Just letting you know I won't bother participating today.
22 minutes late? God damn. I'll just read the archives.
Anyway, have fun with that. Bye.

>>18434125
What's the status of Wily's forces, specifically WilyCorp HQ.

We have destroyed the Imperial dataslate and the upgraded Robot Masters and their minions, but the designs are still in Wily's network, and probably still in his head.

Don't we still need to wipe those plans and erase Wily's memory?

>>18434125
Yay, MetaQuest!

Forget these haters, man.

Now, as I recall, the plan was to use the giant flying drill-ship we have to bore straight to the bastard. This seems like a nice, simple plan.. I know others are lurking to provide more details and help devise a safe path to get our stuff there and going safely.

On a personal note, how long does our current research topics have left to go? I've lost track of the day counter over the last few threads. Also, how's the creation engine's resource-gathering coming along?

>>18434157
Also, this. Mouse should be able to get the stuff on Wily's computer, but we're still gonna have to give Wily a dose of memory erasure. Any of our Aurors feeling brave?

>>18434169
>but we're still gonna have to give Wily a dose of memory erasure
Maybe we don't have to bother with Dr. Wily.
Unless he has eidetic memory, he can't remember every detail that went into the upgrades; the technology would have been too advanced for him to replicate it without notes. And since we destroyed his dataslate, and we're about to wipe the schematics, we may be okay.

>>18434131
overreaction much?

>>18434125
hmmm...Bowser and Falco haven't been Holtz'd. Are they red herrings? have the farseers do some scrying, just to make sure. Also, we got any analysis back from our scrying on Grimm? We identified the figures in the chamber?

>>18434157
We were planning to swipe their database for operation robo/tg/guy.

>>18434211
The farseers state that their relevance has faded.

>>18434157
ANON: Though he might manage to remember a thing or two that may lead to an upgrade here or there, what Dr. Wily remembers shouldn't be enough to cause a dangerous disturbance. Wiping the plans for them from the network may be a good idea, but they won't be able to use them to build more Robot Masters for a while. The most immediate threat now is Dr. Grimm, though as always it is your call.

>>18434169
There are plenty of resources to salvage, so the creation engine is getting nice, full tanks. Your scientists completed the research on the Ebon Lance of Longinus a few hours ago, and your engineering team has completed the squad's worth of reality disruptor rifles, but then the bay blew up.

>>18434229
>your engineering team has completed the squad's worth of reality disruptor rifles
As I recall, the SCP Squad has been equipped with the Reality Disruptor Rifles.

>Ebon Lance of Longinus
Delicious research must have!

>>18434229

Let's see what the research into the Ebon Lance has yielded.

Also, we should probably be prepared to fight off a giant spider that can move as fast as greased lightning. Like that one from "Zombies Ate My Neighbors", but WH40k-ified.

>>18434169
>Now, as I recall, the plan was to use the giant flying drill-ship we have to bore straight to the bastard.
Set up a front company and get the company mining/drilling rights. That way nobody will be angry at us for doing this, besides grimm himself of course.

>>18434183
Even if he only remembers a little, the things he does manage to piece together from that would give him a clear advantage, I strongly vote to mindwipe anyone who worked with metacontaminants. The only exceptions to this i can think of are people we are taking with us.
Have we done enough damage to Robotnik? We don't want him getting too powerful from the devastation we've caused Metpharm and Wilycorp.
Did we make sure to get any backups Metpharn and Robotnik had?
We should probably also check what Light's managed to reverse engineer, and try to get copies of his designs and production equiptment.
We should also loot all the tech we can while we're here.

>>18434229
Ebon Lance of Longinus: This weapon is composed of an unknown substance fused with a material that appears to exist on several planes of reality simultaneously. The consequences of this is that it can both extend past and break most known forcefields, and is capable of hurting entities that, like it, dwell in several dimensions simultaneously. Other properties include an ability to change its mass and shape to fit any unit from infantry scale up to mecha scale. It seems to have a sort of will comparable to that of a weapons guidance AI, and appears to be nominally 'alive'. The makeup of this artifact seems to be markedly different than what our database suggests for "normal" Lances, however we have made several strides in replicating the item on a lesser scale.

Offensive Reality Emitters+ Ebon Lance of Longinus unlocks Transpace Lances for research.

>>18434264
>Even if he only remembers a little, the things he does manage to piece together from that would give him a clear advantage
Normally I'd agree, however the Canon is pretty much close to its end. I don't think Wily will be able to implement enough upgrades fast enough to fend off the inevitable. He'll be like Nazi Germany with their jets or Imperial Japan with their damn submarines.

MetPharm, we collapsed half of their building, so I think we did enough there.

Robotnik is dealing with a homicidal Sonic, so I think he's got enough problems, especially since we sabotaged Metal Sonic so he's not ready.

>>18434264
The Storm is detecting multiple explosions from all around RoboDyne HQ as a titanic struggle is waged within. Occasionally onlookers get brief flashes of a blue blur weaving in and out of the mammoth structure.

>>18434260
Ah, right. That was the part I was forgetting. Thank you.

Data; while Mouse is performing the hacker equivalent of chainsword-based-dismemberment to Wily's data on 40k-grade tech; could you please coordinate with ANON and get these permits and such up and running?

>>18434264
We should have done enough to Robotnik that Sonic can take it from here, and MetPharm only had the Stones. That's mystical goddess voodoo there, so I highly doubt they can replicate it at all.

We should be in the clear. Prep the ship for imminent drill action. Load some KI, SCP, UNIT, the Prawns, and X-COM vets and psychics onto said ship and be prepared to move out.

>>18434288
>Offensive Reality Emitters+ Ebon Lance of Longinus unlocks Transpace Lances for research.
>Finished Offensive Reality Emitters
>Finished Ebon Lance of Longinus
>Transpace Lance unlocked for research
Fuck Yeah!

>>18434312
We should bring along a big group of drones, HK-50, and Securitron. They can act as meatshields.

And don't forget BLU Team, since they can respawn.

Now, guys, we have 40% of our scientists now freed up: what project should we have them work on?
I'm voting for Federation EMH Mobile Emitter for Creation Engine Production.

Let's have ANON scan the City for a network node that we can tap into. We can then send down Mouse and the Sandmen, with HK-50 and a Securitron escort, to suborn the node and create our shell mining company by hacking into government databases.

>>18434312
>>18434301
We should keep an eye on Robotnik and light's facilities, so that if the teleport interdiction goes offline we can loot anything that isn't destroyed. (Computers, manufacturing facilities, ect).
We should limit our looting so that everything we might need for grimm goes to dealing with grimm, but if we have spare teleporter time or spare troops we should have them loot what they can.

>>18434307
Multiple explosions.. Go, you glorious blue blur.

>>18434288
>>18434315

*positively evil cackle* Oh, we're gonna have fun with this.

>>18434371
Yeah. Let's add these guys as well. My vote goes to Small Meta Ships because that (last i checked) will also give us Meta Transit Drive.

I'm seeing a total ratio (once the other projects finish up) being 75% on Meta Ships, and 25% on the Voiceless Spear. I wanna know what this baby does.

>>18434403
>75% on Meta Ships, and 25% on the Voiceless Spear.
40% just freed up, so we could put 25% on the Voiceless Spear right now.
The remaining 15% could go to Small Meta Ships. But there's Advanced Aglaophotis to consider, and the Transpace Lances.
And all of the upgrades for the Creation Engine Database, and adapting the Antaeus deflector shields to work on other vehicles and on power armor troops, as well.

What about the Nameless Blade? We've had that thing for a long time, and we still have no idea what its powers are.

How about 25% into the Voiceless Spear and 15% into the Nameless Blade?

Or even better yet: Don't our Abjurers know the spell Identify? Aren't these magic weapons? Why haven't we used Identify on them yet?

>>18434520
>Or even better yet: Don't our Abjurers know the spell Identify? Aren't these magic weapons? Why haven't we used Identify on them yet?
MetaOP, can our Abjurers do this? Cast Identify on the Nameless Blade and Voiceless Spear when they next memorize spells?

rolled 72 = 72

>>18434391
You are able to rally your forces and send them on the small mission with minimal effort...

However, one question must be asked. If you intend to drill down all the way to the core of the planet where Grimm is... how will the ship survive passing through the magma layer?

>>18434315
TGBEIN IS COMING CLOSER TO COMPLETION.

>>18434568
Yes they can.

>>18434573
Using its prow-mounted Absolute Zero Cannon to freeze the magma and produce stone tunnels as it goes?

My suggestion for research budget:

10%= Data's android pet project
15%=Voiceless Spear
20%=Small Meta Ships
25%=Nameless Blade
30%= Transpace Lances
__________
100

Well, there goes Reality Disruptor Cannons for a while. But we should get back to them after we do some pirating and looting.

Say OP, what happened to the S2 engine and blue crystal research?

>>18434601
I disagree. We can probably identify the Nameless Blade and the Voiceless Spear using Identify spells, without using scientists.

MetaOP, is there any advantage to having scientists research the weapons rather than just identifying them?

>>18434573
My plan instead, is to drill around enough to annoy Grimm so hard, he climbs up onto the planet surface instead.

If we fight Grimm underground, he has the advantage of terrain (cave, as in CAVE-INS, and he knows his lair well so he can maneuver easily) and hostages.

We could strike a deal with Koopa and the four Gauntlet heroes in case shit goes south.

>>18434288
Blue Crystal first.
Then let's get to work on combining Magical healing with Nanotech healing, to create devices that can reach further to restore people from death.

>>18434623
If we could identify them, that would be good. I'd like to appreciate the fruits of research on the other Antarctica loot.

>>18434585
That... That might work, actually, though the ship might take damage, and if it fails, ha ha, you're in trouble.

S-2 Engine is still in the queue. It's very close to completion.

>>18434623
Not these particular items, no.

>>18434679
Cheryl and the Eldar give Agrias the mother of all psychic backup to geomancy a tunnel straight through the magma layer?

>>18434601
You're forgetting the CORTICAL STACKS

>>18434713
And the Mapper, as well.

>>18434601
Possible research topics:
Creation Engine Mobile Emitters
(Incursion tech, EMHes are both based on these)
Incursion Tech
Blue Crystal
S2 Engine
Nameless Blade & Voiceless Spear (can't we just identify them?)
Small Meta Ships
Transpace Lances
Possibly combining Healing magic with Healing nanotech to create Healing Magitek.

I vote:
Finish up the S2 engine and Blue crystals.
Research Creation Engine mobile emitters.
We'll need Incursion tech, to disguise our stuff.
Don't bother with Small meta ships; they require components we don't have.
Just cast Identify on the Blade and Spear. If we can't do that now, we'll be getting a box-o-useful-items including a Nethack spellbook of Identify when we get back to base, and we can do it then.

>>18434699
We could have Agrias on the Mikasa with Cheryl, for backup Geomancy.
That way we have a drill, the absolute 0 cannon, and backup geomancy if anything goes wrong.
Of course, Teleport beacons on Cheryl, Agrias, and as much of the Mikasa's high-ranking crew as possible, to teleport them out if they're in trouble.
Come to think of it, we have Abjurers and Aurors.
Can they cast Flame-freezing charms or Protection from Fire on the Mikasa?
The White Mages might also cast Wall on the Mikasa.
Between that stuff, we SHOULD be able to get through the liquid hot magma.

>>18434720
Tell me about the Mapper. I don't know much about it.

>>18434735
Mapper - Star Trek tricorder with attached exographic targeting scanner. Allows for mapping of the surrounding area, with up-to-the-second updating on people, where they're facing, what equipment they carry, even their heart rate. May be possible to detect ghosts via a modulating sensor sweep. Output can be fed to any imaging device.

It basically lets you see through walls, identify targets, what weapons they carry, their current health, and auto-maps so that troops always know where they are and where to go.

I was wondering if Tosh can contact the goddesses about getting us a way to the core to fight Grimm.

>>18434766
Maybe they can provide us with a gateway portal from the surface to the planet core?

