>>44053791
1M
3HG

Hello, and happy threads.
If Jonas is a rifleman that covers a bit, and a marksman will likely be necessary. Other than that indulge the dakka.

>>44053791
1R
1M
2HG

>>44053791
1 rifle man as Jonas fireteam partner
1 Marksman
2 Heavy Gunners

>>44053868
>>44053916
>>44053954

1M locked, 3 positions remain.

Any oppositions to 2HG 1R for the remaining 3?

>>44053979
I'm still for the 3 HG

>>44054000

2 votes for: 1R 2HG
1 vote for: 3HG

first to three locks. Lets wait for someone else to appear I guess.

>>44054025
I will support the 1R 2HG

>>44054032

Writing.

5 men in total to mount a defence. You'd wish for more, but there's not enough bodies in the city to send here they always say. In addition to your measly crew, three of your men act as scouts, hunkering down in nests around your village. A total of 8 fighting men under your wing... you pray at least some villagefolk answer your recruitment drive.

The truck rumbles to a stop, just shy of a snow bank. Laying around you lies fresh fallen snow from the night before. Flat ground perfect for your HGs. Ahead, roughly fifty paces to the front marks the beggining of the heavily wooded forest that seems to surround your village save for the roads that lead in and out of it. While your HGs wouldn't be able to make as much use of open space in there, the beast you hunt couldn't either. A third option exists, albeit a near suicidal one. Have both your HGs set up in the back of your truck, your Riflemen and marksman will scout for the beast and lead you to it.

> Hunt your mark
> Set up a killing zone in the snow
> Set up a killing zone in the woods

>>44054125
>> Set up a killing zone in the woods

>>44054125
>> Set up a killing zone in the woods

Writing

> set up a killing zone in the woods

You signal Jonas to continue, and eventually, the truck stops once the density of the forest has risen considerably. Evergreen treese reach out to the skies like fingers of a drowning man. Leaves and branches overlap considerably in certain spots, almost blotting out the scarce sunlight that does manages to touch the ground. Your men disembark along with Jonas, who you keep in contact with using the radio installed in the truck. Fanning out, your HGs set up their LMGs, deploying their bipods while your marksman adopts a nearby mound as his nest.

If your calculations are right, the beast should be 10 minutes by foot from here. You'll have to lure it to your ambush lest it strays from its path and bypass you.

Roll 1d100 for luring using your riflemen.
Best of 3

(Any write-ins are welcome)

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Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>44054351
WEEEEEEEEELLLLLL

>>44054351
Is it a lower is better or higher is better 'cause >>44054373 is heavy

>>44054395

Higher is better

100 Crit Success
81-99 High Success
50-80 Low Success
19-49 Low Failure
1-18 High Failure
0 Crit Fail

Writing

> High Success

Barely ten minutes pass before a large bellow is heard throughout the forest, stunning even you for a moment. Immediately, the atmosphere tenses up and each minute trudges along unwillingly. Eventually, the unofficial radio silence is broken.

"-ready! Get ready! We're about to enter visual range."

"How far is it behind you?"

"Two hundred meters of so."

"Split up and get out of the zone, we'll begin firing once he's in range."

The brief silence that follows strains against your ears like a pane of glass holding an all-too heavy object, finally broken again by the deafening roar of your HGs beginning to fire.

Your mark approaches, white shaggy fur already pock-marked by crimson flowers that blossom across its flesh. It races along on its four limbs, each tearing up the dirt behind it. A train in motion that cannot stop whos panting breath only reminds you of how close it shouldn't be. Your marksman's voice is only barely heard above the cacaphony of gunfire, asking for where he should focus his fire on.

Roll 2d100+10

Order your marksman to:
> keep aiming at the chest (easy)
> try to cripple its limbs (medium difficulty)
> go for a headshot (hard)

Rolled 54, 90 + 10 = 154 (2d100 + 10)

>>44054589
> keep aiming at the chest (easy)
centermass

Rolled 16, 16 + 10 = 42 (2d100 + 10)

>>44054589
>> keep aiming at the chest (easy)

>>44054409
>100 Crit Success
>81-99 High Success
>50-80 Low Success
>19-49 Low Failure
>1-18 High Failure
>0 Crit Fail
>0
Huh, fairly sure we can't roll a 0, so that'd be 2-18 for High fail and the 1 for Crit fail

Rolled 57, 54 + 10 = 121 (2d100 + 10)

>>44054589

>>44054654
(mistakes were made)

> HGs, 64 LS
> M, 100 CS

The rattle of the gunfire continues without end, with only brief pauses for reloads. The mounded snow that surrounds the barrels are a godsend, preventing the LMG barrels from overheating as fast as it normally would. The crack of your marksman's rifle sounds, and his aim is true. The AP bullet finds its mark with ease, although the exterior of its impact looks no different.

The beast is now more red than it's original white, stained again and again by the rivers of blood that soaks its fur. Only now does it stop, its footfalls more like a lumbering tide than the swift wave it was before. Winds knocked out of its sail, it goes against all reason and continues onwards when all others would have run. Now barely a few dozen paces from your emplacements, it rises again as if expanding all energy on vengeance.

