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>>1022732
>2/2
"I promise you once we are ALL off this station we will make every uni-basterd we find pay for what happened here"
The old man looks at you for a moment, a tiny spark of anger in his eyes that suddenly vanishes.
"Revenge is a game for young people, I'm just... tired now"
You can't say you don't understand how he feels. Even though you're half his age you used to feel tired.
There's a lot that seems missing, but you do remember that. Being completely out of gas, wasting yourself on meaningless tasks.
It's time to pull out the big guns, even if it risks a bit of your image or whatever. Not like they don't know you're insane.
"Before this all happened I wanted to kill myself" this is a bit of a surprise for some of your companions, as two of them already knew.
"Then this hell happened. And I didn't anymore. Not because of the absolute horrible carnage" a white lie, that was at least half the reason there.
"But because things got better, I met someone I liked, I made friends I could trust, I even survived something horrible and saw a Polar Bear!"
If he's not entirely convinced then he's at least second guessing himself at that.
"I can set the place to meltdown after we leave..."
"That's what I like to hear!"
-
Things have settled a bit after the 'deep talk' moment of earlier. Some of your companions, Doc and Gomez, are resting while they wait for a mission.
Others, such as Sarge and Julius, seem to be trying to find something to keep their minds off things,
in their case reading a book and messing with hospital equipment respectively.
Carla's just sitting next to you as you both observe the others.
>Talk or do something here before going [what?]
>Go to Engineering to start that meltdown process
>Go to the Hangar to secure a ship
>Split in two teams, the Station is already secured anyway
>Write-in

>>1022734
>>Go to the Hangar to secure a ship

>>1022734
Whelp guess we go to to the hanger then? Sense he can do we aftee we leave? Or did i missread that?

>>1022772
That's correct, he can set it to happen after you leave.

>>1022772
Was wanting to acquire a ship so that we did not have to worry about clearing one while the timer was ticking.

>>1022796
>>1022772
If you guys will go ahead with that just confirm it for me:
Take everyone or take just some/yourself?
Doc and Gomez are still injured.

>>1022811
Take everybody too the hanger, we're all going home mate. We have a war to win.

The other can set it to rig from space apprently.

>>1022829
Not from space, timed meltdown. He'd still need to go there first.

>>1022834
Oh well uh.. fuck, lets get everybody else too a CLEARED ship, then walk him tok the stations reactor?

"Alright guys" the team turns to you "we'll start packing up and head to the hangar, get ourselves a ride home"
"Sounds like a plan to me" says Gomez as he gets up, his leg is still injured so it takes a bit of effort not to lean too heavily on it.
Soon the rest of the group is following you out the medical area's entrance and heading to the tram station.
-
The hangar looks much like you left it, all the ships still in place and not a single necro in sight.
You and the group look around for any suitable vessels. There are two ships unlocked by the previous assault.
There's also the unitologist ship, which unlike what the cultist said is still sitting there, completely lifeless.
Although you dread what could be in it as it was part of the twisted plans of the cultist leader, it might be good to check it's insides.
It might be a good idea to go for a smaller vessel, like a shuttle, rather than take a big one for just a couple of people.
>Get a shuttle
>Get a medium sized ship
>Check the cultist ship, even if it's dangerous
>Write-in

Sorry for taking long.

>>1022903
>Get the others into the medium sized ship and it checked for ANY suprises inside of it or bombs
>Then check the Cultists ship.

>>1022920
Roll me a d20 for the first one.

Bo3 as usual.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1022937
Rollerino

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1022937

>>1022981
>>1022982
Can the last roll save us?

>>1022989
Roll it and be our hero.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

I guess I'll do it.

>>1023006
Nah, I rolled before. I'm on phone, and it wouldn't be in the spirit of things to roll twice even though you wouldn't be able to tell that I did.

Also, saved

Size does matter, so you opt for the bigger ship. It's about used for transporting cargo, but upon entering you're pretty sure it's empty.
You don't want to take long in here as the cultist vessel is still out there waiting for you to go investigate it,
thus you make the inspecting as quickly as possible. Still, with your detective visor you easily find the chemical traces that lead you to a bomb.
Makes sense the cultist leader would try to put in some insurance in these ships in case his plan went bad.
Julius makes quick work of the bomb, while the others go look around their new installations.
The ship isn't anything special but it seems sturdy. It'll do the trick. You tell the others that you'll go check something on the outside and they nod.
Back on the hangar you see the cultist flagship. Pretty big, and strangely threatening, as if a ship could be threatening.
It doesn't look that different from others other than it's identification and some religious iconography.
You decide it's time step inside and take a look around.
-
The place is disgusting. It's filled with that pink crap, even up to the airlock,
and you're pretty sure that you can hear something unnatural on the background of your thoughts.
Do you want to go in and see what's in here? Or maybe it's best to just blow it up and be done with it.
Something makes you want to continue, even if just for the pure thrill you've been having these past few days.
Maybe if you find a way to turn the ship on you could throw it onto the sun to make sure it's a goner.
>Continue into the belly of the beast
>No, leave, get Julius and go blow this place up
>No, leave, let the station be as proof of what the unitologists did
>Write-in
d20

>>1023017
Alright, thanks for telling me bud. It's a bit of a slow day for the players and for me.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1023034
>Continue into the belly of the beast

Let's pull a Halo 4 throw the setting into the sun

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1023034
>Continue into the belly of the beast

>>1023067
>>1023045
I'll wait a lil while for the third.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>1023034
Rolling that 1

>>1023045
Well. A ten is something at least

You decide to continue into the belly of the beast.
Quite literally, as the walls are covered in necromorph tissue that pulsates making the hallway look like a giant esophagus.
The same rotten smell as before invades your nostrils, as you make your way in.
Initially the place looks deserted but you soon find that to be wrong, as knife-like tentacle bashes against your face.
It's really nice that you've got that reactive armor up because that would've been a nasty cut if it got through.
Thankfully the tentacle got thrown away from the reactive armor, even if you think it dented it.
You get out your revolver and take aim at the monster, firing enough rounds to make sure it's dead.
Looking further into the corridor you see more of these immobile guardians.
>Conserve ammo, go on melee (d20)
>Kill them with your rifle (d20)
>Go back for reinforcements (d20)
>Write-in

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1023122
>Conserve ammo, go on melee (d20)

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>1023134
Support. Maybe my phone won't make fumble 11

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1023167
....well it wasn't a 1

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1023122
Melee time, rip and tear their guts!

Copying your own method of killing the guardian from the recycling area you begin ripping them from the walls.
Problem is? There is too many on both sides and to top it off you can hear something approaching.
You try to speed it up but the effort ends with you getting your limbs wrapped on the beasts' tentacles.
With a push you manage to get your right arm free, but they keep coming and trying to hold you down.
On the end of this entrance hallway you see it, a group of two slashers. They spot you and start making their way in.
>Try to grab your guns and end the slashers before they get here
>Push your way through with your power armour's strength
>Try to retreat so you can get some help, maybe Doc's flamethrower?
>Write-in

>>1023185
>>1023170
>>1023134
Only green IDs. Huh

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1023198
>Try to grab your guns and end the slashers before they get here

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1023202
Once again. Let's get metal in here

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1023198
>>Try to grab your guns and end the slashers before they get here
We don't want to be boxed in

>>1023217
>>1023202
Gonna give a chance for the other anon to match the set before I finish the Bo3.