>>18434728

If possible, we might have our starships' fancy sensors try to see if there are any existing tunnels or other geo-anomalies that lead to the center of the Earth. Dr. Grimm didn't start out as that freaky thing, after all.

>>18434735
Mapper - Star Trek tricorder with attached exographic targeting scanner. Allows for mapping of the surrounding area, with up-to-the-second updating on people, where they're facing, what equipment they carry, even their heart rate. May be possible to detect ghosts via a modulating sensor sweep. Output can be fed to any imaging device.

Emergency Beam-Out Cortical Stack - An implantable device that combines Federation emergency beam-out circuitry, Soulcatcher imminent-death detection heuristics, and the Eclipse Phase cortical stack. Allows for a cortical stack to automatically be beamed back to the Oncoming Storm if death will result in the cortical stack becoming unrecoverable.

Economizers - Makes all spells cost 1 MP.
Ethers - Restore Mana.
Nethack Holy water - Blesses items, which typically makes them work better. It can also bless a larger quantity of water, for infinite holy water.
Nethack Book of Identify - allows you to fully identify even mundane objects.
Possibly also: Nethack Spellbooks of Detect Monsters, Detect Treasure, Detect Unseen (traps), and Magic Mapping.
Warsong Battle Drums - Increases the attack damage of nearby friendly units by 10% when worn.
Staff of Negation - Spammable AoE dispel. also hurts summons.
Alpha Centuri databases - http://sidmeiersalphacentauri.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_tree
Black Barrel - Enforces the concept of a limited lifespan on things. Very handy vs. SUEs and immortals.
Portable (cheap) emitters - for use in EMHes (medical holograms) and Incursion tech (vehicle camouflage).
Meta Communications array

ANON, have the Storm and the Indefatigable do deep geological scans of the planet. I want to know if there's any anomalous energy signatures matching spatial distortions, indicating portals to the core, or caverns and natural or artificial cave structures that lead towards the core.

>>18434645
The Voiceless Spear does as its name suggests. It steals the voice of the being it is currently fighting. This effect can be resisted, but it is difficult to do so. The Spear gains a temporary power boost whenever it steals a voice. When it steals enough voices in a given time span it can unleash a deadly wail that acts similar to the spell Wail of the Banshee, killing all foes that fail to resist its power around the wielder. The Spear is also a potent magical weapon, being incredibly durable and sharp.

The Nameless Blade also, is extremely sharp, durable, and can harm things most other weapons cannot. Its power seems to grow the more it is wielder by a single owner. On hit, it has a chance to reveal the enemy's true name, which may be useful depending on the foe. Upon killing a foe, it has a chance to steal some of their power, granting a temporary ability invoked by uttering the truename of the foe slain. This ability depends on the creature killed.

>>Warsong Battle Drums - Increases the attack damage of nearby friendly units by 10% when worn.
>>Alpha Centuri databases - http://sidmeiersalphacentauri.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_tree
>>Black Barrel - Enforces the concept of a limited lifespan on things. Very handy vs. SUEs and immortals.

10% is hard to gauge in this quest.

The AC databases? The wiki has no descriptions of the tech outside of the secret projects.

Black Barrel? One-of-a-kind in its home canon. Also central to the Notes canon.

>>18434841
ANON, also see if there's a teleport interdiction field protecting Grimm in his lair.
We need to rescue those hostages if we can.

>10% is hard to gauge in this quest.
It's about 0.1

>>18434788

I have a better idea.

Ask Lucca for advice. Heck, her AND Dr. Light. But isn't she someone who had to deal with Lavos, who just happened to be an alien parasite that drilled it's way deep beneath the earth to sleep and corrupt it...sorta like Grimm!

If there's anyone here who could help us get at Grimm, she would.

>>18434898
Good point.
So we have Geomancy
Ship scanners
Lucca's expertise
the Goddesses' hints
to find a way to get to the core.

Then, we have a Mikasa, Geomancy, Resist fire and Resist physical damage spells, and 0vercl0cking, to get to the core.

>>18434766
Want him to try?

>>18434573
Mouse manages to hack into the local governmental databases and manages to falsify permits and licenses for the "Concordance Extraction Corporation", including a mining ship license for the Mikasa as the "Ishimura", to create an experimental mining borehole. He seems quite pleased with himself.

>>18434841
There seems to be a sort of artificial tunnel leading from ruins on the surface to the core. The spatial distortion it's emitting indicates the tunnel/maze is only a mile deep, but somehow connects the crust to the core, accelerating distance traveled within.

>>18434898
Chrono team reached Lavos by means of a floating magitek castle that existed at all points in time.

We don't have one of those.

The goddesses should be willing to open a path. Din is fire, maybe she can pull back the magma for us?

Failing that, we can combine the water channel idea with Agrias' geomancy to maintain the passage. She won't be able to assist against Dr. Grimm if she's doing that, though.

Alternatively: Maybe Dr. Light can take command of Wily's leftover robots and have them reinforce the tunnel for us?

>>18434898
But she never developed anything to get to Lavos.
Yeah, she developed the Teleport Pods, but the one Timegate that remained open that led to Lavos only led to where he appears on the surface.

The only other way to get directly to the inner core of Lavos was to use the Epoch, sacrificing it.

>>18434928
He should try.
We might as well get as much support as we can.
Did Spike get COURAGE!?
Is Cheryl sufficiently POWER!?

>>The spatial distortion it's emitting indicates the tunnel/maze is only a mile deep,

>>distortion

Kill Grimm in the lair, that tunnel goes poof. Also we die in horrible magma baths.

>>18434928
>Want him to try?
May was well.
The tunnels will be our last resort, since they're likely to be trapped to fuck and back.

>>18434819
Also if we're listing our h4x-together-all-the-tech stuff, we should add something that combines a reconstruction unit from Schlock mercenary with raise from White Mages, to either restore more people to life per day, or reach further into the claws of death to recover people.

Presumably, we'd need to Research the combining of things, which puts our research list at:

Advanced Aglaophotis/Aglaophotis-B.
Beam out stacks (need Cortical Stacks)
Black Hole Rifle
Blue Crystal
Creation Engine Emitters (need Mobile Emitters)
EMHs (need Mobile Emitters)
Incursion Tech (need Mobile Emitters)
Mapper
Mobile Emitters
Psi-Shields
Resurrection Vats
S2 Engine
Small Meta Ships**
TGbein**
Transpace Lances
Update Creation Engine Database (TANK)
Update Creation Engine Database/Replicator Database (Beam Katana, Orange II)
Update Creation Engine Database (Viper Droid)
Update Creation Engine Database (Power Armor for ground troops)
Update Creation Engine Database (Black Hole Rifle) (Needs Black Hole Rifle research)
Update Creation Engine Database (Shields for Mechs and Starships)
VX Stabilization

**requires materials we don't have on hand.

>>18434960
That's only half of the list.
You're missing:
RED-2-GENERIC
Update Creation Engine Database (VF-25)
Update Creation Engine Database (Mad Cat)
Update Creation Engine Database (Von Luckner)
Update Creation Engine Database (Securitron Mk. II)
Update Creation Engine Database (Tomahawk)
Adapt deflector shields from the Creation Engine Database for use on other vehicles.
Adapt deflector shields from the Creation Engine Database for use on Power Armor.
Upgraded Deflector Shields.
Update Creation Engine Database (Reality Disruptor Tank HWP)
Update Creation Engine Database (All X-COM weapons and equipment from X-COM, TFTD, Apocalypse)
Update Creation Engine Database (All Power Armor used by Troops)
Update Creation Engine Database (Baneblade)
Synthetic Elerium-115
Advanced Space Suit (armored space suit, base the design on Advanced Unitologist RIG Suit and Military RIG Suit from Dead Space Canon).
Update Creation Engine Database (RVF-25/RVF-25-TG)
Think-of-Home/Dorothy System/Ruby Slippers Device (extract Home Canon coordinates from Canon Native)
Update Creation Engine Database (Vic Viper-class fighter)
Update Creation Engine Database (Gotengo-class warship)
Update Creation Engine Database (Moonlight SY-3)
Update Creation Engine Database (Multiple Use Labor Element (M.U.L.E.))
Update Creation Engine Database (Solvalou-class fighter)
Transpace Lance of Longinus

How can you miss this much?

>>18434928
Tosh, go ahead and try to contact the goddesses.
And what's this, CEC and the Ishimura? Dead Space? Look out for necromorphs, guys. You gotta cut them up to kill em. Not just decapitation, but de-arm and de-leg em.

>>18434985
Also the SUE-Cure, can't forget that.

>>18434960
As we've already gone partway to the S2 engine and Blue crystal, we should get those done.

People have interest in:
Creation Engine updating
Mapper
Mobile Emitters (Incursion Tech and EMHes both require these)
Transpace Lances
Small Meta Ships

I don't know which of these is more valuable to us.

>>18435002
We gave that up when we left the SUE back at base, I think.

>>18434928
OP
Goddesses
Lucca
gogo.

rolled 13 = 13

>>18434998
It's Mouse being a troll. Sheesh.
Tosh reaches out with his mind.

>>18434985
Update Creation Engine Database (Moonlight SY-3) You never found the SY-3, I just said it was a possibility.

Just as a small suggestion, I think we should leave 10% to constantly work on Database research.

So. . .
10% Securitron MK. II to replace any we destroy
30% generic RED 2

>>18435002
You were letting the base research that.

>>18435039
"Farore sez she likes Spike's guts in fighting da gurl in da armor. Nayru sez she likes Elaine's Wisdom in trying to remove da madness from her. Din sez Cheryl still has to prove herself. Dey sey we already have what we need."

>>18435039
>You never found the SY-3, I just said it was a possibility.
But you said that it was an available research project.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17937512#17938071

>>18435039
Nevermind you did find the SY-3, I was thinking of the Super X-2.

>>18435065
What, Cheryl's overclocking the ressers to get people alive at Metpharm doesn't count?

Fine. Psychically boost the Abjurers' and Aurors' anti-fire spells, the White mages' wall and protect spells, as they cast buffs on the Mikasa.
Then boost Agrias' geomancy and the Farseers' guidance as they attempt to bore a hole through the planet.
That should be Power.

>>18434898
Lucca is very busy setting up the new lab. She blows an errant strange of hair out of her goggles and then responds. "Well... if I wasn't so busy I could try to invent some sort of freeze ray or frictionless tunneler... or maybe a deep penetrating teleporter! Yeah, you could just calibrate the quantum entanglers to-"

"Lucca!" someone shouts in the back. She winces.

"Working!" she calls back, picking up another box and stacking it with some others. "Uh. Anything else?"

Could we have a couple Securitrons, or even some of our non-combat troops help her set up? If she gets set up quickly enough, she might have time to figure something out.

First we need to figure out what interdiction fields are in place in Grimm's lair. He's got hostages, and knowing his knowledge of Guard operational procedure, they're likely to be Canon Protagonists that we need to rescue.

Have ANON and the Oncoming Storm scan the core for any kind of interference or interdiction field.

MetaOP, can the Indefatigable use its transporters in conjunction with its transphase cloak?

Also, ask Data if there's any way to tighten the transporter's Annular Confinement Beam by synchronizing multiple sensor arrays to feed coordinate locks into the targeting scanners, then distributing the molecular imaging scanner's processing load across multiple computer systems? Perhaps enhance the Annular Confinement Beam by setting up extra sets of energizing coals in a parallel circuit?

>>18435148
I think it's more of a personal display of Power that's required here.

Spike showed Courage physically and personally. Elaine dispensed her own brand of Wisdom personally. Cheryl's gotta take a personal part in this; I think Din's saying.

She may very well be needed to battle against Grimm's mind fuckery. A battle of souls and Power. Din wants her to pit her "Inextinguishable Light" against the Darkness at the heart of the world. She wants, gentlemen, to prove that Cheryl's Fire can drive back the Shadow seeking to crush this world.

I think, gentlemen, that Cheryl's going to have to go on the offensive. It's time Grimm understands what it means to know true darkness and fail to yield to it. She has faced the horrors of Silent Hill; Grimm's little grimdark sandbox is nothing to her.