1d100+15

Your marksman:
> stops firing
> goes for another shot (where?) 1d100+15

Rolled 6 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>44054736
> goes for another shot (where?) 1d100+15
Aim for the head. Please luck, hold for one more shot

>>44054755
feelsbadman.png

Rolled 58 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>44054736
>> goes for another shot (where?) 1d100+15
head shot all in

Rolled 81 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>44054736
>goes for another shot (where?) 1d100+15
Blow off a limb, cripple it to buy more time.

Rolled 79 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>44054736
Through the heart

>>44054755
>>44054773
>>44054784

General fire from HGs, 96.

Need two more rolls for the marksman

Rolled 35 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>44054794

Rolled 13 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>44054794
We weren't rolling for the marksman earlier?

Rolled 56 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>44054803

>>44054807
The non-green 1d100+15 was for your HGs, the 1d100+15 included in your option for the marksman was for him, because if you told him to stop firing, only a 1d100+15 was needed.

Writing

>>44054807
guess we shoulda rolled 2d100, How about you call out what's needed next time,OP? That way it'll prevent mass rolling if the quest gets more players.

>>44054794
>>44054787
ok, so 96 HGs and 94 Marksman?

HG HS
M HS

At this range, even a rookie would have a high chance of hitting his target. Under an undeniable hail of fire, your prey slows yet again, then completely stops as a final crack from your marksman silences it. It's only now that the biting cold invited by your sweat soaked overcoat draws your attention. Your heartbeat's out of control, but at least there were no casualties.

"Pack it up, good kill. Let's get out of here before more of them arrive."

Monsters like these usually cannibalize their brethren soon after one falls. The villagefolk usually drag the corpses of the fallen beasts back for materials but sometimes other scavengers beat them to it. Too bad you don't have more men, the villagers need protection and so its not uncommon for you to do two excursions in a day.

> Expended
2 AP rounds
6 HG mags
2 Fuel (Round trip)

Jonas has gained:
[Unshakable I]: He begins to trust his team more, and is more likely to not panic
[Sprinter]: +5 for running-related rolls

Davis (Marksman) has gained:
[Hunter's Eye] Permanent +5 when shooting

cont.

>>44054931
Can't we call the village to brink scavengers while we keep watch on the corpse?

>>44054991

You can vote for it if you want.

Also brb 5 minutes, I need to do something IRL

>>44055009
We could call up and ask if the scouts see more mobs around and if not ask for a cleaning crew. I'd think we should mount up the skull of our 1st kill to raise morale in our squad.

>>44055031

If there're no objections then this will be done. Writing.

>>44055031
sure, the head by itself shouldn't take too long in either case.

You quickly radio your relay back at your outpost in the village, asking him to check on behemoth movements in the area with the scouts. Two are in the area, but both are not likely to head your way. Acknowledging that, you ask your relay to connect you to the village elder, who hears your proposal.

"So you're willing to stay out for us huh? Good, good. Thanks cappy. We're on our way."

Having changed your plans, you order your men to spread out in a defensive perimeter, much to their annoyance, but they follow through. You have some time before they arrive, what do you do?

> Write-in

(You may also ask any questions that you have)

Hopefully we can sell parts of the corpse to fund the guard and shit like fences capable to wisthand the charge of such monsters

>>44055097
Anyone know if this shit is edible? We could have weeks if not months of meat?
Crack some jokes to pass the time.
>Cause of death: lead poisoning. DOHOHOHO

>>44055097
Check out the path it took. Was it going in a straight line before we started luring it?

Pick up the bullet casings, gotta save cash/protect the environment

Start a small fire to burn off some of the smell and buy some time.

>>44055097
Get the opinion of the crew, what we could have done better? What we have done right? What we have fucked up? How they feel about this kill and hunting these beast in general? What they feel we should focus on to make killing easier/safer.

Most of those can be asked back at the village, most likely.

>>44055140
Oh yeah policing our casings is a thing we should start focusing on.
The fire could help with keeping away smaller monsters

Writing

The meat of these beasts are edible, but is incredibly tough to eat and therefore must be boiled for quite a while to soften it up before being eaten. The leather made from their skin is quite strong, but there isn't much left usually after they are killed. Due to the village being on the frontier, most of the meat is exported back to the city.

The villagers split the profits 50/50, which is where most of your income comes from. Requisition orders can be sent to headquarters in the city but materials and equipment are more easily bought than requisitioned.

---

You leave the truck, holding your coat closer to you as the winter wind assaults your face. You head towards Jonas, who's closest to you, before asking him to accompany you to pick up the bullet casings.

"So Jonas, that was quite a first hunt huh?"

Fortunately for both of you, the bullet casings are in clumps where the HGs had deployed.

"Ah... yeah. We're lucky that it didn't kill anyone but I guess we could have been more careful. You know digging trenches and stuff, not that it was needed I guess..."

> anything else you want to say to Jonas?

>>44055233
Trenches are a good idea, though it'll take time, ask him why he joined the guard?
Character development, oh!

>>44055233
Not too sure the villages would like us digging up the forests they use, but it's a thought.

Maybe we can bring around portable barricades on the truck, something that can string trees together into a wall.

>>44055233
Does he know anyone who knows the plants of the region? Maybe there's one that could help repel the monsters.

What was the name of that Behemoth, what species we can find around.
Guess we should find a veteran to bugger with the technicals.

"Well, trenches are a good idea, but they'll take time and sometimes we won't have that privilege. Besides, too many trenches and the villagers won't let us hear the end of it."

Jonas scoops another handful of casings into an open burlap sack, careful to keep out as much snow as possible.

