File: Cast.png (214 KB, 2305x727)

214 KB PNG

RECAP: Previously on Battle Droid Quest...

Your journey since activation continues. Becoming acquainted with the locals you've met, you have started working towards the goal you share with General Merxelles. The first step of which was to gain the assistance of an engineer in the town of Sprawl by the name of Dugok Csiron Phaanel.

You succeeded in swaying the Corellian engineer to your side after weighing his options down, but soon found yourselves embroiled in the middle of a cantina fight you indirectly caused right after. Escaping the cantina was easy enough after you were forced to take action against an unruly Gamorrean, however, in this instant, you met the most despicable man in the entire system, the sectorial governor, Moff Dunsal Zarazum, whose iron hand entraps the Dufilvian sector entire!

The twisted logic of rule and order failed to reach you despite the lecture the maniacal Moff provided, but after witnessing him execute an innocent man in front of your very eyes, you and Dugok are sure of it now that you'll both stop at nothing to topple the insidious totalitarian rule the Moff has instituted over the slaves of Crondre and beyond.

As the day dragged on, you found yourself in the precarious position of meeting a dogged Mandalorian bounty hunter named Cognac Kellaor, a former member of the Death Watch. Now with the Mandalorian joining you, you've made a formidable party of allies to help with raising your Foundry back to life. The time draws near for when this planet will be liberated.

>>4719373
ROGER ROGER

>>4719411
ROGER ROGER

>>4719414
>>4719411
ROGER ROGER!!!

>>4719411
>>4719414
>>4719415

ROGER ROGER

File: Clonepilot.png (188 KB, 360x450)

188 KB PNG

>>4719411
>>4719414
>>4719415
>>4719418
Fuck clankers.

>>4719424
You in the wrong neighborhood fool.

>>4719424
Mess with the roger roger
You be the slaughtered fodder

File: LowQuality.jpg (1.06 MB, 2576x1932)

1.06 MB JPG

>>4719373
As a battle droid enthusiast I'm glad I found this quest. Here's a low quality picture of my two roger rogers IRL.

>>4719424
Take off your disguise, BX. You almost got shot. What a goober.

>>4719473
Primo.

>>4719373
I love you

File: Untitled 2.png (282 KB, 455x635)

282 KB PNG

HE'S BACK!

File: 183.png (188 KB, 1066x597)

188 KB PNG

The moon hangs overhead. Dugok's Juggernaut rolls onward through the snow with it's treads, directed by your coordinates and Ceedee acting as the autopilot.

The interior of the hulking utility vehicle rumbled only slightly as it crunched the snow below, it was steady as she goes, according to Dugok. Now we rejoin you, as you stand near the wall where Dugok's ruined painting hung, covered by a sheet of newer paper, and being touched up upon by the little artist you assisted as you held her paint jar.

"Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! What you think so far, Bukett?"

"Uhh.... Hmm.... What's it supposed to be?"

"...It's Crondre!"

"Oh, I thought you were just painting a snowball."

"Hee hee hee! You are silly Droid, Bukett."

For how young she was, Mim'vess was pretty good at painting. It was like you were looking at an actual snowbal- Er, planet.

File: 184.png (120 KB, 1066x597)

120 KB PNG

"Oi! Droid! You might wanna see this!"

But now, all of a sudden, the Juggernaut slowed to a halt. Why were they stopping? Did they arrive at the destination?

"Mmh, Bukett, you better go see what that be." Mimve says, taking the paint jar from your hand with a look of concern. You nodded as she tended to her sleeping sister, and you walked up to the driver's cabin...

File: 185.png (40 KB, 1066x597)

40 KB PNG

"Whaddya' mean 'just drive around'?! You crazy? We can't just leave 'em out there like that."

"Can too, mate. Gotta look out for our skin too, even if I'd hate to do that in this particular situation, bloat. Have any idea how active the Wampas become at night here? Could get gutted before I even leave the door!"

"That don't change the fact there is a person, right there, ouddin' the open!"

"Well tell them to come to us then, bloat!"

"They aren't respondin' to the horn!"

"BRI-BII-BII-BEE!"

Goodness, Ceedee is suggesting they just run over whatever is in the way.

"Uhhmm... What's going on?"

Dugok sighs as he beckons you closer and points out the window ahead.

File: 186.png (104 KB, 1066x597)

104 KB PNG

"See that, Studs?"

There is a person sitting there, crying into their hands in the snow! Looks like the parts of a wrecked Speeder are nearby too, as well as an overturned wagon. Whatever happened here was recent, very recent...

"It's a person... a kid, I think?"

"Culd be." Cognac shakes his helmeted head. "Certainly sounds like it."

Ceedee's manipulator worked on the driver console. A sound came out of a speaker, the antenna getting a closer perception of the child's crying noises.

"Seems sketchy, to me." Cognac suggests. "What would a kid be doing out here, at this time? Why would someone be traveling outside of curfew? Imperials would know whoever has left town when and to where..."

"Well, I first met Mimve when she was wandering out here alone."

"What?! How did she..."

"We gotta come to some decision here, Wampa could show up any moment, tear 'em to shreds. Should probably grab 'em fast and get them inside. Don't know what's going on... Sounds downright horrifying too, but I heard some of the Wampa imports on this planet released in the wild? They learned how to use live bait..." Dugok grimaces.

"So what's the call then?"

"Culd be up to ye', scrap metal. What's say you go out there and nab them, pull the dunce back and I'll give you cover fire from the roof with my blaster? Yeah?" Cognac gives his two credits. He taps the helmet to switch visions, which will make it easier for him to see anything trying to sneak up on you.

"Think about it, we're goin' to this Foundry you're leadin' us to. If you got busted, we could get you rebuilt." Dugok thinks as much.

>What will you do?

File: 1526623010825.jpg (50 KB, 406x364)

50 KB JPG

>tfw fell asleep at my desk

>>4719661
Rescue the "kid"

>>4719661
Send CEEDEE to drag them back!

>>4719661
Fair enough, let's go get "The Kid" while someone keeps watch

>>4719473
Look at those little gremlins, ready to march out and die horrible deaths.

>>4719661
Help the "kid", and take Cognac's offer, always good to have another blaster on hand in case things go south.

>>4719661
This is sus as fuck but we can't just let a potential child get eaten.

Have everyone on high alert

>>4719661
Blast it.

I wanna ruffle Mimve's hair

>>4719701
Must protect

>>4719661
Fuck. This is suspicious as fuck.
Help “the kid.” I agree with the idea of Cognac staying on guard, the kid looks suspicious out in the middle of the open instead of seeking shelter from the elements in the wreckage. Plus they’re not responding to the fact that potential help has arrived. That implies they’re either not all there right now (understandable), or something’s off.

I’d also have Cognac or somebody scan the area around the kid that’s out of our sight currently, in case there are people near by in need of either rescuing or taking out.

>>4719661
You are right. It is very suspicious. If it were a kid they would find shelter in the wagon, but they purposefully chose to hide out in the open where we would easily see them, in addition to obscuring their face. Yeah it's obviously a trap so we should proceed with caution. Make note of possible people hiding behind cover behind the wagon and turbine.
Wear your desperato outside, have your blaster secretly trained on the kid in case they're just part of a group of bandits.
Lets get another opinion. Lets wake up Mim'vess's sister and ask her what she thinks.

>>4719763
>>4719676
+1

>>4719665
now that's just irresponsible.

>>4719661
Approach child and call out to it. Don’t get too close and keep blaster aimed at it. Could be a baby Wampa in a coat who knows?

Also get Kellaor to provide overwatch from the juggernaut.

>>4719783
I agree with the desperado outfit and the discreetly trained blaster. We don’t wish to scare them, but we can’t just run out there and possibly get shot.

Not sure if I agree with the waking of the sister. Adding on another opinion might slow down the time it takes to help this kid.

File: rogered.png (143 KB, 353x349)

143 KB PNG

>>4719424

If you really want to get a reaction out of the "kid" just blast the overturned wagon next to them.

>>4719963
our mandelorian friend can do it while we get to keep our weapon hidden

>>4719983
I meant before we go outside where we can get shot at.

>>4719763
+1
Quick question: How much of a personality do robot's like gonk droids have?

File: 1594542564820.png (372 KB, 802x528)

372 KB PNG

Super stoked to see this quest back. Really enjoyed your Godzilla quest as well. You drew me this during one of those threads when I was in the hospital and it really helped brighten my mood. Cheers to ya man!

>>4719763
+1 Mention this and the fact we know pirates are somewhere

>>4720091
They created a cult once that acted kinda like jehovah's witnesses

So if that doesn't say anything about how much personality a gonk can have, I don't know what will

>>4719763
+1

File: FilthyWelcomeCrossbill-max-1mb.gif (810 KB, 320x240)

810 KB GIF

>>4719661
In the words of the original Bane-poster.
>pic related

Book it, and get ready for something to follow from behind that spilled wagon thing on the right.

>>4719663
>>4719665
>>4719666
>>4719676
>>4719680
>>4719701
>>4719694
>>4719763
>>4719783
>>4719814
>>4719825
>>4719983
>>4720102
>>4720281
General consensus seems to go outside the "rescue" the "kid."
Its meta knowledge that this is a not so nice encounter. Some of of suspect bait. What precautions should we take?