Have her distract him. Have her battle him. Have her reach into the depths of his fetid soul and cram it so full of Light and Hope that the fucker dies screaming. She is the tip of the spear aimed at his black heart. It's time to thrust the spear, gentlemen.

>>18435192
Well we HAVE a freeze ray. Not sure if we should tell Lucca about it, though - might cause canon contaminations, might help us.
Securitrons or off-duty troops might as well help set up the lab. No canon distortions from that.

>>18435239
Ah. So you want Cheryl to mentally attack Grimm as a personal show of power?
We might as well do that now, BEFORE we start tunneling.

>>18435238
SERIAL circuit, not parallel.

>>18435239
Alright. Do we have Cheryl stay on the Storm, or have her on the Mikasa?
Also, we should have the Hercules make some Scarabs equipped with Nano-Repair Modules and have them stationed on the Mikasa, so that they can repair the ship if necessary.

>>18435238
There is indeed a teleportation interdiction field around the core.

Data frowns. "Perhaps, but it is risky."

>>18435239
+1 Bulb.

>>18435302
>>18435251
Cheryl starts attacking right before the Mikasa rounds the Moon/is teleported into a good position to start drilling (however we wanna work this). Her mission is to draw everything she's got and hit him with everything she's got. Full assault.

Everyone in the psi-matrix that isn't going with the Mikasa focuses in and become part of Cheryl's shield. Grimm's gonna hit back *hard*, and they're gonna need to be ready for it. Farseers can help also by focusing what they can of their Doom ability towards Grimm.

Everyone else stands by just in case Grimm can trigger something nasty for us where we're at. He's going to realize the moment Cheryl starts up that it's the endgame scenario coming for him; and he's gonna fight tooth and nail.

>>18435345
This is correct.
When that's done, the Goddesses should grant us their blessing, and we gogo.
I hope to fuck that Mikasa's got buffs on it, and that we're ready with Geomancy.

>>18435319
what's our bulb situation,anyway?

>>18435345
Well, are we taking the Psions and the X-COM Psi-Veterans with the Mikasa, or having them stay with Cheryl to be part of her matrix?

I think they should stay behind, and we send in the SCP, UNIT, and KI troops, and have Securitrons and Soulchipped vehicles to make up the slack.
We should probably send in Darius, Agrias (if she's up for it), Elaine and Lyla, Spike, Star-Lord, perhaps even Data.

And don't forget BLU Team.

>>18435409
I think we should leave Spike. I don't think his "How Many Pints of Blood Do You Have" has recharged yet, and there's no sense in risking him when we have so many other choices.

Also, yeah; you bring up a good point. Everyone in the Psi-Matrix should stay and help shield Cheryl.

Maybe field some of the TG Soldiers in their place? They need more experience.

>>18435409
I think we should leave the Psions and Psychics behind with Cheryl. We'll also leave Doug with her so she has someone should Grimm try to confuse her with some sort of trick.

>>18435409
In addition, Finalon with the Nameless Blade may be useful in this fight, if he can get a strike in against Grimm to learn his True Name.

We have Alicia, Lavian, and Mustadio to bring along with Agrias for support.

>>18435432
You have a point about Spike. And Tosh, as well as Char, will be staying behind, then.

I think we should also bring Data along, as his android body may allow him to continue functioning even if the others are incapacitated.

I don't know about Egon, since he's more of a support Hero, rather than front-line fighter. Though his proton pack might be interesting again Grimm.

Maybe bring Gondegal along?

And yeah, the TG Soldiers to replace the X-COM Veterans. We should get another squad of TG Recruits.

>>18435434
Yes, I agree that we should have Douglas stay with Cheryl.

Also, now that we know what the Ebon Lance of Longinus can do, we need to have one of the Silencers be equipped with it. We're likely going to need to bring it along.

Also, MetaOP, how are the Aurors doing? They're almost down to 50% strength, and they're going to be hard to refill.

We're discussing who to bring?
Bring 50 Baneblades and all the VF-25s.
Problem solved.
We're likely going to need HEAVY fire support for grimm.
As soon as the hole to him is opened, have the Storm fire all its orbital weaponry down there. Burn him out, and he's dead.

Egon shouldn't risk himself in this fight. See if we can make another Omega Trap, or a larger ghost trap for Grimm.

>>18435502
Or, we could not because it isn't very likely that there's going to be room for them. Our scrying showed a small room with a big black blob in the middle, not a highway and open airspace.

>>18435479
You've been pushing the Aurors pretty hard. They can probably manage another fight, but you'll need to give them some downtime after for a while.

>>18435502
And the hostages? Or the fact that the Mikasa is still going to be in the damn hole, because where else is it going to go?
And how are the Baneblades going to either fit on the Mikasa (they can't) or otherwise go down a giant pit?

So your plan is bad, and we're not going to do it.

>>18435502
..Uhm.. We're not sure the MIKASA is gonna make it in one piece; and you're talking about sending so much of our heavy assault vehicles and our only squadron of Valkyries down into the EARTH where they CAN'T FLY? NO SIR. NO FUCKING SIR.

As for orbital fire, that would require we totally break stealth. This would be a last-ditch thing to do... Though I am not opposed to having the Inde ready to drop a few torpedoes down the hole once we're done to get rid of the evidence.

Now that we're going down into the center, we should probably try to think about what we'll be facing off against.

One thing for certain is the giant spider from Zombies Ate My Neighbors, as the visions from the Goddesses at the very start of this mission showed. If Grimm continues within that vein, then the hostages that are being held may be cheerleaders or such, although he may also be holding key lore figures that can counteract the more grimdark/dystopian aspects of his influence.

Here's a video of the spider bossfight in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLJXeiehLHE

So we can probably expect a tough fight (duh). Spiderwebs going everywhere slowing people down, small spiders spawning throughout the fight, and the spider itself going apeshit crazy all over the screen. We should also probably expect to see other obnoxious enemy types from that game.

>>18435572
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/07/08/buy-it-and-try-it-electronic-pest-repeller/
Could we have Lucca or someone create a device that drives away spiders. I think it could make this battle quite a bit easier if it works.

Let's get the troop list up, so we can see what we have.

>>18435572
The Mobile Infantry with their heavy flamers would be useful.
Also HK-50 can be equipped with a flamethrower.
We could spam Securitrons into the room while the hostages are rescued.

The SCP Troopers may want to try their Reality Disruptor Rifles on Grimm, while the UNIT squad uses their energy weapons.

Now, while all of this is good, can anyone think of a way that we might be able to draw Grimm to the surface, rather than fighting him in his own lair?

>>18435640
http://pastebin.com/HGsJUZZb

This is the current troop list, including most recent casualties.

Note that the Aurors are pretty tired, almost fatigued. They have maybe one more fight left in them.

Note from the IRC channel:
The Pandora's Box can't be replicated, so no real need to save it for research.

MetaOP, have the mana batteries for the White Mages, and Lyla and Elaine, been recharged?
If we're sending this many people down, we're going to want ReRaise cast on all of them.
We can't afford losses with the imminent shutdown of Requisitions.

>>18435689
No they have not been recharged, it's still the same day as the MetPharm assault.

>>18435715
Do the techno wizards have the juice to recharge them? We haven't been using them for anything besides crafting.

>>18435715
Okay, can the Techno-Wizards recharge them?
We're not using them for combat, just crafting.

>>18435715
Well, we could just WAIT a day, couldn't we?
That'll recharge all our stuff.

requesting a sitrep on our bulb situation.

Have our analysts had any luck on the Farseers' scrying of Grimm's lair? We really need to know what the deal is with those hostages.

rolled 90 = 90

>>18435747
4 bulbs.

The TechnoWizards can take a day off crafting and recharge the batteries for the White Mages. Your Abjurers are still going to be almost dry on spells, though.

The Farseers attempt to scry...

>>18435744
That's giving Grimm a day to roll back our gains. Better we press the advantage now.

What fresh forces do we have available?

All hands: prepare for a high attrition-battle. pose as a team, because shit is about to get real. It is going to be on like Donkey Kong.

>>18435744
We could, but remember that Requisitions is going into lockdown at the end of the week. We are on a very tight and final deadline.

>>18435764
>The TechnoWizards can take a day off crafting and recharge the batteries for the White Mages.
Tell them to put the armor upgrades on the backburner, and recharge the mana batteries.
We need to stay on the offensive and finish Grimm now.

>>18435764
"They are not hostages..." one of the Farseers says as she closes her eyes. "...they are his food. Garnish on the feast of agony he seeks to create. He knows we are coming for him, soon. But... there is another that seeks his demise. Another wanderer of worlds... this is not the first time he has traversed the underworld. He makes his way past the gauntlet and towards the core as we speak."

>Neo-Gotengo-class Battleship 'Mikasa'
That's going.
>Antaeus-class Adaptive Cruiser 'Hercules'
That'll make us some Tanks for the assault.
>Gunstar
Flying down a narrow corridor into the enemy lair? Yes, that's Gunstar territory.
>4x M270 MLRS
Or, rather, just their guided rockets. the MLRSes themselves can stay in orbit and shoot rockets down the hole.

>UNIT Squad (12/12)
>SCP Trooper Squad (12/12)
>2x Reasonable Marine Tactical Squad (20/20-4/4)(20/20-4/4)
These haven't been used so they should be fresh for the attack.
>Mobile Infantry Squad (3/3, Starship Troopers Novel Canon)
Always gotta bring the big guns for the final bossfight.
>X-COM Squad (12/12)
Blaster Bombs are always effective, and if you're fighting down a tunnel, bring flying suits.
>Zombie Hunter Squad (15/15)
If the final boss is a Zombie, then of course, bring the zombie hunters.
>Prawn Combat Suit (4/4)
Never know when TK might come in handy.
>2x White Mage Squad (3/6)(6/6)
Bring the 6/6 Squad.
>Psion Squad (6/6)
Stays with Cheryl
>Abjurer Squad (5/6)
Stays on the ship, they're out of spells really.
>Securitron Army (983/1000)
50 or so of these should help.
>2x Drone Squad (14/16)(16/16)
Bring the 16/16 squad.
>TG Soldier Squad (12/12)
They need experience anyway.

>more

>>18435796
Farseers! Lock on to this new signature and give us a scrying. We need to know who this is, and if we can coordinate our attack to coincide with theirs.

>>18435807
>Crowe Broust (SRW Canon native)
Very no. He stays and gets repairs. Don't want Grimm escaping into the meta.
>Cheryl Mason
Attacks Grimm with her mind mental laz0rs from orbit.
>Douglas Cartland
Threat and/or Fear? Yes, bring Okku.
>Egon Spengler
If we can get him some Armor, it'd be very handy having him and his ghost packs at the fight.
>Gabriel Tosh
Helps and guards Cheryl.
>Spike Spiegel
Has done enough. Let him rest.
>Star-Lord
Always gotta bring the troop commander.
>VP-99
No, not useful here.
>Elaine
Yes, bring the Mech healer.
>Lyla
Yes, bring the Smites Eviller.
>Darius Fortes
Yes, bring the one who guards his friends.
>Finalon
Might as well.
>BLU Team
They respawn, so yes, bring them.
>Gondegal
Has done enough, let him rest.
>Agrias Oaks and her squires
Very yes. We need the Geomancy.

Make no mistake, this is Final Bossfight.

rolled 91 = 91

>>18435816
The Farseers focus...

>>18435807
>>18435845
Alright, besides the fact that we already discussed some of these choices before, let's go through them again.

The Hercules needs to be making Scarabs with Nano-Repair Modules.

Gunstar: Not atmosphere-combat capable, fighting withing a gravity well, or manuevering within the room that is Grimm's lair.

X-COM Psi-Veterans are part of Cheryl's psi matrix and were agreed would stay behind.

Douglas was also agreed to stay with Cheryl.

Egon is not going to be useful at the fight without a few others with proton packs at least.

Also, the idea that MLRS can fire missiles from orbit is laughably ignorant.