"Mm, yeah I suppose. What about portable barricades though? I remember my da telling me about how archers in medieval times would plant stakes to deter a cavalry charge."

"You know anyone experienced with these plants? Might have a herb or leaf that deters them."

"I think Sebastian's uncle used to be a botanist... you should check up with him."

cont.

A moment of silence passes as you both combine your collections of casings together in a large bag.

"Any reason why you joined up in the guard Jonas?"

"Someone has to do it I guess, can't have too little guards or one stroke of bad luck will wreck us."

> move on?

>>44055351
yup, move on.

No need to show EVERY piece of dialogue, or we'll be here forever.

>>44055373
Noted with thanks

Before long, a convoy of trucks similar to yours arrive on scene, with men disembarking with numerous saws and cutting implements. You meet with the village elder, who upon greeting thanks you again before leaving to supervise his team. Hours pass and fortunately nothing of note happens.

An arrangement is made for the skull to be cleaned and transferred to your outpost in the village. It is only at nightfall when the clean-up crew has finished scavenging most of the meat and fur from the recently slain beast. They pack up and begin to drive back to the village, the haul reeking from the back of their trucks.

Having escorted the men back to the village, you turn to your outpost, a low lying complex of two cabins. One functions as the dormitories while the other serves as everything else, briefing center, armory, shooting range, kitchen, etc. While the rest washes up in the much too small washroom and prepare for bed, you:

> go through your stocks and fill up requisition forms if need be
> look at the form of the recent volunteers and decide if you want to recruit any of them
> meet up with your one-man R&D department

>>44055509
>look at the form of the recent volunteers and decide if you want to recruit any of them
normally I go for R&D, but let's switch it up

>>44055527
seems like its only you and me left. I'll leave this thread up and continue later on then. That okay?

>>44055509
> look at the form of the recent volunteers and decide if you want to recruit any of them

>>44055509
>look at the form of the recent volunteers and decide if you want to recruit any of them

Writing in 10

> look at the form of the recent volunteers and decide if you want to recruit any of them

Sitting at the desk, you search through the pile of papers on your desk, managing to find a two neatly stapled bunches of paper.

Johann Smith
Stamina: Poor
Marksmanship: Above Average
Notes:
- Wants to be a marksman (Jonas: marksmanship isn't that good... but we can try to improve his aim if you want.)
- Trigger-happy (Jonas: spammed bullets at the range instead of taking measured shots. Think what you will about him)
- Knows some first aid

Wilson
Stamina: Average
Marksmanship: Good
Notes:
- Nothing special
- recently moved into the village
- Doesn't seem to be experienced with beast hunting

You decide to recruit:
> Johann
> Wilson
> Both
> Neither
> Write-in

>>44055798
> Wilson
I'd usually go with both, but we don't know how common or available ammunition is in this setting, so the less trigger happy dude seems the better choice for now.

>>44055798
Both. We're short on bodies so we'll take what we can get.

>>44055798
>> Wilson
Johann needs more training, have him join when we train so he can improve, but not go with us on missions

>>44055831
Ammo is something you'll have to be aware of in this setting, noted by the summary of expended materials. Currently, you have:

$1100
24 HG magazines
50 Rifle magazines
13 AP rounds for DMR
20 Fuel

Resources can be requisitioned or bought. Buying resources is way easier and faster but takes up money. Each person has a salary of $50/month.

Current consensus seems to be:
> Hire Wilson outright
> Get Johann to train with your team but not go on missions
any objections?

>>44055878
So that leave us with 650$ to buy stuff once payday hits?
Sheeeiiitt maybe we could get some money on the side by taking would be hunters on expeditions, you know, hunting some low tier monster for premium cash?

>>44055912
Sounds good, maybe put a dossier for the rest of the team so we know their weakness/strength

>>44055925

On it, I'll work on a pastebin

You mark Wilson to be hired, while sticking a note for Jonas on Johann's stack. You decide that Wilson shall be a:

> Rifleman
> Heavy Gunner
> Marksman

>>44055971
> Marksman

>>44055971
>> Marksman
Though having people able to do other jobs would be best. Gotta have more dudes/equipments before doing that I guess

>>44055990

The role you're voting for is basically what he's initially training for. You could have him cross-train into another role once he's done though. Recruits normally take about 2 weeks to train into a role

http://pastebin.com/NvRtiTJa

>>44056012
Nice, we'll do that the, if he survive.
How long a guy last in the guard anyway? What happened to the previous Captain?

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>>44056024
>http://pastebin.com/NvRtiTJa
Yeah..huh, training montage for everyone

On the top of Wilson's dossier, you quickly scribble an M next to his name before putting it in your 'Outgoing' pile of papers. Jonas will take care of that before he leaves for bed. As for you, you have time to perhaps do one more thing before you wash up and go to bed. You:

> go through your stocks and fill up requisition forms if need be
> meet up with your one-man R&D department
> have a talk about the hunt today with your men

>>44056044
[R] Charles
Stamina: Above Average
Marksmanship: Poor

Well, shit

>>44056074
>> have a talk about the hunt today with your men
We'll have the R&D talk tomorow

>>44056074
>have a talk about the hunt today with your men
first hunt talk is pretty important

>>44056075
poor stamina is also pretty bad, though. Ammo can get heavy.

Fell asleep at the keyboard, will do one last update then I'll go. Will continue if the thread is still up when I wake up.