>>4720303
It's not really meta to suspect foul play. It's an unusual situation with logical conclusions as to why it doesn't all add up. Knowing exactly why it's a trap is meta, thinking it's a trap is not.

>>4720314
Agreed. Suspicion is natural, especially when we’re engaging in activities such as this.

>>4720303
I dunno man, I'm getting L4D witch vibes from this.

Might be wrong, poor kid might be bait for bandits to attack us, or they may even just be what they appear to be.

Alternatively it could be something even more cursed than anything we could've ever conceived.

>>4720303
Well I mean, the wastes are a dangerous place, so obviously have a blaster ready in case of wild animals or bandits.

I honestly wouldn't put it past Stud to know that this is a common pirate tactic, set up a dummy distress call and then rob the sucker who comes along. Would that be out of the realm of possibility?

File: 35D9182600000578-0-image-(...).jpg (193 KB, 1908x1146)

193 KB JPG

>>4720303
As an addendum >>4720367 the kid probably isn't even a "kid", it's likely just a really short dude in the snow, like pic related

>>4720327
>or they may even just be what they appear to be.
Unlikely. They would had taken cover in the cart instead of being out in the open for us to see. If they really wanted to draw our attention they would be waving their arms around and showing they're face. They didnt do that.

>>4719661
This is too weird. Better safe than sorry. Let's wake up the sister.

>>4720327
i could just be a corpse its not unusual, like do you have any idea how LONG corpses last in a tundra environment like dude they are not moving

>>4720487
This. THIS! This anon has a point! This is very much a trap! Even if they were a shell shocked kid they would had responded to a giant train tier horn honking at em. Those things are loud! Yeah it could be a corpse, or a guy ready attack. It could even be another droid ready to spring a trap.

>>4719661
Maybe we should fire a warning shot right next to them. If it's really a kid our mandalorian friend can pick them up. If not we'll fight them.

>>4720502
i am not joking about the corpses just on earth we have thousand years old corpses desperately huddling for warmth.
also if it was a bandit attack it can just be a clothed doll

File: Spoiler Image (179 KB, 435x601)

179 KB JPG

>>4720540
I just realized something horrific.

What if this kid is EXACTLY what they look like, and they're being forced to sit out there by whoever, or whatever took out the speeder to lure in Samaritans? Remember, Dugok said the Wampas know how to use live bait, Bandits might know how to as well.

Alternatively... It's something much worse than either Wampas or Bandits and we may need a friendly lightsaber at hand.

>>4720563
Didn't it say something about a familiar face in not-so-friendly terms? That's what we rolled right?

>>4720570
Dude that's meta

>>4720563
This fellow looks quite nice. Look at that smile. How could such a happy camper be worse than a wampa?

>>4720585
...What does that have to do with what i said? If the face is familiar we should know the person when we see them.

>>4720590
I think I know who it might be, but I'm not saying.

>>4720677
The fallen jedi apprentice?

>>4720694
Nay! It is Francisco Ortega Ramirez Salvatore Villenueva III Jr. the renowned explorer of any planet with snow.

>>4720694
We didn't roll the gang leader though.

Unless QM yeets him at us anyways, we shouldn't be seeing him right now.

File: 187.png (114 KB, 1066x597)

114 KB PNG

Grabbing up the pieces to your disguise, you were quick to agree with Dugok's notion and Cognac's plan. He'd be able to see whatever was trying to sneak up on you with his helmet's infrared vision.

Taking one of your E-5 rifles with you, you began to trudge through the snow as soon as you exited the hatch of the Juggernaut and trekked fast across the plain. Cognac had some trouble opening the roof manway, but you heard him slide it open as he climbed up the ladder with his high pressure pistol in hand....

File: 188.png (69 KB, 1066x597)

69 KB PNG

"Mneh! Uhnf. Oh, right then. Let's take a little look see...."

As you closed in on the child, the Mandalorian changed his HUD's vision mode...

File: 189.png (608 KB, 1066x597)

608 KB PNG

And spotted multiple targets lying in wait around to ambush you!

"Stardust, Studs. You're surrounded down there!" He says, speaking into an uplink between your in-built transceiver and his helmet.

"Eh? Wh-Where are they hiding?

"Behind the speeder propeller and wagon. Prepare to lay down retreating fire. I'll snipe the flints when they pop up. I've got them in my sights."

File: 190.png (124 KB, 1066x597)

124 KB PNG

"And we've got you in our sights."

"...!?"

"....Well, frakkin' wonderful that is..."

"Drop the blaster, Mando."

".....Fine...."

>>4721209
>doesn't check his surroundings as the very first thing he does
Some infiltrator he is. Guffaw.

File: 191.png (109 KB, 1066x597)

109 KB PNG

Rushing to the kneeling figure, you were quick to peel back their hood... collapsing them. 'They' weren't a child after all, but rather a bunch of sticks that were held loosely together by some kind of gel to prop the cloak up. And there beneath it, a recorder playing back the audio of a weeping child!

"Uh oh..."

You can say that again. You instinctively let the E-5 slip from your fingers as you heard the hissing of blasters from behind training onto you.

"Up, and do it slowly. I don't want to have to kill you."

Obeying, you raised both hands in surrender, and slowly got up to your feet. But then, something clicked, in your Droid brain, that made you stop.

"Well, come on then. Move."

"Wait a minute... that voice..."

You looked back at the ones holding you at gunpoint. Your voice made them shudder back a few inches then, and they just stared silently. But you could tell their expressions under their helmets as your glowing eyes came into view.

"You're.... all...."

File: 192.png (109 KB, 1066x597)

109 KB PNG

"...Clones..."

"And you, you're a-"

"A Battle Droid..." You say, removing your hat and bandana to show off your Geonosian inspired head.

"...."

If you were organic, you'd probably rub your eyes right now, because you certainly didn't believe what you were seeing right now. The ones lying in ambush at this setup... they were Clone Troopers! Real Clones! You couldn't mistake that voice, that accent.

You just stared back at the three you saw. They didn't make a move. It's like nobody knew what to say at this moment. Instead, you all only had thoughts racing across your minds, and processor....

>What will you do?

File: 39ba89ff50500fe12569bc99e(...).gif (208 KB, 400x225)

208 KB GIF

>>4721216
Don't panic. DON'T panic. DON'T PANIC!!

PANIC!!!

>I know you've every reason to kill me but hear me out.
>I'm unarmed. I won't try anything. I have organics I'm escorting. Why are you out here? What regiment are you from? I thought all the clones were all absorbed into the Empire...

We're going to want to defuse this situation as much as droidly possible because we have just run into a fucking wolve's den.

>>4721216
I don't see too much of a way to weasel out of this, maybe we should just settle for making use of that classic B1 sarcasm?

>"Well.... This is a very happy reunion party isn't it?"

File: maxresdefault (1).jpg (174 KB, 1280x720)

174 KB JPG

>>4721216
Oh dear god no, not more space Kiwis, cognac was enough.

>>4721226
>>4721231
Support.
Also its funny you mention wolves, because I do believe those guys have the armor markings of the Wolfpack if I might point out the pauldron on the guy to the right.

File: 1602410786120.jpg (28 KB, 363x368)

28 KB JPG

>>4720102
Hey thanks amigo, that makes me happy to hear. Glad I could help out growing a smile.

File: DC1C7260-6BE3-4533-A28E-0(...).jpg (84 KB, 510x587)

84 KB JPG

>>4721231
Support. Time to use that unique sense of humour.

>”By the way I happen to be sentient and would really like to keep on living. Just wanted to put that out there.”

>>4721236
The fact that these are Wolfpack members is promising, especially since commander Wolffe survived the clone wars and defected. Then it’s presumed he survived just as long as Rex by joining the Rebels. Assuming he has already joined them at this point in time, having these guys on our side should help us earn the Rebels’ trust.

>>4721231
Support

>>4721239
Whatd you think of the new movie? I was sorely disappointed.

>>4721292
I haven't seen it yet. I only want to watch it for MechaG. Don't know when I can yet.

>>4721231
I'll support it.

File: 193.png (132 KB, 1066x597)

132 KB PNG

"....Well, this is a very happy reunion party, ain't it?"

The Clones all raised their weapons at you again.

"Uh! Uhh! B-By the way, I happen to be sentient, and would really like it if I could keep functioning! Just thought I'd throw that out."

"Droid... you... how are you working? I was sure... all of you were dead on that battlefield, or out of power..." One of the Clones gritted his teeth.

You looked around at the six or so Clones that surrounded you, making note of their greyed-blue armor markings, and the fact one of them was in bulkier armor that still sported the Phase 1 look about the helmet.

"Look, I know you have every reason to want to deactivate me, we used... to fight to the death and all... but, I'm unarmed. I won't try anything. I'm escorting a bunch of organics... some I consider friends." You speak, trying to come off as softly as possible as your logic module heated up from experiencing immense fear.

You held it back to keep your words straight. The Clones glanced between one another. A Droid? Having a friend? It seemed far-fetched to them.

"What regiment or legion are you from? Why are you out here? I thought the Empire would have absorbed you all when the Republic dissolved..."