That brings our attack team to:
Mikasa
Hercules-produced scarabs

Securitrons (83)
Drones (16)
TG Soldiers (12)
Zombie hunters (15)
BLU team (9)
the UNIT Squad (12)
the SCP Squad (12)
White Mages (6)
the X-commies that aren't psionic (6)
Psionic ones stay in orbit
the Reasonable Marines (48)
+ Lance of Longinus
the Prawns (4)
the Mobile Infantry (3)

Douglas + Okku
Star-Lord
Elaine
Lyla
Darius
Finalon
Agrias, Alicia, Lavian

>>18435920
"We" didn't agree to leave Douglas in orbit. You did. I think having Okku down in the fight would be a great choice, especially as Okku is superpowered whenever people are afraid.

Cheryl does her usual Fights Grimm's Mental Mind, Inextinguisiable Light vs. Grim darkness.
The D&D Psions, X-com Psionics, Farseers, and Tosh help her focus.

Plan is, basically, Cheryl uses mind beamz to occupy Grimm while the Mikasa drills its way in.
We hop out, start the fight, and hopefully rescue as many people as possible.

>>18435948
While Douglas may be useful on the ground, Grimm may decide to attack Cheryl directly on the ship. If he does manifest something, we'll need more than Tosh to kill it.

>>18435948
The Zombie Hunters have very little to no armor, and you're sending them into a stand-up slugging match with a boss?
That's just all kinds of stupid.

>>18435894
The Farseers produce a shimmering image of a man in silvery chain half-obscured by a tattered cloak, slowly making his way through a monster-infested series of corridors. On his chest is a great golden ankh.

>>18435948
Douglas should stay with Cheryl in case Grimm decides to go and attack Cheryl while we're trying to get to him.
He still has influence with the corps, and though Wily and Robotnik might be occupied, Mother Brain's main forces are still safe on Zebes.
He could still get them to the Storm, or send monsters directly.

>>18436013
I kicked his ass in Dungeon Keeper. He's not so tough.

>>18436013
What's his expected rate of travel, and estimated time before reaching Grimm?
Can we make our appearance coincide with his breaching of Grimm's lair?

>>18436097
"We think you have a few hours," the farseer says. "Maybe a little more."

Alternative Strike Force:
Mikasa

3 Scarabs (Soulchip, Nano-Repair Module)
2 Behemoths (Soulchip, 2x Deflector Shields, 1 Ablative Armor, 1 Ammunition Recharge unit) 1 with dual Firestorm Flamethrowers and 1 with dual Scalpel machine guns.

50 Securitrons

Mobile Infantry Squad
UNIT Squad
SCP Squad
Both KI squads, 1 KI equipped with the Voiceless Spear, 1 Silencer equipped with the Ebon Lance of Longinus
Prawn Combat Suit
1 White Mage Squad (mana batteries fully charged)
TG Soldier Squad
1 full Drone Squad with HK-50

Heroes:
Lyla and Elaine (mana batteries fully charged)
Darius
Finalon
Star-Lord
Agrias, Alicia, Lavian, Mustadio
BLU Team
Data

Cheryl to be on the Storm with her Psi Matrix (Char, Tosh, all Psions, all X-COM psi-vets, Farseers) to attack Grimm psychically. Douglas to be near her to protect her in case of Grimm attacking Cheryl.

All ships in the Task Force, ready to rally to the Storm's aid in case Mother Brain launches Space Pirate forces, Pellaeon commanding.

Agrias to help keep the Mikasa safe as it drills with her Geomancy powers, the Scarabs doing repairs.

White Mages to cast ReRaise, Haste, and Wall on all troops and Heroes before battle (except Securitrons and droids; we can repair them later)

>>18436249
I like this list. If it'll help against Grimm, we should also equip as many people with the Bio-stabilizer masks as possible.

>>18436249
This one looks better.

>>18436249
I like that.

That'll give us a lot of power.
Get the Bio-stabiliser masks on everyone - we have masks for 6 squads, right?
The White Mages, Prawns, MI, UNITs, SCPs, and Heroes should get them.
KIs have experience fighting grim horrifying shit and should be fine.
TG soldiers need more experience.

>>18436128
Okay op. We have a list we agree on.
DON'T GO TO SLEEP OR MAKE UP BULLSHIT EXCUSES TO LEAVE. BE OP. GOGO.

>>18436324
>we should also equip as many people with the Bio-stabilizer masks as possible.
Since we had enough to equip 12 squads, I always assumed that we had everyone equipped with them as standard equipment.

I will make that notation in the Inventory.

>>18436249
+1 to this plan.

Everyone goes in with ready weapons. Lethal force, folks.

What's our plan to lure Grimm to the surface?

>>18436382
No feasible plan has been found.
According to the description of Grimm and his lair, it's possible he CAN'T leave his new abode.

>>18436249
MetaOP!
Additional details!
Our trip down will be timed to coincide with the Avatar's arrival at Grimm's lair.

To deal with the magma we will hit, we will use the Mikasa's Absolute Zero Cannon to freeze the magma, and Agrias will manipulate the lava and stone to keep the tunnel stable.
Data will calculate the optimum positioning of supports.

rolled 47 = 47

>>18436424
Ha ha ha NOW you're working as a team!!!

>>18436424
>>18436487
And, of course, Cheryl will use her MIND MENTAL MENTALITY on grimm to occupy him, with Cheryl being boosted by our psions.

A roll of 47? That's average, and it's good enough.

>>18436525
I don't think that just "average" is going to cut it now.

rolled 95 = 95

>>18436424
You load your forces onto the Mikasa, Mouse finishing up the last of the covert preparations in selecting a space of land no one would care about if you tried to drill a gigantic hole into it. On a barren wasteland far outside the City's limits, the drillship slams into the crust of the planet like a giant bullet, the drill on the front chewing apart the rocks and dirt. Agrias sits in the center of the ship's bridge in the lotus position, marshaling her powers for the strain to come.

On the bridge of the Storm, Cheryl stands, her hands balled into fists at her side, her face tight.

Mouse intercepts a few concerned queries about the legitimacy of the drilling operation and patches the call through to a semi dazed Spike, who still manages to bullshit them enough that nothing comes of it.

On the surface, RoboDyne HQ explodes in a gout of flame, a giant egg-shaped machine emerging from the ruins as a blue blur zooms around it. The titan of speed battles with the titan of metal as the MetPharm HQ goes up in flame as well, the X-COM NOVA squad flying from the uppermost floors into a waiting transport.

And Resistance troops flood into the WilyCorp building, promising its fate will be no better...

>>18436354
All but TWO TG soldiers. Those two TG soldiers, we're cultivating as psychic mech pilots.

And how are we going to drag Grimm to the surface, by the way?

>>18436636
Excellent. Hopefully with most of his food supply gone, Grimm will be weakened.

And that roll. Fuck yeah.

rolled 41, 25, 38, 83, 85, 13, 41, 75 = 401

>>18436636
Aww yeah.
Quick, send in the x-com rookies to soak up the next 8 rolls, 5 of 'em are shit

>>18436636
Oh, crap, we were trying to keep an eye out for Dr. Cossack and his little girl!

Mouse, get on that! Try to track Cossack through the building via his security ID. Try to get in touch with him, offer him employment, and most especially, safe sanctuary for his daughter.

>>18436674
Relax. Cossack will surrender, and the resistance doesn't kill surrendered people. They wouldn't be "the resistance" otherwise, they'd just be another group of conquerors.

>>18436668
Right. Now don't touch the 9th or the 10th. Those rolls are good. Go for it, Metaop!

>>18436690
Names are just that, names.
Someone go secure Dr. Cossack and his daughter.

>>18436711
Douglas and Spike are free. We can send them.
VP-99 and VP-98, too.

>>18436711
I agree, we need to secure Cossack and Kalinka. This reality is awesome, but here too many Grimdark Accidents can happen. Better to be safe.

>>18436711
We need to find them first, and for that we need Mouse to slice through the WilyCorp datanet.
Once they've been located, we can use the Indefatigable, VP-98 and VP-99, the Sandmen and a dozen Securitrons as heavy escorts.

>>18436732
Douglas stays on board the Storm for Cheryl's sake.

Send our remaining Shadowrunner team. Extraction mission, possible hot LZ.

In, get him safely out, and gone.

rolled 46 = 46

>>18436636
Minute after minute passes as the Mikasa continues to drill through mile after mile of rock before finally Agrias opens her eyes.

"It is time," she states, standing and outstretching her hands. Manning a computer console behind her, Data begins readying the program he prepared for just this occasion.

The Mikasa bursts through into the magma layer as the liquid rock is pushed away from the ship by Agrias' magic, giving it just enough space to fire the Absolute Zero Cannon. As the cannon fires continuously, causing the magma in front of it to harden to rock, Agrias shapes and molds the tunnel created, Data calling out advice and information as fast as he can allow as the three work in unison to keep a layer of protective stone around the ship at all times as it bites deep into the earth.

Something odd happens... but it is to the crew's benefit. Such continual firing of the cannon SHOULD be putting a huge strain on the Mikasa's reactor, but the power output doesn't seem to be dropping at all. It seems to actually be operating beyond its normal specifications. Something is clearly feeding it power, but who, what, and how all remain unanswered.

ANON announces in its computer generated voice, "One hour to core breach."

>>18436748
Okay, yeah, the Shadowrun team may be good. I suggest bringing along VP-98 and 99, because their special abilities could prove crucial.

rolled 100 = 100

>>18436748
Your Shadowrunners accept the mission, the job almost exactly what they are used to, for once.

>>18436755
Everyone, rest up. This is gonna get ugly before it gets better.
Cheryl, use your MIND MENTALS to attack Grimm.
Oh, and OP? You know how we have the option of using two rolls for Cheryl's MIND MENTAL attack, and taking the better of the two?

Do that.

>>18436741
Exactly.

>>18436745
This, but I propose we try to teleport them both out to a secure location. We may need to find a way to communicate with them first, so to not get them here all completely bewildered.

>>18436764
>100
>safely extract Dr. Cossack and Kalinka
Fuck Yes!

>>18436764
You safely extracted: Dr. Cossack
You safely extracted: Kalina
You safely extracted: Heat Man

>>18436787
Closer to
You have looted: Dr. Cossack
You have looted: Kalina
You have looted: Zero
You have looted: Wily's main servers
You have looted: Wily's liquor cabinet
You have looted: Wily, himself

>>18436801
Leave no stone unturned
Leave no one where they were
Loot the planet!
Oh wait, wrong TG subsection.

rolled 25 = 25

Rolling Search to see where the fuck MetaOP went.

>>18436885
Search successful.
He is in IRC saying that a 100 takes a while to write.

>>18436896
But it's been a While already.
How many whiles does it take?

>>18436764
Your Shadowrunner team is beamed down into the WilyCorp HQ, its teleport interdictors long since destroyed by the efforts of both Transpace Guard and Resistance. They swiftly begin to move through the maze-like corridors of the massive corporate HQ, dodging defense robots and bypassing security measure after security measure. Finally, they find Dr. Cossack in his office, flanked by two menacing looking humanoid robots.

"There you are. I've been expecting you," Dr. Cossack tells your team, standing up. "One of WilyCorp's greatest treasures has never been its wealth or power, but the sheer amount of brilliant minds it held in its sway. It only stands to reason in the chaos of its downfall, other, lesser companies and organizations would jump at the chance to... 'recruit' our top scientists. I have no great love for this company. If you meet my conditions, I will work for you."

Your Shadowrun team immediately enters negotiations on your behalf, bartering a generous wage along with the promise of safety for himself and his daughter for his expertise. Eventually an agreement is reached...

>>18436956
Dr. Cossack nods.

"We have a deal. Kalinka?"

A young girl steps out from one of the side walls, evidently hidden by a hologram this whole time. Dr. Cossack nods to her and picks up a briefcase.