>>44056074
> meet up with your one-man R&D department

Sleep tight OP

Pre-sleep bump.

Bump

bump

poke

Op die?

>>44065669
no op just likes snoozing the alarm. Y'all anons are the greatest. Thanks for bumping.

>>44065706
You slept for 11h nigga

>>44065706
Going for breakfast, then I'll start updating regularly again.

>have a talk about the hunt today with your men

Leaving your office, you straighten out your coat before crossing the cobblestone road to the dorms. The dorms is a simple wooden construct made more for practicality than aesthetics. Thick wooden paneling line the outer walls, separated only by the timber supports and barred windows. Inside the dorms tell a similar story, with a spartan complement of a bed and locker for each man.

Gathering your men around the shared table, you get them to talk about the hunt and how they feel about it. Eventually, the night draws on and having gotten a feel for each of them, you leave them to whatever free time they have left.

cont.

Jonas is comfortable with how the team operates, but wishes that more care is taken lest casualties are taken. He understands that additional measures will take time and effort but is willing to do anything to safeguard the team's future.

Charles feels that the first hunt went exceedingly well, but is a little annoyed that we had to stay out for the cleaning crew. He feels that they would have been fine even if we weren't there.

Both Sebastian and Davis are confident after today's hunt, but feel that they can improve

Locke has no particular feelings about today's hunt, and is simply glad that everything went well.

You have a quick shower before retiring for the night, which passes all too soon before the first rays of sunlight fall upon your face in the morning. You decide to:

> go through your stocks and fill up requisition forms if need be
> meet up with your one-man R&D department
> see if you can get any additional jobs

---

You also begin to plan out a training regimen for the men, focusing on:
> Marksmanship
> Stamina
> Write-in

There are 3 'slots' in a day for activities. It is customary to give your men a day off after a battle followed by two days of grace from the battle roster, do you give them a break?

>>44067013
>meet up with your one-man R&D department
> Marksmanship

>>44067013
Delay the day off by a day. Train while their first battle is still fresh.

Focus on stamina and survival. Efficiency can wait.

RnD

>>44067013
> meet up with your one-man R&D department
> Stamina

> R&D

A few minutes of deliberating on training brings you no where. Setting it aside for now, you head down a flight of stairs to your R&D department, if one man can be considered as such. The workshop is messy, but in a sort of way it's an organized kind of mess. On the sole clean spot on a nearby desk lies a note and a stack of paper, your mechanic informing you that he's out for materials and to choose from the three preliminary projects he's been working on.

> Rudimentary Napalm
Jeff: Animal's are afraid of fire right? So why don't we use their nature against them? Should be done in a week or so, depending on luck. You can expect flamethrowers up the wazoo

> Mounted Weaponry
Jeff: See, a man can only carry so much, so why not mount an MG or grenade launcher on the truck? The frame can be retrofit in about 3 days if I work on it.

> Mobile Barricades
Jeff: I heard from Jonas that barricades could be useful, so I was thinking of a coil of steel wire that can be wound around trees. Allows you to shoot through, keeps you from being eaten. Hopefully. Two weeks.

---

waiting on consensus for the other options

>>44067443
>> Mounted Weaponry
Want to keep mobile

>>44067443
Barricades

Current consensus for training is:
1 Marksmanship
1 Stamina/Survival
1 Stamina

Current consensus for the break is to give them a break? (if I count >>44067121 >>44067223 as supporting the break)

>>44067443
> Mounted Weaponry

>>44067705
If we don't train all together we should train lowest start 1st

Writing

>>44067443
Technical with grenade launcher?

Yes Please

You opt for the mounted weaponry, scribbling a circle around it before placing it down again. By the time you've left the basement, judging from the smell, they've begun breakfast. You stroll into the dorms and motion for Jonas to step aside for a bit. The two of you converse, and you inform him of the new training plan you've got, which is for them to train their marksmanship, survival and stamina, with an emphasis on the latter.

The men will have a break for today, followed by training on each day that follows.

> look for a job (the men you choose for the job won't be training)
> focus on training

(Going to timeskip to the next job or defense)

>>44067979
Training

>>44067979
>> focus on training

>>44067979
can we not requisition anything?

>>44068152
You can requisition stuff, in fact you can:

> go through your stocks and fill up requisition forms if need be

in the next post. Writing.

You decide not to look for jobs and instead choose for your men to focus on training. Having followed through with your R&D dept. and discussing your hunt, you only have one thing to do: checking your stores.

You currently have:

4 Rifles
1 DMR
2 LMG

24 HG magazines
50 Rifle magazines
13 AP rounds for DMR
20 Fuel
5 Grenades

Note: requisitions for more 'common' items such as rifles are easier than say requisitions for LMGs. Roll 1d100 for your requisitions.

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>44068330
50.MG for the truck + ammo

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>44068330
Gimme the good shit

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>44068330
HG ammo, another machine gun(possibly for the truck)

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>44068330
Because no one else can roll, I will show you the dance of my critfail.

>>44068396
>>44068452
>>44068465

Rolled a 63 (Low success)
You fill out the requisition forms for a heavier machine gun and some HG ammo. Unfortunately, HQ is only able to provide either 10 more HG ammunition or another LMG. Roll a 1d10

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>44068546

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>44068546
we can go another mission without topping up the HG ammo

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>44068546

The following three days pass without anything of note occurring. Training has gone as expected and Wilson seems to be learning well under Davis. Davis's training has been slower than the rest of the team, which is expected as his time is taken up by Wilson.