Writing.

You manage to wrench yourself free for long enough to grab your rifle and barrage the Slashers.
One of them falls on the ground as your shots destroy cut away an arm and a leg.
The other one gets grazed by a shot but keep coming, so you become a bit more aggressive.
Getting your other hand free you draw the revolver and use it's powerful slugs to turn the necro's legs to mush, followed by its head.
More slashers come in, damn you're going to need to rethink this, specially with the tentacles attempting to wrap you again.
Aiming your guns to the opposite guardians to their respective arms you begin firing until they stop holding you down.
You take time to reload the revolver again, while the slashers approach. When they're close enough you launch yet another barrage.
This time they're all easily cut down, as you can aim without trying to avoid being wrapped in goey necro appendages.
>Keep advancing
>Go back for allies
>Comm in and tell them where you are
>Write-in

I fucked up my post, my bad.

>>1023298
>Comm in and tell them where you are

We really need to be careful about this. Can we overload this ship as well?

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1023298
Keep advancing
>no stop.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1023298
>Comm in and tell them where you are
This the bullshit and y'all know it

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1023298
>keep advancing
No brakes on this necrotrain

>>1023337
Well, at least it wasn't a 1

"Hey, team, guess who's inside the cultist ship?" you send in a comm message to all the others.
"You what!?" Carla seems a bit distressed by the information. "You told us you were going to check the hangar!"
"Yeah, and the ship is in the hangar. Look, do you guys want to come with me or something?"
"Me and Carla will be right there, Gomez, Doc and Julius will watch over each other." the sarge interrupts.
"Sure, try and be fast will you?" you turn off the comms and look ahead.
By the shadows moving closer there are more necros around, and if the amount of pink-matter is any indication there are – a lot – of them.
You start making your way before stopping to consider the situation. The team is coming so you could wait for them here, while holding down the hallway.
Alternatively you could just rush further ahead and clean the path.
Either option has their advantages and disadvantages.
>Rush ahead
>Stay here
>Write-in

Dealing with some Drama on the side, my bad.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>stay here
Let's not have more buddies die

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>1023400
>Stay here

All good mate.

>>1023400
>Dealing with some Drama on the side, my bad.
As long as it doesn't lead to murder you should be fine. Good luck.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1023400
>stay here

It's all good. Dice gods be merciful

>>1023400
Wait guys we can take more than one ship!

>>1023400
Continue. If opposition become too strong, retreat and wait, then continue. If resistance is still too much, retreat permanently. Priority 1 is to blow this shit up and 2 is to get the proof we have to authorities (once we spread it out via other means)

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1023400
>Write-in
Fight back to the entrance so we can meet up with reinforcements, ask for the flame thrower drone to be sent.

Also tell Carla to record and take pictures of everything, all 3 of you guys.

>>1023400
Hold the line.

>>1023445
More proof is good idea. Supporting.

>>1023400
i'll back >>1023445

>>1023445
This

We can do a dead space V-log or like a gaming channel with a bit of commentary....
>>1023452
>>1023465
>>1023474

>>1023445
Switching to support

It's a bit hard to take down these guardians when there's so many grabbing at you at once.
After a few shots and punches you manage to get back to the entryway of the ship.
It's better to wait here than to try to go in again. Now that you think about it, you could really use one of those drones.
Still since they were blasted to bits, something you should see to that it is corrected, the best you can get is the flamethrower from Doc.
One message later and Carla replies that they'll take it with 'em.
You'd sit around but you're sure this pink goo-flesh would give you ass cancer or something.
Instead you just stand, making sure to take a few steps now and then so that weird corruption doesn't turn your feet into roots.
It's rather dull just waiting inside some meaty hallway like you're about to be digested but there's a line to go through.
A minute later your thoughts race to more pleasant pink things as you see Carla entering the Hallway.
She runs to you, Sarge following close. "Why did you just run off here Phil? You -",
as she approaches you take the opportunity to slap her suit-covered ass. Nothing makes someone quit talking better than that.
"You're just being you again" you can't see the eye roll but you're sure there's one.
"Even vomit-smelling meat-ships don't hamper the urges of a man who found his will to live again"
"Uh huh. You can tap that later, now let's go search through this ship before I vomit"
"- as a group, please don't run off again Phil" interrupts Sarge.
"Sarge, you know me, where there is danger and possible death there I'll go."
"I've noticed the trend" with allies it becomes easy to take down the guardians, as each of you can provide support and avoid the others from being trapped.
The group continues heading through the hallway. Eventually you reach a bigger room, still flesh-covered. It looks like some kind of access to other levels.
>Bridge
>Cargo Hold
>Reactor
>Write-in

>>1023486
>Cargo Hold

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1023486
>Bridge
best way to find out what they've been using the ship for

3 more things I want to more things I want to add.

1. How many ships are we jacking, we can set ourselves up pretty good, if we all each take one with us. It will also help in being able to go in more directions and splitting up for whatever reasons in the future if we must.

2. Will we take the cultist flag ship, or keep it intact with the "proof" inside, or destroy it.

3. Will we blow up the station, or crash it into the nearest star?

>>1023486
>Agree with Sarge's comment. You were being stupid and will try to think things through better next time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9SGiI0_AA4o
So when do you reckon we'll find the suit of power armor powered by Marker Energy?

...
You don't reckon the cult leader had it, do you? Or maybe he was working on that, and its somewhere in the ship.

>>1023497
1. Few
2. Blow Up
3. Star

>>1023486
>Bridge
Maybe they have camera feed, or the option to screw something up on the ship?

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1023486
>Cargo Hold
$20 the marker is there, this ship needs to meet a super Nova

>>1023514
The only concern with the send it hurtling to the star is, as its a more sure fired way to wipe out everything without a trace, it will take longer....

>>1023486
Follow the strange tugging presence

>>1023496
>Bridge
If there are things to be found, they will be there. Cargo will just have something really nasty. Reactor to blow the ship up.

>>1023526
>>1023519
We have big phil with us yeah? Or rather, we have that cultist bomb from this ship so we can use that instead.

>>1023525
True, was also wondering do we even have a star available.

Wait, can't we open the cargo hold from the bridge? Just an idea, its probably not a smart thing to do, letting anything in there wander onto the station.

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>>1023543
>tfw the station is in interstellar space

>>1022732
Gotta get some slumber mate, let's see how fucked up we are in the morning. Thanks for running!

>>1023501
He didn't, he had an anti-stasis field though, it made him go fast.

>>1023491
>>1023519
Cargo Hold

>>1023529
>>1023516
>>1023496
Bridge.

I think Bridge wins, you have a minute or so to vote further since I need to call someone, but it'll probably be that.

>>1023543
Well just push the station into the nearest light source..... Unless it exist in the "dead of space"....

Most stations would logically be place for resource mining or a hub-way/pit stop to another area. Most asteroids or locations with enough resources to mine are in or around solar systems....

>>1023486
>Bridge

>>1023552
Good night, anon! Thank you for playing.

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>>1023549
>Phil: Hey whats that out the window?

>>1023549
Smooth. Available as in, less than a light hour away.