"As a gesture of goodwill, I have as many of WilyCorp's schematics and research data loaded into this briefcase as I could fit. It's yours if we make it out of here. Not that I expect that to be a problem. I took the liberty of activating my override commands on two of the robot masters I built for Dr. Wily," Dr. Cossack states, turning to the robots flanking him. "Skull Man, defend Kalinka. Pharaoh Man, defend me. We are leaving." The good doctor turns to your team. "Now let's get out of here before they burn the building down around us."


>Recruited Dr. Cossack.
>Recruited Skull Man
>Recruited Pharaoh Man
>Looted WilyCorp DataCore.
>Lad's Got Talent! You may promote a hero from the Shadowrunner team.

>>18436994
While they're there, could we have him log in so we can have mouse hack the network?

>>18436994
I'm giddy at the idea of what could Dr. Cossack do with meta level resources.

>>18436994
>>18437012
Should we see if we can recruit any other Wily scientists and personnel before the Resistance brings the entire building down?

>>18436994
Hm. We should probably promote the Party Face as a diplomacy-type hero.
After all, this was a Diplomacy operation that he/she critted on.

>>18436994
>>18437012

Seconding. Ask him for access codes for WilyCorp so we can expedite cleaning Wily's database of all meta-contaminant technologies.

>>18436994
>Lad's Got Talent! You may promote a hero from the Shadowrunner team.
Oh, who should we promote?

We've got a lot of our bases already covered, in terms of Combat Specialists, Faces, Mages, Investigators, Covert Ops.

Maybe promote the Drone Rigger? Considering how useful our robot forces have been proving.
Or maybe another Mage Hero?

>>18437033
This.

>>18437023
This as well. Maybe Dr. Cossack knows other scientists willing to defect, and their locations. We will need to be quick, have teleport support ready.

I suggest Hero-ing the shaman or mage among the Shadowrunners.

We've already got Spike, Douglas, and Star-Lord as Faces.
I think we should promote a Mage. We could use more magic support, especially with how much we've been leaning on the Aurors.

rolled 56 = 56

>>18436755
All of the psychics reel back suddenly aboard the Oncoming Storm as one of the Farseers speaks up.

"Just now... an immense psychic call from the core..." she says. "Grimm is up to something."

A hissing, hateful voice burns into your minds. "I went to all the trouble of preparing a delightful welcome mat for you... I rolled out the red carpet and everything, crafted ingenious traps, placed the most glittering of treasures, guarded them with the most terrible monsters... everything you like! And you just... just... IGNORE all of that with your stupid... DRILL ship! Such a slap to the face! How rude to your host! You were supposed to descend into my dungeon, descend into my lair, descend into madness! There were to be blooms of red and white, blood and bone, seas of violence and breezes of despair... No! You're ruining EVERYTHING!" the voice groans and roars in alternating vocalizations for a while before speaking again. "I think... I think I'll leave ONE of you alive... yes. So you can go back to Holtz. And tell him what a fool he truly is. Just before your brain bursts."

The Mikasa continues to bore towards the core.

"Thirty minutes to core breach," ANON announces.

Alright, so it seems that right now, we're agreed on trying to recruit more WilyCorp personnel by asking Cossack if he knows of other scientists that want to jump ship, and beaming out personnel that would normally have died.

>>18437085
>>18437040
Mage or drone rigger, then. Just which one?

>>18437094
Roll a 2nd dice, take the best of 2, for the Cheryl counterattack.
>>18437120
Drone rigger, of course.

>>18437094
"Grimm, you fat, ugly, stupid, retarded fuck!
"Who the fuck do you think we are?!
"We're the motherfucking Transpace Guard! We live outside the Canons! We're fucking genre-savvy!
"Is this how far you've fallen? Is this how retarded you've become? That you can't even see the genre-blinders on your face anymore?"

>>18437094
HA, he became so attached to this canon, he forgot how to meta.
Time to strike while he is angry and unfocused.

>>18437094
"What? You thought we were stupid? We saw that trap from five canons away. We're coming for you, Grimm. And you know what? You brought this on yourself."

Steady as she goes, folks. Cheryl and Psi-Matrix, steady as she goes... Shadowrunners, excellent job! Agrias, Data, Mikasa; you guys are doing fine.

This is no time to get cocky. Good and steady, folks!

I'd like to grab everyone we can from wilycorp, metpharm and robotnik's corp, every scientist we grab is useful and anyone we grab that isnt a scientist we can send to sector hq for training.
Requisitions got nuked, so we have to chip in to help fill the gap left by them.
I think that it might be a good idea to have sector hq set up a looting depot here or something, there is lots of other fancy tech made by other groups here that might help the guard.

>>18437094

Grimm is that DM. Choo-choo!

But on a more serious note, we should have the psychics aboard the Oncoming Storm prep their defenses and attack plans and whatnot.

>>18437120
I say Mage. Most of our robots have onboard AI's that don't require rigging.
We can always use more magic support, especially one that can be part of a strike team.

rolled 93, 13 = 106

>>18437136
"Genres?! Canons?! You call me... Ohohoho... If you only knew what I knew, boy... But perhaps you will soon enough," Grimm murmurs. "Too overconfident, yes. Thought I knew you. Thought the smell of loot would entice you. But it's fine... You're going to-"

Grimm is cut off as Cheryl's eyes fly open, golden light pouring from them as she lets loose an almost primal scream.

>>18437105
>56
You manage to save 56 WilyCorp employees by beaming out whoever you can. Of those 56, 15 are research staff. They are of mixed opinions on whether they want to work for you or not.

>>18437178
First, tell them "Look, the WilyCorp HQ is currently going down in flames. Why don't you take a seat, relax, and think it over."
Then we wait for Spike to be back on his feet, and we have him and maybe Douglas talk to the employees, see who they can recruit.

>>18437164
>Grimm is that DM.
>>18437178
> If you only knew what I knew
I think we are onto SOMETHING!

>>18437178
Well, they can stay here, having a safe job with a steady fare or be dropped back into the city.
You know, we should let their direct families in, if only to convince them to join us.

rolled 77 = 77

>>18437178
Grimm doesn't even manage to get words out, he just lets out a pained howl before his mental presence vanishes from the ship. Cheryl slumps into a chair after she empties her lungs, her eyes open and her body twitching as she apparently begins an invisible war against Grimm.

"Sir, we're picking up massive fluctuations of energy at the planetcore!" one of the comm/scan operators calls out. "It's... resonating strangely with the rest of the planet! New reality distortions seem to be forming only to disappear seconds later!"

"Core breach imminent!" ANON warns. "Core breach imminent!"

The grooved drill-prow of the Mikasa strikes a hardened shell of ultradense metal around the planetcore, but its reactors flare and it powers through the defense, erupting into Grimm's lair in a hail of rocks and shrapnel. The massive bloated form of Grimm begins to ponderously turn in its direction as the Absolute Zero Cannon charges...

>>18437178
Douglas, Spike, and the Shadowrunner faces talk to the scientists, try to convince them.
Anyone not a scientist should see if they can help out in the engineering labs.
And if they're paper pushers, then ... well, give 'em to Holtz at HQ.

Their HQ is burning so they're out of a job.
We offer pay, we offer safety, we offer work.
Join the Guard.
And if they don't, then we just Obliviate them and repeat the process until they agree to work for us.

Hopefully we'll have a boost to our researching after this is complete.
We're finishing up the S2 organ and that Blue crystal soon, right?

rolled 32 = 32

>>18437269
The blue beam of energy lances out from the Mikasa to strike Grimm dead on. The bulk of his attention and defenses consumed in the psychic struggle against Cheryl, the corrupted scientist is unable to avoid the beam. He freezes solid, unmoving beneath a thick layer of ice.

>>18436249
FORCES LISTED HERE.
Behemoths, get shooting.
Mobile Infantry, get shooting.
UNITs, get shooting.
SCPs, get shooting.
KIs, get shooting, and throw the lance at the fucker.
Prawns, get zapping.
White Mages, save that mana.
TG Soldiers, I dunno.
Drones, get shooting.
BLU team, get shooting. Pyro should use his shotgun so as not to thaw Grimm.

Lyla, Holy.
Darius, Choppy.
Finalon, Shooty.
Star-Lord, Commandy.
Agrias, you did well, recover for a bit.
Data, help the Mikasa's targetting and defenses.
Elaine, Healy.

Go go go

>>18437295
Where is the Avatar?

Also, now would be a good time to have the Behemoths disembark, and have the Mikasa get a weapons lock on Grimm. Fire after the Mikasa's initial volley.

White Mages, make sure that all Heroes and Troops have been buffed with ReRaise, Haste, and Wall.

Securitrons, deploy around Grimm and get weapons lock.

BLU Team: Engineer set up a turret on the Mikasa's bow. It's not much but every bit helps.
Medic, you're on medic standby because the White Mages are going to be drained.

All Troops and Heroes to hold back while the Mikasa fires it's laser cannons and missile batteries.

rolled 24, 52 = 76

>>18437327
Your forces disgorge from the loading ramps of the Mikasa and start to take up firing positions as the ship itself unloads volleys of missile and gunfire at the frozen abomination. In only a few short minutes, the firepower of an entire army is thrown at the frozen hulk of Grimm.

>>18437368
With a great crash, Grimm bursts free of the ice just as the first wave of projectiles slams into him, causing him to howl in pain. His form ripples and two giant boils on his flabby belly burst into a pair of obscenely long arms that slam into the ground.

"Riiiiiise," he hisses as several shiny green bubbles of slime burst from beneath the rock. The bubbles pop, revealing a large number of robed reptilian humanoids with no mouths. In one hand they carry a wicked looked sacrificial knife. In the order, a lantern fashioned from a skull. They slowly shuffle forward with glowing eyes. "Riiiise, my disciples. Take your vengeance... Satisfy... your grudge."

Grimm giggles madly with laughter as another pair of arms sprouts from his back and begins to haul him across the web of slime in his lair like a slimy, fat monkey. Slowly he begins to get closer to the Mikasa...

>>18437432
TONBERRIES!

>>18437432
Tonberries.
BLU TEAM! Kill Tonberries.
TG Soldiers! Kill Tonberries.
Drones! Kill Tonberries.
Securitrons! Kill Tonberries.
Behemoths! Kill Tonberries.

Everyone else, on Grimm. And stay away from the Tonberries, their knife is an instant-kill.

>>18437432
Agrias, change the land, trap the Tonberries but don't kill them. Their karmic attack is deadly.

Securitrons and droids, fire everything you have on the Tonberries. Kill them all before they can reach the others.

All other troops are to avoid the Tonberries at all costs! DO NOT ENGAGE!

Behemoths, fire on Grimm.

Mikasa, continue firing on Grimm. Data, see if you can get the Absolute Zero Cannon to fire another shot at him.

rolled 91 = 91

Don't worry! I'll kill the Tonberries!
It's gonna be my very first kill, too!

>>18437432
Attempt DIPLOMACY with TONBERRIES.

Prawns, if the Tonberries don't accept DIPLOMACY to join our side; then please use your TK to wedge them somewhere in a rock wall or something where they won't die but can't get free.

MIkasa, fire the freeze weapon again! All units, fire. Start with those arms! Blow them off, along with any legs. Cheryl, whatever you're doing, keep it up!

>>18437461
In addition, have the Prawns try to use their TK fields to suspend the Tonberries in the air so that they can proceed forward or attack.

>>18437519
>they can proceed forward or attack.
*can't

>>18437461

Seconding this. The securitron droids may get the least of the brunt of the Karma attacks that the Tonberries have if they were freshly manufactured and not the securitrons we've used for the previous parts of our mission here. Creating obstructing terrain (or perhaps a conveniently-placed pit?) without directly attacking them might be our best bet here to keeping them out of the fight aside from killing them all with one shot.

If we can somehow get Grimm to injure the tonberries, that may also trigger massive karmic retribution on him, or just hurt the tonberries with no other effect.

rolled 68 = 68

>>18437461
>>18437513
The Tonberries seem heedless of any words spoken to them, as they continue to shuffle towards you...

>>18437458
This is a really stupid plan.
The Tonberry's Everyone's Grudge counterattack will kill the BLU Team and the TG Soldiers outright.
And while BLU can respawn, that still takes time, that could be spent attacking Grimm instead of respawning.