One of the Clones, one with a visor who dual wielded pistols, holstered his weapons and stepped forward. The Clone took his helmet off and unveiled his aged head. He had a grey mustache and soul patch against his tan complexion.

"Clanker, I'm CC-3872, Lieutenant 'Papa', and I lead my brothers here in what's left of our platoon, along with RC-9002-13 there. We're Clones who served in the one hundred and forth battalion, Wolfpack squad. As for why we're here? It's a long story. For a while, we were with the Empire.... until we deserted. Now? We're guerillas, and we're always in need for supplies..."

"We don't like to do it, but sometimes... we gotta shake down locals for food. We try to raid the pirate scum and Imperials as much as we can, but lately, they just haven't been showing up as much." Another Clone says.

"Where are you taking these organics, clanker?" Papa asks, leveling his glare to your eyes.

A moment's respite comes as you blank at the Clone lieutenant. Will you really... tell him about the Foundry? It seems so as the Clones bring their weapons closer.

"Where. Are you taking them?"

"...The Droid Foundry."

Papa's eyes go wide.

"No way... Gunray's secret Foundry? It's still standing?! Wait.... no... no... don't tell me...." Papa goes off before grabbing you by the shoulders and looking you dead in the eye. "Does... General Merxelles... still function?!"

"Y-Yes?"

Papa backs off, looking like he had seen a ghost.

"No... no! Damn it! We gotta destroy him! We have to destroy him as fast as we can!" Papa exclaims, worked up over the fact. His fellow troopers try to calm him down immediately, leaving you confused and terribly scared...

>What will you do?

>>4721367
>The Confederacy you knew is no more, the only thing Merxelles wants to do is harm the empire, something you should be fine with

>>4721367
>"Hey, what's the fuss about? I know you clones don't like tactical droids, but Merxelles is no worse than any of the imperials you fought."

>>4721367
>The Confederacy you knew is no more, the only thing Merxelles wants to do is harm the empire, something you should be fine with.
>We have gained the support of a Jedi Master, his Padawan who has been working with the rebels, and the Mandalorian you are holding up who has no love for imperials either.

Namedropping Jedi is a good idea here i'd say

>>4721367
>I can get you into contact with him! He's changed, just like me, realized we've all been played for fools! If you won't hear him out, at least hear me out, the only droid who seems to function independently of orders.
>If it's food you're concerned about, supplies, whatever, we have some on the juggernaut. We'll all have a sit-down, but I ask you not to hurt the organics, that is all.

>>4721381
That's a bit TOO friendly innit?

>>4721383
There's a saying, starving stomachs have no ears. Better to ingratiate them to us by feeding them so we can get them to a negotiating table right?

>>4721380
I'd support the addition he made to what I originally suggested.

>>4721389
They're fuckin' wolfpack droids, that won't work. We need to know why Papa is freaked out about Merxelles, and find a way to talk him into believing that this is no longer the truth.

>>4721418
wolfpack clones*

>>4721418
But my dude, they said they need supplies. We share our supplies, they'll be less inclined to kill us.

>>4721425
Yeah, but we reveal that we have a fucking foundry and the first thing we do is offer stuff? It'd be too obvious that we're just trying to sweeten the deal.

If Papa's freaked out about Merxelles for the reason i think he is, then i know how to talk them down, as LONG as we don't actually let them talk to Merxelles or imply we have a direct connection to him.

>they have a goddamn clone commando
One fear

>>4721437
Well, it's a fucking wolfpack so that's an even bigger problem. Those guys are tough, remember Wolffe? Yeah, these guys are his soldiers.

>>4721439
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-een123G4l8

>>4721381
Supporting this.

>>4721469
>marvel
not canon, then

>>4721367
Ask for a hug. We're all soilders that have been discarded by empires that have abandoned us.

>>4721469
>disney wars
Fucking ew

>>4721469
Hahahaa, you hear of the law they're passing in arkansas?

>>4721497
Yes I live there.

>>4721380
Supporting

>>4721377
Supporting.
Given what Level's drawfagged for Merxelles, I have some serious concerns, whether or not they're valid is another question.

>>4721367
Ask him what happened. We had less intelligence back then. What's got them so worked up?

>>4721469
Did they seriously just reverse the names?

Also:
>still no alien jedi that aren't just humans with racial modifiers

>>4721578
Maybe this could be a good way to get through this kerfuffle?

Supporting

>>4721812
Well....as a whole, i think i know what they're going to be worried about: Merxelles seems to have a pretty big obsession with becoming an absolute leaders. We might have to try to talk them into believing that might not be the case "for now". Get them on our side in a way that it allows us to also not piss off Merxelles.

>>4721740
Them niggas look like a five year old drew a face on an egg then sat on it.

>"How do we appeal to trannies and those fags who don't know what to fuck?"
>"Make them look like that dude from that movie about the albino with electricity powers back in the 90s."
>"Only if I can make them look like they're wearing someone's face after they cut it off."
>"Deal."

Every damn time. Fuck pandering.

>>4721367
>"can i call you daddy?"before they can say anything
"OH i forgot to introduce myself i am SB-62 but everyone and myself call me STUD BUCKET"
"i am currently traveling with the jedi" start trying to count with your fingers then lose track of the count because you only have 3 fingers on your hand
"we have Mimve the younger sister of the padawan, then we have Naadiss the padawan and Marjar the jedi master thats 3 then we have dukok and Seedy the pervert droid and cognac... wait how many is that? 1 2 3 ...4...5..6 wait is it 7 with me?" "oh do you guys want to join us in the rebellion that will ad about 3 people? or was that more?"
hmmm okay this was dumb but i still want to do our introduction and use it to calm everyone down by surprising them
>>4721367
>"can i call you daddy?"before they can say anything
>"OH i forgot to introduce myself i am SB-62 but everyone and myself call me STUD BUCKET"

>>4721469
the lower one and upper one seems to have tits and are they twins? and whats with that smirk?and there upper lips so fucking fat?

>>4721740
seems so

>>4721882
+1
>If one calls us a clanker call them a meatbag

What the fuck is the canada thing going on as I just can report someone for being canadian apparently

>>4721469
The fucking rock was bad enough and now this. Well, that's scrubbed from my reading backlog indefinitely...

>>4721367
Papa probably has PTSD regarding the general, like we have PTSD with Yoda.
Tell Papa to calm down and that hes safe. Take deep breaths. What's wrong with the general? Can we get you something? Do any of you need any drinks? Mint flavored chewing gum that makes your mouths feel fresh without providing any nutritional value? Warm sweat pants to raise your body temperature to a comfortable degree?

>>4721377
+1.
Though to be perfectly honest, given how driven our commander is, I wouldn't put it past him to have done war crimes in the name of efficiency. I know technically there were none since there were no neutral courts, but you get the idea.

"H-Hey, what's with the fuss? I know you Clones don't like Tackies, but Merxelles isn't any worse than the Imperials."

Papa's eyes snap to you at that, and his breathing becomes harsh. "Isn't any worse?! He's a hell of a lot worse! Right now, that ST Droid is a bigger threat to this whole system than the Moff's institutions!"

"B-But, the Separatist Alliance you knew is no more! Merxelles, he wants to take down the Empire and make a better one, that's actually for the people!"

Papa almost looked like he was about to punch you as he clenched his fists. "Oh, it'll be 'for the people' alright, he'll remake the very definition of 'people'. He's a sick, twisted Droid! You just don't understand what I know about him!"

"Papa, there's no use in this, you're talking to a Droid. We should just scrap the clanker and be on our way for the next op." One of the Clones tells him in his ear.

"W-We've gained the support of Jedi! A Master and his apprentice! Working with the Rebels! T-The Mandalorian is also helping us against the Imperials! We're not your enemy, not anymore! I-I swear!" You exclaim, throwing your hands up higher as they were about to shoot you.

Papa raised his hand and stopped his fellow Clones instead, looking up to you with that same expression of suspicion.

"Jedi?! You have Jedi with you?!" He asked, with some guilt in his voice. You meekly nodded back and pointed to the Juggernaut, where Naa'diss was still fast asleep at on board.

Papa takes a long cursory glance at the vehicle.

"...Uh... we can give you all, um, food.... and maybe... sit down and talk about this....?"

Papa turns back to you, thinking it over; "...Alright." Is his answer.

File: 194.png (235 KB, 1066x597)

235 KB PNG

The Clones had ceased their hostile ambush against the Juggernaut. For the next hour, you were advised to continue along on your journey, with the Clone Commando sitting on top of the roller to inform you when to stop. At the point where Dugok's mobile home finally crawled into the familiar sight of the old battlefield you awoke in, the Commando signaled stop and the hulk slowed to park.

It wasn't long after that the rest of the Clones returned. They had with them as their primary means of transport, an AT-TE in working order. Yet another relic of the Clone Wars.

The Clones relaxed, but kept their blasters handy. In total, there were about thirteen of them. They were decked out with the late-war standard issue of Phase 2 armor, and equipment. One of them, a rotary blaster gunner, refused to wear anything but his Phase 1 cold assault gear. Come to think of it, more of them should have cold assault gear in this terrain, but it looks like their plates and kamas were enough. Maybe the Wolves became attuned to this planet...

