899536
Bernie nods sullenly, and is taken to the medical wing.

------

I did not say the Nachtmaren would not exist.

>>17899620
Do we have any patrols left?

rolled 5 = 5

>>17899620
Ask Ben if he picked up anything odd about our prisoner...

>>17899923

"Other than the fact that he's a freaking CHILD? No."

>>17899640
You have no more patrols left. What will you do now?

>>17900176
"I'm not exactly an old woman myself."

Head to recreation and see if anyone fancies a game of pool.

>>17900176
"Hey, he's no older than me and I'm not kid."

Let's try our luck at pool.

rolled 17 = 17

>>17900219
>>17900277
You find your old pool pal and start up a game.

>>17900312
Aw yeah there's those Newtype powers in action.

rolled 18 = 18

>>17900491
A winner is you. You play again.

rolled 9 = 9

>>17900520
Damn. 2 for 2.

Again?

>>17900535
I guess we haven't quite mastered it yet.

>>17900535
2 out of 3 is still pretty good.
Let's see what we got.

rolled 6 = 6

>>17900578
>>17900548
That wasn't a roll. You were asked whether you'd like to keep playing.

>>17900629
Lets go for it.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17900639
Play pool!

>>17900747
We still made 2 out of 3 it looks like.

And considering the damage the RX-78-1 took I suppose we should get it repaired.

rolled 4 = 4

You lose, too bad.

YOU GOT: 6 TONS SCRAP METAL, ZAKU HEAD

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17900992
Go to engineering and see what Lara is working on.

rolled 6 = 6

>>17901067
You see Lara working with Diez in the engineering department. They're making some sort of part.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17901871
Go up and talk to her, seems like our best option here.

>>17902095
Second, see what they're making.

bump

rolled 5 = 5

>>17901871
Pelvic thrust over to them

rolled 1 = 1

>>17902342
The two appear to be looking at a blueprint for some sort of modified Zaku.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>17905200
"That looks interesting."

An obvious opportunity for them to tell us about it.

>>17905200
inb4 This is no Zaku, boy! No Zaku!

rolled 2 = 2

>>17905246
The two turn around.

"Oh, hey. Yeah... No peeking." Lara pushes you out.

Welp. It's getting late...

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>17906348
Sleep. It's been a long day.

rolled 18 = 18

>>17906948
You drift off to sleep, letting dreams take you.

The man looks out from the bridge of a musai. His creation is coming along splendidly.

"Soon..." Gihren Zabi mused. "Soon, Earth will be mine. Sieg Zeon."

(Status next page)

rolled 13 = 13

NAME: SHANNON O'CLAY
SKILLS: SPIRIT GUIDE (When confused, you may ask Ben for help. He can also cover your back, or at least inform you of enemies behind you.)
UNIT: ELMETH (Improved)
WEAPONS: MEGAPARTICLE GUN (Improved-2) x2, BITS (Improved)x12
MAX ACCELERATION: 1G
ARMOR LEVEL: 1
OUTPUT: 21300 kW

OTHER UNITS: RGM-79 GM x4, RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam, Work Type Ball, MA-05M Bigro Meir, RB-79 DAEMONBALL

ITEMS: "Zanny" Plans, "GM Ground Type" Plans, "Grabro" Plans, "Desert GM" Plans, "Gouf Flight Test Type" Plans, "Zaku II" Reusable Plans, "E-Cap" Reusable Plans, Sand Filter, Hover Unit, Bit Control Array, Railgun Attachment, 13 tons Scrap Metal, Turn-8 Necklace, Turn-8 Document, 9 Tons of Scrap Metal, Knuckle Shields x2

We should really ask the Captain what's going to happen to us next.
We had agreed to a temporary commission, but are we going to resign as soon as we're back on Earth and can get in touch with Ma back in Dublin?

>>17907266
How's your Zeonquest lookup? Gihren poisons Degwin and Dozle arrests Ghinuus Sakhalin later on.

Also, Ramba Ral survives to the end of the OYW.

Bernie Wiseman joins the Nachtmaren in Zeonquest, kills an EXAM system mobile suit with the hijacked Alex, and hides in Libot till the end of the war.