>>18437563
Hmm...the Prawns using their TK fields might be construed as an attack.
Probably safer just to have Agrias pen them in with stone pillars and have the Securitrons and Droids take care of them.

Cliffhanger... blah blah... next session tomorrow at 8... blah blah...

Meta OP's E-Tank is empty. See you then!

>>18437638
>at 8
Not 8 fucking 22
not 8 fucking 30
8.
Get it right son.

ARGUE ABOUT RESEARCH

In my opinion:
S2 Engine, Blue Crystal, Mobile Emitters

GO.

Don't forget to archive, guys. Night.

>>18437757
S2 Engine and Blue Crystal are already being researched, so that's a moot point.

Mobile Emitters are useful, but we need Aglaophotis-B for our anti-Demon toxiguns.
We're still very limited in the weapons we have that can be used against demonic and Chaos forces.
And there's still the Psi-Shield to consider. The Reality Emitter Mk. 2 is still no protection against psi attacks, as we've seen now multiple times.

Finally, if we can't get those cortical stacks, we need the RED-2-GENERIC, in order to be able to auto-revive all of our troops.

>>18439725
But we need the Mobile Emitter so that we can replicate portable emitters as well as being able to create holographic personnel. We need this research so that we can fabricate those hologram upgrade packs for the drones and the Securitrons, as well as for HK-50, VP-98, and VP-99.

I think we should put the 40% into the EMH Mobile Emitter research. We got more scientists to help us now, so our research speeds should have gotten a boost.

>>18442071
The mobile emitters would be useful, but I still think we should have 10% devoted to adapting tech we find to the Hercules.

rolled 63, 19 = 82

Agrias begins to shake as she strains herself even further to alter the land, shaping walls of stone from the earth below to impede the Tonberry advance while the Securitrons launch barrages of rockets at the creatures, triggering their deadly Karma defense to no effect. As Tonberry bodies fly into the air, another salvo of cannon and missile fire flies from the Mikasa to Grimm, the A-Z cannon still charging. Grimm shakes in his web of slime and howls as bits of his bloated body burst, putrid slime flowing from them. He roars in anger and pulls hard on his web, gigantic balls of green smile forming on the cavern ceiling to fall on the two Behemoth tanks, covering the two machines completely and eating away their metal hulls with frightening speed. A third ball of slime drops on the Mikasa's hull, slowly eating through the ship's armor.

"Interlopers!!!" Grimm hisses. "Blind idiots! You have no RIGHT to be here! I saved this world! I snatched it from oblivion! Not you!!! I EARNED the right to be the new god of this place! You... You rip apart a grand tapestry you dare not even to LOOK at!!!"

>>18444589
Scarabs 1 and 2, work on the Behemoths.
Scarab 3, repair the Mikasa's hull.

Securitrons, continue firing on the Tonberries.

Prawns, use your arc guns on Grimm.
Everyone else, continue firing.

SCP Troopers, use your Reality Disruptor Rifles on Grimm.

Lyla, hit Grimm with a Holy.

Everyone else, continue firing on Grimm.
We need to wear him down so that Finalon, Darius, Star-Lord, and the two KI with the Voiceless Spear and the Ebon Lance can strike Grimm.

>>18444589
And just how did you 'save' this world?
What lies did you tell the three goddesses?

>>18444589
Wow, you saved the world? Good to know. Wish you had told us that when you talked to us before instead of saying "You'll find out on your own, lol."

>>18444639
Additional orders:
Mustadio, hit Grimm with an Arm Shot, then a Seal Evil.

The first to stop his attacks, the second to stop him completely.
Lavian, Alicia, cover him. Elaine, hit up those two with Wall, Haste, and ReRaise to make them better tanks.

>>18444589
Actually, I had an idea. See if Cheryl can get us into his mind, someplace we can talk to him Man to Man instead of Man to Giant Horrible Spider Thing.

He seems to have the idea of secret knowledge, and we KNOW strange shit is afoot at the Circle K. The Black Ops and sudden cutting of our funding when we start being successful, the civil war.

Let's see if we can't talk him down. If he learned some terrible truth, we need to know it. Hell, he might even be a worthy ally as long as he turns back into a Human.

>>18444667
No, he's a traitor. It's not even that he went rogue and left his duty; it's that he betrayed all that the Transpace Guard fights for, the protection of Meta-Earth.

>>18444663
If the Seal Evil doesn't work, then a Leg Shot to immobilize Grimm.

>>18444679
Horrible Mindshattering Truths have a habit of doing that, and war makes for strange bedfellows. We had people trying to recuit Wily abit ago and he's just as bad.

>>18444667
At minimum, I wouldn't mind "Picking his brain" if we can salvage just his head. If he's not willing to we can rip the info out of his head with our Psions.

>>18444667
That's so crazy, it just might work. Cheryl does have Inextinguisable Light so she's incorruptible.

>>18444589
You were a scientist once Grimm, a scientist for the Transpace Guard.
What could have possibly led you to taking this ramshackle world and trying to forestall narrative causality?
What do you even gain?

>>18444589
Keep pumping Grimm for information.

Resolving the actions listed so far will take multiple posts. Loading...

>>18444642
"This world, the 8-bit dystopia, was already dead when I found it. A dead 'canon' as you call it, abandoned and lost in the ether, floating as a ghostly echo of itself. I would not allow that. I would REBEL. There are countless versions of Hyrule, of Earth, of Algol, of Corneria... but this dystopia was unique. So I saved it. I brought in secret my machines and rituals to an abandoned Earth, and when I saw an opportunity, I tore the throats from a hundred worlds, took what I needed, and crafted... this from them. My garden. My sanctuary... My dystopia. And now... Now you think to UNDO all that I have done?! No! I won't LET YOU!"

Grimm unleashes an animalistic roar, and the ground rumbles. A tidal wave of slime erupts from the ground near the Mikasa, washing over the ship's hull and causing catastrophic damage to it, breaching the armor and the outer decks in one fell swoop. All of its armaments are disabled or destroyed, even the mighty drill on its prow damaged and twisted in shape from the acidic attack. Everyone in the taskforce immediately feels a dark pressure on their minds, but it lingers only for a second, something driving it away.

>>18444787
Hopefully he's a bragging type.

>>18444812
Have Elaine hit the Mikasa with her best healing spell. She can heal mechanical devices!

>>18444812
Scarabs 1, 2, and 3, immediate damage control and repair on the Mikasa. Full power to the Nano-Repair Modules.

Behemoths 1 and 2, fire on Grimm, get out of the acid if you can. If you can't, come back as more repair Scarabs.

>>18444812
And this was the best idea you could come up with?
Just adding in a bunch of crap that doesn't even make sense?
Have you never heard of subtlety?
And adding in Warhammer 40K? Motherfucking everyone does that.

>>18444812

Abandoned Earth, you claim? Considering this is an abandoned Hyrule, what happened to that Earth?

SHIT. CANON'S GONNA BLOW!

Have someone retrieve the Great Fox near Hyrule. We have to rescue Falco!

Looks like we'll have to take Light, Samus, Bill & Lance and Cossack. Also, X-COM Nova!

Uh-oh!
Apparently, Grimm's death will make this world go blowup!
We'll need to rescue as many canon heroes as we can.
Have Douglas and Spike inform Dr. Light of the world's imminent blowuppy, and get as many members of Light's resistance onto the Storm as possible*.
*not Sonic.
We'll need to scry and loot Samus as well.

>>18444743
"Narrative?! Canon! Ha! Call it fate or destiny too, why not! Call those chains you manacle yourself with any name you want! They are still chains! There is no point to existing at all if everything must be preordained! Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven you pusillanimous lapdog!!!" Grimm starts laughing maniacally. "Do you wonder what you'd do if you found those same chains clamped around YOUR wrists instead of the worlds... the CANONS you 'protect'?"

Mustadio's shots hit Grimm to no effect. Indeed, they seem to make him laugh.

"Better to be a free devil than an angel and a slave! Now see the gifts I can bestow!"

Three of the cocoons suspended in Grimm's web begin to twist and convulse, expelling their contests onto the ground as three grotesque forms rise...

>>18444812

Just because you loved that world, doesn't give you the right to tear up countless others! And besides, you're twisting it into a stagnant copy of what it was! You decided to derail it when it shifted from you *wanted* it to be! If you really loved this world, you'd let it independent of your influence. for someone making a big deal of your rebellion, you're not that big on free will.

>Am I the only one who thinks this world turn into Videoland from Captain N (or something like it) when we're done?

>>18444950
[11:48] <Captain_SNES> How about this list: X-Com Nova, Chozo, Gunship, Falco and Slippy, As much of the Army of Light as mortally possible (Especially Light, Rock, The Contras, Snake and Samus), Ryu, Captain N, The Inspector and Penny.

Yes, if the world's going to blow up, we'll need as much of this crap in orbit as is possible. We're in contact with X-com nova, Light's army, and we have a rough idea of where Samus is.
Send the Shadowrunners to find and hire the Inspector, have our spacefleet capture the Great Fox and as many R-types as possible.

IRC also suggested using Pandora's box now, to weaken Grimm, and protect his hostages. I think this is wise, and we should do this.

If the canon is going to blow, send orders to the orbiting ships to grab these: X-Com Nova, Chozo, Gunship, Falco and Slippy, As much of the Army of Light as mortally possible (Especially Light, Rock, The Contras, Snake and Samus), Ryu, Captain N, The Inspector and Penny.

I'd suggest Tosh ask if the Goddesses want to come too, but I think he's busy and they might want to go down with their world.

>>18444950
You call yourself free?
Fool. You have instead merely crafted a story around yourself.
You're the mad scientist who turned himself into a giant spider monster.
When has that ever ended well for anyone?

>>18445004
>You're the mad scientist who turned himself into a giant spider monster.When has that ever ended well for anyone?

>>18444950
tell Grimm this:
>>18444963

So, let's guess who or what Grimm's sending against us? I'm guessing corrupted heroes from the canons he stole them from. If we can purify them, they might be of use to us.

Wait what makes you guys think that the this world is going to explode?
The goddesses are the ones who know best about what Grimm did, and they didn't imply anything of the sort.

>>18445041
Metagaming.

>>18445041
1. Grimm built it, and load bearing bosses are genre savvy.
2. an exchange from last night.

<LateMan> Anyway if you want some noblebright you might like what I have planned.
<Codeki> So, since Wilycorp is totaled, can we recruit the heroes that were supposed to work on totaling it?
<LateMan> I can't say when it'll come into play
<LateMan> Possibly?
<LateMan> There will be a slim timeframe in which you can basically go on a looting spree
<LateMan> If you play your cards right
<Rynex__> Looting spree inside the canon or in the meta?
<Codeki> Sa weet!
<Captain_SNES> Like I said, it might be prudent to grab everyone and run.
<LateMan> This world.
<LateMan> BTW
<LateMan> You'd know this anyway

>>18445041
Reading comprehension, yo. Grimm made a REPLICA of 8-bit dystopia, basically. He patchworked and frankensteined shit to make things go together.

>>18445041
>"This world, the 8-bit dystopia, was already dead when I found it. A dead 'canon' as you call it, abandoned and lost in the ether, floating as a ghostly echo of itself. I would not allow that. I would REBEL. There are countless versions of Hyrule, of Earth, of Algol, of Corneria... but this dystopia was unique. So I saved it. I brought in secret my machines and rituals to an abandoned Earth, and when I saw an opportunity, I tore the throats from a hundred worlds, took what I needed, and crafted... this from them. My garden. My sanctuary... My dystopia. And now... Now you think to UNDO all that I have done?! No! I won't LET YOU!"

That's all the warning signs of a Load Bearing Boss right there, my friend. Not to mention he's set up as THE CORE OF THE FUCKING PLANET.

>>18444871
>>18444898

"Everyone DOES do that! That's what made it so deliciously easy! Did you ever stop to wonder WHY that infernal world seems to bleed into every other plane of existence at one point or another?" Grimm roars. "And who cares what happened to that Earth? There are millions of Earths. I destroyed a cheap replica to preserve a priceless painting! And I don't need to hear about subtlety from a group that crashed into my lair in a godsdamned DRILL SHIP!"