Papa sat across from you, Cognac and Dugok, a fire burning between you all. The Juggernaut had ample provisions to feed the Clones, who stood and sat off to the side enjoying their first meal in a while. Mimve even demanded you let her sacrifice some of the food Marjar'Hudool packed for them as well as soon as it registered that these guys were deserters from the Empire.

The squad leader sighed. "Alright... listen, our story here? It's long... to cover what's it been like in these dreadful past decades, since before we arrived in this hillock of a planet... then through the battle we fought on it, and the aftermath. And when the Empire found us.... and when we turned coat away from the frackers."

"I'm sure it's been a while. Trust me, it hasn't been easy for me since I reactivated two days ago either, adjusting to all this, I mean."

"Yeah? Well you had the benefit of being able to sleep through most of this piss poorness. I had to endure every second of it. And now I just learned the worst Droid I ever knew is still out there, still working... Me and Merxelles, we go back a ways."

"So want me to start from the very beginning between me and the good General? Or the basic beginning, before we fought tooth and nail in this snow?"

>What do you say?

>>4722610
>Starting from the very beginning is good. How have you known the General?

>>4722610
Might as well start from what he feels is the most pertinent info that can be used against Merx's case.

>"Whatever you feel is most damning, sir."

>>4722610
Gimme the delicious lore dump papa

>>4722619
+1

>>4722610
Start with the general first, then beginning to end. I've had my suspecious of him, but I was hoping he wasnt as bad as I feared him to be.
Ask about what order 66 was all about when he gets to that.

Look here we're just a simple B1 with a dream to make the universe a nice place. No empire or super tactical droid is gonna change that. Can we start over? I'm Stud Bucket.

>>4722637
+1

>>4722637
Yeah let's go with this. Supporting

>>4722610
>>4722637
>>4722637
Support.

Stud bucket is a good droid with a simple dream of galactic peace.

But whatever we do we gotta keep meeting the clones a secret from the general. He probably already thinks that Stud Bucket is a threat due to his rapidly growing free thinking, I can see him moving to take us out if he thinks we're too much of a liability (aka buying into the clones too much)

>>4722619
+1

>>4722701
All he has to do is hear how SB said he was going to pop a cap in his ass and all of any goodwill or trust is obliterated.

"Tell me about your history with General Merxelles. I've... had my suspicions of him."

"Right..."

Papa leans in and sniffles.

"Long time ago, in the Tenuutta sector, Admiral Kreuge led one of the first prototype Tectors in a skirmish to capture Salvara for the Republic. His unsound tactics brought him defeat, but later, he captured Kerkoidia following Christophsis... In the final year of the war, we were sent back to capture Tenuutta again, during the sieges. Thus started the second Tenuutta Skirmishes. It was at the second battle of Casfield Six.... that's where we met him."

"Merxelles?"

"No, Senator Organa riding a sleigh driven by colorful Wampas on the rainbow spectrum. Yes it was where we met Merxelles!"

File: 195.png (188 KB, 1066x597)

188 KB PNG

"He gave my platoon defeat after defeat. At Casfield, Gestron, Nath Goordi, Salvara again... But Casfield stung the most... I'll tell you something about Merxelles. He's cold, so very cold, and hard on his logic. His goal? Secure victory for the Seppies. His means? Any."

"Any necessary?"

"Just any. Anything and everything is necessary to him." Papa grimaces.

The fellow Clones stop some of their eating to just stare blankly at the ground, sharing the moment of silence with Papa. You couldn't imagine what horrible memories they were probably reliving, but then again you also couldn't imagine, a lot, in particular...

"At Casfield Six, my platoon and another fought against Merxelles' Droid sections. He held the city of Dayuitorra, we held the city of Laosukan. A million civies were under house arrest as he turned Dayuitorra into a fortress. My captain didn't want the ordinaries harmed. He tried appealing with Merxelles to allow them to move to Laosukan to take refuge in civilian bunkers, as the Republic aligned city had enough space. In return, we'd hand over a captured contingent of deactivated Battle Droids and Seppie Navy crewmen we had.... and... Merxelles agreed."

"We didn't think he would, it didn't seem tactically useful. We thought we'd try fooling his inner droid, we thought all Droids were dumb. His forces were shorter than ours, even turning over the deactivated clankers, we still would have had an edge. And yet... he sent us those civilians...."

"He did?"

Papa looks up at you. "Oh yes... he did. Each of them were carrying a highly explosive chemical bomb surgically inserted into their skin, disguised as 'medicinal injections' as we learned... from the three survivors."

"You mean he..."

"He won, through a means he saw among any he could use, a cost good enough to spend for Confederate victory to be ensured in the end. One million innocents marched into our fold, clueless about what he'd done with them in their own homes... and then exploded when he detonated some of his own Battle Droids handling the exchange.... Laosukan was devastated, too many damn Clones died, other civilian workers were caught in the fiery, green explosions. That chemical... it could just blend in with your blood... and blow...."

"...."

"He killed a million innocents to win a battle against a few hundred Clones and take the planet so he could repel us from the sector. That's just the beginning. You want me to get to the point? Why we intercepted him here on Crondre, why the battle turned out the way it did? Or you want me to tell you about the other atrocious things he did in our battalion's other battles with him at Tenuutta?"

>What will you say?

>>4722737
>... If that is the case... I ask you still to let me appeal to him. Maybe whatever glitch applied to me could be replicated. It's not emotion or empathy but it's at least something... worst-case scenario... I'll make good on my promise to the Jedi. You can ask her what that is.

The more I learn about Merxelles the less and less I like him. Sure he's no doubt really good when it comes to hard logic and logistic, but if he wants a "Union of Man and Machine", then the man part isn't going to come from him...

>>4722737
>Yes continue.

We should learn all we can about our dear leader.

Its official, he's worse than Dunsal.

>>4722737
>Sure...let's continue

>>4722740
-1, We're not fecking Steven Universe

>>4722793
Also, remember that i'm pretty sure Merxelles can hear us. Let's keep neutral, so we can at least use the excuse that we were just trying to get them to trust us.

>>4722737
Double check to der if boos man is hearing all of this

>>4722737
Actually yes, lets get to the point about our planet. We get the gist that Merx is a dick.

>>4722737
Well what did you guys do to win? Oh i need too tell you about the doublecross by the empire

>>4722740
-1 its a fucking war and he did have corrupt organic higher ups that wanted to win by any means and would not allow less also its fucking war

>>4722848
>its a fucking war
Yeah, and also SW is the last universe you should look for morality in, the galaxy is a fucking bloodbath compared to something like Star Trek most of the time.

>>4722897
Its not like sentient machines are kept as slaved that get routinely mindwiped or recycled and new starwars seems to treat it more as a joke even more then old starwars sometimes.
Its not like droids have human level intellect and feel pain but cant really bleed out and can be laying there for days upon days then get reused as farming equipment if not recycled its not like the clones and jedi killed billions who where mind controlled having a constant command 66.
But like we will also have a droid army kind of out of conveniance that can be effective now its not getting nerfed by the empire.

And the others should not act suprised lets remember its war and lets not fucking steven shit

>>4722793
That guy literally ate the corpse of his child that saved him

>>4722915
..What?

>>4722737
>You have made your point, clone. Why are you here now?
We aren’t going to turn our back on Merx just yet, these could be false memories planted by the Kaminoans to keep them loyal. Until we find out for ourselves Merx is that same droid, either from present actions or evidence from the past, we’re sticking to him.

>>4722740
>-1 We will make good on our promise once we know more about Merx.

>>4722793
>>4722848
>>4722951
>-1

That's not how it works. You just fucking vote dudes. You can't de-vote. If you don't agree you just vote for something else.

You should however still say you disagree with someone if you do. Communication is vital for smooth operating.

/'tism

>>4722737
>>4722741
Supporting this continue, but also:
>Offer to bring Merxelles into the conversation

>>4722983
I don't know about that. He's already on edge enough by knowing someone that's associated with him. I don't think communicating with him will do much good. Any reasoning could just be brushed off as "His cold logic" at best.

>>4722740
Let's just shoot them I believe that merx has a warped perception with their sentience they didn't lead us into what's happening they did so after threatening us and trying to control us

>Oh... They did seem forceful in fact I believe they have sentience at this point. In my first encounter with him he threatened me and tried forcing my code

>>4722794
We have to activate our communicator for them to hear us

Man, you guys are awfully willing to jump on the Anti-Merxelles train. Isn't it at least right to hear his side of things? And also consider that even though he tried to control us at first, he let us walk with our sentience instead of having his Droideka gun us down. Plus we might need him to properly manage any droid-related production or assets we get.

>>4723110
May be from that drawpile piece on him, stuck out to a lot of anons

>>4723110
He let us walk because we're the only droid that can help him get up and running again - the droideka is only good for muscle power, not for doing the laundry list of tasks he wants us to do the secure his power.

>>4722741
+1
>>4722793
this

>>4722737
>Keep going

You can't -1 vote something just say it's a bad idea the thing that has more votes wins so chill you are free to change your vote but not remove someone elses

Maybe we can turn this into a proposition that they join us. If Marxelles is a changed droid that truly wants to create a new nation for the benefit of the people, they'll have the opportunity to help with that and further represent organic interests. If Marxelles is a ruthless future tyrant, it will give the clones the opportunity to get close enough to deactivate him with our help if they just play up how much they hate the Empire enough to lower the genera's guard. We also might be able to convince them to give him a chance before going for the kill right away by switching some blame over to Palpatine as the mastermind behind the worst stuff.