The LMG arrives from HQ and is in decent shape. Jeff has finished retrofitting the truck to have a hard point for a weapon.

> Equiped the LMG on the truck (assuming consensus, if anyone's opposed, please do say so)

Roll a 1d10 on how many days before the next defense is needed.

cont.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>44068761

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>44068761

> 9 days

You meet with Jeff, him having finished the mount and waiting on your instructions of what to do.

> Rudimentary Napalm
Jeff: Animal's are afraid of fire right? So why don't we use their nature against them? Should be done in a week or so, depending on luck. You can expect flamethrowers up the wazoo

> Mobile Barricades
Jeff: I heard from Jonas that barricades could be useful, so I was thinking of a coil of steel wire that can be wound around trees. Allows you to shoot through, keeps you from being eaten. Hopefully. Two weeks.

> Write-in?

---

(timeskip to the defense. You have 1 more requisition attempt, since it's 1/week)

>>44069005
Can we have him research Fire Bombs? Quicker than throwers and more easily mass produced. Also means everyone can carry some and still have their normal gear

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>44069005
>> Mobile Barricades
some sort of drone would be nice

>>44069005
>Mobile Barricades
I think flamethrower would be better than firebomb once we have all of this stuff researched.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>44069051
Ill roll for this since i forgot

>>44067979
would trenches do anything against an opponent that is not shooting you? I mean tactically

Rolled 44, 11 = 55 (2d100)

>>44069005
> Mobile Barricades
As for our munitions request can we get some better Armour or something?

>>44069139
Well that charging monster wouldn't really be able to charge. More like skip.

Having spear villagers hide in them to poke from below would also be helpful(and probably traumatizing)

>>44069051
Jeff: Fire bombs huh? Yeah I can work on that, I'll need about 4 days give or take.

Seems like 2 votes for Barricades and 1 vote for firebombs?

>>44069139

Trenches would stop some of the more swarmy mobs from reaching you. There's actually more mob types than just the huge ones.

You have one more requisition attempt, so link whatever you want to requisition. By the way, Wilson doesn't have a DMR yet, not that he needs it since he hasn't finished training.

>>44069190
I think I'll stick to trying for an HMG, or a spray-and-pray sub

>>44069170

Better armor does exist, you can vote for it.

Timetable:

Wilson is 3 days into training, he'll finish in about 11 more days.

9 days to defense

14 days to MBs

7 days to requisition (you're voting for this in advance, since we're time skipping to the defence)

Working on the updated roster on everyone's experience 9 days from this 'day'

>>44069190
I still do not see how that does anything a trench is just a hole in the ground with a pile of dirt in front any thing that charges that is going to either get hosed with automatic fire if the trench is there or not the vdeciding factor is the guns not the ditch the wire on the other hand I get

>>44069304
>a trench is just a hole in the ground with a pile of dirt in front
I implore you to research what trenches are for

http://pastebin.com/aFS9X5Tk

Updated.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

Can we req a DMR for our new marksman?

>>44069354
Yeah, current consensus seems to be getting:

A DMR
HMG/SMG?

Also need 2 more d100s for the requisition rolls

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>44069468

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>44069468

>>44069319
>>44069319
stopping bullets and cannon fire

Low Success on requisition

You may choose either:
> A DMR
Or
> A SMG with 10 SMG Magazines

>>44069505
How? Do you think a mound of dirt can stop a cannon?

>>44069521
>DMR for our Marksman whom needs one

>>44069521
> A DMR

>>44069521
DMR I suppose. Not like we know anything about the next attack anyway.

>>44069525
yes a wall would be knocked down but hole is already down and mound of paccked earth is strong

DMR it is.

---

Another day, another problem. It's midday and your scouts have reported another sighting. This time, it seems that there is a pack of beasts coming rather than a behemoth. You suppose that they'd be easier to kill since they won't have as much meat between your bullets and their organs but the fact that there's a few of them means that they could attack from multiple angles.

> who do you bring along? (No limit to how many people you can bring but considerations should be made.)

>>44069572
yes, just as strong as the reinforced concrete cannons are intended to destroy.

You don't know what trenches are at all, do you? Why they're connected, why no sane infantry walks ontop of a flat plain when there's a trench right there?

>>44069627
gunfire mostly

>>44069616
Ok two teams of three, each goes on a slight flank to create a 45 degree crossfire (so we dont hit each other), each wing gets one of th new guys. The other 2 stay far back and central to mop up those whom get through.

>>44069616
If it's a swarm, we should take as many as we can.

I'll follow >>44069670, but we should take a few people to ride the truck and steer them into the killzone while bleeding them out.

Gonna try a hex map. Btw, since you're not bringing along Johann for the missions, you have:

2R
2HG
2M
and you, assuming you operate the truck mounted MG. Current consensus is that you'll bring everyone. Also, is it a V or an /\, assuming the top faces the enemy?

>>44069725
\ /, some space between for the truck to drive through and stop as the last part of the killzone

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>>44069796

excuse the poorly drawn hex map.

Truck goes into forest, draws mobs attention, drives through the V, stops and fires.