The Scarabs are working overtime, but they can barely keep up with the rate of corrosion from the slime coating the tanks and ship.

A pillar of light erupts from Grimm's form as Lyla's Holy goes off, the abomination responds by vomiting slime in a wide spray that burns into most of the soldiers assembled. The White Mages' magic manages to heal past the damage, but only barely.

>>18445088
True enough.
But Din, Faoure and Nayru promised both blessings and a sacred place to reforege Gurthang.
And I don't think they're content to disappear.

>>18445104
Alright that's a fair point.
But at least we had STYLE.
You're just a wannabe Ebon Night.

>>18445104
"Ah, I see what this is about, now. You're just jealous we have a totally bitchin' drill ship."

>>18445104
Grimm, you've been taking lods of damage from all our things. Why is your hp not at 0 yet?
Space fleet! How's that looting going?

>>18445104
Hey, we saw that amazing maze and though, it would be such a shame to damage it with our bumbling.

Would you rather us make a small hole through the crust of this planet, or destroy an artwork like that gauntlet?

...Time to use one of those Purple Monster potions?

>>18445160
Bro relax dude.
We'll go through the Gauntlet once we're sure you won't summon any more stuff to this planet. We were worried that you'd put really tough enemies in our path and we wouldn't be able to get all the loot.
So we figured we go down here, kill the final boss (you), so that the monster summoning stops.
Then we can loot everything.

Don't worry, we'll still explore the Gauntlet.

>>18445200
They only work on one person. We'd be better served using Pandora's box when he summons a wave of monsters.

Repeating this because apparently Grimm didn't hear it the first time:

>Just because you loved that world, doesn't give you the right to tear up countless others! And besides, you're twisting it into a stagnant copy of what it was! You decided to derail it when it shifted from you *wanted* it to be! If you really loved this world, you'd let it independent of your influence. for someone making a big deal of your rebellion, you're not that big on free will.

>>18445104
Have Medic get to work on healing alongside the White Mages.

What's the status of the Securitrons?

Have Mustadio try his Leg Shot and Arm Shot on the beings that emerged from the cocoons.

Hercules, construct more Scarabs with Nano-Repair Modules and Soulchips, and Pegasus Transport Choppers with Soulchips. Al'Kesh 1 and 2, once a Pegasus picks up a Scarab, beam them into the tunnel that the Mikasa made, as close to the interdiction field as you can.

Scarabs, once you land, begin repair of the Mikasa. Pegasus transports, fly back out and get beamed back up to pick up another Scarab.

>>18445126
"How do you know that name?!"

>>18445253
"No! I'm keeping this world from twisting back into those boring old shapes!! I AM saving this world! You just are too blind to see it!!"

The three twisted humanoid forms emerge from their cocoons and shamble with disturbing speed towards your front line. Black and green carapace and hardened ooze coat their forms, their features vaguely elven, but made bestial and monstrous.

One stands ten feet tall, bulky and rippling with muscle. Great tusks jut from his jaw as he moves like an ape with oversized arms. Oddly enough, a spiked, bladed tail waves from his back.

Another has a long, straight blade for an arm, the other arm mushrooming into a large carapace 'shield' of sorts. As it dashes towards your men, it makes a motion with its bulky organic 'shield', and a mouth on it opens to disgorge a boomerang-shaped creature that flies towards one of the SCPs and explodes in a shower of acid.

The third looks somewhat female, oily strands of slimy hair falling away from a featureless face. A massive bloated slug-like body takes the place of her legs, like a demented centaur.

>>18445403
>"How do you know that name?!"
Dude bro we killed him.

>>18445403
This is where you use the Pandora's box so that everyone can keep shooting the Grimm.

>>18445403
Go with this
>>18445391
Also, Medic, get on that SCP trooper.
BLU Team, fire on those creatures.

HK-50, get your Droid squad into formation and form a line against the new targets. Securitrons still take out the Tonberries.

Pandora's Box, use it now.

>>18445403
Aw shit.
It's Link, Zelda and Ganon.
Goddesses? Little help here?

>>18445104
I don't want to hear anything about subtlety from a man who makes himself into something dreamed up by Father Dougal McGuire.

Seriously? A giant spider at the center of the earth?

>>18445403
Oh Goddamn it, man. You got into the corruption fetish way too much, man. A slugtaur? Seriously?

Right, let's get some shields up and put some CIWS on those incoming bombs.

Cheryl, want to try purifying these poor bastards?

>>18445403
Yo, Lyla.
You have the "Clears Evil" talent.
Esuna on the three.

>>18445403
Well you know Ravenloft right? The 3.5 one at least?
Someone went and blew it up, and Ebon Night was the only Darklord to escape.
So he pretty much went and did what you did, took a Canon no one was paying attention too and grafted a bunch of crap onto it to create a new Ravenloft.
...And we killed him.
And then killed his... ghost? That part was unclear.

>>18445403
Great example of how you're "Protecting the world," Grimm. Lets kidnap people that are needed and turn them into horrible monsters.

If we can thanks to the hole, grab the rest of bound people with the teleporters.
Hopefully, Pandora's box will cleanse Link, Zelda, and Ganon.

>>18445532
Actually you know what?
Cheryl, if you don't mind, could you sort of, project your memories of us beating Ebon Night and put them in Grimm's head?

>>18445546
I like this idea!

>>18445403
You know, he really did save this canon. By making such a reality distortion of it, that the Transpace Guard finally paid attention to it and sent us.
Of course, he's become eye-rollingly HURR IM EVILZ, so let's kill him.

>>18445528
and Elaine has the "Heals everything" talent.
Double Esuna.
>>18445546
I also like this idea.

So, Two Esunas on each of the three newcomers, and Cheryl should put our glorious Ebon Night killcam montage into Grimm's head.
Yo! 3 Goddesses! Bit o' help here?

And how's our goddamn surface looting team going?

>>18445575
Yeah good point.
And in a way, even after he's dead, the canon will live on... in all the shit we're going to steal from it.

>>18445403
Have Lyla and Elaine heal/esuna Link/Zelda/Ganon. Also, send in a Prawn suit to tank for the two.

>>18445588
Eternal life through looting: a new theology for the meta-age.

rolled 16, 34, 62, 12 = 124

>>18445391
The Securitrons are tying up the Tonberries, but the reverse is also true. The reptilian bastards ARE dying, but they're tough and not dying FAST.

As the Scarabs are redirected to the Mikasa, that ship begins to make progress repairing its damage, but the Behemoths they were tending finally melt under the onslaught, the slime impossible to clean away in time.

"You defeated the Ebon Night..." Grimm gasps. "That... That shouldn't be possible..."

I still don't think the world's going to blow up you guys.
If it did, then why the fuck would the goddesses (or was it the Farseers?) insist that Samus not die?
Like she hasn't done anything important yet, which means that she will do something important in the future, which means that this world has a future.

rolled 90, 99, 54, 5 = 248

>>18445611
Dude your dice suck.
Let me do it.

[12:49] <Bootleg> I'm worried for this canon.
[12:49] <Bootleg> Having the corps die is probably a distortion
[12:49] <Bootleg> we're gonna have to set up Corps ourselves, aren't we?
[12:49] <Bootleg> I vote for LootCorp! In charge of abducting and brainwashing everyone
[12:50] <Bootleg> and then using the slaves as soldiers [throughout the Meta]

[12:51] <J1459> I second lootcorp

>>18445611
I'm not gonna lie, you're probably right about that.
But it happened.
Now what do you think that says about us?
Moreover, what do you think it says about YOU?
It's still not too late to call it quits Dr. Grimm, you haven't really done anything but trash our drill ship so we are still open to negotiations.

>>18445611
Well, I guess we're just that goo-

Oh no.

OH NO YOU DON'T, YOU CRAZY SPIDER BASTARD.

DON'T YOU FUCKING SAY IT.

SOMEONE SHUT THIS GUY UP RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. CAST SILENCE OR SOMETHING ON HIM.

BECAUSE IF HE SAYS WHAT I THINK HE'S GOING TO SAY, WE'RE FUCKED.

>>18445617
Maybe her future is with us?

>>18445611
Get that second wave of Scarabs on-station.

Even if Lyla and Elaine could hit Ganon, Link, and Zelda with Esuna, Mustadio should still hit them with Leg Shot to keep them from closing and Arm Shot to prevent spellcasting.

>>18445635
Damnit Bootleg, what is even your problem?
>>18445647
That doesn't make sense and you know it.

>>18445647
What do you think he's going to say?
That Ebon Night's been working with him the whole time?

>>18445673
That it makes us SUES if we killed something unkillable?

He's just going to say "A bloo bloo Hurrrrrrr I can't believe it's not meta", then Cheryl puts our killcam in his mind and he just goes "A bloo bloo hurrrrrr".

>>18445678
Nah.
See SUES win without any effort.
A big part of defeating Ebon Night was making him choke on our dead, plus we pretty much made asses out of ourselves when he brought down the command crew.
...Plus he was already weakened and he didn't start playing for keeps until it was too late.

>>18445611
it's possible. we did it.and why was it impossible? 'Fate'? We fought him, and triumphed because it was our duty to those he was harming.

If there is such a thing as fate, then it's our duty as free thinking beings to make our own choices and act as if it's not the case. The path may have been forecast, but we still choose to walk down it. Just like you chose this, and we have chosen to oppose you.

>>18445647
We have made Heather into a psychic warrior and gave Douglas a Persona. OP has written fanfics about us.
We passed SUE territory a long time ago.

>>18445611
>"That... That shouldn't be possible..."
"Oh yeah? They said the same thing about traveling faster than 50MPH and staying sane, cracking the atom, powered heavier than air flight, putting a man on the Moon, and information escaping from a black hole's Scharschwild Radius.
"Fuck you and your inability to reach beyond your Canon limits."

>>18445712
But then Grimmman said "No, Fuck you!", and Grimmman made you get dumb.

>>18445678
All I'm saying that with the political situation as it is, we don't need anything hanging over our heads, esp. when you've got some people who ejaculate when they press the 'Nuke World' button.

AND WITH THAT, LET'S GET BACK TO KILLING DR ARACHNIFETISH HERE.

Problems:

Tonberries. There's plenty of the bastards; maybe get some of the Creation Engine vehicles to start firing.

Corrupted Zelda Crew: same plan as before; purify.

>>18445699
Besides, it's not like 99% of the people in every Canon aren't pretty much free, given that their existence has no impact of the story. And even most of the people who are part of the plot have only a minute fraction of their lifespan determined by narrative causality.

>>18445698
Fair enough.

>>18445733
And we can LOOT ALL THE REMAINDER!

>>18445733
even then, narrative causality is a fickle thing that isn't completely understood. Who's to say that those on the inside didn't choose their path? In that case, the narrative causality would be preserving their choices, and resisting outside influence of events. You know, like what you're doing right now. Light and all the others would have chosen to oppose the Corps regardless of Narrative Causality. Or do you put so little faith in free will?

>>18434125
>TG Quest 72: The Brothers Grimm

Oh crap, there's TWO of them? WHY DID NOBODY NOTICE THIS BEFORE?

>>18445823
Free will is herpy derpy philosophy bullshit.
Think not of freedom or choice.
Think of happiness, or actions, or power. Or other observable things.

rolled 66 = 66

>>18445702
IT WAS NOT I THAT SET YOU DOWN THIS PATH. YOU CHOOSE TO PLANT YOUR FEET ON IT OF YOUR OWN WILL.

>>18445611
Lyla casts Esuna, channeling her fury at the grotesque corruptions the three Hylians had been afflicted with. Unfortunately, it simply is not enough, and they continue their advance.