>>4723246
That sounds like an horrible idea. Do we really want them there, breathing down our necks? You're too trusting. Papa's clearly got Clone PTSD. Furthermore, having them join us would definitely not please Merxelles, and whether we like it or not, he's still the only one able to put that facility into actual working conditions.

>>4723186
I'm sure everyone knows you can't actually remove someone else's vote

>>4722741
Supporting

May as well let the Clone continue if he wants. Merxelles is a cock but there's not much we can do right now.

>>4722951
>these could be false memories planted by the Kaminoans to keep them loyal.
On a list of things that're openly retarded, that's fucking retarded. The Kaminoans don't need pre-programmed fake memories when loyalty conditioning and the chip (in nu-canon) are good enough.

>>4723259
>he's still the only one able to put that facility into actual working conditions.
For now.
Secret option, we eventually make Stud Bucket into a Super Tactical.

>>4722951
You're an absolute retard you.

>>4723299
>Secret option, we eventually make Stud Bucket into a Super Tactical.
We don't need to make him into a super tac, technically. Just give him enough processors to think as fast as one.

Of course, the problem with that is that Stud Bucket is way more of an desperado gunslinger than he is an administrator. I mean, look at his clothes.

>>4723306
I don't know why appearance would dictate capabilities or even function. We're obviously the Galaxy's best babysitter not a damn root'n'toot'n tauntaunpoke.

>>4722737
Whatever the consensus is I think this man needs a hug.

>>4723317
>A hug
>From a droid
>To an fucking Wolfpack Captain
>When he's clearly got shellshock
Great idea anon, why don't we just go ahead and do the job of twisting our neck out ourselves?

>>4723259
Yeaaa suppose not. I might be overestimating how far a Jedi's endorsement and an "enemy of my enemy" situation can get us.

>>4723320
You're right. What he needs is a hug and a pat on the back.

>>4722931
Steven universe ate the corpse of the melon baby directly after it died

>>4723110
Its like they dont get this was war also its likely just some upgrades also cloning organic parts to make cyborgs

>>4722951
Also supporting

>>4723393
>It was just a war
The loser gets a free neck rope courtesy of the victor when they pull shit like that my dude, end of fucking story.

>>4723427
There is no Geneva Convention in space.

>>4723434
>He thinks there needs to be a treaty for people to be punished for war crimes.
The Holy Roman Empire fucking decapitated Hagenbach for war crimes in 1474, the Geneva convention is literally just a formality.

>>4723445
No I'm just saying. And people get executed after wars crimes or not. Just depends on how lucky you are. Sometimes you even get away with the horrible shit you do. Funny how that works.

>>4723459
Eh whatever, I'm just saying that people don't get to fucking call killing over a million innocents to take out like 100-200 Clones as anything close to justifiable, especially since Merxelles could've turned his city into a killzone instead for when the Republic inevitably assaulted it.

The only real question of worth right now is how do we act upon what we learn. We can't exactly afford to separate from Merxelles, but we shouldn't exactly trust him at all after learning how far he'll go for a minor victory. Especially given he tried to turn Stud Bucket into an errand drone through command hierarchy and has seemed most irritated with our decisions, which several 'loyalist' anons seem to have forgotten.

>>4723469
Our odds of winning against the Empire or the new republic are very slim to none without Merx. And I doubt he's dumb enough to let the situation evolve into one where he isn't needed.

If anyone really wants him dead they're going to have to make a choice between sooner or much, much later. And thus potential failure or potential atrocities.

Of course this hinges all on Merx actually not changing at all since then. And I'm sure he has. For the better or worse remains to be seen.

As for trying to make Studdy boy into a metal puppet, to be fair that is exactly what 99.99999999999999999% of all B1s are. Kind of hard to shake that stigma even for a fellow droid.

Qm dead?

>>4723531
Was he ever alive to begin with?

Schrodinger's mortality.

>>4723500
Fair enough. I just hope that he doesn't end up being the hidden final boss in all of this. It's gonna suck having to fight through our entire droid army to stop whatever fucked shit he's planning.

>>4723531
While I am new to a Levelquest^TM it does appear that he is either busy or doing other things a lot of the time, and leaves the quest to its devices until he has the time to work on it.

>>4723427
Its not like the clones take droid prisoners

>>4723469
So If we where a tactical droid we would not have controlled a random battle droid to save us and our foundry? and marx did stop also battle droids of our model are kind of just metal puppets most of the time most brain power goes towards moving.
And are not the clones a guerilla force that would have been impossible too root out that would have been a foothold for the enemy to gain traction likely with the citizens supporting the clones. And a jedi coming in winning the battle as so many times before.

Also guys idea so due to the enviroment here could we not design droids adapted for it with using the enviroment as a heatsink

>>4723597
Are B1s, B2s, and the like even generally programmed to surrender?

>>4723613
While the first point is fair, you're totally misinterpreting the event Papa mentioned, there would've been no guerilla fighting against Merx because the Clones would've been coming to HIM, he had the Defender's advantage in an empty city (a defender's wet dream) and the Clones were arrogant as shit and thus not expecting any moves out of the ordinary. He could've bled them dry and force the Republic to either withdraw or commit more forces than neccessary without resorting to retarded and pointless terror tactics.

>>4722973
Tell that to these anons
>>4722793
>>4722848
Anyways I’m not trying to cancel their vote I just wanted to make it very clear that I dislike it.
>>4723299
>>4723303
It was meant to be retarded, I just figured SB knew nothing about clones and could come to some ridiculous conclusions.

>-1
Hahahaha, what? It don't work that way frens.

>>4723865
The magical voice in the sky has spoken.

"I... I want to know what else the General has done..." You reply, an urge within you desiring to know of the General's other exploits. You subtly clutched the communicator Merxelles gave you under your cloak, hoping that he was not listening through it....

"Very well... After Casfield, we regrouped with the one hundred and fourth's seventh company, got reassigned to the eleventh platoon. Turned out that day we could have taken Casfield if not for Merxelles' treachery, if we had just attacked instead of wasting time on my incompetent Captain's appeal for 'clean' warfare. The bulk of his sector army was held up at Salvara. Three million droids total. He activated them and spread them out over Casfield and Nath Goordi. We weren't in any condition to strike either, so we had to weaken them first by winning over Gestron. For the most part, that was the smooth ride of the campaign. Gestron wasn't so inhabited, it was strike missions on some outposts and mining facilities, and we trashed Merxelles' naval ports in orbit along with his frigates..." Papa continues his war story.

"Now with naval superiority secured, we weren't about to commit Admiral Kreuge's same mistake in the last skirmish, paranoid of viruses, our Venators kept their distance from ground emplacement's range, swept the safe spaces to make sure nothing got out the system or in, reinforcements and the like, you know. We had three planets to take, in three grueling skirmishes. First, we attacked Salvara with the garrison lighter... and I lost a lot of good friends there. Original Kaminoan bred Clones, like myself."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Hum. You? A Droid? Sorry? Hmpf. Ah, I've gotten over it, even if it hurts remembering."

"At Salvara, we didn't have to watch anymore civies get caught in the crossfire. They'd already evacuated. It was just us Clones and the clankers. We tore through them. Merxelles had a lesser Tactical Droid coordinating defense of Salvara's capital and military bases, weapon and gas factories, he was poor compared to his peer and we were set to win in the days after. When Merxelles took direct remote command, he ordered them to destroy civilian infrastructure within their lines...."

"Why would he do that?"

"Because we were on the receiving end, terrain was like a narrow tunnel. Salvara? Very watery. He had dams broken, flooded us out. Lots of survivors, but they got mopped up by the Droids on their STAPs and snail tanks, and the Aqua Droids... but my friends? Hahh.... had to watch a lot of them drown before the LAATs rescued us. We won in the end... but we left the planet even more flooded, barely any planet left for it's people, the few remaining stretches were now Republic soil as a result of Republic actions, and the people couldn't have hated that more."

"Nath Goordi was interesting. Planet was already in full blown civil war before the Clone Wars. Royalist factions were having a brawl over which noble would succeed their line of heirs, and another faction of revolutionaries and socialists were trying to abolish the monarchy. The Republic sided with the highest Nath Goordian noble at the time, a Duchess, and that support allowed her to stake claim to the crown of Queen, drowning out the opposition. The radicals? Crushed by us in the beginning. Then they turned to the Separatists occupying half of the planet, and things got uglier."

"What atrocity did Merxelles pull?"

"Detonation of hollow underground veins part of the planet's complex underground city systems. Again, millions died... We were forced to retreat, while the Seps and their allies hid in the mountains and watched the earthquakes on demand. The monarchists were obliterated, the radicals formed a new Nath Goordi, but their socialists gained traction again and they managed to kick the Seps out on their own. Guess Merxelles must have thought he could retake it at a later date. For now, he took the forces from there and delivered them back to Casfield for our last battle. The whole seventh platoon came down hard with everything we had."
"This was the worst battle?"