Roll a d100 for luring

>>44069809

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>44069809

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>44069809

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>44069836
4chan ate my post

>>44069837
>>44069838
>>44069844

dicegods.jpg

holy shit

20, Low Failure (Barely)

As you embark on your journey to the killing zone, you cant help but feel a chill run down your neck... must be the winter cold. Along with Jonas, who's again the driver there, are the rest of your men. The plan is simple, form a separated V at the enemy. You'll drop off Jonas and the rest before going to lure the beasts out.

The journey to the forest hardly takes your mind off the mission, but time passes anyway and you're left to your thoughts. Soon, flat ground is found and your men disembark from the truck, leaving only you. Driving off, you catch Jonas waving in the distance.

cont.

>>44069925
>MC bout to throw down with a pack of monsters with nothing but his field knife

REMEMBER YOUR CQC TRAINING, BOSS!

You venture further into the forest in search of your marks and soon, the canopy engulfs your vehicle in full, much like a bird of prey circling above its prey. You manage to spot the first of your marks. They're smaller than your first kill, definitely, but are still too big for comfort. It stands at about a man in height, with its body strung out to a length of three men. Each wisp-like hair fall from its back in clumps, tendrils in the wind. It stalks surreptitiously on its hind legs, until you sound the horn and quickly execute a U-turn.

Your legs can't jam on the accelerator hard enough, evidently as you see what you fear most: two, no, three beasts gaining on you slowly but surely. Beads of perspiration rush down your neck like tendrils of the river Styx. In a matter of moments, three things happen simultaneously

cont.

You blink, time pauses, and the lead beast pounces. Seconds pass and no matter how you will it, the claws of your prey turned predator strikes the back of your vehicle. Metal shrieks against claw, muscle strains against the engine of your steed, but lady luck is on your side, its paws seemingly phase through your truck after some resistance, no doubt having gouged it.

Salvation lies ahead, as you break through the edge of the forest into your planned ambush.

"FUCKING SHOOT THE DAMN THINGS"

Roll 1d100+5 for general shooting.

Rolled 48 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>44070049
Are we leaking fuel? Because if we have to set them on fire, we will.

Rolled 32 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>44070049

Your team's morale is now: intimidated. No penalties yet but close.

>>44070070
Not leaking.

You'll start shooting the next time you roll

Rolled 73 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>44070049
Shit, I'm late, aren't I?

>>44070091

Low Success, writing. Also I'm making lunch so I might be a little late. Got to watch the pot and all.

> captcha asking for trucks

it knows.

As you race along the alpine snow, the rush of gunfire blows past you like a wave. Instantly, you can see your pursuers slow down in your rear view mirror and one even turns back. You're still shaking, but you can't let that show. Popping open the hatch, you stand on a stool recently added to your driver's cabin, and rack the LMG. It's heavy but in its weight is your trust.

One of the beast is slowing down now, almost to a crawl while the other almost halfway to one of your wings. The third is no longer in your vision, no doubt shrouded by the forest. Your marksmen are currently focusing on center mass

For you:
> take down the ailing beast
> focus on the closer one

For your marksmen
> centermass (EASY)
> Limbs (MEDIUM)
> Headshot (HARD)

roll 2d100

fuck, my bad. 2d100+5

Rolled 72, 33 + 5 = 110 (2d100 + 5)

>>44070205
>> focus on the closer one
>> Limbs (MEDIUM)

Rolled 100, 72 = 172 (2d100)

>>44070205
>>> focus on the closer one
>>> Limbs (MEDIUM)

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>>44070287
WE DID IT GUYS WE DID IT

>>44070287
i know he forgot to add the +5... so is that an over crit?

Rolled 63, 59 + 5 = 127 (2d100 + 5)

>>44070205
time to see if we roll a 1

Rolled 14, 95 + 5 = 114 (2d100 + 5)

>>44070205
> focus on the closer one
> centermass (EASY)

>>44070353

Nope, anything above 100 is still taken as a crit success.

Crit success on general shooting
Low Success for your marksmen

(Sorry for delay, cooking)

The LMG roars to life in your hands, sputtering out hot lead in a trail of fire towards the charging beast. Almost immediately, it begins to falter and slow. Now close to death, the final kill shot is given by one of your marksmen, who's shot aims true based on the dying beast's wails.

You almost give release a sigh of relief, until another trio of beasts lunge from the treeline at your right wing while you were distracted. The leading beast is already bleeding, no doubt a sign that it was the one that fled earlier. The three charge, only to be met by a storm of bullets that shred through them with ease.

cont.

Hopefully they'll fetch a nice price so we could buy/req more stuff.
We should try to find a way to build sand pit/or super tazers traps ala Monster Hunter, maybe even tranq ammo if we're bold enough to capture live mobs for dosh.

>>44070604
>if we're bold enough to capture live mobs for dosh.
later. MUCH later. have R&D staff in the double digits kind of later.

>>44070612
Agreed, I'm not saying we should do that right now, but it could be an idea.
Another thing that could be greatly hepfull is a second truck, one that could allow to latch some corpses to take back home quicker than waiting for the village scavengers

>>44070632
>latch some corpses to take back home quicker
ehhhh, that sounds like a disease hazard, carrying around an improperly dressed kill.