"They were cast-offs too!" Grimm hisses. "Discarded after their cycle wa-"

Grimm is interrupted as Alicia opens the Pandora's Box, organ music drowning out all other noise as streams of golden light pour from the opened box, cascading around the vast chamber, through the Tonberries, through the corrupted Link, Zelda, and Ganon, and into Grimm. The monster that was a man shrieks in pain as vast sores are burned into him, part of his distended belly bursting open and leaking foul fluid onto the cave floor. The massed fire of all your troops continue to bite into Grimm, then he shakes violently and a wall of force erects itself between Grimm and you. Bullets, beams, and bolts all bounce off of this potent defense as the ground shakes and a jet of burning magma erupts from the ground, swallowing several of your troops whole , incinerating a few more, and burning the rest.

>Lost 3 UNIT, 4 SCP, and 3 Knights Inductor, and half the TG Soldiers.

As interesting as this philosophical discussion on the nature of individuals within canons is, I can't help feel that it's somewhat overshadowed by ASSHOLE MC-REALITY DISTORTER AND HIS /d/-LITE BOSSES MADE OUT OF SOME OF THIS WORLD'S KEY FIGURES.

>>18445887
While he's distracted and protected, it might be a good time for Operation Get Inside His Head, we can diplomacize as well as show him slideshow footage of us fighting Ebon Night's ass.

>>18445887
Cheryl, Tosh, Farseers?
Would you kindly see if you can crush Grimm's will so he no longer has the resolve to maintain that barrier?
Given that he seems to have a rather loose grasp on sanity, I'd think it wouldn't be that difficult.

>>18445887
D=!
Get BLU team down there. BLU is disposable.

We got anyone who can dispel barriers?

Elaine and Lyla should keep trying to heal the Zelda crew.

>>18445887
NO, THE ROOKIES!

I was even going to give one of them a name and everything!

Alright, so he's got a barrier up. Introduce this asshole to the Lance of Longinus.

>>18445956
Oh yeah, that thing.
That's what we have it for isn't it?

>>18445887
The corrupted Zelda gathers a great ball of fire to her waiting palms and sends it roaring across the field of battle to smash into Elaine, Lyla, Starlord, and Darius. The explosions sends them flying, and although the trials they have endured have given them the strength to press on, they are painfully burnt.

Corrupted Link reels back as a trio of arrows suddenly embed themselves into his skull, Finalon drawing and firing as fast as he can manage. The once-hero alters his course and begins to charge the elf.

Corrupted Ganon roars a challenge and bounds towards Darius as the Space Marine pulls himself to his feet. The monster raises a huge arm only for Darius to step aside and bring up Ringil, severing the arm at the shoulder. Ganon utters a pig-like squeal of pain as dark ichor spurts from the wound as his limb rolls several feet away.

Grimm begins to hunch up within his protective field.

Hey guys, I think I found a relative of Dr. Grimm.

>>18445956
Indeed.
I'm kind of surprised his HP is still holding steady, with all the crap we're pumping into him.

Throw the Lance at him.
Get more Esunas on the trio. Keep at it, Lyla/Elaine.

>>18445887
Have the Silencer with the Lance of Longinus throw it at Grimm in order to pierce the shield.

Have Elaine work on trying to Raise anyone she can with her Special Ability.

Are the corrupted Link, Zelda, and Ganon stopped, or are they still on their feet?
If they're neutralized, Lyla casts Holy on Grimm. If they're still up, she is use Esuna on them. Starting with Zelda.

Now would be a REALLY good time for the goddesses to take notice.

>>18445983
Medic and the other White Mages, get to healing Elaine, Lyla, Star-Lord, and Darius.

Use the Lance of Longinus to shatter Grimm's field.

Data, HK-50, intercept Corrupted Link to give Finalon time to draw the Nameless Blade. Mustadio, hit Link with Leg Shot and Zelda with Arm Shot.

Scout, go after Zelda to keep her from casting. Rest of BLU, help Darius against Ganon.

>>18445983

Heal up the heroes!

As mentioned before, deploy BLU team.

Scout, Spy, and Sniper rush grim-Zelda and keep her off-balance. Medic + Supercharged Heavy intercept grim-Link and assist/protect Finalon. Demoman and Pyro assist in bringing grim-Ganon down. See if Engineer can set up some medkit dispensers and turrets, and help out with repairs on the mechanical stuff.

>>18446031
I forget, did Grimm include an Ocarina of Time or just the three stones and the temple? What was the point of that anyway.
In any case, try playing Zelda's Lullaby?

rolled 86, 51, 44, 64 = 245

>>18445924
>>18445926
"All right..." Cheryl whispers. "Going in."

One of the Knights Inductor raises the Ebon Lance and begins to throw...

BLU team throws themselves in between the corrupted trio and their quarry, attempting to keep them busy while Lyla and Elaine work their magic.

A figure armored in chainmail drop down from a tunnel mouth on the other side of the chamber, draws a sword and shield and begins to jog towards the fight.

>>18446071
Oh yeah its whatshisname.
See Grimm? This guy appreciated your labyrinth.

>>18446031
I'm sure they already have.

>>18446067
>http://www.zeldawiki.org/Song_of_Healing
>http://www.zeldawiki.org/Zelda's_Lullaby
Play both.
Good ol' Song of Healing, fixing wounded souls and letting them find rest. Combine that with an Esuna and you're good.

What do you mean we don't have an Ocarina? Just blast it through a loudspeaker or something.

>>18446071
Finally, the Avatar made it to the fight.

Seconding this set of orders:
>>18446056

How's the operation to get more Repair Scarabs down to the Mikasa coming along?

Also, any progress from Spike and Douglas convincing the WilyCorp people to sign up with us?

>>18446082
Avatar's here!

While, we're busy fighting, get Light and any other heroes we can find to the ship. If they complain, tell them about a giant evil spider in the center of the planet threatening to blow it up.

>>18446113
That still doesn't jibe with what were told about Samus though.
Like if this canon would disappear, then it doesn't matter what happens to her.

>>18446140
Goddesses might be wrong.

>>18446169
Eh, maybe.
But me? I'd rather trust the three ageless creator deities (one of which is the personification of Wisdom) over Crazy McSpiderpants.
Only one way to settle this though.
Farseers!

>>18446140
But it does make sense when you combine Genre Savvyness and what MetaOp mentioned last night about a "Last minute rush to loot everything we can"

And the Farseers said she was important. Could be important TO US.

>>18446185
Busy Cheryling.
Tosh is busy Cheryling too, but you'd think he'd at least let the Goddesses know there's FINALR BOSSFIGHTAN going on.

>>18446193
We still shouldn't get ahead of ourselves until after Grimm's dead though.

rolled 77 = 77

>>18446071
Cheryl grimaces, as she grips the armrests of her chair hard enough to make her knuckles white. In the cavern, Grimm starts thrashing around wildly behind his shield.

The Ebon Lance sails through the air, strike the force field and shattering it as it passes through Grimm's side and embeds itself in the cavern wall behind him. The great abomination screams and writes in his web of slime, the force-field beginning to assemble itself once more.

"No you dont!" the man in chainmail shouts, dropping sword and shield and grasping at the air. The shimmering force-shell around Grimm stops closing, held open like a clamp and a clam-shell.

"Stop letting him CONTROL YOU!" Lyla bellows, casting Esuna one more time in unison with Elaine. The spell surges with power and the mutated Zelda stops in her tracks, collapsing into convulsions as the slime begins to slide off her body under a continuous shower of green sparks.

Heavy, Soldier, and Demoman go flying as they fail to restrain Ganon, the crazed former warlock rushing over to each of them in turn and pounding them apart with over-sized fists glowing with eldritch power.

Scout has an easier time of distracting Link, simply running around the fallen Hylian and taunting him, evading attack after attack while an occasional assault from Sniper or Pyro stops Link from ever getting the edge.

>>18446218
Last chance Grimm.
Knock it off.

>>18446218
Thank you very much Avatar.
Lets not let this opportunity go to waste.

>>18446218
Ganon's arm regenerated already?
Ah well, keep up the good work Lyla.

>>18446218
Scout, keep doing what you're doing until Lyla and Elaine can Esuna Link.

Medic, heal up Heavy, Soldier, and Demoman.

White Mages, support Lyla and Elaine.

Silencer, recover the Lance! We can't afford to lose it.

TG Soldiers, fire Fatman rounds through the hole in the shield at Grimm. Everyone else do the same.

Darius, Star-Lord, keep Ganon occupied.

>>18446218
Make sure Elaine and Lyla know it's fine for them to retreat if they need to. If Ganon tries to punch their faces off, they should feel free to fall back. They should also know they can cure themselves when they need it.

>>18446218
Next up: Double Esunas on Link.

Ganon? ... Er, Agrias, you have melee attacks that can confuse, time-stop, and slay targets. Use 'em.
Alicia and Lavian - use them Orange katanas on Ganon.
Darius, swing Ringil at Ganon for a bit.
Star-Lord, swing Anguriel at Ganon for a bit.
Finalon? change target to Ganon.
Who's got the Dai-katana?
If nobody's got it, send it to one of the KI.
We're gonna need Nameless Blades and Dai-Katana choppy on Ganon.
Sorry piggy. You gonna get carved.

Ranged attackers? Keep hurting Grimm.

Cheryl? What you're doing now is good.

>>18446218
Are the Tonberries all down? Can the Securitrons now be used elsewhere?

>>18446305
But even normal Ganon is more or less immune to everything but holy weapons isn't he?

>>18446328
Holy Weapons, Bottles, Fishing Rods and Bug Nets.

>>18446328
Agrias is a holy swordsman.
Ringil and Anguriel are holy swords.
I mean, our Melee dudes can't really engage Grimm due to his acid spray, so they might as well.

>>18446332
So you're saying that he's distracted by people pulling out crap that makes no sense to use in a duel?
BLU Team? Prepare to baffle him.

>>18446218
RIP Ebon Lance. Good night sweet prince, and may a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest.

NEVAR FORGET.

>>18446285
>>18446293
That should be fist, my mistake.

Streams of darkness burst from Grimm's body to infect your UNIT troopers, but shortly afterwards a stream of light pours from the ceiling and neutralizes it.

Another double Esuna coupled with Lyla and Elaine singing the Song of Healing as best they can seems to slow Link to a crawl until he finally collapses. Ganon is just carved to bits by your attack teams as they focus on him. The monster didn't stand a chance as Alicia and Lavian bring out the Beam Katanas and slice through his form with ease.

The TG remnants fire their Fat Mans into the shell as the Mobile Infantry decide to follow their example, launching the smallest of their suit nukes at the massive Grimm. A blinding flash robs everyone of their sight for a moment, but the long, pained howl that comes after is enough to tell you the strikes hit home.

Cheryl stands bolt upright in her chair with a startled gasp as within the core, the ceiling cracks and begins to fall.

>>18446351
JARATE HOOOO

>>18446367
Well, that's not good.

PREPARE FOR LOOTING TO THE MAX AND OR RUNNING THE FUCK AWAY

>>18446367
That a good gasp or a GTFO gasp?
...Actually how were we planning on leaving?
I mean the Mikisa seems pretty trashed.

>>18446367
Auto sage means your daring escape...
...will have to wait for Monday at 8!

>>18446367
Alright, everyone who can, get into the ship. Teleport the others out, including the Avatar. Prepare containment for Link and Zelda.

>>18446367
Everyone back to the boat!

Scout, you're the fasted, go and retrieve the Lance of Longinus before the cave collapses.

Darius, recover Zelda and Star-Lord, recover Link.

Recover everyone's remains.
Try to recover some of the captives, too.

>>18446396
YOU MOTHERFUCKER!

...I'll be there.

>>18446367

We may have a mission kill on Grimm.

If that is the case, I think that the core is collapsing as the load-bearing boss is dying. If this is the case, perhaps Grimm's anti-teleport field is down; we may want to have our starships go in and attempt to 'port all personnel out first, then attempt to salvage the Mikasa.

We may also want to beseech the goddesses of this world for any aid they can spare.

>>18446432
maybe rescue any hostages we can, too.

as we're leaving: 'COLLAPSING LAIR? THAT'S SO PREDICTABLE!'

It'll drive the fucker nuts.