>>1023553
True.
You know, I'm surprised dead space doesn't seem to have any cybernetic necromorphs. With all the nutjobs and cultists present, you'd think some of them would try to either augment some necromorphs, or attach cybernetics to a subject before turning them.
Maybe cybernetics is against unitologist beliefs in some way.

The bridge reminds you a bit of the command center of the station, except much smaller.
It's got a bigger area that resembles a podium, except in this case with more a religious symbolism to it.
As if that cultist maniac had any authority to look over anyone, goddamn whackjob.
More important than understanding the layout of the room however become the absurd amounts of necromorphs in this room.
There's dozens of slashers and leapers just standing around, along with guardians, lurkers, pregnants.
Even worse, there's types you don't recognize, and the walls on this place have bright bulbous yellow sacks, with large tendrils as thick as a man coming out of their sides.
Some of the necros seem to be hibernating in the pink mass of flesh, while others just idle around.
What in hell happened to this place? You don't really have a lot of time to think as the necros start to notice your presence.
Hell even the walls start reacting, as if the ship itself had an idea you were in it.
>Fuck this, we need to retreat! We need to destroy this along with the station.
>Let's purge this place, stay in the elevator and let them come to us
>Let's purge this place, CHARGE!
>Fuck this, we need to retreat and come back later with a way to purge this place.
>Write-in

>>1023582
Maybe the marker signal interferes with things somehow? I'm not sure either.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1023645
>Fuck this, we need to retreat! We need to destroy this along with the station.
Duck this shot I'm out

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>1023645
blow it all up

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1023645

>>1023645
>Write-in
Drop the bomb that Julius disarmed from the cultist ship, set it for 10 minutes and leave.

>>1023645
Surely blowing the station and the ship and everything else up couldn't be what the cult leader wanted us to do, right?
right?

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1023645
>Let's purge this place, stay in the elevator and let them come to us

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>>1023673
It's in the other ship still.
but I appreciate the write-in, and I like how you think.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1023645
>let's purge this place, stay in the elevator and let them come to us

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>>1023674
I'm thinking he expects us to escape and spread space aids, So I'm for shoving it into the nearest star system, and going over the entire ship and us. Including doc giving everyone anal stretching to be sure nothings hiding all the way up our butts.

Why are we all rolling?

>4
>1
>9
4 it is.

Also having a few conflicting votes here, we have two different "blow", one retreat, one stay and fight.

>>1023674
was crashing this station part of your plan?

I guess stay and fight wins by being the biggest minority.

Writing.

>>1023701
Get out and seal it shut. It can boom with everything else here.

>>1023701
Depends on the survivors.

If only you knew what I was planning to do to Lilith...

>>1023645
Marker signal is possible, but I don't know if it's been shown to interfere with technology all that much, it just being a really weird electromagnetic signal and all.

Maybe it's due to the tech available to the cultists? Organic prosthetics are by far the most popular method to replace parts after all. And I don't know if augmentation is practiced or not - I think they rely on rigs to augment abilities instead of using riskier surgical grafts.

"Back to the elevator, let's funnel them towards us!" your companions nod, and follow you back.
Soon the necros start coming, and soon you realize you made a slight miscalculation.
The necros are so many that even shooting them is not stopping their mass from piling into the elevator.
In a matter of minutes you're holding back as a three slashers and a couple of lurkers make your life hell in close quarters.
From behind them you can see one of the gigantic tendrils approaching.
It might be a good idea to change your plans, and do so fast.
>Tell someone to press the button to get you to the exit while you hold them back
>Nope outta here, but first push the necros out with your shield
>Try to keep struggling, you're bund to push back eventually right?
>Write in

>>1023723
no survivors, they'll expect one of us in the wreckage brother

>>1023733
>Try to keep struggling, you're bund to push back eventually right?

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1023733
Push those fuckers out of the elevator while sarge mashes the button to send us to the exit. Get carla to snipe in a quick shot on a yellow postule before the doors close.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1023733
>tell someone to press the button
I've made a huge mistake

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1023733

>>1023752
>>1023753
>inb4 3rd is a 1

>>1023761
Thanks boss

>>1023761
WRONG, QM!
CRASH AND BURN!

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>>1023758
>>1023764
>>1023765
How is this even fucking possible.
I'm trying really hard to understand, explain to me like I'm a retard: how can one one quest be so damn unlucky.

Also you're tied for the vote. Gonna give it up to 10 for the breaker.

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>>1023761

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>1023773
1 - Push back + snipe
2 - Push back
3 - Button

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1023645
Fuck this, we need to retreat! We need to destroy this along with the station

>>1023794
If we get out, let's come back with flamethrower and any other incendiary shit we can come up with

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1023768

Button

Sarge goes for the panel and mashes it to get you home.
Unluckily, he clicked the wrong button, and it sends you down to the cargo hold which is a longer ride.
While fighting the necros in such close range your squadmates get a few injuries, though hopefully they seem to handle them better than you.
In such close quarters you're spending so much time avoiding blowing up everyone with your reactive armor that it's hard to fight.
Eventually you settle on the cargo's floor and kick the monsters out through the door.
There is a weird glow coming from behind them, in this empty cargo hold.
Or rather, almost empty.The glow you saw comes from...
God, we need to get the fuck outta here.
-
Out of the ship you've finally connected the dots of their entire plan.
Even if you don't know this ship's destination you're sure that the result would be catastrophic.
Your team mates are doing fine despite the scuffle causing some hurt for them.
Still, they seem to realize just what they were seeing there, as out of their helmets their faces are filled with horror.
>Go loot something (Drones? Medical supplies? Books? Ammo? - since no enemies I'll do it ftb)
>Go get Julius to blow up the station
>Go do something else [write-in]
>Talk to your companions [write-in]

>>1023794
1 - Push back + snipe

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1023794
button lee, juan ovyu

>>1023839
>juan ovyu
Call Ittin.

>>1023836
>Go loot something (Drones? Medical supplies? Books? Ammo? - since no enemies I'll do it ftb)
>EVERYTHING

Rolled 1 (1d20)

Loot that shit, try to not go crazy
Please dice gods

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>1023852
MARKER SIGNAL OVERLOAD
TPK IMMINENT

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>>1023852
>>1023856
>try not to go crazy
>1
>20

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>>1023768
Hey guys, guise, what, what if we, hey guys listen!

What if we changed it so that low numbers are good, and high numbers are bad?

inb4 we start rolling high.

>>1023836
>Go loot something (Drones? Medical supplies? Books? Ammo? - since no enemies I'll do it ftb)

Loot info, we gonna start a Gorilla war against these guys, get as much info on their finances, locations, member list, operating MO, etc.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1023700
we're rolling for anal circumference

Rolled 13, 16, 20, 15, 5 = 69 (5d20)

Give me a sec to eat my grub, soldiers.

>>1023862
You aren't going to find much on this station except for one specific place but that I'll have to require that you guess.

>>1023836
>Go loot something (Drones? Medical supplies? Books? Ammo? - since no enemies I'll do it ftb)
Get the drones salvaged, stock up on FOOD AND WATER into an empty ship, get everyone topped up on ammo, and...
Use forensics to find out where cultist leaders body went.

Back and writing.

>>1023877
When I said they aren't in sight before I meant they were behind the tram area, hence you couldn't see them directly though you could look at where they were.