I think by the time the benefits outweigh the cost of keeping things clean, we'll have moved above village scavengers

gimme a minute

> Expended

2 AP rounds
2 Rifle Magazines
5 HG Magazines

---

The five lifeless bodies lay dead on the snowy ground, blood oozing like black dye staining the nearby grounds. Neat little holes mark their bodies like swiss cheese, although their backs tell a different story. Overturned, their skin and flesh look more like the surface of the moon than what should have been the hide of a living animal. Your hunt has been concluded, and only at the cost of your truck's rear. Better the truck than anyone of your men.

[Accelerated Learning] First hand experience has taught Wilson far better than any teacher ever could. He is now a trained marksman with an additional point in marksmanship

HG Effect [Flak Cover]: Continuous use of LMGs have given your crew experience with it, allowing them to more effectively spread their fire. +5 when using HGs

cont.

>>44070675
Same as last time, call the scout if they see anything moving toward us, then call the village if the coast is clear. Grab the casing and make a quick defence perimeter

>>44070632
>>44070657
Considering our 3 research topics, I think we can make one hell of a setup.

>\ / setup around a small cluster of trees
>wires wrapped around the trees in a < > shape, leaving space from the truck
>Truck comes in luring the target
>After passing through the wings, guns lay down the fire while flames pour out a steady stream, deterring them from going down the middle
>Truck loops back around the other opening, shooting runaways
>Flames consume trees until they fall inward due to the wires

Forgot

> Expended 2 Fuel

---

Having finished the job, you order your men to pick up their shell casings before adopting a defensive perimeter. You ask your relay to send a cleaning crew to your location as well as a perimeter check from your scouts, before taking a well-earned rest. There's another beast that's near the site, one of them reports, though what you do with that information you haven't decided yet. The village elder comes in advance, no sooner than you would expect, and upon his look over of the corpses, values it as a profit of $800 for you.

$1900 total cash
19 HG magazines
48 Rifle magazines
11 AP rounds for DMR
18 Fuel
5 Grenades
Repairs needed for Truck Hull

> just set up a defensive perimeter
> hunt the beast lest it strays to the cleaning zone

>>44070719
Leave half of us in defensive perimeter, the other half hunt. Set it up so that if we find it and it chases us we can lead it into a kill box

>>44070719
>> hunt the beast lest it strays to the cleaning zone
If it runs don't pursue it.
>Inbe4 a clevergirl

>>44070719
>just set up a defensive perimeter
Have a look at the truck and take stock of troop morale.

Is there not enough daylight if we wait for the cleanup crew to finish? I'm ready to put this off until the next day, if everyone's fine with delaying the break by a day.

>>44070752
Troop morale is a mix of relief and joy after finishing the beasts off quickly. Your men are also more cautious after what they saw.

The cleaning crew will finish at about sunset and reach the village, with your escort, around nightfall. The truck is badly damaged at the back, but luckily no damage has been done to the axle. While it might ride weirdly, it can still move.

Current consensus seems to be:

1 for half hunt, half defense
1 for hunting, but leaving if it runs
1 for defense

Need a tie-breaker on what to do.

>>44070791
I was 1 for half hunt, half defense
ill change to the defense

>>44070791
>1 for hunting, but leaving if it runs
make that 2

>>44070875
>>44070879
this makes

2 Defense
2 Hunting, but leaving if it runs

>>44070791
>1 for hunting, but leaving if it runs

Right, seeking out your prey it is.

Writing

You check back with your scout on where the beast is, and upon confirmation begin to head out. Your current plan is to:

> Follow the same routine, luring your prey into a killbox using a truck
> Follow the same routine, luring your prey into a killbox using runners
> Having your HGs mount the truck (run and gun)

The truck is already damaged as is, and another blow might damage something important.

As always, write-ins are welcome too

>>44070952
>> Having your HGs mount the truck (run and gun)
not found of having people on foot while the thing can keep pace with a speeding truck

>>44070952
> Having your HGs mount the truck (run and gun)

Writing.

> Having your HGs mount the truck (run and gun)

Both your HGs board the truck, securing their LMGs to each side of the truck to form a pseudo-turret. Jonas operates the truck mounted LMG in lieu of the non-existent HG. With all of your HGs ready, you begin driving forward into the forest in search of your prey.

From the scout's description, it seems that what you hunt isn't so different from your first, based on the size reported. With any luck, you should find it soon.

(Because only the HGs are used, the rest have stayed as guards)

Roll a d100 for searching

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>44071159
I spy

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>44071159

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>44071159
Can't see shit cap

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>44071159
Here's hoping I can save this for us.

Status: can't see shit cap'n

Low Failure

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>>44071197
>>44071215
>>44071227
FFFFFF

The forest canopy thickens considerably as you drive through the forest, anxious to spot your mark quickly. Minutes of driving yield nothing as a result unfortunately. At this rate, you should turn back while you can in case it finds its way to the site, on the other hand, having an additional carcass would mean more profits.

> Continue 1d100 (Medium difficulty)
> Return

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>44071271
> Continue 1d100 (Medium difficulty)
I spy harder

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>44071271
Let me just have a peak of it's tail

>>44071300
a peek, even. Shit's hard to find yo

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>44071271

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>>44071279
>>44071300
>>44071327
well shit

Writing.

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>>44071342
Aren't they?

Unable to find the beast, you have but one option left: to return back to the cleaning site. Roll a 1d100

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Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>44071356
fine let's go back

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>44071356

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>44071356

>>44071385
so close, writing.

You reach the cleaning site in due time and inform with regret your inability to catch even a glimpse of your supposed prey. Hours pass and soon the cleaning crew has finished scavenging the beasts for whatever meat and flesh they are able to provide. The trucks are loaded up and the convoy leaves for the village.

