Assemble the requisite materials for the leg replacement while showing Auron what to do. Keep charging that sweet, sweet dynamic bonus.
"See this part? I've been told it's called a Knee. And that, apparently, it's part of this gangly bit called leg. Weird, right?"
Flint twitches and mutters something about "self lubricating" in his sleep.
"Strange..." Auron says, cocking his head.
"Nah, I hear the Doc altered his brain to make him a robo-sexual, so I've been sneaking aphrodisiacs into his food to see if I can eventually get him to fuck a toaster."
Auron stares.
"What? It's ethical! Probably."
Sleep a bit while waiting for surgery. Maybe have a moment of satori regarding the crystal or this planet in my sleep. Or maybe just a prophetic dream. Or Simus in a suggestive pose, that's fine too.
((I'm starting to feel bad for poor Lukas. Has he ever been given a chance to use that particle gun?))
You dream about exactly what kind of attachments a female robot might be able to have.
Uhhhh.... status check?
((Also, yes, in VR at least. He toasted Little Girl.))
Oh you're alive. Unconscious though. Also whoever pulls off your helmet is in for a surprise.
Miyamoto, Lukas, hold fire. Anton, what's going on with him?
Hold fire for now.
Holding fire.
hide some more
hiding some more.
achieve dynamic bonus by watching mesk perform surgery, if successful attach flints second roboleg.
If unsuccessful or mesk amputates the entire leg due to overshots, sterilize my suits gloves and open a braincase outside in complete vacuum to maintain its internal sterility.
Mesk continues to demonstrate the antithesis of the Hippocratic Oath.
Replate the damaged areas on the outside, then check the fuel lines, controlling mechanisms and electronics and the engines for any missed bits of damage. Run a few diagnostics too, just to make sure it's all working fine.
[aux:1+2]
You attempt to repair the shuttle using jazz hands. It doesn't seem to work.
Continue explorations.
"Well, it looks like we have white domes here that may go underground. I'll pass on exploration until I've finished mapping, though."
You wander around marking out all the domes. The place seems pretty safe so far.
Iron Miyamoto, the tech who could not die.
((If a person wearing a suit of armor that's taller than an MBT is long is in legitimate fear for his life from something happening, I believe it is time for all people wearing MkIs to get off-planetoid.))
Morul steps outside and closes his eyes; opening his mind to a level of information completely beyond anything he could comprehend. But before the shadows could swarm in; before they held his eyes open and he collapsed, screaming in pain, he managed to yell two things.
"DON'T LET HER TOUCH IT! IT'S NOT ENOUGH POWER!"
"Her? Her who? Not enough? Okay, nevermind, we're out of here."
De-ass the area with the quickness, seeking any location with no direct line of sight to the crystal and as much rock as possible between it and us. If Morul is in no condition to move himself, check if I can lift and carry him in the current conditions. If I can't, just drag him.
Miyamoto, Lukas, hold fire. Anton, what's going on with him?
Hold fire for now.
"Either someone's blasting Macarena over his suit's comms, or he's down with a severe case of scream-inducing migraine. We're vacating the premises. Last things he screamed, if it means anything to you, were "Don't let her touch it" and "It's not enough power". If I were to guess, whatever he saw did not fill him with confidence in your plan's success." Anton pauses, thinking for a moment. "If you would like my opinion, I would concur - if the crystal can convert energy into lasers, then you're about to toss a barrel of oil into a hive of flaming bees. Could be worth rethinking, XO."
You drag Morul inside and into the infirmary.
"MAN FALL DOWN! GO SCREAM!" You yell at Mesk as you drag morul in.
"Yeah, yeah, throw'em in the pile." Mesk replies, pointing into the corner.
((Shit, not much time to post, will read the rest later today and alter action if I can/need to.))
Let Lukas fire if he can't hold it, then fly us away asap.
'shit, I don't think he can hold on like this much longer.
Lukas, try to hold, or just shoot into space if you can. Craaaap, i hate that thing.
Everybody except Lukas and Simus should get back to basd and start moving our supplies to the ai core or outside the base. If morul is right there is nothing we have now to damage it.
Lukas doesn't seem to be listening to you. He's too busy aiming. That and he's literally bolted to the ground, so moving him is gonna be a hell of a thing.
((Oops, sorry, I was away for a bit))
Lukas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyuNidSrVik
Activate bullseye mode and aim for the biggest chunk of crystal on the ...uhm crystal. Fire the particle cannon.
The recoil of the cannon pushes you several inches back, your pins tearing straight through the stone. The compressed mass of energetic particles screams up toward the crystal. It gets within 100 feet or so before it slams into something unseen. The particles splatter outward, like liquid white phosphorous, spraying across empty space as a thousand falling stars. The barrier, shimmering like hot air and bowed in by the shot, expands back and vanishes. The crystal stops moving and begins to deform. Not a limb, not a protrusion. The entire upper half of it begins to form into an immense crystalline concave dish.
((Neutron activation wouldn't really play too much of a part, even a pure neutron particle beam (not really possible, accelerating neutral particles electromagnetically?) would still be a particle beam first and foremost, with all related effects.))
If Morul's right - and that vision hasn't been too wrong yet, that I know of, we can't do anything - and it seems to have driven him insane finding out. However, he only said 'her', possibly pertaining only to me, and possibly pertaining to only one hit. If Lukas and you are included, I don't know. Your call, Miyamoto.
Await go/no go orders.
"Oh...well....Nice knowing you Miyamoto, Lukas."
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