My bad for making it confusing.

>>1023896
Oh i see
Loot his corpse for sure

You spend the next few hours with your groups scouring the entire station for anything useful.
At the end you make a checklist of everything you've taken:
enough food and water to last the group half a year and that's without rationing,
a lot of books which got in through popular demand, some datapads and miscellaneous parts and bits,
a good cache of ammo that you got from the armoury, more medical supplies from the med-bay along with some equipment to give Doc medical room,
as much public intel on the unitologists as you could find along with anything else not-so-public Clara got,
extra stasis packs, and finally a couple of spare security RIGs just in case.
Everything is loaded onto the ship and you figure your next steps is to set the station to blow...
>Go there right away
>No wait, I want to [write-in]
I'll list everything in a Pastebin once you've departed from Heinlein

>>1023940
>No wait, I want to [destroy the station/send it into the building.]

>>1023952
I made things confusing.

The options are:
>Let's go blow this shithole up!
>I want to do something else frst

>>1023940
>No wait, I want to [write-in]
>we still have to crash the station into the star.

>>1023974
ah
>I want to do something else first use to pa system to make one last call for any survivors that might still be hidden.

then

>Let's go blow this shithole up!

>>1023974
>Let's go blow this shithole up!

No Marker odd.

>>1023974

Let's go blow this shithole up!

And make out with the gf with the explosion happening behind us in the windows

>>1023974
>Set the station into a collision with the nearest star.

How far is the nearest start?

Actually, set off the cultist bomb in the cultist ship first, that way if anything survives we've know, and it prevents the ship from acting as a shield or barrier from the stations explosive if we can't send it into a star.

>>1023940
Oh.
Grab the pictures from your desk.
Take a picture with your survivor group, print it.
let everyone else grab things they want to remember people by.

>>1023993
Maybe during the time that the cult leader was caring for us, he shoved a shard into us, so long as we live, we carry it with us always.

Have doc do a full body scan on us without the suit on.

>>1023993
either its in one of us, or well idk.

>>1024011
It would make sense, cuz since Carla was spending time with is (intimately) and she went crazy from having (big phil sex) slept with us, it would make sense no? the marker is inside us. We will seek out other markers to MAKE US WHOLE!

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>>1023993
There was one, I just fucked up in explaining what you found in the Cargo hold because I'm a HACK.

>>1024011
>living marker

>>1024030
That would make sense.....

>>1024039
Now now, just because your dick drives people insane and people rise from the grave near you that doesn't mean anything anon.

There's loads of people like that!

>>1024042
Hey, thats only due to its sheer size!

Carla wasn't a virgin was she?

You first take a quick detour back to the command center.
Carla hacks into the P.A. and sends a message to any possible survivors. You doubt anyone would come.
For a moment you consider helping the biggest survivor aboard, the polar bear, but you figure having a bear on board would get violent pretty fast.
Instead you took the opportunity to collect your belongings and own personal file from the Security HQ.
-
Setting the reactor to meltdown was easy, Julius said he could do it on his sleep.
Still, he lingered there for longer than you'd wanted. You could feel a big part of him wanted to just sit there in the place her worked for so long.
A tired man who wanted to be washed away with the past. Yet he chose to leave with the rest of you.
Before leaving you made sure to check on the cultist leader. Dead, as before.
You take off his modified stasis module, and look in his personal belongings for any worthwhile information.
Not much, just some weird kind of key card. That's kind of outdated but you take it anyway.
-
There's just 10 minutes for the station to become dust. No survivors showed up yet. It's a shame, thousands lived here.
And they died for what? Sure you enjoyed yourself, but it's still a crime to slaughter so many in the name of some stupid space zombie cult.
The crew is reunited at your ship's bridge.
"So what will we name her?" Gomez pipes up.
"Good question, Phil?"
"Huh. I hadn't thought about that, what is the current name?"
"The Flamingo"
"Right, damn. We should name it..."
>What do you name the ship?
"That's... That's just like you isn't it Phil"
"Yep"
You stay in silence for a bit, before Julius sets the ship in motion. There's just about eight minutes for the meltdown and subsequent explosion.
>Let's watch it
>Let's get away from this place already [where to]
>Write-in / Say something

>>1024047
yes, and despite the appearances all your companions bar one have a secret

>>1024101

Let's watch it

Left for dead oa the ships name

>>1024101
>The Chosen few
>Watch it to make sure it happens.

>>1024101
>Watch it
Name of the ship: The Ark

>>1024141
>>1024120
>>1024117
I'll let it run for another 10.

So far the names:
>Left for Dead
>The Chosen Few
>Ark
Seem to have a pretty clear theme, interesting.

>>1024147
>Ark

>>1024147
The chosen few

>>1024147
Ark

>>1024159
The Chosen Few is gaining.
Still got another 7 min to go.

>>1024101
>move to a safe distance and watch it burn

> also voting that the ship's name be killjoy

While we wait let me say I'm surprised no one said the ship should be called "Natural One"

>>1024147
>The Chosen Few
Can we please take at least 2 ships with us? we can fill the cargo hold with shuttles at least.

I hate seeing so much hardware being wasted.

>>1024172
>Natural One
Too late now, First past the post!

And comon, we're the Bear wisperer.... poor beary

>>1024101
>Let's watch it

>>1024173
Well you have eight minutes but you could get one of the shuttles (DS shuttles are pretty big) and ride along, there's time.

If others support.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1024147
>>1024163
>>1024172
Rolling for the bear to show up last minute from our announcement and hopping onboard.

>>1024182
Alternatively, The Critical Failure

>Bear whisperer
You can whisper to its ghost too

>>1024185
Well we took a cargo hauler right? We can probably fit a shuttle in the hold....

Lets do it, I can settle for a shuttle.

>>1024173

this was something to have done before setting the plan in motion.

>>1024194
I mentioned it back here.
>>1023497

I thought we were gonna take a ship or 2. Or 3...

>>1024193
>>1024194
Eh fuck it, roll me a d20.
(Posting from phone as I am not in my office)

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1024209

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1024209
For the Bear, the shuttle, or another ship?

Or all 3? Yes, I'm a greedy whore

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1024209

So no odds are we only get one, and its not gonna be a whole n'other ship. I hope its the bear.

Damn, you almost forgot! "Everyone, be right back, I forgot I have something to do!"
You run off the room heading out of your ship's bridge.
The others look to each other and shrug. "Toilet break maybe?"
-
A minute later one of the crew looks at an external sensor detecting some object near the ship's hull.
"Hey guys check this out, wonder what this is. Another fucking monster?"
"One moment, I'll spin the ship so we can look at it" says Julius.
As the frontal view shifts a man floating towards the station can be seen.
-
Your comms start flaring with a message from the ship. Your entire group is screaming at you to come back.
Oh well, you're not insane or anything you just figured you forgot a ship. Cancelling the calls you continue on your way.
Five minutes remaining, but you reach the hangar. Four minutes remaining, but you got to the shuttle.
Three minutes remaining but you're approaching the ship. Two minutes remaining, and your crew opens the cargo door so you can fit the shuttle in.
One minute and you get to the bridge. Your team mates seem mortified, Carla seems to have been crying.
What's wrong with these guys?
>Say something?