Jonas recommends hiring a tracker on the way back, but some others are opposed, citing the additional costs

> support Jonas and support hiring one
> stay neutral and say it depends
> reject the proposition
> write-in

>>44071463
>> write-in
See if us or any of our men have any natural talent

>>44071463
> stay neutral and say it depends
Would prefer to hire one to train our guys. Its better to multiskill when you don't have many people.

>>44071463
How does the tracker track things?

>>44071494
Dogs, falconry, etc.

>>44071463
>> stay neutral and say it depends
We'll have to before long, only to learn the skills to do so ourselves

>>44071508
How/what's the world tech level anyway?

>>44071463
> stay neutral and say it depends
We'll try again in the morning

>>44071475
Ill second this

>>44071508
Defiantly want to hire one then.
Would be hard to train one of us and an animal

>>44071561
we could atleast ask the team if anyone thinks they could?

Maybe we can by some tracking equipment while we get our truck fixed

>>44071475
>>44071554
see if anyone has talent

>>44071479
>>44071509
>>44071522
Depends

>>44071479
Hire one to train your guys

You ponder on it for a few seconds, but choose to be neutral for the time being, stating that needing a tracker depends on different factors. You do feel that it's possible for one of them to be trained into a tracker, but that would still require someone to train him.

Perhaps you could check with the village elder if a tracker is available, or in the worst case scenario ask for one to be assigned to you from HQ. it's too late into the night to pursue the topic further, and so you leave it for tomorrow.

cont.

>>44071583
We'll need to build a dog kennel to train dogs and something similar for the falcons. It's a long term investment that's for sure

Roll 2d100

Rolled 36, 32 = 68 (2d100)

>>44071620

Rolled 23, 65 = 88 (2d100)

>>44071620
uh-oh

Rolled 75, 77 = 152 (2d100)

>>44071620

>>44071629
Good save

>>44069237

4 days to MBs

Wilson has finished training

4 days to requisition

The next morning, you decide to contact HQ to see if they have any trackers available. You do know that tracking units exist, but you're not sure about how common they are. The call's a bust, too busy with operations, HQ says.

You check with the village elder next, who mentions that there is a tracker in the nearby village and promises to contact him for you. The tracker wants $150/month for his services and an additional $100 for training. Then again, training would certainly depend on the skill of your men.

You:

> hire the tracker
> hire the tracker to teach one of your men
> both

Payday is tomorrow, so taking that into account, you're left with $1300

>>44071681
>> both
Sucks but it could come in handy

>>44071681
>> both
How good is he/what does he come with?

>>44071681
>> hire the tracker
>> hire the tracker to teach one of your men
I guess we can try for the first month.

Hopefully Charles is up to the task.

Need also to ask Sebastian about that herbalist

>>44071702

A quick check with the village elder mentions that he primarily uses a dog. He has a short track record of locating animals, but hasn't tried beasts.

If you plan on hiring him to train one of your men, you'll also have to get a dog.

A local farmer is willing to sell a dog at $50, which I'll take as a yes.

The tracker will take approximately 3 days to arrive. Is there anything you want to do before you timeskip to 4 days later? Any opposition to a one day break before training continues?

>>44071731
What breed of dog?
And yes to taking a day off.

>>44071721
>A local farmer is willing to sell a dog at $50, which I'll take as a yes.
No, not yet. Not until we see how well dogs do.

I want to delay pet upkeep for as long as possible, it'll ruin our tracker's training schedule.

>>44071731
Take the break I suppose, and see about Sebastian/botany

>>44071745
We need the dog so we can train him with tracking using dogs.
and the dog needs to be trained anyway

=30 minute break=

>>44071731
Try to get a map of the area, with known location where monster goes to drink/hunt whatever it is monsters do?
Get a talk with the elder on things like having the building expanded without us having to pay for it? maybe an infirmary if the village doesn't have one already

>>44071763
No, you don't train someone in tracking with a dog that doesn't know how to track.

>>44071731
Start discussing about building defenses for the village. Maybe some kind of watchtower or a fence.

Ask if there are any natural resources in the area or any places the elder might want to secure.

>>44071790
Hire guy who tracks things with dogs to teach a man without a dog to track.
And the dog still needs to be trained

>>44071813
Yes. Because the guy we're hiring has his own dog.

You can teach someone to climb with a trained belayer supporting, and it is in fact preferred to do so.

>>44071836
You do know that dogs aren't train from birth right?
It sort of need to be trained by the guy that's costing us $150/month.

Before buying the dog, let the guy who knows about dogs have a look at the potential candidate, if he gives the ok, buy it, if he doesn't find the dog adequate look for another

>>44071865
and that can wait until the tracker is trained, incase it takes more than a month.

Besides, it's important for the tracker to give a good first impression to more easily create a solid bond, and that's way easier if the tracker already knows what he's doing before handling the dog. There's a big difference in established hierarchy between a trainer acting as "pack leader" and the tracker acting as "pack leader" with advise from the trainer.

I would accept if it was just a simplification due to gameplay/story segregation, though.

Ending it here for now, too tired to continue. Hope you had fun. This is my first quest so it any feedback is welcome. Thanks for playing.

>>44072069
Night, it was nice, hope you run again soon.

>>44072069
Have a good day/night