"You wouldn't believe the tricks Merxelles pulled on us when we came back." Papa says.

"The objectives were to take both Laosukan and Dayuitorra. It was the hardest thing for us yet. Two cities, fortified to the max, but we'd already given up all expectation of anything ever being easy. We had to hope exploiting the results of the last skirmish would allow us a foothold into Laosukan, the breaches in the defenses the General made when he... blew up all those people, they were still wide open. But ironically? Laosukan wasn't as hard as getting there. He knew the layouts of our landing zones and the routes we'd take through the forests. He prepared..."

"What did he do this time? Set beasts or animals loose upon your company? Burn the forests down?"

"No, but his preparations really reminded us all of why we hated how compact you clankers can be."

"You mean how we can fold to fit?" You ask, sliding your head down to your chest to demonstrate.

"Yes. Bastard had B1s and B2s everywhere, scrunched up in the last places you'd expect them. The damn things crawled out from nooks, slips in rocks, piles of leaves and from under false stumps. They came at us from all around, all the while another lesser Tactical sped around on his speeder from above, directing them to attack our advancing positions. Commando Droids hid in the trees, dropping down to plant bombs on vehicles or snipe at us. It was a mess and we were getting chewed up, spat back out fighting against them. I took charge, and led the unit out of the forest through different routes we didn't plan for, right through a wide and steep canyon. We had to abandon our vehicles."

Merxelles certainly knew what he was doing from the sounds of that, letting troops lie in sleep until they could get the drop on the 104th. He predicted their moves and took advantage. Makes you wonder what he'll do to the Imperials if he gets an army at his command...

"I could tell they didn't think we'd be able to make it through the ravines, they stopped following when we deviated. It was rough, but we had to climb our ways out until we could reach Laosukan. More comrades fell, literally, to their deaths. We found out that Laosukan out all of it's wastes to the ravines, the exhausts were guarded to prevent us from attacking the city from the sewers. I accompanied some men and went that way to create a diversion while the rest climbed out of the canyon. We fought through the sewers and drew their attention there, then the rest of the company came in through the breaches. We managed to surround the clanker defenders and bury them to the last. We got Laosukan, we got support from the Republic friendly populace. We got volunteers who wanted revenge for the million man march Merxelles pulled. We planned out our moves, attacked Dayuitorra from multiple angles.... and we won, Merxelles retreated. But, not before he gave us a final parting 'gift'."

Papa shuts his eyes and sighs. "He rigged Dayuitorra. When we pushed out the rest of his Droids, he triggered explosives all over the city to kill more of us. Lots of the civie volunteers from Laosukan helping us were crushed, more and more Clones died and the city was basically gone. It was a victory by all definition, but none of us thought so. We held Tennuutta for a time, but Merxelles returned with reinforcements, a bigger fleet later, and the Republic was forced to abandon the system to revise strategy. We lost in the end. The 187th Legion came in to replace us and take Tennuutta back."

"And this was the last you knew of Merxelles before the battle here on Crondre?"

"Yes..."

"I see. I guess you and him really do go a long way back. War is hell, isn't it?"

Papa glares at you. "We're Clones, we were made to fight. In any given war, innocents are bound to die, that's just unavoidable. We always used to not care about them. We were fighting for the Republic, the Republic would take care of those people, not us. But... Merxelles changed our whole view point on that easy enough. He killed millions of innocents just to spite us, just to win. Filling people with explosive chemicals and sending them clueless off to die just to kill us like that? That was just evil. We started fighting harder, so more of them wouldn't just get murdered like that, we fought harder to take Merxelles down. He has no remorse for life, not even for that of his allies, when it suites his interest."

"..." That last part brings you back to what you and Naa'diss talked about. You were still sure you'd take care of the General if that proved true enough. But you don't dwell on it. "Can you tell me about why this all happened now? Here, I mean? I want to know why you think Merxelles needs to be destroyed so badly. Why you're here."

"Tell me something, 'Stud Bucket'. You know what Cyberneticism is?"

>What will you say?

>>4724060
No, but the fact you mentioned it is more enough of a sign of how bad he is. So he rigged organics or deadly machines did he? To think I though we were allies.
You cannot deny his efficiency in the art of war, but his crimes surmounts all the victories he's ever achieved. Droid or not he cannot be forgiven for his crimes. Millions of souls bray for his his death.

>>4724060
>"Cyberneti-whatism? You like uh, cyborg stuff? Isn't that how General Grievous was made?"

>>4724060
Like Grevious?

>>4724088
Woah slow up pal. He's not asking to hear an answer he's trying to segue into the next part of his story. You wouldn't wanna interrupt him with a speech now would ya? Keep it til after he's done lambasting good ol' Merx the Impaler

>>4724090
+1

In any case this has shown merx has no remorse for life aside from when it demerits him

>Stomp out our communicator "Sir you've convinced me efficient as they were they are disgusting actions with no remorse for life that deserve consequence. I understand that even though I was born 2 days ago"

On another note Merx is missing his arm and his lower half with only a droideka to defend themself aside from any planning or traps

Change this as needed I think it's a bit too well spoken for Studs

>>4724119
Well keep our speech of realization for the end of their stories

>>4724090
Supporting.

I think I know where this is going, because the Galaxy has enough rogue medical droids trying to 'improve' organics without a Super Tactical joining the fray.

>>4724141
It's all about timing.

Oh and obligatory

>inb4 there was a justifiable and only slightly unreasonable explanation for all of this stuff
or
>inb4 they're all just really good liars

We can't just threaten Merx, he could delete the proof of Sidious he has if we try anything against him.

>>4724155
Eh, we'll have to see with the Cyberneticism shit... Though I'm starting to think Merx's missing limbs aren't from battle damage.

>>4724185
The problem there is that the mere thought that Palpatine is behind both sides of the war is legitimately too insane for most people to comprehend as serious in-universe. And as smart as Merx is, I don't think he's realized how flimsy the holo is in and of itself, you need a lot more than a handful of voiceprints to out Palpatine's fuckery.

We need actual fucking information like recordings of the 'helpless Chancellor' attacking first and yeeting three Jedi Masters with a red lightsaber after doing a 920 spin from the prone position while screaming like an autistic maniac.

>>4724185
I'm more worried about him keeping the foundry off. I don't know if Dugok knows enough about seppie infrastructure to get it back online all by himself. Or at least within a reasonable amount of time.

Kinda need that OOM upgrade.

>>4724187
Adding organic parts to himself would be an explicit downgrade. Supertac bodies are actually pretty beefy. It worked well for Grievous because he was already an absolute mega-badass before he got robot parts. And the robot parts he got made him way more powerful than he could have been if he was fully organic.

Slapping half a squishy meat body onto Merx would be pretty pointless.

If he's going into meat+metal shenanigans it's not to change himself but to allow him to enforce total control over organics. Basically, meat droids.

>>4724207
>Slapping half a squishy meat body onto Merx would be pretty pointless.
Unless he's fucking crazy like Dunsel.

>>4724225
Nah. Dunsel is a psychopath. Merx is just a monster.

As an aside, are you worried that going for the OOM upgrade will have Merx try to fry the independence out of Stud Bucket?

Is there such a thing as -too- paranoid? You're not afraid of half a droid, are ya?

like most of that stuff sounds like standard war stuff and we where literally being commanded by the double crossers to literally become something the now emperor could rally around when marx was under the command of the code and such shit like how MC killed clones and other stuff in the war its like the order 66 thing for clones

>>4724230
Wasn't until you mentioned it.

There's always the possibility he may introduce 'supplementary programming' to allow him to control Stud Bucket if it's convenient, or at the least use the improved transmitters to hear and see everything we do.

like you guys seem to be going full charge hitting the wall on morality but like am not for blind trust but you guys forget this was literally war where Our side was controlled by the other so something like this empire could be justified by shadow running shit with palp. marx was fucked by his creators like us and how clones where literally made to follow orders and be loyal basically just droids made from meat but made slower

and also they are soldiers on the otherside of the conflict so while marx did bad shit its still biased like how most people in the galaxy see nothing bad with having mechanical artificial slaves.

and we AGAIN me repeating myself cant forget how both sides where puppeteered and had corrupt higher ups especially our droid side that was kind of made to lose and be the bad guys

>>4724060
>ah organics getting robot limbs like a droid like that..... Anna kin skywanker?

>>4724225
he is cold logic not Hard emotion and stupidity.

>>4724298
also order 66 for droids being there programming like us the battle droid and marx its not like you blame the clones for doing order 66

>>4724207
"If he's going into meat+metal shenanigans it's not to change himself but to allow him to enforce total control over organics. Basically, meat droids."
already a thing the microchips with order 66 or the brain interfaces the empire uses for lower level management for computation, turning them into meat computers, its that U shaped computer thing on the heads of people in grey jump suits that kind of replaces there ears if they have ears like a human,
the only thing it could possibly be is him giving cybernetics to organics to try and improve them likely experimenting on clones because of some order he got higher up that lead to that conclusion that he should do this and make improved tropes and clones basically being more replaceable and being thrown at him.

so again experimenting kind of like the males of naadiss species

>>4723658
I have seen droids like us surrender putting up there hands and such then getting shot in a comedic fashion as bridge commander for a ship due to being highest ranked

>>4724301
This is funny this or the one about grievous

>>4724090
+1

>>4724090
>"Cyberneti-whatism? You like uh, cyborg stuff? Isn't that how General Grievous was made?"
+1

>>4724139
Again, it’s still the word of our lifelong enemies vs the word of one of our superiors. Let’s talk to him, face to face, before deciding whether it’s worth blasting his face.