>>1024253
You'll have other opportunities to find animal companions

>>1024260
>WHATS THE BEST TYPE OF DEAD ZOMBIE? THE DEADEST

>>1024260

>we needed an escape ship just in case something happened to this one.

also should we start taking the pills the reed gave us?

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>>1024260
;.;

>>1024290
RIP Polar Bear 2499 - 2511

We should make sure to stick around to swift through debris, ensure everything that needs to be destroyed is destroyed.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1024260

Say something
Im back

>>1024260
>Say something?
Lets blast this joint!

>>1024377

See you space cowboy

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1024260
Someone hurry up and sedate me already!

The ship is moving away from the station fast, in a few seconds it should be clear.
You're lucky that you managed to do everything so fast, although barely.
Carla looks at you teary eyed, her face flushed, her hands a bit shakey.
Gomez, Doc, Sarge and Julius all look like they just saw someone die.
"So" maybe you can cheer them up with a joke. "What's the best type of dead zombie?"
"Phil, I thought..." her voice draws out. What – did – they think?
"We thought you were killing yourself" Oh. Right. Maybe you should've said something.
Then again you really didn't have a lot of time. The old engineer gets up from the pilot's seat,
moving closer to the window as the explosion appears in the horizon.
The others turn to face it. It's a big ball of light bigger than the station itself, followed by pure nothingness.
You're pretty sure that was the end of Heinlein Station.
"Well, I'm back. I just wanted to get a shuttle"
"We know. We know that's all but we can't really get what goes through your head sometimes"
Sarge moves past you and heads to the crew quarters. Doc heads toward the cargo hold.
Gomez and Julius just sit back on the pilot chairs and look at the view.
While all of them are taking their places Carla is by you, she's looking calmer already.
She wipes away the tears and breathes deeply.
"I just can't keep up with the ideas that come up to you. Running into the cultist ship alone,
without telling anyone? Jumping off to grab a shuttle?"
The woman comes closer and puts a hand one each side of your face.
"Just try not to get hurt. Please." she looks to your forehead, weirded out, then focuses back on your face and plants a kiss on your lips.
You stand there as she leaves the bridge. Damn women are crazy.
-
An hour later after taking stock of everything on the ship you report back on the bridge.
"Julius, what's the status on the Chosen Few? And did you see anything left from the station."
"Everything is fine, and the station is good as gone. Just... dust. Find anything suspicious while checking the rooms?"
"Nah. Well I did find someone's korean music stash but other than that, nothing" the old man nods.
"What's our next destination then, Cap'n?" asks Gomez in a mocking tone.
>Where do you go? The galaxy is your oyster

>>1024407
"Take us towards the nearest civilization or friendly ship. We need to confirm if the cultists managed to send anything to infest them or not."

>>1024407
>Connect to space internet? Find out if the Earth Goverment is still around and then head to its headquarters.

>>1024407

Take as to the danger zone

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>>1024417
>>1024420
I'll pause the thread for now actually.
Mostly because I want to set up stuff and because I have to go for an examination tomorrow early in the morning.

If you have any questions or suggestions leave it here and I'll reply for as long as I stay awake.

I plan to continue tomorrow, a bit later than usual.

>>1024423
Nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E

>>1024407
Pop a pill, grab a drink, then play some music.

>>1024423
I wanted some music from a video but i could get it.... so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E

>>1024461
>>1024463

Thank you
And good reads:)
Cant wait for narthing at all to happen on the flgiht

>>1024594
We could have had bear shenanigans ell just have settle for the regular crazy kind. We've got alot of info to dig through. And we can go search the ship to to bottom, building drones to search the vents, cash space rats, etc.

>>1024407
Start taking those pills, Weld the vent on any room we decide to sleep in

Since I'm having trouble sleeping I'll leave a few questions for the players:

>Should the QM take longer and try to write better/bigger updates or leave it as it is?

>Should the QM implement the stat system he had scrapped before the quest's start?

>Is running as many days a week as now too often or good enough?

>Are the running times adequate in your view?

>What's the weakest spot of the quest?

>What would you like to see more/less of?

>>1025252
>Should the QM take longer and try to write better/bigger updates or leave it as it is?
The majority of the updates are awesome some like >>1023940 could stand to be more descriptive.
>Should the QM implement the stat system he had scrapped before the quest's start?
That is entirely up to you
>Is running as many days a week as now too often or good enough? Schedule seems fine to me, but i only work 6 hour days
>Are the running times adequate in your view?
Irrelevant when the thread stays up for a week and you usually come back at least once a day
>What's the weakest spot of the quest?
A combination of pacing and descriptions As i am genuinely not sure if you wanted phil and company to get off the station so quickly.
>What would you like to see more/less of?
More slice of deadspace, it really makes the gruesome violence, and adventure itself stand out more when it is tempered with downtime.

-Sincerely an Onlywar Forever DM

>>1025341
Legit thanks for the feedback.

>>1025252
>Yes, if you make it longer/better/stronger, All good.

>make a system
Its fine as is.

>is running so much
Its fine
>Running times
Having a blast, Catch it when I wake up usually.

>Weakest spot
No ubermorphe wifu, but in all honesty. I think its sticking so much with the lore in terms of everybody unnamed is cannon fodder. Some gotta be badasses and stuff, or be able to hold against Nercomorphes.

>More of
Earth gov winning.

>Love person whoses been here sense the start.

>>1025428
thanks to you too anon!

>>1025200
>Weld the vent
Good way to suffocate to death due to lack of air.

>Should the QM take longer and try to write better/bigger updates or leave it as it is?
Post should be appropriate to the action/story. Some can be sweet and short, others could be a longer. Just no WALL OF TEXT

>Should the QM implement the stat system he had scrapped before the quest's start?
I don't even remember it. Keep it simple, but we'd want to be stronger and feel stronger when we do stuff, or fight others.

>Is running as many days a week as now too often or good enough?
I tend to miss the start of every thread/session, but its nice to have a quest going on regularly. It should work for you since most of the work is on you.

>Are the running times adequate in your view?
See above, Its frequent. Not really complaining.

>What's the weakest spot of the quest?
THE GODDAM ROLLS!

Maybe when we commit to an action, it doesn't necessarily need to be broken down into smaller actions and choices, at least for things that aren't important enough and it can be covered in a single post. Unless we roll a 1 and "SHTF, we need to do something quick or die!"

>What would you like to see more/less of?
Better gears and guns, but that is more of a fault with the DS weapons I suppose. Maybe since we have a engineer, we can start making spear guns or something.

I'd also like to see a more deeper sense of immersion into the quest, we know the dead space setting, but the setting of this quest feels like we are simply on the surface level. Maybe I'm trying to ask for more details and descriptions with pictures to help set the scene if its not too much to ask.

>>1025764
I don't mean welding it shut entirely, Just the edges so it can't be opened without making a shitton of noise

>>1025764
Thanks for the feedback anon!