And even if we resolve to blast him right here. DON’T BLOODY TELL HIM, then he’ll be harder to reach than the emperor’s bathroom.

File: Byeahmeeting.jpg (8 KB, 220x220)

8 KB JPG

Alright so welcome everybody to the meeting of the byeahs, as you know we do this every single month to make sure we agree on things. So lets uh get started.

Headpattin Ceedee

>>4724588
What game

>>4724598
You didn't say byeah, that means you disagree.
GTA 4

>>4724608
Byeah

>>4724588
Byeah

Get some cool upgrades

>>4724588
Byeah

>>4724611
>>4724626
>>4724647
Blastim clones.

>>4724588
Byeah

>>4724651
Byeah

Roger Roger-ing

>>4724090
>>4724060
+1

File: 4FFAD65B-5DAE-4BAD-AD6E-0(...).jpg (762 KB, 1146x2297)

762 KB JPG

In other news, here's Stud Bucket's final form, built by my younger brother

>>4724865
It's.....Beautiful.

>>4724865
Nice shoes.

>>4724865
Needs more lightsabers.

>>4724865
"They tried to put me on the cover of Vogue"

>>4724865
These boots were made for walking. And by golly do they ever.

>>4724865
It's too powerful, Ceedee would achieve orbital speed from nose oil leak.

>>4724865
Long Leg Larson

>>4724865
Truly a weapon to surpass metalgear

>>4724090
+1

File: PS_Messages_20190220_005726.png (197 KB, 450x431)

197 KB PNG

>>4725066
a force to be reckoned with

>>4724588
Byeah.

>>4724865
All-Terrain Armored-Battle Droid?!

File: 196.png (62 KB, 1066x597)

62 KB PNG

"Cyberneti-whatism now?" You ask, rubbing the back of your head.

"Cyberneticism, the science of mixin' flesh with metal." Dugok says beside you, having been intently taking in the whole conversation.

"Think attachments, prosthetic implants." Cognac reminds you.

"Isn't that how General Grievous was made? He was a cyborg, I'm pretty sure."

Papa nods. "Yeah, precisely what I get at. Well...." He drifts off as the memories come flowing back.

"-It all started with a transmission we got, from a Techno Union marked ship fleeing Seppie space. We were aboard the Star Destroyer Penultimate in the Siskeen theater during the sieges, we had Clone Commando Positron Team with us, which RC-9002-13 there is the remaining survivor of. We rounded up the ship and captured the single person flying it, a Skakoan scientist calling himself Gwis Lattok."

"That doesn't register in my data base."

"And for good reason, I assure you. Gwis was a cyberneticist part of a secret project Nute Gunray founded so mysterious, he claimed nobody else within the Alliance knew about it."

File: 197.png (50 KB, 1066x597)

50 KB PNG

"He elaborated on it all without even having to interrogate him, he seemed desperate to inform us. Gwis Lattok, by his own account, was worked together with another Skakaon scientist named Shujen Dote, and a Geonosian named Mun Dol. Together, they were commissioned by Gunray to create an upgrade over the ST-series Tactical Droid."

"What?! You mean he wanted to make something even better and smarter than a Super Tactical Droid?!"

"Quite so. The project was centered around designing a prototype, they called it the UD-T-Series Cydroid. Where does the 'Cyberneticist' part come in, you ask? He called it a 'Cydroid' because it's a Droid think tank composed of organic brains added as components."

"Meatbag brains? As processors?!" You say, visibly distressed. That sounded crazy!

"Yes. Lots of them, merged together surgically to create a heightened mind reliant on machinery. Gwis Lattok claimed it was over one thousand times more powerful and predictive with it's calculations than three ST-Series in one. They used brains from some of the smartest thinking species in the galaxy to create the processing brain. Siniteens, Drall, Cereans, Muuns... the brain was created in a mobile laboratory made out of a Separatist supply ship, and it's mechanical apparatus was made for easy relocation. It was fixed with signal transmitters that beamed 'absolute code' that Droids could not defy, even non-Confederate ones...."

Absolute... code...?

"The Foundry here on Crondre? It's much bigger than you might think, Stud Bucket. It's a housing complex for the prototype. It's made to boost a network through severs not so unlike the Imperial military battle networks or government Holonet channels, or the old Shadowfeed. AND it produces damn clankers! That thing was intended the turn the whole war around. The smartest Droid the CIS could make would be churning out armies to deploy from a Mid Rim stinkhole deemed too unimportant to even mess with, to overwhelm the sector armies pressing the sieges by complete surprise! Why they reckoned it would be even worse than Grievous' operation, Durge's Lance! And then... then we found out Merxelles was involved!" Papa says, punching his palm in frustration.

File: 198.png (77 KB, 1066x597)

77 KB PNG

"That's what really got me on this case. Gwis Lattok said that at the apex of their creation and final touches, they tested it with a beta intelligence to see how well it might operate, and the damn thing nearly destroyed their laboratory ship. It took control and had the Droids kill most of the organic crew. They managed to turn it off, they managed to wipe it and leave it blank, save themselves and regain control of their ship and Battle Droids, but they knew from that very moment that the UD-T-Series was simply too strong to bind with any amount of programming. Keeping the other Tactical Droids in line was easier. And yet? Gunray didn't let them recycle it."

"Figures... You say. Those Nemoidians were so greedy and stupid.

"Yeah. Well, Gunray had suggested they simply upload his confidant into it, because he trusted his confidant's loyalty to never betray him. And you know who that was?"

"NU-PHI-9923."

"Also known as..." Papa shakes his wrist.

"General Merxelles."

"General Merxelles moved everything to Crondre in secret. The Foundry Gunray built was intended to be where Merxelles would host their new war operations. The supply ship carrying the UD-T-Series was set to arrive there and deliver the prototype for Merxelles to merge with and upgrade, and it carried cargo for making Battle Droids. Gwis Lattok and his fellow scientists tried to sabotage the project, fearing an uprising of Droids against the whole galaxy, with the power of their creation stirring it. Merxelles murdered Shujen Dote and Mun Dol, shot them dead. Gwis escaped, and he came to us in time before it was too late."

File: 199.png (243 KB, 1066x597)

243 KB PNG

"He pleaded for our help. The Captain on deck wanted to wait and signal for more help from the three hundred and twenty seventh Star Corps. I rallied the men and we protested together, and convinced the Captain to attack now with our current group. We used the excuse that destroying the prototype before it's implementation was the best course of action. Really, we just wanted revenge against Merxelles for everything he did to us at Tennuutta. Our fleet engaged the hyperdrives, we arrived at Crondre, surrounded by enemy ships. We landed. Battle rung out across the entire planet."

"The battle I was in."

"It was harsh, trudging through the snow as a legion of Droids rolled out of the Foundry towards us. They were assembling them as fast as we were mowing them down. Merxelles' supply ship was shot down and crashed somewhere on this planet as it tried to descend into the atmosphere. We took his command frigate down as well, made it scuttle, but it survived the crash. His forces tried their damnedest to cover his retreat into the Foundry. We went through like a spear. I remember hijacking a ride on an AAT just to catch up. And I jumped off, right at the kriffer!" Papa exclaimed.

The Clone veteran stood up and drew a Vibroknife from his belt as if reliving the moment, taking swings at the air to show off the moves he presumably pulled in that battle. It set you on edge along with Cognac. Dugok was trembling where he sat.

"I cut him up, struggled with him! He threw some punches that knocked the air out of my lungs! I kept going, I tried my best to shut the metal bastard down for good! He had two Magna Guards, and they shocked me! I could have died, but I wasn't willing to as I fought on! I managed to sever a crucial piston in one's hand with my Vibroknife, took their electrostaff right out and knocked their head off! And then..."

File: 200.png (303 KB, 1066x597)

303 KB PNG

"I put him in two with one swing before I could do no more. Merxelles screamed as his body fell to pieces, and then I collapsed from exhaustion. His last guard dragged him away to the Foundry. My brothers pulled me out, back to safety as we continued our clash to the end, not until everyone who didn't retreat was dead did that battle stop and become this field it is today, littered with antiques. The last Venator tried to BDZ the landscape and destroy the Foundry, but a ground emplacement took it out. And then there silence...."

Papa sat back down again then. His face... he looked as spent as what he described recounting this tale.

"My team you see now, and the Commando who never left us since, is all that was left. We survived in this hostile, frozen landscape ever more until friendly forces came by and subjugated the Separatist-friendly population. They picked us up and took us in, cept' now they called themselves 'Imperials'. We became Clone Stormtroopers and were assigned here until further notice. This ostentatious prick calling himself 'Dunsal' took command, handpicked RC as his personal bodyguard. He forced us to do the same dirty work that we wanted to kill Merxelles for. We left the fracker and we've been working against him ever since. We thought, where we put one arsehole down, another just popped up." Papa sighed.