>>1026570
"We could go towards the nearest civilization or friendly ship. Confirm if the cultists managed to send anything to infest them or not", on that you go rummage through the stuff you've brought along.
"That's a good plan. We're close to our own Solar System , we could go straight to Earth or make a stop first", you nod and he starts setting the course for Sol.
"When we get to the system just hit me up and we'll all talk about what to do next" It won't be a long trip, shock point drive and all, but you're in the mood to relax so you pop in a pill that Reed first gave you.
Deciding to speed your 'recovery' up you pop in another pill, this one from the second batch. To finish it off you down it with a sip from a hot bottle of beer.
"Yummy" Julius and Gomez turn to you. You can see the old man's gaze fall on the beer, but it's best to just not say anything. Hopefully he won't get tempted.
Deciding it's time to go somewhere where you can safely crash you bid the bridge crew farewell with a short 'I'll go lie down now'.
-
Oh no there's something pinning you down! You struggle to free yourself, your eyes shoot open and your legs spring you out of bed.
Carla rolls to the other side of bed and starts laughing. "I was going to give you a good morning kiss, did you think it was a necro?"
"It could've been a... some ubermorph or something! That scared the crap outta me" her lips contort into a devious smirk.
"So you're a afraid of being attack in your sleep huh?" oh she's getting any ideas, you got to cut that in the root.
"Very funny for someone who was desperate about me doing crazy crap, don't gaslight me with pranks or I'll - really - go nut"
She crosses her arms, her eyes defiant of the 'challenge' you just issued. "I'm going to make you nut alright"
You hear someone laughing from the corridor, likely having heard the awkward comment. Goddamnit is there no privacy in this place?
-
An hour later you go up to the bridge, Carla in tow. Sarge is already there messing with his Pulse Rifle, while Gomez and Julius debate some ancient sport about hitting balls with bats.
You take a seat next to the pilots and stare out the window. Humanity's home is in sight, with Sol at the center. Shining even brighter than you remember.
Carla sits next to you and stares out into the void "Did we pick where we'll be going yet?" you turn to her, thinking of how to best answer that,
but before you can do that Doc comes into the bridge. He locks eyes with you and approaches. "Phil, remember that the term 'necromorph' came from some medical report?
It was leaked from Titan Station. Reed had it and it was apparently not something to be shared" the others turn to him, confused at the sudden topic.
"Why tell us that now?" he looks out the window "We're in Sol aren't we? I came by earlier and Julius said we were standing around on the edge of the solar system."
1/2

>>1026608
"So you want to go check the station and see if we can find the guy who first made the report?" he shakes his head "I want to find the patient the report is about"
You nod at him, but before you can proclaim your new course Gomez interrupts you. He pleads that you take your group to Terra instead, to rest and to look for his family, specially his sister.
It's not a great idea but you can see why he'd be worried. Sarge on the other hand proposes that you head to Luna where he has some contacts that can help you.
He mentions some EarthGov agents and others that could be useful in starting a fight against the unitologists. Specially if you can give something in return such as all the data you've gathered.
At the end of all that your head is going dull with so many arguing and proposing things. It's better to make a decision before Carla pipes up wanting to go to Disneyland or something.
of course Disney still exists 500 years into the future
>Earth it is, relax and meet with family
>Luna it is, find contacts
>Titan it is, get to this patient
>Write-in

>>1025764
>>1026608
>Just no WALL OF TEXT
Apologies in advance, I didn't see how the update looked in formatting.

>>1026615
I MISS READ. IGNORE THIS >>1026623

Have sarge use the phone when we touch down, while gomze can look online too see if they died/still around. Get a meeting set up with Sarges friends, so we can forward ALL the data toi them if they aren't uni

>>1026626
It's fine, I may have made things too big and too confusing.

I'll wait around for a few more votes since it's an important choice and today will be a slow day anyway.

>>1026632
Nah. Its all good. I digged it, i just skimmed and got confused at the end. If Sarges friends really ARE earthgov. They'll show right the fuck up if we state we have such..real proof. Clarks somewhere...being fisted on a station still right?

>>1026634
As far as your character knows, yeah.

>>1026643
Well we don't know who clark is. I was asking OOC knowledge for the timeframe.

>>1026649
It's 2511 come on!
Yes, on the first thread the date is about 1 month since DS2.
Though your character does know Isaac exists although it's second hand.

>>1026652
Good thing he wasn't put in cryosleep like in 1

>>1026657
But he was.

>>1026658
He was cyroed at the end of 2? Huh. Odd i don't remember him having that happened into 3

>>1026659
Wait, no. Fuck I must be high, I thought you meant he -didn't- get cryoed in DS1 in this continuity.

>QM has no reading comprehension

>>1026659
I also made a horrible mistake and wrote since when I meant before
Now it's been nearly four weeks since the first thread's date so.

>>1026615
>"You sure you wanna do this right away doc, I have a feeling that the second people catch wind of us snooping around that something is gonna come down on us like a wrathful god"

>>1026661
>Qm cannot into read

Whelp thats it boys, wrap it up. The Marker lost its ability too read.

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Welp, bad luck: I'm going to leave for some time because my mother called me and she wants me to go meet her.

I'll continue later today, meanwhile voting continues until then for
>>1026615

>>1026615
Earth

>>1026787
1 for talking
1 for Earth
1 for Luna (it seems)
I guess we'll go with talk for now.

>>1026615
Luna is a sound decision.
We need to warn earthgov anyways.

>>1027031
2 for Luna then.

Got home just now, will get to it in a bit.

>>1027040
Dam, I was catching up.

"Hey doc, about that patient business" the medic turns to you, as inexpressive as always.
"You sure you wanna do this right away?" his eyes narrow as if he's trying to pinpoint what exactly your concern is, so you decide to clarify:
"I have a feeling that the second people-" the old engineer interrupts you "Unitologists ain't people" while the observation is one you can agree with it makes you distressed how much these people like to interrupt each other.
"...catch wind of us snooping around that something is gonna come down on us like a wrathful god"
"What you're saying is you fear the unitologists will try to attack us, to silence us or to stop us from contacting this man?"
"Woah there. I didn't say I 'fear' anything. I just mean it's better if we play our cards right"
"Damn Phil, I never thought I'd see you being – careful – and actually considering consequences"
You would take offense to Sarge's insinuation that you're careless and impulsive it if it weren't true.
"Alright, I've made my mind. We need allies, and if there's anyone that can help us against the cultist freaks it's the Big Brother"
"You mean EarthGov?"
"Same difference. Julius, set course to Luna"
"I did always want to see New Horizons"
"Me too, Carla. Me too"
-
From the ship you could see the colony was a pretty big place. There was a chance you could all lay low there without anyone really asking many questions.
Though it was likely that if the unitologists were as infiltrated here as they were in Heinlein then you'd be discovered the moment Sarge contacted his friend.
In the end you could opt for a few ways to approach this situation.
>Let's give it a break, relax first and later we contact him
>Contact him now, have Sarge do it on his own while you look around
>Contact him now, you all go together
>Write-in

>>1027084
You can go catch up, the thread will take a bit to start 'rolling' again.

>>1026615
>Earth it is, relax and meet with family
We deserve a damn vacation before getting caught up in more shit, I don't trust the people sarge suggested, he only knows them, he's not awesome enough to have been a spook that had good connections.

We should form personal connections we can trust, or decide to trust, rather that have it hinge on a "few guys" sarge knows, heck we probably know better folks from our earth days.... And wasn't Carla a spy? Or was just a undercover agent for Carla.

>>1027086
>Contact him now, you all go together. But have some 'watching' out too ensure we are not ganked from a suicide bomber or anything.

>>1027093
Well that ship has sailed but you can still steer it back.

To clarify on your other points:

Phil worked in a tactical team, not much of his past has been revealed but if you want I can sum up everything I remember having explained
Carla was an undercover agent working under the Director but she was raised there so most of her contacts are dead.


Also a cockroach just flew in my fucking face and I slapped it so give me a sec.

>>1027086
>Write-in
Take a vacation first, even if only for a day or 2.

Then Start researching, We really should not trust any earthgov agents, rather we should copy the Uni's and infiltrate earth gov to form our own cliques, and recruit from there.

We know these cultist are very good at infiltration, they've likely infiltrated in just about every level of and branch of government. If nation states still exit, and they have a complete ban on Unitology religion and have a police state to back it up, its likely going to have at least a few cultists in it.

Lets just focus on relaxing first before turning to earth, we need to know what we have, what we need, what we can do, and what is most likely to succeed. We can only be in so much nercoshit before it drowns us, or possibly have EarthGov forces turned against us.

>>1027130
>>1027094
The two votes seem to be pretty much opposite so I'll wait a bit longer to see if anyone decides to pitch in.

>>1027093
>>1027094
We can meet, and have sarge see them, without exposing all of us, or we can wear rigs that cover our faces to the meet.

I'd like to take this time in between to gather info, rest and build up some rigs based on our prototype armour for the rest of the crew. They will form the core of our "army/organization. If we go that route.

If you guys want to dive right into it, I won't fight against it too much.

>>1027138
>>1027135

I'm fine with us wearing our rigs, I wanted only half the team to meet with them and watch out for Uni's going for suicide shit. But no Vacation, Time is of the essence.

>>1027138
I mistook my post for someone else's... I 'm multitasking too much.....

Ok I am willing to do the meet so long as we can do prep work before hand and set up the meeting to favor us as much as possible.

We need to be able to make a accurate assessment of how the EarthGov will act or react, how they will act towards us, and how the Unitologlgy cults will act to us.

So we need some lore info to base our actions on, and the ability to act on said info.

>>1027086
>Remind ourselves how much we just wanna go lay on a beach with carla in one arm and drinks in the other
A one day beach excursion would not be too bad right?

>>1027142
I think we should hide our numbers and identity if we hide and cover sarge while he does the meet, maybe we can come with but we should not show up in larger numbers than 2 guys.

If they turn on us, or the contact turns out to be bad, we can surprise them with a counter by being larger in numbers and abilities, than if they assume its only sarge, and they are dealing with a "ex-cop?" that has no friends and seems like a wackjob.

We can figure out the abilities of the Uni's by trying to measure and grasp the level of their presence on Luna. We can set the meet to our favor, by picking the location and how it will go down, and the exfil with alternate safe house.

>>1027177
That is why I stated only 'half' of us meet with the contact and the others just do things nearby. Normal people wear rigs anyway.

>>1027178
Saying "half meet" is ambiguous, and you cannot assume I can know what you mean by that when you leave out any details.
Taking that statement as normal people would it concludes to people thinking it means half of our group shows up and stand around sarge while he talks.

So are we in orbit around the moon right now, or did we actually land?

Back, had to take a bath from that encounter.

I guess I'll unite what you guys posted and go with
>Look around the place and find somewhere good to meet
>Try to gauge the presence of unitologists
>Set up a meeting, Sarge goes in with a companion, the other four wait nearby pretending to be doing shit
>Complain you aren't in a beach drinking martinis and fucking your girlfriend and how you instantly regret landing here

>>1027211
You're in orbit, waiting to go down.

>>1027222
I am alright with that.

>>1027222
Mostly good with that.
Can they actually be hidden and out of sight?

They can try and spook us to see if the people loitering around for a long as time will react to them, if lets say the contact acts threateningly.

I'd also like to say that if we had a vacation, it'd probably help everyone's mental state.

>>1027239
If we have time? Sure. currently however WHAT IS TIME?

>>1027242
>>1027175
Okay its settled then, we take a vacation or something, somewhere. Make some great memories, and improve the bond between group members etc.

So now, is it gonna be on Luna or Earth or were?

We won't be gone for more than a few days.

>>1027252
You fucking what? No you stupid twat. I'm not saying we go off and have a vacation. We don't have time. I said IF we had time which isn't a thing. The information we have could be vital to ripping apart the Uni's at the seem.

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The group starts walking around. At first aimlessly, just looking at the sights and enjoying a place filled with other humans that aren't dying or running for their lives. The place may be a dump, but it's a safe dump, at least as far as you can see.

Truly, looking at the colony from space and looking at from the ground are completely different experiences. Down here you see the people and the filth, the religious preachers shouting their mysticist lies,
the security guards lazying around while shady fellows shake down honest people. It may not be the best place to raise a family, but at least the corruption here is strong enough that nobody questioned the stolen ship,
at least not after Carla slipped them a couple of credits she 'misplaced' from Heinlein's funds.

Eventually you all settle on finding a good place to set up your meeting with Sarge's friend. As much as you wished to just lie low in a beach somewhere, a martini in one hand and Carla's sweet ass in the other, you've got a job to do.
It may not be the best job, but it's your job nonetheless. Not because you chose it, or because you were chosen, but because as luck would have it you and your companions seem to be the only ones left to accomplish it.
And so you head out to take the first step.

-

You're all sitting around a table in a run down bar. Place reminds you of the slums you visited on Earth, or at least the smell does. The group is sharing information on what they've gathered.
"Like I was saying, nothing good on the better bits of the city. We'll have better luck around here" the Sergeant drinks a shot of cheap whiskey before looking to you for any input.
"There's plenty of good places here, Sarge. There's this courtyard with a bunch of stores and buildings. Lots of places to hide, that's my proposed meet spot"
"I found an alley" Gomez leaves it at that before Doc motions for him to continue "Oh right. The alley is pretty narrow and looks like a dead end, but it's got an entrance to the side that is hidden behind a dumpster, which you could use to retreat through"
"Well, I've already shared what I found. To me the café near the commercial area is the best bet, security goes into it to drink 'coffee' - " she adds air quotes upon saying that " - really often so if they see Phil and Gomez they won't question it. Plus me, Julius and Doc could fit in easily."
Not a bad idea. You wait to see if anyone else has any ideas. No such luck.

Now you could just set up the meet, but it'd be better to look over the place with everyone and pick decent positions for each crew member to set themselves in.
>Let's scout the Courtyard
>Let's scout the Alley
>Let's scout the Café
>Write-in

>>1027285
>Let's scout the Café

>>1027263
Says the guy who wants to trust strangers. Totally won't backfire on us.

>>1027298
>>1027263
Everything will be fine, lads. Just trust the Marker and it'll make you whole.

>>1027285
Changing my vote too the Cafe from here >>1027296

>>1027298
>Sarge has been a Uni-spy this entire time.

>>1027305
I entertained that thought, but hes done more harm than good for a uni spy, hes had too many opportunities to make a difference. Plus he'd have to be extra batshit crazy in order to be a undercover uni spy and it would clearly show.

I bet his secret is hes gay, and hes a bit depressed self pitying guy who has no luck with the same sex. That's why he sucks at life.