"I can certainly get that. I've seen what that Moff does... firsthand.... I don't like it even a bit!" You say, shaking your head.

The Clone veteran nodded and then stood back up, slipping his helmet on.

"Well, 'Studs', now you know our story, pretty much everything important..."

Your eyes flashed on and off as if to imitate a blink before you stood up as well and stepped over. Papa locks eyes with you and fastens his shoulder padding.

"....Now you know why we want that clanker in specific one hundred percent for sure, DEAD. We don't want someone like him... whose willing to decide people's fates for them on a whim in the name of something as unequal and petty as victory, unleashed upon the galaxy, with the power of something like that prototype. If he still functions, no doubt, he'll want to obtain it.... and he'll likely use someone like you for that end."

>What will you do?

>>4725904
It wouldn't be too far off for even a droid with B1 level computing to see that there's not exactly much to say here at this point when it comes to what we should do. I think it's time we take out the commander and find a way to bring this operation up to snuff without a droid of his ilk running the show

>"Well.... It seems I'm going to be committing some posthumous treason very soon"

>>4725917
Real question is if we act now or later.

He's also our best chance at really fucking the empire at the moment. The empire doesn't play with morals, so counter moral plays dont work.

And being moral is required to get into power at this point. He's forced to play nice or lose his positioning in the galaxy. Even with a functioning foundry, upset rebels would just turn the empire en force upon us as a distraction to do other things.


Conversely, once the empire is done, he might take advantage of his positioning. Getting him then is harder, but the empire will be fucked.

It is a hard decision in regards to the huge uphill battle without him and his processing power.

>>4725926
But we are probably a bigger danger to him than the empire, and our value will diminish over time faster than his will to us. frankly he would backstab us sooner than we would....

>>4725917
+1

>Stomp out the communicator
>"And make good on our promise thank you for telling me this"

I think we may be able to redeem Merx. Its clear that his logical loopholes are the reason why he committed so many war crimes. Think about it, he's a machine who is just told to win, like Papa said he used a means he saw that would allow that. He may be able to overwhelm the Empire militarily, but he needs to know he can't expect to run a state if he's still making brash choices that result in lots of deaths. If he gets that upgrade he'll be even smarter so he must realize this. And we should point out to him that if the prototype is half as powerful as Papa says, then with it he'll be able to think and predict better alternatives that ensure lots of lives are saved. Merxelles isn't truly evil like Palpatine or the like, he's just hard interpreter of logic. He doesn't need execution until he proves he's deserving of it by making amoral choices on purpose. He needs guidance. And consider how fucked we might be without him trying to go to war with the Empire.

I say we should talk things out with Merx and Papa. We can work something out. Maybe offer to let the Clones advise him and forge a pact, that would be ideal and in the face of the Empire we all have to work together. Remember the navy propaganda, the Empire doesn't fuck around with enemies.

>>4725904
For now lets part ways with the Clones, maybe ask them if there's some way to keep in touch. We should talk to Merx face to face in the foundry with Naa'diss amd Cognac backing us up.

As an aside I'd just like to say that's not nearly as bad as it seemed at first. Just wants a big fat fucking brain and not do some Borg shit? Whatever dude. But I don't know. Sounds kind of fishy that Gwis somehow managed to escape. Merx didn't send any resources after him to fry him before he got out of seppie space?

I'm still entertaining the idea that someone here is lying or just plain wrong. Even if it's debatable in its likelihood. We know Merx is lying about something at the very least. Since his explanation for his current half-ness was a happy chat involving a rotary blaster IIRC. Unless Papa is just going full PTSD and doesn't even remember what day it is let alone what happened.

All I'm saying is there's lots of juicy stuff going on on this ice-ball and I love it.

I think we're going to have to have a serious discussion with the General and get his side of these events before we can make an informed decision. In the meantime, make sure we have a way to stay in contact with the clones and let them know we'll stop Merx if it comes to that.

>>4725978
I think Merx's explanation might have been to throw us off, he might not have wanted us to know about these Wolfpacks in fear we'd meet them and turn against him. They've been pretty lenient despite wanting to shoot us so much at first contact. And Papa clearly wants us to turn against Merx.

We should probably not be too quick about this, like i said, DO Remember we still need him for now or else our whole plan of assembling stuff for the rebellion won't work.

>>4726057
But if we became the new super stud droid we can take over.

>>4726068
I have way too many doubts we could handle the cydroid. Merx makes s3nse because he's already a super tac, he's super smart and needs an upgrade. We're nowhere near as intelligent as him or even these clones for that matter. Stud has a lot of learning to do.

>>4725935
>+1 be like Luke ‘There is still good in him’
We’ll talk to him, face to face. All he has is a droideka and he still trusts us enough to walk up to him. We don’t like what he says, we blast him.

>>4725904
>Nothing at the moment.

We need to have a talk with the Tactical droid, Thats very much it.

its abunch of fucking old men clones, Why the fuck should they be trusted anymore then Max?

>>4725917
>>4725934
Do you people WANT to throw every single plan we have in the trash and get an entire fucking droid foundry against us? All because of a tale?

Are you fucking kidding me? Do you WANT to lose? Do you want to die? Because if we do this, we will die. Mim'vess will die. Na'diss will die. Everyone will die. We'll all get shot dead by Merxelle's mooks.

>>4726131
This.

>>4725904
Man, this is tough.
Well, we obviously can't take the clones with us, but maybe have some kind of way to keep in touch, much easier to hide that than a whole troop. I guess thank them for the info and promise to make good use of it. Gotta find out the truth from both side. Our bandito might become a PI.

>>4725904
Here's an idea. We kill General Merxelles, we wipe his data from the proto-brains, and we upload Stud into it? That sounds like we could finally turn this war around.
Stud is too "mentally handicapped" to so something as aunstentatious as try to pull Merxelles. B1's 4 lyfe!

>>4725935
>>4726096
Unlike Vader, he is 100% cold hard killing machine. Hes killed, millions of civilians. Unlike meatbags it's harder to tell if hes actually turned "good" or not through the force. It would be better to kill him and replace him.

>>4726131
He has just the 1 mook.

>>4726131
Agreed. We shouldn’t abandon everything at the drop of a hat, and go AWOL and possibly compromise our companion’s safety due to some clones crazy fucking story.

But we can’t disregard this. To do so would be insane.

>>4726207
We CAN'T 'Upload Stud' into it. It wouldn't work. It didn't work for an super-tac, you want it to work for a goddamn B1?
>>4726231
As far as WE know he's got that one droideka.

Other then being suicidal this is a biased tale.
Also remember order 66 then transfer over that concept to droids and know you understand programming and the "kill all jedi" becomes "win by any means"

>>4725904
Lets NOT kneejerk react destroying our last hope beacuse of a tale from a clone with PTSD that would leave us without parts and upgrades while betraying the one who told us about the empires dirty dealings and who like us are now Free,
Holding him accountable is like holding us accountable SB-62 the battle droid that again and again shoot down clones and civilians due to the commands of corrupt corporate overlords

>>4726207
and as a machine he only followed commands and code like what stud-bucket did until the shutdown like stud-bucket are now free

>>4725978
i am liking your detective energy

>>4726297
Then upload Stud Bucket into an ST droid. Wipe Mercellas and put Stud in there, then we're in buisness.

>>4726297
And, you know, as an ST-droid he probably could had formulated a million other tactics that didnt involve murdering a shit ton of civies.

>>4726369
That's even stupider, it'd just kill Stud Bucket, ego death. Trying to upload Stud is an stupid, horrible idea that will only screw us over.

>>4726385
Nonsense. Stud has developed enough of a personality that he should be more or less the same droid, just insanely more smarter.
Dont forget this, but (you) are also Stud Bucket.

>>4726400
Except we're still a droid and your plan is excessively stupid. Uploading ourselves into a much more complex Super Tac AND THEN uploading ourselves into extremely volatile cyberdroid technology? Do you WANT a bad ending?

Why are we believing some random clone and their war trauma story? We have absolutely no reason to assume he is telling us the full unvarnished truth.

Just because he didn't shoot us doesn't mean he's trustworthy. The most we should do (right now) is talk to Merx about this.

>>4726406
Exactly, everyone's just rushing to betraying merxelles because "muh clones"

is it dumb because it seems no one is engaging with that i am trying to make the case that we possibly should not blame someone for what they did while mind controlled like order 66 but in this case for tactical droids its the orders they get.
>>4726405
cant a organic prototype get organic diseases? like dementia or prions or the fact its just smashed together brain tissue surgically put together, and also would it not a issue of well not being compatible and the fact a organic thing has been sitting for around YEARS upon years in a harsh environment without any maintenance or extra material like nutrients and possibly taken from individuals instead of being cloned so likely insanity

>>4726417
Fucking this, we were willing to die for the Confederacy. And that all changes when some random clone, YOU KNOW, THE THING CONFEDERATE DROIDS DESPISE, tells us his side of the story. In character SB would be highly skeptical of a story coming from a clone's mouth. We contact merx ask for his side of the story.

>>4725904
Talk with merx for his side of the story

>>4725902
>We survived in this hostile, frozen landscape ever more until friendly forces came by and subjugated the Separatist-friendly population.
>subjugated the Separatist-friendly population.