>>1027285
Cafe

You know, this whole situation is probably very surreal for all of the survivors. They're all alone as the sole survivors one minute, and just a skip away is a slum buzzing with activity. no necromorphs, just ordinary but skeezy people.

>>1027305
To avoid suspicion the team enters the Café separately. While it's a much nicer place than the Pub it's certainly no 'high-class' establishment. Carla, Sarge, Doc and Gomez are already sitting around,
in different spots of course. As you enter the first thing you notice is how at least a third of the customers are security. One of them gives you a knowing glance as the waitress pours whiskey on his coffee cup.
Here you'll fit right in, but the question is, will the enforcers be any issue if things go awry? It's likely that these are all beat officers just trying to waste some time and get wasted.

You pass by Carla's, 'accidentally' hitting on her table. "Hey watch it- oh I'm sorry officer" you look her up and down before waving it off. "Pretty lady like you, I'll make an exception".
The seat you choose is near the kitchen's door, right next to the countertop where what you assume is a pig dressed as a café owner lazes about. If anything bad you're sure you and the group could retreat
through the kitchen. And if movies ever taught you anything is that there is always a back entrance in a place like this.

Back to your companions you observe their choices in 'blending in'. Gomez is chatting up with a couple of local cops, seems like he fits right in with the other grunts. Sarge is reading alone near the entrance,
Carla being in the table facing his' and the exit. Doc and Julius are on the countertop's stools having what you can only assume is 'bar therapy'. Everyone fits in perfectly and if you were a security officer,
which you technically are, there would be no reason to be alarmed by any of them.

"Hey there han'some" the waitresses interrupts your observations "Can I get ya anythin'?" you look her up and down. She's the type that wouldn't notice if you were a necromorph dressed as a cop.
You almost feel bad for using a place with civilians for something that you fear might go really badly, but you have no better option. "Just get me what the other enforcers are having"
"Cop special coming right up" she smiles and saunters back to the counter.

-

"I liked the place" you really don't doubt Gomez's words. "I think we should use it, I'm sure I can even get the other officers to help us out if things go bad"
Now that you wouldn't put your faith on, but you might as well go with it. You turn to Sarge. "So who exactly is that contact of yours?"
"You could say he's the local's Carla. Works with intel gathering for EarthGov, met him back when he did a gig at the station. He's trustworthy, just don't let any women or children near him when he's got a gun"
Sounds familiar.

>Let's set a meet at the Café
>I want to scout another place first
>I changed my mind, I want to learn more about this guy [write-in proposals on how to investigate or questions to ask]
>Write-in

>>1027381
>Let's set a meet at the Café

>>1027362
I could put more emphasis on it, but here's how everyone's taking it:
>Julius is depressed, keeps looking over his shoulder
>Doc is hard to read
>Carla is a bit twitchy, like Julius she's "looking over her shoulder", but she's happy she's got you
>Sarge is really too fucking tired of this shit, but he's still got a job to do and he was only a month away from retirement!
>Gomez has a screw loose and doesn't seem to mind it
>Phil is crazy, but has a job to do, also kinda numbed

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>>1027396
THAT'S A DEATH FLAG SARGE. STAY SAFE

>>1027396
Literally the best group of people to do an information trade while in a place full of cops. Unless we're in an American cafe shop, Enwhich case...Don't look'em in the eyes.

>>1027396
Understandable, given their individual nuances.
It's good that only carla and us have hallucinations, otherwise I'd be worried that luna was already hit and that the whole group is only imagining everyone we see.

I'll give it another 5 but I think if you lads aren't voting it's because you must accept the option chosen.

>>1027426
But what if your companions are hallucinations?

>>1027381
>I want to scout another place first
>I changed my mind, I want to learn more about this guy [write-in proposals on how to investigate or questions to ask]

>>1027431
They're real Theres no goddam polar bear waiter, that's how I know

>>1027381
Meet at cafe

>>1027439
Actually scratch the scout part, I was being lazy and didn't want to type. Have someone, maybe Carla or Doc, "patrol" outside. Just in case they have a large group of goons outside of the cafe and we have eyes on the outside if they try and surround it.

Investigate him, find out what he looks like, and have Carla hack his mail, and bank account logs see if any of it goes to Uni leadership communications, or if hes made any donations to them. And of course be discreet, and overly paranoid when doing this.

If we can find him, tail him for a few days to get his routine and see if he meets with any uni type fellows or that the people he associates with are connect to unitology.

>start typing here to try and format things properly
>erase the entire fucking update
I'm gonna kill myself, brb.

>>1027486
Alot of Qms make that mistake, and often end up using notepad or something to type things in before posting. It also makes it easier to proof read.

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"Sarge, you can set the meet at the Café. Tomorrow afternoon, that good?" he nods and leaves the table, heading for a more silent location to make the call.
The others remain seated, staring at the bottom of the their drinks probably pondering the fact that you'll soon be knee deep in shit again. "It feels weird isn't it?"
"What does?" you shrug "Being here, having to pretend everything is safe. Then going straight for the next mess that shows up" your words seem to resonate with their feelings.
"I can't help but feel like I'm being watched. All that time in the ship being careful. I guess I'll be relieved once we actually have someone gunning for us" she gives you a half-smile.
"You already having someone watching you" the girl frantically looks around trying to identify the subject "Relax. And damn, the alcohol makes you a bad spy.
You'd give yourself a way like that" she sighs in relief. "What I meant, Carla, is that I'm watching - over - you. Try to enjoy the fact we don't have space zombies for once"
"This goes for all of you" interrupts the Doc, looking specifically at Julius "We've been through a lot. Even Philip being insane as he is seems like he's more... grounded"
Now that he mentions it, you've noticed a sudden lacking urge of doing insane things. You're being more careful and patient. A bit more boring too.
The night ends with all of you heading back to the ship's quarters to spend the night. No nightmares, no dreams. Just rest.

-

Arriving a bit earlier than the meeting's actual time lets your group set itself up carefully. Everyone heads inside one by one, you and Sarge going last.
He seems tired like usual, though you're almost certain the bags under his eyes look smaller than they did. "I'll be going in as soon as he arrives"
the man looks around the street before continuing "You could hang outside you know? Try to see if anyone else shows up. I trust the guy but you can never be too careful"
"If you trust him then why-" he interrupts you abruptly "Think Phil. Our shit in Heinlein was all tapped and infiltrated. Who's to say my call wasn't intercepted or something?"
"Did you say anything suspicious" he shakes his head "Still, better safe than sorry" that - is - a good point.
"Maybe I could go with you instead?" his hands lift in the universal sign of 'what the fuck' "Oh come on, you know it'd be helpful if the big damn hero of the story was present"
He rolls his eyes before signaling you to look to the street. A chubby middle aged man stands over the Café. "That's Duke, the bastard looks like even worse crap than usual"
You wait a bit before he turns to you again "I'm going in, make up your mind, Phil"
>Go in with Sarge to have a chat
>Stay outside as a guard for any 'intruders'
>Get in to your usual spot near the kitchen
>Write-in

>>1027522
I was using that writer thing but it's crap. Switched to Evernote now which is also crap but it's at least wide enough.

>>1027529
>Go in with Sarge to have a chat

>>1027529
>Go in with Sarge to have a chat

>>1027529
>Get in to your usual spot near the kitchen

We'd be around and sarge is not alone, and we could be within earshot.